AN: Hey guys! I hope you are enjoying so far, your reviews and comments have been awesome! I have a question though. I've got quite a few chapters written out. Do you guys like the morning post and evening post, or do you want just one post a day? With where I am right now, I think I can probably get about 10 more chapters or so before wrapping up. I could, however, do a second story after this one, kind of like a sequel if you guys wanted. Just let me know :)

Chapter 15

"Alex, wake up. Alex…" Piper gently shook Alex's shoulder.

"What is it Pipes?" Alex mumbled, burying her head further into her pillow.

"Al, c'mon, wake up." Piper tried again.

Alex cracked open one eye and found Piper leaning over her. She was instantly awake. Sitting up, she looked at Piper with a wild look in her eyes. "What is it? It is the baby? Is something wrong?"

"No, but I'm hungry." Piper said

"You're hungry?" Alex slowly asked.

Piper nodded biting her lip. "I want artichokes and sour cream."

"Artichokes and sour….Piper it's 2:57 in the morning! Where do you think I can find that at this time?" Alex asked incredulously.

"I can't help it Al. I've tried a little bit of everything we have in the refrigerator and the cabinets. I want artichokes and sour cream. Please Al?" Piper reached a hand out to Alex, running a finger across her collar bone and down her chest.

"Pipes…seriously? Right now? Like, can't-wait-a-few-more-hours-like-a-normal-person right now?"

"Mhmm" Piper nodded, continuing to run her finger across the swell of Alex's breast.

"Quit that" Alex said, pushing Piper's hand away. "Fine, but you owe me so big for this." Still grumbling about the things she does for her wife and how cold it is outside, Alex slid out of bed and got dressed. Walking around to Piper's side of the bed, she leaned down to kiss her. "Seriously, big Piper. Bigger than you've ever gone before. Something fucking amazing." Alex told her. With that, she left to go in search of artichokes and sour cream.

Four stores and five cab rides later, she had the artichokes and sour cream and was finally walking back into the warmth of their building. "Artichokes and sour cream? Seriously? Where the hell did that come from?" she griped to herself. "Could be worse, Vause" she followed up with.

Stepping back into their apartment, she found Piper sleeping soundly on the couch. Walking over to her, she gently shook her awake. "Hey babe, I'm back. I come with gifts" she smiled down at her. Piper sat up, blinking the sleep away from her eyes. "Come on, Kid. I'll feed you, then maybe both of us can get a couple more hours of sleep before the most outlandish shower in history starts."

Rising from the couch, Piper followed Alex into the kitchen. Yawning, Piper reached for the sour cream. Alex opened the artichokes and gave them to her. "Canned?" Piper asked.

"For fucks same Piper! You do realize it's December out there, right? This is the best I could do Kid. I'm sorry, but you get what you get this time of year." Alex said.

"And here I thought you were the lesbian with a few tricks up your sleeve" Piper winked at her, taking an artichoke and eating it with relish.

Alex laughed. "I've got tricks. Someday I'll show them to ya"

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Several hours and no sleep later, they were on their way to the shower. Morello and Polly had kept a tight leash on all the details. All Piper and Alex knew was the when and where. Piper rested her head on Alex. Moaning, she rubbed her stomach. "Please tell me to shut the hell up and go back to sleep the next time I want something in the middle of the night." Piper whined.

Snorting, Alex said "Right, because that will work when the SheBitch comes flying at me."

"Alex! I am no SheBitch! Take it back!" Piper half-heartedly swatted at Alex's leg.

"Here's a bit of advice, when the one who isn't hormonal and pregnant makes an observation, you should always listen to her. Have you met yourself when you get worked up lately? SheBitch" Alex teased her.

"Just shut up. I was sick all night, I paid for it. You win."

"Aww, my Pipes." Putting her arm around Piper, Alex rubbed her arm. They rode the rest of the way to the shower in silence.

"You know, we should probably look into getting a car of some sort. Nothing that says 'Mom Mobile' of course. But can you imagine hauling an infant in and out of a cab every time we want to go somewhere?" Alex rambled on to Piper. Piper just shook her head and nodded her agreement every now and then.

Walking into the conference room Polly had rented out for the shower, Piper and Alex were both surprised to see how amazing everything looked. They used the colors of the nursery and there were pictures of Alex and Piper throughout the years spread about the room. Polly had even managed to find a picture of them when they were dating the first time. A lifetime ago. Piper wondered where she found the picture; even she hadn't seen it in years. There were pictures of Piper as a little girl and she saw a few of Alex. Looking at Alex, Alex just shrugged and said "One of the tricks my dear, just one of the tricks". Piper laughed and walked into the room to greet their friends and family.

While talking to Nicky, Piper saw Poussey making her way over to them. A huge smile broke out across her face. "I'm so glad you could make it! Is Cindy with you?" Piper asked, hugging Poussey.

"Yea, she checkin out the food tho. Yo, for real, I gots a big ole surprise for you comin in in about fiteen, twenty minutes." Poussey told her.

"Stop, you didn't have to get us anything! You being here to share this time with us is more than enough. I promise" Piper told her.

"You'll love it tho, just wait." And with that, she girl wondered off.

Looking at Nicky, she asked her if she knew what that was all about. Shaking her head, she said "You know how you girls from ghetto block are. So many words but no explanation to any damn thing."

