A/N:

So I didn't write at all this weekend because I was a lot busier than expected. I honestly spent a long time trying to figure out what to do with this chapter and I ended up getting drunk as I wrote it so if there are a lot of typos later into the chapter I apologize... but I was struggling.

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Alex drove Piper home from the next Monday. She insisted on giving Piper rides home most days, saying she liked the extra time with her anyways and she liked driving her car. Piper felt guilty but had trouble saying no to Alex.

They were on the freeway when the car began to slow down. Piper looked up at Alex to see her eyes widen.

"Pipes, I think we're running out of gas!" She sounded completely panicked.

"Shit! What do we do? I've never run out of gas before and we're on the freeway!" Piper's response was rushed as she looked around as if she could literally find a solution outside of the car.

The car sped back up to its original speed and Piper looked over to see a huge smirk plastered on Alex's face. She repeatedly asked Alex what was going on before realizing they were in a fucking electric car and she smacked Alex's arm a little harder than intended.

"Jesus Pipes, you're stronger than you look." She replied while rubbing her arm.

Once they got off the freeway and were heading towards Piper's building she looked out the window toward the gas station by her place.

"Alex! Pull in there!" She shouted and began digging through her purse.

"What? You know I was joking about the gas thing... you know... electric car?" Alex was clearly confused.

"No I know just pull in!" She pulled a sandwich out of her purse as Alex pulled into the parking lot and Piper quickly hopped out of the car with her sandwich in her hand. She ran toward one of the homeless men standing outside and he pulled her into a huge hug.

His name was Leon. Piper met him when she first moved to Seattle and was drunk and lost after attending a shitty frat party. She left the party alone and wandered around until she saw the gas station. Once she got there he came up to her and helped her call a cab while waiting for her and making sure none of the more dangerous addicts came up to her. The next week she saw him there and brought him some food and sat and talked with him for a while. It became a sort of ritual for her to stop by a couple times a week after school and bring him some snacks while they talked about their days.

They hugged for a long time, probably at least a full minute, before pulling away. She hadn't seen Leon since she got her internship as she had been gone most hours of the day and with Alex most nights.

"Girl, I thought you finally forgot about my sorry ass!" He joked as he gratefully took the sandwich she offered him. Piper's grin was huge.

"Of course not. I've been busy with my internship..." She turned to see Alex standing outside the car looking completely befuddled and a little bit worried. "Alex!" She shouted at her girlfriend and beckoned her over.

"This is Leon. He saved my ass when I first moved here."

He extended his hand out to Alex and she took it with a friendly smile.

"This is Alex. She's my girlfriend." Piper announced proudly, like a first grader bringing in their pet frog for show and tell. Leon leaned back and blatantly checked her out.

"Damn girl!" He said to Piper before turning to Alex. "You best take care of this one." It was almost threatening and Piper lightly shoved him.

"I'm gonna run inside really quick," Alex informed Piper and jogged into the store.

"You best lock that shit down P, that ass is calling me." He raised his eyebrows as he clearly looked at Alex's ass.

"Ugh. You're vulgar. She could probably kick your ass." Piper mumbled shaking her head at the man. They talked about Piper's internship and Leon's observations of the day and Alex returned with 3 Slurpees. She got all different flavors, letting Piper choose first (cherry of course) and Leon gratefully accepted the Coke flavored one, leaving her with the blue raspberry for herself. Piper hugged Leon one more time before returning to the car as Alex shook his hand.

Alex sat next to Piper and looked at her with an expression she couldn't identify. She pulled down the mirror and looked at herself, assuming she had something on her face.

"What?" She was a little worried.

"I just can't believe you. I never would have pegged you as the type of girl to befriend a guy like Leon. You're kind of amazing."

Piper just shrugged and loudly slurped her drink, grinning a little bit at her ability to surprise Alex while they drove to her building.

The couple went straight to the roof with their Slurpees and sat facing the stadium. There was a Sounders game and they had an almost perfect view of the soccer field. Most of the other residents actually went to the games so they were alone as usual. Piper stood up and cheered as the home team scored and Alex just looked at her and laughed.

"Babe your tongue is bright ass red." She explained when Piper sat back down and gave her a confused look. Alex stuck her own tongue out and caught a glimpse of blue and they both laughed at each other. They ventured into one of the lounge areas and watched the game on the TV so they could get a better view and relax on the couch, Piper sitting with her legs on Alex's lap as the brunette rubbed her calves. They were both fully aware of the security cameras in the room so the massage was chaste, just another act of kindness from the brunette.

