"Oh I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts. There they are all standing in a row. Big ones small ones some as big as your head..." Zelena sang at the top of her lungs hoping to get one of the guards attention.
"You want to keep it down in there?" Wells yelled through the glass window.
Zelena got up from her bed, "Not till I get what I want."
"What do you want?" Wells asked.
"I need to speak to Mr. Caputo." Zelena told her, "I asked to speak to him two days ago."
"Is it about that nasty little patch of skin on your neck?" Wells asked making a face.
"No." Zelena said to her.
"It probably should be." Wells said to her.
"Just tell Mr. Caputo I would like to speak with him." Zelena said using her hair to cover up the spot on her neck that seemed to be spreading.
"I'm not a carrier pigeon." Wells said then walked away.
"I'm tellin ya they ain't gonna let you out of here till they're ready." Doggett said through the vent.
"Oh do shut up." Zelena said then kicked the metal vent with frustration.
Later Emma found Regina in her bunk area. Big Boo had headphones on and was bobbing her head while she sat on her bed reading a magazine.
"Hey, we have to talk." Emma said to Regina as she stood just outside her bunk.
Regina got up and walked past Emma and down a hall. Emma followed and when they were alone Regina stopped.
"What'd you say to Piper?" Emma asked her, "She's been avoiding me."
Regina left out a small bitter laugh, "Of course that is what this is about."
"If you're not talking to me about Zelena then you're talking to me about Piper." Regina said to her with a tone.
"She's trying to help us get out of here." Emma said, "I thought that's what you wanted."
"Is that what you want too?" Regina asked her, "Or would you prefer to stay here with her?"
"Are you being serious right now?" Emma asked her and actually looked at Regina's face to see if she was.
"Oh my god, you're actually being serious." Emma said then a smile appeared on her face.
"What are you smirking about?" Regina said irritated.
"Are you jealous?" Emma asked her.
"Don't be ridiculous." Regina scoffed as she folded her arms across her chest.
Emma's smile widened.
"Don't worry about Piper." Emma said to her, "She's just helping us out. I promise you that's all it is."
She waited for Regina to nod her head that she understood.
"I have to go now." Emma said then started walking down the hall, "And you didn't say no." She added in a sing-song voice over her shoulder.
Taystee and Poussey saw Regina coming back down the hall with a confused look and smile on her face.
"Tell me Mills, what does guard taste like?" Poussey asked Regina as she walked by.
Regina ignored her and kept walking.
"Shoot, I bet it taste like chicken." Taystee said to Poussey.
Poussey gave her a look, "Why does it gotta taste like chicken?"
Taystee shrugged, "Because everything tastes like chicken."
"Ain't no one gonna come and check on us just cause." Doggett said through the vent. "They just leave us in here like caged animals, only feedin' us and making sure we're breathing."
Wells rapped on Doggett's window, "Lunch." He said as he slipped a small tray through a drop slot in the door.
He moved over to Zelena's door and opened the slot. "I want to speak with Mr. Caputo." Zelena said as she took the food tray.
"And I told you Mr. Caputo is a very busy guy and can't just pop over for tea whenever you'd like." Wells said as he let go of the drop slot door and it clanged shut.
"Just tell him I need to speak with him." Zelena demanded then went to go sit down on her cot. She sniffed the food on her tray.
"What is this supposed to be?" Zelena asked out loud.
"I think it's meatloaf." Doggett said, "Or Salisbury steak…. Maybe."
"It smells vile." Zelena said as she got up and placed the tray by the door. She sat back down on her bed and stared at the door.
"Just like Mama used to make." Doggett mumbled her mouth obviously full.
Regina had just finished up in the kitchen and was headed to her bunk area when she spotted Emma talking to Piper. She was about to storm over there and kick someone's ass when Alex walked up behind her.
"Doesn't feel too good huh?" She said standing next to her.
"What are you talking about?" Regina asked still staring at Emma and Piper.
"Seeing someone you love move on." Alex said to her.
Regina gave her a look, "I don't …" Regina looked back over at Emma who was now smiling at Piper.
