A/N:
So hi there guys! I'm so sorry this took me quite a long time to post. I'm back at the university now and they're already bombarding us with so many things to do so I'm really finding it hard to find time to work on this. So for the next four weeks I probably will just be able to post one or two more chapters and I apologize for that but I swear after this summer class I'll be back to posting quicker that that already.
And oh my God I can't believe Season 3 is finally here! We've waited long enough. Enjoy binge watching. Enjoy Vauseman. I can't wait to talk to all of you about it during the next chapter. =)
Sorry for the typos and all other mistakes. Haven't proofread again. And I'm probably gonna regret posting this without re-reading it but it's been way long overdue. Thank you for all your wonderful reviews!
5
"Alex... Alex, wake up." Piper whispered to Alex as she shook her. The raven-haired had her arm wrapped around Piper's waist, while Piper's hand was cupping her face, trying to shake her awake.
After about just a few seconds, Alex opened her eyes abruptly, a bit startled on why Piper was waking her up. "What?"
"Wait, don't move. Please stay still," Piper said, again in a whisper, and she sounded so scared Alex absentmindedly pulled her closer to her, wrapping her arm around her waist even tighter. As per the blonde's instruction, she stayed still, trying to figure out what on earth was going on.
"What? Why? What is going on? Is everything all right?" Alex now brought her hand to Piper's face, rubbing her thumb on her jaw, trying to make her calm. She was still half-asleep but the look on the blonde's face was enough for her to keep her eyes open.
"Yeah." Piper's eyes were starting to water and Alex was pretty certain she was about to cry any minute now. Then she looked behind Alex, looking at something in particular, her eyes filled with fear. "But there's a fucking spider on your fucking wall."
Alex almost dropped her hand immediately, finally letting out the breath she's been holding ever since Piper woke her up. "Jesus Christ, Piper! For a second there, I really thought someone was trying to kill us," she complained, as these kinds of things were not unusual to her because of the job she used to have. "Did you really just wake me up to show me a fucking spider?" If it wasn't so early, Alex would've laughed at how adorable Piper looked right now, but it wasn't even seven o'clock in the morning and Piper knew very well that she was not a morning person.
"No," Piper answered, oblivious to Alex's slight irritation. "I need you to kill it."
"What?"
"Please, Alex. I'm freaking out here. What if it flies over here and bite me?"
Alex finally let out her laugh, unable to be annoyed at Piper for more than a few seconds. "Pipes, spiders don't fly." She tried, prying herself out of Piper's grip, but the blonde held on to her like she was holding on to her dear life so she just stayed still, putting her hand on Piper's nape, as she played with her hair. "Let's just go back to sleep, okay? It's too fucking early."
"I don't care. And no, we're not going back to sleep unless that shit is dead. Just kill the goddamned spider, I feel like my fucking throat is closing."
"All right, all right. Then take your hands off me for a while so I can walk over there and actually do the killing? I can't just stare at it 'til it dies, kid." But Piper made no move in letting go of Alex. "Come on, Pipes. I'm not gonna let it get to you." Finally, Piper let go of Alex as Alex made her way to the spider which was crawling slowly on her wall. "Jesus..." she shook her head and chuckled at how ridiculous this all was. She then hit it with a rolled magazine and soon enough, it has dropped lifeless on her floor.
"Is it dead?"
"Do you want me to pick it up for you?" Alex asked, still chuckling at Piper.
Piper glared a look and if looks could kill, she would have had the same fate as the spider by now. "Don't you fucking dare." Piper by now has strewn the blanket all over her, the blanket reaching just between her nose and eyes.
Alex was just about to walk back to her bed but before she could do so, an idea struck her. "Oh my God, Piper, don't freak out, okay?" she said, her face plastered with a look of concern.
Immediately, Piper's eyes widened, not knowing what had made Alex look like that. "What? Why?"
"Stay still." She slowly walked towards the bed, her hand slightly raised, silently telling Piper to not move a muscle. "Don't move." Then, when she was already on the foot of the bed, she threw a small crumpled piece of paper that Piper didn't notice she picked up before she turned to face her on the blonde as she yelled. "There's a spider on your neck!"
