Hey all! I've been excited for you guys to read this chapter! I really like it... There may or may not be a new character being introduced...
Anyway, enjoy!
Piper and Polly were drinking a cup of coffee in the living room. They were talking about which schools they hoped to get into, and which schools they were currently doing their application for. Piper was very set on going to school at Smith college, and so was Polly.
Both of them were fairly relieved at the thought of going to college and actually knowing people. They had both changed from when they knew each other when they were kids, and now it seems like a more logical thing to say they wanted to go to college together. They both knew each other well enough that it wouldn't be awkward, but not well enough that it would be awkward if they drifted apart.
"So, you and Pete still… good? I didn't see you two together last night at all."
"I decided to break it off. We're still on great terms, and occasionally hook up, but it's not serious."
"Wait- When did that even happen?"
"Uhm, near the begging of school."
"And you didn't tell me?" Piper sat up, nearly spilling her drink.
"Sorry, you were just so caught up in you little world with Alex… I didn't bother telling you."
"Pol-" Polly cut her off.
"It's fine Pipe. Beside's I had Larry to talk to. It's cool."
"Okay now that is not much help."
"Sorry, it was when you two were still dating. Larry was pretty pissed about everything, but i kept his mind off of you and Alex."
"And what the hell does that mean?" Anger was forming in Piper's tone.
"It means I told him about all this Pete drama and how he was being an immature ass."
The anger went away, and left Piper feeling guilty about not being there for her friend. "You could have talked to me…"
"I know, but I also didn't want to interrupt you guys staring at each other when the other was looking away." Polly paused for a second. "I didn't want to interrupt you. I would've interrupted Alex."
"Very funny." Piper replied sarcastically. She looked out the window to see Alex's car parked outside. The car was actually her mothers, but sometimes Alex would take it while Diane was working. She never minded as long as she had a ride home.
Alex was visible from the front window, standing outside the front door. She rang the door bell, and Piper hopped up off the couch and answered the door.
"Hey!" Alex smiled.
"Hey." Piper smiled back. "I gotta go get my shit. Come in though."
Alex entered into the house, away from the grey, damp, day. She stood in the front hall, looking around at Polly's big house. She wasn't use to being in giant houses, and although it wasn't as big as Nicky's house, it was pretty damn big.
"So…" Polly started as she sat on the staircase.
"You know, we don't have to make small talk."
"Right."
The two of them awkwardly looked around the room, the silence getting more and more awkward. Polly got out her phone and started to text at one point. Polly's house was very white, and Alex really stuck out. She was wearing her black leather jacket, a faded black v-neck with a grey hoodie, black pants and black docs. Her black hair and glasses really didn't help.
"So, do you own anything with colour?" Polly asked, breaking the silence.
"Uh, probably." Alex replied.
More silence.
Piper came down the stairs, and walked past Polly. "You ready to go?" She asked.
"Yeah." Alex nodded. She then opened the door and waved bye to Polly. Piper raced over and gave her friend a hug before leaving after Alex.
"So where are we going?" Piper asked as they drove.
"Uh, anything specific you want to do?"
"I'm pretty easy."
"Alright cool." Alex replied as she made turn. They drove a few blocks and then parked right outside a tattoo parlour.
Piper looked out the window at the store. "Uhm…"
Alex opened the door on Piper's side. "Remember when I said I wanted to get a tattoo?"
"Yeah." Piper replied.
"Well, that day is today."
A few hours had gone by, and Alex had just gotten her first tattoo; A few red roses on her upper right arm. She had always loved the look of roses at tattoos, and although people probably wouldn't have considered it the most badass tattoo you could get, Alex looked like a fucking badass.
Piper was also considering getting one, but she chickened out after seeing someone actually getting it done. Alex teased her about it a bit, but then told her that they weren't for everyone.
"So how much did it hurt?" Piper asked as the two walked down the street, looking for a place to eat.
"It was painful… But it was like, a good kind of painful, you know?"
"Right, well maybe one day i'll decide to get a tattoo of some exotic… fish or something." She laughed.
