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"Doubt thou the stars are fire;

Doubt that the sun doth move;

Doubt truth to be a liar;

But never doubt I love."

― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Do I have to spell out everything to you?"

Alex sighed. She was desperate to forget sylvie and move on. May be she could do it with Natalie's help.

"Okay"

"Okay what?"

"Let's go home"

Natalie was beaming with happiness. She wanted Alex and tonight she was gonna have Alex, for herself.

Alex walked towards the car park of the pub where her motorbike was parked. Since of late, She had to figure out her mode of transportation because of the late hours of her shifts. She would always miss the last bus and always had to ask Nicky or whoever available to give her a lift. She did not like that and decided to buy a second hand bike. She took her keys out and just then heard her phone ringing. Although she was in the dark the phone screen displayed a name she could see.

Polly Harper…

"Polly, what's up?"

"Alex, where are you?"

"I'm at my other job. Just finished my shift"

"Alex, there is an emergency"

"Is Piper okay?"

From where that came from

"Yes, she is fine, apart from not answering the phone"

"She must be asleep"

"Mr. Demarco had a severe heart attack and was hospitalized"

"Oh my God, is he okay?"

"He was saved because his son was able to take him to the hospital on time."

"Thank God"

"But there is one problem"

"What's that?"

"Piper has to sign some documents regarding his health insurance and I have emailed it to her. All she has to do is to sign and deliver. I cannot go because I'm in the hospital, with his wife and son. They are pretty shaken."

"You want me to go and get it done?"

"That's why I called Alex. I want someone responsible and someone whom I can completely trust to go there and bring it soon."

"I will do that, give me sometime"

"Thanks Alex. I will text you her home address and the hospital name and room we are in"

"Okay"

"Thanks a lot Alex."

"Anything for Mr. Demarco. He is like a father to me."

She hung up the phone and looked at Natalie who was waiting for her. Everything was so settled and they were about to go home and this must be a divine intervention to make sure Alex would not fall into trouble. By the look of Natalie's eyes Alex can see a mischievous gleam. May be this way it's better.

"Hey, I'm sorry but I have to go and do some urgent work. Rain check?"

"What's going on? Are you bailing out?"

Alex explained the situation but she sensed that Natalie was angry but there was nothing she could do about it.

Of course Natalie was angry. She wanted Alex the moment she saw her and she almost had her. Almost but not quite. She thought Alex came up with some last minute story to escape. It would be a vodka and passionfruit night for herself. Natalie thought while she watched Alex ride away in her motorbike.

It was almost 1am in the morning and Alex managed to locate the apartment Piper lived. She parked her bike and walked towards the door and softly knocked the door. There was no sound and then she saw the doorbell button. After pressing it couple of times, she heard some noise from the inside.

"Who's that?"

She heard Piper's voice.

"Alex Vause Ma'me"

Piper almost lost her sanity hearing Alex's voice. Is this a dream, she had to pinch herself.

She almost ran to the door but managed to compose herself just before opening the door.

"Come on in"

Alex thanked her and went inside and sat on the sofa.

"Is everything okay?"

Alex explained about the situation and Piper switched on her ipad and retrieved all the necessary documents and printed them. Alex was sitting on the sofa and was playing a video game. When Piper wanted to ask which hospital Mr. Demarco was in, she looked at Alex's direction to found out she was sleeping. Piper did not want to wake up Alex. she must be dead tired Piper thought. She quickly changed and took her car keys and the documents, kept a note for Alex if she wake up and closed the door behind her and called Polly for directions. Alex can rest and she can go home in the morning.

Alex was sound asleep but woke up when she heard the engine of Piper's car. She blinked her eyes and it took some seconds for her to realize where she was and then she saw the note.

Alex,

You have fallen asleep and I did not want to wake you.

Have a shower, fresh clothes are ready on my bed, hope you can wear my clothes.

There's a carrot cake in the fridge with some other stuffs. I did not go food shopping this week.

Make yourself at home. I will be back soon.

X

Piper

Alex felt grateful for Piper. She seemed to be a better person than Alex initially thought. Alex remembered how she called her, the dragon lady. She had a quick shower and changed into fresh clothes. The clothes fitted perfectly. Eating the cake and sipping some milk, she switched on her phone and clicked on the wordpress icon. PC84 has commented on couple of her poems and Alex commented back thanking her. She heard a sound in Piper's ipad but took no notice. Everytime she replied PC84, Piper's ipad had a blinking sound which made her intrigued. She clicked on the insurance papers and minimized it and saw wordpress icon on the desktop. Piper's email account was opened and all the replied that Alex sent through wordpress site was visible.

So Piper Chapman is PC84? Alex was shocked and glad about the revelation at the same time. She left Piper's computer as it was and slowly munched her cake and sipped her milk and smirked. So she actually spoke to Piper the other night. She wondered why Piper was silent about who she was. Of course because she knew how I think about her. Dragon lady, that's what I called her. Jesus christ. I am such a mad one.

she had a higher regard for PC84 and now after this revelation, she was in fact overjoyed. Piper chapman was a smart, funny and gorgeous woman. Such a killer combination as Nicky says. She really wanted to know where they were heading. And she was taking things slow as well. This is good. She thought to herself while reading the other comments in the blog.

Piper did not waste much time in the hospital. She made sure everything was alright and talked to Mrs. Demarco, her son and Polly and returned home with much haste. She wanted to spend some time with Alex. she wanted to know how she is like. She made a mental note to explain things to Larry. No point of him circling around her. She should be the independant woman she always wanted to be.

She opened the door and found Alex reading a magazine and she seemed so at ease in Piper's gray tee shirt and khaki shorts. Alex looked up from her magazine and look straight at Piper's eyes and Piper almost melted and she felt she could not move her legs. The gaze was intense and sexy. If they were together, Piper would just go and kiss Alex but sadly they were not, not even close.

Alex tapped the sofa besides her as if inviting Piper to come and sit next to her. Piper was just drawn to Alex and sat beside her, not breaking the gaze. Alex opened her mouth and said something. Piper was staring and wondering how soft those lips must be and Alex had to repeat her question three times but still Piper was clueless as her entire focus was on Alex's lips.

"Are you okay?"

"Hmm"

"Piper"

Earth to Piper, get a grip woman. Sweet jesus

"Yes, Alex"

"Is he okay?"

"Yes, everything is fine."

"That's great. Thanks for having me tonight."

"No problem. I figured you must be tired."

"Dead tired"

"You can sleep on my bed tonight. I can be on the sofa."

"Don't be ridiculous. I will be on the sofa. I am a very simple person."

"You are my guest Alex"

"Nope, no way I'm sleeping on that bed"

"Then I'm going to sleep here as well"

"Are you going to sleep with me?"

It sounded sexy but both tried not to take any notice.

"Yes I am."

Alex almost said bold move chapman but this was her boss and she should know her place so without making any comments she started to read her magazine.

Piper woke up the next day with the sound of birds chirping. She opened her eyes and the sight made her heart melt. Alex was sleeping on her lap and her hand was resting on Alex's shoulders. Such a peaceful sight, she could not help but ruffling Alex's hair and wondered when would she be able to kiss Alex's soft pink lips.