And as if her body was set on fire, Piper threw the blanket away from her as she stood up, jumping up and down and trying to swat the nonexistent spider off of her. "Oh my God! Get it off me! Alex!"
Alex fell down to the bed, laughing uncontrollably, her eyes almost watering at the sight. She never thought she would ever enjoy waking up this early but seeing the look on Piper's face right now was the most hilarious, and probably the cutest, too, thing she'd ever seen in a long time.
When Piper realized that Alex was just fucking with her, she felt her knees weaken and had to sit on the bed to calm herself. But when she's gathered enough strength to deal with what Alex had just made her go through, she faced her, took a pillow and started hitting Alex with it. "You fucking bitch!"
"Hey!" Alex kept laughing and laughing trying to dodge the pillow Piper was hitting her with. They were facing each other, both kneeling on the bed. Piper kept trying to hit her mercilessly so when she got a chance, she grabbed the pillow from Piper, threw it away and held Piper's hands together, her laughter still echoing inside her room.
"I hate you. I hate you. I hate you," Piper said as she weakly tried to pry her arms off from Alex's grasp, feeling herself still shake at the panic Alex had caused her.
Alex's laughter had now turned into a smirk, shaking her head at Piper. "No, you don't."
This time, Piper had stopped fighting Alex, shaking her head slightly. "No. No, I don't." But then she started to get so overwhelmed that she was soon starting to cry. "But, fuck you."
"Hey," Alex suddenly let go of Piper's hands and brought them to her hips, pulling her closer to her. She was still chuckling a bit at the realization that she had never seen Piper look more adorable than right now, looking like a little child sobbing with her head pressed between her neck and shoulders. "I'm sorry. I won't do it again, I promise." She kissed the top of Piper's head, feeling wet tears on her shoulders. She then pulled Piper's head to be able to look her in the eye and apologize sincerely. "I'm sorry," she was still smiling as she kissed Piper on both her cheeks. "I'm an asshole, I know. Please stop crying?" She kissed her again, this time on the lips and she could feel Piper nod.
"I'm sorry I'm being overdramatic. It's just that... spiders scare me," Piper pouted, wiping the tears from her eyes.
Alex bit the inside of her cheek, trying to suppress her uncontrollable desire to crush Piper with a tight hug. "I know. I'm sorry, okay? From now on, I will steer you clear from every motherfuckin' spider we will ever see. I promise." Alex kissed her again and with the way Piper smiled at her, she knew that all was forgiven. "So, you forgive me?"
"Hmm... I probably need a little more convincing," Piper said, wiping the tears that were still forming on her eyes.
"Oh... okay." Alex kissed Piper again, both her arms rubbing Piper's back up and down. "Then... how about we go take a shower right now?"
"How is that going to make me forgive you?"
"Well, it's your day off. And I realized I still haven't make up for that first time we went out. So now that I already have my car with me, I've decided to take you out. And I mean, out out. We're going out of town, kid."
-o-o-o-
By past nine o'clock, Alex and Piper were already inside the former's Jaguar F-Type, driving out of the town. Piper found it so liberating that after almost five months, she's finally got the chance to get out of this town, even just for a while. She's always wanted to get out every once in a while, whenever she would get the chance, but she felt like if ever she did, she'd want to not go back again.
For the past years, she's never really stayed at a place for more than six months. She didn't want to have the chance to get attached to a certain place and to be able to build a relationship with someone. So when it would get to a point where the wall she's surrounded herself was threatened to be ripped down, she'd take that as a cue to leave, before she could entangle herself in something that she couldn't get out of.
And it wasn't at all difficult for her to do just that. She could count in two hands the number of people who had tried to get close to her for the past few years, but there was none of them she'd allowed to get close enough. She grew up in a family which didn't give her enough affection, enough care, enough love. All they ever cared were themselves and that resulted into the person she was, someone who was so good at shutting people off, at pushing people away before they were even close enough to get away from. She never really knew how it felt like to want to be loved by anyone.
Well, until now.
