So, Alex left 5 days ago. Piper walked her at the airport and it was a bittersweet au revoir.
She knows it's childhish to miss her like crazy after just 5 days, but she can't help it. She is so used to have Alex filling her days. If they couldn't see each other, they would talk at the phone for hours. Now, she can't even call her because she is abroad. A fucking ocean between them.
But Piper also knows that days will pass faster if she keeps herself busy or in company, so she is hanging out with Natalie tonight.
Well, Natalie wouldn't be her first choice, but since everyone seems so busy and Natalie is the only person with free time, she has to take what she can. They're going to the cinema, watching an old movie. Good thing about movies is you don't have to talk. It's a pretty lonely activity. When they get there, she smiles. The movie is Vanilla Sky. Even if Tom Cruise is not her favorite actor, the movie seems interesting. But what catches her attention is the word Vanilla. And that, itself brings sweet memories of her nights with Alex, especially the last one, surrounded by vanilla's candles.
"I...don't. I'm not.. - an extremely embarassed Piper says to her girlfriend, after kissing her whole body and reaching her pale belly.
"What's wrong?" - Alex asks with a serious voice, seeing the trembled look on her girlfriend's face.
"What if I do something wrong? Or hurt you? I don't...I can't.." - the blonde backs off and sits on the bed facing Alex.
The older woman stares at her and doesn't know what to do. Yes, she had flings with girls at their first time with a woman, but she never had problems at stopping the act or convince them to go further. But as she knows, Piper is different. She doesn't want to force her or worse, she doesn't want her to think she wasn't doing good. In fact, if Piper didn't stop, she wouldn't have known her girlfriend was unncomfortable. But seeing her biting her bottom lip, looking at her like a lost embarased puppy, makes Alex smiles.
"Hey." - says Alex slipping closer to Piper, cupping the blonde's face. The younger girl lays down her gaze, like she doesn't want Alex to read what she is feeling.
"Look at me." - Alex says with a low tone in her voice. She brushes Piper's cheek with a thumb and the blonde finally looks at her. Worried. Stuck.
"Don't worry." - the brunette doesn't move her hands away from the blushing face.
"But I thought I was ready..." - Alex smiles at her again, not in her usual teasing way, but in a fondly way.
"Stop. It's ok. We have no rush. You have to be sure."
"But I thought I was." - Piper lowers her gaze, finding hard to stare at the green eyes in front of her.
"You're not. No big deal." - Alex uses her hand to guide Piper's face to look at her.
"Aren't you mad?" - Piper asks timidly.
"What?" - a laugh escapes from Alex's mouth. - "It's all good. You'll try again when you're ready."
"So you're good with me being a total waste of your time?"
"Shut up. You're anything but a waste of my time." - Alex takes her hands and look at her subtly.
"I am?" - says Piper with a relieved face, but still doubtful and worried.
"Yes. Now could you please stop worrying and be my little spoon?" - Alex says with a wide smile that could light up a dark room.
"I guess that's something I can do." - says Piper with a tiny smile.
And so, she lays back in bed with Alex hugging her from behind, moving blonde strays away from her face and kissing softly on her cheek.
"I'll take care of you, kid." - and Piper feels better, overwhelmed by Alex's warmth and love.
After the movie, they join Polly and the others at this new club. Helped by some liquid courage in the form of tequila, Piper agrees to hit the dancefloor with Natalie. The beat is loud and catchy, the music is something she's sure she has heard on the radio. After a while, Natalie is nowhere to be seen but Piper doesn't worry. Suddenly, while enjoying the sax in this song, swaying her hips, she feels an hand on her shoulder and so she turns to see who's the invader. The lights off and the inebriated state she's in doesn't help her, so the invader says something leaning closer.
"It's Larry!" - who's Larry? Piper asks to herself.
"Pete's friend?" - Oh, that odd guy! Yes, the one that flirted to her till the point to make Alex jealous. God bless him.
"Oh, right!" - that's all she says.
