Piper POV

It was almost the crack of dawn and Alex looked like a big baby curled up on me. It was kind of endearing to switch up the roles for once. Was I falling back in love with her? I shook my head. It was only one night, this was never going to happen again.

"Alex hun, get up," I whispered into her ear, my lips briskly skimming it. She stirred, I could see her getting ready to stretch her legs.

"Don't. You'll knock my stuff over," I said with my hand on her calf. She stopped fidgeting.

"Piper, mhm what time is it," she asked her voice even huskier now as she turned towards me to face me. I suddenly had to focus my body into controlling the liquids that were threatening to spill from between my legs. Fuck this girl always made me weak with that after sleep voice. She was like a magnet to my lower extremities.

"Move, c'mon get up, its time to get you to your own bunk. Oh and stop talking," I said hastily shoving her off me.

"What?" she genuinely questioned me hotly, ignoring my request. She was destroying me.

"Please Alex," I was actually begging with that face of mine.

"Oh shit! Piper are you wet right now? Shall I clean you up? Calm your hormones my dear," she mocked with a grin on her face remembering, "you haven't changed one bit." I gave her a clear cut eye.

"Fuck Piper my bad, I forgot you have a fucking boyfriend." She angerly whispered with some sarcasm in her voice.

I was embarrassed. This was a moment where I wish I didn't have Larry. Larry is great and all, but he doesn't have that voice I oh so needed. She adjusted her broken hand, with pain on her face, into a position that was manageable. I reminded her to get that professionally checked.

She slid down the ladder quietly, left my room and made for the washroom empty handed. I had to return her book back to her eventually.

De Marco shifted a bit after Alex left and removed her breathing cord.

"Had a nice chat did ya? Don't know what was going on up there but I won't ask," she giggled to herself.

"Shit, you heard that? We didn't do anything geez," I was getting red, thankfully she couldn't see me from down below.

" Just the last part. I think we all heard it too. Right Ems?" She looked over. I hung my head below to Emily and she just nodded with a dumb smile on her face.

"Can I trust you guys to keep this a secret?" I asked hating my body.

"I don't know chapman, you may have to pay us someway," she said.

I thought quickly and decided to have Demarco have a say in one of my chosen meals and have her share it with me.

"Deal, will always be thrilled to eat like a queen for a day and get away from those metaphors," she said licking her lips. It sucked how I was bribing everyone with my win. Emily I had to think about. Maybe M&M bags would suffice.

Alex POV

I had one of the best nights thus far, well except for the breaking my hand part. I'm an idiot but it worked out for the better. I would say both Piper and I handled the situation rather well after all that has happened.

I ran into one of the guards, Fischer, on the way back to my own bunk. She didn't notice me leaving so she spoke up in a stern voice, "where have you been inmate Vause?"

"At the bathroom," I told her while walking past her. She followed. She was too nice to do anything.

My bunkie was awake and piped up, "no you weren't. I didn't see you in your bunk the whole night." I knew she was trying to get me caught. Bitch.

"Oh I'm sorry, maybe next time I will lend an eye out for you too," I responded.

"Taylor's right, where have you been. Tell me or else I will get your councillor and Caputo to grill you." fischer said. It was laughable to see how hard she was trying to scare me. I played along.

"I mistakenly fell asleep in the chapel. Sorry, it won't happen again," I defeatedly said.

" I already warned Caputo about this. We should have nightly counts. I'll just have to warn him again after this incident," Fischer said walking away, "you're getting off on a warning Vause."

I laid down on my bed and put my good hand on top of my forehead and sighed a thank god. It could've been a lot worse.

I contemplated to taking off my glasses and falling for a short nap again but before I could decide anything Nicky plodded onto my bunk wanting to know the real details of my night.

"Oww fuck girl hold up, get off me," I painfully said. She found it funny to attack my arm.

"why the hell you bugging me this early in the morning? Don't you have your lady Lorna to fuck?" I asked. Morello and Nicky were an item on prison grounds.

