Piper makes it to her last day of work on July 10.

"Only 11 more days of this." She mutters to herself

She can't stand more than a few minutes without having to get off of her feet. Poly notices just before lunch how uncomfortable she is and tells her to just leave at lunch. Normally Piper wouldn't do it, but she agrees. They say goodbye and Polly says she'll be over to check on her in a couple of days and to give her a call if anything…and she means anything, happens.

Piper heads home. Alex was working from home that day, monitoring shipments, scheduling arrivals and more shipments. She really didn't have to be in the office very much for PoPi, so a lot of times, she stayed home and working in the office.

Piper walks in with a grunt, throws down her bag and kicks off her shoes. Alex hears her come in and rushes out because it is unlike Piper to come home early.

"Piper? Piper, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Polly sent me home. I just can't get comfortable."

Alex takes Piper's hand and leads her to the bedroom where she helps her get undressed and lay back on the bed. Piper is wearing underwear and an oversized band t-shirt that Alex has.

"There ya go." Alex says, helping her lay down.

"There is nothing fun about any of this." Piper says, sounding irritated

"I know. Alex says, laying down next to Piper.

Piper grabs a pillow turns on her side and situates the pillow under her belly to rest on it. Alex rubs her back for her.

"Ahh, that feels so good." Piper says, closing her eyes. This is the most comfortable she has felt in a few weeks. She can't wait to be done with the pregnancy and just have their baby here.

Alex continues rubbing her back, and eventually Piper drifts off to sleep. Alex gets up, careful not to disturb her. She goes back into the office, sends her last couple of emails, and shuts down for the day.

She goes into the kitchen and makes herself some lunch. She figured Piper would be out for a while, so she doesn't make her anything. She's on the couch watching TV when there is a knock at the door.

Alex answer it, and no other than Nicky Nichols walks in.

"Hey, Vause. Didn't make me any lunch?" She says, loudly, because that is just Nicky's natural volume.

"Shhh! Piper is sleeping. Poor thing hasn't slept well in a couple of weeks." Alex says, shutting the door.

"Any day now, right?"

"It's supposed to be 11, but I don't know Nicky. I don't think it'll even be that long. I mean she is so uncomfortable and the baby is sitting really low, so I doubt it'll be 11 days. I think probably next week some time."

"Jesus, are you freaking out?"

"Hell yes I'm freaking out. I'm about to have a kid. My baby is having a baby. I'm so nervous for her. Like, I'm going to be there the whole time, it's just, I don't know how I'm going to be having to see her go through what she is going to have to go through. It's scary. But I'm also excited because we are having a baby. Does that make sense?"

"Yeah, it makes sense. I'd be too freaked out to touch her, afraid she might have that kid come flying out or something."

"Real nice, Nick. Very classy. Touching has definitely not been an issue for us. Literally, the hormones make her want to have sex all the time."

"Shit, well maybe I should have Lorna get pregnant." Nicky laughs

Alex laughs "How is that going?"

"Well, pretty good. She is finally used to being back in the real world. It took her almost a year. She had a hard time with it. But we're good now." Nicky smiles

Alex smiles. She's glad Nicky is happy. Her and Lorna are good for each other. "I'm glad."

"Yeah, so are you nervous about bringing the baby home?"

"Oh my God, yes. I wake up and I go and check that all the baby proofing is actually done, and that I didn't imagine putting it all together."

"Yeah, about those. You have got to teach me how to open the one on the toilet. I can't fucking open it, so I don't drink anything when I'm here."

"Oh Jesus Nicky, who are you?" Alex laughs.

"Well, damn, I can't figure them out. Too much for me."

"I'll show you some time." Alex says still laughing at her friend

They sit there flipping through channels and talking for a couple of hours.

Alex hears footsteps coming down the hall. They stop abruptly followed by, "Oh shit."

Alex and Nicky both jump up, Piper is standing in the middle of the hallway.

"Fuck Chapman, did you piss yourself?" Nicky points at the wetness on the floor.

"No I didn't piss myself." Piper says sarcastically, glaring at Nicky. "My water broke."

A shocked look takes over Alex's face. "Holy shit." Is all she manages to say.