Also not a real chapter. I know, I'm getting there I'm getting there!
"Fuck" Piper swears.
Piper tries on Every. Single. Dress. In her entire appartment. Including the ones that were actually Polly's but were basically her's because that's what being a BFFL means of course.
Piper is nervously jittering her fingers.
"Why am I so nervous STOP IT" she curses.
"I am a strong independant woman and I am a successful businesswoman and I graduated at the top of my class from Smith" Piper learned this trick of "Affirmations" from her college days. It got her through exams plenty, but those were a breeze compared to how nervous Piper felt right now.
"How am I this flustered?" A very flustered Piper wonders as she curls her hair round her thumb.
"I only met this woman a few hours ago, I mean GOD the sex was the best I've ever had and those EYES could pierce right through to my soul and those LIPS feel sinfully soft and oh"
She was getting all hot and bothered thinking about Alex and she only had five more minutes before -
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
There was the sound from the driveway and Piper didn't want to be late (nor seem TOO eager) so she grabs her coat, looks in the mirror one last times, makes sure she has her phone and wallet (in her purse) and straps on a pair of heels
"This'll have to do" Piper mutters under her breath, referring to the dress she was currently wearing. It is a gorgeous cobalt number with a sweetheart neckline that outlined her curves and accentuated her breast. It went down just to the knee, where it swooped out only slightly, mimicking waves upon water as it flowed when she walked. The dress went perfectly with the polished pearl earrings and pale nude lipgloss on her lips.
Piper pushed open the door at the very instant that Alex leaned in to knock
"Oh my … aren't you one to clean up nice" Alex stopped herself from gawking when she took in Piper's figure before her. She could barely contain her pounding heart around this blonde woman. Truthfully, she'd been parked outside for the past ten minutes but had just steeled herself to come up to the porch. Good timing too,
Alex smiled genuinely when Piper giggled a bit at what she had said. She hadn't intended it to be a sort of double-entendre but of course she was going to smile confidently and pretend she had. Putting on a more confident smile now, Alex reached up to brush Piper's cheek, tugging at a small particle that had settled on the blonde's flush cheeks. The whole gesture felt whimsical, and she draws it out long as she can, caressing Piper's face gently as she can as she pulls it away in front of Piper's crystal blue eyes
"You need to make a wish now" Alex breathes barely above a whisper
"Do I get to blow it away?" Piper asks as if it's birthday candles
"Oh you can / blow me away" Alex 's eyes darken as she smirks seductively
Piper leans in for a moment, and Alex doesn't pull away quite yet. There's tension in the air like electricity on ten thousand volts. And Piper's not sure what to do about it. She doesn't decide because Alex whispers in her ear "Mm you can't tell me what you wished for …" and she whispers in the other ear now "It's bad luck, but I bet I can guess. I'll know if it comes true"
And with that Alex takes Piper by the hand and leads her over to Alex's bike.
Piper feels warm and fuzzy inside when she feels Alex's fingers lace with hers. Alex's fingers are long and delicate. Strong, but sure. Steady, steady they help her steady. Steady Piper wants to steady the shapeless emotions running through her mind right now.
She has never been on a motorcycle before. Firsts, she was having a lot of those tonight.
So Alex helps her onto her bike and Piper places her hands on Alex's waist. "Don't lean too far to one side. Stay close to me". Stay close to me. Stay Close to Me. Piper repeats those words on her lips as Alex straps on Piper's helmet then her own. She cuddles up to Alex and they're off.
Piper squeals feeling like she's flying on the bike. Alex smiles widely but Piper can't see that. Piper grins in glee as she feels free on this bike, feels free with Alex. She is high on joy, high on life and exhilaration. Piper has felt a roller coaster of emotions in the last few hours and a real roller coaster right now as Alex weaves up and down the busy streets.
Alex feels Piper's breath on her neck it gives her goosebumps. Alex feels Piper tugging in on her waist and it is so endearing Alex sighs in how good this feels. It feels so… Right. Right when Alex had never thought she would get attached to anyone else. Diane her mom always said she'd be a lone wolf, out to fend for herself. Never fending for another. Another life like it were her own, or even more important.
Alex had never brought anyone on her bike before. Her previous affairs were mere conquests, notches on her bedpost and she just called herself a cab on the way home. She never brought them to her place. Would she bring Piper to her place? Maybe. Just maybe. Something about Piper was… different. In a good way, though she couldn't picture exactly what.
Alex didn't want the ride to end so she zoomed on, right past Time square just so they could stop at a traffic moment and they both looked up momentarily to see the stars in the sky. The lights, the lights of the city the city of cities and the lights of all lights. The lights the stars of the universe the light of all lights. Light, Alex and Piper felt light like a weight was lifted off their shoulder as they had found their soulmates even though they couldn't put a finger on what exactly that is yet. Because they have never felt this light, this connection this love before.
And amongst the sky they looked up beyond and saw "Hey there's a Half Moon" Piper beamed, and she looked at Alex like she was the sun and Alex looked at Piper the same way. It was as if this celestial force was binding them together so tightly that the could never be more united. So much they would never want to let go.
:)
Yes I am the cheesy type of author that waits nine chapters to put the title of the work in the text.
* Dodges pizza thrown at them for being too cheezy
Love, Bobbiejelly