By the time Piper woke up it was late in the afternoon. She yawned and stretched and her back arched as her legs hung off the bed by her knees and her arms raised over her head and off the other side of the bed. She realized pretty quickly that she’d slept in her clothes from the day before, relaxed fit jeans and a tank top that fit too tight for her own good; it rode up her stomach during the night and bunched up underneath her breasts. Oops… Once Piper regained enough of her equilibrium she made her way into the communal bathroom for a shower. She had to open the club at two in the afternoon for the staff to get setup for the night. She had an hour until she had to leave. The real start of business didn’t happen until around six when the patrons started filing in.
Piper was in the back checking in a fresh batch of peaches from her fruit vender when a girl came bounding into the back room giggling and rambling about a hot guy out front. It was well past nightfall when this particular vender was able to make the delivery; driving in from Florida and all, it was a long trip. The brunette witch raised an eyebrow and addressed her employee. “What hot guy?”
“Freshly shaved and smells like heaven. Hot like sex with curly dirty blonde hair. He’s dark too, real mysterious…charming like a movie star.”
It wasn’t obvious that she’d seen the same young man that Piper met the night before. A lot of men in California looked like movie stars with dirty blonde curls and were ‘hot like sex.’ It wasn’t until Piper left the back room that her eyes set on Axel at the bar, same as he was the other night but now he was shaved and baby-faced, his curls had more bounce and he smelled…well the girl was right, he smelled phenomenal for a man. Or…whatever being he actually was…
She smiled as soon as their eyes met. “Welcome back.” She commented, leaning her curvy body against the counter of the bar, leading with her hip. “Miss my cooking already or was it my strong premium alcohol?” Her eyes seemed to dance in the dim light of the club and her smile lit her eyes even more.
While he had been waiting to see if Piper was working today he had been having fun flirting and giving the other staff a lot of attention, as one bounced away to the back room he smiled and sipped his drink. He turned around on his stool and looked over at the crowd of people that were dancing, he had a few of the girls try and coax him out on to the dance floor but he politely declined and stay where he was till the woman he was looking for showed up.
As he heard Pipers voice her turned around to face her, he smiled and placed an empty glass on the coater in front of him. “I think it may have been both darling….It doesnt help that you are a very attractive bartender.” He said with a grin as his eyes moved over her body before locking with hers. “Seems like you cant keep away from me though..” Axel said with a laugh, he was joking of course as he wasnt even sure she would be here tonight.
Axel leaned on the bar a little more as he looked at Piper, she seemed different tonight, happier, and not as worried with things as she had been the night before. “I am guessing you fixed things with your boyfriend?” He asked as he played with the rim of his emtpy glass.
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