Chapter 22: Is it happening?

Piper spent the next afternoon after school doing her ‚research' and decided to try and use her newly gained knowledge.

At the same time Alex met with Nicky for a coke in the diner.

„How is it going with you and your mom alone?" Alex asked.

„Well, she's barely home anyway so I could as well live there by myself, not counting the housekeeper…" Nicky explained.

"You know you can come over anytime, right?" Alex reminded her.

"Except when you have some alone time with Piper." Nicky gave back "Wouldn't want to interrupt that!"

Alex chuckled. "Well, it helps if send a text first to check."

"I'll remember that. I wouldn't want to run into one having the hands down the others pants." Nicky teased.

"You wouldn't dare." Alex gave back leaving out that this hasn't happened yet. "Plus. If you form your hand like that" she made a fist "and hit the door lightly you can avoid awkward situations, you know?"

"I'm not really sure yet, seeing as you're both my friends, if I want to know it or not." Nicky started. "But really I'm pretty curious."

"Know what?" Alex asked.

"If it's good… I mean, don't get me wrong, but Piper seems way too innocent and cute to be a wild one in bed." Nicky concluded her thoughts.

"You think?" Alex looked a little amused.

"I'm open for surprises… Maybe I am wrong about that?!" Nicky tested.

"Well, do you really think I would answer your question?" Alex tried to get out of it.

"I was hoping." Nicky returned.

"False hope. That's none of your business." Alex gave back.

"You don't have to go into detail, come on!" Nicky almost begged.

"No." Alex replied. She was getting annoyed. She didn't want to admit it to her friend that she was waiting until Piper was ready to take that step and that hadn't happened yet. "It's none of your business. Why the fuck can't you just leave it alone?"

"Gosh. Why are you freaking out about it like that?" Nicky looked at her questioningly. "Woah. You haven't… You won't tell me, because there is nothing to tell?" she tried to find the cause for her friend's reaction.

"Shut up, will you?" Alex whisper-shouted at her. "Fine. You're right, okay? Happy now?"

"Woah, someone's a little frustrated!" Nicky replied.

"Frustrated because you can't let it go." Alex exclaimed.

"Sure." Nicky didn't want to argue with her friend any longer.

"Honestly. I mean I've been ready for it for a while now but I've been waiting for Piper to be too. And so far she hasn't said anything or shown me that she's ready to take that step. And I didn't want to push her. Also to be honest I might have postponed it or slowed it down a little too. I mean it is a big step after all. What if it changes anything between us? I kinda like how it is." Alex tried to reason.

"Well, you two take your time. I'm just a little surprised, that's all. You've been a couple for nearly a year already. But everyone has their own pace. I promise I won't push or ask anymore. I'll wait for you to tell me, okay?" Nicky said. "And of course taking a big step does change something, but is that necessarily a bad thing?"

"Okay. Don't expect any details though." Alex chuckled "I don't know, actually."

"Please, I don't need pictures of that in my head." Nicky returned.

The two kept talking until eventually they had to go home.

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About two weeks after her talk with Polly Piper had tried different things she had found online and even though it was frustrating at first she learned which method was successful and that was the part that was great. She felt more ready now to eventually take that step with Alex.

It was Wednesday and a week and a half before their anniversary. Piper, Alex, Nicky, Lorna and Polly sat together at a lunch table in the school's cafeteria and talked.

"Has anyone seen that movie with that actor, gosh, what was his name?" Lorna tried to remember.

"You'll need to be a bit more specific than that if you want an answer to that question." Nicky told her.

"I know. I mean the one about that group of friends who all have dinner together and then someone decides that everyone puts their phones on the table and every incoming text during the dinner has to be read aloud and calls have to be answered on speaker. It's supposed to be really funny." Lorna explained. Nobody had seen it yet.

"How about we all go together? Say, this saturday?!" Polly suggested.

"Yeah, why not?" everyone agreed.

"Can someone find out which time they show it?" Nicky asked.

"How about the one at 5.30?" Polly had taken out her phone the fastest and was the first to find it on the website. Again everyone agreed and they decided on meeting about half an hour earlier in front of the movie theatre.

"Do you want to come over after the movie? My parents aren't home and Felix is staying with our grandma. We'll have the house all to ourselves." Alex asked Piper later when everyone else had already excused themselves and gone to their classes.