Piper was distracted as she stared at the screen, not realizing that there was less than an inch of her Slurpee left as she sucked through the straw repeatedly making an annoying slurping sound. Alex had been staring at her for about 5 minutes before she couldn't help but say something.

"I swear to god if you don't stop making that noise I'll never buy you a Slurpee again." There was a smirk on her face that gave her away immediately as Piper smiled sheepishly before returning her attention to the game.

They stepped back outside just before the game ended and watched the fireworks in celebration of the Sounders victory, placing innocent kisses on each other's lips and faces before Alex had to go home and get ready for work the next day.

...

Piper and Alex arrived to work at the same time the next day. Alex had figured out exactly what time the blonde's bus showed up at (once again showing how calculated her every move was) and usually they caught the elevator together. They kissed a couple times before arriving on the 17th floor and were both completely shocked when the doors opened. There stood Bill Chapman speaking with the receptionist. They shared a swift glance before stepping off the elevator, causing Bill to turn around.

"Hey honey! The meeting got pushed back so I figured I'd stop by and see you before we fly out later today." Piper hadn't seen her dad in a long time so it was nice to see him, it just caught her a little off guard. She found herself hoping he would be gone before lunch time so she could spend it with Alex before realizing that was pretty inconsiderate.

"Hi daddy!" She heard Alex snicker a little bit at the use of daddy and knew the brunette would be teasing her later about being a daddy's girl. She told her father all about the assignments she was working on, making sure to tell him how great Alex had been (obviously leaving out some of her favorite parts about the brunette).

"Chapman you old mother fucker!" Nicky was yelling before she was even off the elevator, clearly having a good relationship with Bill. This felt pretty weird to Piper because the woman had seen her get off the ferris wheel after Alex had clearly fucked her and they had gotten drunk together multiple times. Not that she thought Nicky would say anything to her dad, but it just felt really awkward to share a friend with her father.

Bill only spent about 30 minutes at the office before heading to the airport. When Piper returns to her desk she notices that she has an unread email and she immediately goes to open it.

From: Vause, Alex (avause )

Subject: Boiler Vendors

Recieved: July 14th, 2015 10:34:00 AM

Pipes,

Aaron needs someone to contact a couple boiler manufacturers to get quotes for the Indy project. The email addresses for the sales departments will be on their websites, so you just need to send them the spec and ask if they have any boilers that would work for the project. I would do it but John wants you to practice interacting with vendors.

If you need anything you know where I'll be.

Alex Vause, PE, MBA, ENVISION SP

Mechanical Engineer

Hermann Engineering Co.

Tel: (425) 450-7221

Cell: (206) 393-8652

Piper can't help but smile at how Alex always feels bad for giving her busy work and how professional they have to be over email. If there were ever to be a security issue the tech department would search emails for key words so they always kept it professional just in case. The blonde went over to ask Alex which manufacturers are the best to contact but she wasn't at her cubicle. Frowning slightly she got up on her tip toes so she could see over the cubicle wall. She freezes when she sees Alex at her father's cubicle. She seems to be looking at something, so Piper walks a little closer to get a better look. When she can finally see enough she realizes that Alex is holding a framed photo that was on Bill's desk. The photo, Piper already knows, is one from when she was 4 or 5 years old. She's knee deep in ocean water and holding out a small crab with both hands with the most proud look on her face she'd ever seen. Alex had a totally dorky grin on her face and Piper couldn't help but mirror it seeing the brunette looking like a total softy. She decided to sneak back to her cubicle, stashing this moment for the next time Alex made fun of her so she could have a comeback.

Eventually Alex came back and went to Piper's cubicle to help her out, standing next to her and leaning over to control the mouse while the blonde looked at her cleavage not-so-subtly. The brunette smirked but continued explaining what she needed Piper to do before returning to her own space. Piper sent off an email to one of the vendors pretty quickly with Alex BCC'd, and went back to working on specs while she waited for a reply.

The reply came quickly.

From: Burns, Kevin

Subject: RE:Boiler Quote

Recieved: July 14th, 2015 11:49:00 AM

Miss Chapman,

The spec that you sent us was proprietary to Weston Boilers and needs quite a bit of editing. If you can figure out how to correctly formulate a spec that can be used by us let me know. You may want to leave this task to someone with experience, because you seem to be a little confused.

