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She cupped Piper's cheeks and makes the younger girl look her in the eyes. "Do you understand kid?" Piper just nods shortly before she diverts her eyes back down again. Alex makes her look her in the eye once again. "By the way. You were fucking perfect Piper. Thank you."
This time Piper lifted her head a little and Alex closed the gap immediately. "Well since you so kindly offered me tat, you better get ready for tit babe." It's going to be a long night.
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The next morning Alex decides to bring her best friend a little visit with a cup of coffee to thank her for going back to her own apartment last night. It sure as hell was a night..
And normally Alex isn't the person to pour her happiness over other people immediately.. she apparently can't help herself now. She doesn't have to knock or anything because she has a key to Nicky's apartment. When she walks in, there's no one there so Nicky must still be asleep.
That doesn't stop her also. She wakes up her friend by knocking loudly on her bedroom door and immediately she hears a groan escape from Nicky's lips. When Alex opens the door and peeks through she hears her friend speak.
"What the fuck are you doing here this early? Aren't you supposed to still be in bed with blondie?"
"Piper", she pronounces her name extra obvious, "had to be somewhere. So I figured I'd stop by and bring you coffee to thank you for your gracious behavior of leaving us alone last night."
"In other words.. you are here thanking me for the fact that you got laid last night, huh?"
"If you want to call it that. I'm not even going to stop you. So yeah. Thanks." A wide grin spreads across her face and she's not able to stop it.
"Geez. I can't even believe you're really here for that. It's like you want me to congratulate you for getting laid."
"Well it can't hurt, can it?"
"Vause. Congratulations on the fact that you managed to turn her into a pussy liking blondie instead of a dick sucking uptight WASP."
"Jesus. A bit much Nick? You know it's not like that."
"I know, I know. I'm just fucking with you. It's kinda obvious you're already head over heels with this one. I can't remember ever seeing you like this. Normally I would find it pathetic, but I'm happy for you. Really am Vause. You hit the jackpot with this one, I told you before."
"Yeah I'm guessing you are right."
Last night...
Being with Alex gives her inspiration. She can't help but feel light. Full of energy and ideas for new things. So after the fourth round, Piper's last round of going down on Alex, she escaped into the bathroom with her phone to send Polly a quick text. Alex was already passed out on the bed, but Piper was eager to talk to her best friend. Not alone about the amazing sex, but also about their so called business, which hasn't exactly been a business the past month.
Piper: You are never going to guess what I just did.
Polly: Have lots of lesbian sex with a certain tall brunette?
Piper: How'd you know?
Polly: R u kidding me? Pete came home last night and slurred some things about him and Nicky leaving you two alone so boss/Vause – doesn't matter they're the same - could get laid. Must have been Nicky's words I guess.
Piper wanted to reply but Polly was faster.
Polly: So how was it? How does it taste?
Piper: Geez Pol, that's your second question, really?
Polly: What? I'm being supportive of your new lifestyle here. And actually I've always been dying to know, you know; for science purposes. Seriously I don't know what all the fuss is about, I'm trying to understand here.
Piper: I'm not going to discuss with you how Alex tastes. Certainly not by text. So you can what? Use it to blackmail me later? I don't think so Poll.
Polly: How dare you think of me like that. It's like you don't know me at all -.-
Polly: But seriously. Tell me something. What was it like? And this time I mean the sex, not the way she tastes.
Piper: It was… better than I could have ever imagined. I mean. It's like I just discovered what sex is supposed to be like.
Polly: You filthy lesbian.
Piper: Yeah but your filthy lesbian.
Polly: You got that right!
Piper: But hey, I've been meaning to tell you.. I want us to meet in the morning at 9, sharp. We're both in jobs we don't particularly want to be in for the rest of our lives. We've had a good thing going. It's time to really make it work don't you think?
Polly: Have you made all of this up while you were having sex with Alex? Because that makes me think less of what you just told me.
Piper: No idiot. She just left me spent, satisfied and on the other hand full of energy and new ideas. That's all.
