I was sat in the TV room with Lorna, watching another rerun of Toddlers and Tiara's with some of the other inmates. I think it's the only time we don't argue with each other, funny how magical a television show can be. Suddenly, Taystee slams the door open holding a remote.

"Planet Earth 24/7 bitches!" She shouted as she took the only empty seat left. Everyone looked at her and back to mind numbing television set hanging from the wall.

After half an hour of watching whales mate with each other, I told Lorna I was finding Nicky. Looking for her in all the usual spots, I finally found her leaning against the visitation window, watching through the glass windows.

"Hey. You okay?" I asked approaching her, slowing down my walk.

"You know me, I'm the poster girl for being okay" She answered running a hand through her hair. Watching Piper hug her mother goodbye. I squeezed Nicky's arm in comfort knowing what it was like having a mum who doesn't really give a shit.

"You look like her" she told Piper as the blonde walked into the hallway. Pulling on a jumper.

"That's what I'm told" She gave Nicky an eye roll.

"You don't think so?"

"I prefer to be in denial about the shared genetics" Piper answers

"Don't we all Pipes" I snorted to her. "You are in denial about a lot things though"

It was Piper's turn to snort "I'm a WASP. That's what we do" Nicky and I nodded to her, understanding the statement. "I'm working on it. Are you waiting for somebody?"

"No. Only child and parents aren't around so they've abandoned their twenty four year old daughter in prison. Nice, right? Not that they were around much anyway" I shrugged off Piper's sympathetic smile. She turned to Nicky.

"Nah, Wouldn't want to ruin my four month dry spell" I squeezed Nicky's arm again softly, to let her know I understood.

"Well, after that visitation, that's starting to sound appealing" muttered the blonde haired woman. Nicky frowned at her.

"Look, don't say ungrateful crap like that around here. Your mother shows up, buys you pretzels. Poor you."

"We all have our shit, Nicky." Piper scoffed.

"Yeah. Some shit stinks worse than other shit, princess" Nicky argued back

"You don't know how my shit smells"

"Sure I do" Nicky nodded, and sniffed Piper's jumper "Your shit smells like Shalimar. Must have rubbed off when she hugged you goodbye" I bit my lip to keep quite. This wasn't my fight. Nicky then turned to face the window again. Ignoring us both.

I ended up back in the TV room some time later, sitting with Lorna, Norma and Boo. Lorna was flipping through wedding magazines whilst Boo and Norma where playing cardboard scrabble and I was keeping score. It's Norma's turn and she was struggling with her letters. I took a sneaky glance over her shoulder and mentally cringed.

"Norma, will you go?" Boo wasn't known for her patience. Norma just silently glared at the butch woman. "What are you blind now too?"

"If you put the S on the end of 'Knife', you can make 'Slut' going down. Fifteen points ain't bad" Lorna chirped up, looking at the letters and the words already on the board.

"No cheating" I pointed my finger at Lorna. Putting down the score anyway.

"I'm just helping her" Lorna argued.

"The plural of 'Knife' is 'Knives', genius. No such fucking word as 'knifes'" Boo commented watch Norma put the suggested word down.

"Oh no. Well, then what does Tony do to Bernardo in West Side Story? He KNIFES him" Lorna pointed out. I snickered. She had a point.

"Well, aren't you the plot spoiler" Boo sarcastically told the small, red lipped, Italian-American lady "So, here's a good idea. Why don't you mind your own fucking business and go back to planning your cute little hetro wedding? Hey! Are you going to get your dress off of eBay? I sure hope nobody scams you. That'd be fucking ironic"

Suddenly, Lorna stood up ready to lunge at Boo, a wild look in her wide eyes. I had to grab her by the waist to try to stop her. "Don't. You. Dare!" She screamed. Her arms waving around like an octopus. For such a small being, she sure is scrappy. Everyone in the room picked up on the building tension and started to fight amongst themselves, when Mr Healy entered the room.

"Hey...You ladies need to start acting like ladies. Now, what's the problem in here?" We all started talking at once, our voices getting louder to get our points heard. "Ladies! Ladies! I'm gonna bring back the Women's Advisory Council. The first election will be held this Saturday. In the meantime, don't bother me and simmer down, okay?" He left the room and I let go of a now calm Lorna.

"What's the Women's Advisory Council?" I asked my petite friend.

