Alex's POV
"What're you fancying? Apart from me, of course." I say with a wink.
"Pizza?" Piper asks as she clearly tries to ignore the redness coming to her cheeks.
"Sounds good to me. What Pizza are you fancying?" I ask.
"Do you like Hawaiian?"
"Yeah, I'll get on it now." I reply whilst pulling up the app to order on my phone.
"Would you like another drink?" Piper asks as she stands up and walks to the kitchen.
"Do you have vodka and coke?" I reply whilst putting in the order.
As I finish the order, Piper comes in balancing a bottle of vodka, a bottle of coke and two glasses. "I didn't know how much vodka or coke you'd want..." She states nervously.
I chuckle at her nervousness and take the bottles and glasses off of her and place the glasses on the table before putting a generous amount of vodka in each glass and some coke. We both take a sip and Piper immediately makes a face and starts coughing.
"You okay there, Pipes?" I ask with a smirk and an eyebrow raise.
"Just a little strong," she chokes out as I pour more coke into her glass.
As Piper leans back she surprises me - "I've told you about me yet I don't know very much about you." She states, looking at me curiously.
I'm taken back by this comment - no one really asks about me. In fairness, the main time I interact with girls is when I want to get them into bed and I'm gone before they wake up the next day to even exchange names.
"What would you like to know?" I ask, not sure where to start.
"Whatever you like - your family maybe?" She replies with an innocent smile.
"I'm 21 and I have no siblings... My Mum - Diane - has bought me up alone since birth. She's strong and would do anything for anyone. When I was younger, she worked three jobs to keep us afloat - two of which she still has to work now despite the fact I give her whatever money I can that I make from gigs... She's an amazing woman... She's the only blood family I have but my band are like my family too - especially Nicky. The first day I met her I was being bullied by a group of girls because of my clothes. Nicky came over and told them to go away or she was going to break their nose." I reply with a laugh at the fond memory at the end. Then the realisation sets in that I've never shared this kinda personal information before but I continue to ignore the feeling.
"Your Mum sounds an amazing woman," Piper compliments with a smile,
"She really is..." I reply and I can't help but return her smile - it's contagious.
Right on time, the doorbell goes to signify our food is here. Piper gets up to answer the door and yet again I find my eyes falling to her ass.
"How long have you been writing for?" Piper asks as we eat our pizza and drink our third vodka and coke.
"I've been writing songs since I was fifteen so about eleven years. Writing and doing music is like a therapy for me. It has been for a long time." I reply ignoring other not so good thoughts that come to mind.
"How long have you been playing guitar for?" She questions.
"About twelve years. Me and Diane didn't have much money and most of what we had came from charity shops. Just before my fourteenth birthday me and Diane were walking down by some charity shops and she was asking me what I wanted for my birthday. Then I saw this guitar in one of the charity shop windows and Diane saw it had caught my eye so she took me over to have a look. When I saw the price tag I played it off like I didn't want it - I knew it was more than she could afford. When my fourteenth birthday came around I walked into the front room to find the guitar and It's been with me every day since and I still play it now. I'd never get rid of it. " I explain in an amount of detail I've never really gone into before. There's something about Piper - she's different.
"Do you want another drink?" I ask to change the subject before downing the rest of my drink. I start pouring us both another drink before she can answer.
When we finish eating the Pizza and drinking our fourth vodka and coke I start to feel a buzz from the alcohol and it seems like Piper is too.
As the familiar riff of 'I'll Take You There' plays through Pipers speakers I stand up and offer her my hand to take signifying I want her to dance with me again. She takes my hand and I pull her up into me to which she gasps and I smirk. I turn her around and place my hands on her hips like before. This time, she moves her hips more freely as well as putting her head by my left shoulder and puting her hands up around my neck - it's clear to see that alcohol makes Piper more confident.
As we move our hips together I whisper into her ear, "why were you hiding these moves earlier?"
"Dutch courage" she states as she smiles and looks right into my eyes - her eyes are beautiful.
We dance like this whilst making eye contact until the end of the song at which point I turn her around.
"We should play truth or dare," I say as I sit on the sofa and Piper follows suit.
"Okay" she replies slightly hesitantly.
"Truth or dare, Pipes?" I ask.
"Truth," she replies.
"Have you ever been with a girl before?" I question with interest.
"I made out with a girl once in college when I was drunk but that's about it." She answers. "Truth or dare?"
"Dare" I reply with a smirk,
"Do three shots," she challenges after a few moments of thinking.
I lay out the shots and do them all with ease.
"Truth or dare" I ask again.
"Truth" She retorts again.
"Would you ever be with a girl?" I ask bluntly.
