A/N Hey guys, wow this is update 3 for you this week. Seriously, didn't realise it had gone that quick. This is a longer chapter for you guys so I hope you enjoy it. Oh, so holy crap, we just surpassed 100 followers with the last update. Let me just say a massive thank you to each and every one of you- you are all amazing.
Reviews which I couldn't answer in PM:
Hammo59: No worries, I try to reply to everyone in some shape or form as I appreciate you all so much for taking the time out the review. I'm glad you like the pace, I must admit I am always very self-conscious of it as I don't want it to feel too rushed. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the last.
I3VauseMan: Oh yay- I'm so glad I know who you are now. Again, let me just say you are far too kind. I love hearing from and talking with you guys, it really does keep me motivated to keep going as fast as possible. Oh, don't worry, I have every intention to. I was thinking about it earlier and have found a place to put it in later on. Won't be for a few chapters as I have something else planned, but it will happen I promise you. To your other review- yes definitely I feel that we all need a friend like Nicky. I very much like putting in as much description as possible, as I feel it enhances the reading experience for you all if you can visualise what I'm saying. I want for it to be feel as real as possible, so I'm glad you enjoy it when I put those simple little things in. Okay so because you are so fantastic, here's a little tease for you. Yes, Alex may not be a boxer in this story capable of kicking Stella's arse, BUT, there is a certain blonde someone who is ;)
Going off your feedback from the last chapter, I know for a fact that you guys are gonna LOVE this chapter. So enough about me and my thoughts and on to the new chapter.
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Music blares through her headphones as Piper stands with her feet firmly placed, her body slightly side on to the punching bag in front of her as she jabs at it quickly, throwing in the occasional right hook. Sweat cascades down Piper's back, her hair messily slicked back in a ponytail as she focuses on her intense training session, hoping to get in enough practice before her next fight.
A hand waves in front of her face, snapping her from her task and she turns, pulling her headphones from her ears, to face the figure that stands beside her. "Shit, sorry John, I was in my zone" Piper says, smiling apologetically at her trainer.
John smiles in return. "I can see that. Don't overdo it, I just got word we've got a fight tomorrow night."
Piper looks at him in surprise, before a grin spreads across her face at the thought of the opportunity to fight. Piper had felt it had been far too long since her last fight, feeling herself beginning to get antsy after such a long wait. Boxing was therapeutic to Piper, allowing her to exert and release her build-up of emotions into a physical energy, a sense of calm always falling upon her after each match. Piper couldn't comprehend a life without boxing, feeling as if it acted has her centre, allowing her to maintain a nonchalance about her past. Her past was an ugly monster and boxing was her saviour, allowing her to keeps its claws from latching on and pulling her down into the darkness it calls home.
"Who am I fighting?" Piper asks, removing her boxing gloves with the intention of getting a much needed drink from her water bottle.
"Tiffany Doggett, most call her Pennsatucky. She's this scrawny looking thing, teeth are all messed up from a bad fight. She kinda reminds you of what you imagine a meth addict to look like. Don't be fooled though Piper, she may be small but she's got spit."
Piper nods her head in understanding, having heard of the Doggett and her reputation of being unpredictable both in and out of the ring. Despite her reputation, Piper wasn't worried, feeling as though she was in the best shape, both physically and mentally, of her career and Piper smiles, knowing Alex had everything to do with that. It had been over three weeks since they had laid on her couch and Piper had asked Alex to be her girlfriend. Three long weeks filled with so many unfamiliar emotions, emotions Piper had never experienced before in her life. Piper did find herself struggling a little bit under the new concept of someone caring enough about her to check on her throughout her day. However, over the last few weeks, Alex had been amazingly patient with her, never once pushing or forcing her into anything she might feel uncomfortable with, knowing Piper was struggling a little as she was so used to being emotionally distant. Day by day, though, Alex was slowly breaking down those walls and closing in on the gap of that distance.
Bennett places a reassuring hand on Piper's arm, snapping her from her thoughts of her girlfriend. "Get some rest tonight Piper and I'll see you tomorrow night at the hall," he says as he walks towards the direction of where his office sat in the gym.