This was the first time she actually never wanted to leave a place. And she knew very well that it wasn't the place she wanted to stay for, it was a certain person, who currently had her palm over hers while driving. She looked at Alex, stared at her, and couldn't help but smile at the thought of her life changing over the past few weeks because of this woman.
Alex looked at her and smiled when she saw her staring. "What are you thinking?" she asked as she looked back on the road.
"I'm thinking about what I would be doing now if you didn't show up that first day we met."
"And what would that be?"
"Probably looking for a job."
"What? What do you mean?"
"I think I would've left this place by now and starting a new life at another one."
Alex again looked at her and gave her a puzzled look. "You haven't told me your story yet."
It was Piper who looked away first this time, unsure if she wanted to ruin this day with her fucked up story. "I will. One day." She smiled, and she knew Alex understood.
It was about 10 minutes later when Alex stopped and to say Piper was surprised was an understatement. They stopped at the side of the road, in front of what seemed to be a forest, before Alex drove towards what seemed to be a driveway and parked her car. Piper had been thinking too much while they were driving that she had not paid attention to where Alex was taking her. It seemed like a very remote place, seeing there was not a single house anywhere. It was just trees everywhere and the long road that led to nowhere.
"What is this place? Are you gonna try and kill me?"
"You'll see. And no, I am not that violent, kid. Wait a minute here, okay." Alex opened her car and leaned in to get something. When she got out, she was holding a large basket and a bag, much to Piper's surprise.
"What is that? How long has that been in there?"
Alex chuckled at Piper's face, looking somewhat terrified of her answer. "I prepared it today, while you were in the shower."
"Oh, is that why you didn't wanna join me?"
"Yeah, plus the fact that I don't find you hot enough to join you in the shower."
"Hey!" Piper playfully smacked Alex's arm and Alex just laughed at her.
"Are you gonna help me with this or what?" Piper took the bag from her before Alex took one of her hands and started leading her inside the 'forest.' Come on."
A few minutes and more questions from Piper later, Alex finally stopped and Piper felt like someone had caught her breath because right in front of her was one of the most beautiful places she had ever seen her entire life. There were still trees everywhere, somewhat forming a circle around the place, but this time they weren't your typical trees looking so green from all of their leaves. Those trees were colourful from the flowers that were blooming from every part and she was mesmerized. And what made the place even more beautiful was the lake that was right in the middle of the place.
"Wow, Alex," Piper said, almost in a whisper. "This place is beautiful."
"Yeah, it is," answered Alex. But what Piper didn't know was Alex wasn't talking about the place. She had been there quite a number of times and she had gotten used to how the place looked. No, what Alex called beautiful was the blonde that her eyes had never left the moment they got here. As Piper looked everywhere, taking in the beauty of the place, Alex looked at Piper and how even more beautiful she looked.
"How did you find this?" Piper finally looked at Alex, wearing the biggest smile Alex had ever seen Piper wear.
"My mom used to bring me here a lot when I was a kid. Well, that was when she got time off work, anyway." Piper was giving her a certain look and she didn't know why. She was smiling, and just staring at her. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Piper slightly shook her head as she went over to Alex. "I've never seen a place this beautiful. Thank you for bringing me here." She then pressed her lips against hers, and she could feel Alex smile into the kiss.
"You ain't seen nothing yet, kid." She, too, pressed a kiss on Piper's forehead until she let go of her. "Come on, let's eat breakfast.
Alex then opened the basket and revealed a blanket and a number of food inside. She laid down the blanket and brought out everything she could prepare earlier without Piper seeing her. Piper was squealing like an excited little girl the whole time, confessing that she's never had a 'picnic' before. They then ate afterwards, with a lot of kissing and talking in between, until about an hour later when they felt like they've had enough.
"Hey, come on, let's swim." Alex suddenly suggested, as she tried to pull Piper up from lying on the blanket strewn underneath her.
"I didn't bring any clothes with me," Piper complained, refusing to let Alex pull her up. "We didn't exactly plan ahead, you know."
"You didn't. I did. I brought you clothes. It's all in the bag, now come on!"
