A/N Sorry I was only able to post one chapter this week. I have one more week of work before I'm off for the holiday so I'll be able post more then. This chapter is pretty much all fluff, I have some angst coming within the next couple of chapters as well as a time jump. Please leave a review and let me know what you think.
Piper wakes up very early the next morning, it's so early that it is still dark. She smiles and her stomach flutters when she sees the beautiful brunette sleeping beside her with her arm slung over the blonde's stomach. Her raven hair is covering part of her face and her left breast is peeking out from the top of the blankets as she snores softly. She's gorgeous, Piper thinks to herself staring at her girlfriend. Piper does not think she will ever get tired of looking at Alex, of kissing Alex, of having sex with Alex. Other than smoking a little pot while she was in college, Piper has never done drugs, but Alex is like a drug to her. A drug that she is quickly becoming addicted to and she can't seem to get enough.
Piper is still staring when the older woman slowly opens her emerald eyes and smiles. "What are you doing awake Pipes? It's only 4:30 we still have a couple of hours to sleep," Alex whispers pulling Piper closer and wrapping her arm around her. Piper nestles onto Alex's shoulder and interlaces her fingers with the brunette.
"Hmm I was just lying here thinking…"
"Thinking about what babe?"
"Do you believe in love at first sight?" Piper asks softly raising her gaze so she can look Alex in the eyes.
"I didn't until six days ago when you walked into my bar," Alex murmurs giving Piper a chaste kiss on the lips.
Piper smiles broadly, so much has happened during the past week, but she wouldn't trade it for the world.
"Hey Pipes?"
"Yeah?"
"My mom invited us to dinner on Christmas Eve…will you come with me? I really want you to meet her."
"I'd really like that Al. From everything you have told me, she seems like an amazing woman and I can't wait to meet her."
"She is amazing and I know she'll love you just as much as I do."
"I love you too Al," Piper whispers as both women fall back to sleep wrapped in each other's arms.
The next week passes with Piper and Alex spending every minute they are not at work together. After the fiasco with Sylvie, they finally get the Christmas tree that Piper wants and spend an entire evening listening to Christmas carols and decorating it with ornaments, garland, and tinsel. Piper grabs a handful of tinsel and whips it playfully at Alex hitting the brunette right on the forehead. "Oh you're going to get it now!" Alex shrieks and throws her own handful of tinsel at Piper striking the blonde right in the face. The tinsel fight lasted a few more minutes before ending with both women naked and fucking passionately on the living room floor. They are still on the floor, sweaty and out of breath when Alex gets up to get some blankets from the couch. Piper starts laughing hysterically.
"What so funny?" Alex turns around and looks at Piper
"You have a whole bunch of tinsel stuck to your ass!"
"And whose fault is that?" Alex asks with a smirk as she strolls back to Piper with the blankets. Piper just grins. The couple lies there together for a while listening to Christmas songs and talking before getting up and heading to Alex's bedroom. Alex gets into bed and pats the place next to her, "Come be my little spoon." Piper slides in next to the older woman and turns so her back is right against Alex's front. It's amazing how well their bodies fit together. Alex brushes the hair away and gives Piper a soft kiss on the back of her neck.
"Merry Christmas Eve Eve, babe," Alex whispers into her girlfriend.
"Merry Christmas Eve Eve, Al"
Around two the next day, Alex and Piper set off for Alex's mom's house for Christmas Eve dinner. Piper is unusually quiet and Alex reaches across the car and grabs the blonde's hand.
"You okay Pipes? You got very quiet all of the sudden."
"Yeah I'm okay…I'm just nervous that's all."
"There's nothing to be nervous about Pipes"
"I know that in my head, but I just really want her to like me and I'm afraid I'll say or do something stupid." Piper says softly. Alex pulls into a rest area and parks the car.
"Look at me Pipes," Alex says turning her body so that she is facing the younger woman. Piper turns and looks at her. "I love you Pipes. My mom already loves you because she knows how happy you make me. I promise you everything is going to go great." Piper gives Alex a weak smile, "Thank you for that Alex, I love you too."
About a half hour later, Alex pulls her Range Rove into the driveway of her mom's house. She leans over and kisses Piper deeply before getting out and running around to open the passenger door. Alex grabs Piper's hand and they walk up the front stairs to the front door. "Relax babe, just be yourself," Alex whispers and squeezes her hand.
Opening the front door and walking in, Alex shouts, "Mom! We're here! Something smells delicious!" Diane Vause enters the room from the kitchen with a huge smile on her face and pulls Alex into a hug. Piper has seen pictures of Diane, but she is shocked by how much Alex looks like her mother.
"Alex what are you doing standing in the doorway? Turning toward Piper, Diane smiles, "You must be Piper, I have heard so much about you."
Piper smiles and reaches out to shake Diane's hand, "It's great to meet you Ms. Vause." She is surprised when the older woman pulls her into a tight hug, "I'm so glad to finally meet you Piper, and please call me Diane."
Piper smiles, "Okay Diane, thank you so much for inviting me, dinner smells wonderful by the way."
"Oh it's nothing really, Alex and I have had beef stew and freshly baked bread on Christmas Eve since she was just a little girl. The tradition has kinda stuck-I hope you're both hungry," the older woman says with a smile. "Come on in, take off your coats, and make yourselves at home. I'm just going to go check on dinner, Alex hon can you open the wine?" Diane asks as she heads back toward the kitchen.
