A/N: Hello guys. The amount of positive feedback is crazy! I want to say a big thank you to anyone who followed or made the story a favorite and of course to those who gave up some of their time to write a review. You guys are the reason I keep writing this, so keep being amazing! This chapter is fluffier than the previous one and we have some Vauseman bonding. Hope you enjoy.

Piper had been staring at her watch for quite a while now. She nervously watched as minute and minute past until it was half past two. Anytime now Alex Vause would walk in through the door. How could Piper face her when last night she achieved the most powerful orgasm she had in a long time while thinking about her, fantasizing that her fingers were the younger woman's.

Afterward, she felt wrong. She had showered, partly to wash off the dirt and partly because showers always made her feel good. It was her happy place. But to her disappointment it hadn't help at all.

She had spent her second day at work playing solitary on her 'computer' , if the ancient piece of technology could be called that. Mr. Caputo hadn't sent any new students that needed counseling. Piper was grateful for that because she was certain she couldn't handle another Alex. But her worries were pointless; there was only one Alex Vause and nobody could ever be like her.

Piper jumped slightly at the inevitable knock on the door. "Y-yes..?"

Alex walked in, looking more confident than ever. And more ravishing, the blonde hated to admit. She was wearing torn off jeans that showed great parts of her long legs and her crop top stopped just above her navel, revealing her toned stomach.

"You are violating the dress code."

"But I look hella good, don't I?" The brunette replied with her casual smirk.

"Sit down. I want to talk to you about something I read while reviewing your files last night and-"

"Last night?" Alex asked while getting comfortable in her seat. "Insomnia?"

Piper knew that she was being ridiculous and paranoid but she could swear that she knew. "Yeah.." She quickly brushed off her worries; it was impossible. Alex Vause was many things but mind-reader didn't make that list.

"Or was it a crazy night with the boyfriend?"

"Insomnia." The blonde repeated with a stern look.

"What, is he that bad?" She faked a grimace.

"Don't try to change the subject. We are here to talk about you."

"So he is that bad."

Piper wouldn't say that Larry was great in bed, but he wasn't bad either. The only problem was that even though she wanted to experiment, he was only interested into the missionary and now and then receiving a blow job.

"You are failing four classes." The playful expression vanished from Alex's face. "I talked to the teachers and they all said that you never bring your homework and you always turn in your tests blank. Most of them said that you are not stupid but you are just not trying. Why aren't you trying, Alex."

The brunette's face remained expressionless while Piper spoke. The cold mask only cracked a little bit at the end, when the blonde said her name so softly as if it was something precious and fragile and she was afraid to break it.

"You wanted to know about me yesterday. Ask whatever you want." She then added as an after note, "You won't have to answer my questions."

The younger woman's offer showed how much she didn't want to talk about that subject. Piper didn't want to push her, not that soon. And she was certainly not going to pass on the opportunity Alex offered her.

"What's your favorite past time activity?"

"Sex." The brunette said simply making Piper blush.

"I'm being serious." She scolded her.

"So am I. It's a great exercise and-"

"Stop! Stop." The blonde exclaimed cutting her off. "I don't need to learn details about your sex life."

Alex raised her hands defensively. "You asked…"

"What's your favorite color?" Surely this was a safe question.

"I thought you wanted to know important things."

"This is important."

"How?"

"Just answer.."

"Black." She said simply. "What does that mean? That my soul is black?"

"No." The older woman replied softly. "It means that you like black."

"What about you?"

"I thought you said that I didn't have to answer any questions."

"You don't." Alex said flatly, resting her hands on the desk.

"Orange. But not typical orange… I like the shade that can be found in a sunset."

"Sunsets are pretty." Alex replied, nodding in agreement. There was something about sunsets that Alex always found magnetizing. "Have you heard that saying about the moon and the sun?"

"What saying?"

"Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breathe." It was one of the many quotes Alex had memorized, and one of her favorites as well.

"I didn't know you were such a sap." Piper, who was joking, felt her heart sunk a little bit when she noticed the hurt in the younger woman's eyes. "Alex, I was joking…" She told her softly, reaching for her hand without much thought.

The brunette smiled faintly, not pulling her hand from Piper's . "One of the perks of being a book nerd is that I know all these amazing quotes."

"You like books?" Piper regretted the way she had asked the question immediately. "I mean, it's not like you couldn't, but it is very surprising."

"I know." The younger woman said under her breath. "How uncool of me, huh?"

"Reading isn't uncool, Alex." She felt her fingers stroke the brunette's hand and realized that she was still holding her hand. However, Alex didn't seem to mind. In contrast, it looked like Piper's touch softened her.

"Of course, it is." She scoffed. "Tell me one person around my age you know that likes books."

"I do."

Alex bit her lip and replied with an insecure voice that made Piper's heart thaw. "You are just saying it to make me feel better."

"No, I'm not." She traced shapes on her palm reassuringly.

"Prove it."

"Name any classic book and I'll tell you the author."

Alex looked up in disbelief. "Seriously?"