Looking at the time, Piper realised she had only an hour until she had assured Alex that she would meet her after her shift ended at Red's, promising to walk her home to her apartment like she did most evenings. Piper quickly walks into the locker room and grabs her gym bag and makes her way into the shower. Stepping from the shower, Piper quickly changes into a pair of jeans and a grey knit sweater and sets off on her way to the bar.
Piper could hear the pounding music as she walked towards the entrance of Red's. She walks through the door, throwing a polite smile to George Mendez, the head of security. "Evening Piper, you look good tonight," he purred, his bushy moustache rising with his smile. "Uh, thanks" Piper muttered attempting to avoid his gaze. As harmless as Mendez was, he still gave Piper the creeps and she avoided him at all costs.
Walking into Red's, Piper heads straight to the counter of the bar, knowing that that will be where she will find Alex. As she approaches the counter, she sees the familiar sight of her girlfriend's back as she begins the change of shift practice of counting the money in the till. Taking a seat on the wooden stool, Piper sits patiently waiting for Alex to finish, not wanting to break her concentration.
Sensing she was being watched, Alex turns around, her face lighting up at the sight of Piper. "Hey," she greets her as she walks over to face Piper from behind the counter.
"Hey," Piper smiles back. "How was your shift?"
"Oh, you know it was okay. Same shit, different day," Alex answers as she leans her elbows on the countertop, supporting her hands under her chin as she looks towards Piper. "I must say, it did get mildly better when this really hot blonde walked in" Alex continues with a devious grin, as she leans closer to Piper.
Piper grins back in response and raises her eyebrows as she too leans in towards Alex, their lips only centimetres from one another. "Only mildly?"
"Yeah, but there are always a few things she could do to make it better" Alex replies with a flirtatious smirk, closing her eyes as she leans in the capture Piper's lips with her own. Piper smiles into the kiss, enjoying the increasingly familiar feeling of Alex's plump lips upon hers. Piper feels Alex hum in content as she pulls away from the kiss to look into her emerald eyes, finding herself getting lost in them more frequently since their transition to 'girlfriends'.
"You almost ready to go?" Piper asks as she leans back to sit in her chair, having shifted forward onto her feet to get at a better angle when she had kissed Alex.
"Mmm, yeah babe. Let me just grab my jacket and say goodnight to Red and I'll be good to go," Alex says, as she makes her way from behind the counter and walks down the hallway towards where the staff room and Red's office are located.
Piper only had to wait a few minutes before the brunette returns, her work backpack slung over her right shoulder. Alex stretches out her hand towards Piper, her palm facing upwards allowing Piper to eagerly interlace Alex's fingers with her own, desperately craving her touch after having barely had any physical contact with her all day.
They walk to Alex's apartment in a comfortable silence, Piper only breaking it to inform Alex of her impending fight tomorrow night with Pennsatucky. Whilst Alex didn't like the idea of the potential harm that could fall open her girlfriend during the fight, she was the first to openly admit just how truly hot she found Piper in her boxing gear, secretly spending most of her time undressing the blonde with her eyes.
Much to both of their disappointment, they arrive at Alex's apartment far too soon for their liking. Not wanting the blonde to leave, which she normally almost always does right after walking her home, Alex pulls Piper into a warm embrace before pulling back to press her lips to Piper's. The heat of the kiss begins to increase with Alex locking her fists in Piper's hair, as Piper in turn runs her hands up and down Alex's back passionately. Getting carried away with her hunger for Piper, Alex begins to push her back against the door of her apartment, pinning her with her body. Loosening her hands for Piper's hair, Alex slowly drags her hands down Piper's sides and brings them to rest at her hips, curving her hands around until they grip her arse firmly.
Alex feels Piper begin to stiffen underneath the weight of her body, silently signalling that this was far enough. Alex sighs slightly, before releasing her lips and pressing her forehead against Piper's. "Shit, I'm sorry Pipes. I guess I just got carried away" Alex apologises, knowing how Piper had said she wanted to take things slow and wanting to respect her wishes and not make the blonde feel rushed into anything she wasn't ready to commit to yet.
Alex feels Piper smile as she brings her hand up to cup her cheek, stroking her the pad of her thumb along her jawline. "Don't apologise Alex, I want you as bad as you want me, trust me. It's just everything is going so well and I'm scared to bring sex into the equation because it could change things."
