Chapter 13

"Fuck" Alex muttered, her foot caught in the strap of her bag causing her to trip on the stairs. "Fucking stupid fucking bag" she murmured under her breath as she hauled it up the final few steps.

"Christ Vause I thought you were fucking breaking in."

Alex jumped at the stranger's voice causing her to drop her bag once more. She looked up as Nicky emerged from the shadows, she pulled her hood off revealing her wild mane of hair and dropped the baseball bat that she was holding in front of her face.

Alex laughed, "What the fuck were you going to do with that?!"

Nicky looked serious before her eyes softened and she laughed at her friend. "I've missed you man" she burst as she pulled Alex into a bear hug.

"Easy Nicholls, is this what getting a girlfriend does to you?" Alex laughed pulling back from her friend's hug.

"Fuck off" Nicky joked, elbowing Alex in the ribs.

….

"Is it true that they make you eat dog food as an initiation before you starting training?"

Nicky was sprawled on the sofa cradling a mug of hot tea between her hands.

Alex laughed, shaking her head.

"You laugh but if you think about it dog food has got to have some nutritional value" Nicky rambled. "I mean you look at how fast some dogs are… it's all in the protein man."

Nicky continued rambling about how she might present the idea to Bennett for their next game when Alex abruptly interrupted her.

"So, Sylvie was at trials", Alex attempted to sound nonchalant although her statement sounded forced and strained in her own ears. She'd been rehearsing this moment the whole plane journey home.

"What?!" Nicky exclaimed, swearing as her tea spilled over the brim of her mug and burned the exposed skin on her chest.

Alex smiled weakly at her friend, nodding slowly. She sighed and placed her glasses onto the top of her head.

"I swear to god Vause you must attract drama or some shit," she continued as she placed her mug on the floor and wiped at her chest with her sleeve. Suddenly she froze and looked at Alex with wide eyes, "Alex, please tell me you didn't…"

"No… fuck, no! No way" Alex stammered, knowing exactly what her friend was thinking.

"Thank god", Nicky sighed.

There was a time when Alex would have jumped at the chance to fuck Sylvie, she would have jumped at the chance to fuck anyone. But things were different now.

"Was it awkward?" Nicky asked as she carefully picked her mug up from the floor again.

Alex shrugged, "I mean, I think I made it pretty clear that I wasn't into her- which was awkward, but she made it pretty fucking obvious to everyone that we had history."

"Shit" Nicky replied. "You going to tell Piper about her?"

Alex looked up at the mention of Piper, her heartrate increased at the thought of making Piper look at her the way that Sylvie had- she couldn't bear to see the same disappointment and hurt in the blonde's eyes.

"Do you think I should?" Alex asked.

"You don't want anything to bite you on the arse Alex- I'd tell her if I was you".

Alex nodded in response and the pair sat in silence for a few moments. Nicky settled back on the sofa and pulled her legs up to her chest, sipping on her tea.

"You do believe me don't you Nick? That nothing happened?"

"Of course I do!"

"Because I'm not like how I used to be- you know in the past I've done things but-"

"You're serious about her aren't you?" Nicky interrupted, meeting her friend's green eyes.

Alex nodded vulnerably.

Nicky smiled at her friend, she already knew the answer to her question- it was obvious. Nicky had known Alex for a little over a year and a half, since they'd started college. Back then the pair had made a name for themselves for attracting female attention. They would spend their evenings drinking and smoking whilst looking for equally drunk college girls to seduce and fuck. Alex was particularly good at it, it was almost as though she could merely look at a girl and they'd be hers- it was a gift. But Nicky had never seen this version of Alex before, taking girls back to visit her mom and panicking about exes was not what Alex Vause did.

….

"What do I wear?" Piper said frantically flicking through her wardrobe. Her hair was straight at the back with two curls framing her face. Her makeup was soft and natural but her blue eyes were framed by long eyelashes that were layered with black mascara. She was wearing a matching set of black lace underwear and nothing else. Piper was preparing to go out for dinner with Alex, it'd been so hard to not rush around to Alex's the minute that she had returned from Chicago but Piper had decided to play it cool- she didn't want to scare Alex off.

Lorna was lay on Piper's bed lazily flicking through a magazine. She had been blocking out Piper's nervous chattering for the past half an hour. Piper turned towards Lorna and put her hands on her hips.

