(Piper's POV)

The time was finally here. After visiting this bar, night after night, there she was. I saw Alex. Well, I should say I heard Alex, as soon as she walked through the door. Of course she was with Sylvie and her usual posse followed closely nearby. I knew that Alex liked to visit this bar and once I gained up the courage to face her again, I started to come in every night. After a full 7 nights of no luck, Alex finally walked in. It took everything in me to keep cool as I sat at the bar, trying desperately to not focus solely on Alex.

The night went by at a slow pace. Alex and Co were engaging in a game of quarters. I knew that at some point Alex would have to use the restroom, so I slowly sipped on my glass of wine and kept my ears open. As soon as I saw her walk away from the table, the butterflies began. I knew this was coming. I had been thinking about this far too frequently since that fateful first night we spent together at her apartment. That first night that should have been so much more then it ended up being. The first night I should have tasted her instead of tasting Sylvie's fist in my face. But that was all behind us now. I knew what I wanted to say and the time was now.

I walked up behind Alex and inhaled her scent. I had rehearsed in my mind what I wanted to say at least 10 times yet I felt as if I went blank as soon as I was near her.

I managed to spout out (or perhaps shout out) "Hey."

Alex turned to see me, somewhat surprised and managed to say "Hey...what are you doing here?" back to me.

God was she beautiful. I never thought of myself as attracted to women before but Alex was different. Rather than admitting the truth, I managed to remember there was a burlesque show planned that evening, "I heard about the burlesque show, you?"

Alex smiled back and said,"My friend Rachel's in it...she does a routine with a Ray Romano puppet...it's surprisingly sexy."

I doubt anything could be as sexy as Alex's voice mixed in with a hint of laughter. I laughed back as I took in every inch of Alex's face.

"Look Piper, I'm really sorry about that night...I'm not a shady person."

I replied with "Oh don't worry about it...I've never been punched in the face before...it was probably a good life experience."

"I'm new to this whole relationship thing, I don't know all the rules" said Alex.

"That's the whole problem isn't it? Rules aren't any fun," I managed as I continued to stare into those gorgeous eyes.

Just then, the door to the women's bathroom opened up and someone walked out. In this instant, I took a deep breath and prepared to tell Alex what I had come to say to her. "Listen, if that is your future wife out there then by all means, tell me to back off...but you pursued me, and I liked it. I've never felt... I've never considered myself a very sexual person but, ever since that night...

...I Want to Taste What you Taste Like,"I whispered into Alex's ear and pulled back to look at her.

As we both deeply stared into each other's eyes, our bodies became like magnets and were pushed together. Before I knew it, we were wrapped up in a kiss...hands moving around...lips & tongues exploring. Alex pulled away but only to grab my hand and pull me into the bathroom. With a smirk on her face, she closed the door & swiftly locked it.