Alex grabbed her diet coke and stalked her way toward the kitchen. She knew that Red used to keep a stash of good shit, somewhere in the kitchen and she was going to fucking find it today. She looked through the gate and found it unlocked. She tried Red's door but that was locked.

"Fuck." That had to be where she kept it. Alex contemplated just smashing the fucking window, downing it and getting sent to SHU. She paced back and forth. Her coke was warm in her hands. She opened up and took a sip.

"What the fuck you think you're doing in here, white girl?" Alex dropped the coke on the floor and watched the brown liquid flow around her boots. Gloria moved out of the way of the puddle.

"And you just fucked up my kitchen." She pushed Alex with one hand against the wall. "What the fuck is wrong with you? You better open that fucking mouth and tell me what you're doing in here." Alex let go of the tears she'd been holding in for hours. "Ay dios mi. What?"

Alex slid to the floor and smeared her eyeliner with quick wipes across her eyes. But the tears kept coming.

"Well this day is fucked isn't it? So what is it? You and your girl have a little fight?" Alex laughed and wiped away more tears. "She been spending a lot of time with new girl." Alex managed a nod. Gloria nodded with her. She reached behind some pots and pans and pulled out two mugs and a bottle of amber liquid. "I'm gonna get my ass kicked for this, white girl, but you look like you need some of this, and so the fuck do I." She poured some in each mug and handed one to Alex. Alex drank it down in two long gulps. She grabbed at her hair and pulled. Gloria slid down the wall next to Alex and slipped from her mug. "Better?"

"Not really." Alex choked out in a half sob. Gloria rolled her eyes and filled Alex's mug again.

"This is high quality shit. Enjoy it, maybe for more than two seconds this time." Alex sipped at it but they were long sips. She was finished in less than a minute. Gloria was still sipping at her mug and then took a large gulp to finish the rest. "Yeah...it's better that way, isn't it?" Alex nodded again.

"Is there anymore?" Gloria stood up and pushed a ceiling tile up and came down with a bottle of prison hooch.

"This all I got. You trying to get my ass killed. But fuck it." She opened the bottle and took a swig and handed it to Alex.

They sat in the kitchen for over an hour, drinking. There were no guards around, and all the lights were off. The prison was silent. At some point, Alex had rested her head against Gloria's shoulder. Gloria let her cry there and wrapped an arm around her. Soon she joined her in crying. Gloria didn't notice at first when Alex wrapped her arm around her waist and moved her hand under her shirt. She laughed once she felt Alex's hand on her tit. Then her face turned serious.

"No. Girl, don't overstep this shit." Alex didn't release her grip and instead pulled Gloria's head to hers and kissed her hard. Gloria brought up both her hands and pushed at Alex but she was pinned to the wall. She brought up a hand and landed a punch to the left side of Alex's face. Alex pulled away and held the side of her face.

"Wow. That fucking hurt." Alex didn't move all the way from Gloria and Gloria sat in her place on the floor. Alex watched the anger wash away from Gloria's face. She moved quick as a cat and was straddling Gloria's legs, pushing her mouth hard against hers so that Gloria's head hit the wall. Gloria bit Alex's lip out of shock, not anger. Alex tasted blood flow between their mouths. She tore away her shirt and tossed it into the sticky puddle of coke. Gloria moved her legs, trying to push Alex off her. Alex moved slightly and pulled Gloria's shirt off and tossed it in the same direction. Gloria's leg came up between Alex's and she kneed her hard in the crotch. Alex rolled off her, taking in deep breaths to try to ease the pain. Gloria walked to her shirt.

"Fucking puta." Her shirt was soaked in coke. She threw it back down and walked over to Alex. She placed a sticky boot on Alex's white undershirt. They stared at each other. Gloria moved her foot and pulled Alex up to stand with some effort. "Okay, vamos a joder, white girl." Alex tore at her undershirt, Gloria helped her and pulled her bra off. Alex pushed Gloria up against the stainless steel table and kissed her hard again. Gloria let her this time, and opened her mouth for Alex's tongue. Gloria whipped Alex around so that their positions changed and she pulled at Alex's pants. They got caught around her heavy work books. Alex bent to untie them and Gloria pushed her back again.

"Get on the fucking table and get on your fucking knees."