"Yeah." Alex said, "Jealousy makes us want to do crazy things."
Alex started to walk off but turned around and smiled, "Just resist the urge because all it's going to do is cause you more pain than letting her move on."
"Just pretend you're talking to me." Piper said to Emma as they stood in the bunk area.
"I am talking to you." Emma said to her confused.
"I know but pretend like you're enjoying it." Piper said to her.
"Huh?" Emma asked.
"My ex is watching us. Just smile or laugh or something." Piper told her and Emma smiled.
Piper darted her eyes over to see that Alex was leaving the area, "Okay she's gone."
"What was that about?" Emma asked looking around.
Piper sighed, "I don't know. I'm sorry to get you in the middle of something that's not even a something anymore."
Emma saw Regina looking over at them their eyes met then Regina turned and walked away.
"I have to go." Emma said to her and went after Regina.
"I don't mean to tell anyone their business but…" Big Boo started to say to Emma as she walked past, "Eh who am I kidding? I love telling people their business."
Emma stopped walking and turned to Big Boo. "What?" She asked annoyed.
"Word of advice?" Big Boo said, "Never chase the cat."
Emma's eyebrows furrowed, "What the hell does that even mean?" She said then continued down the hall after Regina.
Regina had managed to disappear in the hallway and Emma had no clue where or how.
Someone knocked loud on Zelena's door and startled her awake. She blinked a few times before standing up and going to the door.
"Holy shit!" Caputo said when he saw Zelena. He cleared his throat and did his best not to stare at the green patch of skin on her neck.
"You wanted to see me." He said to her.
"I need to be let out of here." Zelena told him, "Immediately."
"You attacked another prisoner." Caputo said, "You're not in here for a vacation."
He looked at her, "I'll send someone to have a look at that … stuff on your neck."
"Wait!" She called after him as he started to leave.
He stepped back in front of the door and Zelena leaned in closer, "Isn't there anything I can do to persuade you to let me out of here?"
He grinned at her then his eyes caught the green patch and he cringed, "No." and he walked away.
"Damn it!" She shouted and hit the door with her fist in frustration.
"I shouldn't be caged up in here while Regina is out there free to do whatever she wants." She muttered to herself as she paced in her cell.
Fischer stood next to Emma in the cafeteria as they watched the inmates file in for dinner.
"I hear Caputo sent the doctor down to SHU to see West." She said to Emma.
"Why?" Emma asked as she watched Piper come into the cafeteria.
"Some kind of weird skin thing she has going on. I think the Doc is just going to give her some kind of ointment." Fischer told her, "I hope whatever it is, it's not contagious." She said as she shivered a little.
"I'll be right back." Emma said then took off.
She got to the infirmary and looked around for the doctor. She spotted the nurse that had helped Regina and went over to her.
"I'm here to pick up Inmate West prescription to take to her." Emma said to the nurse.
"I was just going to take it to her." The nurse told her.
"I can do it." Emma told her as she looked around at the other inmates in the infirmary. "Besides you look a little busy here."
"Okay." The nurse said then went to the locked medicine closet. She stepped inside for a few minutes before coming out with a medium sized white bottle. "The instructions are right on the bottle." The nurse said as she handed it to Emma.
"Doctor wants to see her in a week." The nurse said to her.
"Not a problem." Emma said as she put the bottle in her pocket.
Emma went back to the cafeteria and walked around casually as she kept an eye on the inmates.
It seemed like it took forever for the inmates to finish their dinner and it was driving Emma crazy. She was getting very impatient and agitated.
Emma kept her eye on Piper who was sitting at a table with Yoga Jones and a woman Emma learned used to be a nun.
She waited for Piper to stand up and throw away her garbage and set her tray down before she approached her.
"We have to talk." Emma said to her as she looked around.
"Okay. I'll head to my bunk." Piper said to her as she started to walk off but stopped, "Come alone." She said and then left.
Emma gave Piper 15 minutes before she headed over to Piper's bunk. "I need to know if you've made the lotion." Emma said in a hushed voice.
