Alex fidgeted in her seat nervously. The small café buzzed with small groups, mainly consisting of hipsters. Alex felt out of place as she scanned the shop every few seconds. The small cup of black coffee sitting in front of her remained untouched. Alex played with her phone in one hand and the metal zipper on her black leather jacket in the other. The raven-haired woman glanced at the two men sitting at the table next to her and then at her phone to check the time. She couldn't stop her foot from tapping and her heart from racing. She felt like she could puke every time the front door opened. Each time, she held her breath but each time, it wasn't who Alex was waiting for.
She checked the black iPhone again impatiently, sighing to see the time only moved one minute forward. 8:31am. She huffs and sticks the phone back in her pocket, trying to convince herself not to pull it out again.
"Why am I so nervous?" She questions in her head.
She's played the scenario out over and over again, each time a little different but in every scene, it ends with her kissing a certain blonde without abandon.
Alex replays her favorite scenario again without realizing it. The blonde walks in, frantically searching for the tall green eyed beauty. She spots her in a corner of the shop and beams a bright smile at her. The blonde makes her way through the tables of strangers and settles into the booth beside Alex. She doesn't say a word, but she never loses eye contact. Alex's heart races as she can only picture Piper's face moving in towards her, leaning in more and more for their lips to finally touch after all this time.
It's only that very moment when Alex hears the small woosh of the front doors open again, snapping her back to reality, letting all of her anxiety pool back into her stomach and mind. She once again holds her breath until she see' a tall lean figure step inside. The blonde woman sporting a casual light blue button up shirt and white capris mimics the exact movements of Alex's day dreams. She scans the room, and Alex doesn't move. She watches Piper search for the familiar face with slight concern until her eyes meet their destination and a warm smile appears. Alex's breath comes out fast and ragged. She feels a hundred times more anxious but a hundred times more alive.
She stands to greet the younger blonde woman as she makes her way to Alex's table. They embrace each other quickly, both silently agreeing it wasn't near long enough.
"Hi" Piper whispers in the embrace, afraid if she speaks to loud, Alex might disappear like a ghost.
"Hey" Alex replies with a smile, motioning for her to sit.
"I'm really glad you agreed to meet me" Piper starts, trying to break the palpable tension between them. Neither of them know how to proceed without jerky movements and clumsiness.
"Me too… to be honest... I wasn't sure you would even come" Alex admitted knowing she almost backed out a few times as well.
"Uh, so" She continues before Piper could reply, "how've you been Pipes?"
Piper's lips quiver slightly at the nickname. She felt so embarrassed for how good it felt to hear it coming from Alex's raspy voice.
"Oh, great.. I guess?" She remembers to reply but it comes out as a question. Alex smirks and Piper involuntarily follows. "I've just been trying to focus on my new business with Polly.. you remember her right?" Piper cocks her head slightly, going through as many memories where Polly and Alex met, to ensure she would remember.
Alex chuckles with a slight eyeroll. "Of course I remember Holly" she chides back.
Piper shifts in the booth, clearly trying to comfort her nerves by finding a better position to sit in.
Alex watches her carefully, taking in every movement. Every smile, every flip of her hair or hand movement. She drinks it in, trying to get hold in every second, afraid it will be gone too soon.
"I don't deserve this" Alex whispers underneath her breath. "You look so perfect" Alex drinks in her tan, smooth skin. She speaks the familiar words just slightly too loud.
Piper smiles, hearing her small confession. She sets her elbows on the small table, brings her hands up to her face and peers at Alex.
"I really missed this..." Piper scoots closer, trying to inhale her intoxicating scent.
Alex's laughs at the cliché setting of this whole situation but she extends her hand out slowly. Piper reaches down and they connect physically for the first time on purpose in years. Alex brings their hands closer to her face, letting her warm fingers graze Pipers slowly, feeling every nerve come alive.
"Piper…" Alex unwillingly looks up from their laced hands. She wonders if this is a dream.