"Sure. I'd love to." Piper smiled at her, wondering if Saturday would be the day they'd both eventually be ready for the next step. Piper would have loved to give Alex a kiss before they went to their classrooms but still feared that if everyone at school knew it would find its way to her parents just how they found out about Alex. So she held back and went with a hug instead.

Saturday came faster than she thought and Piper was at home getting ready. The thought about what might happen later made her pretty nervous but also excited. She was standing in her room trying to decide what to wear. This was an important day and it made it even harder to decide what she should wear.

Alex at the same time had about the same problem. Her mom noticed her nervousness and asked if everything is alright and she told her that all was fine. She didn't really feel like going into detail and maybe it wouldn't happen? Alex tried to calm her nerves that even though they'd have the opportunity, even more explicit than on other occasions, didn't mean it would happen. One could only hope.

Diane and Louis both wondered about their daughters nervous and excited mood and Diane decided to address it after they had dropped off Felix.

"Do you know what is going on with Alex? She's been on edge the whole day." she voiced her thoughts.

"Maybe she's got something planned for tonight that she's nervous about?!" Louis guessed.

"I think so. A secret party, now that she's got the house to herself?!" Diane tried.

"Or some alone time with Piper…" Louis went on.

"Or that. Would explain the nervousness a lot better. Oh wait… do you think they'll…?" Diane looked at him wide eyed.

"Di. They're teenagers. They've been in a relationship for a year. What do you expect?" Louis was amused by Diane's surprise.

"Ugh, I know, she's growing up and getting older. It's hard. She's my little baby." Diane said.

"Di, she stopped being a baby about thirteen years ago. I know it's hard to accept that she's more independent now and doesn't need you the way she used to anymore. But I know you are proud of her for becoming the strong girl she is and as hard as it is you have to give her room to discover things, to find out who she wants to be and make experiences on her own, good and bad ones. Remember yourself at that age? Don't tell me you weren't all over the boys when you were fifteen?!" Louis laughed.

"I know you're right. And I'm trying, okay? Why do they have to grow up so fast?" Diane mused.

"I know you are. So don't think about what's going on at home. We'll have a great night and when Alex is ready she'll tell us. Or she won't. Either way, it's gonna be alright." Louis who was driving looked at his wife and took her hand which had been lying in her lap.

"Well at least she can't get her pregnant." they both laughed and soon changed the topic.

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Meanwhile the group of friends stood in front of the cinema and were waiting for Piper who was running a little late.

"Sorry, guys. I'm here." she apologized when she arrived. She went around and hugged everyone. When she came to Alex she gave her a short kiss and the group went in to get their tickets. They all enjoyed the movie a lot and all agreed to go to the diner after to get something to eat. They found a booth in the back and a rather secluded area. The rest was still talking about the movie and went into a discussion what would happen if they had to read out their messages and everyone argued they had nothing to hide, but neither thought the characters in the movie. While they discussed Alex and Piper sat in the back of the booth listening. Piper had turned toward their friends and leant with her back against Alex's front who had the arms around her girlfriend.

"You two are surprisingly touchy-feely today." Nicky noticed.

"Not more than other days." Alex replied. Nicky looked at her unbelievingly. Obviously she didn't agree with that but she let it go. After everyone was finished with their drinks and food they kept talking for a bit but then went home. As they walked towards Alex's home Piper got more nervous by every minute.

When they got there they went to Alex's room. They were still talking about their evening and some topics that came up with their friends. So far they were sitting comfortably on Alex's bed and talking.

"You really look amazing in that dress, you know that, right?" Alex suddenly changed the topic.

"Thanks." Piper was surprised. "You don't look so bad yourself." she gave back with a smirk.

They looked at each other both smiling and soon closed the gap and kissed. Once they'd started neither wanted to stop and it soon got more heated. Alex's hand snuck under Piper's shirt and Piper felt pretty excited. She was determined to not slow it down or stop it anymore. She was ready and wanted to experience this with Alex. Her skin tickled in the spots Alex had touched her. Soon clothes were shed and they were lying there in only their bras and panties. That's the point they had been already. It wasn't the first time for them seeing each other in only their underwear.

"Pipes, if you…" Alex started but got quietened by Piper's finger on her lips.

