Chapter four

Alex POV

"Okay, so you know that a little test in algebra is just around the corner, and I understand that this algebra is a lot harder than the algebra you had at high school, but it is as expected since this is university folks. I have, however, put you in some study groups, so you can work a little more before the test on Wednesday. The groups will be given to you at the end of the lecture," Professor Jones said just as I came rushing into the auditorium.

I had been working late yesterday, and the damn alarm did't go off this morning, so I had to run, and I am not the best runner on the planet. I sourced through the room, until I found an empty place, which just happened to be right next to Piper. The same Piper who had been in my mind since Friday.

"Did you run from California?" she asked sassy, clearly commenting on my lack of breath. I turned to her and saw her gorgeous smile, that could light up the dark and her ocean deep blue eyes, and I couldn't help but smile back.

"Yes, traffic was horrible" I answered joking with her, which earned a little chuckle. "So, what has he talked about until now?" I asked, afraid of missing something important.

"Oh nothing important, he only went through some of the tasks on the homework, and briefly talked about study groups," she answered, writing down a calculation Professor Jones started writing on the board.

"This is a typical calculation you should expect on Wednesday, if you have studied hard, this shouldn't be hard to you," he said before sitting down on his chair, which indicated that he would give us some time to figure it out.

"So, have you studied hard?" I asked Piper seing her scribble down the answer miraculously fast.

"The cafe wasn't so busy on Saturday, so I got time to do some work," she answered as she put down her pencil, waiting for the rest to finish. I managed to figure out the answer too, not as fast as Piper though, but fast enough to be able to finish the test on Wednesday, which was my biggest problem. Having enough time.

Sitting next to Piper made my mind full with thoughts. We haven't spoken since Friday, since the kiss and I don't know where we stand. Did she like it? Does she only think of it as a one time thing, or does she actually like me too? And what about Sylvie? I don't want to take a next step with Piper, before Sylvie is out of the picture, that wouldn't be faire to either of them.

"Okay, the groups have now been sent to you. You can chose yourself what to work with and if you want to work at all, I would highly recommend it though. See you Wednesday" Professor Jones said, and started to grab his things.

"We are on the same group," I heard Piper say next to me, and help it but thank God for this. "If you are Alex Vause though," she said.

"Yes I am, Piper Chapman," I said as I read her name in my list. "So, who is this Niall and Henry?" I asked referring to the others on our group.

Piper POV

"I guess we're done then," Niall said and closed his books. We were at the diner where Alex worked, and we had been working with algebra for the last hour, and I was more than ready to be done.

"I guess we are," Henry answered and closed his books too. "Maybe I won't fail as hard as I thought," he said as he and Niall gathered their stuff and began to walk to the exit.

"Bye guys" Niall said, and I waved to them as a respond.

Finally me and Alex was alone. The diner wasn't really full, since is wasn't rush-hour quite yet. I have been waiting for us to be alone for a while now, since we haven't talked about what happened between us at Friday.

I am so confused. I don't know where we stand. Kissing her wasn't in my plan before we started dancing, and I have never really danced that intimate either, but it felt great, and I curse Polly for stopping us that early. Now I am scared she didn't like since she hasn't brought it up. I am waiting for her to bring it up, because I am too scared to make a fool out of myself if she only think it as a onne time thing.

"So…Friday," she said like she could read my mind. I couldn't hold my smile back as I lifted my eyes to look at her, and I am happy to be received with a smile from her too.

"Yeah…" I said waiting for her to finish her thinking.

"I had fun," she kept saying kinda shy, and my smile only grew. I am a little surprised that she became shy because when I think of Alex, I only think of this confident women, but seing that she also has a shy side with her, only makes me like her more.

"Yeah, me too," I said and saw how she went from shy to happy in some nanoseconds. I had been thinking of Alex for the whole weekend, but I had forgotten how much I loved her smile. How contagious her smile. I don't know what it is with her, but I feel very intrigued by her.

"Hey, the diner will be very full in a little while, and you probably have stuff to do, but maybe you want to heng out later? Maybe Wednesday after the test? I can show you some places in the area that I absolute love," she said, and now I legit thought my face would rip in two from my smile. I had been planning in checking out the area, I am in New York after all, and doing it with Alex sounds so much more appealing than alone.

"I would love to," I said, and for someone on the outside, we must look like idiots, because there were some seconds where we just looked at each other smiling. After some seconds of smiling, it came a costumer in, and since there hadn't been one costumer the whole time we had been here, I signaled this as the beginning of the rush-hour.

I gathered my stuff and jumped off the counter-stool.

"6 pm?" I heard Alex say as I made my way to the exit.

I turned around and said "yes" and gave her a little smile, before I made my way out to the busy street.

Piper POV

"What do you wanna watch?" Polly said as she came in the door with a pizza in her hand. We had been so caught-up in work, that we had missed, and honestly this isn't the first time we eat fast-food instead of having dinner in the dining hall.

"I am kinda tired, so I don't feel like watching something we have to pay a lot attention to" I answered her as I grabbed some sodas from our mini-fridge.

"Okay, maybe some Friends then?" she asked and logged into her laptop.

"Sounds great." I said and took a slice of pizza.

I had already binge-watched Friends many times and knew this episode in my sleep. We sat in a comfortable silence and just watched some episodes and eating pizza. I really loved our chill evenings, especially after long days of working and with a test coming up tomorrow.

"So, Pete and Larry were wondering if we wanted to hang out today," Polly started to say. I turned my head towards her, to indicate that I were listening.

