Alex
Alex walked happily to the laundry room, anyone who saw her would have thought she was crazy if it wasn't for the fact that they all knew what had been going on. She wasn't exactly happy to be washing everyone's dirty clothes but the sooner she was done the sooner she could get to more important things.
Alex had become really good at keeping herself busy these last few weeks, today that was not the case. It seemed to her that today everyone had more that needed cleaning and that the washing machines and dryers were taking longer then they usually did. She just kept working with a surprising smile on her face the whole time.
There was nothing that could bring her down right about now, Piper was back and even better Piper had referred to herself as her girl. Her being Alex, Alex Vause. This was really happening right? The universe wasn't playing a sick game or something? Alex would have to keep positive, Piper wouldn't leave again this time would she? There was no way she would be able to handle Piper Chapman walking out of her life again, twice was more than enough.
Her mind went to that day, she knew Piper was leaving and worse yet she had just gotten the phone call that her mother had died. Her mother being the only parent she had her whole life, the only person to have ever taken care of her. Alex had learned at a young age that the world wasn't going to do things for you, you would have to do them yourself. Alex had carried that knowledge and the attitude that comes with it into adulthood. There were only two people she had ever thought were an exception to that, one being her mother the other being Piper.
They had been young when they met that was true, but she always thought they provided so much for each other. To a nice young well behaved blonde, Alex had offered excitement, passion and adventure. And to a tougher more street wise brunette, Piper brought a human connection she had never known existed and emotions that were all very overwhelming. She never expected Piper to really leave her in that moment, but she did. Of course Alex survived physically but she had never been able to get over it, not really.
Then there was the last time, just about a month ago. After a long time of Piper avoiding her they had started to grow close again. Alex tried her best to keep in her mind that Piper was not hers to have, but that wasn't easy. Even before things got heated she found herself wanting to spend all of her time with the small blonde. Then things began to happen, hand holding, Piper being her little spoon and the sex….oh the sex. It was so much more then just that, slowly but surely her old feelings began to take back over. Soon they were inseparable, they spoke of times they had shared and briefly of the life they could have together outside of this place. That's when it happen, halt on Alex's happy ending. Piper was going to marry Larry, not months from now but instead now. Alex had let herself forget about him.
No Alex….that is enough of that. This time was different. She had seen so much more in Piper's eyes today when she arrived and at lunch it all felt different, it all felt better. Piper was hers this time and she wasn't going to let that slip away, she would fight to keep her if she had to.
Soon enough the last load of laundry was done, which meant that Alex's work day was over. Before she knew it she found herself just feet away from her bed. She stood there and smiled at what she found, Piper was sound asleep. She looked so peacefully that Alex almost didn't want to wake her up. She made her way to the woman sleeping in her bed and gave her the lightest of kisses upon her lip, there was no response. Alex decided to try this once again with a bit more passion, and this time it worked.
"Mmm, now if only I could always wake up like that." Piper said still half asleep. "I think we might be able to make an arrangement for that in the future." Alex spoke with confidence. "Why aren't you in this bed beside me already!?" Piper said smiling. "Well Pipes, for one I can just not be the little spoon I'm too tall and that bed is just too little it would not work out. And two I was really hoping we could talk." Alex said in all seriousness. Piper sat up just enough for Alex to join her on the bed "Of course we can talk, Alex what is it?" Piper said with some confusion.
Alex looked deep into her eyes " I know you just got back today but I've been thinking and I don't want to overwhelm you. It's just that…" "Alex, slow down and listen for a second okay? I know I've done a lot to hurt you both back then and now but I promise to you things are different now. All I could think about while I was in that hospital was you, and how I could fix things. I'm going to fix things because there is one thing that hasn't changed. Do you know what that is? I can never let you go. Not really and believe me I tried. You were always right in the back of my mind an now that I have you in front of me I don't want to physically let you go either." There were tears forming in both of their eyes at this point.
There was no need for words, Alex pulled Piper close and kissed her. Nothing else mattered, anything that may have been around did not exist to them in that moment. It was just the two of them.
Alex was the one to break the kiss "We should probably find somewhere else for this." she winked at Piper and began to walk away from the bed.