The two weeks in SHU Nicky gets for yelling at the Mendez are awful and she misses Morello's body. (Just her body, Nicky tells herself.)
When she's finally back up the hill, she has to sleep on the god-awful bunk-bed above Darth Vader. The room smells like death, and Nicky would much rather be down the hall in the suburbs where she can catch a glimpse of Lorna's smooth stomach as she changes clothes at night. Unfortunately, bunk reassignment usually takes about two weeks, so it looks like she's stuck here for awhile.
Of course, Lorna knows where to find her, so it's not like the sex stops. Each morning, she gets up at six, grabs her towel, and meets Morello outside her room. Lorna's always still half-asleep at this point, and one day Nicky's pretty sure she dozed off a little leaning against the wall waiting for Nicky.
They make their way to the showers, usually in silence. The silence isn't uncomfortable. It's mostly due to the blurriness that comes with just waking up, but also Nicky notices that this isn't what it was like with the girls she used to hook up with. With those girls, Nicky would run her mouth no matter what the hour, spouting vulgar jokes and making suggestive comments. But with Lorna, she doesn't feel the need. Sure, they tease each other sometimes, and she comments on Morello's good looks in a rather open way, but she mostly says those things to make Morello giggle.
With Lorna it's all hazy smiles and excitement. If asked, Nicky swears the best part of her day is when her head is between Morello's thighs, but in truth, the lazy walk to the showers is her favorite five minutes each morning.
Still, Nicky is ready to move back into the suburbs (despite the fact that her current living space makes for a longer morning walk to the showers with Lorna), and she is getting quite tired of listening to Miss Rosa cough through the night.
Fortunately for Nicky, she gets a little excitement when Chapman arrives, all bright-eyed and ready to share all the facts she read about prison.
After dinner that night, Nicky wanders into the tv room and sees Lorna there playing Uno with Yoga Jones. She pulls up a chair and straddles it, catching Morello's attention with a smirk.
"What, Nichols?" Morello asks.
Nicky's stomach swoops against her will. "Nothin', just Yoga here is beating you real bad." She gestures to Lorna's huge hand and Jones' three remaining cards.
Lorna shifts her cards to one hand and flips Nicky off with the other. Another swoop.
Yoga interrupts Nicky's intestinal gymnastics by shouting "Uno!" as she puts down two of her last cards.
"Oh fuck," mutters Lorna. She puts down a blue four, but unfortunately for her, Yoga's last card is a blue seven.
"Good game, Morello," says Yoga, and Lorna grunts in response. "I'll see you two later," Yoga says as she gets up from the table and leaves them alone.
Lorna continues to pout and Nicky continues to smile.
"You know it's hot when you pout like that, right Morello?" asks Nicky playfully, but with a hint of concern in her voice.
"Oh shut up," replies Morello, swatting Nicky on the arm. "I saw you were gettin' close with that new girl, Chapman."
Nicky scoots closer and puts her hand seductively on Lorna's knee. "Oh yeah? You jealous?"
Morello shakes her head and blushes faintly. "Nah, just wonderin'. She seems nice."
"Yeah, she's alright. Not as hot as you though, Morello," Nicky confirms. She likes the thought that Lorna would be a little jealous of her and another girl, but she wants to make it perfectly clear that she isn't interested in other girls. Just Lorna. "Ey, what do you say we hit the showers? Suddenly I'm feeling a little dirty," says Nicky with a wink.
Lorna laughs at Nicky's smooth lead in, but nods her head and follows Nicky to the bathroom. "Fuck Uno."