A/N: Hey guys, another shoutout to all those that have favourited and followed this story and particularly those that have taken the time to review.
So this chapter continues immediately from the previous.
Have at it...
Chapter #8…
Alex grasped Piper's clammy hand, dragging the still intoxicated blonde through the increasing crowd of students now present at the club. Looking back, the brunette could see Larry, seated at a far table, two drinks in front of him clearly waiting for their return. Taking a right turn from the door out of the toilets and away from any chance of being seen by Larry, she pulled the stumbling Piper to a stairwell at the back of the building, climbing it quickly before pushing the handle revealing the dark night before them. It was still stiflingly hot and sticky as Alex pulled Piper into her shutting the door behind the pair. Both women were gasping for breath at the speed of their getaway and the humidity clinging to the air.
Piper was bent double, propping her hands on her knees to lift her head and finally take in her surroundings.
"Where the hell are we?" asked the blonde who failed to recognise any of the other buildings that she could make out in the dim light.
"Fire escape, we'll just walk down these steps and then hail a cab from the main street over there." Alex pointed but the shorter woman still couldn't take in any images that formed a coherent picture of her environment.
"Why do I get the impression you've done this before?" Piper said, finally able to stand upright and face the brunette grinning.
Alex shrugged her shoulders and raised her eyebrows, her smouldering green eyes lost in the sea of blue, a smirk plastered across her face.
Alex once again took hold of Piper's hand, easily interlinking their long fingers together, before beginning the descent down the black metal fire escape. As they reached half way, Alex felt her right hand, the one attached to Piper's, being pulled backwards, forcefully jerking her whole body into a standstill. Looking over her right shoulder, she soon saw the reason why. Piper was stooped over, her free hand clutching at one of her ankles.
"Pipes?" Alex asked, wondered what the blonde was actually doing.
"One minute Al" Piper replied, not looking up but using her free hand to signal the one minute using her index finger hovering unsteadily in front of the taller woman's face.
Alex watched on as Piper began uncoordinatedly attacking the tiny buckles on the straps on her shoes. In her drunken state she had yet to successfully even remove one strap.
"Sit down, I'll do it."
"I can manage but thank you" Piper issued back, not even raising her head to look up. Her blonde hair fell in curtains over her face and eyes as she continued her assault on the stubborn shoe straps.
After observing the unsuccessful attempt to remove either shoe for almost 8 minutes, Alex finally intervened.
She gently took the blonde head in both her hands, having surrendered Piper's hand after a good three minutes of attempts, each time leading to no avail. This caused Piper to look up, her eyes connecting with the brunette who instantaneously pulled their lips together. It was a gently open mouthed kiss, no tongues, as Alex slowly laid her down backwards, guiding her carefully to a step to sit upon. With Piper now fully seated, the taller women trailed her hands down the shoulders, along slender arms, then fingers, that hung carefree, onto hipbones and eventually down the outside of two toned runner's legs stopping at the problematic straps on either ankle. In one quick and fluent motion, both shoes were removed and Piper was hoisted back to her feet, her hand again in the clasp of Alex's who had already moved off down the stairs once more.
At the bottom, Alex guided the pair a few meters away from the foot of the stairs, turning to see Piper once again struggling to keep up, this time gently placing her bare feet on the uneven Tarmac below. Forgetting Piper was now also shoeless, Alex noted the adorable pout on her face as she dodged rocks and other unnamed unpleasantries dotted about the floor before she swooped down into a crouch in front of the blonde.
"Come on Pipes, I'll give you a piggy back, hop on."
"Hmm, an offer I can't refuse." Piper answered as she leaped onto the strong back of Alex, swinging her shoes from one hand, the other firmly around the neck and shoulders of her ride.
Alex enjoyed the feel of Piper's weight in her arms, particularly the feel of her strong thighs in her hands as she gripped to take the girl's weight.
Piper was also enjoying the experience, her legs wrapped firmly around the waist of Alex. Dutch courage in full flow around her body, Piper dipped her head to the side of Alex's taking her earlobe into her mouth, sucking gently before releasing with a nibble and finally a lick. She felt Alex tense beneath her, her breathing increasing and catching in her throat. Piper dipped her head further still, this time sucking on the pulse point just below the ear. Once again Alex's whole body tensed. Piper loved this reaction from the older woman, clearly as affected by her touch as she was by Alex's.
"Y'know, if you keep doing that I'm gonna have to put you down and take you right here in this rat infested alley right?" It came out in the deepest rasp, the sound and vibrations hitting Piper full on in the core. That was definitely something she didn't want, yet with every step Alex took, Piper rose and fell, effectively grinding on the brunette's back and it was making her very hot indeed.
"Just hurry okay" Piper murmured clinging a little tighter to Alex at the mention of rats on the floor.
"Your wish is my command princess".
Alex strode long, yet still graceful steps, turning sharply down an alleyway leading straight out onto the long main road of the town. Spotting the nearest available cab, Alex swung open the back door, turning to drop Piper in off her back, then scrambling in herself, reeling off her address quickly as she settled back into the seat, still gripping the hand of Piper Chapman.
