A/N: Hi guys, so this is my first story for vauseman, so any support would be greatly appreciated:) I'm not sure how often I'll upload but hopefully quite a lot. I've written so many fics for other fandoms, so hopefully a little experience means this won't be too bad haha ;)
Also italics mean a flashback:)
Enjoy!
"So that's the last box.." Piper whispers to her girlfriend, only sadness present in her voice.
"I can't believe you're leaving."
"Me neither..."
A single tear escapes one of Alex's emerald green eyes, and she doesn't even bother wiping it away. She avoids all eye contact with her girlfriend, afraid it'll only make her cry more.
"Please don't cry Al, you'll set me off." Piper says chuckling, however her voice breaks.
Alex exhales and wipes the stray tear, and wraps her arms around her partner's small frame.
"You have no idea how much I'm gonna miss you Pipes."
Piper's heart skips a beat at the nickname, she wonders how she's going to deal with not having Alex by her side for 2 months.
"Al I have something to tell you.." Piper played with the hem of her khaki shirt, a nervous habit she picked up when she was younger.
It was Friday evening after work, the two girls had been spending time in Piper's bunk ever since work for that week had finished. They had been playing cards, cuddling, making out and it was actually as if they were young again.
"What is it Pipes?" Alex took a seat next to Piper in her bed, instinctively grabbed her hand and started tracing her index finger with her thumb.
"So...I-I'm getting out, very soon." Piper uttered, nerves evident in her voice.
The blonde was petrified. What would this mean for her and Alex? How much time does Alex even have left?
Piper's sentence got extended as Caputo managed to find out about the panty business, she got an extra 2 years. To some people at Litchfield that was nothing, however she had spent a week crying non-stop because of it, and Alex was there the whole time comforting her and whispering words of love. She really needed her at that point and she knew she could rely on Alex for absolutely anything.
"How soon?" Alex whispered, almost inaudibly.
"Al-"
"How soon, Piper?"
Piper paused, afraid of her girlfriend's reaction to her next words.
"Three days."
"Fuck! You didn't think to tell me sooner?" Alex's voice broke, Piper knew she was crying without having to look at her.
"I'm sorry Alex, please. I was so scared, I didn't want to upset you and I don't even know how much time you have left."
"You were scared? It's not like you can change your release date, I'm not going to be mad that you're getting out. You need a life, Pipes."
"I just didn't want to hurt you...I'm sorry."
It was silent for a few moments before Alex spoke up once again.
"2 months." Alex muttered.
"What?"
"I have two months left in this shithole."
"Wait, seriously Al? I was expecting like another year babe, why are you so upset?"
"Just because you didn't tell me until now, I would have made the most of my last week with you by my side everyday. Now we have three days before we have to rely on phone calls and visits!"
"I'm sorry Al, we can make the most of our time starting now okay? You can feel sad when I'm gone but for now can we just..." Piper trailed off her words and just leaned into her girlfriend, her head resting on her lap. Alex was playing with her somehow still shiny blonde hair.
"You're lucky I love you, otherwise I'd still be pretty pissed off." Alex informed, planting a kiss upon Piper's forehead.
"I love you too, Al. And whatever happens, we're going to stay together, okay?"
Alex sighed.
"We're definitely soulmates, kid. How else do you think we ended up together even after Paris? After you fucked that kangaroo? After all the other shit that's tried to tear us apart, we've found each other one way or another." Alex smirked.
"True, true. Although for the record I didn't actually fuck her."
"I know, Pipes. I know." Alex leaned down and pressed her lips to her girlfriend's, and Piper beamed up at her, all of her insecurity over her relationship suddenly vanished.
They'd be just fine.
"I heart you." She whispers.
After hearing those meaningful words all of Alex's composure is gone. Multiple tears spill and she doesn't even care anymore, she has a right to cry anyway.
"Alex please sweetie, it's only 2 months until you're out as well!" Piper says, trying to cheer Alex up, although she's now crying as well.
She captures Alex's full lips into a long and passionate kiss, not caring about the C.O's on watch. It's probably up there with the best kisses they've ever shared. Their salty tears are streaming down their faces and mixing together. It's like they've got all day, however it's actually 2:57pm meaning that they have a poxy three minutes before Piper Chapman is a free woman, once again.
"I heart you too..." The raven-haired woman speaks after the kiss breaks.
They share an embrace. It's innocent, comfortable and warm. Neither of them want to ever let go. Everything around them vanishes. They forget they're in a prison, they forget that Piper's leaving, and they forget all of the pure shit they've been through over the course of their relationship.
That's just the effect they still have on each other.
Every touch a firework. As cliché as it is.
The love they share for each other is like no other. They can't even explain it. It's so, so extraordinary but so, so scary.
However, a good scary. A thrilling scary.
So once again, they're lost in the depths of one another.
"Chapman, time to go!" A C.O shouts, breaking the daze the two women are current in the midst of. "Break it up ladies."
So many exchanges of words were shared in that moment. So many 'I love you's, 'I promise I'll wait's, 'I'll miss you's. When finally, Piper finds the energy to pull away. She whispers '2 months baby' and Alex smiles.
2 months.
2 months.
2 months.
She repeats the words under her breath until the sight of the blonde is gone. She thinks of the visits they'll still have. She thinks of the phone calls.
It's not like this was the last time they were ever going to see each other.
She searches, and finds a small bit of hope within herself.
Maybe this will get her through that 2 months.
Maybe she'll be okay.