Alex pulls her face back slightly so she can look deep into the baby blue eyes that she loves so much. "Pipes, trust me, nothing will change between us. I promise. And no I'm not just saying that so I can get laid," Alex finishes with a laugh, easing the tension that had begun to filter through the air around them.
Piper returns her laughter before sighing. "I know," she says in agreement before she gives Alex a quick peck on her cheek. "But I better get going, Bennett wants me well rested. How about we grab some lunch tomorrow?"
Alex smiles. "Sounds good, night Pipes. Remember to text me when you get home okay?"
Piper bobs her head in reassurance before leaning forward to place one final kiss on Alex's lips. "Night Alex."
After a short cab ride home, Piper throws herself onto her bed and sighs as she begins to think about the night that could have been. With each growing day, Piper found herself wanting the brunette more and more. She constantly found her body attempting to betray her mind, a constant battle erupting between what she desired and what her head was telling her to do. Piper couldn't deny that familiar hunger that seemed to always build within her whenever she was close to Alex. A salacious hunger that, as of lately, she was finding more and more difficult to control. Piper was confident in the act of sex, in fact, if she was honest, she was pretty bloody good at it. However, as she had said to Alex earlier in the night, she found herself struggling with the ability to reassure herself that it would not cause their relationship to change for the worse.
"Ugh," Piper groans to herself as her thoughts run wild on just what to do. Rather than coming to a decision, Piper takes the coward's way out and opts for sleep, deciding she would make a clear decision in the morning. Grabbing her phone, she sends a quick text to Alex letting her know she got home safely before dropping her head onto her pillow and welcoming the sleep that comes.
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Feeling as though she was being watched, Piper riles herself from her sleep, letting out a loud groan as she lifts her head to find a grinning Nicky perched on her bed, stuffing her face with a piece of toast she had decided to make herself for breakfast. "I really need to invest in a bedroom door lock," Piper announces, hoping that Nicky would get the message and stop entering into her bedroom unannounced.
Nicky just shrugs her shoulders at Piper and finishes her mouthful of food. "I'd just pick the lock. You'd be surprised, these hands," she says, raising her hands to emphasise her point a smirk playing on her lips, "have a surprising amount of skill behind them."
Piper groans loudly at the message that was hidden behind Nicky's words. "God do you want me to throw up? It's seriously way too early in the morning to talk about your disgusting hands," Piper says, showing the clear disgust on her face as she looks towards Nicky.
Nicky laughs at her friend's expression before she shrugs again. "I bet you if it was Vause's hands we were discussing you would feel differently," she says with a wink.
Piper feels her face flush with embarrassment, having not discussed her sex life, or lack thereof, with Nicky. Reading Piper's expression, Nicky's mouth drops slightly and her eyes widen. "Holy shit, you guys still haven't done the dirty?"
Unable to look her friend in the eye, Piper just shakes her head. "Believe me Nick I want, god I want to SO bad. I swear this is like the longest time I have ever sustained from sex and I'm getting a little sick of having to get myself off. But, I just can't shake this horrible feeling that it could make everything go to shit. I mean what if it changes things?"
As she finishes, Piper lifts her head to see her friend giving her a reassuring smile. Reaching out, Nicky places her hand on Piper's leg. "Pipes, I'm not gonna lie, it's going to change things. But change is good, for the first time in your life you actually have the opportunity to have sex with someone you don't just have a physical attraction to but an emotional connection with as well. Emotionally connected sex is the fucking best. So get your head out of your ass and a take the fucking plunge-if you catch my drift" Nicky says with a wiggle of her eyebrows and shit-eating grin plastering her face.
Piper laughs hard at her friend, understanding exactly what the double meaning was behind the words her friend used. "Fuck Nicky, can't you ever say something normal without turning it into some sort of sexual innuendo?"
Nicky laughs. "Probably, but where's the fun in that? But seriously Pipes, let yourself have some fun. The sex at the beginning of a relationship is like the best part. I mean, fuck, me and Lorna fucked like rabbits for the first 3 months. I swear at the end of it, I knew more about HER snatch than I did my own."
Piper shakes her head incredulously at her friend, not able to suppress her laughter at her choice of words. "Yeah, I guess your right" Piper says in agreement.