"Al. I think we've waited long enough. I am ready to take the next step with you." Piper said and Alex smiled widely and kissed Piper passionately.

Their make out heated up again and soon Alex's hand snuck behind Piper's back to take off her bra but before she did so she looked at her again for approval and Piper nodded. Soon both girls had rid each other of the remaining clothes and lay there exploring each other completely naked for a while. Piper had completely forgotten her nervousness and was more excited about how good it felt to be touched by Alex and to feel Alex's breasts in her hand without fabric covering them. After they took their time discovering each other's naked bodies Piper decided it was time to 'use her knowledge' so she slowly moved her hand down. As she got closer she heard Alex moan and it turned her on even more.

"P-pipes, y-you know, we can always st-stop if…" Alex could barely finish. Even though she was excited this was actually happen she wanted Piper to know that at any point she could stop it. But Alex didn't get to finish her sentence as obviously her ability to think straight had excused itself for now.

"Shh. What if I don't want to stop?!" Piper asked back as seductively as she could.

Alex didn't even try to say anything. She knew there wouldn't be any coherent words coming out of her mouth as long as Piper was touching her like this.

Now that things got to the crucial part Piper felt her nervousness come back and rise once more. She hoped that Alex liked it like it had worked for her. After the initial nervousness Piper started to enjoy it more and more as she got the reactions from Alex she had hoped for. So she went on until she felt Alex tense and heard her voice an almost surprised "Oh, god, Piper."

'Yes. Mission accomplished.' Piper celebrated internally.

"Oh my… " Alex tried to calm her breathing. They both didn't say anything for a while.

"Wow. If this is what it feels like, I don't understand how anybody manages to do anything else." Alex giggled. "My turn." Alex said and smiled at Piper lovingly. "I just hope I can make you feel as good as you just made me." Piper heard a little nervousness in Alex's voice.

"Don't worry. I'll still love you no matter what…" Piper tried to calm her.

Alex started slow by massaging Piper's breasts, who as quite often wished they were a little bit bigger but she hoped they'd still grow, and kissing her all over her upper body. Piper was so turned on, she couldn't control her moans anymore. This time it was Alex's time to feel Piper tremble and moan her name. After Piper had calmed a bit they both laid next to each other for what seemed like an eternity.

"I love you." Alex said out of the blue.

"I love you too, Al." Piper replied.

"To be honest, even though I wanted this to happen I was pretty scared." Alex quietly admitted.

"I didn't feel much different." Piper agreed. "After everything I heard from everyone who had already had their first time saying it was so awkward…." she didn't finish.

Alex chuckled. "But it wasn't. At least not for me."

"For me neither." Piper hurried to assure her. "I guess another perk of knowing each other for so long."

"I was afraid that, you know, we try but wouldn't get there, you know." Alex admitted a little nervous.

"I get that. I thought so too. I mean what are the chances at the first try?!" Piper chuckled and added "And you can call it orgasm, you know?!"

"Looks like we're a good team in every way." Alex replied.

"We've always been." Piper agreed and said almost inaudible "Plus practice helped."

"What?" Alex asked.

"Uh, nothing." Piper didn't necessarily want to tell her everything.

"What did you just say?" Alex kept asking and smirked.

"Nothing." as that word came from Piper's lips Alex started to tickle her.

"I don't believe you. And I want to know." Alex laughed with Piper.

"Aaahhh, please. Stop." Piper eventually shouted out of breath.

"Only if you tell me." Alex didn't give in.

"Okay, okay." Piper caved.

"So? What was it?" Alex asked again holding her hands towards Piper as a 'thread' of tickling her again if she wouldn't answer.

"I said 'plus practice helped.'" Piper quietly told her still trying to calm her breathing.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Alex asked confused.

"I, mean, I uh…" suddenly the nervousness from before was back. "I was kinda scared, just like you. And I don't like to be unprepared. So I, uhm, did some research, so to say. I found some websites and, well… had to test if it worked what I found." Piper blushed deeply.

"You did research?" Alex was surprised and asked incredulously "And who did you test that on?"

"Who do you think? She's lying in bed with you right now." Piper replied a little shy.

"You? Oh my…." Alex answered and added laughingly "You mean you practiced on yourself first so you could do it to me?"