"A fish?" Alex smirked.
"Okay well… Maybe not a fish. But maybe something someday." Their hands brushed together, and they both looked at each other. Alex then took her hand in Piper's for only a second before getting startled by the familiar voice of Piper's mother.
"Piper!" She called out.
Piper turned around, embarrassed. "Hey, mom!"
"I'm on my home from the store. Do you need a ride home?" Carol pretty much ignored the fact that Alex was standing right beside Piper. She barely even glanced her way.
"No uh, i'm spending the day with Alex." Piper monitored towards Alex, who was standing there with a confused and bored look on her face.
"Oh okay. Well just be home in time for dinner. Your grandmother is coming over" she replied as she continued walking. She gave Piper a hug and gave Alex a look that said she knew she was there, but didn't care to actually speak.
The two continued walking until they found themselves at a small burger place. They went inside, the smell of food making them realize just how hungry they were. They both ordered their food, and waited to get their order.
"So... Do your parents just not know where you are most of the time?" Alex asked, thinking back on how shocked her mother seemed to be when they saw her.
"They normally do I honestly, I just kind of forgot to mention I wasn't coming straight home from Polly's." She paused for a second, remembering the conversation shad with Alex's mother, and how Alex seemed to just go out at random times without saying where. "Do you tell your mom where you go?"
Their order number was called and they picked up their food and headed over to a table. "I do, yeah. I just normally answer where I go after I get home. Besides, it's not like my mother is really home enough to even know when I go out."
What Alex just said really made Piper think about Alex's home life was really like. Not just now, but when she was younger too. They had spoken about it before, but never in much detail because Alex never liked to talk about it much. She had spoken very highly about her dad, even though she had never actually met him.
But Piper couldn't stop thinking about how Alex grew up with her mother almost never home. But they were very, very close.
Piper slowly snapped out of her thoughts, and looked up at Alex who was sitting across from her, a smirk on her face. "So where'd i lose you?"
"What?"
"You totally just spaced out on me."
"Right."
"What's on you mind?"
"Nothing I was just sort of wondering…" Piper paused for a second. "Have you ever been curious about meeting your father?"
Alex was caught off guard by the question, and her first reaction was to go on the defensive side, but she didn't. She then started thinking about the phone call she had gotten only hours ago. She was thinking about meeting him, but it was only know that she started thinking about it in depth.
"Actually…" Alex started, but she couldn't find the words to continue.
"I'm sorry… I didn't mean to-"
"No it's fine. But uh… I think… I'm going to meet him."
"Really? W-" Piper stopped herself from asking all these questions that she wanted to know the answer to.
"His bands playing in New Haven at the end of October…" Alex had told Piper that he was in a really great band, and that he was a great drummer, but she had never actually told he the name of the band, and when she said the name "Death Maiden" Pipers expression changed drastically.
"Wait… That's your fathers band? You mean…"
"Yeah, that record you got me, with his signature… That was him." Alex looked down to her fidgeting hands, trying to not show how vulnerable she really felt at that moment.
Piper didn't know what to say next.
"So now you know why that meant so much to me..." Alex let out a small laugh. A smile then crept onto Pipers face. "I'm kind of scared to meet him though." She admitted.
Piper noodled her head, knowing that yeah, it would be a terrifying thing. Meeting your father who you look up to so much, but not knowing what he would actually be like. That's scary.
"So Piper, how was your day?" Celeste asked after everyone else had finished talking about their day.
"It was good actually. I spent the day with… Alex." Piper replied hesitantly, as she didn't really know if she should just say Alex, or friend, or girlfriend.
"Is Alex your boyfriend?"
As Piper was about to speak up, Carol chimed in with, "Alex is Piper's friend, though I still don't understand why."
Celeste ignored the huge emphasis on the 'why' and started to talk about something else.
Piper had always loved her grandmother, but she somehow picked up on this families need for hiding the truth, so even if Piper wanted to tell her about Alex it probably would have gotten her in trouble. But in trouble for lying about something that is not 'appropriate' as her mother would say.
