Hey everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! Wanted to give you on this day dedicated to love. I sadly didn't have anyone to celebrate it with, but I hope you all did and that you had a great day!

Sad day for our girls, Alex is moving back to New York, and Piper stays behind in Connecticut ... But let's just say their goodbye is a great one and the M rating for this chapter is necessary. Hope you guys enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.


Today is the day Alex is moving back to the big city, leaving her girlfriend behind for a couple of months. Piper will be moving into a dorm quite close to Alex's apartment, and both women are very excited to be so close to each other. They'd talked about living together, but Alex insisted on Piper having the full college experience; and that included living in a student dorm. Talking about living arrangements had caused the first argument.

"Pipes, I just don't want you to miss out on anything," Alex said desperately. They'd been arguing for half an hour now, and she couldn't get Piper to understand her point. Alex really wanted her girlfriend close, but she wasn't certain they'd be ready for living together in the same apartment. Alex loved her, she did from the very beginning back in January, but they'd only been together for a few weeks and their relationship was still very new. She didn't want to ruin anything.

"I'm not gonna miss out on anything even when I'm living with you Al! I'll still hang out with other students and hear about the dorm parties and all of that and I can come back to you every night? Do you not want to live with me?" Piper didn't really understand what the problem was. She thought Alex would want her to move in with her, and she couldn't really see the reasoning behind the brunette's words.

"Pipes, I just don't think we're ready, okay? I think it might be too soon to already live together you. We've only been together for a few weeks and I don't think it would be wise to start living together already. Of course I want you to live with me, but just not yet babe."

"I'm ready to live with you Alex! I just don't want to have to miss you every day while I'm so close to you. If I move in, I could be with you before classes, after classes and we could cook together and do everything together babe! I want to be able to see you every day Al, and it seems like you don't!" Piper stormed off and out of the living room. She'd been pacing back and forth while Alex was sitting on the couch at her temporary apartment. Alex's reaction came just that little too late to catch her wrist and stop her. By the time she'd gotten up, Piper had already run down the hall and into the bedroom, slamming the door close behind her. The loud sound rang through the apartment.

Alex sighed loudly as she flipped back onto the couch, running a hand through her jet-black hair as she closed her green eyes. She didn't want this argument to become more trouble for them, their relationship was only in the starting blocks and something had already come up. Even though they'd only been together for a few weeks, Alex could very clearly see her future with the blonde. She'd dreamt about it during the last half year she'd spent in Connecticut and she could see it crystal clear as she closed her eyes. She just didn't want to do things too fast, and she was worried that living together so soon would ruin things in the long run.

In the meanwhile, Piper was sitting on the bedside, holding her head in her hands as she cried. She knew she had a bit of a temper, but she just couldn't see why Alex didn't want her to move in with her. She knew she loved Alex more than anything, but doubt was starting to creep in. She didn't want to, deep down she know how much Alex loved her. She knew that she wouldn't do anything to intentionally hurt her, but right now she couldn't help but feel rejected. She felt like Alex didn't want their relationship to move forward. They'd taken so many steps together so quickly, why would this become an issue?

After half an hour, Alex got up from the couch in the living room and silently made her way to the bedroom. She placed her ear against the wooden door and her heart clenched as she heard the silent sobs that came from inside. She hadn't wanted to hurt her girlfriend's feelings, she just wanted to do things the right way, and moving in together would come to soon if they did it now. She softly knocked on the door, but got no response.

"Pipes?" Alex called out, hoping to hear the soft voice of her lover calling her in. But yet again, she didn't hear anything coming from inside. She placed her hand on the door handle and tried it. She was happy and relieved to see that it was unlocked. She poked her head in and saw the blonde lying down on her side of the bed, her head buried in her pillow and her body was moving up and down violently as sobs pierced through the silence that enveloped them. Alex closed her eyes once again and sighed silently before softly stepping through the threshold and into the bedroom, closing the bedroom door behind her softly. She turned around on her heel before slowly approaching Piper who was still lying on the bed.

Piper had moved from a sitting position to lying on Alex's side of the bed, enveloping herself in Alex's amazing scent. She buried her face in the brunette's pillow, feeling that was the closest she could be to Alex while the brunette was still in the living room. She started overthinking everything, and eventually sobs started to wrack her body as she started worrying about Alex leaving her. It hadn't been the first time someone she loved dearly had left her, Tim had done it quite easily, leaving her behind with a huge amount of guilt that had nestled itself in the pit of her stomach. She didn't want to lose Alex too, especially not the way she had lost Tim. She still hadn't fully recovered from that terrible moment in her life, but she was still working on it with her therapist as well as working on getting over the whole situation with Larry.

