Divas Prison Ch18

Both Emma and Natalya were eager to find out what had happened between their two friends who, as far as they knew, were battling to save their friendship. They knew that the two of them had feelings for the other, but were of the impression that the other hated them.

"So, what's your guess?" Natalya asked.

"Well, there weren't any alarms last night, so I guess that means they didn't try to kill each other at least."

"Yeah, if there had been a fight, we'd have been able to hear Paige easily, she's not a quiet girl. I think they'll be ok, but Becky didn't tell her. She seemed too worried about pushing her away to tell the truth."

"Paige seemed a little bit more likely to confess, and only one of them would need to say it first. Surely the other wouldn't hold it in afterwards."

"I hope so, I don't want to have to go through that again, I think I'll just knock their heads together until they stop acting so crazy."

Becky woke up before the lights, and before Paige, in a bit of a daze. When she saw that she was still lying with her arm wrapped around Paige, she couldn't help but smile. She moved slowly, not wanting to disturb her sleep. She turned over to stretch, forgetting that she was on the outside of the bunk, and found nothing but gravity.

"Ow, dammit! Shhhh!" She said to herself, but it was too late to be quiet as Paige was now looking at her, eyebrow raised. "What are you doing down there?"

"Shut up."

"Now that's not nice." Paige said playfully, poking her tongue out at Becky before turning away from her, facing the wall. "Aww, don't be like that." Becky said, getting back on the bunk, then climbing on top of Paige. She tried to rock her over onto her back but Paige did her best to resist, eventually allowing herself to be rolled over so Becky was on top of her. They stared into each other's eyes for a what felt like forever to them before either spoke.

"Good morning"

"Hi" Becky could feel herself blushing.

"So, are you just going to sit there, or are you going to kiss me?" Paige asked. Becky didn't waste time giving her the kiss she was looking for. When they broke apart, Becky got off of Paige and the two sat on the bunk together, leaning against each other. "I guess we've got a lot to talk about." Becky said. "We do, but before we get into any of that, know that I meant every word that I said last night." Paige put her hand to Becky's face. Becky took that hand in hers and stroked it. "Me too." Paige kissed her again. "I thought we were supposed to be talking now?"

"I know, I just enjoy this more."

"We've got all the time in the world for that, and we can make up for lost time later. Ok?"

"Ok" Paige pouted but continued. "So, do we tell people?"

"I don't know, I mean, we've got to tell Nattie and Emma, and Charlotte too, they don't deserve to be lied too after everything."

"Ok, but can that be it? I don't want to be the talk of the town again. Plus, if the screws find out, won't we get in some kind of trouble?"

"Oh hell yeah, a lot of trouble, but only for sexual acts."

"And only if we get caught." Paige put her hand on Becky's leg, but it made her flinch so she took it back. Paige was surprised at that reaction, but decided not to push it.

"We won't, I'm not going to nearly lose you again, I don't think I can take it."

"That's sweet, I think. Now come on, nearly breakfast, I'm starving." Paige got up to get herself ready.

Once they'd got breakfast, they joined the others. There was only the one seat again so they shared it. "Hey" they both said as they started to eat.

"Oh my god, you guys totally hooked up last night didn't you?"

Becky froze in her seat while Paige began to choke on the mouthful of food that she was chewing at the time, just managing to get it down. "Geez, Charlotte, think before speaking maybe? Try keeping your voice down before people start talking?" Paige stared daggers at her friend while Becky continued to stare at the floor. "Ok sorry, but you did, don't deny it, I know you did." Natalya and Emma moved forward on their seats, wanting an answer too.

"You don't know anything." Paige said stubbornly, challenging Charlotte's belief. She knew she had no leg to stand on, but was in too good a mood not to have a little fun with it.

"Oh yeah? Well you've had a smile on your face since I saw you, the two of you are on way better terms than yesterday, she's going bright red and until then, you two hadn't taken eyes of each other. And don't make me start on the way you're looking at each other."

"Listen to you, if I ever get arrested again, I want you as my lawyer." Paige got an elbow in the stomach from Becky for her comment. "Don't even joke about that."

"So do you have any defence to the counsellor's claims?" Natalya said, getting in on the fun. Paige looked down and around, trying to get into Beckys eye line, since she still couldn't look at them as was getting redder still. She just about managed it and got a little nod from Becky. "No your honour. In fact, we'd like to plead guilty as charged." Charlotte smiled, part in triumph, part just being pleased for her friends. The smile was shared by the other two, and although she denied it, Emma uttered a little 'yay!'