As everyone was cleaning up dinner, Carol pulled Piper aside. "So, your father and I have given you sometime to think about this whole… Alex thing, and we've given ourselves time to think as well. And we just don't think you should be seeing this girl."
"Mom, i'm not just going to stop seeing her because you don't want me to."
"Why would someone like you hang out with someone like her? We just think it's time you expand and… Try out new things. Meet new people."
"Meet new people? You mean date new people."
"There's this nice young fellow… Larry something. We all think you two would look nice together."
Piper's expression changed from annoyed to worried the second she heard Larry's name. Even though she wasn't even sure it was that same Larry. "I'm not going out on a date with some guy i've never even met. Especially since i'm in a relationship."
"Piper, we just think it would be good for you."
"Thank's, but i'm not going." She turned around and headed up to her room. Her mother was about to call on her to get back, but she was fed up and didn't want to try any more.
Monday morning came, and no one was really up for doing anything. There were a few collages coming into the school to talk to students and try to get them to apply to their school. Piper went to as many of them as she could, and got applications for them to apply to. She was starting to get really stressed about it all.
Alex on the other hand knew she would never be able to afford to go, so instead of going to the meetings, she would ditch and go somewhere else. Today she decided to get extra shifts at work. It was almost the first of the month, which meant rent was due.
Diane would always appose of Alex helping out with money around the house, but whenever she could she would help out. After all Alex wasn't spending the money on much else. In fact the whole reason she got this job was to help out.
The studio she worked at wasn't going to give Alex a very high paying job after showing up high every day for a few months.
When Alex had gotten to the store, she was confused to see a new girl sitting at the cash. Her boss came out to greet Alex, and introduce the two. "Alex, this is Emma."
Emma stood up and put her hand out for Alex to shake. "Hey."
"Hey." Alex replied, taking her hand and shaking it firmly.
Emma was quite a few inches shorter then Alex. She had long dyed red hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a lot of dark make up. Her eyeliner wasn't quite as good-looking as Alex's though.
"You two will be working most shifts together now. And Alex I expect you two show her how things are run here."
Alex nodded her head as he then said goodbye and left the store. Emma sat back down and put her feet up on the cash desk. It was hard not to notice the platforms on the girls combat books. Or the many rips in her black jeans. On the back of the chair was a heavily studded leather jacket, which Alex assumed was Emma's as well.
"So do you like, sit here all day and get high or something?"
"Uhm, you probably could." Alex gave her this look as if she really didn't care what she did. Because really, Alex couldn't give a fuck about what this Emma person did.
"Cool." Emma replied.
It was at a moment where Alex was glad to be herself. When someone this good-looking were to start working with you, most people would probably try to impress them and act cooler then they are; which normally makes them look like an ass. But Alex knew she didn't have to work for this girls approval. She didn't give a shit.
That very 'I don't care about what you do' vibe seemed to be radiating off of Alex, and it seemed to have attracted Emma's attention.
"You wanna smoke?" She asked.
Alex just shook her head, pulled up a chair and put her headphones on, making Emma want Alex's attention more.
The cocky, i don't give a shit Alex attitude seemed very attractive to people, especially since she herself was very attractive. Emma now wanted to impress Alex.
"There's a new girl at work." Alex mentioned to Piper as the two of them lay beside each other on Alex's bed.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Now I get to spend most of my shifts with her. That'll be fun."
"I'm sure she's happy about that." Alex could hear a hint of jealousy in Piper's tone.
"What does that mean?" Alex smirked as she looked over to Piper.
"Nothing."
"Jealous?"
"Maybe a bit." Piper admitted as she turned to face Alex, who was still smirking.
Alex brushed Piper's hair behind her ear, her hand then caressing Piper's cheek. "Don't worry, i'm all yours, kid."
Silence.
"Come with me." The way Alex said it wasn't like a question, but more of a statement.
"To where?"
"To the concert. To meet my father."
so... Piper will be going with Alex...
(Also Alex's first tattoo! Exciting!)
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the chapter and on Emma!
