Text between Alex and Piper
Alex: Hey…
Alex: How was your day?
Piper: It was ok.
Alex: Are you lying?
Piper: Yes
Alex: What's wrong?
Piper: Nothing.
Alex: Piper...
Piper: I don't want to bother you.
Alex: I'm calling you.
Piper: Wait... What?
Piper: We're not there yet.
Alex: Who cares?
Alex: You better pick up.
Piper: Not that I don't miss your voice but I like texting better.
Piper: Please?
…
God knows she misses her. And her voice sounds like pure sex rolled in melted chocolate with whip cream on top.
Piper knows that she won't survive through a phone call with Alex. So texting it was.
...
Alex: Okay. Fine. Tell me what happened.
Piper: I told Larry… about the kiss.
Alex: Oh?
This morning at school:
Piper could feel a headache coming during fifth period as she headed to psychology on Friday before lunch period.
This whole week has been miserable. With Alex gone in New York, the hallways of the school felt unfamiliar to her.
And with a guilty conscience, she's been dodging both Larry and Mendez everywhere at the school because God forbid she crossed path with them both at the same time. Keeping herself busy with business was her only escape to avoid both of them.
Piper was in the hallway going to the nurse on the first floor when she bumped into Larry coming out of wood shop.
"Hey, I was just about to text you." He smiled.
Piper offered him a weak smile back. "Hi."
"You don't look so good." Larry pulled her in his arms and kissed her forehead. "Are you okay? You feel a little warm."
"Just a headache." Piper replied. "I'll be fine."
"What's causing that headache?" Larry wondered. "Did you eat? Not enough sleep? You should get a dismissal pass from the office if you're not feeling well."
It was only then Piper felt as if her head was about to explode. She can't do this. She can't keep this to herself any longer. It's stressing her out too much.
"Mendez and I kissed. He was drunk and we kissed but it didn't mean anything and I've been lying about it and it's been weighting down on me so I've been avoiding both of you and all of it is just giving me a massive fucking headache!" The words escaped her lips in such a rush, it surprised her as mush as it surprised Larry.
"Oh my God that felt so good to get off my chest."
Piper wasn't sure how she expected Larry to react but him waking away was the last thing she was expecting.
One minute he was angry- fuming even and the next he just looked betrayed and distraught.
Her heart physically hurt for him. Once again, she fucked up and made an ass of herself.
Lunch period rolled around and Piper was blowing up Larry's phone with text messages.
She was filing Polly and Poussey in on the whole thing on their way to second lunch when they ran smack into Larry and Mendez in the cafeteria.
Piper's heart started racing. Not good. This is not good.
"If it isn't my back stabbing girlfriend and my best friend."
Mendez raised his eyebrows with confusion. "Excuse me?"
"She told me, George." Larry spoke angrily. "I know you kissed her!"
Oh...
"Did she also tell you it was an accident that I was fucked up and it sort of just happened?"
"You're always fucked up!" Larry yelled. "But that doesn't give you a free pass to kiss my girlfriend when your daddy issues kick in."
"Wow. Low blow, Lar." Mendez shook his head. "At least I do love and didn't make a bet with the baseball team about how soon I could get in her pants."
That shocked everyone. It literally went dead quiet and Piper's eyes widen.
She was a bet.
A stupid joke between him and his stupid friends and she eventually fell for it.
How much was she worth?
Piper blinked and the next thing she knew, all hell broke loose. All she felt was Polly and Poussey pulling her back out of harm's way as the two boys unleashed punches on each other.
The cafeteria got louder and that whole area where there was currently a fight was crowded. Kids had their phones out, recording the fight and teachers were rushing through a throng to break up the fight.
All Piper remembers after that is walking out of the cafeteria and bolting out of the school because she couldn't be there anymore.
Alex: I'm sorry Pipes.
Piper: Just my fucking luck. I've made peace with the fact that maybe I'm destined for everything in my life to be a fucking mess.
Alex: Hey, don't say that.
Alex: He's the asshole that asked you out on false pretenses.
Piper: God, I'm such a bitch. And you're so good to me.
Alex: Why do you say that?
