Half-Moon - A Vauseman Valentine

Ch. 3: The Heat Begins To Grow

HALF MOON - A VAUSEMAN VALENTINE

Alex Vause meets Piper Chapman at New Moon Hot Yoga in NYC. Life goes on from there.

OR:

A very tall raven-haired girl, Alex Vause, walks down the street confidently in black patent pumps, skintight leather pants, and an all-black leather jacket. She has a low-cut black tank-top underneath the coat and a lacy black bra underneath it all. Her underwear? Also black, barely existing at all as the lacy thong outlines the curve of her ass. She struts with purpose towards the entrance to the studio. She is pretending to have been to this one before so she doesn't even bother reading the front display on the door, which cites New Moon Yoga by Piper Chapman and Polly Harper as "the Hottest yoga in town".

OR:

Hot Yoga is in Alex's future - She lost a bet. The raven-haired woman has no idea what is in store for her when she enters "New Moon Studio" - a preppy uptown gig run by a boisterous brunette, a jew-boy and owned by an enchanting Blonde woman. Rated E for EXPLICIT. F/F. Alex Vause/Piper Chapman. Orange Is The New Black. Fanfiction. Alternate Universe - Yoga. Romance. Humor. Slow Burn. Happy Ending.

Chapter 3: The Heat Begins To Grow

The rest of the patrons file in after Alex, forming neat rows the length of the studio room. Piper switches on the heat, and ducks out to secure the rest of the preparations. Thanks to Polly's appearance, everything was running right on time. Piper walks over to towards the registration when she pauses for a moment, bearing witness to YET ANOTHER blatant attempts on Larry's behalf to get into someone's pants. Or shorts for that matter. Only this time the unfortunate victim was her best friend Polly.

"Hey Baby, what's your sign?" "My what?" "Your zodiac - it shows your personality and your compatibility and umm you can find out based on your birthdate and ..." Larry was drowning yet again. But instead of slapping him in the face, Polly looked at him as if his failures were rather - endearing. Gently, she offers "so...." Brushing her hand against his upon the desk. "Would you like to start over?". He walks out from around the desk and saunters back towards it, pausing for effect "You seem familiar, have we met before? I recognize the beauty in your eyes". Piper expects a certain Jewish looking boy to get a knock in the face, but her best friend takes her by surprise. "Well, you know I can stand a pretty face. Make me remember why I hired you here" Polly swooned. Piper dropped her glass in shock.

Thank goodness it was empty when it crashed onto the floor. Surprised, the two "lovebirds" look out from each other's eyes and raise their eyebrows in question. Piper just laughs and grabs the registration. "Thanks for coming Pol, I'll catch you two later. Make sure, he guards the door" she winks at Larry making him shuffle uncomfortably from foot to foot. Polly doesn't catch the reference and instead copies up closer to Larry. "So... " She looks up dreamily. "Have you ever tried organic fair-trade soaps" the brunette begins, starting up a conversation that would span the rest of the evening.

"If this is your first time in Yoga class, please raise your hand so I can keep an extra eye out for you. " Piper declares as she walks into the yoga room. A few hands go up and Piper tries to identify them and commit them to memory the best she can. She tries to contain her surprise when the long sleek fingers of a certain raven-haired woman stretch towards the ceiling. Questioning, she furrows her brow at the thought. Alex is still intently staring right into her eyes - Burrowing to somewhere deep in her soul. Piper tries to shake the feeling, she really does. She would claim to anyone that the flush color of her cheeks right now was only due to the rapid change in temperature and humidity. The thermostat read 98 Degrees and so clearly it was reasonable for her to be having this reaction especially with her skin as fair as hers was I mean wouldn't everyone - And then Piper caught herself rambling in her head (not out loud thank heavens!). And realized she was STILL looking straight at Alex Vause who gave her a nearly imperceptible nod which confirmed that is was Alex Vause's first time practicing yoga. How strange, Piper thought as she consciously pulled her eyes away from the tall tattooed woman and back towards the front of the class - she seems to know exactly what she's doing.