"Pipes, wake up babe," Alex whispers while softly kissing the blonde's neck. Piper shifts a little bit and a small smile appears on her lips, but her eyes are still closed. "Damn she is so cute when she's sleeping," Alex thinks to herself. The brunette continues kissing Piper's neck moving down and gently biting her collarbone. When Alex looks back up, Piper's baby blues are staring at her. "Good morning kid, did you sleep well?" Alex murmurs kissing her on the lips. "Good morning Al," Piper kisses her back, "I slept wonderfully." Piper rolls over so she is straddling Alex, leaning over she gives her a passionate kiss while letting her hands roam over Alex's full breasts. Alex returns the kiss stroking her hands over Piper's ass and thighs getting lost in the moment before she remembers why she was waking Piper up in the first place. "Mmmm Pipes…" Alex moans as Piper moves her wonderful lips down to her pulse point, "As much as I would love to stay in bed with you and have wild passionate sex all day long, I promised my mom I would meet her for brunch today at 10:30 and it is 10:00 right now." Piper suddenly sits up quickly, "Shit! Today is Sunday! I'm supposed to go to my parents' house for lunch, Cal has some sort of important announcement to make and I promised him I'd be there!" After one more quick kiss, both women get out of bed, get dressed, and brush their teeth with Alex's toothbrush. Alex drops Piper off at her brownstone on the way to meet her mom. "Do you want to maybe order a pizza tonight and watch that movie we never got around to last night?" Piper asks after giving Alex a goodbye kiss. "That sounds great, call me when you are heading home from your parents' place." They lean in for one last lingering kiss, "See you later Pipes." "Bye Al, have a great visit with your mom.

Alex walks into Harriet's Waffle House at 10:34 and finds her mom waiting for her in their usual booth. When Alex was growing up, even though money was always very tight, she and her mom would have brunch together at Harriet's every other Sunday. It was always something Alex looked forward to when she was a kid and still enjoys their brunches now that she is an adult. Mother and daughter have been best friends for as long as Alex can remember and she knows how lucky she is that she has such a great relationship with her mom. Just listening to Piper describe her relationship with her own mother, Alex feels even more fortunate to have Diane in her life. Alex walks quickly across the dining room to the back corner, "Hey Mom! Good morning, have you been here long? Sorry I'm a little late." "Alex! Hi honey, no, I just got here it's no problem." The two women hug and Alex gives her mom a kiss on the cheek. The two women settle into their booth and order coffee and waffles.

"So honey, anything new going on? How are things at the bar?"

"Everything's great Mom, I actually hired a new bartender last night to replace the one I fired for stealing from the cash register, and business has been really good lately. How are things for you? Everything okay at the diner?"

"Oh honey, I'm fine and the diner is great, but I miss you. What about Nicky, how is she? You should have brought her with you, you know I love Nicky like she were my own."

Alex laughs, "Nicky is great, she has been wonderful pulling a lot of extra hours when we were short staffed at the bar, but she has actually been giving me a lot of shit recently and I wanted some time to talk to you alone…"

"What's up Alex, you know you can talk to me about anything."

"Well I kinda met someone recently…" Alex begins with a blush.

"Alex you're blushing! What's her name, tell me about her."

"Well her name is Piper—and she's…amazing. I mean she's beautiful, there's no doubt about that, but beyond that-we have so much in common. We can talk for hours and hours and never run out of things to say, she's a bookworm also and we share many of the same favorite books, we banter-and she actually keeps up with me," Alex's finishes with a smile.

Diane has never seen her daughter speak about a love interest this way, "She sounds great, and that smile on your face and that look in your eye tells me that she is someone very special."

"She is…I think I might love her Mom, and that scares the shit out of me, but it also kind of doesn't because it feels so right when I'm with her."

"You should have brought her with you this morning, I would love to meet her."

"I wanted to ask her to come, but I felt like it might be a bit soon to meet the parents, I mean we literally just met last Wednesday, but it feels like I've known her for years, does that make sense?"

"Yes it makes sense, I'm so happy for you Alex that you've finally found someone that makes you feel this way. It is a wonderful feeling isn't it?"

Alex smiles, "Yeah it really is."

Piper arrives at her parents' house at a little after twelve and sees Cal's car already in the driveway. She glances at her reflection in the rearview mirror and finger combs her hair before hurrying inside. Walking into the family room, she receives a glare from her mother, "You're late Piper." "I know, I'm sorry traffic was horrible," Piper lies. Piper glances around the family room and spots her father in the old leather armchair near the fireplace and Cal and Neri, his girlfriend of nearly a year, on the love seat. "Pipe! Long time no see! I've missed you. You know we really do need to get together more often!" Cal says pulling Piper into a bear hug. "Yeah, I've missed you to Cal, good to see you again Neri," Piper say leaning over to give Neri a polite hug. "Hi Dad," Piper says walking over to her father to give him a hug. Bill Chapman smiles and hugs his only daughter, "Hi Piper, I'm glad you could make it, it's been way too long since you came for a visit." "I know Dad, but I've been very busy with work and filling new orders for Popi, I promise I'll try to get back home more often."

"So what's for lunch, I'm starving!" Cal says grabbing Neri's hand and standing up to head for the dining room. "Yes, I'm pretty hungry too, I skipped breakfast this morning," Piper adds. "We are still waiting on one more guest, so I told Grace to put the lunch on hold for a bit," Carol Chapman replies. Piper racks her brain for who else could be coming to lunch and is just getting ready to ask when Cal beats her to it. "Who else is coming Mom?" Just then the doorbell rings, "Piper, dear, can you please go answer the door?" Carol Chapman asks. Still confused, Piper gets up and heads toward the front door. Her mouth drops open when she opens the door. "Larry! What the fuck are you doing here?"