Kevin Burns

Sales Representitive

Steamworks Boiler Co.

She read over the email a few times with a frown, wondering why this guy was being so rude to her. She was going to go ask Alex how to respond before she heard the woman slam her hand on her desk and start typing quickly. This scared her a little bit because Alex angry wasn't something she was very accustomed to so she decided not to tell her how rude this guy was and began looking over the spec to see what the problem was. I did what Alex told me to... How could I have fucked this up? She continued looking at her screen a little distracted by the loud typing coming from Alex's cubicle. Eventually the typing stopped and Piper saw an email notification pop up on her desktop. It was from Alex. Apparently she also received the man's response to the email. She heard Alex's chair roll back forcefully as she stood up and shoved it back in place before her loud footsteps carried her off to the kitchen.

From: Vause, Alex (avause )

Subject: RE:Boiler Quote

Recieved: July 14th, 2015 12:04:00 PM

Kevin,

Obviously the spec is proprietary to Weston Boiler because that was the previous manufacturer of the boiler we are replacing. You should know that our intern is very capable of correctly formatting a spec. We are looking to spend upwards of $300,000 on this boiler but apparently Steamworks has no interest in working with us, so please don't bother trying to figure out how to read a spec on our account.

Alex Vause, PE, MBA, ENVISION SP

Mechanical Engineer

Hermann Engineering Co.

Tel: (425) 450-7221

Cell: (206) 393-8652

Piper's jaw dropped after reading the email. She knew Alex cared about her but she never expected the brunette to stand up for her like this, especially in the workplace. She now realized that this guy was the cause of Alex's anger. Piper went to the break room to find Alex drinking a cup of coffee and immediately noticed how angry she still looked.

"Hey," She spoke gently to the woman. "Thanks, Alex."

When Alex saw the blonde her face softened.

"People shouldn't act like that. If anyone ever treats you like that you have to tell me." It wasn't a request. Piper's heart fluttered in her chest at how intimidating yet comforting the brunette in front of her was. "Let's go to lunch." This wasn't a question either, but Piper wanted to go with her either way.

They sat next to each other on their usual bench eating Seattle dogs in silence. Alex was clearly still mad and Piper didn't know what to do about it. It wasn't like she was mad at Piper at all so she couldn't apologize. Eventually Alex spoke up.

"Sorry. I just don't like people speaking down to you. Like who the fuck does that guy think he is? You're brilliant and he's a fucking salesman. It's bullshit." She takes a deep breath to stop her own rant before putting her arm around Piper. "Sorry."

"You don't have to apologize. I mean, it's kinda hot that you care that much." Piper responded with a smile, trying to lighten the mood. And it was kinda hot.

"Yeah... Well I'm sorry if I'm being kind of a buzzkill." She replied with a small smile before standing up and offering her hand to Piper so they could return to the office.

About 45 minutes after they got back into the office Piper was working when she was interrupted by Alex clearing her throat. It was clearly fake and an attempt to get Piper's attention. She looked over toward their shared cubicle wall and found a piece of paper sticking out of the miniscule gap in the wall. It was a note written by Alex.

Do you like me? Circle one:

Yes No

Piper burst out laughing at how much a sap Alex could be sometimes. She was going to mess with her but decided against it, quickly circling yes and shoving it back through the gap. Seconds later the note was gone and she heard Alex's loud whisper.

"YES!" Piper couldn't control her giggling as Alex acted like a kid in elementary school despite her cool calm and collected demeanor. It was like whenever she was with Piper she would just tell the rest of the world to fuck off and be a complete dork just to make the blonde smile or laugh. It made Piper's heart race just thinking about it.

They passed dumb notes and doodles through the gap in the cubicle wall for the rest of the day, even when Piper could hear Alex having a heated phone conversation with someone from another department she managed to draw a pretty good picture of Piper and slip it through the crack. They played games of tic-tac-toe and Alex won 4 times in a row before Piper gave up and started drawing pictures again.

Eventually the day ended and Alex gave Piper a ride home.

"Come upstairs with me?" Piper knew Alex needed to go home but she had her secret weapon. The puppy dog eyes and pouty lip worked as Alex sighed and paid for a couple hours of parking.

Alex grabbed the lapels of Piper's blazer and pushed her against the wall as soon as they were upstairs. Her lips attacked Piper's, tongue immediately plunging into her mouth and exploring frantically. Piper's hands flew to Alex's ass before they were forcefully removed and pinned above her head.

