Thanks for the reviews, follows and favorites everyone! Really encouraging to keep writing :) I hope you all enjoy this chapter, the more I'm writing, the more easily it flows from my fingers. It's gonna be a while longer before the secrets are gonna be out. It's getting slightly more difficult to write about it for me, and I want to write it in the story at the perfect time, so just wait, you'll get to know my secret ...
"Good morning Ms. Chapman, how was your walk yesterday evening?" Alex didn't plan on hiding she saw her student walking across the street.
"Morning Ms. Vause, I had a lovely walk thank you." Piper replies before the statement catches up with her.
"Wait you saw me yesterday?" Piper is slightly freaking out. It can't be that her new hot sub has seen her walking when she was so out of it yesterday.
"Yes I did Piper, relax kid, there's no shame in taking a walk, right?" Alex replies. "She's so cute when she's freaking out" Alex smirks to herself.
"Right no yeah, I guess there isn't. I just didn't see you so yeah …" Piper trails off, not sure of what else to say.
"I was just getting in a cab when I saw you across the street, I would've called out to you but I was already running late so I had to go unfortunately." Alex explains. "What am I doing? I'm explaining myself for something that really doesn't matter." Alex starts flipping out a bit.
In the meanwhile, all the other students of the class have come in and taken their seats, and Piper quickly takes her seat in the middle of the classroom while Alex turns to the blackboard to write down today's subject: "THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG". She turns around and sees the class quietly sitting ready to learn with their notebooks open in front of them, including Piper. "Looks like she's gonna listen to what I said yesterday, what a shame." Alex quickly thinks to herself before asking the first question:
"Can anyone tell me why the Battle of Gettysburg was such an important battle during the Civil War?" A couple of hands shoot up, including Piper's, but Alex wants her to sweat a little, so she picks someone else.
That's the way the majority of the time passes, Piper trying to listen to what her teacher has to say without letting her thoughts trail off too much (although sometimes images of her dream pop up in her mind), and raising her hand every time she knows the answer to the question. After a while, Piper lets her thoughts wander off slightly more frequently, but she still tries to pay attention so that she doesn't get caught. She still raises her hand whenever she knows the answer to the question, and five minutes before her class is over, she finally gets picked out. She doesn't hesitate to answer, and Alex smiles at her before moving on with the subject. Piper smiles, feeling somewhat accomplished. She zones out after that, thinking she has done enough for this class, but of course Alex notices. "Looks like I might have to keep her with me for a short while after all … let's see how much I can get out of her in a couple of minutes." Alex smirks inside her head.
The bell rings, indicating it's lunch time. Piper closes her books, puts everything in her backpack, slings it over her shoulder, and is one of the last to leave before she hears her name again:
"Ms. Chapman, can I have a word with you? It'll only be a few minutes." Alex calls out to her.
"Oh yeah sure, is there a problem? Did I do something wrong?" Piper starts to wonder if she absentmindedly expressed some of her thoughts of the past minutes out loud for everyone to hear.
"Oh no I just wanted to talk to you for a couple of minutes. While I am glad that you participated in today's class, I did notice you seemed a little tense today. Is something wrong?" Alex asks.
Piper is fast to reply: "Oh no, nothing's wrong, just had a weird night last night, lots of work being a senior and stuff …"
"Oh I see, want to talk about last night?" Alex really wants to get something out of this girl, she doesn't really know why.
"I just haven't been feeling too good lately, and I had so much work to do yesterday, and my parents were out so I had to look out for my brothers, and Larry keeps texting me asking me to go out with him but I don't want to go out and I'm just tired," Piper starts rambling.
"Is that why you went out for a walk yesterday? I could see that your head wasn't really there," Alex asks.
"Yeah, I tried going for a walk to clear my head, but when I got home Larry texted me asking once again to go out with him, but I really don't want to, it just makes me think of someone else when I try to date," Piper realizes she's probably spilled too much information, nonetheless to a teacher she barely knows.
"Shit, the first person I ever tell something about it, and it's this freaking hot sub I dreamed about last night. Good thing I didn't let it slip that I dreamt about her." Piper starts freaking out. Alex's heart slightly flutters at the admission she got out of the young blonde, even though it's only a little bit of information.
"You know if you ever wanna talk about it, that's what the counselors are for," Alex chuckles. For that statement she earns a little shove in the shoulder from the blonde.