"Holy shit Vause, what the hell happened to you?" Nichols inquired staring at my socked up hand. "And yeah later though. Now explain."

"I accidentally got it caught between the chapel doors, it made it harder for me to vent in my notebook mind you," I half lied.

"Looks pretty bad, i'll come with you to the nurses office. What got you pissed anyway?" She asked.

I stayed silent.

"Don't tell me it was Chapman?" she guessed. "That girl was nothing to kill your hand over for."

That girl was and is my life, I thought.

" I know, I was just bothered. It happened later upon finding out she now has a boyfriend but i'm better now," I said.

"Do you like her? Straight girls they'll fuck you up every time."

"Dude I was in a relationship with her for a while before I landed in here she's not what I would call necessarily straight," I confessed. Might as well hear it from me than from somebody else.

"Hmmm dyke drama then, don't worry hot shot you'll get over her," she said. "Get ready, after I come back from my lovely shower I'm taking you to nurses. Don't you dare fall asleep on me."

"I won't and have fun," I joked knowing what was about to go down.

Nicky eventually walked into my dorm all washed up and giddy and said, "What the hell did I tell you Vause? I should start calling you sleepy head now instead of hot shot."

"I'm awake I just had my eyes closed. Relax." I got up.

We walked together down to the nurses office. I really hoped this trip didn't take too much time. I wanted my lunch with Piper.

"Nurse Dunn, my friend Vause here injured her hand," Nichols spoke for me upon arriving.

"I think I broke it," I told the nurse sitting down on the seats next to the doors.

"Well let's have a look at it. Can you remove the socks while I get the X-ray machine prepared?" she asked walking away. I fiddled with the knots on the sock with no progress. The nurse walked back.

"Still haven't got them off? We'll just have to cut them then," she said. She stuck her hand into her uniform and pulled out her scissors.

"Geez Vause, what'd you think your hand was gonna fall off?" Nichols said from next to me. I laughed out loud knowing it was Piper that did that.

"Okay inmate you can go and do your daily tasks, I will have to keep her with me for a while. It does look pretty bad," she told Nicky inspecting my hand.

"See you later sleepy head," Nicky told me getting up.

"Hey, I prefer you calling me hot shot," I added before she left.

"Yeah well too bad, I'm loving the ring to sleepy head more," she smiled with her tongue out, the door closing behind her.

I turned back to the nurse following her to the x-ray room.

"Okay lets get your hand up on here," she told me. My hand felt very heavy.

"My fucking hand feels heavy, excuse my language. Is that normal?" I asked her.

"It's normal for a symptom of a broken hand. This xray will show how badly you broke it. We'll have to keep you here for most of the day because we gotta check your x-ray- it takes a few hours. In the mean time, you'll have to ice it in cold because its gotten pretty bruised," she told me. There goes any hope of seeing Piper.

After she took photos of my hand, I laid down on the nurses bed awaiting my ice. She told me before I left for the night she will bandage it up. It was going to be a long boring day.

"Can I get myself a book to read in the mean time?" I asked.

"Here, read this," she chucked me a health magazine to read and got back to work, leaving me alone.

Pipers POV

I went to lunch and sat next to Taystee, Poussey, Nichols, and Morello. I had invited Jones to eat with us. I was waiting for Alex to arrive.

"Hey Chapman, I see you changed your garb," Nicky told me.

"Yeah for sure, I'm changing a lot of stuff apparently, my room as well and I got a new job," I told her.

"No way White girl, what job you got? Is it with me?" Tay asked me excited to find out.

" No Tay, it's electic maintainence. I think i'm going to get it changed though. I dont even know the first thing about electricity," I told her.

"Chapman, electric maintainence is not so bad. That's where I'm at. Just stay in Luscheks good books and he won't be pervy with you. Also where you moved to?" Nichols spoke up.