"Seriously Pipes, I've had enough of hearing about your pathetic self-finger fucking, it's depressing. So get your blonde ass over to Vause's now before you talk yourself out of it."
Piper eyes go wide at her friend. "What now? Nicky, its 8am."
"So, they say morning sex is better than coffee anyway. Now move" Nicky commands, pulling on Piper's leg in an effort to get the blonde moving from her bed and out the door towards a little slice of happiness.
Piper feels a sudden wave of confidence wash through as she realises the truth behind her friend's words. Alex and Piper were in a good place and, with the sex she knows that the brunette is capable off, they will be in an even better place in one hour's time from now.
Jumping from her bed, Piper races around her room and finds a fresh change of clothes, not bothering to tell Nicky to leave the room as she eagerly strips down from last night's wear. Throwing on her clothes, she gives Nicky a massive smile in thanks and races out the door. Her mind so very focused on her destination.
Arriving at the door to Alex's apartment, Piper pauses to catch her breath from her practical run here. Taking a deep breath, Piper let's her usual sense of confidence seep into her body as she approaches the front door, her mind determined on the task at hand. Raising her hand, she knocks loudly against the wooden door and waits eagerly for it to open.
Alex opens the door and a smile immediately spreads across her face when she sees the blonde at her door. Before she has the chance to greet her, Piper steps forward and pulls Alex into a searing kiss. Piper can feel the slight confusion on Alex's lips before she quickly returns the kiss with as much passion, pulling Piper through the doorway and into her apartment. Never breaking the kiss, Piper uses her foot to kick the door of the apartment closed, before turning their bodies and pushing Alex up against the back of the door, pinning her against the wood with her body. Piper allows her hands to roam over Alex's body, cupping and squeezing whatever they fall upon. Piper feels Alex smile into their never breaking kiss and she uses this time to quickly slip her tongue in her mouth. Their tongues battle for dominance as Alex brings her hands up to entangle themselves in Piper's hair, gently pulling Piper towards her further, ensuring that there was not an inch of space between them. They continue to kiss passionately kiss before Alex begins to pull away, inciting a groan from the blonde.
"Not that I'm complaining, but why are you here babe?" Alex pants breathlessly, finally allowing her mind to wander to the thoughts on why the blonde had come, knowing that they already had plans to meet for lunch later that day.
"I came for some breakfast," Piper replies confidently, as she moves her head to leave a trail of kisses on Alex's pulse point, smiling as she hears a groan escape Alex's lips and her breathing becoming hitched.
"Mmm, oh uh cool. What did you want…pancakes?" Alex gasps out, struggling to maintain her usual cool bravado under the delicious torture that was the blonde's lips. She feels Piper chuckle, her lips vibrating against the curve of her neck, causing a rise in the heat that was forming between her legs.
Pulling back, Piper looks Alex in the eyes, which are now black with desire. A wicked grin plays on her lips as she takes in the effect she is having on her girlfriend. "Not that kind of breakfast, Alex" Piper purrs, her voice laced with sex, as she grips Alex's hand firmly and pulls her towards her bedroom, making her intentions clear.
A/N Oh no I didn't just totally leave it at that point ;P (don't kill me lol.)
Okay, so I actually did it for a reason. I wanted to ask you guys how exactly you wanted their first time written so I can put it in the next chapter. I have never written anything like it, so I feel a little out of my depth, but am keen to give it a go if you want me to. I have a few ideas about how it could be so let me know if you 1) want me to just skim over it so we know the important stuff OR 2) do a full proper sex scene. I'm happy with either, so just let me know and I shall write away and get an update to you by the end of the weekend.
Well, I hoped you enjoyed this Vauseman filled chapter. I decided to opt with just stating there was a time jump in order to progress their relationship a bit because I kind of want to move on and begin to focus on my next main plot point. I hope you guys didn't mind and didn't feel like I rushed it too much. I just really didn't want to spend another 3 or so chapters talking about the build up to this moment. It was going to happen eventually, so I thought why not let it happen now.
Oh, and yay for Nicky always being Piper's voice of reason- even if she is crude as hell about it. I hope you enjoyed their little conversation- I love Nicky in the show and am trying to bring a little bit of her spice and inappropriateness to this story.
So as a whole- are we all happy with this chapter? Let me know what you guys think.
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