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The cab pulled up outside Alex's building. The journey had been quiet and uneventful, the pair still firmly holding on to each other's hand, stealing quick sideways glances during the short ride out of town. The familiar electricity buzzed and crackled between the two harnessing the many unspoken questions, promises, needs.
Throwing an unknown amount of money at the cab driver, Alex swung open the door pulling the blonde out of the same side behind her. Stumbling their way up the stairs to the front door they were like crazy teenagers fuelled entirely by the raging hormones triggered by the insurmountable desire for one another. Only this time it felt different too. There was an element of patience, like they had all the time in a world full of quick meaningless fucks.
Taking the elevator up to the penthouse loft Alex occupied, the pair were giddy. Piper had Alex pushed flush against the mirror that took up the back wall of the elevator. Alex allowed Piper the dominance, enjoying the feel of the blonde pushing her body against her own. They kissed, hot, passionate, uncoordinatedly a clash of heads, teeth, lips, strands of the blonde and black hair draped across faces as their lips continued to mould together. As Piper continued her unfinished attack on the pale neck and collar of the brunette, Alex let out a low raspy moan.
"Uh, Pipes…Pipes."
Failing to let up having finally gained the upper hand, Piper trailed her hands under Alex's shirt skirting her thumbs and fingers lazily up over the hips and tight smooth skin. Once against she heard the short intake of breath from the taller woman.
"Pipes, we're here" Alex chuckled lightly, the blonde too caught up in the attack of her neck to notice the repeated pinging of the elevator to signify their reaching the destined top floor.
Pushing off the wall, Alex guided Piper into her loft allowing the blonde to dump her unworn shoes in the doorway before taking a seat on the plush leather sofa. Now that they had arrived back at the apartment time seemed to stand still. There was no need to rush straight to the bedroom like Alex used to like to do with her many previous conquests.
"You wanna join me for a nightcap Pipes?" Alex husked from the kitchen, eyeing the blonde carnally, her signature smirk ever present.
Piper looked to the brunette, her skin shining in the dim kitchen lighting casting unique shadows over her porcelain face.
Piper nodded her answer to the question, suddenly doubting her bravado to bed Alex, nerves creeping into her. A little more alcohol would certainly help that.
Alex strode over to the sofa, a glass in each hand and a deliberate extra sway of the hips that did not go unnoticed by the blonde.
"Hope you like bourbon" Alex asked, her voice infinitesimally huskier than ever this evening and it drove Piper wild.
"Cheers" Piper added, taking the glass from Alex and clinking it to the other.
Both women took a long drag of the drinks, their eyes meeting over the brim of the glasses. Slowly bringing the glasses down Alex took Piper's from her hand, leaning forward to place both on the coffee table. Looking back to the blonde, Alex slid closer, their lips meeting as Piper hooked her hands around the brunette's neck lowering the older woman on top of her as she laid back slowly.
Alex ran her tongue over the blonde's bottom lip and was instantly granted access to her mouth, she sucked and nipped the plump bottom lip, her hands tracing lightly up the tanned legs that were now either side of her own.
Alex pulled back, sitting up to take sight of the younger woman underneath her. Piper laid, her yellow locks splayed across the arm rest of the sofa, her lips swollen and red and eyes now a midnight shade of black, hooded with lust. Taking both of Piper's hand into her own, Alex pulled the blonde up leading her silently to her bedroom.
Once there, the brunette spun around to greet Piper, immediately resuming their make out session standing to the left of the kingsize bed. Reenacting her earlier movement, Alex slid down the spaghetti shoulder straps of Piper's dress, this time gently guiding it down the entire length of her body and allowing the shorter woman to step out of it.
Alex walked Piper back towards the bed, the blonde falling backwards at the contact on the back of her legs pulling the older woman on top of her. Alex straddled the narrow hips beneath her, leaning forward to once again collide their lips together. She could feel the heat racing to her core as Piper ran her hands under her shirt, this time breaking their kiss as she lifted it up and over Alex's head, throwing it off to the left.
Alex lowered her head to the chest of the woman beneath her, eliciting loud moans as she began to individually caress each breast with her tongue and lips. Using her long dexterous fingers, she simultaneously stroked down the rib cage of the blonde, over each hipbone, her fingers barely touching the skin beneath. Upon reaching Piper's knees, Alex skimmed her hands back upwards over the inner thighs, tracing ghostly touches over the blue lace panties. The teasing contact with her core caused a jolt of please to rush through the younger woman, bucking her hips up to instigate more contact with Alex's hand, unable to suppress the deep throaty moan escaping from her lips. It was followed by another moan, different, louder, scared and more urgent.
The sound caused Alex to cease all activity, sitting back of her heels to look down at the blonde below.
Alex screwed her brows in confusion as she saw the face of the blonde beneath her. Piper had her mouth open, her brows knitted together and eyes looking worriedly at Alex.
"Why are you making that face?"
"Shit" was all Piper could respond before rolling over, throwing the taller woman off of her before sprinting to the only door in the bedroom besides the one she came in, praying to an unknown God that it was the en suite.