Piper laughed and had to agree. Alex came up to her then with a small plate of food. "Think you can keep something down now?" she asked her.

Piper took the plate and said she would try. "What, you still sick all the time College? You gonna throw that kid up instead of give birth to him or something?" Nicky asked.

Alex smirked and said "Someone just HAD to have artichokes and sour cream at 3 am and has been sick as a dog ever since."

"Please don't even mention those things to me, Alex" Piper groaned. Laughing, Alex brushed her lips against her temple and went off to mingle. Just then, Piper heard an unmistakable voice travel across the room.

"Chapman, Vause, I got out bitches!"

"TAYSTEE!" Piper screamed! She pushed her way to her old bunk mate, wrapping her up in a big hug.

"What it is, girl!" Taystee laughed, hugging Piper back.

"I thought you still had four months in. What happened?" Piper asked her.

"Turns out that last appeal letter you helped me wit did some good after all. I just got out the halfway house last week. Met up wit Poussey and she tol' me 'bout y'all havin a shower for the baby an shit and I thought to myself, I said 'Taystee, what better present to give those two than yourself?" she burst out laughing at herself. "But look here, I brought somethin else for ya too." Stepping out of the way so Piper could see, there stood Watson.

"Hey Taylor Swift, how you holdin up?"

Piper stood there in amazement. Of all the people she had been in prison with, she never dreamed she would ever see Watson again. Though she had saved her ass more than once by dragging her off to the track to run it out after her return from SHU with the Pennsatucky issue, she always just assumed that their time together in prison was just that, time in prison.

"You just gonna stand there starin or you gonna tell me hey, bitch?" Watson asked her.

Stepping forward, Piper gave her old friend a hug. Watson slowly put her arms around Piper and hugged her back. "When did you get out?" Piper asked her.

"Bout five weeks ago. I didn't know how to get in touch with no one and mail coming out of the prison is even slower than it is going in. By the time I got a response from Red about where all of you were, I had already run into Poussey and Taystee. They drug me along here, said I needed to see you two to believe it." She answered her.

Piper stood there talking with her friends for a bit longer before Polly came and drug her away, telling her it was time for some games. They played a game where they had to guess the candy bar in the diaper. Alex thought that one was disgusting. They blindfolded Piper and had her try different baby foods and try to identify them. She vowed then and there to make all the food for the baby herself. Poor little guy was NOT going to be subjected to what they called peas. Next up everyone got a roll of toilet paper and had to guess how many squares big she was. Piper laughed the whole time during that game. The final game was Pin the Penis on the Baby. Once again, Alex said no way. Everyone was having so much fun, Alex whispered to Piper that they needed to do something like this for their friends more often. Piper looked at her and said "What, have a baby so they can play?"

Throwing her head back in laughter, Alex replied "Whatever it takes, babe."

Piper's mind drifted to her phone call with her doctor a few weeks before. She asked about carrying Alex's baby, if it was even possible. He assured her that it could be done, it would be just like a surrogacy. He told her if it was something they both really wanted to do, they could revisit the idea later down the road, once she was through her current pregnancy. The more Piper thought about it, the more she wanted to do it. Carrying a baby inside of her that was Alex's seemed like the perfect way to complete their family; the perfect circle. Smiling to herself, she wrapped her arms around Alex's neck and kissed her. Pulling back, she started into her eyes. Alex looked right back, never blinking, never taking her eyes from Piper's.

"Hey, not lesbian that is now an official lesbian, you lost again. Come on, time to open presents!" Nicky said rubbing her hands together like a child.

Their friends and family had been very generous in the gift department. They had more than they knew what to do with. Alex stood looking at everything in awe. "Where the fuck are we gonna put it all, Pipes?" she asked as Piper walked up to her. Piper laughed and said they would need a bigger apartment just to house all of Liam's stuff. Piper told her she was going to the bathroom and would be back. She was having some gas pains she just couldn't get to stop. She was really tired too. She didn't want to be rude, but she hoped they could leave soon.

Once inside the bathroom, Piper leaned against the wall. She really wasn't feeling well. Rude or not, she would tell Alex she had to go. She needed to go to bed. Just as she started for the bathroom stall, she felt a sharp pain. She cried out, grabbing her stomach. Morello walked in then and saw Piper bent over, breathing hard. "Chapman, everything ok? Do you need me to get Alex?" she asked.

"Yes, get Alex, hurry." Bending at the waist, she tried to make it to the bench to sit down. A wave of nausea hit her then, bringing her to her knees. "Alex" she cried out.

Alex ran to the bathroom at a dead run. Morello didn't even tell her what was going on. She just saw the look on her face when she said "Chapman…" and she took off. Slamming into the bathroom, she found Piper on her hands and knees, crying. Alex could see blood and fluid gathering on the back of Piper's dress.

"No, baby. Not now. It's too early." She said.

Kneeling down in front of Piper, she brought her face up, cradling it in her hands. "Pipes, talk to me. What is it? What happened?"

Piper's eyes swam with tears. "Something's wrong Alex. I thought I had gas all day. I came in here and a pain hit, then I got sick to my stomach. Now I feel all wet, like maybe I peed myself. But something's wrong, I can feel it. Make it stop Al. Help me, please baby."

Pulling Piper into her lap as best she could, she grabbed her phone from her pocket, dialing 911, then shooting a text to Polly.