Chapter 2

It had now been three weeks since that night.

Piper had been told that she would be returned to the prison following day. She was going back to Litchfield, not a high security prison. Larry's father had probably been pretty hard on the whole Healy situation. Piper was happy but then again she wasn't. What was she returned to Litchfield to do, she was ashamed of herself and the person she obviously was.

Polly had told her earlier in the day that she was not the same, she was hard in a way, not quite herself. Piper was not sure, maybe this was her, maybe everything before had been only pretends ...

Piper had run out of topics to talk about with Larry, and none of them would take up the heavy stuff. She could see it in Larry that he was burning inside with a lot of thoughts, but nobody said anything. For Piper, there was nothing to say, she did not know who she was and what she felt anymore. She was happy when Larry came, but she no longer knew why or what it meant.

Pipers last thought before she fell asleep that night was, how would it be to see Alex again ...?

Litchfield, 3 weeks ago.

Alex sat and watched the concert with Nicky on one side and Yoga Jones on the other. She felt little excited, rather quite depressed.

Damn, that it would hurt so much. But she had decided this time, she glanced at Piper, enough was enough. Fucking bitch, who did she think she was. Alex could not believe what had happened. They had sat there and talked about a common future, Alex had felt so whole again, she had been so happy. What happened? Suddenly Piper picked Larry? Fucking shit!

Alex was so angry and upset that she was sick. This was the second time Piper had broken her heart, and Alex had trouble catching her breath. How could Piper do this. She had seen and felt that they had something special! Alex shook her head, she had to try to focus on something else, she glanced to the side and saw that Nicky sat and stared at her. She shook her head again and smiled at Nicky, Nicky seemed to be content with the gesture. Alex felt Nicky's hand sneaking down her thigh and looked up, only to look into a couple of horny eyes. Oh well, so this was the way it would be from now, why not, maybe Nicky could numb the pain a bit, Alex was very fond of her.

Alex glances back again, but Piper is gone. Just as well, she felt the anger coming back again.

Caputo stood in the back and looked at the fucking crazy ladies, he was annoyed and disappointed. Fuck off, taking with her a damn boyfriend to his prison! Oh no, he was planning good riddens too that guy! Healy came in behind him and looked all too happy. What the hell was that idiot doing now? Was he also fucking an inmate. Caputo decided to go and check, he headed to the nearest broom closet, just as he's about to make a turn, Bennet and an inmate comes down the hall, one of the Latin. Caputo gives Bennet a warning look, this was the one who had alleged that Mendez raped her, Caputo had his doubts. Bennet responds quickly that Daya is sick and needs to be out to get air. Caputo nods, with his fucking luck she is probably pregnant by now! He shakes his head.

Caputo has not come far into the hallway before he hears people running behind him, he turns and sees Bennet running in front with several guards at his heels. Some stand at the door and makes sure the prisoners keep inside the chapel.

What the hell is going on. Caputo runs towards the noise, and out in the yard, the sight he is met with get him to stop immediately! Two inmates on the ground, blood everywhere! Is there called for an ambulance, he hears himself shout. And get affirmative shouts back. The door behind him opens and the doctor comes running out. They both got pulse, someone yells.

Alex is completely frozen, where is Piper? She hears several of her inmates calling, what is going on. Everyone knows it is something serious! Where the hell is Piper!? She hears Boo follow the same train of thought, where is Chapman and Doggett? Red looks almost afraid.

Alex feels dizzy, she fights her way and see paramedics rushing through the hall. Alex can not imagine, what if, what if. No, it can not be that way.

The door to the yard goes up and out comes ambulance people with a cart, it is Pennsatucky, she's not to recognize, and there is blood everywhere.

Alex begins to cry, she now knows what comes next. The door goes up and she hears lots of commands being shouted. Piper is laying there, all white, eyes closed, Alex can not see if she is breathing. It feels as if something inside Alex dies, it hurts so much, she can not breathe. All she manages to get out is nooooooo!

She can feel of that several of her inmates turns and looks at her, but she does not care.

3 weeks have passed, and Alex and the other prisoners were told at breakfast the next day that both Pennsatucky and Chapman would survive. But they were both seriously injured.

Alex had not slept any the night after the incident, she had been eaten up inside by a pain she never knew was possible. She had played the scene over and over in her head, and had been quite sure that Piper was dead. But Piper was not dead. And it had been three weeks now. While Piper was gone she had thought about her every day. But as time passed and she knew that Piper was ok. The anger she felt came back. Alex felt torn in two, she was tired. The pain she had felt when she thought Piper was gone forever, could not be compared to anything that she had felt earlier in her life. But at the same time she knew she could not trust Piper again, the wound were too deep this time.