Flashback:
"And I found a girl, beautiful and sweet. I never knew you were the someone waiting for me…
…Cause we were just kids when we fell in love." Alex holds Piper close as they start to slow dance in the middle of timesquare. Piper protested at first out of shyness but Alex had convinced her rather quickly. All it took was a sweet look, a peck on the lips and Alex was twirling her away .Piper took up the chance knowing this romantic side didn't show often in the raven haired beauty. She was tough, strong and not one for ooey gooey mushy things such as dancing in timesquare in a crowd of people. It was extremely romantic after she tuned out the stares of passing by strangers. Once she focused on Alex, she couldn't help falling even more inlove with this sweet side.
The buzz of people turns into white background noise as Alex hums in the blonde's ear.
"I've seen my future in your eyes. Baby… I'm.. dancing in the dark, with you between my arms. Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song." Alex twirls Piper quickly and draws her back in. they steps side to side slowly as Alex sings lightly. "When I saw you in that dress, looking so beautiful, I don't deserve this, darling you look perfect tonight" Alex kisses Piper deeply, letting the world spin around them, oblivious to time and space. People stop and watch the two with smiles on their faces. She sings softly only to Piper the entire time, keeping it extremely intimate.
"Well I found a woman stronger than anyone I know, She shares my dreams and one day I hope to share her home. I found a lover to carry more than just my secrets."
Alex spins her one last time and hugs her tight, picking her up slightly off the ground.
"Were still kids but were so in love." Alex is now singing full force, as if Piper was the only person in the world listening. She could not care less who heard or saw. She only saw the beautiful blue eyes full of joy staring back at her. "I don't deserve this…" She repeats again softly and presses her lips against Piper's slowly before returning back to reality with a giant smile and a loud laugh, causing Piper to giggle. She loved seeing Alex so care free. A lot of their relationship was spent with stress and arguments with lots of hot make up sex. In the rare moments Alex let go, it overpowered every argument and every bit of anger she ever had. She loved Alex like this.
Flash back over.
Alex couldn't finish her sentence. She didn't know where to begin. How does one explain how much she craved Piper's entire existence for the past 3 years? She spent days, weeks, months, wishing she could have changed the day they split up. She hated how much she missed Piper. Alex Vause does not let anyone affect her but Piper was the exception. Her exception. There was something so inevitable between them. She wanted.. no.. she needed her. More than she needed air, more than she needed life. She couldn't stop herself from needing her.
"Alex… I don't know if this is too forward but, would you like to get out of here? It's a little crowded." Piper eyes danced in a familiar mischievous way that caused Alex's heart to jump a little more than usual.
"Yes.. please" Alex's raspy voice came out more seductive than she had planned.
Piper took Alex's hands and pulled her up from the red booth they had been seated in. She dragged her through the maze of tables, and out of the door quickly. Piper hailed a cab without another word and the second the two got in Piper's lips were on Alex's. There was no protest from the dark haired woman as she moaned lightly into Piper's mouth. It had been so long since she felt the warm touch of her lips and Alex had craved it more than ever. Piper picked up pace, her lengthy fingers were now frantically exploring Alex's body, touching every inch as much as she could. Piper leaned into her, clearly in much more need than Alex had anticipated. She was seconds from ripping off Alex's clothes when Alex pulled away and leaned into Piper's blonde hair to whisper seductively "Despacito…" She spoke slowly in a low voice
Piper nearly let out a moan. She had always loved Spanish and hearing It spoke so sexually from Alex's raspy voice nearly made her cum right then and there.
Piper's mouth curled into a grin. "When do you learn Spanish Al?" She slowed her hands for a moment, trying to regain composure. She made a mental note of needing to hear Alex speak more because it was such an instant turn on.
"A while ago, I've had some time on my hands, I can't wait to show you what I've learned." She grinned widely and reached her hands to the back of Piper's head to grab a fist full of hair as gently as she could. She pulled lightly, popping the blonde's chin up in the air and causing a gasp to come out of her mouth. Alex kissed her neck slowly savoring the taste of sweet and salty mix on her neck. Only then she added a little teeth to start a sucking motion causing Piper to moan out. She continued for what seemed like ever, leaving a large, dark hickey on the blonde's neck. She pulled away but before connecting her green eyes to the lustful blue ones she glanced at her work, smiling internally knowing Piper would not be happy when she saw the mark.
"We're here" Piper spoke breathlessly as she reached for the door to exit the cab.