Alex shrugs out of her coat and then helps Piper with hers before hanging them in the hall closet. Taking the blonde's hand, Alex leads her to the brown leather sofa in front of the fireplace. The women sit down and Alex grabs the bottle of red wine from the coffee table and opens it. "Hey Al look-it's snowing!" Piper's face lights up like a little kid as she points toward the large picture window. She had just been complaining yesterday about the lack of snow this year and how much she hoped it would snow for Christmas. Piper's excitement is contagious, "God you're cute and so damn irresistible you know that?" Alex asks lifting Piper's chin for a kiss.
"Okay break it up girls," Diane teases as she walks into the living room. Piper turns bright red, and leans her forehead against the brunette's, but Alex just laughs. "Wow it really is coming down out there," Diane begins pouring wine, "Let's have a glass before dinner." Each woman grabs a glass and Diane makes a toast "Here's to family, new love, and a white Christmas."
"Cheers!" All three women say and clink their glasses together.
The women polish off nearly all of the stew, the entire loaf of bread, and about half of Diane's famous homemade chocolate cake. The conversation during dinner is comfortable and easy as Piper learns more about what Alex was like as a child and teenager. Diane tells funny and sometimes embarrassing stories about Alex that has all three roaring with laughter.
Piper insists on helping Diane clean up, while Alex heads out to the shed to get some wood for the fireplace. Diane rinses the plates and silverware while Piper loads the dishwasher, "Thank you again for inviting me here today, I had a wonderful time and dinner was great."
"Of course Piper! You know Alex has done nothing but talk about this amazing blonde girl that she met and I wanted to meet the person that has made my girl so happy. I'm going to let you in on a little secret Piper, Alex NEVER brings girls home to meet me so you must be very special to her, plus I see the way you guys look at each other—I'm so happy for you guys."
Piper smiles and just then Alex runs through the back door with an armload of wood and her head completely covered with snow. "Shit! It's still snowing and hard. There has to be about four inches on the ground already and it doesn't seem to be slowing down at all!"
"Well that settles it then, you two will spend the night here rather than drive back to the city in this mess. I'll go make up the guest room."
Alex looks at Piper, "What do you think babe? I don't think it would be safe for us to drive back tonight even with four wheel drive."
Piper smiles and kisses Alex, "As long as I'm with you Al, I don't care where we spend the night.
Diane returns to the living room "The room is all ready for you guys. How about we get comfortable and watch a movie before turning in?"
Alex gets a warm fire going in the fireplace, then leads Piper to the guest room to find something for them to change into. Alex tosses Piper an old pair of blue sweatpants and a gray t-shirt and can't help but stare at her while she changes. Alex quickly pulls on a pair of pajama pants and a black t-shirt of her own and crosses the room to wrap her arms around her girlfriend. "See babe, I told you my mom would love you." Piper looks lovingly into Alex's eyes, "I can honestly say that I love her too, I mean she is exactly the opposite of my own mother. I spent my entire life wishing for a mother that is as open, loving, and accepting as your mom is Al." Alex slowly leans in and captures Piper's lips with her own. The kiss deepens quickly as Piper pushes her tongue between Alex's lips running her hands through though luscious raven locks.
Suddenly they are interrupted by Diane's voice from the living room, "Come on lovebirds, "It's a Wonderful Life" is about to start." Alex sighs and pulls away from Piper and gives her a delicious smirk, "To be continued…"
Alex and Piper cuddle up on the couch while Diane sit on the recliner as they watch the holiday movie classic. As the movie credits are rolling Diane yawns loudly and announces she is going to bed, "Goodnight Alex, goodnight Piper, see you in the morning."
"Goodnight mom."
"Goodnight Diane."
As soon as Diane is out of sight, Alex pulls Piper onto her lap running her hands across the blonde's ribs and kissing her deeply. "Alex! What if your mom comes back out here for something? We should go to the bedroom." Alex raises an eyebrow, "I thought you'd never ask." The women jump off the couch and practically run into the guest bedroom which is directly across the hall from Diane's room. Alex closes and locks the door and grabs Piper pulling her so close it was hard to tell where her body stopped and her girlfriend's started. The brunette begins kissing Piper's neck and collarbones until a small moan escapes from her mouth. "I don't know if we should do this, your mom is right across the hall, what if she hears us?" "I guess you'll just have to be quiet then Pipes," Alex whispers with a smile knowing full well that Piper will have trouble being quiet. Alex pushes her hand down the front of Piper's borrowed sweatpants and runs her fingers against her aching center. Piper bites her bottom lip to keep herself from being too loud as she lifts Alex's shirt over her head and captures a rock hard nipple in her mouth. The rest of their clothing is quickly thrown aside as Alex moves down between Piper's legs sucking the blonde's clit into her mouth and sliding two long fingers into her girlfriend's dripping wet pussy. Piper grabs a pillow and bites down hard on it, but a loud moan still escapes. Alex continues her ministrations until Piper can't take it anymore and comes hard pressing the pillow to her face to muffle her screams. Once Piper's heartrate slowed down a bit she takes the pillow away from her face, "You're such an asshole, there's no way your mom didn't hear that, I'm so embarrassed!" "When a girl makes you come the way that I do, you should never call her asshole," Alex teases. "Oh shut up!" Piper exclaims sliding her hand between Alex's legs, "Let's see how quiet you can be!"