"Haha, very funny. Thanks but no thanks, it's not really something I'm gonna spill to some stranger who gets paid to listen to people's stories and then comes up with some weird explanation for what I'm feeling and then tries to give me some meds. I'll deal with it on my own, thank you very much," Piper retorts. Alex is slightly taken back by this bold statement by her young student, who suddenly doesn't seem as young anymore.
"Oh okay, well I should let you go, so you don't miss lunch," Alex decides to let the blonde go.
"Right, thanks Ms. Vause, I should really go, Polly's waiting for me to grab some lunch," Piper replies.
"See you tomorrow, Piper," Alex lets the name roll of her tongue, trying to feel what it's like. They both like it a lot more than they care to admit.
"Bye, Ms. Vause, see you tomorrow," Piper says before she heads out the door.
Alex takes a seat on the chair behind the desk, one she rarely uses. She prefers walking around in the classroom or leaning against the desk. She pulls out her lunch and starts eating while thinking of the things the blonde has said just minutes before. She wonders what has happened in the young blonde's life to make her so repulsive towards dating. She hopes it's nothing too bad, she can't imagine her favorite student going through something so heavy at such a young age. She shakes her head, trying to get her mind off the blonde, and starts eating.
Piper takes quick strides through the hallway to the cafeteria, wanting to get away from Ms. Vause's classroom as soon as possible. She's worried about what her new hot sub will think of her now with the information she spilled rambling away. She hopes Ms. Vause doesn't think too much of it, because she really wants her to like her.
She opens the door to the cafeteria and heads to Polly, who is waiting in line already.
"Sorry Polls, Ms. Vause wanted to talk to me after History class, but I came as quickly as I could," Piper apologizes.
Polly assures her it's no problem, "No problem Pipes, I just got here as well, I saw Pete in the hallway and we started chatting, and I kind of lost track of time."
"Oh right okay, what's up with you two anyway? I heard some rumors, but I wanted to check with you," Piper quickly asks, so she doesn't have to talk about herself.
"Oh right those, yeah Pete asked me if I wanted to be his girlfriend, and I said yes!" Polly squeals.
"Oh that's great Polly, I'm so happy for you!" For once, Piper is actually genuinely happy for her friend. She used to envy her for being such a catch in school, but Pete's a good guy for her. She pulls Polly into a hug, and as they move along in the line to get their food, they start talking about the new couple. It's mostly Polly who tells Piper how Pete asked her, and what was running through her mind.
They take a seat at a free table, and Polly doesn't stop talking about her new relationship with Pete, she starts rambling about the future she sees for the two of them, their kids' names, … Piper tries to stay excited, but it's really hard. She's really happy for her best friend, but nonetheless it still hurts a lot to talk about boys and relationships, so she slightly zones out. Once again, the face of her new history teacher pops up behind her closed eyes, and this time, she's not bothered. Polly doesn't notice Piper's not really listening, and when Pete joins them, the new couple start talking and kissing, and then again a short conversation, and then a long make-out session.
Piper quickly finishes her lunch and heads outside, she really isn't too excited for some very explicit PDA, especially from her best friend.
"But then again, Polly has no idea why I don't like what she's doing right now," Piper thinks to herself as she heads outside. She wishes she could go for a run, just a short one, to clear her head.
"Why does it have to be a goddamn school day today? FUCK!" Piper just wants the thoughts that haunt her every nearly waking and sleeping moment to go away, even if it was for half an hour.
"There's always something that happens when I feel even just a little better, why the fuck?" Piper can't wrap her head around it. She doesn't want to do this anymore, and decides to do something about the guilty feeling that's now permanently installed in her heart when she gets home.
"This isn't living anymore, it's barely existing, …" Tears start to build up in Piper's eyes, and she quickly and furiously wipes them away. She doesn't want to be seen as weak, especially not now she's a senior at high school. The bell rings, and Piper heads back inside to finish the rest of the day.
Alex is looking outside through the window of her new classroom, and looks for her favorite blonde student in the crowd of students that seem to everywhere. Alex finds her, walking around alone, wondering where this Polly girl is.
"She looks really upset, I wonder what she's thinking about," Alex thinks. She snaps out of her thoughts as the bell rings, indicating it's time to head to class. She takes one more look outside, and sees the blonde head inside while she's wiping what seems to be tears out of her eyes.
"I should try to find her after school, see if she's okay," Alex thinks to herself as she sees the first students rolling in. She smiles at them, and shakes her head to get her mind off of the young blonde.
The rest of the day goes by in a blur, and Alex soon finds herself walking around the halls of Litchfield High, looking for Piper. She only ran into her yesterday close to her locker, but she can't remember where it is. She's looking around the halls when she spots a familiar bunch of blond hair. She's about to go over when she sees some nerd going up to her. She watches them interact, the boy very happy and flirty (or an attempt at that) and Piper pissed off.