"Wear whatever Piper, I'm sure you won't be wearing it long anyway" Lorna winked at her friend. Piper shook her head at Lorna and then tipped her head back in despair. When she received no reaction from her friend she sighed again, louder this time.

"OK, OK" Lorna said, she threw her magazine onto the bed and strode over to Piper. "You definitely need to wear these jeans" she handed Piper a pair of black skinny jeans that had never been worn before. "And… Umm… try this." Lorna picked out a khaki skin tight, long sleeved top. She sat down at the end of the bed as Piper pulled the outfit on and spun her body side to side in the mirror attempting to assess herself from all angles.

"You're a genius Lorn" Piper smiled as she completed the outfit with a black necklace and some black boots.

Lorna smirked at her friend, "You look hot! She'll definitely ask you out looking like that."

Piper laughed and shook her head, "She's not going to ask me out Lorna." As Piper said the words she couldn't help but hope that she was wrong. As time passed Piper had been thinking more and more about being Alex's girlfriend. The thought gave her mixed feelings, she wanted Alex to be hers but she also felt guilty that part of her deep down was still confused by the fact that she liked a girl.

Piper turned to face Lorna, who had suddenly gone quiet, the brunette was staring straight past Piper-her gaze firmly fixed on the doorway. Piper followed her gaze, her breath hitching as she did. Polly was stood at the door glancing awkwardly between the two friends. Piper had been expecting a visit from Polly ever since she had snubbed her at Alex's party. She was surprised that it had taken Polly this long to seek out an apology.

"Hey" Polly said quietly, looking directly at Piper.

"Hi" Piper replied.

"I was hoping to speak to you… alone", this time Polly looked directly at Lorna who glared back at her but didn't budge. Piper admired her friend's loyalty but knew that this was something she had to face alone, she turned and nodded at Lorna who understood the sign and brushed past Polly as she left the room. Lorna gently closed the door behind her.

Once left alone the two girls looked at each other awkwardly, before Polly spoke up- "You look nice."

"Thanks."

Silence enveloped the pair again.

"Are you going anywhere nice?"

Piper knew that this was the moment that she could lie, she could say she was going out for dinner with Lorna or that she was going to meet an old friend. Piper thought of Alex's face, of the face that she had grown to love- the mere thought of lying about her made Piper feel sick.

It's time to be brave, Chapman.

"Actually I'm going out for dinner with Alex" Piper smiled, surprised by how steady her voice sounded. Piper could hear her heartbeat in her ears as she waited for the brunette's reaction.

"Alex Vause?" Polly asked, raising her eyebrow when Piper nodded in response. "So the rumours are true then? About you two? You're like together now?"

Piper paused, she opened her mouth to respond about the rumours. It made her slightly anxious that people were talking about her and Alex. However, the blonde found herself smiling back at Polly, she was smiling because she knew how much it would mean to Alex that people knew Piper was hers. Piper rehearsed in her head what it would be like to tell Alex that she had been honest about their blossoming relationship. Suddenly nothing else mattered to Piper, she would shout her feelings from the rooftops if it meant seeing Alex happy.

"Yeah… I guess we kinda' are together."

Polly nodded uncomfortably, "So what you're like… a lesbian?"

Piper laughed softly, "I don't think so, I haven't really thought about what I am. I just really like a girl."

Polly looked down at her feet.

Piper decided that it was time for her to be the bigger person, "I'm sorry for leaving you at dinner Polly but I wasn't being true to myself by being there on a date with Larry- I had to do what was best for me."

Polly nodded slowly again, she was struggling to meet Piper's eyes and looked incredibly uncomfortable. "I just wanted to know we were cool" she said. "I need to get going, but I'll see you around?"

Polly looked as though she couldn't wait to get out of the room, she backed towards the door and smiled apologetically towards the blonde. As Polly opened up the door she exposed Lorna who stumbled slightly as she tried to regain her balance. Lorna blushed and steadied herself as she entered the room, Polly ignored the brunette and continued to walk hurriedly down the corridor.

Piper sighed and sat down on the edge of her bed, adrenaline was surging through her body. Piper felt brave and strong, almost empowered- a feeling that was unknown to her.

"I am so proud of you Piper" Lorna exclaimed, pulling her friend into a hug.