Immediately, Piper replies "yes" whilst looking me directly in the eyes. "Truth or dare, Alex?" She asks with an eyebrow raise.
I have a long sip from my drink before answering, "dare".
With a smirk and an air of confidence she replies, "Do a body shot off of me."
I can't do anything to hide how surprised I am but soon reply, "okay".
Piper goes and gets some tequila, a shot glass, a wedge of lime and some salt before lying on the floor and raising her top to just under her bra - her tone stomach is really hot.
I put a line of salt going from her belly button to where her top doesn't allow me to go any further and I fill a shot glass with tequila which I put on the table. I hand her the wedge of lime which she holds in her mouth.
"You ready?" I ask with a smirk and eyebrow raise to which she nods yes - if Piper wants to tease me, I can do the same back.
I slowly lick up the salt starting at her belly button and tracing my tongue right up to the end of the line of salt, I take the shot off the table and drink it before straddling Piper. I slowly bend down to take the lime wedge from her mouth. I linger there for a moment so our lips touch before sitting up and sucking the lime juice.
"Easy and enjoyable" I say with a wink whilst getting up and leaving a flushed Piper laying on the floor. "Are you going to stay down there all night or...?" I ask as I stretch out my hand to help her up to which she complies. "Truth or dare?" I ask once Piper is sat on the sofa.
"Dare," Piper replies with vibrant read cheeks.
"I dare you to kiss me." I reply in a low tone.
Piper's POV
As soon as the words leave her lips I feel my eyes go wide which clearly humours her. "What?" I can't help but splutter out.
"I said, I dare you to kiss me." She clarifies as she moves closer and puts her hand on the top of my thigh and tilts her head a little.
"Right now?" I ask as I feel the confidence from the alcohol leave my body.
She chuckles as she says, "no, tomorrow... Yes, right now."
Alex moves her head closer to mine to meet me half way. I can feel and hear my heart pounding as my hands begin to sweat. I let out a long, shaky breath as I move in closer - so close I can feel her breath against my lips. I take in a deep breath and move in the rest of the way.
As our lips touch I immediately feel intoxicated again but not by alcohol - by something much more powerful and addictive. Her lips are so soft and I could never begin to explain how they feel against my own. I feel her hand move to my waist as she slides her tongue along my bottom lip and I can't help but allow her entrance as my hands move from my lap to her neck. As our tongues touch I let out a small moan and I hear a low groan rise from Alex's throat. Our tongues move around each others mouths like a dehydrated person desperately searching for water. Our tongues slow down and rather than them frantically exploring, they start dancing together slowly - it feels different to any kiss I've had before.
Too quickly for my liking, Alex slowly pulls away and we both gasp for breath. I keep my eyes closed worrying what's going to happen next. I feel Alex move back and we remove our hands from each other as I slowly open my eyes to see Alex already looking at me with an expression I can't completely define - it's a mixture of curiosity, surprise and wonder.
I cough to clear my throat and awkwardly murmur out "truth or dare?"
Alex coughs in her throat and looks away before looking back to me. "Truth," she replies.
I can't help but say the first thing that comes to my mind - something that's been bothering me since yesterday - "are you interested in anyone right now?"
For the first time, I see Alex almost panic as her mouth falls agape. I see her gather herself before looking me directly in the eye and saying "yes."
As soon as the word leaves her mouth I feel an immense sadness. I look down into my lap and play with my sleeves. Alex reaches over and takes one of my hands in hers, "Pipes?" she whispers.
I look up and look into her eyes and I see her smile which makes me furrow my eyebrows. "I like you, you idiot." She says with a smile which I can't help but reciprocate.
Her phone starts ringing which completely kills the moment. As she answers I can hear the person on the other side of the call and I can tell it's Nicky.
"Vause, where the fuck are you? I've text you twenty time! You've missed half of rehearsals!" I hear Nicky all but scream as I look at the clock to see it's 10pm.
"Fuck! I'm so sorry - I'm on my way, I'll be 15 minutes okay?" Alex says and puts down the phone before Nicky can answer. "I'm so sorry Pipes I've got to go - I didn't realise the time," she says as she stands up and puts her hoodie on.
"It's okay, I'll just go get your jacket," I say disappointedly and slightly confused about what just happened.
"You keep it, it suits you" she says with a wink, "I'll text you later okay? Bye Pipes" She says whilst heading out the door.
"Bye Alex" I shout after her.
As I flop down on the sofa I'm left with so many questions.
But I'm also left on could nine.
Alex Vause likes me.
A/N I don't feel like this chapter is my best but I hope you enjoy. I'll upload again in a couple days and feel free to leave comments - they're much appreciated.