Getting Even
Chapter One
Piper Chapman sent her back. She fucking sent her back, all because her stupid ass probation officer caught her with a gun. Smooth move, Alex, she thought to herself. And to find out Piper had a bottle of alcohol, almost-sex with Larry at her Grandmother's funeral sent her to hysteria. Alex was fragile, much more than Piper initially thought, and that panicked thirty damn seconds left phone call proved it all.
It's even, Piper reasoned. After all, Alex was the first to send her here in the first place. She hated this fucking game the first time she played it at the trial and she couldn't help but think back to Polly and Larry. Everybody was getting even. It was different from cheating. That's what she was trying to tell herself, anyway, because she didn't need him anymore. Fuck Larry. This place made her an animal, but who was she to blame?
Alex Vause.
No. To say Piper fucking hated Alex wouldn't be any less true, but she was a criminal nonetheless and that's what stopped Piper's family from visiting her. Jesus, just how embarrassing would it be if her mother had walked in on her having angry sex with Larry? Hell, her father? But the door was locked and that was the time she needed to pray. Where was Pennsatucky for that?
Not that it was all the way, because Larry had to blurt everything out and he couldn't stand to look at Piper. What a poor baby. He didn't know if that was an accurate word of choice, of course, but it was over and Piper sucked in a deep breath because she didn't have a home anymore. Prison was her home now. It wasn't where you came from, after all, and Alex learned that when she landed right back in.
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Don't forget, ladies. Your usual meal is over 1500 calories. Beware of overeating.
The cafeteria was disgustingly dirty and inmates stared as the infamous Alex Vause emerged from the doors. Even over the chatter, the first thing her eye's searched for were Piper's who immediately perked up. Her mouth was hanging open and she looked like she was trying to keep herself together as Alex glared at her menacingly. But it was all show. She couldn't be that weak gazelle that Piper had witnessed. All Pennsatucky did was laugh to herself at the table, because now that Safe Place was gone she figured Alex really fucking needed it. What an idiot, Alex thought. Can't she tell she looks like a dyke now? An angel of God, that's for damn sure. She rolled her eyes internally, scanning the inmates around her.
"It's good to be home!" She finally barked.
Alex's words were clipped with sarcasm. She glanced over at Piper's table, her eyes cutting through her like a guillotine and staring at her like it was her fault. She finally walked over, squeezing in between them all. She was now back at the table, and it was show time.
"Hey, Pipes." She waved her hand dismissively, her voice hard and a little uneven. "You fucking sold me out. You think you can get even with me, huh?"
"Look, why don't you guys just go have angry make-up sex or fuck under the sun?" Nicky cut in drily before Piper, because the odds of Piper staying pissed at Alex wouldn't be for very long. She twisted her mouth at her. "You could've at least smuggled in tacos for me before coming back to this snake pit."
"What did you even do? Break into someone's house or something? 'Cause I'm telling you, that wouldn't be very smart." Lorna said in a singsong voice, simply shaking her finger and making a tsk-tsk sound.
Nicky quickly pinched the bridge of her nose with her thumb and index finger. Upon seeing Alex here, Piper's first reaction was to let that tight ball of anger in her just explode, but her actual reaction was just body-freezing shock. The anger was what Alex was wanting to get a rise out of, she knew that. So Piper stayed calm. She had spent the majority of her day curled up in her bed and knocking her head against the wall, thinking maybe if she knocked it enough her brain would fall out.
"Nice to see you too, Nichols and Morello." Alex sighed heavily, putting a hand to her forehead. "Christ. Piper, can I talk to you? Now."
Nicky put her hands up in a mock surrender. Before Piper could protest, Alex was already steering her away from the table. Alex and Piper ignored the curious eyes all around. No animals allowed in prison. Yeah, right. There were damn hawks everywhere.
Alex stared at her. "Why the hell did you tell Crockett on me?" She said in a low, gruff voice.
"Look." Piper started, running a hand through her hair, exasperated. "You told me you had a gun and that he was after you! I had Polly call him and say you were skipping town. What the hell was I supposed to do? You scared me shitless, Alex."
Piper's head was a nightmare. Good god was she lonely without her. She hadn't received any calls from Larry after that request. She didn't have her best friend anymore, because what kind of best friend was that? Alex was different. She was a criminal and impulsive and had sex with Piper because she was too dazed to care, too used to acting on impulse. She and Alex were far from normal people. There was no way Alex could hold a steady job without heroin trafficking again. That's why she was back, because heroin trafficking was her life and she needed that adrenaline pulsing in her veins from doing something bad.
"I know, Pipes. I've been a horse's ass. It's a habit of mine." She frowned. "A bad one." Her voice was quiet. "Who would've thought I'd be relieved to be back in prison? Jesus, Piper. I am not cut out for the real world. I fucking missed you, you know."
Alex strangely missed this place and having her back in prison was an even weirder experience than Piper imagined.
Piper held Alex's eyes for several moments before she spoke. "Missed you too, Alex." She said shortly, and then she relaxed and a grin broadened on her face. "So you're not mad at me?"
"No, you ass." She laughed, a sound like gravel in her throat. "I've got enough going on and it sucks to stay angry and horny at the same time, you know?" She pressed a hand to her face and tried to take a breath. "It's cool, Pipes. I fucked up, okay? I really, really fucked up. Jesus, how do you survive out there? I don't know how Larry does it. His hand can only keep him company for so long."
Piper punched her lightly on the shoulder, making a face at her that Alex mirrored. She couldn't help but think back to that night and the visiting. She realized she hadn't said anything until she felt Alex's eyes all but tear a hole through her face. She opened her mouth in attempt, because her best friend who was supposedly married to Pete, had a baby and ended up fucking Larry was about as bizarre as it could get.
"Alcohol and a burger." She managed, thinking of herself and how it was better to act on impulses.
She deserved that goddamn burger, she thought. After all, the more Piper thought about what Larry did, the more of a dick move it became. And Alex just laughed. Christ, this place made her insane.
A/N: Please review~! Even if it's just to say how sexy Alex Vause is, goddamn. But I'll update faster if I know you like it!
