I'm sorry this has been way over due. I won't bore you with excuses but wanted to give you a little something before I post a more substantial chapter later this week.

This chapter is chapter 13 but in Alex's POV. So you may want to refresh your memory before reading. Enjoy!

Alex.

Her pulse was racing. What the fuck had she done? Sylvia wasn't meant to be back from that run for another two days. Not that this made the situation any less fucked up.

When the door slammed Alex knew the drama of the evening had only just begun. Taking a deep breath, she braced herself for the explosion to hit her full force, lifting herself up off the sheet less bed something caught her attention, underneath her dresser, she caught sight of Pipers other shoe.

Picking up the now matching pair, Alex marched through her apartment hoping she could use the shoes as an excuse to explain the situation to Piper without the prying ears of Sylvie.

Not evening bothering to worry about her reaction, "I can't let her walk home with no shoes on, I'll be right back." Alex threw over her shoulder while walking out, not paying any attention to the prolific curse words that were sent her way upon her exit.

Once outside her apartment it was clear that if she waited for the lift to come back Piper would be long gone, so for the first time since moving in Alex took the stairs. Thankful for once for her long legs that allowed her to take a couple of steps at a time, Alex made light work of the stairs. Arriving in the open lobby, Alex desperately surveyed the area hoping to catch a glimpse of the blonde. With no such luck Alex, walked towards the exit the doorman opening the door for her. Looking up and down the street Piper was nowhere to be seen, losing hope Alex retreated back inside walking through the hall back towards the lift.

Getting into the lift, Alex's hand massaged her temples. Only twenty minutes ago she was in heaven, the scent of Pipers arousal filling her senses so sweetly as she had lost herself in the blonde. Now here she was alone, psyching herself up for what was no doubt going to be a painful interrogation. Yes, she had been in the wrong, but in all honesty she had no idea when she invited Piper out that evening they would end up falling through the doors in a passionate hurricane of sloppy kisses and discarded clothes. Well, that's what she was telling herself. Was it against relationship rules to go out with another woman for food?

Arriving on her floor, Alex took one last deep breath and twisted the door open.

"Didn't manage to find Cinderella?" Sylvia muttered bitterly.

"Sylvie.." Alex was cut off,

"No Alex, I don't want to listen to whatever bullshit is about to come out of your mouth. How fucking dare you bring that slut into my bed! Our bed!"

"Woah! Hold it right there! Our bed? This is my fucking apartment! Maybe if you hadn't moved yourself in without asking me then I wouldn't have felt so smothered that I felt the need to go out so I could finally breathe!"

"That's no excuse! You're so immature, instead of talking to me about this like a grown up you decided you would bring a random bitch back to fuck like a horny teenage boy?"

"Look I'm sorry okay! I had every attention of just wooing her into doing a run for me and I had too many drinks and got carried away. I didn't mean for it to happen. I just wanted to add someone else to our circle so there would be less pressure on you to do all these runs for Fahri and we could spend some more time together." Even Alex found it hard to believe her very own lie. Not once had she ever thought of getting Piper involved in the cartel. From the moment she saw her in that bar with her hippie dress, long flowing hair and Bambi eyes she had been completely hypnotised by everything that encompassed Piper Chapman.

"Give me your phone."

"What? Why?" Alex asked confused, suddenly aware that her phone was on the coffee table left over from the very brief and disconnected phone call off Fahri earlier. Fuck, he would be pissed she hung up on him. Although, he of all people will enjoy every minute of hearing about Alex's predicament which had caused her to hang up in the first place. Fahri was well aware of her infidelities whilst Silvia was away on a run. He had in fact created jobs for her other half when he felt Alex was being dragged into the domestic life too much.

Alex felt Sylvie's eyes follow her train of thought, her eyes lightening up at the sight of her phone as she made a mad dash to reach it before Alex did. Snatching it up before Alex got even close.

"Seriously Sylvie? Give me back my phone!"

"Chill out Alex, if what your saying is true and this girl was only just a means to and end of allowing us to get closer again, you wont mind me deleting her number will you?"

"Is this really fucking necessary?!" Alex sighed, pushing her hair out of her face, agitated from how childish Sylvie was being but secretly terrified that the only connection she had to Piper was stored in that device that Sylvie was so frantically searching.

"Piper wasn't it?" Holding the phone up in clear sight, visibly showing Alex Pipers contact card and hovering over the delete button, antagonising her for a reaction.

Not wanting to let Sylvie have the satisfaction, "Go ahead. Delete it. Like I said, she was just another drug mule. She meant nothing."

Beep. And there it was gone.