Do not own Orange Is the New Black or any of the characters.

So I have decided that it's time for a little drama...well it's not a lot of drama, but a wee bit! :P

Thanks fig-aruna for betaing!

We Found Love

2+1=3...

The air was surprisingly cold that morning as Piper headed towards the Popi offices. It was late August, but autumn was definitely in the air, thought the blonde to herself as she wrapped her cardigan further around her body as a cold breeze blew against her.

It was supposed to warm up by the long weekend, but it was still a little off-putting. Piper loved the changing of seasons, but she wasn't ready to see the summer go just yet. It had been one of the best summers since she was a teenager. She was a little afraid to admit it, but she was scared that after the summer was over, things between her and Alex would change. They had been going strong for almost three months now. Everything was good with them. It felt like no time had passed since when they had last been together.

They hadn't even really fought...which was a first.

Piper wasn't stupid, she knew that their love bubble would pop soon enough. She was just hoping that it wouldn't be a big blow-up and ruin what they had going. A part of her knew it was crazy to think that after one fight, everything would be over between them. But the other part still couldn't shake the nagging fear at the back of her head that if they fought, she would lose Alex again. That in some way, Alex would realize she had made a mistake and leave her.

That was the last thing that Piper wanted though... to lose Alex. She wanted a forever with her. She had never been happier than she was at this present moment. Everything was going the way she wanted it to for once. She had even started writing again after going to see the premiere of Nicky's new film, and with the encouragement of Alex, she had started working on a new play. It was very rough at the moment, but it gave her butterflies to think that maybe one day, she would get to see it on the stage. Again that was just her daydreaming, but she hadn't felt this inspired in a long time.

It was liberating, she thought.

There was a sudden bounce in the blonde's step as her heels continued to pound against the pavement as she headed towards the office.

"Hey," spoke out Polly towards Piper as she entered the small office space they shared together.

"Hey," replied Piper with a smile as she closed the door and slumped her purse onto the desk.

"How was your night?" asked Polly as she looked away from her computer screen and over at Piper, who had just taken a seat at her desk.

Piper's eyebrows rose slightly before a grin spread across her face at the thought of last night with Alex.

"No wait, I don't want to know!" spoke Polly quickly changing her mind at seeing that look on Piper's face. "I don't need to know!"

"What?" laughed Piper trying to look innocent. She knew Polly didn't like to talk about her sex life with Alex, which was fine. "Nothing happened!"

"LALALA...I can't hear you," cried out Polly in a singsong voice. She dramatically had her hands covering her ears as she turned her seat away from Piper and once again pointedly looked on at her computer.

"Oh, stop being a fucking prude!" cried out Piper as she picked up the nearest small object on her desk, which was a pen, and threw it across the room at Polly.

Polly squealed a little as the pen hit the side of her face before landing on the floor. She slowly looked over at Piper at this and glared at her for a second before bursting out with laughter.

Piper couldn't help but join in with her friend at this.

Their laughter filled the small space of the office. They didn't know what they were really laughing about, but that just seemed to make it even funnier. They continued to laugh uncontrollably for a few moments longer before coming up for air.

"So how was your night?" asked Piper as she regained her composure and blinked her eyes rapidly in an attempt to stop the tears of laughter from falling and ruining her make-up.

"It was good..." Polly tried to keep her voice calm, but she couldn't help but let her happiness show.

"What's with the look?" asked Piper in confusion as she studied her friend's face. "Was Pete good in the sack last night too?" Her tone was light and playful as she continued to study Polly, who was suddenly beaming.

"Okay...I wasn't going to tell anyone until we knew for sure, but I can't fucking keep it a secret any longer," explained Polly slowly.

Piper cocked an eyebrow at this. She didn't know what Polly was referring to exactly.

"Last night, we found out that...I'm Pregnant!"

The words hung in the air like bits of fluff. Piper didn't say anything for a moment as she tried to wrap her head around this sudden new bit of information. She knew she shouldn't be shocked to hear that her friend was pregnant. It wasn't exactly a secret that Polly and Pete had been trying to have a baby. But she still couldn't help but feel a little astonished to hear that her oldest friend was pregnant.

"Oh My GOD!" cried out Piper as her face broke out into a wide open grin. "You're going to have a baby! Oh. My. Fucking. God!" She immediately then pushed back her chair and went over to Polly. She threw her arms around her friend's neck and hugged her.

"Congrats, Pol!" she whispered into her ear.

"Thanks," replied Polly as Piper pulled away, and the two met each other's eye. They smiled at each other before hugging again.

