Alex wakes up the next morning and reaches out for Piper only to find her side of the bed empty and cold. She frowns reaching for her glasses on the nightstand and checking the time on the alarm clock-6:12 A.M. After a night of amazing sex including a very hot and dominate Piper, Alex just wants to cuddle her girl this morning for a while before the day starts. Today is a big day for both women, it is Piper's last day at the dermatologist's office before she starts working on PoPi full time and Alex needs to go back to the jewelry store to officially buy Piper's engagement ring. Glancing back toward Piper's side, she smiles when she finds a note propped up on the pillow.
Good morning babe,
I decided to go for a run this morning before my last day at Dr. Asshole's office, I had a surprising amount of energy when I woke up considering our marathon session last night ;) You were sleeping so peacefully that I didn't want to wake you up, don't eat breakfast—I will bring home food from the deli on the corner. I should be back around 6:30 or so, love you!
XOXOXO Pipes
The brunette's heart flutters in her chest, she can't wait to get back to the jewelry store and actually leave with Piper's ring in her possession. Ever since she found the ring yesterday, she has been rolling around ideas in her head for how she wants to propose. She just wants it to be perfect and memorable and something that they will remember forever. It suddenly dawns on Alex that she doesn't know Piper's ring size and she wants it to fit perfectly when she asks her to be her wife. Thinking quickly, Alex jumps out of bed, still completely naked from last night, and moves across their bedroom to Piper's jewelry box. Lifting the lid, Alex finds a ring that she has seen the blonde wear on occasion and slips it into her purse for sizing purposes. Throwing on a tank top, with no bra because she knows it will drive Piper crazy, and shorts, the brunette heads to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee to wait for Piper to return from her run with breakfast. Sitting down on a stool Alex begins sipping her coffee as she hears the front door open and close followed by Piper's shouts, "Babe I'm home! Get up I've got food-lots of food! I hope you're hungry!"
Walking into the kitchen, Piper spots her girlfriend by the coffee machine, "Oh good you are up, I see you found my note," says the blonde as she places the bags of food on the counter. Piper's eyes are immediately drawn to her lover's nipples that are prominently on display in her skimpy tank top. "See something you like Pipes?" Alex says with a smirk handing the blonde a cup of coffee. "Fuck Alex! You know what your tits do to me…and that tank top aagghhh!" Alex chuckles and wraps her arms around Piper's waist to give her a good morning kiss. Piper's hands snake to the bottom of Alex's tank top and tease their way under. The brunette groans and grabs Piper's hands stopping them from moving higher, "As tempting as this is, we really need to eat breakfast and get moving. I have a distributor showing up at 7:00 this morning and you cannot be late on your last day!" Piper moves her hands to the outside of Alex's tank top and cups her breasts feeling her nipples harden in the center of her palms, "What's he going to do fire me? "Pipes…" Alex moans in the blonde's ear, "Maybe you can be late, but if I'm not there for this delivery we won't have enough beer, tequila, and vodka to get through the week." Piper looks up at Alex with a pouty look, but stops her ministrations, "Okay, but to be continued later! And I want this tank top worn much more frequently!" "Yes Ma'am!" Alex chortles, "So what did you get us for breakfast? I'm starving!"
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After the distributor left, Alex busies herself stocking the shelves, completing her next purchasing order, and finally completing the payroll before locking up and heading to the jewelry store. "Good morning Ms. Vause," Millie greeted Alex when she walked in, "Let me get your ring out for you, I'll meet you at that table over there," the woman said pointing toward the back of the store. Alex's heart was pounding in her chest as Millie walked over and placed the ring down in front of her. The ring is even more beautiful than Alex remembered from yesterday and she can envision her gorgeous blonde with it on her finger.
Alex was so lost in thought that she didn't hear Millie ask her the question the first time, "Ms. Vause?"
"Oh…I'm sorry I was just thinking about his ring on my girlfriend's finger, what did you say?"
"Do you know what size ring your girlfriend wears? We can size it for you for no additional cost."
"Yes…I mean no, I don't know the size, but I brought one of her rings with me for sizing." Alex stammers as she reached into her purse to give Millie the ring.
Placing the ring Alex brought with her on the ring sizer, Millie smiles, "Size 6, and it just so happens that this ring is also a size 6, so no sizing should be necessary- of course once you give it to her if she wants to adjust the fit she can always bring it in."
"Thank you Millie, for everything," Alex says handing the woman her credit card.
Leaving the store with Piper's ring, Alex feels a sense of excitement that she has never felt before, but she has never been so sure of anything in her entire life-she can't wait to ask the blonde to marry her. Returning to Three Doors Down Alex enters her office and takes the ring out of the bag and just stares at it for a while. Suddenly she is pulled out of her reverie when Nicky pokes her head around the corner. "Hey Vause, I didn't expect you to be here, I thought you were going to pick up Blondie's ring, not getting cold feet are…HOLY SHIT! You got it already?" Nicky shouts practically running over to Alex's desk. "Damn Vause that is one hell of a ring, it looks even better than it did in the display case." Nicky whistles. "So when do you think you will pop the question? Do you know how you are going to do it yet? Fuck man, I can't believe you are going to get married, I can honestly say I never thought I'd see it."
"First I'm going to ask her parents for their blessing when we go to that barbeque that Piper mentioned yesterday. Then I have an idea on how and when I want to ask her, but I have to talk to Joe first.
"Joe…As in Joe Caputo?" Nicky asks cautiously.
"The one and only," Alex replies dryly.