At dinner, the gossip was all about who was running for the WAC election. It surprised me how many women wanted run for it. Our table was sitting in silence looking at each other. Tensions were rising between Nicky and Lorna and Piper and Alex all on opposite sides.

"So, I'm thinking campaign buttons instead of posters" Lorna started speaking when the awkward silence was getting too much. "'Cause everyone will be doing posters. We can stick 'em on with tape. What do you think about yellow and pink? They're my wedding colours. It's just a real pretty combination" Nicky rested her head on her arms, leaning on the table. I stretched across the table to ruffle her hair. She batted my hand away, giving me a small smile. "But I don't wanna tell Christopher 'cause I don't want him to get jealous"

"'Course not. You wouldn't want him to think you liked pink in prison, right, Morello?" Lorna stuck her middle finger up at Nicky. I just frowned at them both, clearly they've fallen out about something. "Still can't believe you're running for this lame shit"

"Red told me to. I'm her pick. You want me to say no to her?" Nichols laid her head back on her arms and just looked at Lorna with a blank stare.

"She picked you?"

"Yeah. You got a problem with that?" Asked Lorna.

"I just think it would've been smarter for her to pick a dyke. A real dyke"

"Yeah, Nicky. Last time I checked, Lorna was pretty gay. Gay for you, as a matter of fact" Alex chuckled.

"Oh, you didn't hear? We're done. Well, she's gotta start working on tightening her pussy muscles, 'cause her fiancé's is so small, it's like a hot dog in a hallway" Nicky pouted at Lorna. I looked at both of them, mouth slightly open. They seemed so good together.

"All right! Taystee, Taystee!" People started to chant from the table in the far corner of the cafeteria.

"What's going on?" I asked, stretching my neck to try to see over the see of people standing up. But my question wasn't heard over the noise.

"So, who are you running against besides Taystee?" Piper asked Lorna.

"She don't count" Shrugged the woman who was running. "Black ladies just run against the other black ladies. My competition is Pennsatucky. But it don't matter, because Red's gonna make all the white girls vote for me"

"Wait? So you're only running against white people?" I turned my head to ask Lorna, who was seated on the other side of Alex. She just nodded in response.

"You can only vote within your race or group. Look, just pretend it's the 1950s. It makes it easier to understand" Nicky answers. She reaches across the table to mess up my hair like I did with hers.

"See, everyone elects a representative from their own tribe. White, black, Hispanic, golden girls and others. And then those five girls, the meet with Healy, they tell him what we want, then he speaks to the higher - ups. It's like student council" Lorna further explained.

"But, how is that an effective system?" Piper asked. "Not every Hispanic person wants the same thing"

"Oh sure they do. They all want to come to America"

"Jesus, your entire world view is based on West Side Story, isn't it?" Nicky jumped in coming out of her bored seating position, putting her hand down to fold into her chest with the other.

"Can we get back to Lorna being racist? Just more of that, please" Alex pursed her glasses to the top of her head and looked at Lorna smirking. Almost flirting with her.

"But. Okay, fine" Lorna rolled her eyes. "See, I know because my neighbourhood is near them. They live, like, 20 people to one apartment. They have more kids than..even the Irish. The men like their women with big tits, big asses. They're dirty and greasy, their food smells nasty and they're taking all our jobs"

"That's a little offensive. My great grandparents were Irish, and they only had 3 kids" I whispered to Nicky and Alex who both snorted.

On the Friday morning most inmates ended up in the common room, some were getting ready for the big speeches happening tomorrow. Whilst keeping score of Nicky and Piper's scrabble game, I watched as Tiffany Doggett attempted to put a cross on the wall.

"A little too far! A little to the right!" She commanded her little disciple.

"Ain't we learned our lesson about hanging crosses, Tucky?" I snickered a little at Leanne, the minion's, comment to Doggett.

"Ain't we learned our lessons about mouthing off" She then shoved Leanne from the chair she was standing on to do the job herself. "You keep this up and God's gonna start questioning your devotion" Leanne bowed her head in response.

I was pulled back into the game when Piper tapped on the shoulder. It looked like Nicky had finally found a good enough word to put on the board and earn some much needed points.

"This fucking election" Nicky commented putting down the cardboard squares. "Like this place needs to be anymore like high school" 20 points, not bad. I put down the points on Nicky's side of the chart I'd drawn in the notebook.

