A/N: Here you go guys, I'd just like to reiterate how grateful I am for every favourite, follow and review.
So, anyone suspicious of Alex yet?
Have at it...
Chapter #5…
Alex lead Piper through the twisting maze that was Smith's main campus, eventually settling in a small, secluded booth on the second floor of the library. The room was mostly empty at this time with most students still in lectures, the odd few people sat staring at their computer screens, music blaring through earphones, oblivious to the pair that were entering the room.
Piper shuffled along into the booth sitting at an angle facing to where she assumed Alex would sit. Alex placed her bag down at the side of the booth, remaining standing.
"Hey, I'm just gonna grab a drink before we start, you want anything?" Alex asked.
"Erm, I'm okay thanks" Piper smiled, her heart pounding in anticipation of spending time alone with the brunette. She was sure Alex must be able to hear the loud rhythmic beating or see the muscle physically jumping out of her chest.
Alex nodded before walking away leaving the blonde alone. Piper took the time to prepare herself, not only for the work they were about to start, but for spending time alone with Alex. Pulling out her laptop and placing it on the table in front, Piper also took out a pad of paper, a pen and her textbook. Taking a few deep breaths and checking her appearance in her compact mirror before the brunette returned, Piper began to make some notes.
Alex returned minutes later, standing just out of sight in order to unashamedly observe the blonde. Piper was sitting, legs curled underneath her on the vibrantly coloured bench. Appearing deep in thought, the blonde chewed on her peachy bottom lip before quickly adding to the note pad in front of her. Alex had never encountered a woman that she wanted to rip the clothes off and jump on one minute, then look so adorable and cute the next. Alex didn't do adorable and cute, they were words designed for PG fairy tales in her eyes.
Carrying the drinks tray, Alex sauntered back over to the blonde not wanting to leave her alone for longer than necessary.
"Hey, I got you a hot chocolate, I find it helps sometimes when I get a bit of writer's block" Alex smiled genuinely, placing the cup in front of Piper, taking out her own hot chocolate and a bottle of water.
"Alex, you didn't have to do that, but thank you, it's my favourite." Piper accepted the proffered styrofoam cup, unable to avoid the megawatt smile that her face morphed into.
Whilst she felt her heart rate increase double from that smile alone, Alex calmly settled down quickly and quietly next to Piper as she took a sip of the drink, also taking out her writing pad and text book, placing it carefully next to the blonde's. When the brunette looked back up she was met with the full attention of Piper's dazzling blue eyes. Alex gazed deep into them, lost in the vivid azure and the many unspoken promises it held. Their faces were so close, Alex could feel Piper's warm breath on her cheek, the vanilla scent of her perfume, in that moment she was utterly consumed by everything that was Piper Chapman. The blonde felt it too, the proximity was like standing next to a fire, feeling the heat and burn on your cheeks and yet not being able to move away. The two remained close yet not touching, a thundering spark blazing between them.
After minutes silently holding each other's gaze, it was Alex that first regained enough composure to speak. Swallowing the thick desire in her throat as she spoke.
"Y'know, it's taking everything I have right now not to learn forward and kiss you."
It came out in the lowest rasp Alex had ever heard from herself making Piper shudder and blush. The blonde leaned in closer, her skin tingling with want and anticipation, inching her face towards the plump red lips of Alex she had literally dreamed about.
"But I'm also aware we need to get this work done, so I will continue to hold my resolve until we are finished."
Piper pulled away slightly to look the taller woman in the eye, feeling the desire swirling low in her stomach. She couldn't help the look of disappointment she felt was etched all over her face.
"But be warned, after that I won't be held responsible for my actions" Alex added her smirk and eyebrow raise learning forward as she whispered purposefully in Piper's ear, drawing another blush from the blonde.
Piper wanted Alex to take her right there and then and if her resolve was already waining, Piper would do everything in her power to break Alex Vause.
