Ages 17 and 13
The only thing Piper had to look forward to as of lately was Stella's 14th birthday party, even if it was really her older brothers party and seen as their parents were out and he was having a party anyway he said Stella could invite some friends over.
Seen as neither Piper, Polly or Stella could drive yet Piper had decided to suck up to her favourite ex-ginger for lift, Alex was going anyway to be fair.
As the young blonde made her way towards the well known Vause flat she felt very self-conscious. Polly was still grounded for being caught with a boy in her bedroom and had decided to live vicariously through Piper, completing her in far more makeup than the blonde would ever optionally wear and making her wear a crop top that Polly had bought without her parents finding out. Tucking a loose strand of curled blonde hair behind her ear and pulling her thin cardigan around herself tighter Piper made her way up the grotty stairs.
As she knocked on the door a muffled "Fuck" could be heard before what sounded like a tin of some sort being thrown on the floor. The door opened slightly and the brunette peeked out.
"Oh, Piper, it's just you" She breathed, opening the door and signaling for the younger girl to enter.
"Hi" Another, unfamiliar voice, piped once the blonde was in the flat. The girl was quite a bit shorter than Alex from what she could tell where she was now reaching under the sofa to retrieve the tin, presumably the one thrown in a rush before, then took out a still lit joint. Alex shot her a warning glare but she merely shrugged before taking a long drag. as she exhaled her shoulder length mousy brown hair was clouded over.
"Pipes, this is Sylvia. She's coming too" Piper nodded, feeling very nervous. Alex never said she was bringing friends. Alex, noticing this grabbed her arm and pulled her towards her bedroom "Come help me get ready"
Once the bedroom door was firmly shut the brunette looked towards the younger girl. "Sorry about her, I mentioned the party at work and she kept insisting I took her"
"It's fine, you're allowed to have friends" Piper offered with a small smile.
Alex knew ever since Piper had told her mother about her father cheating and being punished for it Piper rarely caused trouble anymore and often tried to go out of her way, even if it put her in situations she hated, to make other people feel better about themselves. Even her closest friends. Letting her off this time the taller of the two made her way to her desk, where her makeup was. "Go pick me a dress, I'll fix my face" She said with a grin.
After eyeliner had been applied and hair had been pinned half an hour had passed and Piper was laid back on Alex's bed sheets with her arms spread out staring at the ceiling.
"You know everything in your wardrobe is black" The blonde muttered bored
"Makes washing for my mum easier" Alex quipped, snatching the black dress with the two white stripes around the middle from Piper. She then carelessly pulled off her t-shirt, it's not like it was anything Piper hadn't seen before, they were like sisters, when something caught Piper's eye. The blonde sat up on the bed and looked to Alex's shoulder.
"You got a tattoo." She stated dumbly, admiring the presumably new red roses from afar "I mean, I know you got the little star on your waistline area but-"
She was cut off by Alex laughing at her "I thought I'd shown you already, kid. My friend's dad did it about a month back for free" She then made her way over to Piper so she could get a better look at it. The young blonde gently traced the edges of the pigmented skin, looking in awe. Piper's own boyfriend, Kevin, wouldn't even have those temporary tattoos you get out of sweet packets.
"It's so cool, Alex!"
She smiled, breaking Piper's trance by grabbing the back of her head and pulling her in, ruffling her hair. "Come on, we're gonna be late"
"Don't mess up my hair!" Piper squeaked as then older girl grabbed her dress and continued to dress.
"What if react badly to the beer?"
"You won't"
"What if I can't find anyone my age?"
"Find me"
"What if-"
"For god sake, Piper you'll be fine" Alex said with a smile, locking up her car. Pete was a good friend of hers and he knew of her preferences so Alex knew he'd be fine with her sleeping off her hangover at his house without him trying anything dodgy
"Alex!" Someone inside called out. It was muffled by the loud sound of dance music and conversations.
"Youll be fine, I know you. Anyone gives you shit come find me" Piper nodded before Alex blended in with the nearby crowd.
