Chapter 2
Piper sits at her desk staring at her computer screen. She's supposed to be writing this week's book review for the local magazine Litchfield Echo. All she can think about is the raven hair goddess she met earlier, wondering what she's up to and if her and Polly have killed each other yet.
She decides enough is enough and she will take an early lunch as her boss the paper's editor is on holiday this week, leaving Polly in charge. She heads to Polly's desk hoping to catch Alex and invite her to join them for lunch, even though she knows Polly won't be impressed by her action.
Has she approaches Polly office she can hear her friend giving Alex her first assignment to go to see a local band the screamers this Thursday night.
Alex replies "I'm sorry but I can't do that you see that's my band."
Piper starts to lose herself to her own thoughts of a sexy Alex, the sexy rock god. How hot that would be in her mind, then an idea came into her head. She walks in to the office a little to enthusiastic and says "hi, I couldn't help but hear and I would love to write the review for your band."
Polly looks relived which shocked Piper till she remembers that's hers and Pete's first wedding anniversary and they have a date night planned. Alex looked up and gave Piper at big smile that Piper thought lit up her face and maybe even the room, "really that would be great, I'll apologise now for the rest of my band." She said chuckling.
Piper smiles and then says "I came to see if you were both ready to go for lunch and if Alex would like to join us."
Piper is disappointed when Alex informs her she's having lunch with a friend and she finds herself wondering who her lucky friend is. Polly saves her from the sad look she's got going on and drags her out of the office for lunch as she says to Piper "Jesus Piper, what are you playing out you was acting like some love sick puppy in there."
Piper just pushes her friend and laughs "I was not; I was giving her a warm welcome."
Polly decides to wait to sit down before she really grills her crazy friend who obviously lost her mind, so asks "where do you want to go for lunch the usual place."
Piper thinks how she wants more than the usual, she wants new and exciting. So she suggests "let's try the new place reds round the corner."
Polly agrees and they head towards reds, which is more of a bar but piper had herd they did great food for lunch and the owner was an ex chef. They sit down at one of the tables and look around the place, Piper can't believe how beautiful this place is. It was once a church put the pew was now up against the walls with tables, leaving a large area for dancing in the evening.
"hey laddies can I get you something to drink while you look over the menu?" A wild haired waitress asks them.
Piper chooses to have a latté and Polly a coke and the waitress goes to fetch their order giving them time to look at the menu. Polly was busy looking at piper trying to figure her friend out and decided to best ask her friend straight out. "are you having some mid twenty crisis piper?"
Piper rolls her eyes and wishes she could be honest with her best friend she never keeps things from, but knows she will never understand. Polly interrupts her thoughts and ask "Piper are you. Are you a lesbian"
Piper is shocked and doesn't really know how to answer her best friend but really wanting to let someone know the real her even if she had to keep it from the rest of the world. After all she was a Chapman and Chapmans could not be lesbians, they got married to boring men and have kids.
Piper decides in that moment to take a chance and let's go off the breath she was holding and lets out a small yeah as she waits for her friend to freak, which didn't come. Polly just said "Piper it will be ok, I'll help you. We will figure this out together but you can't keep living a lie, you need to be happy."
That was not the response she was waiting for but she was so happy and new there was a reason that Polly was her best friend.
Thanks for reading please let me no if I should continue to write as this is my first time writing.