"But I said no, since I knew we both had a lot of work today. But then they asked if we wanted to hang out tomorrow instead. Is that okay with you?" she asked.

"I can't tomorrow," I said, and tried to keep my smile hidden. I had been so busy the whole day, but now that I wasn't doing anything, my excitement for tomorrow kept growing. I don't know if this was a date, or just a casual hanging out, so I am worried for either overdressing or underdressing, but I think if I just try to dress casual but still nice, it wouldn't be too bad.

"Oh yeah? What are you doing?" she asked, getting curious probably from my failing attempt to not smile.

"Just hanging out with Alex" I said trying to sound like it wasn't as big of a deal as I really think it is.

"Alex? Alex from Friday?" she asked, remembering her dragging me away from Alex at the end of the night.

"Yeah"

"Like a date?" she asked and I could hear that she was happy for me.

"I don't know," I said. "She asked to hang out tomorrow and said the wanted to show me some places," I kept on trying to figure out if it was a date or not for myself too.

"Sounds like a date for me. Congrats P. I'll just tell the boys it will only be me then. Larry will probably be disappointed, but it's not like he has really talked to you either."

"I still find it weird that he came on Friday to be with me. How does he even know anything about me? I've never met him" I said remembering my surprise on Friday.

"I don't know, maybe they talk about us" Polly said, liking the thought of that way more than I do.

Alex POV

"Hi honey" my mom said as she came into the apartment. This was a rare evening where neither of us had to work, and we were just going to have a quiet evening in with some pizza and Netflix.

"Hi mom," I said as I exited my room, sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.

"How has your day been?" she asked as she came over to the couch with a pizza box and two plates.

"Busy," I answered as I grabbed a slice.

"A lot of work lately?" she asked as she took the remote from me and putting on one of her favorite movies, spy kids.

"Yeah, there are many due dates this ween, plus the test tomorrow," I said, thinking of all the work I have put into the test for tomorrow and just hoping it all will be wasted.

"I get that. Ahh I love this movie," my mom said as the movie began. She must have understood that I wasn't really in the mood for talking right now, and I love that she can just sense that.

It was a comfortable silence as we watch the movie that we probably have seen a hundred times already. Now that I finally have some time to think, my mind makes it hard to pay attention to the movie, and it wanders to tomorrow, when I will be hanging out with Piper. I haven't had the opportunity to see her today, and I actually find myself missing her. I don't know what it is about her. We haven't gotten to talk much, but I am just craving to get to know her more. The more she talks, the less I want her to stop. Me being so intrigued by her take me by surprise, 'cause I kinda judged a book by it's cover when it came to her, but it makes me genuinely happy to learn that she has a great personality too, that she has layers like an onion.

"What are distracting you so much this evening honey?" my mom catching that my thoughts are not on the movie. I don't know if I should tell her about Piper, since it is all very new and I don't know anything for sure yet. She also know that I am in a relationship with Sylvie and I don't know how she will react if I say that I have a possible date with someone else.

"Who's the girl?" she asked. Does my mom really know me this good? That she can just look at me and read my minds?

"How do you know it is not Sylvie?" I asked a little more defensive than I had planned.

"Because I know you baby, and I haven't seen you smiling this much in many years. You have been beaming trough the whole weekend, even though you had shift after shift. So, I ask again, who's the girl?"

"Just someone from school. And it isn't a big deal, I am just going to hang out with her tomorrow."

"Well, do you like this girl?" my mom said, and paused the movie to pay all her attention on me. I guess we are doing this then.

"Yes, I guess so. We kissed," I confessed waiting for her reaction.

"You kissed! When?" she asked and smiled towards me, which told me she didn't judge. I did after all cheat on my girlfriend.

"Friday," I answered, and saw that she put the pieces together for why I was so happy lately.

"So it is a big deal then," she said.

"Yeah, it is. I feel kinda bad though, for Sylvie. I had planned to break up with her before asking Piper - the girl - out, but it happened so sudden so I didn't have time."

"I don't think you should feel bad," my mom tried to make me feel a little better. It wasn't like I was doubting going out with Piper tomorrow, it is just that I don't want to lie to her.

"Mom" I said, trying to get her to understand that Sylvie is really my girlfriend. My mom had been doubting our relationship since we got together since she probably know that I am not really into Sylvie that way.

"Really honey. Yes you should not juggling two girls at once, but you sound so real about this Piper, and it is not like you and Sylvie is married. I think you should explore things with Piper, because it seems to make you really happy, and that is all that matters to me."

My mom really know what to say to make me feel better. I have never loved Sylvie, and it is not like I thought we would be together forever. I have had fun with Sylvie, but maybe that chapter is closed now, and it is time to move on.

"Thanks mom" I said. She turned on the movie again and I found it easier to pay attention to the movie this time.

As I went to bed, I couldn't keep my excitement for tomorrow back. I would finally be able to spend some time alone with Piper, and it feels like I have been waiting for this since I first saw her at the diner for some weeks ago.

So this was all for this time. Firstly I want to say that I am sorry for very very very late update. The weeks since summer vacation has been hectic and I have been trying to adjust. I am not fully adjusted yet, I have a hectic schedule, but I will be trying to update again. Secondly sorry for grammar mistakes and spelling mistakes, I am not the best tool in the toolbox when it comes to spelling but I am trying my best. Hope you understood my reference with the onion. *it is from Shrek*. Leave a comment of what you thought of this chapter. And hopefully there will be a new update soon.

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