CHAPTER SEVEN

Time really does fly by when you're having fun. It was already Friday night and the two women had spent time with each other every day. Alex could not help the disappointment that was spreading throughout her body at the thought that Barry...Garry...whatever his face... was coming back the next day. Spending time with the younger blonde made Alex realize that the void that she has felt for the past eight years could only be filled by the only woman that has ever managed to steal and break her heart.

Piper happily and quickly closed PoPi for the night and made her way over to Blue to spend some time with the brunette over drinks. Excited blue orbs scanned the large bar for the tall brunette and once she spotted Alex, a beaming smile lit up the blonde's face. Her smile quickly faded though when she realized that Alex was talking to a redhead that was practically throwing herself at Alex. Piper's eyes narrowed as she watched the redhead stuff a piece of paper which Piper assumed to be the slut's phone number into Alex's pocket. Alex laughed at the redhead's forwardness and noticed Piper when she turned her head to answer a worker's question. Alex quickly said goodbye to the redhead and made her way over to the blonde.

"I don't mind having drinks by myself. You look like you were busy." the blonde stated matter-of-factly.

"I'd rather spend time with you, Pipes." the brunette said softly.

Piper tried not to the let the feeling of having Alex choose her over the redhead tug at her heartstrings.

The two shot some pool and were on their second beers when a familiar song started blaring through the speakers of the bar. The two beauties looked at each other in amusement.

"My god, do you remember this?" the blonde asked.

"Yes, I don't even know how the arms go-"

The two ex-lovers quickly remembered the dance routine that they had created for this particular song. It wasn't long before they began to dance in sync, laughing, and having a great time to the song "Milkshake." After performing their choreographed dance moves, the two continued dancing to the rest of the song. The taller woman was dancing behind the blonde as the blonde's backside instinctively swayed back to meet the brunette's front side as the pair danced closely. Piper closed her eyes at the feeling of Alex's breasts against her back. Both were laughing and smiling, but when Piper turned around facing Alex to continue dancing, they both knew they were in trouble. Green eyes intently focused on Piper and Piper couldn't help but let her eyes wander from the taller woman's eyes to her soft lips. It had been eight years since she felt those soft lips on her own and she couldn't stop herself from leaning in closer to the brunette. Alex couldn't stop her hand from cupping the blonde's cheek as blue eyes fluttered closed at the warm sensation on her cheek that instantaneously traveled to her heart. Alex could not fight it any longer, she closed her eyes and brought her face closer to the blonde's. Piper felt Alex's nose against her own and her heart was thumping so fast and loud that the blonde thought that Alex must be able to feel it through her nose. Their lips were almost touching when a voice called out.

"Piper!"

It was Larry.

Piper's eyes shot open and she froze momentarily before pushing Alex away from her.

"What the hell is going on, Piper?!" Larry squealed.

"We were just dancing, Larry."

"Since when does dancing look like kissing?"

"We weren't kissing."

"Yeah, because I interrupted! Are you just so drunk that you don't know what you're doing?

Piper's heart was racing. She knew that she could just blame it on the alcohol so Piper Chapman, the WASP that was taught to avoid conflict said, "I did have a lot to drink..."

"You lesbian bar owner! Were you trying to take advantage of Piper in her drunken state?! Piper is not a lesbian so back the fuck off."

Alex was enraged at this point. She was angry because she knew Piper was trying to take the easy way out. "Do you even know who I am? Your fiancée was with me for three years! She loved me, she traveled the world with me."

"You're lying. She has never once mentioned being with a woman and she traveled with college friends!"

"Piper, is this bitch telling the truth?"

Piper felt like everything was crashing down, "I was with Alex when I was younger-"

Larry was angry and pacing, "Was it just a phase? Did you love her? Do you still love her? Do you want to be with her? We are getting married soon!"

