A/N: I love that you guys like that Piper didn't just immediately fall for Alex and is resisting her. And even though I completely support and love the charming Alex that Piper fell for on the show, my story just never turned into that lol. I wanted it to be different from other stories but I never really intended it to be this way cause I'm just kinda making it up as I go. So it's really nice to know that you guys are liking it and taking the time out to review!

Anywhooo, Here you are darlings! Please read and review :)

Chapter 8

Piper is sitting at her table when an all black Audi with tinted windows pulls up to the curb next to the window on Piper's left. She's too consumed with her phone to notice Alex get out of the car and stand next to the window. Alex taps on the glass and startles Piper from her thoughts, laughing as she walks around to the front door. For the first time Piper notices Alex's rose tattoo as she walks past her.

How did I miss that last night? Oh, right I was occupied with other activities.

Piper feels her heart stat to race as Alex struts over to her. Alex's rockabilly style only further draws her in. Alex isn't one of the preppy WASPy girls and guys that she's used to being around; in fact she's the complete opposite. Alex is rugged and cultured and has lived a life that Piper could never have imagined and it shows. She walks around with an earned air of authority and people just naturally gravitate towards her.

It isn't until Alex speaks that she realizes she's been staring.

"You know staring isn't polite right?"

Piper opens and closes her mouth like a fish gasping for air as she tries to find her words, still unable to take her eyes off Alex.

A low chuckle escapes Alex's throat. "Or you know, can take a picture. It'll last longer and you can even make my beautiful face your wallpaper." Alex cups her face and smiles at Piper before her smile is replaced by her famous smirk.

Alex's smartass remark snaps Piper out of her daze as she makes eye contact with her.

"Did you and Nicky practice those smirks in the mirror as kids or something?"

Alex pulls out the chair opposite of Piper and flips it around so that she can rest her arms on the back of it.

"So you brought me all the way here at 11 a.m. to ask me about my smirk? And here I thought you wanted to get busy." Alex let's her eyes roam shamelessly.

Piper rolls her eyes and shakes her head, "I never said anything about getting busy Ms. Vause. I wanted to talk to you last night."

Alex holds her hand up. "Okay stop right there. Ms. Vause is my fucking mother and as much as I love her, I don't wana be her."

"Okay Alex." Piper looks down at the table in hesitation. Seeing Piper's nervousness Alex cuts in.

"The answer is yes." With that she stands up and walks away, leaving a confused Piper in her wake.

A few moments later Alex returns with coffee for the both of them. She sets down a cup in front of Piper. "I haven't had my morning coffee yet and I figured you could use some too. Cream and sugar alright?"

Piper accepts the cup but still looks on at Alex confused.

She looks over at Piper as she sips her coffee. "'Thank' and 'you' are probably the words you're looking for kid."

Piper purses her lips and squints at Alex trying to figure her out. "What are you playing at?"

Alex slides her glasses onto her head and locks eyes with Piper. They sit staring into each others' eyes for what seems like hours before Piper caves under Alex's gaze and stares out the window.

"I'm not playing at anything. The answer to your question is yes."

Piper looks back at Alex and tilts her head slightly. "How do you even know what I'm going to ask you?"

Alex raises a perfect eyebrow to accompany her smirk before answering casually, "Well you said you wanted to talk about last night which means you either want to take me up on my job offer or you want to fuck me again, if not both."

She sips her coffee again before finishing, "So either way, the answer is yes."

Piper looks on at Alex with her mouth agape.

"You know this cocky thing you do? Well it's REALLY not that charming."

"You're still here though."

"Wow, fuck you Alex. And to think that I actually thought that we could actually…you know what never mind." Piper grabs her purse and gets up to leave.

"Woah Pipes, don't leave. Hey, c'mere."

Alex reaches out and grabs Piper's wrist before she can storm past her. Piper feels an electric current run through her entire body at Alex's touch.

She closes her eyes and inhales. "Please let go of my wrist."

"Look Piper don't leave. I'm sorry." Alex can't stop her apology from spilling from her red lips. Alex's eyebrows fuse together as a look of shock flashes across her face at her own words. But the look disappears as quickly as it appeared. She slides her glasses back down on her nose and continues to look up at Piper.

Noticing the look that flashes across Alex's face, Piper eyes her cautiously for a moment, trying to decide if she should break free from her and leave or stay. Her mind is screaming for her to leave but something unknown inside of her is telling and almost forcing her to stay as Alex drops her wrist.

"Look Alex, I'm not here for your bullshit. I need a job and I need you be serious with me." She reaches in her purse and pulls out her resume and holds it out for Alex to take.

Alex waves off Piper's resume and looks down at her coffee cup. "No kid, keep it. The job is yours, I'll call you within the next few days" Alex gets up and grabs her coffee before turning to Piper who is still standing there.