She didn't look up or answer her girlfriend when she heard the soft calling of her favorite nickname (well ever since Alex started using it, it became her favorite one), she simply couldn't swallow the lump in her throat to do so. She didn't move when she heard the soft opening and closing of the bedroom door, keeping her face out of Alex's view for now. She didn't want the brunette to see her in this state. She heard soft footsteps approaching the bed as Alex came to where she was laying on the bed, but she didn't want to turn around just yet.

"Pipes, please just look at me … baby please …" Alex pleaded. Piper tried to swallow the lump that had been in her throat ever since she got into the room and turned around slightly to face her lover who was slightly leaning over her. She could see the worry plastered on Alex's beautiful pale face and tears started to run down her cheeks at the sight. She could see in the mesmerizing green eyes of her lover that Alex was very worried and that she never wanted to hurt her.

Alex too had tears building up in the corners of her eyes as she looked into the baby blues of her former student. She could see the heartbreak in them, and she was instantly worried she'd done some serious damage. She knew that Piper had been hurt very badly a few years ago by someone, but that's all the blonde had shared about it. She was still very aware that Piper was still slightly raw from the situation that had presented itself in January and Alex still tried to handle everything with every bit of care she could find in her tall body. She still felt the same about her point of view on the whole situation, but she didn't explain herself quite well enough to get the younger girl to understand where she was coming from. So that was what she'd have to try now.

"Pipes, listen just let me explain okay?" The only response she got was a slight nod as she locked eyes with the baby blues that were looking up at her. She saw the tears still running down her cheeks and the hurt in those blue eyes as she swallowed hard before gathering her thoughts.

"Pipes, a few years ago I fell in love with a woman who was a bit older than me, Sylvia. In the beginning, everything went great, we moved through the stages of a relationship fairly quickly and I didn't feel like anything was off. I loved her very much, but it's nothing compared to what I feel when I'm around you. I was young and stupid, and when she asked me to move in after just two months, I immediately jumped on the offer. Remember how I told you about my life as a kid and a teenager?" A nod.

"Yeah, well … I guess I just wanted to relieve my mom of some of the responsibilities she had of taking care of me. I was at community college at that moment, and my mom had to work four jobs just to be able to pay the rest of the bills. I tried working as much as I could as well, to help my mom, but she wouldn't let me. After a bit of arguing, she finally allowed me to contribute to help paying the bills, just with small amounts. I continued to do so, even when I moved in with Sylvie. Sylvie didn't understand why I'd do that. I wasn't living with my mom anymore, why would I still want to help her out with everything? She couldn't understand how much I admired and respected Diane and they never got along anyway."

Alex continued, even though the tears were still building up in her eyes. "I was so fucking blind, I couldn't see that we had moved way too fast in our relationship to have any shot at a decent future. We'd argue all the time about the stupidest things: the bills, rent, my close relationship with Diane (which I defended with everything that I had). I realized the relationship was toxic when she slapped me in the face for the first time. I had a hand print on my cheek for days and I ran out of the apartment right away and straight to my mom."

The tears were surely running down her pale cheeks now as she remembered the situation she found herself in a few years ago, and she closed her eyes. She felt warm hands wiping away the steady stream of tears but she couldn't open her eyes just yet. She didn't want to see the blonde's pity in her baby blues. As she kept her eyes closed, she continued.

"Sylvie came right after me and begged me, apologized a million times, and I stupidly took her back. She said she would never do something like that ever again, but as you can guess, the next argument we had, she slapped me in the face once again. She was convinced I was cheating on her, and I later found out it was exactly the other way around."

"No …"

"Yeah, I stayed with her for a few more weeks. It was getting close to her birthday and I had already asked my boss if I could get off work early and for once, he allowed me to do so. I wanted to surprise her and come home early to spend a nice, quiet evening together and I ran into them. They were so wrapped up in each other that they hadn't even heard the front door of the apartment close. They were on top of the sheets, Sylvie underneath my boss, and he was pounding into her." Alex could still clearly see the image as she kept her eyes closed. The stream of tears didn't stop, but Piper kept wiping them away. She felt incredibly sorry for the older woman.

"Sylvie didn't even try denying anything. She just laughed in my face and kissed him straight on the lips. I frantically started packing everything I had over there, my clothes, all my books and cd's, everything. I was packing up my stuff in the bedroom and she pulled my boss back onto the bed and got on top of him. I could hear the moaning as I got out of that apartment, and I never looked back or ever heard from her again."

Alex still had tears running down her cheeks, but she dared to look up at the baby blues she could feel were looking at her face. Piper put her arms around the brunette's shoulders and pulled her in, Alex's head ending up on Piper's shoulder, and Alex immediately cuddled into the warm embrace of her girlfriend. She didn't expect that she would tell this story to Piper, not today yet anyway, and she was a little irritated that it still hurt so much to talk about it.

