Author's note: Wow. It has been a while since I last updated. I'm really sorry about the irregular updates :/ But I'm now on a summer break and I think I'll be able to write more. Anyway, here's finally the new chapter!

Enjoy!

Alex quirked her eyebrow as she looked at Piper expectantly. The blonde was biting her lip and looked like she was trying to decide if she should say something or not.

"Uhmm... would you like to... go for dinner sometime?"

Alex couldn't help but smirk. "Piper Chapman. Are you asking me on a date?"

"Maybe? I don't know... if you want?"

"You... are adorable", Alex chuckled as she gave Piper a quick kiss. "But to answer your question... Of course, I'll go on a date with you."

What does one wear for a dinner date?

Alex sighed as she stood in front of her wardrobe. She wasn't the type to stress about her clothes before a date, but now she actually didn't know how she should dress. Did Piper mean fancy dinner date or casual dinner date?

[Alex] - What kind of dinner date are you taking me? Do I need to dress fancy? :P

[Piper] - Well, you don't need to. But that would be preferable :)

[Alex] - You just wanted to see me in tight dress ;)

[Piper] - Well... maybe a little bit.

[Alex] - Dress it is then :D See you in a few hours.

[Piper] - Yup!

Alex threw her phone onto her bed as she looked at her wardrobe again. She didn't have too large dress selection, but there were enough where to choose. She had two options since she had pretty much promised Piper a tight dress. Either she would wear her dark blue bodycon dress that had sleeves and showed a generous amount of cleavage or then her sleeveless black one that ended her mid-thigh.

She didn't have time to decide as her phone ringed. Alex smiled as she saw the caller and quickly picked up the phone.

"Hey. I was literally just about to call you", Alex greeted her mom.

"Hi. Well, that's always nice to hear. What's up?"

Alex sat down on her bed. "I have a date."

"Let me guess... With Piper?" Diane asked chuckling.

"What? How?"

"So, it is with her!" Diane laughed.

"How did you know that", Alex mumbled.

"It was obvious when we met her at the café. You literally couldn't take your eyes off her. If anything, I'm surprised it took this long for you to ask her out."

"Actually, she was the one to ask me out."

"Wow, really? I wouldn't have thought..."

"Yeah, well we made out when she was drunk, and we talked about it and then we made out again when she wasn't drunk. And then her ex-boyfriend interrupted us and we had a kind of argument because I was reminded of the fact that she was actually straight and I didn't want to put myself in the same situation as Nicky. But then we talked about it and she asked me out", Alex explained.

"Well, it seems you've been busy", Diane chuckled.

"Do you think this will end up badly?" Alex asked sighing.

"Honey. No one will know that. But she seems very sweet and I think she'll be good for you. You'll be good for each other."

"Okay", Alex nodded even though her mom couldn't see her. "Oh, should I put my blue or black bodycon dress?"

Diane thought for a while. "Black. She won't be able to take her eyes off you."

"That's the goal, mom. Thanks."

"No problem. But you better call me after to tell me how it went."

Alex chuckled. "I will. Don't worry."

After a couple of hours, Piper was nervously standing in front of Alex's door. She knew that she was being irrational. She already knew Alex and Alex was funny, passionate and amazing, and Piper was sure that they would have great time. But she still felt nervous.

Before Piper had time to knock, the door opened and revealed Alex who was looking more gorgeous than she had any right to.

"Were you ever going to knock or just stand there?" Alex smirked.

Piper tore her eyes off Alex stunning dress to look at her eyes. "What?"

"I don't want to seem like a stalker, but your apartment is literally next to mine. I heard that you left your apartment a couple of minutes ago", Alex explained as she openly checked out Piper. She had a dark red slit bodycon dress which was sleeveless and ended a little after mid-thigh. She had matching red heels and her hair was on perfect soft curls.

"Right", Piper nodded as a blush started to spread on her cheeks. "Sorry."

Alex smirk changed into a genuine smile as she noticed the other woman's nervousness. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you. You look amazing as well", Piper said as she once again swept her eyes over Alex's body. Her eyes lingered for a while at Alex's lips that were covered in red lipstick.

"Thanks. Are we ready to go?"

"Yeah", Piper nodded as she started to walk toward the elevator.

Alex checked one last time that she had everything she needed before closed the door and followed Piper.

"Do you have a car? You don't seem like a person who drives a car", Alex commented as she stepped into the elevator.

"What?" Piper snorted.

