Piper lay on her back in the sand with her eyes closed against the bright sun that was beating down on her hot skin. She was starting to drift listening to the waves lull her into a deep sleep. She was just on the edge of falling into oblivion when she felt cold water splash on her face. Jerking her arm up over her forehead she opened her eyes at the unwelcome intrusion. "Alex! What the hell." shaking her head to get the rest of the water off. Alex stood over her soaking wet dripping water everywhere from the ocean with a big grin on her face. "Pipes, your ass is getting burned out here and I'm not about to let you get too crispy for naked time later. Put on some sunscreen and come swim."
"Well your chances of naked time, as you so eloquently put it are definitely not looking good now, I was really comfortable." Piper whined rolling over. Alex leaned down laying her wet cool body across piper's and huskily whispered in her ear, "Come on babe, 15 minutes in the water and then we can do whatever you want." Piper relaxed into her sighing as Alex's wet body cooled her over heated skin. She grinned licking up the side of the brunette's salty neck and biting her ear lobe giggling. In one swift movement Alex had Piper thrown over her shoulder running towards the water. "ALEX! put me down." Piper squealed trying to get enough leverage pushing on Alex's flexing back to sit up, but she was too strong. "Alex my stomach!, I swear I am going to throw up on you." Alex smacked her ass and laughed, "Well its a good thing we're headed for water then." Before piper couldn't say anything else as Alex splashed through the waves and tossed her into the ocean.
Piper tried to be mad but couldn't stop laughing as she sputtered out salt water clearing her hair from her eyes trying to gain her footing. Alex stood there laughing, the sun glistening off of her wet skin. Piper stopped what she was doing and just stared for a moment, she had never been more content than she was right now. Soon Alex dove in to the water bringing Piper with her. The waves had slowed down to a soft lull. Piper floated over softly smiling and wrapped her legs around Alex's midsection sitting on her lap in the water. She wiped the wet hair out of Alex's eyes and softly stroked her cheek. "I'm so happy here with you." Alex looked up and whispered, "Me too kid." She leaned up grabbing Piper's neck and bringing her lips down against her own sweeping her tongue across her lower lip before dipping inside. Piper whimpered as Alex stroked the smooth skin of her ribs making her nipples hard. She moved down to the side of her neck sighing when she felt Alex's hot tongue on the sensitive spots that the brunette had discovered a long time ago. She bit down softly on her clavicle following with a soft lick from her tongue. Piper moaned and jerked her hips forward. Alex moved her hand up sliding underneath Piper's swim suit top stroking her thumb across a hardened nipple making her moan even louder and jerk her hips again. Piper's breathing increased and she became restless as a hot burn settled in her center. Her head fell forward on the taller girl's shoulder as she desperately whispered, "Alex" while starting to grind her hips for some friction against her stomach. Alex didn't wait any longer and picked piper up out of the water with her strong arms carrying her to the towel on the beach. Alex layed her on top continuing down her neck with her lips till she got to the swim suit top, ripping it off flicking a nipple with her tongue lightly back and forth before sucking it into her mouth. Piper grabbed her head for some leverage, she no longer had any control over her shaking body, she had become a mess of heat and exploding dizziness. Alex moved her hand down tracing her quivering stomach right above where Piper needed her most. "Alex, please."
"Alex…." A bright light was shining in Piper's eyes as she squeezed her legs together. Piper moved her head feeling cold metal. Sitting up suddenly her heart racing, cement walls and fluorescent lights were everywhere. She let out a jerky half sob with the realization that it was just a dream and the frustration it had left her with. she calmed her breathing willing her heart to slow, and shifted her legs causing a jolt to shoot straight to her center, the dream had left her overly sensitized as she clutched the sheets not moving for a moment. That memory was too special to use to quickly get off to in this disgusting place. As soon as she had collected herself Piper rolled off the cot onto the floor quickly doing 50 pushups to clear her head. Each time she went down feeling the burn in her muscles Alex's face got pushed further back until she was safely tucked away where Piper kept her. Soon enough she was completely alone again, the ghosts of her past a distant memory. The breakfast tray appeared and Piper started another day in the SHU.