"Oh God, Al, I'm so sorry. Oh babe, I didn't know that such a thing happened to you. I really wish it hadn't happened, baby, you're so beautiful and so amazing, and an amazing person like you should never go through anything like that. It hurt like a bitch didn't it?" The blonde feels Alex nod as she holds her close. "I know babe, I know that it hurts, but I'm here for you okay?"

"I know baby, I love you so much. Believe me, I want to be with you as much as possible, but I also don't want to ruin things between us. I really don't wanna lose you Pipes."

"I love you too Al, so fucking much. I guess I was just so set on finally moving to the big City and being close to you that I wanted even more than just living a few streets away from you. It got to my head, but I can perfectly understand where you're coming from babe. To be honest, if I think about it now, I don't think I'm ready to live together either. I just thought that I'd lose you otherwise."

"You won't lose me babe, I heart you waay too fucking much Pipes."

"I heart you too Al."

Neither of them ever gets tired of saying those words; they hold so much meaning for the two of them. For other people it might sound stupid or silly, but for them it means the world. They look at each other, love shining through baby blues and forest greens and meet in the middle as they kiss. It doesn't stop there, and let's just say that neither woman leaves the bedroom for quite a number of hours.


The brunette has a smirk on her face as she thinks about the amazing session of love-making that followed that first major argument. They made such sweet love, both women had tears in their eyes as they came again and again. It was one of the times Alex felt that beautiful connection, something she hadn't felt with Sylvia. The buzzer is what snaps Alex out of her thoughts, and she shakes her head before getting up off the couch and making her way to the front door.

"That's the last one," Alex states as she places it on top of the rest of the boxes in the trunk of Diane's car. Alex had taken her motorbike to Connecticut, not being able to leave her beloved bike behind, and Diane had offered to bring everything her daughter needed to the apartment in January. Diane had called a few days after graduation, seemingly knowing that the younger Vause would want a little extra time in Connecticut to spend with her new girlfriend. They'd arranged for the both of them to move everything back to New York today, and Piper had offered to come and help.

Piper had told her parents that she wanted to go help out with Alex's packing and loading. Bill and Carol had initially questioned their daughter, asking why it was so important that she wanted to say goodbye to the older woman. Piper reminded them of the immense role Alex played in saving her life more than once; and the Chapmans had nothing to offer in response, and gave their permission.

Now standing in the living room, Alex and Piper find themselves in a crushing hug; neither woman wanting to let go of the other. Diane had already gone to the car, leaving the girls behind to say their goodbyes until Piper moves to her student dorm in NYC. Piper presses her face into the brunette's broad shoulder, only clad by the strap of a tank top and kisses every inch she can reach. Alex reciprocates by nuzzling Piper's long blonde hair; loving the way it smells. She too places a kiss on any place on Piper's head she can reach.

Piper kisses her way up Alex's neck, sucking on her pulse point to leave a mark. She doesn't want Alex to forget about her, and what better way to have her remember the blonde by a beautiful hickey on the neck. Alex moans deeply in response, Piper can feel the vibrations in her throat. Piper too moans, not as loudly but she loves the sounds the older woman is making because of her actions. When she's sure she's left a beautiful mark, she moves up and nibbles Alex's earlobe.

"I heart you."

Alex pulls back from the tight embrace and smiles broadly, much like she just won the jackpot (in her opinion she actually did when she and Piper first kissed), before leaning in to place a hungry kiss on the blonde's lips. Their tongues tangle together and dance beautifully before they break away for air. Alex moves to Piper's ear to whisper something in her ear.

"I heart you."

She then moves to nibble on the earlobe lightly before moving further down. She's careful not to leave a mark, she doesn't want Piper to get into trouble with her parents just yet. When the time is right, they will tell the Chapmans about their relationship, but now is not that time. Now it's time to say goodbye for quite a while and Alex knows just the way.

"Come with me, Pipes. Let me say goodbye to you properly."

Piper smiles suggestively and is lead to the bedroom (which still had a bed in it, thank God) by the brunette, who is eager to show Piper a good time for the last time in quite a while. She opens the door and pulls the blonde behind her into the bedroom, pulling her up and in front of her. She grips the younger woman's hips as they move in to kiss passionately. She wants Piper to feel the love she feels every single day through the kiss and Piper wants exactly the same. They continue to kiss passionately until Alex grips the hem of Piper's tank top and pulls it up over her head.

Piper moves to do the same to Alex's tank top before they both crash into each other. Mouths meet as tongues dance together, limbs tangling and hands running over every body part they can possibly reach. They're very in sync, and they both reach for the clasp of the other's bra and peel off the offending item of fabric. Piper's skirt is next as Alex pushes it down her runner's legs, and Piper makes quick work of the brunette's black shorts, unbuttoning it and pushing it down too.