"That's great, so how are you feeling about it all? Come on, we want details!" Natalya asked. Becky still couldn't look at them, choosing to hug herself around Paiges arm. "Well that says a lot. It's amazing, I'm still in shock really. I never thought she could feel the same." Paige said, resting her head tightly on Becky's. This made her look up at them, and they all saw her eyes were glowing. "Bex, you ok?" Natalya asked. Becky nodded and had her own smile break out. "I'm great, thanks to her. I'm just happy. Really happy." This earned her a kiss on top of her head. It might have been more but a guard approached them. "Mail call" he grunted, tossing an envelope into the middle of the table and walking off. "It's for you Nat" Emma said, pushing it over. Natalya took it, looked inside and looked surprised. "Um, it's a Christmas card."

"Wow, either somebody is really behind or the post here is worse than I thought." Paige said sarcastically. "So who is it from?" Emma asked as Natalya opened it and read the inside.

"It's not signed. It's just says 'Enjoy your gifts, better late than never."

"That's a bit cryptic, so is the gift in there too?" Natalya shook her head. "No, it's just the card."

"So where's the gift?" Charlotte asked, no more sure what was going on than anyone else. "No idea, they probably took it. The envelope was open but that's usual. They probably liked what they found. There's probably not a lot I can do if they did."

"Well that's not fair, sorry Nattie." Charlotte was angry for her friend, wondering if there is anything she could find out for her she she went to her work placement in the offices. "It's ok. I get the feeling they wanted me to have it, so when I call in later this week and tell them, things will get sorted out." Natalya smirked as she said it, knowing that her family connections would be able to fix things and she loved getting one over on anyone, but especially the so called authorities that kept her imprisoned.

The idea appealed to her so much that she considered making a call into her contacts at home as soon as they all got outside later that day. Her intrigue levels were at an all time high but she just about managed to keep herself under control for the time being. She saw that Becky and Paige had managed to separate themselves for the first time all day so she decided to be nosy there instead. She left the phones alone and went back over to Paige, putting an arm round her and getting hers round her neck in return. "Hey, so you're really happy huh?"

"Yeah, I really am. Didn't see that coming did you?" The two of them sat down, near to where Becky was trying to learn Charlotte's exercise routine, and not doing well, taking her own legs out from under her and failing down for the second time that day. Paige and Natalya saw the whole thing and laughed quietly to themselves. "You see, how can you not find that adorable?"

"I just like it that you do. But don't hurt her." Paige didn't like that comment and turned towards her. "I'm not going to hurt her, and why would you say that to me?" Natalya realised that Paige had taken that the wrong way and backed up a little. "I'm sure you won't, especially after what you went through yesterday, yes Emma told me. She was so scared to have lost you I was concerned for her. You've brought out the best in her since you came here. Before that, She was just a zombie like so many of them I've seen come and go over time. But then it was like something about her changed. She got more interested in things, hung out with us more. Talked a whole lot more, but mostly about the same subject again and again. You. Especially when you spent that week in hospital. I thought she was just taking you under her wing as you were new. I admit I barely saw this coming. You two, falling for each other in the worst place I have ever seen. But I'm glad you did. You already made each other better and I don't want that to stop. I don't want either of you to hurt each other."

"I had no idea she was like that before, that doesn't sound like the Becky I know. You've got nothing to worry about though. I'm really not messing around here. She's my everything, and it feels so good to be able to say it out loud."

"Great, you make a great pair too." Natalya changed the subject as they watched the others work out. Becky got a bit better as she went along. "She's actually a good teacher." Paige remarked. "Yeah, maybe we should get in there." Natalya suggested.

"Nah, not today, too comfortable down here."

"You mean too lazy."

"That's what I said."

When the yard time was over, Natalya got up and started to head in while Paige hung back for Becky. "Did you enjoy just siting there, watching me?"

"Yeah, you're funny when you fall down."

"You're mean."

"Don't worry Bex, when she gives it a go, you can laugh at her too." Charlotte stood up for the first of her friends to join her workouts. "Won't happen, I'll be a natural, if you can get me to in the first place of course."