Piper wasn't sure where this sudden urge came from but she sure as shit isn't complaining. Alex held both of her wrists still with her left hand as her right hand moved down to squeeze her breast through her shirt. Piper moaned into the brunettes mouth as she continued to squeeze her and it must have encouraged her because she suddenly began undoing the buttons on the blonde's blouse. She quickly became impatient, though, and grabbed her shirt, one hand on each side of the buttons and pulled hard, sending white buttons scattering along the floor. Piper gasped and thought briefly about complaining but once she saw the possessive look in Alex's eyes she decided against it. The woman quickly removed the ruined shirt and immediately reached around Piper with her right hand, removing her bra swiftly. She clearly wasn't in the mood to take things slow.

The next thing Piper knew Alex's nimble fingers had already unzipped her skirt and with a sharp tug it fell to the ground, pooling at Piper's feet. Her mouth was on Piper's neck now, both hands running up and down her sides as her thumbs brushed over the blonde's breasts with each movement. Piper was uncontrollably whimpering and grabbing onto those black locks like her life depended on it, just trying to stay upright at this point. Suddenly Alex was on her knees, pressing hot open mouthed kisses all over the blonde's torso, biting and sucking and leaving small pink and red marks all over her stomach and hips. Piper's breathing was still speeding up, her whole chest heaving with each breath. Alex didn't seem to be in the mood to tease as she pulled down Piper's panties and looked up at the girl. Piper's hair was ruffled, her cheeks pink and eyes wide from the sudden turn of events. Alex moaned at the sight and pulled one of Piper's legs over her shoulder, caressing her ass with both hands as she took in the sight in front of her.

Piper's hips bucked involuntarily, craving any sort of contact whatsoever. She was quickly rewarded by Alex's tongue making one slow, firm trail from her opening to just under her clit. The blonde let out a huge breath and her hands tangled in Alex's hair, pushing her face toward where she needed her. Alex suddenly sucked her clit into her mouth, immediately flicking and nibbling on it to drive the blonde above her insane. She licked circles and undefined patterns all over the blonde's most sensitive spot, clearly enjoying how much she was struggling to stay on her feet. Alex was still fully clothed but Piper was completely naked except her heels, which meant only one heel was actually holding her up at this point. Piper didn't give a fuck.

She was moaning louder and louder by the second, hands gripping tighter and supporting leg wobbling uncontrollably. Then, seemingly out of the blue, there were two fingers inside of her. Two long, skilled, perfect fingers were inside of her, pressing against her walls between hard fast thrusts. Piper felt all of her muscles tensing up and saw Alex look up at her stomach, watching the muscles in her abdomen begin to clench. Piper let out one last loud moan before she went completely silent, grabbing on even tighter to those locks of hair on the head between her legs. Alex's left hand went to her hip and kept her upright while she continued licking and thrusting into the girl until she knew it was too much. She slowly stood up while carefully removing her fingers.

The next thing Piper knew she was on her back on the bed being straddled by Alex and told over and over you're such a good girl Pipes, you're such a good girl. Her breathing was finally steady when Alex surprised her again, slowly pushing two fingers back inside of her. Piper couldn't control herself and bit hard into Alex's collarbone, causing the brunette to add a third finger and continue thrusting.

"Come again baby..." Alex's husky whisper was almost enough to make her obey immediately. She quivered under the woman, continuing to moan once again. Alex's thumb found its way back to the blonde's sensitive clit, simply applying pressure without moving at all as she continued pumping in and out with her 3 fingers. Piper's legs suddenly wrapped around Alex's waist and all of her muscled tensed up, once again biting her collarbone and digging into her shoulders with her fingers. She gasped something that was supposed to be Alex's name before she did what Alex said and came again. Her entire body felt like it was on fire, muscles clenching and unclenching repeatedly before she was able to relax and fell back onto the mattress.

"Holy shit.." Was all Piper could say as she tried to control her breathing. Alex simply kissed her on each cheek, then her lips before sitting up next to her.

"Babe I have to go home tonight." She sounded regretful but they both knew she had to leave.

"It's okay... I'm probably going to just lay here all night." Piper had a small smile on her lips and she was being honest, she would probably turn on Netflix and fall asleep until the morning.

"Pipes, I-" Alex cut herself off clenching her eyes shut. "I'll see you at work tomorrow." She kissed her forehead and walked out the door. Piper lay there completely stunned, pretty sure she knew exactly what the brunette just stopped herself from saying.