Piper: I keep dumping my teenage crap on you and I didn't even ask how your day was.
Alex: It's okay. Cheer up, babe.
Piper: You're too good to me.
Piper: I fucking miss you too much! I just wish you'd come back already!
Alex: I'll see you Monday.
Piper: That seems so far!
Alex: You'll live.
Alex: So what are you going to do about Barry?
Piper: Gosh!
Piper: Honestly, I don't even fucking care at this point.
Alex: You guys are breaking up?
Piper: I don't know! I don't want to talk about this anymore.
Piper: Tell me something interesting. What did you do today? How's New York. Entertain me!
Alex: Well New York is great. Busy as always. Especially on the Upper West Side.
Piper: Is that where you're staying?
Alex: Yeah.
Piper: I hate you right now. I'd my kidney to be in New York right now.
Piper: I assume it's nice since its spring. I could just imagine taking nice walk through Central Park. It'd hit Times Square's candy store and spoil myself rotten.
Piper: Take the subway and eat hot pretzels. Or buy burritos and tacos from those food trucks.
Piper: I'd kill for a view of the Empire State Building or the Brooklyn Bridge.
Piper: I know I'm rambling but sometimes I just want to escape and start over somewhere new.
Alex: Trust me, I know what you mean, kid.
Piper: Yeah?
Alex: Yeah.
Alex: A friend of mine owns a wine bar and I met him and a couple of other girls to hang out. We tried this wine and guess what the name of it was?
Piper: I don't know but something tells me this should be interesting.
Alex: Oh it is.
Alex: It was surprisingly delicious but get this, the wine was called Dry-sack Sherry.
Piper: Oh my God... I'm done.
Piper: You're just messing around, aren't you?
Alex: Lol. No.
Alex: Swear to God.
Alex: Go look it up.
Piper: Haha. I can't.
Piper: That just made my night. Thanks.
Alex: I'm glad.
Piper: Did you get me a souvenir?
Alex: Oh? You wanted something.
Piper: Of course I wanted something. Shame on you.
Piper: What kind of friend are you?
Alex: Lol. We're friends?
Piper: I'd like to think so.
Piper: Why? Don't you think so?
Alex: Oh I didn't say anything.
Piper: Whatever. You're weird.
Piper: So should I expect a souvenir?
Alex: Yes. I got you when I get back.
Piper: What time is your flight back again?
Alex: Tomorrow morning.
Piper: Okay.
Piper: text me no matter how early when you get in okay?
Piper: I'll worry.
Alex: I will. I promise.
Piper: Thank you.
Piper: I really miss you, Vause.
Alex: I miss you too, kid.
Piper: Come back to me.
Alex: Soon.
Piper: I want to know something really personal about you.
Piper: Something that not a lot of people know.
Piper: I want to know everything about you.
Alex: You start first.
Piper: I like you.
Piper: Nobody knows that. Except you.
Alex: I thought we established that already?
Alex: You got to give me something better than that if you expect me to share my deepest darkest secrets with you, kid.
Piper: It's hard for me to let go and trust people.
Alex: Aah trust issues hunh?
Alex: Why's that?
Piper: I don't know. Giving my track record, maybe that's a good thing. People either disappoint or they always leave. I guess
Alex: I won't leave.
Piper: Yeah? Maybe you should start running because most people tend to do that once they get a one-on-one with who I really am behind close door without the bullshit fake smile that I plaster on my face to get through a long day.
Alex: I'm not most people Pipes.
Alex: I'm a sucker for good challenges.
Piper: That's what scares me.
Alex: Tell me what happened to you, Piper.
Alex: You're so amazing it's hard for me to believe you're as bad as you're trying to make yourself sound.
Piper: Let's just say I've had my fair share of shit handed to me.
Alex: But haven't we all?
Piper: True.
Alex: So it can't be that bad right?
Piper: Oh I don't know.
Piper: But you know what amaze me?
Alex: No. Enlighten me.
Piper: It amazes me how somehow you've managed to turn this all around and make it about me. Should I assume that makes you selfless?
Piper: Cause If I remember well, I'm the one who wanted in on your deepest, darkest secrets.