"Mmhmm. We can even put a bet."

"I'll tell you ten book titles. If you fail to find at least one author, you have to reveal one of your darkest secrets. If you get all of them correct, I will be the one to reveal the secret."

"Deal."

…

"The Great Gatsby."

"God… You seriously picked the only classic book I haven't read yet."

"You haven't read it? Shame on you."

"Is it worth reading?" Piper teased the brunette, who was obviously very fond of the book.

"It's my favorite."

"I've thought so.."

"So, do you know the author or not?"

"Scot F. Fitzgerald?"

Alex murmured a disappointed yes.

"Don't be a sore loser." Piper faked a pout. "Spill the beans."

"One of my deepest secrets, huh?" The younger woman sighed. She really believed that Piper would lose. "Sometimes I don't brush my teeth before I sleep."

Piper scoffed. "That's not one of your darkest secrets."

"Sure it is, nobody knows about it. If you tell someone I will have to kill you." Alex said in her most serious face.

"You asshole."

"Come on! It's not like you would have told me something important."

The blonde sighed because she knew that Alex was kind of right.

"I have to go." The younger woman announced as the bell started ringing.

As she reached for the door handle, Piper called her name.

"Yes?" She turned her head around.

"Will you help me get to the cafeteria? I'm too embarrassed to ask any of the students for directions."

Alex smiled brightly. Even though Piper didn't mean for it to show, she didn't consider her as one of the students. And that, from Alex's perspective, meant that she was a step closer to fucking her. Something she was looking very forward to doing. "Sure."

The cafeteria wasn't far from the office; one left turn and two right ones after they were standing a few feet away from the cafeteria doors.

"See you around?" Piper asked uncomfortably. It was a stupid question since the brunette was forced to visit her twice a week.

"Yeah.."

The blonde started walking towards the double doors when Alex called out for her.

Immediately she turned around to face her, thinking that she wanted to tell her something important. "Yes?"

"Your ass looks extra nice in that skirt." Alex had the biggest smirk on her face.

Piper blushed and the younger woman smirked even more. "Alex!" She whisper-shouted, thankful that there was no one around to hear that.

"What? I was being polite." She said in a faked insulted tone.

"You were being inappropriate."

"Would just staring at it when I thought you weren't looking be better?" Piper's face was now a deep crimson. "Wouldn't it have been better if you had just said, 'Hey Alex, your breasts look extra nice in that shirt.'?"

Piper rolled her eyes at the younger woman before disappearing into the cafeteria.

…

Piper was filling her plate from the buffet that was stuff only when she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"You are Piper Chapman, right?"

"Yes…"

"I'm Sam Healy, the Math teacher." He extended his hand and Piper shook it. "Let me introduce you to the other members of the faculty."

Piper let him lead to her to a table where most of the stuff was sitting at.

"Guys, this is Piper. The new counselor."

"Hey, guys." She was feeling a little pissed at Healy. She could have introduced herself perfectly fine.

"This Wanda Bell, Biology teacher." He pointed at a tough looking woman who mouthed a hey at Piper. "This is Scott O'Neil, our computers expert." O'Neil simply gave her an acknowledging nod and returned to eating. "And here is Joel Luscheck, the head of electrical and the reason that nothing works around here." Everybody laughed at the comment and Luscheck gave him the middle finger.

It turned out that Piper's colleagues weren't that bad and she quickly found herself conversing with them over various subjects. The only thing that bothered her was how Healy kept staring at her. His predatory gaze reminded her of Alex, the big contrast being that when the brunette was doing it was hot, whereas coming from this guy who was around sixty it felt creepy.

"You'll have to excuse me but I need to use the restroom." She announced, standing up.

"You know where that is, hon?" Wanda asked, not mocking her but rather offering her help.

"How hard can it be to find it?"

It turned out to be rather challenging. After wandering around like an idiot for some time, she asked a student for directions. The euphoria she felt when she saw the sign with the words ladies' restroom written on it, was indescribable.

She kept hearing moans and groans from the stool next to her, but she did a good job at blocking it. It was while washing her hands that she heard a girl moan the name Alex.

It can be another Alex, it's not an uncommon name, she told herself, purposely taking her time at washing her hands hoping to hear a confirmation that it wasn't Alex in there fucking that girl.

"Keep your voice down." The familiar husky voice hissed.

Piper knew that she shouldn't be, but she couldn't help it. She was jealous of the girl. She wasn't jealous that she was having sex with Alex, because Piper was pretty sure she didn't have to ask twice for Alex to fuck her, something that made things even harder for Piper.

She was jealous because that girl could have a normal relationship with Alex -even though she was 92 percent sure this was nothing serious- while Piper could never have that. She was doomed to be her counselor and just that.

…

"Where were you? You didn't come to Biology or Math. Healy gave us another lecture about how important his class is for our future lives and blah blah blah. I wanted to kill myself."

"I'm sorry." The brunette told her friend and meant it.

