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Alex's apartment was not as the blonde expected. Given that she worked two jobs to scrape by, she had anticipated arriving somewhere run down and tired looking, but the quaint little apartment surprised her. It was compact, but cute. The first thing Piper was drawn to on entering the living room, was the large bookcase at the far corner of the room. She immediately strode over to it, long fingers lingering over the spines until they land on "1984". "Oh my god, I love Orwell!" she said almost squealing.
Alex smiled, "Me too, that book is one of my favourites. I mean I love Winston so much, he's thoughtful, but like also kinda fatalistic and his hatred for the party is something else. Like so passionate, to the point he's willing to commit crimes and has an illegal affair with that chick, to getting himself involved with the anti-Party Brotherhood. But ultimately, he's played straight into the hands of that douche O'Brien and so actually ends up, exactly where he didn't want to be; at the mercy of big brother".
The passion with which the brunette spoke about the book stirred something within Piper, something warm and pleasant, but she tried to push it to the back of her mind, reminding herself she had a boyfriend, one that enjoyed nights in with a movie and pizza, one whose sock drawer was organised by colour, one that still insisted having a crease ironed into your jeans was acceptable. She could feel a sigh bubbling up in her throat, but she pushed it back down.
"You wanna a drink?" Alex asked, walking to the tiny kitchenette.
"Sure" Piper replied, "What you got on offer"
"Well drinkwise Bud light, Smirnoff, probably some Jack Daniels, otherwise, depends what you're up for"
Piper could feel the beginnings of that warm feeling again, so she crossed her legs, waiting for it to pass and opted for a bud light instead. Alex pulled out a packet of Marlborough red from her pocket. "Mind if I smoke?" she asked the blonde.
Piper shook her head as she watched the raven haired woman crack open a window and light a cigarette. Piper couldn't help but think how James Deanesque Alex looked, but her thoughts began veering on inappropriate again, so she refocused her mind on Larry's wiry hair and large chin instead. It did the trick within a few seconds.
Alex told her about her childhood, the tough times, the love, the laughter and the tears and Piper almost felt as if she had lived each emotion with her by the end of it, a rollercoaster of agony and ecstasy.
"You're amazing, you know that" she whispered to Alex, feeling as if she should go, because the apartment was a little cold. She guessed it was because the brunette couldn't afford the heating bill, but she didn't want to make her feel bad, so she wrapped her hand knitted Prada scarf around herself tightly and tried to ignore the onset of chattering teeth.
"Hey, you're cold" Alex said, leaning into the woman. Piper knew what was going to happen and a huge part, like from her head to her thighs, really wanted it to, but she couldn't betray Larry, after all, the curly haired man was her boyfriend.
"I've got to go" she said, hurriedly grabbing her back of organic tomatoes and zucchini she had purchased earlier from the farmer's market. She didn't wait for a reply as she disappeared out the door, leaving a very confused Alex sitting on the couch. Alone.
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"Yo Vause, we don't need you up in here with a face like someone told you Taylor Swift don't exist" Taystee said.
Alex sighed, Piper and her sudden disappearance had been playing on her mind all day and it was distracting her at the restaurant.
"These empanadas need to get eat and table four is hollerin over here, so you best get your tall ass over there"
Alex sighed louder this time, not realising the plate was right in front of her.
"Girl, that's gross, these people aint gonna wanna eat food that's been contaminated by your melancholy ass"
"Sorry" Alex mumbled.
"Is this about Miss Congeniality?" Taystee continued.
Alex shrugged.
"You're makin more work acting like some love sick fool, so just go and talk to her and i'll cover for you"
"Really?" Alex said suddenly perking up.
"I said so didn't I? Now go, before I change my mind and go all ghetto on your ass"
Alex didn't need to be told twice, she knew what she needed to do.
