Natalia lay awake the whole night, listening to the rain. She was a little scared to go to sleep. Two days ago had been one of the happiest ever and yesterday had been one of the worst. It was worth it at the end of the night. I just have to find a way to make this last. Make up sex is still the best around. Natalia laughed at her thoughts.
Olivia stirred in her sleep. Natalia pulled her closer to her body whispering in her ear. "I'm right baby."
The older woman calmed instantly snuggling deeper into Natalia. "Olivia, its breakfast time. You need to eat." It was Olivia's favorite, pancakes, bacon, eggs and a sliced orange. "I'll go get it."
"Mh um." Olivia answered in her sleep, she released Natalia.
Natalia slowly climbed over Olivia. Breakfast in bed, now if I only had some candles.
Natalia got in line for their breakfast trays. Most of the women went back to their rooms instead of outside. At the front of the line was the newest member of the unit. She was a young girl. By the looks of it she was not more that 20 maybe less. Natalia looked her up and down. She looked scared and shocked. I probably looked the same way or worse. Natalia watched as Winslow picked up her tray and let it fall to the ground. The food spattering on the floor. Winslow ground the heel of his boot into the pancakes.
"Now pick it up and take it to your room." Foley and the other guard laughed as the young girl picked up the food off the dirty floor. She was already crying when she stood up, looking at the food debating whether it was worth eating or not.
Natalia sighed a the display. That was definitely me a couple of months ago. Natalia got her tray and Olivia's.
"Rivera come here." Blake called her over to the room.
Natalia stood at the doorway of Blake's room. "How long do you think she'll last?"
"I can't believe you Blake." Natalia's voice rose a pitch. "We should be helping her. Look at her she's so young." Natalia was already figuring out ways to help the girl adjust. If it hadn't been for Olivia and Doris she might not have last either.
Doris walked by the pair heading into her room. "Hey D.W. How much you want for your tray?" Natalia stopped her.
Doris thought about it then smiled. "Blake."
"You can get my foot where the sun don't shine."
"You know me. I'm game for anything." Doris swooned.
Blake scuffed before hiding in her room.
"Seriously." Natalia grew impatient, she had to get back before Olivia woke up.
"Detail." The ex-politician challenged.
"Details?"
"You know what I mean."
"Oh, how about this you give me that tray and I won't tell Olivia you asked for details."
"Deal." Doris handed her tray over. "So are you two okay now?"
"More than. Kennedy, what about you?" Natalia poked her head into her old room.
"You can have it all I want is the bacon." The three combined the three trays. Natalia added her eggs to the mix. "Thanks, I owe you."
Natalia carried the trays over to the new comer. She stood by a table looking down at her mashed food.
"Hi."
The girl jumped at her voice. Her body trembled under Natalia's gaze. "H… Hi."
Natalia sat the trays down on the table, holding out her hand. "I'm Natalia Rivera."
"I'm Megan Scott." The young girl took a step back away from Natalia. She stood 5'2 with shoulder length black hair and blue eyes. Natalia could see her stomach protruding. She looked about 3 or 4 months pregnant. She needed the food more than anyone else.
"I know how you feel…I saw what happen back there. So here." Natalia sat the top tray on the table in front of Megan. "This is yours."
Megan eyed the tray suspiciously.
"Take it. I just want to help you. The officers are a holes who do that to almost everyone who comes in here, even me." Natalia pushed the tray closer.
"They did it to you?" Megan's eyes widen almost comically in astonishment.
Natalia nodded her head. "How are you doing, meet everyone."
"Not really. I've hardly been here a day and three people have already asked me to have sex with them. But I don't want to."
"Who?"
"That woman." Megan pointed at Doris.
"She asks everyone that. She doesn't mean it."
"The those two guards. When I said no they threw my tray down. I didn't get to eat yesterday or this morning." Megan's hand walked towards the offered tray. She wanted to take it, but she couldn't trust they didn't come with a price.
"Just stick your ground and if you need anything just come see me. My room is just down there."
"How long have you been here?" The young girl pull the tray closer.
Olivia woke up to the commotion outside side of her door. People were moving around and talking about the rain outside.
She reached her hand out for Natalia. Her hand collided with the wall, waking her out of her sleep. "Natalia?…Natalia." Olivia jumped down from the bed, wrapping the blanket around her body. Panic and sorrow were quickly setting in. She ran outside her room, frantically looking around.
"SPENCER WHAT THE HELL GET BACK IN YOUR ROOM." Foley yelled from his position at the front of the unit.
Natalia stared at Olivia who was clearly not in her right state of mind. "Megan I have to go." Natalia picked up the tray and ran back to Olivia. "Baby come back inside."
"You weren't there…I…you said you'd..." Olivia spoke incoherently.
Natalia hurriedly put the trays inside the room, returning to pull Olivia back inside. "Olivia, stop. Listen." Natalia guided her onto the bed. "I just went to get breakfast, so you won't have to get up. I'm right here."
"I woke up and you weren't there I thought…"Olivia signed. Her irrational thoughts fading.
"I just went to get breakfast. I thought we could do breakfast in bed since its raining outside." Natalia ran her hand down Olivia's face. "Come on." Natalia retrieved the tray and sat it between her and Olivia. She tore off a piece of pancake dipping it in the syrup before offering it to Olivia. "Open wide."
Olivia gave her a small smile before taken the food and Natalia's finger between her lips, flicking her tongue over the tip of Natalia's finger. She slowly released Natalia, smiling happily a the glazed over look the younger woman wore. "I'm sorry I overreacted."