"Hmmm, i'll make a decision today. I'm going to try it out first. I got moved to dorm B11," I answered.

"Ah you're down in the ghetto with us. Fuckin' guards are strict down there," Nichols replied with wide eyes.

"We'll miss you newbie," Jones added after Nicky.

" Thanks for letting me know. Heh i'm not going anywhere Yoga. I'll still see you in your classes," I sat and ate in silence after. I averted my eyes around the cafeteria for Alex but she was no where to be seen.

"Chapman! I want my special for dinner today!" DeMarco came yelling from behind me.

"Oh hey, okay. We'll discuss what you want later. Actually lets do it right now. I dont think i'll see you anymore. I'm being moved," I got up with her in tow.

"So have you decided?" I asked her away from the group.

"Yup I want a lamb cutlet with pasta salad," she told me.

"Are you going to tell Red yourself?" I asked.

"Chapman I need you there, its your win," she pointed out. I was still distracted.

"Oh right, lets do it now. So she can prepare," I told her. We walked over to Red and one of her cookers stopped us midway.

"It's okay Gina, she can come talk to me," Red instructed. Gina moved out of the way. I told Red what I wanted and she agreed to seeing what she can do. She marked down in her book my name with dinner checked off. That meant I only had breakfast and lunch left.

"You can leave now," she dismissed.

"There, all done. See you for dinner DeMarco," I walked away from her back to my group.

"Welcome back Piper. Where'd you go to?" Morello asked me.

"Oh I went to tell Red how good her food is and that I wanted something different," I told her.

"Uh-huh," Taystee looked my way knowing. I smiled shyly.

"Hey do you guys know if Alex is coming to lunch today?" I asked changing the subject.

"She's at the nurses office. Her hands busted up, seems like she's gonna be there a while," Nichols told me.

"I want to go see her," I said.

"Hey how about we go together and ask when she'll get out," Nichols offered. I agreed immedietely.

Lunch came to an end and I decided to give Larry a quick call to confirm that he was coming this weekend. After my phone call with him I felt different. Like I needed to hear his voice again and to get a certain someones out of my head.

"Hey Chapman, ready to go see what the hell is up with Vause," Nichol's walked next to me before kissing Lorna away.

"Indeed I am. How long has she been in there for?" I asked.

"Almost four hours," she told me.

"Gosh she must be bored, what job does she do here?" I asked wanting to know.

"She does laundry duty, and tell me about it I would probably be giving the nurse a headache right about now," she said.

We got to the docs place and walked in.

"Hey you inmates can't be in here right now," Nurse Dunn said.

"Sorry, we just came to check on my friend. When will she get out?" Nichols asked.

"Shes still being tended to. I will let her out hopefully soon. Her x-rays are just coming into focus now, but still needs some time. It looks like three splintered connecting bones in her palm and a broken wrist," she diagnosed. Damn it sounded pretty bad.

"Thanks for giving us the details. We appreciate it," I said. I turned to Nicky motioning to leave.

"Can we see her?" Nicky asked.

"I told you inmate I am still working on her," She pushed us out. We overdid our stay.

"Fucking Nurse. Hate her damn rules. Can't be in there if you're not injured. Not even when a friend is," she told me upon getting out.

"Yeah well, they are the rules. Wouldn't want to get a shot now would you," I said.

" Whatever, lets go down to Rec, we're early but we can chill there" she led the way.

"Do you know what we are supposed to be doing today?" I asked her.

" Apparently he's having you guys fix toasters," she filled me in.

"Us? what about you?" I asked.

"Oh me, i'm working on something else. I'm making him a glory hole," she said. I weirdly looked at her.

"What you don't know what that is?" she asked.

"I do, thats just weird though," i said.

"Yeah well, what can I say, Luschek is one weird dude," she replied.

Luschek walked into the room and saw us chatting there.

"You inmates are early," He spoke to us.