Alex: I don't have secrets.
Alex: I'm an open book kid.
Piper: Yet your eyes says differently.
Alex: Lol. Well the eyes lie sometimes.
Alex:I already told you that you know all there needs to be known about me.
Piper: Bullshit.
Piper: But don't worry. One day, I'll figure out the puzzle that's you, Alex Vause.
Alex: You keep making those promises...
Piper: I'm not fucking with you though.
Piper: I'm relentless like that. I mean it.
Alex: And yet you say I scare you...
Piper: Touché Vause. Touché.
Piper: Guess that makes two of us, then hunh?
Alex: Haha. I guess so.
Piper: Watchu doing?
Alex: I just got to my apartment. I'm think I'll skip packing and go to take a hot bath then watch a scary movie and enjoy a large pizza.
Alex: Uh, thinking about it just gets me all excited. I'm so fucking exhausted.
Piper: Haha. Sounds fun.
Alex: Yaaaas!
Piper: Lol.
Piper: Wait, why do you have an apartment in NYC if you live in LA?
Alex: And here I thought I'd successfully gotten away with this part of the interrogation.
Piper: Never.
Alex: Of course.
Alex: Anyways... I let my friend Janae stay there when I moved.
Piper: Oh. That's nice of you.
Alex: Don't tell anyone.
Piper: Lol. Your secret is safe with me.
Alex: Atta girl.
Alex: Hey, you wanna get on Skype? We can watch that scary movie together.
Alex: You know, keep a girl company in case she gets scared?
Piper: Lol. I just can't picture you getting scared over a horror movie.
Alex: You give me too much credit. But I'll take it.
Alex: So is that a yes?
Piper: Lol. Sure. What are we watchin'?
Alex: I was thinking The Exorcist...
Piper: Oh fuck no! I like you and all, but I absolutely will not be watching The Exorcist while sitting alone at my house.
Alex: Lol. You're such a wuss.
Piper: Yeah. Tell that to my nightmares later.
Alex: Okay. Fine.
Alex: How about something else?
Alex: like Night of the Living Dead or The Conjuring?
Piper: Who are you?
Piper: I just told you I wouldn't watch The Exorcist so you thought I'd be a good idea to pick something scarier?
Alex: Fine. You pick something.
Piper: Now we're talking.
Alex: Jeez. *Rolling my eyes at you*.
Piper: How about Dirty Dancing or Pretty Woman.
Alex: For fuck's sakes, Piper.
Alex: Scary movies! Not some stupid romance movie.
Piper: HEY! Apologize to Julia Roberts and John Travolta.
Alex: Fine.
Alex: Let's just watch Lucy.
Piper: That sounds scary.
Alex: No. It's not horror. Calm down.
Alex: It's this action movie with Scarlet Johansson. Looks pretty good.
Piper: You like her!?
Alex: Last I checked I'm pretty gay and certainly not blind!
Piper: Good point.
Alex: So is Lucy a yes?
Piper: No.
Piper: Transporter 2?
Alex: Oh yes!
Alex: The villain blonde chick in it was badass and really, insanely hot.
Piper: I give up.
Alex: Lol. So see you in twenty minutes?
Piper: Yes.
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Piper put her phone down on the nightstand and shook her head with a smile playing across her lips.
She can't wait til' Alex comes back.
Time flew by and she didn't even realize how long she'd been texting Alex but it was long enough to make all thoughts of Larry go away.
She realized that she didn't even care that Larry hasn't texted or called since this evening. And somehow, she's okay with that.
She'll deal with Larry when she feels like it. But for now, popcorn and soda and a movie with Alex sounded exactly like what she needed to put this day behind her.
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This is it for this chapter guys! I hope you guys enjoyed it! Larry's an ass and I'm trying to get rid of him so bare with me! I don't want to rush piper and Alex but something tells me, you guys are ready for them to happen already so I'll try my best to get there. I didn't exactly specify what Alex was doing in New York but I'm saving the best for Last since both Alex and Piper have very interesting, dark past and all will be revealed soon! Stay tune for that! Leave your reviews and let me know what you thought! Until next time…