Chapter 10: Alone Again?
Alex followed after Piper, her feet clacking down the concrete stairs as she exited the building and caught sight of Piper scurrying briskly down the street.
Alex caught up to Piper with a light jog, a full smile spread across her feet.
Nothing made her feel more alive than finally being able to punch that bitch hard and put her down. The adrenaline was golden glory in her glowing veins of triumph. Alex felt like she could do anything, and Piper was exactly what she wanted to do.
Alex nudged Piper playfully, but instead of shooting her a sheepish grin Piper recoiled, as if Alex's hand was hissing viper. Piper kept walking and picked up the pace as she tried to move farther away from Alex.
A cold feeling ripped through Alex's ribbons of accomplishment and shredded them to simple ashes and cinders in Alex's chest. She felt dead sick; the realization of what she'd just done to Piper's roommate just started to occur to her as something more than just a fun form of justice. Clearly Piper was running away from her, and she couldn't let that happen, she couldn't lose this perfect woman.
"Piper wait…" Alex breathed, but the blonde wasn't having any of it.
She didn't seem to have a real destination in mind as she continued on with a right turn into the Campus park. The sun was almost completely down now, and they were now alone in the twilight of the chilly park.
"Piper I'm sorry, I just…"
"Just leave me alone," Piper spat.
"No fucking way I'm doing that," Alex leered as she lashed out and tore the suitcase from Piper's hands.
"Hey, give me that back."
"Not until you calm down and start thinking clearly," Alex hissed.
"Fine, I don't know why I ever thought you were different from anyone else in my life. Screw you Alex, you can keep my mismatched clothes, I'm out."
And Piper set off deeper into the park, tears streaming down her eyes.
Alex stared after her in horror of what she'd just done.
What had she been thinking? Where had that evil tone and greed come from? How could she have acted that way towards Piper?
"I'm sorry Piper," Alex sighed. "I'm sorry I lost control. Here, you can have your suitcase, I'll give you some money to get a hotel room or apartment until you get a new dorm room. I'll leave you alone, let you be."
Alex shook her head as she pulled a few crumpled bills from her pocket and stuffed them into Piper's top suitcase pocket. She sighed and started off towards her bar.
"Alex, wait," she heard Piper mumble only a few meters away.
Alex turned somber, tears threatening to break free and pummeled her world of control with sorrowful sobs
"What is it Piper?" she moaned.
"Alex, I want to be your roommate."
Alex was overwhelmed by complete shock as she gasped awkwardly, her emotions running rampant circles in her mind.
"That is if you still want to me to be."
"Yes, of course Piper. But why do you want to be with me. You saw what I just did, how I reacted. Why do you want to room with me?"
"I need some company right now, as you seem to. It's strange, but you're the only person I've ever really felt at home around. And I really can't stand to lose that."
"So you were okay with all that I just did?" Alex breathed.
"Of course, that was awesome really. I mean it was epic how you smashed her face into that window. That was badass," Piper smiled.
"Well what can I say, she really had it coming. I mean how did you not murder that bitch when you first met her?"
"The thought was really tempting, but I thought dealing with the body would be a bit of a hassle."
"Yeah, I can see that. But with the amount of perfume in that room a heart attack, or an accident would have all done it. Maybe she got high on the fumes and went crazy and stabbed herself 500 times in the face with a pen?"
"You know that does seem obviously plausible if I made sure to tweet that with and LOL smiley face first."
"True, but I'm glad you're okay with me knocking her out and all, that felt really good. But I don't make a habit of it too often. This, though, was a perfect exception."
"Believe me that was one of the main highlights of today for sure. I only wished I had a picture of her lying there with a broken nose," Piper said with a sigh.
Alex pulled out her phone coyly, and showed Piper the picture she'd just snapped of her former roommate bloody on the floor.
"Awesome, now how about we go back to your place roomy, and let's see if we can destroy that bitch's social media shit too while we're at it."
"Hit her while she's down, you're cruel."
"Maybe, but you have to agree she deserves it."
"Can't argue there, so let's get her," Alex replied with a devious smile.
Piper moved in and hugged Alex affectionately. Alex felt shock at first, but then felt an extreme rush as she felt herself get more and more turned on. Then Piper pulled back and smiled at her perfectly. Alex blushed bright red, but hoped it wasn't visible in the low light.
"Well how about we KO her a second time, but make this wound deeper that a broken nose," Piper gleamed.
"Follow me," Alex smiled as she eagerly lead Piper towards her apartment.
Alex felt the deep feeling of lust still coursing through her from Piper's hug and she felt the sinking feeling of falling for someone in the friend zone all over again. But Alex refused to think about it and just enjoyed leading Piper to her new home. She'd pushed her luck hard enough already, so going much further could easily allow Piper to slip right through her fingers. So she'd confront her problems later, when the time was right. But until then she had the perfection of the present moment.