"I'm gona head out now. Do you need a ride back?"

"No thanks. I'm just gona take the subway."

"Come onnn, it's the least I can do for being such an ass." She says in a convincing tone.

Piper hesitates before answering. "Fine, but you better behave."

Alex raises her hand in surrender, "You have my word kid."

They start walking towards the door when Piper's phone goes off. She reaches into her purse and pulls it out to see Polly calling.

Shit. Great timing Pol.

"Hello? Woah, Polly relax! No I haven't done anything…yes Supercunt is right here…okay, fine, fine, okay…Yes, I'll be back soon…bye."

When Piper hangs up the phone she looks over at Alex apologetically.

"I'm guessing that Holly isn't too thrilled that you're here with me.

"Less than thrilled would be the understatement of the year. She's…not too fond of you to say the least. And as of lately I can't say I blame her"

Alex laughs as she holds the door open for Piper. "Eh, no offense but I'm really not that fond of her either. But you? I might have to change your mind about that."

"You said you'd behave and this isn't behaving."

"What? I didn't say I was going to change your mind by fucking you into submission. Although that offer from last night still stands if that's what you want." She replies genuinely and without her normal tone of cockiness.

They reach the car and Alex unlocks it then hops in while Piper stares at it for a moment before getting in.

"Nice ride."

"Thanks, she's my baby. A little present to myself after the club took off."

"Mhmm, another one of your lucky women huh?"

Alex pulls out of her parking spot and drives towards the light. "You do realize that I don't fuck every woman I come across right?"

"You do know that I'm extremely reluctant to believe that right?"

Alex looks over at Piper who is boredly staring out of the window. Alex says in all seriousness, "I guess I'm really just gona have to change your opinion of me. So where do you live?"

"Good luck with that. You're seriously gona need it." Piper responds dryly before continuing. "But I live in the Stonehenge on 5th."

"Stonehenge on 5th it is."

About 15 minutes later Alex is pulling up in front of Piper's apartment. Piper can't help but let out a sigh of relief when they finally arrive. The ride was relatively quiet as neither of the women had much to say to the other.

Piper turns to look at Alex and speaks in a quiet voice. "Thanks for the ride." She says while opening the door and starting to get out. At the last second Alex grabs Piper's arm causing her to turn around, green eyes meeting blue ones.

Curiosity gets the gets of Piper as it always does. "Why do you feel the need to touch me all the time?"

"Probably because I enjoy touching you…Have dinner with me." Alex cocks an eyebrow and looks directly at Piper.

Piper scrunches up her face in confusion. A feeling that she realizes is beginning to become synonymous with being around Alex. She tilts her head purely out of confusion and continues to squint her eyes at Alex.

"You're not serious are you?"

"Do I sound like I'm joking?"

"No but I can't believe that after acting like a complete asshole to me 20 minutes ago you seriously expect me to say yes."

"I 110% expect you to say yes."

"Are you ever humble?"

"Nope. So is that a yes?"

"Alex, we're about to work together! That isn't professional!"

"Need I remind you that I own the entire fucking club?"

"Even still! Just…no Alex, no. I will not have dinner with you."

"You sure about that? Women and men alike would kill for this opportunity." She finishes with a smirk causing Piper to roll her eyes and shake her head in response

"See that right there?" Piper points to Alex's smirk. "That's why I won't go to dinner with you. You're charming and all but that doesn't make up for you being an asshole. I realize you're probably not used to hearing "no" from women but I still can't go to dinner with you."

With that Piper gets out and shuts the door behind her. Alex raises her eyebrows and bites her bottom lip as she leans her head back on her seat, not believing what she just heard. Because who in their right mind turns down a date with Alex fucking Vause? But not one to give up easily, or at all for that matter, Alex rolls down the passenger side window.

"I'll pick you up Sunday at eight, wear something nice!" She yells out the window, pulling off before Piper has the chance to argue back.

Piper stands stunned as she watches Alex's car drive away. When she is finally able to move again she swiftly walks into her building and gets in the elevator.

When Piper reaches her door she unlocks it with ease, opens it and yells into her apartment.

"That fucker! That fucking fucker!"

Polly hears Piper yelling and walks into the living room.

"Mmmm, lemme guess…Supercunt?"

"Yeah, you were right. She's a total douche bag, I don't think I've disliked someone this much since your ex Ronnie."

"Oof, don't bring him up! But come on let's get some ice cream out the freezer and you call tell me alllll about how I was right. Actually can I get this is writing too?"

Piper looks at Polly unamused.

"Okay! Okay! Go change into something comfortable and I'll get the ice cream."

Piper walks into her room and gets changed. When she walks back into the living room Polly is sitting on the couch with her feet on the coffee table holding a tub of ice cream and two spoons.