Still surprised that Alex had been planning this day all along, Piper's face broke out in a smile and kissed Alex on the nose. "Awww, you are so cute!"
"Okay, kid. I am a lot of things, cute is not one of them."
"Oh but you are."
"Am not."
"Are, too."
"Whatever, so are you gonna swim or what?"
"I don't know. What if it's cold?"
"Well how are you gonna know if you don't get your ass up? I'm going in, just follow me whenever you stop being a chicken."
"Oh, fuck off!"
Alex just chuckled at Piper and started walking towards the lake. When she got near enough, she took off her clothes, slowly and not before she could look back at Piper and winked at her. She could see the blonde's eyes take in her form as she undid her pants as well. "Like what you see?"
"Yeah, I do," answered Piper, smiling widely. She had seen Alex in just her underwear before but she could still feel the heat on her cheeks as she watched the raven-haired undress in front of her. Alex had now dove into the lake and kept calling her to go and join her. "Nope, don't wanna get wet!" she yelled so Alex could hear her.
"Who says you need to get into the lake to get wet?" Alex yelled back and raised her eyebrow at her, with that shit-eating grin that Piper always found so seductive.
She and Alex have made out a lot. They would kiss like crazy, touch each other, and feel their skin against each other's. There were a lot of times when she thought they were gonna go beyond that but either she would stop or Alex would. It was like there was an unspoken pact between them that they shouldn't take it any further yet, like they weren't ready for it or for how it was gonna affect whatever they had right now between them.
"Hey, Pipes?" yelled Alex again, breaking Piper's thoughts. "Could you get me some bagel? I'm starving."
"What? Again? We just ate!" But Piper obliged and took one bagel and walked over the lake. And when she was near enough, Alex took her completely by surprise by splashing as much water as she can over her, instantly soaking her shirt and pants. "What the fuck?!" Alex laughed so loudly and kept splashing water over her. "You bitch!"
Piper had now thrown the bagel away and started taking her clothes off, shaking her head at Alex's silliness but also smiling at the sight in front of her. Alex was laughing like she had never seen her laugh before. She looked so carefree and seemed as if there wasn't a huge weight over her shoulders and Piper loved it. So if this was what she needed to do just to see Alex smile some more, then so be it.
She had by now joined Alex in the lake, splashing her water, too, until they were splashing water all over each other like little girls who hadn't been let out to play in a long time. They were both laughing and Piper knew she had never felt this happy before. It was as if they had suddenly created a world just for the two of them, completely hiding from everything and everyone from outside. They were now enclosed in some kind of bubble, a bubble Piper was sure she didn't want to burst any time soon, if that meant having to shut the rest of the world from her while having Alex all to herself at the same time.
"Ceasefire!" Alex shouted, still laughing. She then slowly made her way towards Piper, and then wrapped her in her arms as she looked into the blonde's cerulean blue eyes, a thing that had become a habit, and let herself get lost in them once more. "Are you having fun?"
Piper nodded, her grin still plastered all over her face. "Yes. Thank you for this."
Alex smiled back, seeing Piper smile this way making her happier than forgetting about the rest of the world for a while. She then slowly pressed a soft kiss on Piper's lips, closing her eyes at the contact. She loved the feel of Piper's soft lips against hers, loved the way Piper smiled into the kiss, loved the way Piper had wrapped her arms on her hips, pulling her closer to her. She loved the way that kiss seemed to make everything better, to make everything else disappear. It brought her a sense of calm because she was finally doing something right.
"What do you think about sleeping out here tonight?"
"I'm going to try to ignore the fact that there might be wolves and bears and things that can eat me out here and say that I'd love to but I have to go to work tomorrow and I don't think you're capable of waking up early enough to get me home on time."
Alex chuckled and shook her head. "You don't trust me enough. Kid. But, fortunately for you... and me, of course, I already asked Red to give you the day off and she said yes." Alex could see the surprise on Piper's face and she couldn't help but smirk. "And also, this place is safe. I told you I've been here a lot. No one's gonna eat you here... unless you want me to."
