New York City was cool in the spring. Piper chapman was a transfer to the big apple. Piper, a recent graduate from a yuppie college in Connecticut, was eager to break away from her roots. She moved to New York in late fall and has worked as a bartender ever since. Graduating with a degree in art, Piper thought there was no better place to become a struggling artist than the east village of the city. Piper lived alone in a small one bedroom apartment. She worked the early evening shift at a bar called "lit." It was perfect and within walking distance from her place. She loved it there and her best friend Polly, who lived in jersey with her husband Pete, worked there a few nights a week.

It was piper's night off but she heard about a new band playing at the bar and she wanted to go check them out.

"Not looking too bad there Chapman" she said to herself while giving herself a once over in the mirror. Piper was wearing tight black jeans and a white tank with a red flannel. She had her make up simple and her hair down. "If the bands a bust, at least Polly is working tonight."

At 9:30 Piper strolled into the bar and instantly saw Polly waving at her. "Geez one foot in the door and I'm already getting flagged down," Piper thought with a roll of her eyes. She gave Polly a small smile and wave as she made her way over to the bar. Polly already had a margarita waiting for her. "Thanks Pol." Piper said as she immediately took that first refreshing sip.

"Isn't it a little cold out for a margarita?" A tall dark hair woman said as she breezed by Piper with a smirk and a wink. Before Piper had time to acknowledge the beautiful strangers comment, she was already heading towards the stage.

"Who was that?" Asked Piper while never taking her eyes off the woman.

"I don't know her name but she plays bass guitar for the band tonight. I watched them warm up and they aren't too band." Replied Polly. Piper was mesmerized by this stranger and she thought to herself that she had never seen someone so attractive before. "Alex."

"What?" Piper said coming out of her daze.

"Alex," Polly repeated, "that's her name according to their flyer here."

"Alex" Piper repeated feeling the taste of her name on her tongue. "Alex" she repeated as she looked up and saw the woman staring out into the crowd and smiling at her.

A woman with wild hair took the stage as the other band members joined Alex up on stage. "Hey Sasquatch, you ready to rock?" Asked the woman with the crazy hair. Alex rolled her eyes in response, "sure thing asshole."

Piper watched on as the crazy haired singer addressed the audience.

"Hey I'm Nicky and we are the Gay Agenda." An over zealous shorter woman with bright red lipstick clapped enthusiastically from the merchandise booth. Nicky smiled. "Hold you applause til the end babe." The shorter woman smiled back at her. Piper noticed the interaction when Nicky continued, "we are going to open up the show with a very sentimental piece I wrote for my ex-girlfriend. It's called 'Cunt.'" A small amount of laughter stirred in the audience as the band began to play the hardcore punk song.

Piper watched on, eyes glued to Alex as she strummed melodically along with the song. Every so often Alex glanced her way and smirked.

45 minutes and three margaritas later the band was finishing up their set. Piper had to admit that she really enjoyed their sound. She saw the band getting ready to play their last song and took this as her opportunity to make her way over to the merchandise table to browse.

"Hey there sugar... Anything I can help you find?" Said the girl with the red lipstick. When we spoke she had a thick accent that Piper could only describe as Yonkers.

"Just browsing. The band was really great. I can't believe I've never seen them here before." Piper responded.

"Oh do you come here often?" The girl replied.

"I guess you could say that. I bartend here during the week." The girl nodded and smiled. "My name is Piper. I couldn't help but notice you seem to be a big fan of the band."

The girl smiled. "Yes that crazy girl upfront belongs to me. I'm Lorna by the way. Nice to meet you." Lorna replied as she extended her hand for a shake. Piper shook her hand as she felt people approaching behind her. When we turned around, she came face to face with that mysterious dark haired beauty.

"Hey Blondie, I saw you gawking at my girl Alex over here. Like what you see?" Nicky shouted while wagging her eyebrow suggestively. Piper get the heat rise in her cheeks as she began to blush. Alex rolled her eyes then looked at Piper. She smiled then raised an eyebrow at her when she noticed the blushing.

Lorna reached over and kissed Nicky then immediately slapped her playfully on the arm. "Aw you leave Piper alone. Look you are making the poor girl blush." Nicky continued, "so Piper huh? Do you like pipe as your name suggests or are you playing on Your local softball team with the rest of us homos." Alex let a small raspy chuckle out. Piper looked like a deer in the headlights.

Piper spoke softly, "I think I'm going to need another drink." Alex was the only one that heard her. She shot Nicky an angry glance then spoke to Piper, "hey don't mind Nicky, her ass speaks instead of her mouth sometimes. I'm Alex it's nice to meet you." Alex held out her hand. Piper believed that she had never heard a woman with a sexier speaking voice. Alex spoke in a deep, slightly raspy tone but seemed genuine and well educated.

"Hey" Piper squeaked out in response as their hands connected for the first time. Both felt the electricity as their hands touched. "Want to go grab that drink?" Alex inquired. "I'd love that." Piper smiled back with a little more confidence.

"After you," Alex said with a smile as Piper lead the way to the bar. Alex couldn't help to stare at Piper as she swayed her way to the bar. "Damn she's cute." Alex thought to herself with a smile. Piper smiled and waved Polly over as they approached.

"Two tequila shots Pol." Piper placed the order and Polly looked at her wearily.

"So you come here a lot? Damn that was cheesy. I meant so you know that chick?" Alex said. "Oh that's just Polly. We've been friends forever." Piper replied. "So she's not your girlfriend." Alex asked.

"God no. She's as straight as they come. Plus she's not my type of girl and you probably shouldn't date your conworkers..." Piper was beginning to ramble. Alex thought the rambling was cute but was more excited that Piper referred to Polly as not her type of girl. In Alex's mind this meant Piper was fair game. "...The bosses have this big thing about remaining professional here. Oh fuck. I'm rambling. Sorry." Piper said apologetically when she realized Alex seemed distracted.

"No need to apologize. I think the rambling is cute. So you work here?" Alex smiled. Piper sighed in relief and smiled back scooting a little closer to Alex. "Yeah I've been here for about six months. Ever since I moved here to New York."

Alex smirked at Piper as she moved closer. Alex bent down slightly so they were inches away from each other. "I don't mean to be forward. Well maybe I do. But I would really like to give you a kiss." Piper's eyes widened and her breath hitched. She thought in her head "oh god. This beautiful woman wants to kiss me. Maybe she's just drunk." Piper however feeling the effects of her drinks closed her eyes and leaned in.

She opened her eyes when she heard Alex chuckle slightly. "God I want to kiss you but I want to make sure you want to see me." Alex reached around and grabbed Pipers phone out of her back pocket slowly while leaving her hand linger on Pipers ass. "Here I put my number in here and send a text to myself. I'm going to text you directions for tomorrow night. Show up looking sexy and I'll know you are interested." Alex smiled at her and winked and she slide the phone back in Piper's pocket.

Alex leaned back in and kissed Piper's cheek. "Goodnight Piper." Piper just stood there stunned and stared at Alex as she made her way out of the bar. "Goodnight" Piper replied back. Alex heard Piper but just continued waking. She smiled to herself when she reached the door to the club.