A/N Thank you for the support for all of this. Just so you know, this is AU OOC, so to those who PM'd me and said it wasn't like the show, well obviously it isn't, it's from my imagination. And I don't own the characters, I'm just borrowing them for this AU OOC story. Please review thanks!

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The two women had spent hours having complete sex, both of them reaping the rewards of feeling more relaxed on their family getaway. Piper came six times and Alex nine as their tongues fenced for dominance.

Afterwards, basking in the afterglow of the sincere love making, Piper couldn't help but think how lucky she was to have such a tall, sex goddess as her lover, co-parent and life partner. She turned over and grabbed her Samsung Galaxy S8 from the nightstand, hurriedly typing that into her notes, sure to save it for Alex's valentines card later in the year. Pleased with herself, she opened up Spotify and began playing the Britpop playlist she had compiled for the trip.

"Woodpigeon Song" drifted out of the tinny phone speakers and Alex looked on at her tall blonde lover with approval, after all, only someone that knew a thing or two about music would have selected a little known Blur B-side.

"That's my girl," Alex smirked and winked as she slapped Piper's peachy ass and lit a cigar.

Piper coughed, "Ally, you know how much I dislike cigar smoke, it has carcinogens that are bad for the environment, do you want the kids to grow up in a world where they can't leave the house because it's over 100 degrees all day every day?"

Piper thought back to her own no frills childhood, sure they had a private swimming pool, regular family trips on the yacht and a condo in Cancun, but she didn't want her own children to have to scrimp in such a way. The thought broke her heart.

"Relax," the raven haired taller woman said, stretching out her long, toned legs, green pools whirring, "You go for a soak in the hot tub, I'll finish this and come and join you." Piper obliged.

The raven haired good looking woman took a couple more hits of the cigar and then tossed it out of the window, not realising it had landed on Nicky, who was hiding under the window.

"Ow stretch!" the lion haired woman said.

"The fuck are you doing here?" the black haired woman said.

"Blondie not tell you?" the bushy haired woman said, "she asked me if I wanted to keep you company on your trip and I'm too much of a gentleman to decline."

Alex frowned, she had guessed (because her IQ was above average and she had read most of the long and important books there were to read) that Piper was trying her best to stop Alex from discussing anything important with her and Nichols was yet another distraction.

"What ya reading?" Nichols said, picking up Alex's latest James Joyce undertaking.

"Just a holiday read," Alex said. Deep down, although she couldn't argue with Joyce's stature as one of the giants of Modernism, he didn't quite resonate with her in the same way as Kafka and Proust, but it was fine for a light seasonal read she supposed.

Nichols smirked, "you need to spend less time with your head buried in a book and more time buried in Chapman's pussy if you ask me," she said, combing a hand through her more than averagely wild hair.

"Well I wasn't asking you," Alex replied very sarcastically.

Nichols giggled. "Where is the blonde beauty anyway?" Nichols said, flopping down on the bed, "you sent her back to dick already?"

"Fuck you Nichols," the brunette said. "Come on, let's get a couple beers."

They walked down to the deck where Piper was neck high in hot tub bubbles. "you made it?" she said grinning at Nichols, but before she could say anything further, a group of men came over and began hitting on the blonde, by asking her for the time. Alex stormed up to them. "I know exactly what's going on here," she said angrily, green pools steaming with rage.

The tallest of the three men looked confused, "have any of you got the time?" he said, but it was too late, the damage had been done, Alex punched them to the ground and they all limped off, tail between their legs. Piper was proud of her woman for protecting her, she needn't worry about a thing when Alex was around.

"Impressive stuff Vause," her frizzy haired friend said.

"Yeah well, they should keep their hands off what's mine," Alex said darkly, taking a swig of the beer. "Ewww, what the fuck is this?!" she said looking down at the bottle and realising it wasn't the craft ale that she had packed. "You drink this shit," she said handing the bottle back to Nichols.

The noir haired goddess looked over at her lover, Piper Chapman, swigging from her hip flask and she knew she couldn't put it off any longer, she had to broach the subject of her drinking and fast.

"Hey Nichols," she said gruffly, "you mind keeping an eye on the kids inside, me and Pipes need to chat."

"Chat?" the woolly haired woman said wiggling her eyebrows and smirking, "sure thing."

Alex took a deep breath, there was no turning back now.