"So tell me alllll about Supercunt!" She says as she hands Piper a spoon and opens the container.

Piper tells Polly about how they met up at Joe's and how Alex was any and everything but courteous. Even though Alex was being such an ass, Polly was happy that Piper found a job. Even if it was with Supercunt. Finally Piper reaches the part where Alex asks her to go to dinner.

"Wait, so she was a complete dick weasel and then she asks…no sorry, tells you she's taking you to dinner? Who the hell does she think she is?"

"I know! My thoughts exactly!"

"So what are gona wear?"

Piper's eyebrows meld together and her jaw drops as she stares at Polly in shock.

"Polly! Are you fucking serious right now? I am NOT going on a date with that intolerable narcissistic jackass!"

"Yeah you will. She said she'll talk to you about the job in a few days right?"

"Yeah…"

"Well today is only Friday. So you're gona have plenty of time to think about how much you "don't" wana go, but after awhile your curiosity will get the best of you. It always does." Polly finished matter-of-factly.

"Polly I'm so serious. I want absolutely NOTHING to do with Alex outside of that fucking club. She'll be the one signing my paychecks and that's it!"

Polly eats a spoonful of ice cream while only half listening to Piper. "Whatever you say Pipes, we'll see! And you know she'll be here on Sunday now that she knows where you live right?"

Piper's eyes go wide and she snatches the tub of ice cream away from Polly causing her to look up.

"Heyyy!"

Piper points her spoon at Polly while glaring at her. "You know this is your fault right?"

Polly looks at Piper as if she sprouted a second head.

"MY fault? The fact that you can't handle this Alex situation is MY fault? So typical of you Piper."

"All I'm saying is that if you hadn't wanted to go to this club in particular, I wouldn't be in this situation."

"Oh fuck off you know damn well this isn't my fault. But you thinking that it is seems to be helping you sleep at night, so think what you want. You could use the extra beauty sleep anyways!" And with that she snatches the ice cream back from Piper.

"Thanks Pol." Piper says in a cheeky voice then ruffles Polly's hair knowing that it's only going to piss her off further. When Polly reaches out to smack her, Piper jumps off the couch laughing and runs into her room before Polly can get anywhere near her.

"You're gona fucking pay for that you twat!"


Alex is only a few blocks away from her apartment when she remembers to call Nicky, so she picks up her phone and dials Nicky's number.

"Yo Vause."

"Come downstairs, I'll be out front in a minute."

"You got it, I'll be down soon" Nicky starts to hang up when she hears Alex yelling.

"Nichols wait!"

"What's the emergency?"

"You better not leave a fucking mess in my apartment!"

"Relaxxxx, I haven't touched shit in here since you snapped this morning. What's got your panties in a knot?"

"Nothing, I'll see you in a minute." And with that Alex hangs up hoping against hope that Nicky won't ask her anything else. She puts on her famous unreadable mask and continues her drive.

Five minutes later Alex is sitting outside of her building waiting on Nicky. It's another 5 minutes before the bushy haired woman walks out the doors and into Alex's car.

"The fuck took you so long? I called you like 10 minutes ago." Alex pulls out from her spot and starts driving towards Nicky's apartment in Brooklyn.

"I just met the cutest little chick in the lobby so I had to chat her up for a minute before I got her number." Nicky waves a piece of paper in front of Alex's face.

"Cut that shit out Nicky, if I crash this car that's your ass."

Nicky turns to face Alex wondering what the hell was wrong with her best friend.

"Sweet Mary mother of fuck are you wound up! I wave a number; a pretty girl's number to be more specific, that I, just procured and you threaten to kick my ass again? What the hell happened between you and Blondie?"

"Nothing. She wanted to know if I had any openings at the club and seeing as we do, she'll be starting soon. And even if that chick you met was fucking Katy Perry I still wouldn't want you waving that shit in my face while I'm driving." She informs Nicky nonchalantly while shrugging her shoulders.

Nicky can only shake her head in bewilderment as she continues looking over at Alex. Feeling Nicky's gaze Alex turns to look at her. "What? What are you looking at?"

"Alex, I've known you basically all my life and yet here you are still trying to lie to my face. So I'll ask again, what happened between you and Blondie?"

Alex sets her jaw and exhales through her nose, knowing that Nicky isn't going to let up. So much for that unreadable mask.

"Just let it go Nichols, it's nothing really."

"Fine! Don't tell me, I'm just gona say this. For as long as I've known you, I've never seen you get worked up over ANY of the hundreds of broads that literally throw themselves at your feet. Remember that Vause."

Alex rolls her eyes in an attempt to dismiss Nicky's comment. "Thank Dr. Phil." She says sarcastically.

But in the back of Alex's mind she knows that despite her best efforts to dismiss her statement, Nicky's right.

