Two days passed.
Two days of moping around for Alex, and two days of complete and utter irritation for Piper. Honestly, she had forgotten just how WASPy her family was. The blonde knew that she shouldn't be complaining, because she could still be in the shithole they call Litchfield prison, however having to stay with her parents until she could move into her own apartment was way too much for her. She had already started looking at apartments for herself and eventually Alex, and she even had a viewing in a couple of days. Also, she knew her parents would be more than willing to pay for it, anything to get their criminal of a daughter out of their way.
Alex spent most of those two days just sleeping, or at least trying to. She couldn't get over the fear of the unknown - how she hadn't been able to contact her partner and she had no idea what was happening to her at this precise moment. She didn't understand how she was able to put up with this for years after Piper left her in Paris, but not now after only a measly two days.
The tall raven-haired woman was in the midst of reading Piper's favourite novel when she was interrupted by one of the guards.
"Vause!"
"Yeah?"
"Counsellor Berdie wants to speak with you right now. I suggest you go to her office."
After giving a brief nod Alex put down her book, making sure to mark her page, and swiftly walked down the dorms and out into the corridor. She had a feeling this was about Piper being able to visit, or maybe her being able to make phone calls now the paperwork was all sorted. She wasted no time in going to meet her counsellor.
She got to the door of Berdie's office and lightly knocked twice, earning a small 'come in!' from the counsellor. She opened the door to reveal a smiling guard.
"Vause, you're here."
"What is it?" Alex asked impatiently, she needed to just get to the point.
"It's about Chapman. You should be able to call her now, here is her number." The woman handed Alex a small piece of paper with a number on it.
Alex grinned. "Thanks so much. Did you manage to sort out visitation?"
"I was just getting to that." Berdie gave a knowing grin to the tall woman, sensing her excitement and urgency to see and speak to her lover. "She'll be able to visit…tomorrow it looks like. I'll let you give her a call and arrange it."
"That's great! Thank you Berdie."
Alex jumped out of her chair and speed walked to the phones, only to find that they were all being used.
"Fuck!" Alex yelled, clenching her fists. "Are any of you almost done?"
A small woman with ginger hair and an innocent face quickly put the phone down and ran away, causing Alex to have a 'what the fuck?' kind of look and extend her arms out either side of her. She took the now spare phone and looked at the number in her hand, careful to type in every single number correctly because she could not accidentally call the wrong number - that would be embarrassing and annoying. Especially considering she had been waiting for this moment for what felt like weeks.
She pressed 'call' and after a couple of rings she heard a pre-recorded voice.
'An inmate from Litchfield federal prison is attempting to contact you, to accept this call please press 1'.
Piper squealed at the thought of finally being able to talk to her girlfriend.
"Piper honey, is everything okay?" Carol Chapman peeked her head around the doorframe of her daughter's temporary bedroom after hearing the short scream.
"Yes mom, it's just I got a phone call from someone." The blonde answered vaguely but with a slight smile.
"Please don't say you're staying in touch with your prison people, you're nothing like them Piper!"
The younger blonde just rolled her eyes, something she had found herself doing a lot lately, closed the door on her mother and proceeded to press '1' on her phone.
"Alex! Shit, thank god you're now able to call babe."
"Hey Pipes…fuck it's been difficult without you." When she heard her partner's raspy voice on the other end of the phone, that was all it took for tears of utter happiness to start spilling out of her blue eyes.
"I would say the same but I know that complaining about being out is the worst thing I could do right now..." She sniffed.
"No, I think the worst thing you could do right now would be ending this call." Alex chuckled. "Hey are you crying?"
"I'm just so fucking happy to hear your voice Al, you wouldn't believe how much I've missed you. How the fuck were we able to deal with all the years after Paris if we can't deal with two days?"
"I was thinking the same earlier, actually." Laughed the taller woman.
"So, how are you holding up? Like honestly - don't just say that you're fine because you know it'll make me feel better."
"Ugh you got me. Not very well, Nicky keeps telling me to suck it up because I've just been in bed doing fuck all. I even said I was sick so I didn't have to go to work."
Piper laughed a bit. "Oh Al, hopefully two months will go by quickly. Especially considering we can now phone call as often as we like. It sucks that I can't call you though. Oh and do you know when I'll be able to visit? I need to see you more than anything."
"I do actually. I've just come back from Berdie and she said that you'll be able to come and visit tomorrow." Alex smiled.
Piper sighed in relief. "Oh my god, I'm so happy."
"Me too. So now the time will go even faster than you just said, because I can see you up to twice a week." Now Alex is the one to start crying. As she wipes her tears, Nicky passes.
"Ugh Vause I knew you'd gone soft! That Chapman?"
"Yeah." Alex smiles as Nicky grabs the phone.
"Hey blondie! I should be pissed at you for turning Vause into a mess, but I was hoping that now you're out you'd be able to transfer me some money or somethin'?" Nicky jokes.
"Fuck off Nichols." Piper laughs. "In all seriousness though, can you please be sure to take care of Al for me? It's only for two months and I need to be sure that someone is looking out for her now that I can't."
"You know that I was doing that anyway Chapman, don't sweat it okay? I'll take care of your 'companion' as you called it. How is it out there anyway?"
"It's…fine." Piper lies.
"It's okay, soon your sexual frustrations will be catered for by our tallest dyke over here. Then you can stop lying to me."
Nicky winks at Alex and uses her free hand to get two fingers and move them back and forth.
"Great thanks Nichols." Piper says sarcastically with a laugh. "Can I have Alex back now? I don't want to use up her phone credit, do make sure she gives you my number though."
"See ya, not lesbian!"
Nicky hands Alex the phone back with a smile and walks away towards the dorms.
"Thank god she's gone." Alex laughs.
"I miss having someone funny like her around." Piper sighs. "Anyway, I'm gonna go because I don't want to waste all your phone credit."
"It's not like I have anyone else to call though." Alex smiles. "But I'll see you tomorrow, gorgeous."
"Can't wait." It was silent for a few moments. "I love you."
"I love you too. Bye Pipes."
"Bye Al."
Alex puts the phone down, and is in a much happier mood than she had been earlier. She skipped back to her dorm and put the phone number in a safe place, although she was pretty sure she already had it memorised.
She sat in her bed and opened her book once again, planning to read a chapter or two more before dinner.
Tomorrow couldn't come soon enough.
Hey guys! First of all, thank you so much for the follows, favourites and reviews on the first chapter! I think that my biggest focus on this story is to make the chapters a good length, I always struggle with that and they're usually too short. Also, I've decided that I'm going to try my best to upload weekly.
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