Piper chuckled and hit Alex on her arm but couldn't hide the fact that she got turned on just by hearing Alex say that. "You really asked Red to give me another day off?"
"Yeah, kid. So? What do you say?"
"Sleepover in the woods it is!"
So Alex and Piper spent the rest of the day just enjoying each other's company. During lunch, Alex had to bring Piper somewhere else because she had only brought breakfast with them. Afterwards, they went to a small grocery to buy some stuff they needed for dinner. To say Piper was excited was an understatement. She was feeling ecstatic and couldn't wait to spend the rest of the day with Alex and only Alex, without the rest of the world trying to ruin it for her.
It was night time and Alex and Piper were sitting close together in front the bonfire that Alex made (something that impressed Piper even more) while they were cooking their dinner, hotdogs (with marshmallows, which Piper insisted on).
Alex was right when she told Piper she had not seen the real beauty of the place yet. At this hour, the lake looked even more magnificent as it was illuminated by the stars above it. It looked as if it was sparkling and Piper couldn't take her eyes off of it. She then managed to look above her and see the glowing sky with the million stars scattered all over. And then finally, her eyes made her way to the most beautiful sight of all. Alex.
And she, too, was looking up above, a genuine smile plastered all over her face. Until she felt Piper's eyes on her and looked back at the blonde. "I can't believe I'm eating hotdog for dinner," Alex said, chuckling and cringing at the same time.
Piper laughed at Alex's reaction and brought her hotdog towards the other woman's mouth, causing Alex to swat her hand away from her. "What? I'm just trying to feed you!" she said in between laughs. "Have you ever done this with anyone else apart from your Mom?"
"Nicky."
"Just her?"
Alex looked at Piper and cocked an eyebrow at her. "Yeah, why do you ask?"
Piper just smiled and shook her head. "Nothing."
"How come you never talk about yourself to me? Or anyone for that matter?" Alex noticed the sudden change in Piper's mood and instantly regretted asking the question. "You don't have to answer, I just..."
"It's... it's a little complicated," Piper answered, unsure on what to say.
"I understand if you don't wanna talk about it. But if one day, you'd feel like you just wanna let things out, you gotta know you can always talk to me, okay?"
"Thank you," Piper pressed a kiss onto Alex's lips as a thank you that she understood. One of the things that Piper liked so much about her was the fact that she could probably say that she killed someone and Alex still would not judge her. It probably had something to do with the fact that they were both messed up in their own ways and there was really no space for any judgments between them, but Piper was still grateful for it and she knew that one day, when she could get past the swirling darkness within her, she'd let Alex know.
The night went by fast and soon enough, Piper and Alex were lying side by side inside the tent that Alex had brought with them. They were just studying each other's faces, as if they haven't done that enough, when all they ever did whenever they were in this position was stare at each other, as if memorizing every part of each other's face. "You have no idea how happy you made me today," whispered Taylor as she gently stroked Alex's face with her thumb.
Alex just smiled at her, and then brought their faces closer together, kissing her in the gentlest way Piper has ever been kissed. And Piper didn't know what, but something finally clicked. She didn't want to hold back any longer. She wanted Alex and she wanted all of her now. So instead of slowing down the kiss just like she usually did, she pressed her body even closer to Alex and kissed her just a little bit harder.
And somehow, Alex understood.
She kissed Piper back with much fervour, tracing the blonde's lower lip with her tongue, asking for permission to explore the inside of Piper's mouth, wanting to taste more of her. And Piper obliged, opening her mouth, allowing the entrance Alex's tongue craved for until their tongues were battling for dominance, their hands exploring each other's body like there was no tomorrow, feeling the heat explode within them realizing what was about to happen.
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" asked Alex softly, knowing that Piper had never been with a woman before. But she couldn't see any hesitance in Piper's actions and her eyes and she knew that it was finally happening.
"Yes. Stop being a sap and just fuck me, Alex. I've waited long enough."