The car gets quiet and Nicky flips on the radio, causing Miley Cyrus to blare through the speakers. The two friends can't help but laugh at the song and how ridiculous Miley sounds. Nicky quickly changes to another station where Guns N' Roses is playing.

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain

They sing along with Axl Rose and jam out to Slash's guitar solo like they're kids again. But something is different about the song this time that Alex can't quite put her finger on. It isn't until the song is over that she realizes that she felt the emotions in the words as she sang along. The realization causes her to sigh louder than intended as an image of Piper smiling invades her mind.

Alex's sigh causes Nicky to look over at her out of the corner of her eye. She can see the cogs in Alex's head turning and knows that Alex's sigh wasn't from the traffic they're currently sitting in, but rather the result of something that had to do with a cute little blonde named Piper. She knows better than to push the issue, figuring that Alex will eventually come around and tell her what's going on.

A few more songs play on the radio while the pair sits in silence listening. After the last song ends, Alex turns off the radio and looks over at Nicky.

"Is it that obvious?"

Nicky perks up at Alex's question as a grin slowly forms. "Is water wet?"

Alex playfully punches Nicky in the shoulder, knowing that she should have never tried to hide this from her.

"Okay okay. Fuck, where do I start? Well after I almost murdered you this morning, which I'm still not sorry for by the way, I met up with Piper…"

Alex tells the Nicky about their meeting and how she doesn't feel as though she was anymore of an asshole than usual. Once she's finished telling the story Nicky sits and thinks for a minute or two trying to analyze the situation.

"Well for starters, I would still like to suggest that you are in fact losing your touch. Maybe not sexually but in the art of wooing women my dear friend." Alex looks over at Nicky with squinted eyes.

"How the fuck do you remember anything from last night? Actually, never mind continue."

"Thank you! Now as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted…I think you need to pull your head outta that beautiful ass of yours and get your shit together."

"What? My head is not stuck up my ass Nicky!" Alex can't help but laugh at her statement.

Just then they pull up in front Nicky's apartment complex. Alex parks and turns off her car as she turns and looks at Nicky with a face that is telling Nicky to continue.

"You're seriously gona make me spell this out for you aren't cha? Well, you told me yourself that you apologized to her after you stopped her from leaving. First off, when was the last time you genuinely apologized to someone? Let alone physically stopped someone from walking away from you after you made an asshole comment?"

Alex snorts knowing that she doesn't have an answer for her question as Nicky continues on.

"Not to mention you were gona threaten me within an inch of my life this morning and not think twice about it! Hell you just told me not even five minutes ago that you're still not sorry for threatening me this morning! But Blondie comes along and then decides she's sick of your bullshit and not only do you stop her from leaving but you apologize too?" You got it bad Vause!"

Nicky laughs at Alex's expression which a mixture of puzzlement, understanding and anger all at the same time. Not one to say "I told you so" the simple way, Nicky moves onto her final point.

"So then to make a bad situation worse, you turn back into your usual cocky self and then invite her, well actually tell her, she's going to dinner with you on Sunday. Blondie hit the nail on the head, you're not used to hearing no. She threw you a curve ball and you struck out!"

Alex slides her glasses up and rests her head on the steering wheel in frustration as she let's Nicky's words wash over her. Nicky smirks and pats her on the back for a few quiet moments before speaking up again.

"Don't fight the feel sister, Blondie's doing something to you."

Alex shrugs off Nicky's arm before playfully yelling at her, "Get out my car Nichols!" Nicky can only laugh at Alex's refusal to accept her truth.

"You'll be okay Lurch, call me when you finally shit your head back out and clean it up. I don't want to be talkin to you with shitty breath!" With that Nicky hops out of the car before Alex can sit up and find some way to playfully abuse her. She leans back down into the doorway of the car for moment looking at Alex who still has her head on the steering wheel.

"Aye Vause look at me!" Alex slides her glasses back down and looks over at Nicky squinting because of the sunlight now pouring into her car. "You're gona be fine. That brilliant brain of yours will come up with something. Same time tonight?"

"Yeah, I'll see you tonight." Alex turns on her car as Nicky closes the door. "I still hate you Nichols!"

Nicky turns to the car and makes a heart with her hands and blows Alex a kiss before turning and continuing to walk towards her building. Relationship drama is usually bad, but dyke drama? Dyke drama is that special kind of drama that one never tires of watching. A drama for the ages is about to begin and Nicky has front row seats and a full bowl of popcorn.

Life is good Nicky thinks to herself as she walks in her building playing with the phone number in her pocket. She thinks of the impending fuckery between Alex and Piper and can't help but smirk to herself at the very promising prospect of some quality real-life entertainment. She had waited a longgg time for Alex to meet her match, and that time was finally here.

"Life is VERY good!" Nicky says out loud to herself as she continues to smirk and walks into the elevator.