Polly: Go to sleep you doofus. See you at nine.
After she walked back into bedroom and crawls back into the bed with Alex. Sleep didn't come easily to her that night. There was too much adrenaline coursing through her body. Too much possibilities running through her brain. And the fact that she didn't want to divert her eyes from the almost naked body that was next to her.
This morning...
"So what are you guys? Is she your girlfriend now? Does the big badass Alex Vause have a girlfriend now?" Nicky asked.
"We haven't labelled anything yet. I guess you can say that we're dating."
"And you're exclusive?"
"We didn't talk about that exactly. We did tell each other that there's no one else at the moment and that we're both not interested for there to be anybody else. But that doesn't exactly say that it is or is not allowed to be.. you know. But it's cool. It's fine for now."
After visiting Nicky, Ales goes to Saltshaker. She loves to be there when there is no one around. No one knows that she owns the place and she can just hang around and admire what she has built up for herself without anyone interrupting the feeling. She does some administrative work but since it is still so early due to Piper leaving for her meeting with Polly this morning.. she's done by twelve o'clock.
Even though the younger woman only left Saltshaker four hours ago, she is already missing her. At least it feels like that happy feeling that was inside of her this morning, and last night.. isn't there anymore. In the afterglow she felt it still when she visited Nicky. She approached the paperwork just now eagerly with that feeling still lingering.. but how much she tries to hold on to that feeling. It is already slipping from her body and mind. She already needed a new dose of the girl that left her in bed this morning.
Alex: So how was your morning date with Polly?
Piper: Miss me already Ms. Vause?
Alex: Would you please stop calling me that! You're making me feel old.
Piper: Well you are older than me missy.
Alex: Jesus fuck Piper. I swear to you if you ever call me THAT again we won't be having sex in the nearby future.
Piper: You don't mean that.
Alex: No, no I don't.
Alex: So really! How did it go this morning?
Piper: We worked out some pretty good ideas. We both still need to keep working our jobs to make some extra cash and such, but we want to have the business up and running again in about half a year.
Alex: Sounds good. Although I'm not entirely happy with the thought of you leaving Saltshaker.
Piper: Nothing's set in place for some time, and we can still see each other outside of work.
Alex: Yeah if you're not tired of my ass by then.
Piper: I don't see that happening anytime soon Al. xx
Those kisses were a sign for Alex to stop texting and to stop being so pathetic about all of this. But still she wants to send the blonde another text and after that another... Because she isn't sure when she would see her outside of work again and quite frankly she wants that moment to be as soon as possible.
Alex: What do you say we celebrate those new ideas tonight?
Piper: I'm sorry Al, I can't. I already promised Polly we would go out for drinks and celebrate.
Alex: Yeah sure of course. I get it. You guys have fun tonight!
She puts her phone on silent and stashes it in the back pocket of her jeans. She was losing herself in Piper, around Piper. Everything is already about Piper. It's a good feeling but at the same time it scares her to death. Within 24 hours she changed into a clingy something. She didn't like it. But she isn't sure how to change herself back.
Piper is sitting on the couch with her laptop in her lap while shouting at Polly in the kitchen. "Hey Pol. Do you mind if Alex and Nicky tag along tonight?
"Yeah sure, I can find out how horrible you are in the sack. That's a great idea actually."
"Geez Pol. Don't say things like that. In fact; don't talk about me, Alex and a bed in the same sentence please. It's too embarrassing. Besides, she won't answer you anyway."
"Probably not. But Nicky will."
Piper: Do you and Nicky want to come along tonight? To celebrate?
Alex: Thanks Pipes, but that's okay. You just have fun on your girls night out!
Deep down inside Alex wants tag along badly.. she just wants to be around Piper again. But she didn't want to impose. And it isn't even that she doesn't want Piper to celebrate alone with Polly. Piper isn't hers. And she is perfectly allowed to go out without Alex. But that doesn't mean Alex doesn't want to go with her. To be with her. To dance with her.
Piper: Alex, please come with. I want you to.