Within two hours Piper had found Stella, who had recently shaved half of her once long chestnut hair as a dare and act of teenage rebellion, and had consumed one and a half cheap, lukewarm beers. Piper, having never drunk before, was quite tipsy from just that and she decided that she liked it but was scared to drink too much more in case she turned in to her mother. The blonde was sat on Stella's large bed to get away from Pete's friends who were loud and scary and kept offering her various pills. A few minutes later and slightly more recuperated the blonde took another swig of her drink before deciding to brave it outside again.
Outside, however, Alex was having a great time. Somewhere along the line, someone had given her a half full bottle of off-brand tequila and some really hot blonde who she'd never met before was all over her, her deep brown eyes never leaving her green ones for more than a minute. The brunette ended up making the first move and lunged forward in to a messy, drunken kiss. The girl tasted of beer and weed but Alex didn't care. And Alex definitely didn't care as the older girl dragged Alex off to the downstairs bathroom and fucked her against a wall. It wasn't exactly how Alex had expected to lose her virginity, but she didn't mind too much. She didn't have anything to compare to but for a while it felt like the two of them in that unfamiliar room were the only ones in existence. After that, the girl, who Alex had later found out was called Sophie, hadn't left the brunette's side.
Piper emerged from the back door and tried to find Alex amongst the masses in the garden. They'd been here a few hours now and Piper felt a little sick, even though she hadn't even had three bottles. Soon enough, Piper found Alex. The taller girl was smiling dopily at some girl in her arms. Piper wasn't too sure why but this made her feel strange. Why was Alex looking at that girl like that? Then another question popped in to her mind: Why did she even care? It wasn't like she was, or ever would be, Alex's girlfriend or anything.
But still Piper made her way over to the pair "Alex" Piper tried to level her voice but it still came out somewhat panicked and quiet. When the girl in question made no attempt to look at who was calling her Piper tried again, louder.
"Hm?" Alex looked up from the other woman and to the shorter girl in front of her, "Oh, hey Pipes!"
What was she going to do now? The blonde hadn't thought the plan this far through. And at the moment distraction, the other blonde started kissing her Alex's neck.
"I want to go home" She mumbled, looking downwards. Why had she come over? She had no right.
Alex was momentarily dazed by the older woman's affections but snapped back shortly after "You only live two blocks away, kid"
Piper wanted to cry. Why was that woman doing that to Alex? She did arrive with her after all.
Alex, even in her post-sex drunken state, noticed Piper's telltale signs of an oncoming crying fit that she was trying to hold back. With slight regret, the taller girl pulled the woman off of her and briefly explained to her what was happening and that shed both be back and put her number in her phone.
Piper had started to walk away by this point and Alex had to run over to her to catch her up.
"Hey kid, don't leave without me!" She called as she stumbled to a halt beside the shorter girl, giving her a lopsided smirk. Pipers crestfallen look was suddenly replaced with the biggest smile Alex had even seen.
"This is you then Pipes"
"Thanks for walking me home Al" The blonde mumbled, somewhat saddened that their walk was over.
"Anytime kid" Alex smiled, drunkenly pulling her in for a hug "You know I love you, of course, I'd walk you home"
Piper wrapped her fairly lanky arms around the older girl "Love you too, Al" She muttered. Even if her parents didn't love her, or even each other, at least Alex loved her and she knew she'd always be there for her.
With that Alex kissed the blonde's crown before stepping backward with a smile, waving as she set off back.
Authors Note:
Do you like it? I feel this chapters a bit less of a filler one and it's early to make up for the late one last week. Also, I know that the legal age for drinking in America is about 21 but, I don't know about Americans, but nearly every English 13 year old has drank before. I'd like to mention this story recently broke 7500 views and 50 reviews, woohoo, thanks so much! As always, thank you for all your reviews, follows, favourites and for reading. Please leave a review to tell me what you think of this story or how I could improve. Feel free to leave a suggestion for a future chapter too! - E