Piper just blushed and couldn't say anything.

"You're so cute when you blush like that." Alex told her "And I think it is very sweet and quite sexy that you were so dedicated to do that."

"Well I wanted it to be good." Piper justified her actions.

"And it was good. Really good. Great even. I can't believe you did that but I still think it is a very nice thing of you to do for me." Alex laughed and kissed Piper.

"So you didn't? Guess you're a natural then. Cause for me it was great too." Piper said almost unbelievingly.

"To be honest I was a bit afraid at the beginning and then actually tried a bit to copy what you did. Obviously successful." Alex chuckled.

"Definitely successful." Piper laughed until her laughter turned into yawning.

"Let's get some sleep." Alex said, she felt quite tired herself.

"Yeah. I love you, Alex." Piper said and closed her eyes.

"I love you too." Alex replied and they both fell asleep cuddled into each other.

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The next morning Piper woke first and smiled before she even opened her eyes as she felt Alex lying next to her while noticing they both were still naked. In her mind she went back to last night and felt pride rise. She had been afraid it would be awkward but it had been so great. And even though they knew they were both not bad at it they could still discover even more together. Piper felt Alex stir next to her.

"Good morning, my lovely girlfriend." Piper smiled.

"Good morning." Alex replied smiling, her voice raspier than normal from just waking up. They just laid there for a bit longer embracing each other in a tight hug until Piper's stomach growled.

"Breakfast?" Alex asked chuckingly.

"No." Piper just replied.

"O-kay. I thought you're hungry if that was your stomach?!" Alex said perplexed.

"It was. And yes, I am hungry but I am enjoying this way too much right now to get up." Piper replied and snuggled into Alex even more. Alex heart warmed as she heard that. They stayed like that for a while longer until they heard the front door open and Alex's parents talking.

Diane couldn't find the girls anywhere so she figured they hadn't gotten up yet. She knocked on Alex's door and asked through the door "Anyone want some breakfast? We brought some croissants."

"We'll be down in a few minutes." Alex replied.

Piper groaned when Alex moved to get clothes.

"Come on, Pipes. We can't stay in bed for the rest of our lives." Alex chuckled.

"Why not?" Piper asked rather rhetorically.

"Because we would starve and I wouldn't appreciate anyone peeing in my bed or worse." Alex answered nonetheless.

"Urgh. But I don't want to get up." Piper said still not moving.

"Well, I'll be in the kitchen with my family, because I'm really hungry." Alex replied and blew her a kiss before leaving her room.

When Diane saw Alex entering the kitchen alone she was a bit surprised.

"I thought Piper is here, too?!" she asked.

"Yes. She is too lazy to get up. So as soon as her stomach manages to convince her she'll be here." Alex answered. "How was your concert?"

"It was amazing. Such a great voice and she sang almost all of her songs. The crowd was amazing and really wordperfect with the lyrics of most songs. We had the best time. What did you do?" Diane replied and asked being a little curious.

"Well, we went to see the movie I told you about and went to the diner afterwards. And then basically just came back here." Alex replied as if nothing special had happened.

"Just you and Piper?" Louis asked.

"Well we saw the movie and went to the diner with Nicky, Lorna and Polly and everyone went home after. Well except Piper, who came with me." Alex replied. 'Basically after me.' she thought. Diane and Louis saw her blushing very lightly and wondered what she thought that made her blush but didn't want to push her. She'd tell them if she wanted them to know.

Couple minutes they heard someone come down the stairs so Alex made a coffee for Piper who entered with a "Good morning."

"Well, looks like you two had fun too, after you came back home." Louis noticed laughing lightly. Alex was confused where that comment came from but when she looked at Piper she knew why. She felt her face heat up and felt the biggest blush ever coming onto her face.

"What?" Piper asked with a bit of horror in her voice. On her neck very clearly for everyone visible was a massive hickey.

***Hey everyone. I thought about it for a while and originally didn't want to write their first time together this 'perfect'. Cause realistically seen the first time is not very likely to be this good. There are probably some exceptions to that... Mostly it's awkward and one is learning and it's a bit weird. At least that's what mine was like. Somehow I couldn't write it like I originally intended but I like the way it turned out. After all this is a ficitve story and even though I want to keep it realistic, sometimes I like to dream. Let me know what you think.