Piper wanted to be happy for Polly, and she was, but she couldn't help but feel a little jealous at the same time. She had never had a deep desire like some women she knew to have babies. Even with Larry, the topic of kids hadn't come up much, except for that one time last year when they'd had a pregnancy scare. Larry had always said he wasn't ready to be a father yet, and Piper had agreed. She wasn't ready to be a mother yet either. But seeing that look on Polly's face as she began to tell Piper of Pete's reaction to the news, she couldn't help but feel a pang of something bittersweet in her chest.

She would never be able to have kids...okay, she would be able to, she thought. But it would be a different process, a harder, much more expensive process than just having sex without a condom like Polly had done to get herself knocked up.

Piper pursed her lips and stared down at her hands as Polly continued to talk. She replied and nodded her head at all the right places, but her mind was a million miles away. She hated how sad she felt at the moment. It wasn't that she was regretting leaving Larry and giving up her chance to be a mother. It wasn't that per-se. It's just that hearing that her best friend was having a baby was making Piper realize that she might never get to experience the joy her friend was going through now.

Piper wasn't exactly sure of what Alex thought about kids. They had never talked about having them really, even when they had first been going out. The topic had never come up. And she had no intention really to bring it up now. Things were good between them, really good. She wasn't going to fuck it up now with bringing up the topic of babies - ones she wasn't even sure if she wanted.

"Hey, babe," greeted Alex warmly towards Piper as she came through the front door.

"Hey," Piper greeted back tiredly at her. It was just past seven at night, and she was just getting home now. It had been a surprisingly long day at the office. Hearing about the news of Polly being pregnant had drained her, but she also had to endure a lunch with her mother. She was just glad to be home now.

"Long day?" asked Alex with a small smile on her face.

"Something like it," sighed Piper as she placed her purse onto the kitchen island and forced herself to smile at Alex.

Neither spoke a word as they continued to stand in the kitchen, looking at each other. Alex could sense that something was bothering Piper other than just the usual work stuff, but she wasn't sure what. She knew the blonde had had lunch with her mother today. Carol, she knew, still didn't approve of Alex being in Piper's life.

"How did lunch go?" she asked carefully as she began to walk towards Piper.

"Lunch was fine," replied Piper, once again forcing a smile onto her face. She didn't want to worry Alex.

"Okay," said Alex slowly as she cocked an eyebrow and stared deeply into Piper's eyes. She could tell that Piper wasn't giving her the whole story, but she didn't push the matter. She knew that Piper would tell her on her own time, or so she hoped.

There was a foot between the two of them as they continued to stand there, looking at each other.

"I'm going to go have a bath," whispered Piper after a moment had passed. She then pressed a kiss to the corner of Alex's mouth before disappearing into the bedroom.

Alex watched her leave the room, leaving her feeling not only confused but a little rejected at the same time. Usually, Piper would invite her to join her in the bath. However, this time she didn't. She knew it wasn't such a big deal, but she couldn't help but think it was something she had done. She nervously adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose as she racked her brain on what it could it be really.

Piper closed the bathroom door behind her before moving further into the room and towards the bathtub. She usually liked for Alex to join her during her bath time, but not tonight. She just felt like being alone for a bit. She wasn't ready to talk about what had happened today, not just about lunch with her mother, but Polly's news, too.

As she leaned over the side of the tub and turned on the faucet, filling the room suddenly with the sound of running water, she felt a wetness between her legs. She frowned slightly at this as she straightened her back and looked down at her crotch. A sigh escaped from her lips as it dawned on her what this wetness could mean.

That was just fucking great, she thought bitterly to herself as she began to strip down to nothing and noticed the bright red dot that lined her underwear. She didn't usually mind getting her period. It had used to be welcomed with a sigh of relief that she wasn't pregnant each month. But not today. It was just another reminder of babies that she didn't need.

The blonde suddenly felt very emotional as she kicked the stained underwear to the side and climbed into the tub.

"Baby," whispered Alex in the darkened bedroom. It was much later on in the night now as the couple laid in bed together.

Alex had her hand resting on Piper's stomach as her face hovered just inches over hers. "Baby," she whispered again before capturing the blonde's lips in between her own. The kiss was soft and tender as Piper slowly kissed Alex back.

It deepened slightly as Alex's hand began to caress Piper's bloated stomach before dipping slightly underneath the waistband of her panties.

Piper immediately froze at this. "Don't," she whispered as she tore her lips from Alex's and sat up.

Alex immediately removed her hand from Piper like she had suddenly burned it on something hot. Her green eyes pierced into Piper's in the dark, searching her face for an answer as her brows knit together in confusion.

"I got my period," whispered Piper in slight embarrassment.

A slight smirk appeared on Alex's face at this. "So?" Piper had had her period before around her and such. It wasn't a big deal, she thought as she continued to look at her girlfriend.

"I don't fucking care..." She tried to lean in for another kiss, but Piper once again pulled away from her.

"Well, I care," whispered Piper harshly. She could feel the tears coming on, but she tried to blink them away. She hated how emotional she was. She didn't usually have crazy mood swings like she was having now.