"I mean you seem like the person who walks everywhere."

"I do like to walk. But yes, I have a car for situations like this. I thought you wouldn't want to walk five miles in your heels", the blonde grinned.

"Yeah, you're right. Definitely not going to walk long distances with these."

Piper led them to a nice looking white Cadillac and Alex grinned. "Nice car."

"Thanks. It was a graduation gift from my parents."

Alex nodded as she climbed on the passenger seat. "Are you going to tell me where you are taking me or is it going to be a surprise?"

Piper seemed to think about it for a while before shrugging. "Sorellina. It's an Italian restaurant."

"I know the place", the older woman smiled. "And how did you know I love Italian food?"

"Who doesn't love Italian food? It was a safe choice", Piper chuckled as she started the car.

"Touché."

They drove for a while in comfortable silence before Alex decided to get to know more about Piper. "So, tell me more about you?"

"What do you want to know?" Piper asked with a nervous laugh.

"What do you like to do if photographing doesn't count?"

"Hmm... Well, I like to run and then I read quite a lot. And then I love hiking and everything where I get to see nature and other beautiful things that might give me inspiration for photographing."

"Oh, yeah. You and your daily morning runs", Alex chuckled with an eye-roll. "What do you like to read?"

"Everything. I love fiction but also historical novels. And then I like to read just about some interesting subject, like when I minored in women's and gender studies, I read lots of interesting books about feminism and gender roles. But what about you? I mean you need to read quite a lot because of your job, but do you like to read books?"

"Oh, definitely. Reading has always been my favorite thing to do and that's why I probably ended up working as an editor. I don't have time to read anymore as much as I'd like but I still love it."

They talked a bit more about literature before Piper parked the car. Alex wasn't surprised about Piper's wide knowledge and her passion toward literature, and it was great to talk with someone who shared her interest.

The dinner went smoothly. A waitress led them to the table that Piper had reserved beforehand, and they talked and really got to know each other as they ate delicious food. Alex offered to drive the car back if Piper wanted to have more wine than one glass, but Piper politely declined.

Alex being her typical self, always threw suggestive comments when she got the chance, but surprisingly the other woman didn't blush as easily as before. Alex wondered if Piper started to get used to the comments or did it have something to do with the fact that Piper has finally accepted her attraction.

They had spent already a couple of hours in the restaurant and decided that it was time to ask for a check and head back home.

"Do you want to share?" Alex asked as she nodded toward the check.

Piper looked at her confused as she put her credit card in the check folder. "I'll pay. I mean I asked you, so..."

"Are you sure? I wouldn't mind sharing."

"You can pay the next one", Piper said thoughtlessly before freezing. "I didn't mean to assume that there would be next one. I just meant that-"

"I'll pay the next one", Alex interrupted nodding.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I really enjoy spending time with you and definitely hope that there will be the second date", Alex smiled.

"Okay", Piper smiled relieved as she got her card back. "Are we ready to go?"

"Yup."

They left the tip on the table before making their way outside and to Piper's car. The drive back was spent conversing about work and other random topics.

It was when they were in the elevator going up to their floor when Piper started to become nervous again. Were they supposed to go at their own apartments or...?

The other woman picked up quickly Piper's nervousness. "You okay?"

"Yeah!" Piper answered quickly.

Alex raised a skeptical eyebrow. "You sure?"

"I just... I don't know? Are we supposed to end the night here or do you want to do something?"

Alex chuckled softly. "Whatever works with me, but I have wine if you're interested? I mean you don't have to drive anymore."

"Okay, yeah", Piper nodded, glad that their night wasn't ending just yet.

The two women stepped out of the elevator and Alex led them to her apartment door as she dug out the keys from her purse. Piper couldn't help but stare, the editor just looked so captivatingly beautiful.

Alex noticed the blonde's staring and a small smirk tugged at her lips, but she didn't comment on it. When they got inside, both of them left their purses on the small drawer next to the door.

Piper looked curiously around. Even though she had been in Alex's apartment before, she didn't have time to look around last time since she was otherwise occupied. Now Piper could see that Alex was living in a one-bedroom apartment that was decorated very nicely. The furniture was modern and mostly black and white, and you could see that Alex had really thought about how she decorated the apartment.

"I really like your apartment", Piper commented as she followed Alex to the kitchen.

"Thanks", Alex smiled as she stopped and turned to face Piper. "Not that I wouldn't like to see you in that dress anymore, but I think I'm going to change something comfier. Do you want too?"