"Then let's get to work" Piper chimed in her most pleasant voice, turning to smile at Alex whilst also reaching for her laptop across the desk, allowing the brunette a clear view right down the front of her tank. Piper pulled the laptop across the table top so it could easily be viewed by both of them, chancing a glance to see Alex looking flushed after her all so deliberate cleavage flash. Piper added another sickly sweet smile in the taller girls direction before summarising her earlier reading of the assignment title and guide to Alex.
"So we each pick our favourite poet then compare and contrast their writing style, ideas, whatever, okay?" Piper asked, turning to check that the brunette was listening to her.
"Let me guess, who've gone for Shakespeare right?" Alex teased, leaning over Piper to read the notes she had previously seen Piper jotting down enthusiastically on her pad.
"What? No." Piper exclaimed as she used all her strength to push the brunette away from her notes and back to her side of the booth.
Alex fought back, surprised at the force Piper had, before admitting defeat and allowing herself to be pushed back over to her side, pulling the shorter woman with her until Alex was sat with the blonde leaning down over her, her hands pinning Alex's shoulders to the back rest of the booth.
"How's that resolve holding?" Piper asked, her own smirk displayed proudly on her face.
"Erm Alex, you got anything for me?" A nervous young girl approached, fidgeting yet rooted to the spot in front of the desk, sensing her untimely interruption. Her white blonde hair was pulled into tight corn rows and her neck displayed a black roses and barbed wire tattoo that trailed centrally up the pale column.
Piper immediately released her grip on Alex's shoulders with both women rapidly returning to a seated position, caught in an all too compromising embrace. The girl risked a quick glance in Piper's direction then focussed her attention directly on Alex, awaiting a reply. After collecting herself and regaining a hint of composure, carefully smoothing down her top, Piper silently observed the awkward interaction, she'd felt Alex stiffen the minute the girl had cleared her voice to speak and could now see the tension across her shoulders and jaw.
"No Tricia, I told you, tomorrow." Alex answered sternly, eyes narrowed, annoyed at the interruption to her time alone with Piper, especially with how things seemed to be progressing.
Tricia nodded solemnly, retreating as quickly as she'd appeared.
Piper eyed Alex suspiciously from the side, the atmosphere that was heavy with sexual tension now replaced with uncertainty. Alex reached for her water bottle needing to quench her thirst from either Piper, or Tricia's sudden interruption in front of the blonde, slowly allowing the liquid to trickle languidly down her throat. As her head remained tipped back to drink, Piper couldn't help but take in the sight before her, jealous of the water droplets remaining on Alex's full red lips upon finishing her drink. As quickly as the feeling of unease had announced itself during the awkward encounter with Tricia, all was again forgotten by the blonde.
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After the untimely interruption, Piper and Alex managed to finally settle, into their work and into a comfortable atmosphere. Each worked tirelessly on their individual notes, carefully preparing their own argument for their chosen poet for the assignment before coming together an hour and a half into the session.
"So are you finally gotta tell me who you picked? The suspense is killing me." Alex smirked, mocking the shorter woman, instantly reiterating the relaxed conversation and banter the pair seemed to fall into so effortlessly. In reality, Alex was extremely keen to see who Piper had chosen, hiding behind her sarcastic façade, something she had much practice off.
"Wordsworth" Piper answered boldly, pleased to have avoided the earlier teasing had she chosen her second favourite poet, Shakespeare, closely followed by Dickinson.
"Old school English romance, bold move Chapman I've got to say, not what I had you pegged for at all" Alex added with a wink to her trademark smirk.
"Don't judge a book by its cover, isn't that what they say Alex?" Piper retorted quickly, outwitting the older girl whilst providing her a flash of her own smirk.
Pleased with her small victory, Piper felt the electricity buzzing between the two women. Never had she had the opportunity to demonstrate her quick wit and intelligence to an intellectual equal like Alex. This immediately turned Piper on, alongside the fact that the brunette was unbelievably hot and she was a sucker for a badass. Having gained the upper hand for the time being, Piper's growing confidence urged her on.
"So, come on, do tell, who did you chose."
