Piper gives Alex the grand tour of her quaint one-bedroom dorm apartment.
"It's cute in a... Barbie's dream home kind of way," Alex jokes pointing out the bright pink painted walls and pop-art depiction of Marilyn Monroe above Piper's couch. Piper nudges her in the arm and smiles.
"Can I get you a drink? I've got white wine or a bottle of tequila," she says, grinning.
"Wine's great, thanks." Alex takes off her jacket and sits down on the couch, making herself at home.
She watches Piper carefully through the cut-out wall that looks into the kitchen. The way her long fingers dance around the edge of the wine bottle's lid, the way she sticks her tongue out the side of her mouth when focusing, the way her hips shake as she dances along to a mystery song in her head. Alex feels her heart beating quicker than usual; unexpected butterflies crop up in her stomach.
"You can put some music on if you'd like. The radio is on the table beside you."
Alex reaches down and flicks on the switch. It powers on in the middle of Guns N' Roses Paradise City. Piper jumps in and sings quietly to herself as she walks back into the living room with two tall glasses of wine in her hands.
"Cheers!" she says as she hands Alex a glass, their fingertips brushing one another's and lingering there. After a few moments of intense eye contact Alex looks quickly away and to the floor. She wracks her brain for something witty to say but her tongue feels like sandpaper. Instead she just nods and smiles.
Alex tips back her head and the glass of wine, swallowing it all in one gulp. Piper takes a sip from her own glass before setting it down on the table beside Alex, leaning over the woman in the process. She fumbles and nearly falls having already consumed several glasses of wine and a few shots at the restaurant earlier that night.
As seductively as one can when intoxicated, Piper climbs onto Alex's lap. Her glance wanders from the woman's bright blue eyes slowly down to her warm, red lips. Piper leans in and presses her lips gently against Alex's, their kisses slow and sensual at first but quickly becoming rapid and voracious.
Piper moves her fingertips through Alex's long locks, their torsoes moving together in rhythm. Alex's hands explore Piper's hips, her waist, travel up her back and to her shoulders, pulling her closer.
Suddenly Alex stops, her hands about to travel beneath the bottom of Piper's thin t-shirt. She stares at Piper, the younger woman's eyes smouldering with passion and her lips swollen and parted, wanting more. "Are you sure about this?" Alex asks.
Piper hesitates. She wants to say yes; her body practically screams YES. But her mind tells her no. Is this how she wants her first time with a woman to be? A sloppy, drunk second encounter in her college dorm room?
"It's just... this is my first time," Piper says, blushing and embarassed.
"You're a fucking virgin?!" Alex says a little too loudly.
Piper shrugs and chuckles. "Just a girl virgin, I guess. Or whatever you'd call that."
Alex nods in understanding. "Right, and you want it to be..."
"Special," Piper chimes in, interrupting. "Less drunk. I mean, I barely remember my first time as it is. It's all a blur of sweaty hands, bad breath and hairy-" Piper begins but Alex stops her in midsentence by placing a hand over her mouth.
"'Nough said, thanks. Pretty sure I just threw up in my mouth a little."
Piper laughs, leaning forward to kiss Alex gently on the cheek. "You're not mad are you? I mean, if you don't want to wait, I'll..."
Alex grabs Piper's face and kisses her. She gently moistens and parts the girl's lips with the tip of her tongue, gently glides it in and massages Piper's tongue with her own. The kiss is slow, sensual, knee-quivering, heart-palpitating, wet-between-the-legs inducing. She pulls from the kiss and smiles at Piper. Piper reaches forward and adjusts Alex's glasses as a layer of steam clears from each lense.
"Of course not. I want to make it special for you," Alex says, genuinely. "Believe me when I say it will be worth the wait."
She winks and taps Piper gently on the behind as she climbs out from under her on the couch. Alex puts on her jacket and heads for the door glancing back at Piper once more before she leaves. Sh grins to herself as she leaves Piper looking out of breath and yearning.