Alex didn't even have to say what was bothering her. Piper knew that the tall brunette was holding back.
Alex: I'll ask Nicky.
Piper: Thanks Al. See you tonight! X
They want something different then Saltshaker tonight. Three of the four women were already there for half of the week. They just want a different environment. They do however choose one of the clubs in the city that Alex happens to own too.
The club is called Infinity and is booming for quite some time now. Alex doesn't come here often because simply there's no reason for her to. It all ran smoothly here. It's the last club that she opened and maybe that's why the club didn't have her heart like Saltshaker did. But still it would be fun to visit the club when it was packed with people having fun and dancing.
Alex is pleased with Piper's look to say the least. She loves it when Piper dresses all casual. She is beautiful and doesn't even need a body hugging dress to point that out. Piper's wearing a light blue tight jeans and a white blouse is tugged inside her jeans. Alex herself is wearing a tight black jeans and a dark green V-neck.
It is still pretty early so they pick a place to sit down and just relax first. Get a couple of drinks in before they would enter the dance floor. The conversations run smoothly. Nicky is behaving pretty okay up until now, and Polly hasn't harassed Nicky yet about what Alex has told her wild haired best friend about Piper in the sack.
Piper sits right across from Alex and Polly is sitting next to her. Polly insisted on it when they came in. She didn't want to sit right next to the wild haired woman because she is quite certain that Nicky would hit on her. It's hard for Piper to be away from Alex even though she's sitting right across from her, it's still too far away.
That is until she feels that Alex is trying to make contact with her under the table. It's a small table and with her long arms she's capable to touch Piper's knee just slightly. But it's enough of a gesture for Piper.
The drinks are still flowing freely and now it's Piper's turn to walk to the bar and fetch some for the group. While she's at the bar a handsome guy approaches her immediately. It is like he was waiting all along for her to get away from the group so he could talk to her. And it doesn't even last one whole minute before he does.
"Piper, is that you?"
Piper turns her head into the reaction where the strong male voice is coming from. She doesn't recognize him from his voice but does when she sees him.
"Jake, hi! How are you? What are you doing here?"
She is genuinely happy to see him. It's been like five years since she's seen him. He was one of her first more serious boyfriends right before college, and apparently he is still as gorgeous as he was then. That isn't something that goes past Piper, even though still all she has eyes for is Alex. All she wants is Alex.
Before Piper went to college the pair of them already broke it off because Jake was moving with his family to Australia. Not that he didn't have a choice to stay, because he was old enough. He just didn't want to stay. Not that Piper wasn't a good enough reason to stay for, in fact; he almost did. But in the end another life was what he wanted most. It was his dream to live there and he couldn't let all of that go for Piper.
She was heartbroken for a short while, but quite fast she understood all too clearly. They were way too young to give up dreams for each other. In fact it didn't even last a whole month before she was in another relationship at that time.
"I moved back for a job. Mom and dad are still down there."
"Wow, gave up your dream for a job huh," Piper asks without any remorse in her voice even though you would think that would come with that type of question.
"Yeah well, I guess dreams change over the years. So now I'm back."
"I can see that. You look good Jake. It's good to see you," she says while she opens her arms and wraps Jake into a hug.
It is true. It's good to see someone who you've cared about in the past, and see with your own eyes that he is doing well.
But from Alex's point of view it's all looking a little differently. She is seeing a young handsome man at the bar talking to Piper. He has brown hair and piercing blue eyes, almost as piercing as Piper's. Even if she's gay as fuck, she can still tell that he is handsome. And from this distance she can also see that Piper is pleased to see him.
She seems to know him. Otherwise Piper wouldn't be so amicable around him. She knows her well enough to see through her that far. And even though she doesn't like Piper talking to that guy, any guy that is looking like that, one bit. She lets it go. Because it's not her place. Not yet, in fact. Not ever.
But she's feeling that possessive about Piper. And it's scaring the fuck out of her.
A/N
I've decided to leave it at that for this chapter. Hope you're not too mad at me! I promise to update the next chapter within a week.