Alex grips Piper's thighs and the blonde jumps up, wrapping her legs around the brunette's hips. Alex carries her girlfriend to the bed and throws her onto it, moving quickly on top of her. Unlike the first time, there's a sense of urgency; they're running out of time. Diane is waiting downstairs, and both women know they won't be able to spend hours dedicated to lovemaking. The older woman kisses the blonde, and the kiss deepens immediately. Alex has to break away for air but immediately moves down to Piper's neck. She gets carried away; and actually sucks on Piper's neck hard and Piper is too intoxicated by the things she's feeling to notice.

It's not the only mark Alex leaves behind on Piper's body, but neither woman finds the need to care about that little fact. Alex continues her trail down and spends a few minutes lavishing the blonde's little tits with her tongue and grazing them with her teeth every so often. Piper can't stop moaning, and she's quite loud. Alex doesn't silence her, she doesn't want Piper to hold back today, she wants her to voice just how good this feels for her.

Alex uses her teeth to leave little bite marks on the blonde's tight abdomen, loving the way the muscles tense underneath her mouth. She spends a minute kissing Piper's inner thighs until the blonde starts squirming quite hard, wanting the brunette to do something about the wetness between her legs. Piper has one hand tightly gripping the headboard behind her and one hand tangling in black locks that are tickling her inner thighs and hips. She tries to push Alex's head towards where she wants her most, and for once Alex complies and moves to mouth Piper's pussy through the fabric of her lace panties.

Alex uses her teeth again, this time to pull down the panties down Piper's legs. She kisses up Piper's right leg and wastes no time licking up the blonde's slit. She moans out because of the sweet taste of her girlfriend, something she'll never get enough of. After a minute or three, Alex pushes in two fingers and moves her mouth up to circle the blonde's clit. A few minutes later (it never takes either woman too long to come underneath each other's touch), Piper comes hard, pulling at Alex's dark locks and holding the headboard in a death grip. She moans out Alex's name loud enough for the whole apartment block to hear.

It doesn't take Piper long to recover from the amazing orgasm, and she pulls Alex up for a deep kiss. She pushes Alex on her back and straddles her. She moves to kiss Alex's neck and collarbone leaving little marks behind. She kisses down to the brunette's full breasts, moving her mouth to suck on one nipple while tweaking the other with her hand. After a minute or two, she moves to the other breast and brings her other hand up so she doesn't ignore the one she just left with her mouth.

Piper moves down and bites and nips at Alex's taut stomach; kissing every inch of the brunette's abdomen. She brings her hand down from next to Alex's side to pull down her black cotton panties. She throws it behind her without even looking where it lands, her attention is drawn to the beautiful pussy in front of her. She leans in and places a soft kiss on the pulsing clit before blowing some cool air. She feels Alex shudder and moan deeply in response.

"God, I taught her well," Alex thinks. "If she keeps doing that, it won't take me long at-"

"FUCK!" she yells out.


Alex cups Piper's face as she places a soft kiss goodbye on those beautiful pink lips. She wipes away the tears that are streaming down her face and Piper does the same to her own. Alex moves her hands down to grips Piper's hips and the blonde moves her arms to tangle in black hair as she nuzzles the older woman's neck. A few minutes later, they hear the car horn of Diane's car and they untangle themselves from the embrace.

"I love you babe."

"I love you too Pipes."

Alex moves to Diane's car but doesn't turn her back on her girlfriend standing before her. She wants to see Piper's face for as long as she can; resulting in her nearly bumping into Diane as she walks up behind her. Diane places a soft hand on her daughter's shoulder, and Piper smiles at the beautiful gesture. That is the smile that Alex loves the most, and she looks back at her mother for a second before looking back at her lover and smiling back.


Piper still has tears in her eyes as she follows Diane's car down the street until it disappears. She then gets into her own car and drives back to the Chapman residence, her lover's soft smile never far away from her mind. She wipes away the remaining tears before going inside. She goes upstairs immediately and steps into her room, closing the door behind her. She pulls her phone out of her pocket to see one new text message:

Alex 3: I love you so much babe and I'll miss you too fucking much until you are here with me again. You're my baby and I never want to let you go. Xxx333

Piper feels the tears again building up in her eyes and she smiles as she types a response and sends it. She hears the door to her bedroom open and a gasp before looking up. Cal is standing there, shock prominent on his face.

"Pipes, who the hell gave you that hickey?!"


AN: So, Cal knows. Let's just hope the Chapman parents didn't hear him, or Piper will be in huge trouble. Also, how sad is Alex's story? I felt so sorry for her while I was writing it! But Alex came out stronger, and we all know Piper will never do such a thing (or let's hope so ...) If you have any ideas for future chapters (fluff, smut situations, angst, whatever you want) let me know! Love hearing from you all!

Until next time! xx Ellen