"He seems like the type Piper would date, why isn't she at least accepting his offer?" Alex thinks to herself as she sees the interaction. Piper looks very pissed, and soon the boy is walking away from her and Piper turns back to her locker, getting out the last of her things before slamming it shut.
"Okay, she's seriously pissed, let's see what I can do about that" Alex thinks as she makes her way over to Piper.
"Ms. Chapman, are you okay?" Alex asks as the blonde is about to walk away. Piper turns to the somewhat familiar husky voice and puts on a smile as she sees the familiar face of Alex Vause.
"Oh hi Ms. Vause, yes I'm fine thank you, I was just about to head home," she replies.
"I was just checking, I saw you talking to a boy, but you didn't seem so enthusiastic, is he bothering you?" Alex asks, wanting to know if Piper is maybe dealing with a stalker.
"Oh no that was Larry, he came to ask me out on a date, but I don't want to go out with him, so I told him that," Piper replies, short and simple.
"He seems nice enough, why wouldn't you want to date him?" Alex asks, digging a little deeper without the blonde realizing (or so she thought).
"Wow she's kind of nosy, but for some reason I trust her," Piper thinks to herself before answering.
"I'm not really interested in the whole dating thing anymore, I don't really know why I'm just not that into it so yeah" Piper trails off.
"Something must've happened, girls like Piper live for the whole dating experience at this age, chasing boys and stuff like that," Alex thinks.
"Oh right okay, well that's all I wanted to ask. I'll let you go home then, see you tomorrow Piper," Alex says.
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow Ms. Vause," Piper replies before slowly turning on her heel and heading towards the hall.
"Close call, I was about to spill everything right then and there, good thing I didn't. She'll never look at me again, no one will ever look at me again when they figure out what happened," Piper thinks as she walks away from Alex and towards Polly's locker. She can still feel her teacher's eyes on her, and as rounds the corner, she releases a breath she didn't realize she was holding. She's about to reach Polly at her locker when she sees Pete coming down the hallway as well. He reaches her first, and pulls her into a searing kiss and starts making out with her. Piper quickly turns her head away from the couple, too embarrassed to look at it.
While she's waiting for them to finish, her mind suddenly wanders off to the beautiful face of her history teacher. She thinks of her mesmerizing lips, and wonders what it would feel like to have them pressed against her own.
"Wait what am I doing now? I can't think of her that way! As far as I know, I'm not gay, and she's my teacher and she'll get in trouble and so will I! FUCK!" Piper starts freaking out internally. She snaps out of her thoughts as Polly and Pete both call out for her.
"Let's go Pipes! Pete is coming with me, my parents aren't home so I'm taking him for a tour around my house," Polly says as they pass Piper in the hallway.
Piper quickly catches up with them, and they arrive outside the main building just on time to see Ms. Vause pull off the parking lot on her motorcycle.
"Who is that hottie on the bike? I haven't seen her before," Pete asks, earning a slap on the shoulder from Polly.
"Why do you ask when you got me?" Polly retorts.
"That's Ms. Vause, she's subbing for Mrs. Smith for the rest of the year probably," Piper explains.
"And does she have a first name?" Pete asks. Polly glares at him, but she's curious as well.
"Alex, Alex Vause, I have her for AP History," Piper says.
"Oh right, well I bet she looks as hot standing in front of the class as she looked in that leather outfit," Pete can't help but say. Now Piper slaps him on the shoulder, but she sort of agrees. She doesn't want to date women, she's not even remotely interested. but she can appreciate a good-looking woman, and seeing her passing through the hallways a few times, she concluded that she doesn't look too bad.
In the meanwhile, Alex had gone back to her classroom, grabbed her things and was heading outside when she passed a hall where she once again saw the familiar bunch of blond hair. She observes the situation, a couple making out against the locker of one of them, and Piper looking everywhere but them.
"This must be Polly, and it looks like Piper's waiting for them to stop making out like there won't be a tomorrow, looking at everything around her but them," Alex thinks to herself as she shakes her head a little and heads further down the hall and outside Litchfield High to her motorcycle.
Thanks for reading everyone! I'm taking things slow, but it's for a reason. I want the girls to get to know each other a little better before their secrets come out. Just so you know, I will be making Alex's secret up (I already have an idea in my mind), but Piper's secret will be very close to the truth about what happened in my life.
I'll try to update soon!
