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Piper had spent the rest of Alex's shift watching the brunette glide effortlessly from table to table, unable to take her eyes away from her for one second. Every now and again, Alex would look across at her and throw her a wink and this caused millions of little butterflies to be set free in Piper's stomach. She was very conscious of the fact that Larry had never made her feel like this, not even once. And Piper knew deep down this was worrying and that she would need to lay her cards on the table with her boyfriend. A single tear made its way down her cheek at the thought, she really didn't want to hurt him, but life was about tough decisions sometimes.
Fifteen minutes before the end of Alex's shift, the blonde decided to go and freshen herself up in the bathroom. She took out her Chanel blusher, to give the apples of her cheeks an extra glow and reapplied her YSL lip gloss, before finishing with a spritz of Chloe perfume. "That should do nicely" she said, looking at herself in the mirror. "Well i'll say" a voice interrupted. She looked up to see Alex looking at her with that signature smirk.
"I didn't s..see you there" the blonde stammered, feeling herself flush.
"Evidently" the brunette replied, taking a few steps towards her. "But it's kinda cute". She gently pressed Piper against the wash basins.
"W..what you gonna do?" The blonde said, both excited and fearful at the same time.
"I dunno kid, what would you like me to do?"
The pair quickly sprang apart with the arrival of Alex's co-worker Taystee. "Girl, them tables aint gonna bus themselves and by ma reckonin, you still got five minutes left of your shift, so I suggest you get to it. I aint gonna be cleanin up no mess that your white skinny ass shoulda sorted".
Alex rolled her eyes, "Rain check?" she said to Piper.
"Definitely" the blonde grinned.
"And what you doin up in here with Miss Congeniality"
"My name's Piper" the blonde said, trying not to let the comment sting her.
"Mmmmhmmmm, well whatever it is, stretch here needs to get back to work for now, y'all can do what you like on your own time"
"Alright alright" Alex replied. "I'll meet you out front in five, ok?" Piper nodded.
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The night had a biting wind to it, but this didn't bother Piper as much as it usually would, because the excitement of waiting for Alex overrode this. She kept telling herself she wasn't doing anything wrong, that Alex was just a friend, but the way she had felt in the bathroom when she had felt her up close, well, there was nothing friendly about that. She was snapped out of her thoughts by the arrival of the raven haired woman.
"Ready?" she asked.
Piper nodded.
They made their way to an all night diner that was open. Alex bought them coffee and insisted on paying. Piper didn't have the heart to ask her where the beans had been sourced from, so she pushed the mug to one side and focused on the brunette instead. "You come here often"
"This is my spot, I only bring special people here"
Piper giggled. " So I guess that makes me..."
"Very happy to be here?"
"Special" Piper said, reaching across to playfully slap Alex's hand but knocking over the mug of piping hot coffee all over her companion instead.
Alex leapt up in pain "What the fu...jesus ow, that hurts"
"I'm so sorry" Piper said, grabbing a handful of napkins and dabbing the coffee from Alex's clothes.
"There were my vintage Levi's, i'm pretty sure they're ruined now" Alex said grimacing.
Piper shook her head "bit of bicarb and it will soon get that out"
"And what about my wounds?" Alex said pouting playfully, "You gonna tend to those?"
"Maybe" Piper grinned.
"So what are we waiting for..."