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Alex: You aren't standing me up are you? ;)

Alex was waiting on the campus quad for Piper. She felt nervous to see her again, it was difficult to figure out why. The blonde has occupied Alex's thoughts constantly for the past week, she couldn't wait to see that smile again, to look into those blue eyes. Piper was late, Alex was anxiously flitting her gaze from her surroundings to her phone for any sign of the blonde.

Calm down Vause, she'll show up.

Alex scanned the quad and saw Piper strutting towards her, even from the distance she could tell the smile that was plastered across the blonde's face. Piper looked insane, her legs seemed to go on forever and her slim body was perfectly caressed by her skin tight top. Alex shook her head in disbelief, she still couldn't believe this girl was willing to spend time with her.

"You just going to stand there gawking?" Piper asked seductively as she reached Alex. Alex opened her mouth to respond but was taking aback by Piper's beauty up close. Would this girl ever stop impressing her?

"I'll take that as a yes" Piper laughed as she placed her hands either of Alex's face.

Alex smiled and placed her hands on Piper's waist, "Hi baby." She pulled Piper's body closer to her own and looked down into the Piper's eyes. "You look unbelievable." Piper smiled and looked between Alex's eyes and lips. Alex smirked before leaning down and capturing Piper's lips with her own. Alex's stomach fluttered as she made contact with the beautiful form in front of her. The kiss was soft and passionate, Alex's legs felt weak as she drew back. She lifted a hand from Piper's waist and pushed one of Piper's curls away from her face- tucking it behind her ear.

"I missed you so much", Piper whispered.

Alex stroked Piper's cheek softly, "I missed you too Pipes." Alex gravitated towards Piper's lips once more, she kept her hand on Piper's waist as their mouths moved in sync. Alex forced herself to detach her lips from Pipers. Their faces stayed close together as they both caught their breath.

"Shall we go and get food?" Piper asked breathlessly, the kiss was everything she had been imagining. Alex looked amazing and Piper had to try hard to stop herself pulling the dark haired girl into another kiss.

"I know what I'd rather be eating" Alex whispered seductively as she smirked in Piper's direction.

Piper laughed and playfully smacked Alex on the arm, Alex reciprocated the laugh and intertwined her fingers with Piper's as they walked towards the restaurant. Spring was fast approaching and the evening air was a comfortable temperature. The pair laughed and joked as they walked the short distance to DeMarco's.

When they arrived at the restaurant they were greeted by a young guy with an impressive beard. Alex told the young waiter that she had a reservation before the pair followed him through the restaurant. The aroma of the Italian food filled Pipers nose, it made her mouth water longingly. Alex attracted attention from fellow customers as the majority smiled or shouted out greetings in her direction- Alex patiently greeted every person back before holding her arm out behind her gesturing for Piper to take her hand. Piper obliged and smiled at Alex's gesture of public affection. The pair's table was at the back of the restaurant, next to the large bar. The table was set up with candles and looked out onto the small beer garden at the back of the establishment. The young waiter pulled a chair back for Piper and took the girl's drink orders. Alex thanked him before giving Piper her full attention.

"I feel like we're on a grown up date" Piper smiled and she took a sip of the drink the waiter had just placed in front of her.

"Wow Chapman, throwing the d word around" Alex smirked.

"Dick" Piper retorted.

"Ew… that d word is even worse" Alex replied, scrunching up her nose in a way that made Piper's heart flip.

The waiter returned to take the girl's food orders. Alex watched adoringly as Piper struggled to decide between having a calzone or a pizza- despite Alex insisting that both were the same. Eventually Piper settled for the calzone and sat back in her chair- evidently satisfied with her decision.

"So… fill me in?" Piper asked once the waiter had collected their menus and disappeared into the centre of the restaurant.

"What here?" Alex asked, raising her eyebrow suggestively as she scanned the room.

"You are impossible to have a serious conversation with" Piper laughed.

"Ok, I'll stop", Alex smiled- her eyes dancing with humour.

Alex proceeded to tell Piper about trials. She described all of the team in detail as Piper listened carefully. Alex explained her gym sessions, training classes and the final match. She told Piper how at home she felt with the team and how much she could see herself making a career out of soccer. Piper loved how proud Alex seemed when she was talking about the national team.

"It just felt right to be wearing the kit, yano'?"