"Yeah, that would be great. But since my apartment isn't far so I could just go to change to my own clothes to save you from trouble", Piper chuckled lightly even though she was secretly hoping to get to wear Alex's clothes.

"It wouldn't be any trouble. And it would take you more energy to walk to your own apartment, so this is less trouble for you. Unless you want your own clothes."

"No!" Piper said a little bit too eagerly and blushed immediately right after. "I mean. Your clothes are fine."

Alex chuckled as she went into her bedroom to get them comfier clothes. In the meantime, Piper wandered around the apartment, stopping in front of the black bookcase. It obviously contained books that Piper was interested in exploring later but what caught her attention were the framed photographs on the shelf. There was a couple of photographs of Alex and her mother, Piper guessed that the other one was taken when Alex was about 12-13 years old and the other one was more recent when Alex was already an adult. The other couple of photographs were of Alex and some other girl with a wild, copper blonde hair. Piper assumed that she was Alex's best friend Nicky. Like the photographs with her mom, the other one was taken when they were younger, and the other was when they were adults.

Piper smiled as she looked more closely at the picture where Alex and Nicky were young. They were sitting on a roof, Nicky sporting a goofy grin and Alex smirking at the camera. Alex had worn out black jeans, blue converses and a too big dark green T-shirt with some band's logo on it. She looked so different than Piper at that age.

Suddenly Piper felt someone's presence behind her and turned quickly around to face smirking Alex who was now in leggings and a loose T-shirt.

"That was a fun day", Alex chuckled as she looked at the photo behind Piper.

Piper just raised a curious eyebrow, silently prompting her to continue.

"It was in 8th grade, a little before our summer break. Nicky said that she had always wanted to climb on a school roof, so we waited after school and did just that. We were just hanging out there when the principal saw us and told us to come down. We obviously didn't and I guess he was just tired of giving us detention every other week, so he just took this picture of us and sent it to our parents with a text that said: 'Please discuss with your children why the school roof isn't a good or safe hang out spot.'"

Piper laughed. "Should have known that you and Nicky were troublemakers in school."

"Hey! I mean we broke lots of rules, but we never did anything that would damage something or hurt anyone, so I would say we were decent kids, thank you very much", the other woman chuckled as she offered Piper her clothes. "The bathroom is that way."

Piper thanked her before she made her way to the door Alex had pointed out.

After a couple of minutes, Piper stepped out of the bathroom wearing Alex's grey sweatpants that were only a couple of inches too long and a similar loose T-shirt that Alex was wearing. She liked the way Alex's smell was surrounding her.

Piper went to put the dress on the drawer next to her purse before walking into the kitchen to find Alex carrying two classes of red wine.

"Cute", Alex commented grinning as she swept her eyes over Piper's body and offered her a wine glass.

"Thanks."

"Netflix?" Alex proposed as she nodded toward the living room.

The blonde nodded in agreement and they went to sit on the black leather couch. Piper was surprised how comfy it was and sank further into it.

Alex chuckled as she noticed Piper's reaction. "Yeah, pretty comfy, isn't it?"

"I could live on this."

"Wow, already planning on moving in together with me?"

Piper's eyes widened comically as she hid her blushing face behind the wine glass. "Not what I meant!"

Alex couldn't help but laugh. "Oh, you didn't mean it like that? And here I was really thinking that you wanted to move in with me", she said as she put her hand on her chest in mock hurt.

"Asshole", Piper mumbled as she swatted Alex's arm.

The other woman just laughed again and turned the TV on.

"Did you choose all the furniture yourself?" Piper asked curiously as they waited for the Netflix to start. Looking around the apartment once more, Piper felt a little bit remorseful that she had used only a minimal amount of time thinking about her own decorating because Alex's apartment looked just so brilliant and gorgeous.

"Me and mom together", Alex answered.

Piper just nodded. "I really like it."

"You already know that we didn't have much money when I was growing up. We always planned how we would decorate our apartment if we had money, so when I got the job at the magazine and started to have enough money, we decorated this apartment together."

Piper looked at Alex adoringly. "You're amazing, did you know that?"

She was delighted when she noticed that a soft blush was spreading on Alex's cheeks as she fidgeted with her glasses awkwardly and guessed that she was seeing a side of Alex that not many people had seen.

"Do you want to watch this one?" Alex asked suddenly as she picked a random movie on Netflix, desperate to change the subject.