'Yeah, Mr. Luschek this is my first time here," I stood up to talk to him. He looked me up and down, lingering at certain areas for far too long. What is up with the men here?

"Fair enough. Do your job and you can leave, thats how it works here," he explained.

"But I don't know anything about electricity," I told him.

"Well then you aren't much different then the rest when they started out. Repeat after me, DO NOT ELECTROCUTE MYSELF," he said. I repeated dumbly like a first grader.

"There now you know the first thing," he said with a duh. He threw me a book to educate myself.

"Yo, don't act dumb with him. I mean he's pretty stupid but he'll be smart about it as you saw there," Nicky said.

"Got it," I said opening the book.

"Hey, you actually gonna read that?" she piqued up.

"Yes, why not, better to get a head start," I reminded.

"Gosh you're like another Vause, always got her head in a book," she said. I smiled and thought about one of the moments we read together on the beaches while being on a bike trail in Cuba. That was also one of the first times we had slept and had sex on the beach at night.

"Hey babe, want to go and splash around in the water?" I had asked her.

"Pipes, I'm too into my book to stop and splash around with you like a three year old child," she told me.

"Okay, reading is fantastic and all but sometimes you can be so boring. What are you reading anyway?" I took a seat on her lap and craned my neck to see pouting a bit at her refusal.

"Just a book about 14000 Things To Be Happy About. Read it with me," she said putting the book infront of me.

"Okay, okay." I took the book from her and adjusted myself to settle between her legs on the longchair. Her arms wrapped around me and her face forward reading too.

We stayed like that for a long while with the pages flipping and random kisses planted on my body. Not once did we have to break to wait for the other. The beach had begun to empty before Alex took the book out of my hand and spun me around.

" You know what's one thing to be happy about, kid?" she looked into my eyes intensly.

"What Ale?" I whispered.

"The fact that I got a very beautiful girl here with me tonight," she said and at that she pulled my face in close to hers and kissed me, not one of those innocent pecks either. She didn't care who saw, when she loved she let it show. The heat between us was so apparent with our bare bodies pressed up to each other. My body ached for her and she could sense it.

"How would you like me to take you," she said whispering into my ear.

My daydream was cut short.

"Earth to Piper, what did you zone out to Lala Land with your con ex-girlfriend? We're about to get started," Nichols said whacking me with one of her flyers on the shoulders then giving me a wink. She knew.

The room had filled much during the time I was in my daydream. That night we had the best sex ever, it was so sponteaneous and it didn't just end there. We had booked a hotel right on the beaches resort so we continued it to the hotel's bedroom. We went at it all night. I grinned to myself finishing the thought.

Everyone situated behind their broken toasters at the desks. I couldn't get through fixing the toaster without the help from certain sections in the book. I felt so stupid, not in my element at all.

Luschek had reviewed and demonstrated the process of obtaining tools from the tools shed for my benefit. Apparently, we had to use chits to switch back and forth between tools. Tools were a very strict deal.

I was slowly rewiring and disentangling the wires in the toaster machine and screwing all the pieces together with my screwdriver when I noticed that half the inmates were gone. Wow surely they either worked fast or they knew what they were doing. Nichols was back there in the corner still drilling at Luscheks glory hole. Damn how big did he need it?

After I screwed the last piece on I checked the time and noticed it was three hours passed. I was happy with my accomplishment and at myself for being able to read instructions properly without electrocuting myself.

I called the guy over to check it out. I badly wanted to leave to see if Alex had gotten out yet.

"So newt lets see if this works," He said, inserting a piece of wasted toast into the machine and pressing down on the lever. So far so good, I thought. No burns or shocks. We waited a few seconds for the ping to sound and the toast to pop out.

"Ahhhhh, what the fuck!" I screeched out loud at what popped out along with the toast bread.

"Awww look at the little guy. Must have been in there a while, and newt watch your language," Luschek ordered. There on the workdesk sat a burned baby rat. I shuddered.