Piper's mind was racing. She has built a good life on her own after leaving Alex and she was afraid of losing the stability that she has built, so Piper did what she did best and chose the easy way out, "It was my post college adventure phase. I was young and I thought I was in love. But that's all in the past Larry, I can't wait to be Mrs. Bloom." Piper said trying to fight back tears.

Piper sees anger, hurt, and hatred flash across emerald eyes. However, Alex quickly regains her poker face, "See Barry, nothing to worry about so congratulations are still in order." Alex says evenly before she turns away from Larry and the woman that managed to break her heart again and walks out of her own bar.

That night, Alex decides to drink all the bottles of alcohol she has in her house.

Alex's head is throbbing and is worsened by someone crazily ringing her doorbell and knocking on her door. "GO AWAY."

"Let me in, asshole. You were supposed to have lunch with me, you giant!"

Alex finally dragged herself to the door to open it for her pissed off best friend.

"What the fuck, Vause. It is 2pm. Did you have a fucking party and forget to invite me?" the wild haired woman asked looking at all the bottles of liquor scattered on the floor.

"No, just me."

"What the fuck happened? I have only seen you self-destruct over a certain person-"and then it hit Nicky, "Fuck, I told you that you guys can't be friends! Do I need to cut the bitch?"

Alex closed her eyes and started to tell her best friend what happened.

Piper knew she fucked up. The look of hate in Alex's eyes has haunted her for the past month. The blonde has been trying for the past month to explain herself to Alex and mend their friendship.

However, the brunette did not want anything to do with the blonde. Piper tried calling and texting, but received nothing in response. She went by Alex's house a couple of times but never saw the door open for her. Piper went by Blue, only to have the workers tell her that Alex is not there or out of town on business.

Piper decided to try her luck again on a Friday night and headed towards Alex's house from PoPi. Larry was spending time at his parent's home for the weekend.

As Piper got closer to Alex's house, she sees a moving truck outside of Alex's home. The brunette is talking to the workers and when she's done giving the men orders, she spots the blonde.

Piper swallows the lump in her throat while her heart breaks at the look that Alex has in her eyes. It is a look of indifference towards Piper as if Piper meant as much as a meaningless person walking by. Piper would rather see hatred for her in Alex's eyes because that would mean Alex still felt some type of emotion towards her.

"What's going on? Are you moving?" the blonde asks in a panic.

"Yes." Alex responds curtly.

"Where?" Please let it be to another street Piper wishes internally.

"LA."

"LA? As in Los Angeles? In California?" the blonde asks in hopes that what she is hearing isn't true.

"That would be where LA is."

"How long will you be gone for? Why are you moving?"

"I don't know, probably indefinitely. There's nothing tying me to this place." Alex states matter-of-factly.

"What about Blue?" Piper quickly cries out. What about me? Piper wants to say but she knows she has no right to.

"I have people that can run it for me. I don't need to be here to take care of Blue."

"When are you leaving?" the blonde is barely able to control her voice from cracking.

"Day after Christmas."

"That's in less than a week!" Piper cries out.

"I'm well aware of that. Anyway, I have a lot to do so goodbye, Piper. Have a good life."

"Wait, what do you mean goodbye and have a good life?! Won't I see you before Christmas and aren't you going to keep in touch?! We are supposed to be friends!" Piper desperately says.

"I once told you that we were never friends and it was stupid of me to think that we could ever be friends. We will never be friends, Piper."

Because friendships never work when one person is in love with the other. Alex thinks to herself.

The coldness coming from Alex is not something Piper is used to. She has seen Alex be cold to people during her cartel days but never has it been directed towards her. Piper is crying at this point and she knows that she deserves every terrible thought and feeling that Alex has for her.

"Please don't leave." Piper wants to plead to the brunette. The words "please don't leave" that wants to leave her quivering mouth takes her back to when those words came from the brunette's mouth and she walked away from the brunette and out of her life. Piper snaps back to reality and when she does, she is faced with watching Alex walking away from her and out of her life.