"Emily Dickinson. The leading lady of her field, and what can I say, I like my women with some fire behind them." Alex rasped adding a final wink to her flirtatious behaviour.
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The two continued their discussion, filled with teasing, flirtation and endless innuendo, until late into the evening, with neither having any other lectures that day.
"So we're easily halfway through I reckon, I thought this was going to take ages but it's seems you're a quick worker Alex." Piper motioned to the brunette as both women gathered up their possessions.
"Not in all things Piper, some things are meant to be prolonged." Alex replied, her voice dripping with suggestion and seduction.
Piper was beginning to understand what Lorna had meant about her struggling to keep up with Alex, she was smart and intelligent and she used it to fuel her quick wit and sarcasm. The blonde had thoroughly enjoyed her time spent in the older woman's company, her initial judgments peeled away like layers of a onion revealing new and unexpected characteristics of the still enigmatic Alex Vause.
The pair walked easily together out of the library and back through the main entrance, enjoying the remaining time in each other's presence as it slowly ebbed away.
"Same time next week?" Piper asked, keen to spend more time alone with Alex.
"Yeah." Alex smiled genuinely, a hint of mischief also playing on her face.
"Okay, see you then, thanks for today, I had fun." The blonde added as she backed away from the taller woman, ready to begin her walk home.
She was pulled back by a firm grip on her wrist, stilling her for a moment before focussing her eyes on the slender, pale fingers wrapped around her lower arm.
"I'm driving you home seeing as though I'm responsible for keeping you out so late."
"It's fine… it's not far"
"Please, I insist."
Piper now recognised the black bike stood next to Alex, taking a minute to fully observe the machine. She'd never been on a motorbike before, she knew Carol would be terrified at the prospect of her daughter riding such a death trap, the passenger of Alex Vause no less. The megawatt smile spread across the younger woman's face once again, sometimes in life rules were meant to be broken. She was handed a helmet, which she promptly took, Alex securing the strap securely under her chin.
"Just hold on tight kid, okay?"
Piper nodded, entranced as she watched Alex climb on. The sight was so fucking hot she almost forgot that she was supposed to climb on too. She clung to Alex for dear life, holding a little tighter than necessary. After an afternoon of unresolved sexual tension, getting a little closer to the brunette than what was actually necessary felt justified.
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They quickly reached Piper's building, Alex remembering the complex from her visits to Lorna's in the early days when Nicky was in need of a ride in order to avoid the walk of shame. The blonde dismounted the bike carefully, handing her helmet back to Alex as she parked, kicking out the foot stand in one swift motion and removing her own helmet whilst taking Piper's balancing both on the leather seat. They stood silently for a moment, both unsure of how to separate.
It was Alex who took control, her long arms slowly reached out for Piper's face, fingers threading through the blonde locks, pulling it behind her ears. The younger girl held her breath, Alex suddenly seemed to be in such close proximity, her musky smell invading her nose, causing a heady giddiness that flowed through her body like wildfire. Slowly yet purposefully, Alex tilted her head to right, bringing her face closer to Piper's, their lips millimetres away from that much craved and sought after contact.
After what felt like an eternity, the brunette gave in, moving to close the remaining distance and crashing their lips together. Piper's fingers clawed at the taller girl's hips, feeling the need to pull her closer whilst Alex's hands tugged gently on the blonde locks, her tongue invading Piper's mouth, savouring the sweetness.
Pulling back when her lungs lacked air, Alex settled her forehead on Piper's, taking her time to observe her face, noticing the swollen lips that formed her bright smile and her lustful, darkened eyes. Alex pulled back further, her breathing rate still increased forcing her chest up and down rapidly. Piper stood, motionless, watching every movement of the brunette, unable to speak or even think of how to act right now, entranced.
Alex backed away towards the bike, her emerald eyes glued to the baby blue's of Piper as she instinctively swung her leg back over the bike, replacing her helmet as the gentle revving of the engine was eventually lost to the sounds of the city. The only evidence of their embrace her parting words echoing repeatedly in the blonde's ears.
"Night Pipes."