Nichols walked over to see the thing and said, "look at that motherfucker."

"You, get back to work or i'll give you a shot," he ordered Nichols.

"Relax, I'm almost done your glory hole maybe you can use it later," she muttered under her breath walking away.

"You did well newt, your free to go after you return your tools," he told me. I hurried to leave.

I didn't see Alex anywhere in the hallways and not outside either. Once I got outside though I decided to stay a bit to clear my head. I took two rounds around the track and ran into Watson, she had electric maintainence with me and entered Litchfield at the same time I did. So we were both here a little over a week now.

"Nice work on your toaster, I just got out now from that place," she spoke running next to me.

"Thanks, did you find any surprises in yours?" I asked her. I was still shocked. I was trying to run it off now. This was going to make a good story for Larry.

"No way girl, if I did I would've quit on the spot," she said.

I made my way around for one more lap then got off the track when I got to the doors. I said bye to Watson and left. She sped up her speed.

I went to the cafeteria for dinner to dine with DeMarco. I hoped for luck that Alex would be there. She wasn't. I didn't know where else to look. I felt down. At least my ex bunkie was enjoying her food.

After lunch I went to the last place Alex would be, and that was laundry. I walked into the room, and was met with an inmate I didn't know.

"Excuse me, has Vause got back yet?" I interrupted their rountine.

"She hasn't been here all day, I only saw her this morning strolling into her bunk late," she told me.

"Oh uh thanks," I walked back out. So she was her dorm mate? I was so impatient.

I walked to my new bunk to occupy myself by reordering my new area. My dorm was near the entrance, surprisingly it was rather loud at this time of night. Okay this can go here, and that there. Oh and I still have Emily's book I thought to myself. I'll return it after I'm done. I'll read some of it right now. The dorm across from me was void.

I put my box of items into my little silver compartment after I placed my books and picture of Larry and myself on top of it and laid down on my bunk. I was rather enjoying the story and thought about reading it a second time.

"Gosh, I wasted a whole damn day at that fucking nurses office, and now I have to keep my arm in this stupid sling" Alex's voice thundered into my head pulling me away from my book. She turned into her bunk filling the void space across from me with her being.

"Alex," I spoke, standing up. Even in a sling she still looked beyond sexy.

"Piper, oh my gosh, you sleep here?" she turned with a spark in her eyes.

"Yeah, I do. I got moved here yesterday! How are you feeling?" I asked her.

"Well, I've been better. I'm not liking being tied down, at least she gave me painkillers" she laughed looking at her arm. "Also i'm sorry but the nurse had to cut through your socks. I'll buy you a pair from commissary," she promised me.

"Darn those were new too, my fault I tied them too tight. I've got many left," I stated.

" Yeah."

She walked into my dorm and looked around my area.

"Geez Pipes your dorm is so plain. You never were so bland," she poked at me. Then her eyes dropped to the picture of me and Larry in its picture frame and she got quiet. I could see her body tense and her hold her breath. I held back my comment.

"Ale," I let out like old times.

Suddenly the picture frame came crashing down to the ground, shards filling the floor beneath my feet. I stared at the motions of her body; her hand into her shirt, her hand pulled out into a fist. Then she dropped the content of what was in her hand on the place where the picture once stood. She walked out back to her dorm. I couldn't feel. I walked to see what she left over, picked up what seemed to be a torn piece of paper and read her writing. "But why?"

I didn't have any answer.

"COUNT!" The guard yelled into our barracks at night.

Everyone shuffled in and out, back and forth before my eyes. I stood outside my dorm, I couldn't even properly see my bunk mate, tears were filling my eyes. Across from me, on the other side, stood the person I just hurt again and she was looking everywhere but at me.

Only then did it hit me, I still loved her. Only then, I realized I was in love with two people.

A/N- So I got kind of carried away with this chapter. There's a lot of dialogue. Would you guys prefer less of it? Please review and thanks for all the feedback so far!