DECEMBER 2015

Pipes,

Meet me in the rec room at 11. Don't ask questions. Just be there.

Alex. xx

Piper nervously adjusted her slacks, smoothed down her hair, and pushed open the door to the gloomy recreational room. She was almost fifteen minutes early, but was too anxious to kill anymore time uselessly pacing down the cold hallways of Litchfield. She exhaled pungently, thinking back over the events of the past week. The handcrafted posters hanging along the fluorescent walls of her farewell party. The unexpected tears that threatened to appear on even the toughest inmates. The look on Alex's face as she scoffed down Poussey's infamous hooch in a matter of seconds. She never thought she'd ever reminisce about the positive experiences of being in prison for eighteen months, yet here she was, tentative about her life in the outside world.

"About fucking time," Alex retorted, arms crossed and holding back a smile.

"What? I'm early!" Piper flirted, sluggishly making her way to Alex's side.

"You've been pacing that foyer for the past twenty minutes—"
"—Fifteen. It's only been fifteen," Piper corrected, hooking her legs around Alex's upper body as she twisted herself against the callous, silver-metal stool.

"Easy tiger," jeered Alex, gently caressing Piper's lower back. "I didn't just write you a personal note so we could fuck," she winked. Piper's lips gently touched the arches of Alex's cupids bow. "Oh, I thought it was a personal invitation for a fucking session with the sex goddess of Litchfield," Piper toyed sarcastically, her elongated hands stroking Alex's sharp collarbone. "Pipes," Alex whispered seizing Piper's wrists and clutching them into a ball in her lap. Piper's smile slowly turned into frown. "What?"

"You're leaving tomorrow," said Alex, avoiding direct eye contact with her girlfriend.

"Oh Alex, we all knew this day would come," Piper intoned, her voice slightly breaking.

Alex's grip tightened. "Yeah, but how is 'this' going to last?" she gulped, her eyes slowly making contact with Piper's deep blue eyes. "I can't live without you."

Faintly biting her bottom lip, Piper shook her head. "Don't do this again."

"Do what again, Piper?" Alex rebuked.

"Put all this shit back onto me," she bellowed, removing herself from the tight clasp of Alex. "What do you want me to do? Huh? Stab another inmate so I'm given an even longer sentence so you don't lose your precious fuck buddy?"

"You're not my fuck buddy. You know that—"
'—Oh, shut the fuck up," Piper countered, turning her back, making strides towards the door.

"Piper! Stop!" Alex yelled, sprinting to Piper's side, grabbing her arms in an embrace. "I didn't mean it like that," she bellowed in desperation, her body closing in on Piper's lean frame. They both froze.
"I-I need you," Alex slurred, her eyes watering.

"Yeah, well I needed you and you abandoned me," Piper stammered, her outspread hands gently rising, landing on Alex's delicate shoulders. Memories of her insensitivity towards the death of Alex's mother flooded back in a fierce flash. "But, I guess I let you down too," Piper choked apologetically.

"Fuck! Prison has changed you," Alex sniffed, a small smile growing on her unblemished face.

"So, does that make us even?" she uttered, the gap closing in between their faces as their lips gently brushed against each others.

Piper's breath fastened. "Yes," she muttered, her palms gently closing in on Alex's perky chest. "How am I going to survive out there?" A single tear ran down Piper's face, which Alex's index finger tenderly dabbed.

"I have faith in you," Alex whispered, her lips brushing against Piper's neck. "Don't forget about me and – "

"—Never," Piper smiled. "I will visit you every week. I will write to you everyday. I will think about you every second," she said in a hushed tone. Piper's face scrunched up. "Did that sound corny?"

"Oh God! Yes," Alex laughed, her hands caressing the dimples in Piper's lower back. "But, I love your corniness," she smirked. "I love you."

"What am I going to do?" swallowed Piper.

"You're going to live," she grinned. "Write a novel. Get famous. But, don't forget about me."

Piper chuckled. "I don't know about the famous part, but I can't even fathom not having you in my life," she remarked, her thumbs rubbing the backs of Alex's ears.

"Fuck, you're amazing," Alex rapidly exclaimed, caressing Piper's lusty butt.

Swiftly falling to the floor, Alex tugged Piper's slacks down to her ankles, her soft hands grabbing onto the elastic of her pale white underpants, pulling her to the ground.

"Alex," Piper whimpered. "What about Larry?"

"Oh, fuck Larry!" exclaimed Alex, a frown appearing on her delicate face. "He's a fucking douchebag. I mean, he cheated on you with your best friend for fuck's sake—"

"—Yeah but I betrayed him," interrupted Piper. "I promised him that I would stay faithful to him and I didn't," she said, her hands covering the redness slowly swarming her face.

"Pipes, you didn't betray anyone. Larry's always been an asshole. C'mon, even Polly can't stand him!" she pleadingly affirmed, thinking back to the letter Polly sent Piper apologising for her irresponsible actions and emphasising the fact that they were no longer together.

"You know what. You're right. Fuck Larry. Fuck Polly. Fuck them all," Piper stressed. "I've got you and that's all that matters!"

Clasping her soft palms, Piper gazed into the depths of Alex's eyes. "Fuck, I love you."

"I love you too," smiled Alex. "So, what are we waiting for?"

Piper giggled, passionately pushing Alex's head down her body. Alex nuzzled her stomach and nipped her soft flesh, and with enough distraction that it caused her to sigh. Slowly bringing her hands to the edge of her shirt, Piper pulled it off. Alex stared at her almost hypnotised when her hands slid down the straps of her bra and then went to the back to unhook it. She swallowed hard.

"Alex!" Piper gasped when her mouth latched onto one of her breasts making her hips feverishly thrust against Alex's head. Going even lower, Alex's tongue gently stroked Piper's clitoris, turning the sigh into a strangled scream.

"Fuck. Yes. Oh, God. Yes!" she murmured, burying her hands in Alex's hair.

While Piper admittedly enjoyed the sex she had with Larry, it was nothing compared to what she felt with Alex. It was as if the whole world stopped spinning, the stars and moon reuniting to watch the blossoming of their relationship. But, what was she going to do when she was released? How could she spend the next six years away from the familiar embrace of her girlfriend?

Nonetheless, the thought swept away with Alex's touch.