"You don't usually skip class. Not without me." Nicky's voice cracked a bit towards the end, making Alex feel even worse.

"I wasn't doing something that great. I was with Kelly, or was it Maddie?"

"You were having sex while I was forced to sit through the Bell's monstrous pop quiz and you tell me it wasn't that great?"

"I'm sorry for not telling you. It wasn't something planned, if that makes you feel a little bit better."

"What happened then? Did a tiny voice in your head kept urging you to fuck someone until it became too hard to ignore?" Nicky asked in a mocking voice and the taller woman rolled her eyes at her, even though that was kind of what had happened.

After the cafeteria incident, she couldn't stop thinking about Piper and her more she though about the things she wanted to do to her, the more she couldn't wait. She wanted her now and since she couldn't have her just yet, she did the second best thing possible; she grabbed the first blonde girl she found and just pretended that it was Piper. It was a very lucky girl.

But there was no way in hell she would admit that to Nicky, or anyone else. Alex Vause didn't fantasize about women. There was no need to since she could have whoever she wanted, Piper included. It would just take a little bit more time and effort, but Alex would have her. Even if it was the last thing she ever did.

"How did the counseling go? I forgot to ask yesterday."

With her best poker face, the brunette replied, "It was boring."

"What about the counselor?" Nicky arched her eyebrows suggestively.

"She is fine." That was the understatement of the year. "Nothing special." Alex didn't feel good that she was hiding things from her best friend, but Nicky wasn't known for keeping secrets and she didn't want Piper to lose her job because of her.

"Mmm.." Nicky didn't seem to buy it.

…

After finding the book she was looking for, Piper was making her way to the librarian's desk.

"Hey."

Piper, looked around trying to find where the familiar voice had come for.

"Down here." Sitting on the floor, one earphone plugged in her ear while the was other hanging, eating M&Ms was Alex. "So you are the asshole that took The Great Gatsby." She said, her eyes falling on the book the blonde was holding.

"I haven't borrowed it yet, you can have it if you want."

"Nah, keep it." Alex's heart melted a little bit at the fact that Piper had gone to borrow it after Alex had told her to. But it wasn't like she was going to tell her that. "I was just feeling like doing a re-read, but I'll wait for you to finish it."

"But, it's your favorite book… Don't you own it?"

Alex let out a small bitter laugh. "My mother thinks that spending money on pieces of paper with words in them is a waste."

Piper opened her mouth and then closed it again after not being able to find something right to say. Instead, she sat down next to the brunette, supporting her back against the book cases.

"Eating is not allowed in the library." The blonde said, breaking the silence that had lingered too long.

"And I was going to offer you some…" Alex shook her head in fake disapproval.

"Never said I didn't want them." Piper opened her palm and the younger woman dropped some M&Ms in it. "Delicious." She said after plopping some in her mouth.

"Gimme that." Alex pointed at the book.

"What, did you change your mind?" Piper asked mockingly, putting more candy in her mouth.

"No, I want to read you some of my favorite parts." She leaned over Piper to reach for the book and the blonde sucked in a breath as a response to the pleasant violation of privacy. "If you want to, of course." Alex asked insecurely after returning to her place.

"I'd love to." Piper responded truthfully.

"Okay," She opened the book and started turning the pages, "This is the quote on which the book ends."

"Hey, no spoilers!"

"It doesn't contain spoilers." She reassured the blonde before reading it. "And so, we beat on, boats against the current borne ceaselessly into the past."

Piper repeated the words in her mind, taking in the deeper meaning of them.

"I understood what it means." The blonde said softly, stopping Alex who had started explaining the meaning.

A strand of raven colored hair fell on her face, hiding a major part from Piper. "Everyone to whom I told it didn't."

Piper tucked the loose hair behind the younger woman's ear and was unable to stop her fingers from stroking her cheek a few times. "I'll try to finish this book before our next meeting so we can discuss it, okay?"

The brunette nodded weakly, afraid to admit to herself how good Piper's innocent touch had made her feel. Alex fucked many girls but she only let few take care of her, and even then, without giving up control. Never letting anyone too close.

"Do you want to listen to music?" She asked, offering one of the earphones to the older woman.

Without saying anything, Piper took the earphone and plugged it in. "It's not bad." She admitted, making Alex smiled faintly.

They sat next to each other in silence, their shoulders touching, as the songs changed. Time passed without anything spectacular happening until Alex started singing along under her breath. Piper hadn't seen anything more adorable than that.

Today, Piper had seen a glimpse of Alex's heavily guarded soft side. This was the real Alex Vause -books and music with deep meanings and full of emotions- hidden behind the mask of the girl who was too cool to care about anything. Piper swore to herself that she would be the one to break that mask.

"Hey, Alex."

"Hm…?"

"Your breasts look extra nice in that shirt."

"Thanks." She said and blushed.

A/N: I hope you liked the second chapter of Oblivion. Feedback is highly appreciated. Also, do you prefer chapters around 3000 words and updates after 2-3 days or ones around 1500 with probably daily updates?