"So what's next?" Piper asked as she thanked the waiter who had just placed her calzone in front of her.

"Well… Red said that she'd write with a decision. Ashley said that they usually write within a week of leaving trials so I should know in the next few days," Alex looked at Piper nervously as she picked up her knife and fork.

"It sounds like you made quite the impact though" Piper smiled.

Alex smiled sweetly at Piper in response, "I think you made a bigger impact" Alex said as she put a fork full of lasagne into her mouth.

"What do you mean?" Piper asked, confused.

"With my mom, you made quite an impact. She really likes you" Alex said, smiling as she noticed how Piper's face lit up.

"Really?"

Alex nodded, "I've never taken a girl home before- I'm glad you were the first" she smiled shyly at Piper.

"What about you? Any gossip?" Alex asked as she wiped at her mouth with a napkin.

"Actually I do have something to tell you!" Piper said excitedly, taking her last bite of calzone and placing her knife and fork together on the plate. "So I spoke to Polly earlier."

"Oh yeah? And how did that go?"

"I told her that you and I are basically together"

Alex's heart lifted and her eyes softened. "You did?"

Piper nodded in response.

"How was that?"

"I liked it"

"I like it too"

"Do you want to get dessert or get out of here?" Piper asked as she used her foot to stroke Alex's calf under the table. Alex raised an eyebrow at the blonde seductively. Piper responded by putting her straw in her mouth and maintaining eye contact as she sucked on it.

Alex felt her lower stomach tighten at the sight. "Excuse me" she called out to the passing waiter, "Can we have the bill please?"

"What no dessert?" Piper asked innocently.

Jesus this girl will be the death of me.

"I thought we could have dessert back at my place?" Alex replied, her eyes darkening significantly with lust.

Alex insisted on paying for the whole meal, no matter how much Piper protested. Alex tipped their waiter and thanked him as she held her hand out- gesturing for Piper to join her. As Piper stood up Alex kissed her hand dramatically before intertwining their fingers and heading out into the night. The girls walked along in a happy silence, occasionally smiling down at each other. When they reached Alex's house Alex held the door open allowing Piper to enter. There was a hub of activity in the living room as Alex's teammates seemed to be gathered for a film night. They cheered and shouted out greetings as the pair entered.

"Joining us for a film lovebirds?" Nicky shouted.

"No thanks, we have plans" Alex smirked. Piper's cheeks glowed red as she pushed Alex playfully. The rest of the girls wolf whistled and cheered again as Alex and Piper made their way upstairs.

"You know what I've just realised?" Piper asked as they reached Alex's room and shut the door behind them.

"What's that?" Alex asked as she took off her leather jacket and hung it up on the back of her door.

"I forgot to bring along some pyjamas" Piper said innocently, Alex turned around to find the blonde smirking at her.

"Oh no," Alex smiled, walking slowly towards Piper. "What on earth are we going to do now?"

Alex reached Piper and looked down in her blue eyes. "Have I told you how beautiful you are?" she whispered.

Piper nodded, moving her lips closer to Alex's. "I think you may have mentioned it once or twice" she smiled as she whispered against Alex's lips.

Alex took a strand of Piper's hair between her fingers and played with it lovingly. "I missed you so much" Alex said, she was looking down at Piper's hair in her hand.

"I missed you too Al" Piper hooked her hand under Alex's chin forcing the dark haired girl to make eye contact with her.

Piper felt a surge of electricity through her body as she met Alex's green eyes. Before she could register what was happening Alex had crashed her lips against Piper's. The kiss wasn't gentle, it was full of raw lust and desire. Alex raked her hands into Piper's hair and moved her backwards until her back hit the door. Piper groaned and lifted her lips from Alex's, tilting her head backwards. Alex ceased the opportunity to attack Piper's neck with her mouth which caused Piper to moan louder. Piper placed her hands on Alex's waist and pulled her closer, Alex gave the blonde what she was waiting for and pushed Piper harder against the door- pressing her body against Piper's as she did so. Alex moved her lips up from Piper's neck and nibbled on her ear gently.

"Al…" Piper moaned as she slammed her lips against Alex's once more. As Alex's mouth opened in response to the kiss Piper entered her tongue causing Alex to groan into the blonde's mouth. Their tongues fought for dominance as Alex pushed Piper harder against the door, fighting to get friction in the place she needed it most. Piper noticed what Alex was doing and lifted her knee so that sat between Alex's legs. Alex moaned loudly into Piper's ear as the blonde moved her knee slowly in circles, Alex bucked her hips in response.