"My God, I can't...I'm drowning in vowels over here" Piper said looking at her letters. I looked over to Morello's table where she was doing her badges for the campaign. Alex entered the room, I waved at her as she neared, she smiled at me and nodded back.

"You're just friends with everyone aren't you Grey" Nicky nudged my shoulder

"Well it's a shit place to have enemies" I told her "You're living with murderers in this place. I'd like to wake up in a morning. Thank you very much"

"Come on. It's delicious" We heard Lorna tease Alex. We turned to look in her direction, tongues holding some sort of pastry was being shoved in Alex's direction. Nicky looked back to game as Piper took her go.

"Speaking of high school.." Nicky commented.

"I feel like such an asshole, why won't she even look at me?" Piper asked after she put down a 12 point word.

"'Cause you were an asshole" Nicky said

"Everyone has their limits" I shrugged continuing the strawberry blondes comment.

"Okay, 32, 33, 34 points. Bam! You better write that down Lady Jane" I chuckled at Nicky's excitement. "Look, you know her better than I do, but in my experience, she can smell bullshit like a shark smells blood. Just cut out the eddy puppy act and be straight with her. Say you're sorry for being a dick"

"What about, like, a snappy kind of slogan? Something with rhymes in it?" I heard Morello's high pitch boston accent cut above the crowded room.

"Vote for Morello 'cause she's not yellow, she's white?" Alex suggested. Piper did a loud chuckle and the black haired beauty with glasses glanced our way before helping Lorna with the slogan.

The showers weren't as busy in. the evenings and myself and Nicky found ourselves in the shower cubicles next to each other. I tied the towel I had around my body as Nicky stepped out wearing a towel around her waist and another around her shoulders, so it covered her chest. We were both holding our little see through cases of toiletries. She smirked and looked me up and down as I exited the shower.

"That's a hell of a scar" I commented noticing it on her chest. It was a grey colour and deep as the skin tissue refused to heal properly.

"Pervert" She looked down at it and winked at me as she walked past on to the other side of the room. The sinks and mirrors were also free to use.

"Baboon heart?" I asked her as we approached the sinks and opened the cases.

"Bacterial infection" I nodded

"Snap" I pulled my towel down slightly to show her the top of my scar. "You miss it?" I asked her knowing she would understand I meant the drugs.

"Holy shit. So much" She replied applying roll on deodorant "More than good coffee, more than sleeping in the dark, more than wearing skirts"

"You wore a skirt?" I asked mildly surprised.

"Yeah. I loved a good skirt" She chuckled back."You?"

"Oh all the time. I miss the money you got from selling the good shit too" I scoffed. "The adrenaline, the power you got from making the sale..."

"Yeah, I miss cooking it. Which makes me an idiot, right?" I shook me head, no "I'd let it bubble, even though you waste it when you do that. I just loved the chemistry. The routine. I'm a sucker for ritual"

"Look at us Nichols, cut from the same price of cloth you and I"

Piper walked into the toilet stalls side of the room, waiting for the Spanish speaking woman to be done speaking to the devil inside the only stall that had a door.

"Do you know where Alex is?" She said, looking at the toilet roll in her hands. Nicky and I both shook our heads and started to brush our teeth.

"Don't be yellow, Vote for Morello" Lorna said from the stage. She then pinned her yellow sunflower looking badge to the cross Doggett put on the wall the day before. It was Saturday morning meaning the election speeches were happening and the common room was over crowded. I whooped as she jumped down, Lorna gave me a big thumbs up and smiled at me.

Everyone who was running had their own message and ideas. It really was like a high school council election. Sophia focused on medical care, Tiffany focused on her religion and only having white toilets in doors. I booed and Taystee shouted "This ain't the help bitch, but you will eat my shit".

Taystee decided to focus on water beds, so we could all feel like Beyoncé on yacht, i could feel myself getting seas sick thinking about it. And the Hispanic group decided to have a battle of the foods between pizza verses tacos. Tacos for the win, in my opinion.

Once the speeches concluded, we had somehow formed a circle around Taystee and Doggett, T had decided she wanted a rap battle. I was stood in front of Boo and Nicky being so small, so I could see what was happening clearly.

"They call me Taystee 'cause my pussy be delicious, Like an apple, it's nutritious, Like a Clinton, it's ambitious, You wanna mess with all that? Bitch, please" She turned around and shamed her ass in Pennsatucky's face. I laughed hard at the disgusted face as Taystee continued "You's a gnat, you'll go splat, Best be runnin', stat" The crowd cheered and hollered as she elongated the last word.

