Hi guys, I thought I'd try and get another chapter out before new year, still not as long as I'd like but I'm still feeling a bit crappy.

Hope you have all had a fabulous Christmas and I wish you all luck in the coming year :)

Lise xx

The next morning Piper woke up before Alex, she was lying with her head on Alex's chest and their legs tangled together. She could hear Alex's heart beating under her ear and she took a deep breath, relaxing and feeling completely content. She looked up and could see Alex's eyes fluttering about as she was dreaming. Piper stared at her for a good ten minutes, admiring every part of her. How warm and soft she felt, how right she felt. She disentangled herself from Alex carefully, threw on a t shirt and some boy shorts and then padded into the kitchen to get some coffee and make some toast.

It was 10.30am by the time Alex woke up. She lazily threw on some slacks and headed downstairs, Piper looked up from her place on the lounge where she was leant over the coffee table placing pieces of a jigsaw together. "Hey you."

Alex gave a bleak smile, not much of a morning person. "Hey, I'm just gonna grab some coffee, do you want some?"

Piper stood up and walked across the room, wrapping her arms around Alex's waist, pulling her soft body towards her and cuddling in. "Yeah, I want coffee."

Alex chuckled. "Whats this all about?"

"I've just missed you, Al. All this time apart, I can't stand it."

Alex kissed the top of her head. "I know, Pipes. I'm not going anywhere, maybe we can snuggle up and watch some movies today?"

"That sounds really nice."

Alex pulled away from her and walked into the kitchen mumbling to herself, "But first, coffee!"

Just as the girls were about to sit down to a movie the doorbell rang and in walked Sharon.

"Morning girls, we have a problem. Nicky Nicholls' apartment was broken into last night and Lorna Morello has gone missing. We were wondering if you had heard from her since last night?"

Piper jumped up. "What!? Lorna is missing? I don't get it. I thought you guys would be keeping an eye out on them!"

"We were, we only have so many resources, Piper. We are doing our best."

Piper snorted. "Yeah, clearly."

Alex breathed out and ran her hand down her face. "Fuck. This is all my fault. Nicky will be distraught, can you bring her here? What is she doing?"

"I have her giving a statement about the night last night and then I will ask her if she would like me to bring her here."

"How long are you going to keep us here?"

"Look, I'm not sure at this stage, we are going to have to increase security here, if anything else happens, Alex, I'm afraid you're all going to have to go into another protection plan."

"That's not an option, Sharon, I've got a business I'm not leaving so you'll have to come up with another plan."

Sharon rubbed her eyes. "Look, Alex, I told you this would happen but you still insisted on going through with it all anyway. We're bending over backwards here, chuck us a line."

On saying that, she turned on her heel and slammed the door on her way out.

Piper looked to Alex who was sitting with her head in her hands on the lounge.

"Are you ok?"

"No! She's right, Piper. This is all my fault, I have no idea what I was thinking. I'm going to take a shower."

Alex strode to the bathroom and slammed the door on her way in, Piper knew this was Alex needing some time by herself so she left her to it.

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Meanwhile, Lorna Morello was sitting in a dark room, hands and feet bound. She was crying as a man hauled her to her feet.

"Get up, we're going to the boss."

"You better fucking let me go, I have cousins downtown who will kill you if they find you."

"Yeah, yeah princess, its not my decision. let your cousins find me."

Lorna was led into a small but luxurious office, red velvet and dark wood.

Kubra Balik was sitting at the desk and he smirked when he saw Lorna being dragged in giving one of his biggest boys so much cheek.

"Please, Lorna, take a seat, we have so much to discuss here."

Lorna stopped talking upon hearing the use of her name and sat down obediently, she didn't know what was going on, or how these guys knew her name but she had a pretty good idea they knew alot more about her.

"Alexandra Vause. Know her?" He raised one eyebrow.

"No. I don't, now let me go."

Lorna was starting to feel flustered, she knew who these guys were now and she understood they were incredibly dangerous, she had to protect her friends.

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes! I don't know her."

"So, you aren't the same Lorna Morello who served time at litchfield the same time as her? Or the same Morello who is friends with her ex girlfriend?"

Lorna fidgeted in her seat. "I have heard of her but I don't know her and I haven't seen her since prison."

"Let's see." He nodded at the man standing to Lorna's right side and he hit her hard across the face, she yelped in pain.

"Are you absolutely certain of that?"

"YES! I'VE TOLD YOU, I HAVENT SEEN HER SINCE PRISON, SHE GOT OUT AND NO ONE HEARD FROM HER AGAIN. THATS ALL I KNOW." Lorna screeched in a panic, not knowing what was going to happen to her.

"Very well, have some time to think."

Kubra turned to the tall, bald man standing at the door. "Take her back to the room, we're using her as collateral, her little friends are about to come looking soon enough and it will give us more leads.

"Thank you for your cooperation so far, Lorna. We will talk again soon."

Lorna panicked, knowing this meant she wasn't being let go.

"No! You let me go! I have cousins downtown who will find out who you are!"

Kubra laughed, Mockingly. "Let them come."