Piper loved the sound of Alex moaning, it turned her on so much to know that she was the cause of the sounds escaping the dark haired girl's mouth. Piper removed her hands from Alex's waist and quickly undone the buttons of Alex's jeans, she manoeuvred the trousers down far enough so that her knee was resting directly against the lace of Alex's underwear.

"Pipes!" Alex gasped as the pleasure intense due to the removal of one layer of clothing. Piper captured Alex's mouth with her lips as she swiftly replaced her knee with her hand. Piper groaned into Alex's mouth as she felt the wet material of Alex's underwear- she could tell by Alex's increased breathing that she wasn't far away from her climax. Alex whimpered as Piper put her hand down Alex's underwear and used two long fingers to rub small centres at her centre. Piper could feel Alex shaking against her and turned her around swiftly so that Alex's back was against the wall. As Piper pushed firmly against Alex once more she simultaneously entered two digits inside of her causing Alex to shout out in pleasure. Alex bucked her hips repeatedly as Piper thrust her fingers deeper.

"Does this feel good babe?" Piper asked seductively.

"Y…Yes" Alex groaned as she leant further back against the wall for balance. Piper picked up the pace of her fingers and used her thumb to rub circles on Alex's swollen clit. The pressure caused Alex's breath to hitch and Piper could feel her body trembling. The blonde crashed her lips against Alex's once more and swallowed her moans as she tipped over the edge and came violently. Piper removed her lips from Alex's and placed gentle kisses down her neck. Piper kissed her way back up Alex's neck and kissed her softly on the lips.

….

Piper was lay with her arm draped over Alex's toned stomach, which was rising and falling rapidly. Alex lay back on her pillows and leant for her phone which was on the bedtime table next to her. She smiled smugly as she surveyed her room, there were items of Piper's clothing thrown everywhere. Alex grabbed her phone and tapped the home button revealing the time.

"Jesus Pipes, it's 2:00am!"

"No way?!" Piper laughed.

Alex locked her phone again and plugged into her charger before turning to face the blonde next to her.

"That was a pretty impressive 4 hour sex marathon" Alex said smugly.

"I agree" Piper said leaning up to kiss Alex sweetly.

Alex felt a sudden wave of guilt wash over her, this must have been reflected in her facial expression as Piper raised an eyebrow, "What's up?"

"I have something to tell you", Alex had tried to push Sylvie to the back of her mind but she had an overwhelming feeling deep down that she had done something wrong. Nicky was right- Alex didn't want Sylvie to ruin this, she had to be honest.

"There's I didn't tell you about trails…" Piper looked at Alex patiently, Alex looked down at the blonde and exhaled deeply, puffing her cheeks out.

"Al… what is it?" The longer the silence went on the more anxious Piper was growing.

"So last year after the cup final… you know the one we lost… well one of the girls who plays for Bartford, Sylvie, I… we hooked up" Alex was surprised at how difficult it was to say the words.

When Alex stopped speaking Piper spoke up, "Why are you telling me this?"

"Because Sylvie was at trials. I didn't expect her to be there! I… I didn't know she would be there… but she was" Alex finished quietly.

"I'm still confused Al... did something happen?"

"No! No way… definitely not Pipes. I would never do that, you're the only person I can think about!"

"In that case it doesn't matter Al, everyone has a past."

"I don't deserve you" Alex replied, she felt so relieved that Sylvie hadn't managed to come between her and Piper. Alex took Piper's face between her hands and kissed her softly and passionately, caressing Piper's tongue with her own. She poured every ounce of affection into the kiss as she rolled on top of the naked blonde.

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A/N- I was going to write the next two chapters together but decided against it as I want to give you guys something to read now! Next chapter is going to have a tiny bit of Vauseman drama and the one after is going to amazing- can't wait to write it! I can't seem to stop getting ideas for this story so hopefully it will go on for a while! Please leave reviews and let me know what you think, seeing that I have a notification for a review/new follower makes me crazy happy. Again, if you have any ideas please let me know. Also give me a follow on twitter: Infatuation_CSC I love you allll! C x