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This is a short chapter, but I promise the next two chapters after this one will be a lot more exciting and way longer.

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The almost-kiss lingered in Piper's mind for the rest of the week.

She knew that nothing had really happened between her and Alex. She'd gotten more action from her great-aunt Sandra at Christmas then what had happened between her and Alex. However, she couldn't get the feel of Alex's breath on her skin off of her mind. The softness of those lush lips brushing ever-so-slightly, barely touching hers out of her head.

She kept on replaying that almost-kiss over and over again.

It also didn't help matters much that she hadn't seen or spoken to the sexy dark-haired woman since she had walked her home that night. After they had been interrupted by the phone call, Alex had become very distant and serious. They had barely spoken a word to each other on the way home. Piper couldn't figure out if Alex was upset in some way at her, even though Alex had been the one to make the move, leaning into her on that picnic table with her green eyes smouldering.

If anyone should've become distant and off-put, it should be Piper. She was the one who was married here and had a lot to risk.

This was usually something Piper would discuss with Polly, her best and oldest friend. She talked about all of her relationship problems and such with her. This wasn't something she could discuss though with Polly. Her friend would have a cow for sure if she found out that Piper had almost kissed her neighbour. The only person that Piper could talk about this with was Alex herself.

However, it looked like the brunette had skipped town.

The blonde had tried a couple of days ago to go over to her neighbour's house, finally finding the courage to face the brunette only to find that Alex wasn't home. Since she had nothing else going on in her life at the moment, Piper found herself becoming obsessed with watching the house, trying to spot any sign of the brunette.

A little birdie, aka Lorna, had happily informed her that Alex had gone back to the City for a couple of days.

Even after finding out this news, Piper still caught herself looking out the front window and directly at the house across the street. She knew it made her seem pathetic, and she probably was a little, but she honestly had nothing else going for her at the moment. It further didn't help knowing that Alex was somewhere close to her old neighbourhood in the City, making Piper miss and crave for her old home even more then usual.

A sigh escaped her lips as she sat on the front steps of her house, staring across the street at the house yet again. She was pissed that she was so rattled about this almost-kiss. It shouldn't have such a strong effect on her like it clearly did. She was married for God-sakes, she thought. She should be worrying about her business, getting it up and running instead of wondering about Alex's whereabouts.

She couldn't help it though...Alex had pursued her and she had liked it.

Maybe it was because she'd been with Larry for so long that things between them were like a pair of loved and worn-out shoes. It was comfortable, but at the same time tiresomely predictable and even a little boring. The excitement and thrill of the relationship was sadly gone for the most part. That didn't mean that she didn't love her husband any less for it or didn't have fun with him. It was just that Larry seemed so dull in comparison to the sexy, mysterious brunette across the street. She was attracted to Alex. She loved the adrenaline rush she got every time she was around her.

Piper loved the chase and excitement that the beginning of a new relationship brought, and she had experienced just that with Alex the other night.

The blonde had never cheated or thought about cheating, but now it wasn't such a farfetched idea. The blonde knew if Alex ever tried to kiss her again, she wouldn't do much to stop it. She liked Alex or the idea of her at least.

The ice clinked against her glass as she settled it down beside her after taking a long drink from it. Piper didn't usually drink in the middle of the day, but she needed something to take off the edge she'd been feeling lately. She wouldn't say she was depressed or anything like that, but she did feel a little blue.

Maybe it was because Larry, like Alex, was in the City, leaving her in the middle of nowhere all alone. He was having some important lunch meeting with an editor of a new upcoming online newspaper that had shown interest in his work. Piper was happy for her husband's success, but she couldn't help but also feel a little jealous. While he was off in the City, having fancy meetings, she was stuck here in the suburbs like some 1950's housewife.

She'd tried to do some work of her own that day, but her heart just wasn't really into the whole soap-making thing anymore. It had started off as a fun project to do on the weekends with Polly, but now it just felt like a chore. She and Polly had agreed to spilt the work 50/50, but the blonde seemed to end up with most of it. She knew that this would happen eventually with Polly having her baby soon, but there were still two months to go until then.

That was something she was not looking forward to, the day the baby came.

It had been hard enough to wrap her head around the news that Polly, her best friend, was pregnant. She didn't know how she would handle herself once the baby was actually born. The blonde was happy for her friend. She really was. Polly and Pete would make wonderful parents. It was just that every time she saw Polly and her growing stomach, she couldn't help but think back to a year ago and her own baby.

It would be exactly a year ago next week that she suffered her miscarriage.

Piper shook her head rapidly as she felt sudden moisture in her eyes. She didn't want to think about the little soul she had lost. Reaching for her drink again, she chugged the remainder of it down before standing up in a hurry.

The blonde needed to get out of here and do something. There was only one other thing besides drinking that could help clear her head, and that was running.

That's exactly what she was going to do, she thought as she made her way into the house. Go for a nice long run.


"YES! YESSS!...OH BABY YESS!"