Leanne decided to step up "My name is Leanne and I got game, We're in Litchfield and it's kind of lame" Taystee just stared at her. She crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows as Leanne go in her face "This rapping thing don't seem so hard, Ain't like I'm a fucking retard" I leant on Boo as I clutched my stomach from laughing so hard. My belly was starting to hurt and tears were forming in my eyes.

Poussey was next "Fucking dumbass cracka, Should just smack ya" I shouted with the rest of the crowd "Think you own Jesus? Turns out he was black, The world is ironic Me? I'm deep like Atlantis, Rhyme some chronic shit then pray like a mantis, Matter of fact, I'm so done with your white trash ass, Just because you got little tits, don't mean you got class" She mimicked dropping a microphone in Leanne's face as she walks away.

"Yeah, P. That's how you do it. You fucking hill billy" I shouted to Leanne but only Nicky and Boo heard me as they turned to me with raised eyebrows. Boo just lost it completely then, she couldn't stop laughing as she high fives me.

Hip - hop music then filled the room. Boo decided it was her turn to take the stage, showing the circle of ladies around her some moves. She took her beige shirt off, leaving a white vest top on, and chucked it in my direction. I pretended to faint as Nicky caught me with a smile on her face. She started to grind her hips and trapped Chang to grind up against. Things got so weird but the room loved it and encourages her to continue dancing.

Boo got down on the floor in a press up position and moved her hips up down off the floor. She then lay on her back and started to lift her hips up again but faster, Suzanne then saw an opportunity to join in and started to grind on top of her with the beat. I chucked the shirt i was holding in their general direction, Boo caught it. Nicky saw it as an opening to do some dancing of our own. She spun me around, under her arm, and we swayed to the music. Her warm hand resting on my hips as my back was facing her.

We all stopped as soon as Mr Healy switched off the lights. Shit, we've been caught.

"Are we supposed to lie down, Mr Healy?" Taystee asked for the room. He sent us back to our cubes until it was time for dinner. Nicky and I laughed the whole way back. Occasionally bumping our hips together as we walked down the corridor.

It was now evening and we had all gathered in cafeteria to eat. I was heading over to the usual table when a woman's voice, it sounded like CO Fischer, made an announcement. "Attention. All maple syrup is now considered contraband after las weeks incident. The winners of the WAC election will be announced shortly. Thank you. Enjoy dinner! I hope it's scrumptious"

I slammed my tray on the table between Boo and Piper "She's so full of sunshine, Fischer. Why is she working in a place like this?" I commented taking my seat at the table.

"Maybe she likes pussy" Boo replied, wiggling her eyebrows. I snickered.

"I'm real nervous" Lorna announced.

"I thought the whole idea of Red endorsing you is that you're going to win" Piper said to her.

"It is. She's just playing coy. It's a talent of hers" Nicky shrugged. Pushing food around her plate. Them breaking up has really hurt her. Red then came over carrying slices of cake on a paper plate. I almost started drooling, it looked so good.

"I made Claudette's famous coconut cake. In honour of our new WAC representative" Red placed them in front of Lorna and Nicky.

"Should coconut be beige?" The dirty blonde, curly haired woman asked. Red hit her round the back of her head and took her slice away.

"I'll have it Red" I said. She smiled and handed me the plate. I stuck my tongue out at Nicky before taking a bite. I moaned in delight. "Damn, this shit is good" Red laughed and walked back to the kitchen.

Healy's voice echoed through the speaker. The votes had been counted and it was time for the winners to be announced. "Ladies, attention, please"

"How's my hair?" Lorna asked Nicky. And Nicholas' eyes filled with adoration with a hint of sadness, she reached over the table and tucked Lorna's hair behind her ear.

"You look great, kid. Don't worry. You're gonna be great" Nicky said softly giving the guaranteed winner a small smile.

"Your elected WAC leaders are: Ruiz, Maria Ruiz.. Jefferson.. Chang, who will be representing both the others and the golden girl.. " After each announcement there was a celebration from each group. The final one had to be Lorna ".. And Chapman"

Everyone slowly turned to face Piper who looked at us wit confusion on her face. Her eyes looked at Lorna and Red as she realised she was in deep shit.

"But you didn't even run!" Lorna spat out in anger and despair.