Alex didn't say anything as she crossed her legs on the bed and continued to study the blonde in the dark. Piper wasn't looking at her anymore and was glancing over to something in the corner of the room. She wanted to help Piper, but she didn't want to push her into telling her what was the matter. She wanted for her to come to her on her own.

She licked her lips as she slowly inched her hand across the surface of the bed and reached for Piper's.

Piper didn't pull away from her this time as she took her hand and squeezed it.

The couple sat in silence for a moment longer before Alex asked if she wanted to talk about it. She knew whatever was bothering Piper was something bigger than just it being her time of the month.

Piper just shook her head in reply. She didn't want to talk about it, she thought as she forced her attention once again back onto Alex.

Alex smiled a small smile back at the blonde as they locked eyes. They stayed like this for a moment before lying down once again on the bed. Piper leaned into Alex's front as they assumed their favourite position.

They didn't say a word to each other as they both got lost in their own thoughts. Alex was still deeply confused about what was bothering Piper. And Piper had to admit she was too. She hated how vulnerable and sad she felt at the moment as she lay there listening to Alex's shallow breathing.

"Polly's pregnant," she whispered into the stillness of the room.

Piper waited for Alex to say something, but she didn't. For a second she thought that she had fallen asleep, but then she felt Alex's hand on her stomach again. The brunette then snaked her leg over Piper's hip, pressing her body even closer to hers than it already was.

Piper could now feel the warmth of Alex's breath against her neck. She wanted to turn around and look at Alex to see what she was thinking, but at the same time she didn't want to move from the current position they were in now. So instead she placed her hand on top of where Alex's rested on her stomach. She felt as Alex nuzzled her face against the middle of her back between her shoulder blades.

A quietness once again fell over the couple.

The only sound that could be heard was the quiet sound of raining falling from the open window, blowing a cool breeze in from off the street.

It was the next day as Piper and Alex walked hand-in-hand through the nearby neighbour park.

Piper was surprisingly very quiet, which Alex did not like one bit. The blonde had been very moody and distant since last night. And she knew it was something more than just her regular mood swings during the time of the month. There was something beneath the surface. She sensed it had something to do with Polly being pregnant, but Piper hadn't said anything else on the matter, so she couldn't be 100% sure if that was it or not that was bothering her girlfriend.

Piper could feel Alex's eyes on her, but she continued to ignore them. She wasn't ready to talk about her current mood. She wasn't even sure what had her down, really? Yes, her best friend was pregnant, and she wasn't. Yes, her mother still didn't approve of Alex, but lunch had been almost civil, yesterday. She had been up all night racking her brain trying to figure out if there had been anything her mother had said, but she came up with nothing. Her mother had avoided talking about anything to do with weddings or babies. She had been good, asking about Alex and then spending the whole time talking about her recent DAR meeting.

No, it wasn't her mother that was bothering her.

It must be the baby thing, she thought to herself. But why? She was happy with her life. She loved her life currently. So why did she feel so sad and jealous that Polly was having a baby, and she wasn't? A small part of her knew that it was because she had secretly thought that she and Polly would get pregnant together at the same time. But that had been when she was with Larry and dreaming of having his curly-haired babies.

She had no desire now to pop any of his kids out.

But the sadness still lingered. Her eyes then drifted over to Alex at this. Did she really think that they wouldn't have a family together one day?

Alex met Piper's eye and smiled, giving her hand a squeeze.

Piper smiled back, but it didn't quite reach her eyes. She was still very far away.

They stayed liked this for a second longer before something caught Alex's eye. The grin she wore deepened as she began to pull Piper off the path they were walking on and towards a white tent.

"Alex?" stuttered Piper in a daze as she stumbled off the path and trailed behind Alex.

Alex didn't say anything as she continued to pull Piper along the muddy grass of the park towards the tented area.

It wasn't until they were a few feet away that Piper realized what it was. There were penned off areas and crates everywhere in the tent. The sounds of barking slowly filled Piper's ears as Alex lead her inside. The nearby shelter was having a fundraiser of sorts. She remembered reading about it in the paper the other day. She had joked to Alex that they should go and adopt a puppy.

A smile spread across Piper's face as she squeezed Alex's hand and looked around the tent. Her sudden sadness was gone and replaced with joy.

Alex couldn't help but smirk at seeing the look on Piper's face. She looked like a kid in a candy store. She was probably going to regret this later, she thought as Piper let go of her hand and ran over to a pen of puppies.

She had a good feeling that they would be leaving with one of those puppies.

She shook her head slightly at herself as she slowly made her way over to where Piper stood now holding a small black and white dog with big bulging eyes.

Did they get a puppy? You will just have to wait to find out! :P

Thanks for reading and don't forget to review!

Julie