Alex licked hard at her girlfriend's cunt. Her tongue flicked and glided over her clit, gathering up the sweet nectar that covered it.

She could hear Wren's breath begin to quicken as the minutes passed. She continued to circle the clit, sucking it into her mouth occasionally as Wren thrust her hips against the fingers she had buried deep inside of her.

"FUCK ME! YES! OH BABY! FASTER!" moaned Wren loudly against the pillows of the bed.

Alex moved her fingers repeatedly in and out of her, pulling as far back as she could before sliding all the way in over and over again. She prayed that Wren would come soon. Her jaw and arm where starting to ache and she was extremely hungry at the moment. Plus she was struggling to breathe with her face pressed to Wren's pussy. The brunette usually loved to get her girlfriend off, but today her heart just wasn't into it. She was finding it to be more of a chore then anything. Luckily for her, Wren couldn't keep it in much longer.

Her moans and screams filled Alex's ears as she finally reached her orgasm.

"Oh, baby that was so hot," whispered Wren as she lifted her head and looked at Alex with smouldering eyes.

Alex didn't say anything at first as she slid her fingers out of Wren's pulsing cunt and wiped her lips with her other hand. She smiled slightly as her girlfriend continued to stare at her, waiting for some sort of response from her. "Yeah, so hot," she replied dryly.

"Do you want me to do you?" asked Wren hopefully as she sat up and began to craw towards Alex on the bed.

"I would love you to," responded Alex automatically. "But I need to get going, kid." It wasn't a lie. She did need to get out of here and head back to her own place to pack. She was planning on leaving the City that night to head back to the subs.

Wren's face dropped at this. She narrowed her eyes at the brunette for a second, studying her before pouting out her bottom lip. "Stay," she whispered as she inched her face towards Alex's. "I miss you." The younger woman's lips brushed softly against Alex's, trying to pull her into a kiss.

"I miss you too," whispered Alex as she pulled away from the kiss. "But I have to go back. My mom needs me still."

Her voice sounded foreign to her ears as she continued to talk sweet nothings to her girlfriend. She hated how sweet and sappy she sounded all the time whenever she was with her. However she knew Wren liked it when Alex babied her. Alex had found it cute at the beginning of their relationship, but now she just found it annoying. It seemed like she could never have a proper adult conversation with Wren. She was always whining and bitching about something while Alex was always trying to make her feel better.

The younger woman pouted out her lower lip at hearing this. "But I'm so lonely without you..."

"I'll be back soon," offered Alex.

"Let me come with you," spoke Wren with hopefulness. "I could keep you company in that big house." She slid onto Alex's lap and began to nuzzle the side of her neck. "I bet you're lonely too over there...all alone..."

Alex rolled her eyes up to the ceiling and resisted the urge to sigh. That was the last thing that she wanted, Wren to come up and visit her at her mother's house. "Maybe next time," she murmured after a moment.

"You always fucking say that!" spat Wren as she suddenly pulled away and glared at Alex with rage in her eyes.

"Look," replied Alex as she pushed Wren off of her and suddenly stood up. "I'm just not ready for you to see where I grew up...okay? It's not exactly Upper Westside! It's the fucking suburbs! " Alex was lying through her teeth as she tried to explain why she didn't want Wren to come and visit her. Yes, she hadn't grown up in the nicest of places and Wren probably would think it was dump if she did ever come up and visit. But she just also plainly didn't want Wren to come up. She was enjoying her time on her own, away from her girlfriend, way too much to allow that to happen.

"I won't judge," whispered Wren softly as she tried to pull Alex back onto the bed.

Alex just gave her girlfriend a long look before sighing. This was going nowhere, she thought. "Next time. I promise," she stated before heading into the adjoining bathroom, effectively ending the conversation. She just wanted to shower and get the hell out of Wren's apartment before heading to her own loft and packing up her things. She had already stayed longer than she had originally planned on doing. She was only supposed to be back for a few days, checking in on work and making her girlfriend happy. However, a few days had somehow turned into a whole week.

As much as her relationship with Wren annoyed her, she usually rather put up with it and have the luxury of staying in the City. However, she was finding herself looking strangely forward to returning to the suburbs. She didn't know if it was because she wouldn't have to deal with Wren's annoying whining anymore or for the hope of seeing the tall blonde that lived across the street.

Alex hated how she had left things with Piper that night. That almost-kiss had lingered in her mind the whole week she had been away. She hadn't intended on leaving so abruptly after it had happened, but after walking Piper home, Wren had called her again, bitching about something or another, and before Alex realized, she had agreed to come to the City for a visit. It was something she had been planning on doing anyways, just not so sudden she guessed. Especially, when things were just starting to get interesting with her and Piper, whatever it was.

The brunette still wasn't sure exactly what she wanted to happen with Piper, but she was more than willing to find out, she admitted.


I know that was probably not the chapter you all wanted to read, but stick with me, big things are going to happen, soon.

Thanks for reading and please review!

Julie