Kind of a filler chapter, and pretty short! But more exciting stuff to come, so here ya go.
Chapter 7 – Floral Sheets
It had taken a little persuasion, but Bill and Carol had agreed to let Piper go away with Polly for the weekend, although only Saturday and then she needed to be back Sunday evening. If only they knew she was actually spending it with Alex Vause. Piper smiled to herself, she felt as though she was going somewhere undercover, doing something dangerous. She had never done anything behind her parent's back, and quite honestly, it felt fucking great. She sat on the subway on a worn and dirty seat next to Alex, who was engrossed in a book. Piper didn't feel so relaxed, she scanned the carriage up and down, a few businessmen reading the daily paper and a sleeping homeless looking man sat directly opposite her. Alex could feel Piper's anxiety and glanced up from her book to see her shoulders tensed up.
'Hey, what's up?' Folding the corner of the page and placing the book in her lap, she slid her glasses to the top of her head.
'Where are we going? Just tell me already.' Piper whined.
'On an adventure.' Alex raised the corner of her mouth, seeing Piper act like an impatient child, beginning to shake her knees like she always did when she was nervous.
'You've already said that, but you can tell me now.'
'Piper chill. Where's your sense of adventure? Channel your inner rebel. I know there's a free spirit in there somewhere waiting to come out. Stop acting so tense, Chapman.' She teased, holding Piper's leg still.
'I'm not acting tense!' She grinned, gently nudging her shoulder against Alex's.
'Ha, I can sense it from a mile away. Now just listen to your dumb music. And wait till we get there.' Alex laughed, picking her book up again.
'Taylor Swift is not dumb!' Piper said with an agitated tone, making Alex laugh even more, and with that she pushed her earphones into her ears.
'Wow Alex you've really pulled out all the stops!' They stood in a small motel room, plainly decorated with a slightly musty smell. Alex crossed the room and felt the radiator, which was stone cold.
'I tried alright, it's all I could afford.' Alex looked down at her feet, embarrassed that the room wasn't as great as she had expected. All she wanted to do was impress the girl she loved. Piper pushed a lock of Alex's hair behind her ear and took her hand.
'I was kidding. I love it. I love New York, and it's perfect for this time of year. There's so much to do here!'
Alex's face lit up again. 'Well, I was thinking we can go ice skating in Central Park tomorrow. And then get some Christmas shopping done.'
'Oh Yes! Yes Yes!' Piper jumped up and down excitedly and Alex chuckled.
'I knew you had a bit of adventure in you.' She turned to examine the state of the bed, a thin mattress adorned with a terrible taste in dated floral sheets. 'I hope you don't mind, they only had a double room so-'
'Alex-'
'All I'm saying is I can sleep on the floor if you would prefer.' She spoke quickly and Piper could see her becoming worried at the bed situation.
'Alex. Stop worrying, I love it. No one has ever done anything like this for me. Thank you so much. And no, I don't want you to sleep on the floor.' She said calmly, taking a step towards the brunette and searching her evergreen eyes. Alex smiled with those eyes, without saying a word. Piper loved how she could do that. She placed her hand on Alex's cheek. They hadn't had any proper physical contact since their first kiss that day in the bathroom at college, and Piper knew that they were truly alone at this moment. Although nervous, she desperately wanted to feel how she had felt that day again, so slowly leaned in and lightly pressed her lips on Alex's, gently tugging on her raven locks. It felt good, and at first Alex partially hesitated at the kiss she wasn't expecting Piper to initiate. Then, as if using her facial expression to ask if she could reciprocate, her lips pushed back, this time not so gentle but intense, full of love but also lust. Piper felt sudden heat spread throughout her body, she had been aching to be touched by Alex for so long, and Alex was exactly the same. She felt Piper's movements and breathing speeding up as their kisses continued, moving her lips to the blonde's soft neck, shifting her hands from her blonde hair down to her body, tracing every curve. The sound of their breaths were loud and ragged, filling the silent room. With a gentle bite on her neck, a quiet moan escaped Piper's mouth. Alex then pulled herself back, taking in a shallow breath.
'Sorry, sorry I get carried away. I know you haven't done this kind of thing before. With a girl I mean. I don't wanna make you rush into anything. You're just...so beautiful, Piper.'
'No, it's okay.' Piper bit her lip, steadying her breathing, and lifted Alex's hand level to their faces, both of them watching as their fingers intertwined. 'So are you.'
A smile slowly creeped onto Alex's face and she kissed Piper's cheek.
'Now I would love to carry this on, you know that. But, we need to eat, and I know a really good Thai place so I booked a table there for us. We should probably leave now if we don't wanna lose the table.'
Piper's lips curved into an excited smile. 'I love Thai.'
Sorry it was so short! The next chapter won't be and is nearly finished, I was just so tired so I'll update tomorrow. Please review and give me your opinion, you've all been great so far, so thank you for that! H xo