"Okay", Piper shrugged smiling without even bothering to check which movie they were going watch. She was still stunned that she managed to make Alex blush.

A little while into the movie they both realized that Alex had picked some cheesy teen romcom and Piper had to hold back a chuckle when she saw Alex poorly hidden grimace but decided to give the movie a chance.

After maybe twenty minutes Alex looked like she was trying to decide if she wanted to jump out of the window or throw the television out of it, so Piper opened her mouth. "This is boring as hell, right?"

"Yes! Thank god", Alex groaned as she immediately stopped the movie.

"You could have just said something", Piper laughed.

"I didn't want to say anything in case you enjoyed it", Alex mumbled.

Piper shifted so she was sitting on Alex's lap. "Well, I didn't. Do you want to do something else?" She asked suggestively.

"Hmm, like what?" Alex asked teasingly as she placed her hands on Piper's hips.

Piper slowly leaned forward before connected their lips, giving Alex time to back off if she wanted. She didn't need to worry about that because Alex responded to the kiss eagerly, pulling Piper even closer.

They made out like that for a while before Alex moved har hands under Piper's thighs and changed their positions so Piper was laying on the couch and Alex was comfortably on top of her.

Alex reconnected their lips as her hands wandered beneath the T-shirt Piper was wearing. The blonde shivered under Alex's hands and she couldn't help but be a little bit smug that she was able to get Piper to react like that.

When Alex's hands reached Piper's bare breasts, she arched her back to press herself closer to the other woman, but she started to become a little bit anxious. Alex had moved her lips to the blonde's neck and felt her quickened pulse.

Soon Piper felt Alex to gently cup her breasts as her thumbs passed over her nipples and Piper let out an involuntary moan. However, her anxieties just increased as time passed, and she realized that they were going too fast.

"Wait", the photographer groaned as she gently pushed Alex off her neck.

Alex seemed to realize quickly what was going on and moved her hands back onto Piper's waist. "Too fast?"

"Yeah", Piper looked away from Alex, annoyed at herself that she had to stop Alex. She had been wondering for a long time what it would feel like with a woman and finally when there was a chance, she had to become scared.

"Sorry."

"No, please don't be sorry", Piper said as she sat up, forcing Alex to do the same. "This is my fault. I don't know why it's such a big deal for me."

"It's okay. Even though you aren't a virgin, this is your first time with a woman, so I understand that you're nervous", Alex reassured smiling gently.

"But... what about you?" The other woman asked awkwardly.

Alex snorted when she picked up what Piper meant. "I do have needs but that doesn't mean I'm so horny that I have to fuck the first woman who comes across just because you're not ready yet."

It was said humorously but Piper could hear a hint of defensiveness in Alex's tone.

"I know! I just... you could literally have anyone..."

Alex cupped Piper's cheek in her hand and looked at her eyes, so the blonde could see her sincerity. "Maybe, but you are who I want. Look, Piper, my relationships have recently been all about sex. This is going to be different for me too and I really don't mind the change. I'm okay with waiting as long as you want."

Piper could see and hear that Alex really meant what she said and nodded. "Okay. Thank you."

The editor grinned at Piper and pressed a soft kiss on her lips. "It's pretty late. Do you want to stay the night? I have a couple of articles for you and we could discuss them over breakfast?"

"I would love that", Piper smiled, giving Alex a kiss of her own.

"Great. Do you want to share my bed? It's quite big, so we should have plenty of space."

"Yeah, okay. That sounds good. But only if it's comfier than this couch."

Alex laughed. "I think so. You have to go test yourself, though."

Piper stood up. "I think I will. But first, do you have a spare toothbrush?"

"Yeah, on the top left cabinet in the bathroom."

"Thanks", Piper nodded as she made her way toward the bathroom.

Alex shook her head smiling as she looked after Piper. She could get used to seeing the younger woman in her clothes. After a little while, she shut down the TV and went to also brush her teeth before joining Piper. She stripped her leggings and put them on the chair Piper had also dropped the sweatpants. Alex crawled onto the bed and went under the covers next to Piper.

"You were right. This is even comfier", Piper mumbled, already half asleep.

Alex chuckled softly. "I'm glad. Good night, kid."

"Good night", Piper sighed with a small satisfied smile on her lips.

Thank you for reading! I hope you liked it, please review and tell me what you thought! Hopefully I'll be able to update soon again :)

-Iina