"Where's your tall girlfriend?" - he asks hoping to hear something like 'No more girlfriend'.
"She is in fucking Italy. An ocean away from me!" - she shouts hiding the sadness of the statment.
"Oh, lucky me!" - he says and cheers like his favorite team scored. Piper finds that odd and laughts at him. He must thinks he's funny.
"Can I grab you a drink?"
"Fine, let's go. I have to find Natalie."
When she finds her, they all decide to get a table or a place to sit. Once they find it, they order new drinks.
After that, the people at the table start to talk about things no one will ever remember the next morning. Larry sits far from Piper but he can't takes his eyes off of her. She notices it and kind of enjoys the moment. Since Alex left, she misses being the focus of someone's gaze and even if Larry isn't even close to being entangling as Alex is, she doesn't mind having those attentions. She has no intentions on doing anything with Larry. No way she could cheat on Alex. But she wants to have some fun tonight and she promises to herself, she will be nothing but a gracious girl having fun but with a stunning, smart girlfriend waiting for her. Currently at the other side of the ocean. The guy sat next to her decides to call it a night and leaves the club so Larry doesn't waste time and takes his place. After listening to him for some minutes, she feels so sleepy. I mean, the guy rambles a lot. She has never heard someone talk so much in such a short time. He is desperate to make an impression.
"Larry." - she interrupts him.
"Yes?"
"My head hurts, could you please keep your voice down?" - and after that she smiles in a pleading way.
"Oh my God. I'm so sorry. I will!" - and after that he shuts off for a while.
After one more drink, Piper feels it's time to stop and go back home. She asks Natalie if she is coming and the brunette tells her she's staying.
Polly already left and the blonde decides she will go home by herself.
"We can share a cab!" - Larry says, and Piper looks at him. It's not a bad idea, she doesn't like being alone on her way home.
"Sounds like a good idea." - so they leave the club together and hail a cab.
He holds the door for her and so she moves in, followed by the dark-haired guy.
He seems very excited to be alone with Piper and the proof is given when he takes her hand and holds it. Piper uncomfortably withdraws her hand from his grip. She is in the 'I miss Alex and I'm pissed off about it' phase, the alcohol must be fading away. She doesn't want anyone to flirt with her. She just wishes she'd find Alex in her bed, waiting for her. But she won't. So she is pissed off.
"Larry, I'm sorry but it's never going to happen." - she bluntly tells him.
"Why? I'm a good guy." - he smiles warmly.
"I know but I have a girlfriend." - she replies with a bored smile.
"But you could have me." - he tries to be enchanting, he really tries.
"Thank you for your offer, but as I told you, I have her."
"You'll regret it when I get famous." - he says giggling.
"Famous? How?"
"I'm a writer."
"Yeah? What do you write? The most hilarious pick-up lines?" - she laughs.
"No, I write real stuff. You'll see!" - he says almost offended but with a smile to hide it.
The taxi stops at Piper's address and she steps out of it, paying the driver and saying goodbye to Larry.
"Wait.." - she hears Larry calling her. She stops and looks at him.
"Are you sure you don't want to invite me over?" - he cockly asks.
"I told you Larry, it's never going to happen." - she leaves him behind her, laughing at the poor attemp of the guy.
Once she settles herself in the bed, she checks her iPhone, only to find a message from a weird long number.
"Back in five days. See ya at the airport.
I miss you, kid. Hope you're not having too much fun without me.
Alex."
She fells asleep with a smile on her face. Even if at the other side of the world, in the middle of one of the most interesting city of the world, Alex found a way to keep up with her. To let her know she is missing her. The thought of Alex thinking about her is way better that feeling anyone else gaze on her. And that says a lot.
It took me a while to write this, I still have to organize the drama thing.
Also, I've told you before I had this new idea on my mind, and I'm thinking about starting it even if I still have this one on. What do you think? Should I wait? Do you have some hints on how I could mess things up a bit? Leave me some review or PM if you have something on your mind! :)