"I have." Piper said as she went over to her bookcase, crouched down and moved a couple books. She grabbed the white bottle, stood up. She looked around then walked over to Emma, looked around again then slowly handed the bottle to Emma.
"It's coco butter and lime just like you asked." Piper told her, "I mixed in a little lavender to cover up the lime smell."
Emma shoved the bottle into her other pocket, "Thanks."
She stood there awkwardly not knowing what else to say.
"You should probably go do… whatever it is you're going to do." Piper suggested.
"Oh yeah… right." Emma said with a smile, "Thanks again." She said then turned on her heels and left.
She headed down the hall and found the guard bathroom. She went inside locked the door and went over to the sink. She pulled out both bottles from her pockets and placed them on the sink.
The bottles were almost identical.
She took the bottle that the nurse had given her and started to carefully peel the prescription label off. "Damn it!" She cursed herself, "Now is definitely not a good time to have short fingernails." She said as she picked at the label.
"You know, I hear short nails mean…." Walsh said as he popped up in the mirror and scared Emma who jumped. The bottle flew from her hand and fell to the floor.
"GOD DAMN IT!" Emma yelled, "Don't do that!"
He laughed as she went to retrieve the bottle that had rolled under one of the stalls.
"You're an ass, you know that right?" Emma asked him not really expecting an answer.
"What are we working on Emma?" He asked as he watched her start to peel away the label again. "Perhaps it's a love potion for you and a certain raven-haired dark eyed beauty?"
"It's not a love potion." Emma said as she concentrated on peeling the label. She stopped and looked up at him, "Wait, how do you make a love potion?"
Walsh laughed then disappeared from the mirror.
Emma finally managed to get the label off the prescription bottle. She grabbed the bottle that Piper had given her and put the label on it and smoothed it out. "Perfect." She said as she examined her handy work.
Emma took the bottles and put them in her pockets then left the bathroom. She went inside her small janitor's closet and hid the prescription bottle behind one of the steel shelves. She left the closet and went to find Fischer.
Fischer was still in the cafeteria watching the clean-up in the kitchen.
"Hey." Emma said to her, "I have medication for an inmate in SHU that the doctor wanted delivered."
"Go see Bell at the front. She's usually the one that takes meds down to prisoners in SHU." Fischer told her.
Regina watched as Emma took off in a hurry and wondered where she could be going.
"Because I have nothing better to do than deliver meds." Bell said as Emma gave her the bottle.
"I'd do it but Fischer said you're the one that does it." Emma told her.
"Just one of the many perks in my life as a guard." Bell said as she went out the door.
Down the hill, Bell went to Zelena's door and looked through the window to see Zelena lying on her bed, a white washcloth covered her eyes.
Bell knocked on the door lightly and Zelena didn't budge.
"Go away, I don't want any more of your repugnant food." She called out.
Bell knocked on the door again.
Zelena sat up quickly, "I said go away!" She shouted as the washcloth fell from her eyes.
She saw Bell standing at her door, "What do you want?"
"I have your meds from the doctor." Bell said holding up the bottle so Zelena could see it.
Zelena got up and went to the door. Bell opened the small drop door and put the bottle inside and shut the door.
Zelena picked up the bottle and looked at the label. She went back to her bed, lied down and covered her eyes with the washcloth again.
"You're welcome!" Bell said loudly through the door.
Zelena lifted a hand and flicked it as if to shoo Bell away.
"Asshole." Bell mumbled as she walked off.
Emma went looking for Regina and found her in her bunk sitting on her bed reading.
Emma snorted, "Are you reading Harry Potter?"
Regina looked up at her, "He's actually very skilled for his age. I believe he'll grow up to be very powerful one day."
Emma smiled at her.
"So, where'd you run off to?" Regina asked as she closed her book and set it down on her bed.
"I just put our plan into motion." Emma told her.
"How so?" Regina asked.
"Zelena just got the lotion in the guise of medicine for her skin problem." Emma told her.
"So now what?" Regina asked her.
"Now we wait." Emma said smiling.