And it was all Alex needed. She had by now flipped Piper on her back as she rolled over her, kissing Piper with much more urgency. Her lips then slowly made its way down on Piper's neck, and she took her time licking and sucking, knowing that it'd probably leave a mark, but nor caring because the moans that were coming out of Piper's mouth was enough to make her stop caring about anything else but Piper's own pleasure.
When she felt that Piper's clothes were becoming too much of a barrier between them, she held on to the hem of Piper's shirt and took it off of her as her lips found Piper's chest, kissing it softly before going back to the blonde's neck, kissing and sucking and biting. The blonde was writhing beneath her, saying her name over and over like a prayer and it was driving her crazy.
Alex then took off Piper's bra next, leaning up a little so she could see her perfect breasts. She cupped one of them and was amazed by how perfect it fit her hand. She kneaded it while her mouth busied itself with Piper's other nipple, her tongue making circles around it and sucking alternately until Piper was grasping her hair, pulling her closer. She did the same to the blonde's other breast and Piper felt as if she was going to explode. The things Alex's hands and mouth were doing to her were so much beyond her expectations and it was taking every ounce of her strength not to let go at that moment.
"Alex..." she whispered. "Please."
"Tell me what you want, babe." But Piper just moaned, unable to speak as Alex sucked on her nipple once more, her hand going impossibly close to her core as Alex rubbed her thigh. "Tell me or I'll stop," she added, in that voice that made Piper even crazier.
"Fuck me. I need you, inside me. Right. Now."
Alex was illuminated with the soft flicker of the light coming from the lamp inside their tent and Piper thought she'd never seen her look even more beautiful when she smiled at her request. She then kissed her on her lips before making a trace of little kisses downwards, to the middle of her chest, then to her belly. She was taking her time and it was so deliciously torturous to Piper that she was almost pushing Alex right to where she needed her most.
Taking the hint, Alex finally tugged at Piper's pants, taking her underwear with it until she was fully naked to Alex's eyes. She could see the lust that filled those beautiful emerald green eyes as her fingers dipped into her core just slightly, feeling the wetness drip from it.
"Fuck, you're so wet, Pipes." Alex's fingers dipped a little deeper, before bringing it to her mouth, causing her to moan at the delicious taste of Piper. She then returned her finger inside Piper, bringing it in and out, so slowly Piper thought she was going to pass out. But before she could do so, Alex added another finger inside her, causing Piper to gasp, as Alex slid in and out of her a little faster, bringing Piper so much closer to her release.
And just when Piper thought she couldn't hold it any longer, Alex removed her fingers inside of her, replacing it with her mouth. Alex's tongue swiped up and down on Piper's nub, the blonde's screams getting louder and louder. She lapped up the blonde's wetness before filling Piper with her fingers again, until her mouth and fingers were doing things simultaneously, mixed with the beautiful harmony of Piper's screams and moans and whimpers of her name.
She then felt Piper's walls tighten until the blonde was screaming her name, feeling the pleasure take over her as she felt herself shatter in the most pleasurable way possible. Alex slowed down her fingers, helping Piper come down from the high of her orgasm, before she made her way up and kissed Piper gently. She then peppered Piper's face with little kissed, causing Piper to smile and blush at the sweet gesture.
Alex then laid on her side, staring at Piper, taking in how beautiful she looked.
"That..." Piper said in between heavy breaths, "...was amazing."
"Oh but when my clothes are still on, it means I'm not yet done with you, babe."
And Alex did it again, bringing Piper to a shattering mess over and over and over until they both couldn't take it any longer. It was a beautiful night and everything felt right and Alex knew Piper had never looked more beautiful.
And so when the blonde smiled at her, that achingly gorgeous smile that always melted Alex's heart, she knew she had found the right time. She was ready to let Piper all the way in.
"I'm ready."
"What?"
"I'm ready to tell you everything."
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Guys, I'm so sorry. I would reply to you one by one but it's almost 3 am here and I my eyes are giving up on me already. I just really needed to post one more chapter before season 3 is out and I promise I will go back to replying to all of your messages when I get a little more time. Just know that I appreciate all your reviews and your wonderful comments never cease to make my heart swell. Thank you, and I heart all of you!
My apologies for the smut. Not my strongest suit.