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Sunday morning,
Praise the dawning,
It's just a restless feeling by my side,
Early dawning,
Sunday morning,
It's just the wasted years so close behind,
Watch out the world's behind you,
There's always someone around you who will call,
It's nothing at all.
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Alex and Piper laid in the grass in opposite directions, heads pressed together, watching the clouds roll in. The clouds were grey and thick, and everyone knew that another storm was coming, but this was Alex's favourite type of weather, and Piper knew that. That's why she had dragged her out into the yard with Alex complaining and dragging her feet the entire way.
"It's Sunday. Can't we just lay down?" Alex muttered as Piper urged her to put on her shoes.
Piper had shook her head. "No, come on! It's nice outside." She said, pulling on Alex's arm as she finally finished putting her shoes on.
Alex grumbled the entire way there, but once they got outside, her grumblings and complaining subsided and gave way to acceptance. The acceptance that Piper wasn't going to let her out of this.
So there they were, laying on the grass, watching the clouds roll past them, every so often seeing a patch of blue sky faintly against the strong grey, before watching it get swallowed up in the mass of ever-darkening clouds.
Alex turned her head to look at Piper, and breathed in the scent of her hair. Alex could remember the smell that Piper used to have before Litchfield; berries and flowers. Now she smelled like generic brand shampoo and soap and oil from working in electrical. But Alex didn't care, it was still one of the most amazing smells.
Piper grinned and moved her gaze from the sky over to Alex, not moving her head, just her eyes so as not to make Alex move. "What are you thinking about?" she whispered to the raven-haired woman.
Alex smiled and closed her eyes. "You." She whispered. "Us. What you're going to do when you finally get out of this shit-hole." She said with a sigh.
Piper frowned slightly. "What do you mean, what I'm going to do?" she asked, "What we're going to do." Piper corrected her.
Alex shrugged. "Pipes, there is no doubt in my mind that you are going to get out of here sooner than I am. And I'm going to be in here for who knows how long before I can finally get out." She said. "You'll find someone else." Alex whispered.
Piper rolled onto her stomach and placed herself over Alex's head, her hair hiding both of their faces. "Are you fucking kidding me?" she said, almost snarling.
Alex's eyes drifted up to her face, her very angry and confused face, and sighed again. "I'm serious Piper." She said. "And it's okay. I've already made peace with the idea."
Piper's eyebrows came together with anger as she shook her head. "Fuck no!" she exclaimed. "I'm going to wait for you." Piper said, her voice softening. "I'll wait for as long as I have to." She said quietly, quickly kissing Alex's forehead.
Alex's heart leapt as she heard Piper. She couldn't believe that she would be willing to wait for her. Once Piper got out, she would be able to do whatever she wanted. Go wherever, do whatever and see whoever. But she would wait. "Promise?" Alex whispered, feeling slightly foolish as she asked.
Piper nodded. "Of course I promise." She whispered. She rolled back onto her back and laid down next to Alex, so they faced the same way. Piper reached for her hand and linked their fingers together, leaning her head into the crook of Alex's neck.
Alex sighed with relief and began to trace little circles on the back of Piper's hand with her thumb. "So then, when you get out, what are you going to do?" she asked Piper.
Piper shrugged. "I dunno." She said, nuzzling against Alex's neck. "I mean, I can't go work with Polly. That would be a disaster." She muttered. "And Cal doesn't do anything. My dad can barely look at me anymore, and my mother is unbearable." She said. "I guess I'll get work wherever I can, and then find us a place to live together for when you get out." Piper finished.
Alex raised her eyebrows. "If only I still had my apartment." She muttered. "You could live there, and when I got out, we could find a different place." She said.
Piper shrugged. "No use wondering what might have been." She whispered. "So what kind of job are you going to try to get when you get out?" she asked the tall woman.
Alex shrugged again. "I have no idea." She said. "Maybe I should get a job at a bar or something." Alex answered. "I mean, what skills do I have anyways?" she asked.
Piper looked up into Alex's eyes. "Hey." She said, drawing Alex's eyes to her own. "You have lots of hidden talents. We just need to find them." She said.
Alex grinned and Piper. "We?" she smirked.
Piper gave Alex a playful shove. "Yeah, we." She said. "You and I, we're in this together."
Alex nodded and kissed Piper's forehead in return. "Have I told you how glad I am that we have each other in here?" she asked sarcastically.
Piper threw a confused look on her face and shook her head. "No…..no….I don't think you have." She smirked.
Alex rolled her eyes and grinned. She sighed and pulled Piper closer to her, glad that the CO's that were on duty, weren't really paying that much attention to what was going on in the yard. She wrapped her arms around Piper and tucked Piper's head under her chin, before closing her eyes and thinking for a while.
What if we got out at the same time? Together? We wouldn't have to live in a separate place, and we could be together. We could find jobs and save enough so that when we were finally off probation, we could find a new place. A place where no one knows us. We could start over. We could be together.
Alex realized that all her thoughts of the future included Piper. And for the first time in a long time, when she thought about spending that much time with someone, it didn't scare her. In fact, it felt inviting.
Alex began to sit up, and put Piper's head in her lap. "Hey," She said quietly. "I want to ask you something."
Piper opened her eyes and looked up at Alex, who had started brushing little tendrils of hair out of Piper's face and behind her ears. Alex had a look on her face that Piper had never seen before. She looked so calm, and happy, and yet very nervous at the same time. "What is it?" she asked, getting a little nervous herself. "If you're still worried that I'm not going to wait, you don't have to be." Piper said firmly. "You are mine." She said firmly, punctuating each word. "And I'm yours." She whispered.
Alex grinned. "That's not it." She said, "But I really like it when you get all possessive over me." Alex said, raising an eyebrow and grinning down at Piper.
"Then what is it?" the other woman asked.
Alex brushed her own hair behind her ear and leaned her head in one hand. "When you think about the future," Alex started off, "What do you think about?" she asked. "I mean, where do you see yourself in ten or fifteen years?" she finished.
Piper looked into Alex's eyes, seeing all the worry that Alex felt. "I see you." She said simply. "You and me. And that's all I need." She whispered. "It doesn't matter where, or what kind of car you have or where we live, or if we live in a shack." She said, laughing slightly. "All I need is you." She said. She reached up with one hand and rubbed Alex's cheek with her thumb.
Alex smiled and held Piper's hand against her cheek for a few seconds before she pulled it away and kissed the palm of Piper's hand softly. She looked around quickly, before leaning down and kissing Piper carefully, as if she was scared that if she was too forceful, she would shatter the moment, like it was a dream that she didn't want to wake up from.
Piper pulled Alex towards her, reaching a hand behind her neck and kissing her. They broke away after a few moments, grinning at each other.
A loud clap of thunder startled the two women, and Alex scrambled up off the ground, helping Piper up as well. Neither of them had noticed how dark the sky had been getting, and the CO's were too distracted with whatever it was they were doing to even care.
They began running back towards the prison as the rain poured down on their shoulders. Piper stopped just in front of the door and grabbed Alex's arm, pulling her over to her and kissing her fiercely, wrapping her arms around her neck and pressing their bodies close together.
Alex kissed Piper back, pulling away slowly before opening the door and pulling Piper inside the prison after her.
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Alright dear readers, that is something that has been on my mind lately, and I really needed to get it out of my head.
As always, I own nothing. The song lyrics posted above are "Sunday Morning" by Velvet Underground, as heard on Orange is the New Black.
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