Charlotte was about to respond but before she could, her attention was taken when she saw Natalya start walking faster before she broke out into a full out run back through the door to their cell block. That seemed strange to them but then they all heard a huge crash and a scream. Worried that something had happened to her they all moved to the door inside as quickly as they could but don't believe their eyes when they saw what was happening. Natalya was in the doorway to a cell, on top of another prisoner throwing as many punches as she could to their face. It wasn't possible to see who it was she was attacking. All of them looked around to see if they could work out who it was that Natalya was fighting, but didn't see anybody missing. Natalya got pushed back off the woman, then changed her focus to another woman and the fight spilled out into the main area. Natalya and this other woman were trying to really hurt each other but it took no time at all for Natalya to take full control. She drove the other into the edge of a table then a solid punch put her to the floor. Natalya got on top of her as well and kept connecting with right hands, each one doing damage. The woman who was left in the cell doorway crawled over and tried to pull Natalya off, getting an arm around her neck. Paige went to help her friend and even things up, but Becky reacting quickly enough to grab her arm. "Don't, it's too late." She said. This was because the guards were running in from the other side of the block. Natalya took care of the one on her back with an elbow, then focused on the one below, now choking her. The guards surrounded them and gave a clear order for Natalya to step away and place her hands on her head. She made no attempt to comply, choking this other woman harder still while screaming in her face, which was going a bad colour. The guards were left with no choice, one of them using their pepper spray. Natalya cried out in pain as the spray took effect, releasing the choke to put her hands to her eyes. She was immediately grabbed by several other guards and forced to the floor. She was then put in handcuffs. She was still trying to fight back but her cuffs and lack of eyesight made it futile. As the guards dragged her away, no doubt in anyone's mind that she was headed for The Lock, she was kicking her legs and screaming loudly "IM GONNA GET YOU, YOU'RE GONNA PAY! YOU'RE BOTH GONNA PAY! YOU'RE DEAD, YOU'RE BOTH DEAD! DEAD!

Her screams could be heard long after she left the room. The two on the floor were looked at by the guards, who radioed through that they were going to be taken to the hospital block for examination and treatment. Another was picking up sheets and pillows, which is when the others realised that these women were new, which is why they didn't know who they were. As they were helped up there were a lot of whispers among the crowd who were watching the whole thing as it became clear that the two women were identical, except for a couple of features, and the cuts and bruises that they both had. They were escorted away by guards soon after and, to the surprise of absolutely nobody, the block was ordered into lockdown for the rest of the day.

"Have you ever seen Nattie like that before? I couldn't believe it." Paige paced around the cell. "No, she's never gotten mad like that, she's always been about just keeping her head down, and now she's on her own over there. Who knows how long for?" Becky was really worried and continued talking. "They could charge her you know, assault, attempted murder. She might have bought herself a lot more time here, but shes smart enough to know that, with her family and their rules and everything."

"What did you say?" Paige looked at her. "You know, she said her family were strict about keeping your head down if you went to prison."

"Yeah, and why did that happen to her in the first place?"

"She got set up" Becky caught on to what Paige was saying "Oh my god, by a pair of twins, it must be them!"

"No wonder she was so mad at them, if they are why she's inside."

"But why did she have to do that? Now she's stuck over there." Becky said, a mixture of upset and annoyed. Paige sat down next to Becky and put an arm round her. "Because she beat the hell out two people, and I'm proud of her. I'd have done the same. You know she's tough enough to hang in there."

"Yeah she is. I just hope we see her back soon. And when did you become the rational one here?" Becky lent her head back onto Paige's shoulder.

"Because you needed me to be. I wanted to be there for you." That comment earned Paige a kiss. "Don't get used to the rational thing though."

"Haha, I won't, but thanks, I'm glad I've got you." Paige held Becky for a while, not talking, just resting, happy to be with each other, despite everything else going on in their world. Becky was still rattled from what happened for the rest on of the day through till the lights went out. "Paige, don't be upset but I'm going to sleep in my own bunk. I'm stressed out from this and I need to try and sleep. If I lie next to you, that won't happen."

"Of course baby, you get your sleep. I'm not going anywhere." They each got into bed. Paige said she was ok with it, but was lying through her teeth. She wanted Becky next to her. She felt rejected by someone she loved and the feeling was eating her up inside on top of everything else that had happened. She laid there in the dark, eventually managing to get to sleep. She didn't sleep for long as she felt herself getting shoved into the wall. Before she could move to find out what was happening, she felt Becky's arms around her so she eased into the embrace. "I missed you" she whispered in her ear with a kiss on the cheek. Paige thought better about making a joke about her being whipped, but decided to just enjoy it and go back to sleep.

A/N: Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed it. Natties had a loss of control and now she's in a bit of trouble. I'm sure you all know who it is that she attacked, not that's the word 'twins' wasn't a big enough clue :-)

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