Nicky waved her arms back and forth finally hitting Alex. "HEY! What the fuck Nichols." She rubbed her arm where the other girl had smacked her. "Well it's not my fault in your time here you've also gone fuckin deaf." "I've been calling your name while you wistfully stare out that damn window like some sad dog. Seriously Alex you need to get laid or at the very least masturbate." Alex gave Nicky a blank stare, "You know not all things get fixed from a good rub down Nicky."
"Well at this point I don't really think it could hurt." Nicky shrugged giving her a wink. Alex smiled at her and looked away. "You're an idiot."
"Well I'm the idiot that's about to teach you how to rewire a lamp before luscheck puts your ass in the cage all day, come on get up." Alex rolled off her bunk grabbing her glasses on the way out of the unit.
Piper was in the middle of her after lunch workout counting down the push ups and watching sweat bead down her face and hit the floor. 51, 52, 53, suddenly the door of the SHU was yanked open and Piper looked up, some sweat running into her eye making it burn. "Chapman, get your ass up." Mendez barked, skipping eye contact and looking over her shoulder at the wall. Piper slowly got up confused, because SHU guards always took her to shower not the ones from upstairs. "Come on, you gone dumb being down here, move faster I don't have all day." Mendez cleared his throat as he stepped back clearly wanting her to exit the cell. They began walking down the long hallway, listening to the wailing from some of the other inmates. Was this is it, was Piper getting out. She hadn't even considered that a possibility after so long, it made her shake and she thought she was going to be sick.
They went through several other gates before going upstairs and exiting into a garage. There leaned up against the white van was Morello with her wedding magazine in hand. Piper just stood there completely speechless before getting shoved by Mendez. "I swear to god Chapman if you don't keep moving, I'm throwing you back in." Piper stumbled forward and Morello reached out and grabbed her hand, "Careful there Chapman, It'll take a little while to get used to all the walking again." Piper flinched from the sudden contact. She had spent 3 months in the same routine, thinking the same thoughts every minute of everyday. Getting taken out of there so suddenly, her brain was over loading. Morello helped her into the van and started it up.
When they pulled out of the garage Piper's leg started to shake uncontrollably against the back of the seat. Morello reached around and gently placed her hand on her knee, "You'll be okay, you just gotta give it a little time." With a soft smile she turned back putting on her aviators and the van lurched forward. Piper watched the road her eyes flitting from tree to tree making her head a bit dizzy. She could feel Morello watching her but just closed her eyes for a moment to try and calm down, taking one thing in at a time. She still hadn't spoken a word. What was wrong with her, she didn't feel completely insane in the SHU, but being outside she was starting to feel that way. All of her compartmentalized thoughts began to break free. She had no control over anything that was physically happening to her body right now.
Morello sighed as she took in Piper's appearance, she was extremely thin but definitely had some muscle definition, the girl had obviously been doing some work outs in there. Her cheeks were sunken in, and she was a ghostly white. Her eyes though were the worst, there was something in them now that had not been there 4 months ago. She had dark circles underneath each one. Being away from people and the environment that long wasn't natural. The girls she brought back always came out different. The ones that were down there a long time, they always had the same look. The one that Chapman was wearing now and it made Morello sick.
The van came to a stop outside the prison doors and Piper still just sat there. It must have been rec time because there were some people running the track and others that were just milling around. It wasn't until Morello touched her again that she realized the door had been opened and she was waiting for her to get out. Piper's eyes darted nervously as she put her foot down in grass. The breeze blew, making her eyes water. She stepped fully out into the sun feeling it beat down hot on her skin, she clamped her eyes shut with the sudden blindness that overtook her. Morello held her arm out keeping her steady while she adjusted. Everyone had begun to stop what they were doing seeing who was coming out of the van.
Piper slowly squinted her eyes still unable to see much. Her breathing started to increase, as she heard people's voices, felt the wind, the sun was hot, Morello was squeezing her hand, the ground was uneven and she could hear the grass crunch. What was happening, she felt so dizzy and like someone had punched her in the gut. She took 3 shaky steps and then leaned over and threw up steadying herself against the van. "Oh sweetie, it's a lot I know." Morello rubbed her back as she bent over trying to breathe. She still couldn't say anything. When she thought she could walk again she wiped her mouth and gave a half smile to Morello. She still couldn't look her in the eyes and moved past her towards the doors. Everyone watched as she slowly made her way back into the prison.