Chapter two

ALEX POV

"Nichols, it is almost 2 pm, if I don't answer, I'm probably busy" I explained to her as I walked down the street towards the closest and best coffeeshop. After a long day with school and studying, I was in serious need of a good cup of coffee.

"It is Friday, don't you only have early classes on Friday?" she asked. "Alright I'll stop calling you in the middle of the day during the week, but now that I have you, can we pleeeeaaaaseeee go out today? We haven't been out in a month. I know you are busy with school and work, but I promise you, once the tequila is in your system, you will forget all about it." I do miss her, I haven't actually gotten to see her at all since school started.

"Okay, we can go out today, but just remember, I have to be early at work tomorrow so no staying out to 5, alright?" I said more as a statement than a question.

"Alright, cool. Are you going to bring Sylvia? Because then I don't want to keep being the third wheel as I have been since you two got together." I didn't really want to bring Sylvie, because I wanted me and Nicky to have night out like we used to, but I know Sylvie would somehow find out about it and get it the wrong way and then get pissed, and I really don't need to deal with a pissed Sylvie at the moment.

"Yeah, I guess I am going to do that. Maybe you should bring someone too?" I asked knowing well that she had had an eye on this girl for months.

I finally got to the coffee shop and opened the doors. There were many people there and I immediately felt sorry for whoever had to work here today. It wasn't a long line, which indicated that I had missed the rush hour and that all the people here were just slow drinkers, they are the worst during rush hour. I walked to the line, waiting as the two people in front of me made their orders.

"Yeah, I'll bring Lorna then. Meet us outside the bar around 10?" she said suddenly a little bummed.

"Alright I will, see you then, Nichols"

"Yeah see you then, Vause," she said and hung up. I kept looking at my phone as I saw a message saying I had to work on Sunday too and moved a little forward as the man in the front had gotten his coffee. I replayed the message and walked up to the barista.

"Hi, what can I do for you today?" I looked up at the smiling barista. It was a cute brunette who looked around my age. If it was some months ago I would totally hit on her, but I have a girlfriend now and, even though I am not very familiar with the rules of relationships, I know you are not supposed to hit on other people.

"Can I get a latte to go?" I said and gave her a polite smile in return.

"Sure," she said and tapped in my order. It didn't take long for them to make my coffee and I was very soon on my way home.

The street was crowded with people. This is New York after all and the campus isn't far away, so there are people everywhere. My plan was now to go home and keep on studying before I met Sylvie and then met Nicky later tonight. I don't have to work today and neither does my mom, which really doesn't happen a lot, so I figure we will eat some pizza together while watching a movie, before I go out. I know my mom has to work super early tomorrow so she will probably go to bed early anyway. I strode down the street a little too caught up in my mind, when I suddenly banged into someone.

"Ohh sorry" I heard a girl's voice said.

It took me some time to gather my thoughts and to understand what had happened. When I finally came to my mind, I saw a blonde girl bending over as she gather some things she had lost when we crashed. I bent down to help her gather her stuff. It was papers and some notebooks. I recognized the papers as it was a copied-out version of the tasks I had been sitting with all day long, which meant that this girl didn't just go to the same school as me, but she was also a freshman and she had the same classes as me.

I raised with a pile of papers and handed it to her as I finally looked at her. And there she was. The girl from the diner. I had not seen her since the time in the diner and I had almost forgotten her, as I got pretty disappointed when I didn't see her at campus. But here she was. Right in front of me. Having the same homework as me, and we had just crashed in a big street.

"No no, it wasn't your fault… errrhh?" I said, leaving a space where she could introduce herself.

"Piper," she said. Piper. I like it. The name suited her face. She looked like a Piper. She did not wear a NYU hoodie as she had the last time I had seen her. Now she wore a boyfriend jean with holes with a plain white t-shirt. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail and she didn't wear any makeup.

"And who are you?" she said as I didn't introduce myself after her as normal people do. Damn it Vause, concentrate. This is just a girl who happens to be very hot. You have a girlfriend remember?

"Alex, my name is Alex" I introduced myself trying do sound casual.

"What are you doing here?" she asked.

"What?" I asked her back confused by her question.

She chuckled very so little before she answered. "Sorry, it is just that I saw you at the diner at 9th Street for some weeks ago, so I just wondered why you were here at 13th then"

"Because this is the best coffee in New York, so if I have to walk from campus and to the 13th, I will," I said. I was a little set back at her question. Well, not her question, but the fact that she remembers the waitress at a diner she ate at one month ago. I wanted to ask her how she remembered me and I could feel my confident flirty self coming out, but I had to remind me to first of all not scare her away and to think a little about Sylvie. "Why are you here then?" I asked.

"It just so happens that I work at the place where they sell the best coffee in New York," she said while giving me a little, but gorgeous smile.

"Ahh, I just figure you were here for the same reason as me. Tired of working non-stop with algebra so you decided it was time for some coffee." I said, referring to the papers she had with and our common homework.

She glanced down at her algebra papers understanding my reference and glanced back at me. "You have the same homework? You seemed to recognize the papers before when you picked them up, like you had been sitting with them the whole day as well" she stated. Looking back, I must have been looking at the papers for a while before I gave them back to her.

"Yeah, I have always had a hard time with algebra, math in general. But I never knew it could be this hard." I said, and all of it was true. I hate algebra. I hate math in general. Thank god that I don't have to take math through my whole university years, only in the beginning. I seriously don't understand why anyone would like to take a degree in math.

"Algebra isn't my problem. Just wait until we have about sine, cosine, and tangent," she said.

"Augghht" I grunted as she reminded me of all the weeks I had been sat in my room trying to understand sine, cosine, and tangent. Let me say it again, I hate math. "Maybe we could study together?" I asked mostly as a joke, but partly because I wanted to hang out with her.

"Sure"

"Are you sure you want that? I am not much help when it comes to math" I said to her, not wanting her to expect much and then get disappointed because of my lack of knowledge.

"I don't care, I just like to study with someone, but my dorm mate like to study alone," she said. And before I could say something and even register what she said she continued "I have to go now, my shift is up." And with that, she walked passed me and walked towards the cafe I had exited some minutes prior. I watched as she walked away, thinking just how hot those long legs were and how bad this is all going to turn out for me.

A/N: First of all, sorry for the short chapter this week, I didn't have much time to write, but I had promised an update today. I will try to get a little longer chapter next Wednesday. Second of all, thanks for all of your reviews and follows and favs, it has really made my week. So what do you guys think so far? I hope you don't find this story boring. This is my first and I really hope I can make it entertaining.

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