"You know I was a little disappointed you would think that but I think we can pass the argument and go straight to the make up sex." Natalia gave Olivia sly smirk.
"As long as I get to lick this syrup off you."
Harley sat at the guard station with Frank and Edmund. She watched Natalia and Olivia slow dance while they handed the phone back and forward to each other. Every second that passed, her anger rose.
"Isn't that against the rules." She pointed to the pair.
"Your just jealous." Edmund laughed.
"You work for me and I want you to do something about little miss goody two shoes." Harley snapped.
"Lets get one thing straight I don't work for you. I am an officer of the law." Edmund snapped back at the inmate. "Plus she hasn't done anything. She even started a bible group, which some of your members have benefited from. We haven't had a fight in a while and I want it to stay that way you hear me."
Harley sat in her chair, her jaw set like a rebellious child, glaring at Natalia. She was tired of playing with Natalia and the whole unit, it was time for to make moves.
Olivia handed Natalia the phone. They had all the children on the line, each one telling them about their recent and upcoming events. She ducked her head into the crook of Natalia's neck. Olivia could still smell the syrup, her tongue flicked against the sensitive skin, testing it.
"Ava that's GREAT." Natalia accidentally said too loud, Olivia catching her off guard. She halfheartedly tired to push Olivia away, only to moan into the phone as Olivia began to suck on neck.
"Maybe you should call back, obviously you two need some alone time." Ava laughed as Rafe groan.
"MA! You know this is seriously going to scar me, I hope you two are willing to pay for therapy. Maybe Ava is right you should just call back when, you know and stuff."
"No, no, your mother is just being bad and she's going to stop now." Natalia gave Olivia her serious look.
Olivia smiled before continuing their slow swaying. She doubted Natalia realized what she said to Rafe.
"You guy are worst than my roommates."
"Worst about what?" The adults on the line had all forgotten Emma was on the phone, neither one offered an answer.
"Tickling matches."
"Yea tickling matches." Ava quickly agreed with Natalia.
"I like tickling too." Emma said.
"Cooper what's up with you. You been quite." Edmund questioned his partner.
"Nothing." Frank answered.
"I know what the problem is buddy. You're in a slump and I know just the thing to get you out." Edmund grinned.
"Yea, what?"
"That." Edmund pointed to the new arrival. Megan stood by her room, looking around for a friendly face. Her hand rubbing her bulge.
"Nah, she said no to you already and she's pregnant."
"Who cares what she wants?" Edmund laughed.
"Me. I've told you before I don't have to force anyone to do anything. They come to me."
"Some times you have to take it."
"Not me. I don't force myself on anyone. Volunteers only." Frank patted Edmund on his back. Frank knew he could be a demented person, who loved to force people to his will. Edmund hadn't made a move real move since he started to work with him. It was only a matter of time before he went back to his old ways and it looked like Megan was the unlucky target.
"You two talking about Megan, the new fish?" Harley brain began to kick into high gear. She had saw Natalia give the girl food this morning when Winslow didn't.
"Yea, why?" Edmund said bored and a little irritated at her interruption.
"Well she's going to be part of my gang if you want her just say so. I give her to you."
"Fine, go get her for me."
"Under one circumstance."
"What?"
"I want Rivera out of Olivia's room and me in." Harley held her hand out to Edmund. He took it squeezing it too hard.
"Only if I get her then you can have your way."
Harley yanked her hand away, massaging the limb. "Watch me." She got up and walked over to the young girl. "Hey, Scott, right?"
Megan quickly took a step back, she didn't like Harley, even when she smiled.
"We've met but I feel like we got off on the wrong foot. I'm Harley Davidson from California. I'm here for 1st degree murder and kidnapping. You?"
"I'm Megan Scott."
Harley saw the girl wasn't going to offer up any more information "What are you here for?"
"Me and my boyfriend robbed a bank. He accidentally kill the guard." Megan looked around knowing she shouldn't be talking to the woman, but no one else had said a word beside Natalia this morning.
"Well Scott you see those guards." Harley pointed to the pair. Megan nodded her head, silently. "They wanted me to tell you they were sorry about this morning, its just an initiation thing we do. Good news you passed."
Megan smiled, thinking her torture was over.
"So went they come to talk to you be nice cause they could have failed you. Why don't you give them a smile and say thank you when you get a chance. Just follow the rules and do as they say and everything will be fine." Harley advised the young girl then walked away.
Megan smiled at Frank and Edmund. She waved at them before walking towards the phone in a lighter mood.
"So?" Edmund questioned.
"Like I said she said, she's yours." Harley smiled her plan coming together.
The guard couldn't wait. He stepped away from the guard station leaving Frank and Harley together. He made his way over to the phones where the young girl stood. "Scott."
"Yes sir." Megan hung up the phone she was using, no one had answered the call anyway.
"I want to show you something in the utility closet." Edmund looked the girl up and down, like a hungry animal.
"I…I don't know." Megan saw the red spread to his face before her eyes dropped to his shoes. She might not have been in the prison long but she already knew what the utility closet meant.
"You really don't have a choice. The way I see it you owe me and belong to me now. So when I tell you to go to the utility closet you go." The officer stepped closer to the young girl towering over her.
"Please I don't want any trouble."
"Then move."
Natalia slow danced with Olivia as the other woman talked to her son. A few phones down she saw Megan talking to Winslow. The young girl began to cry as Winslow pushed her in front of him.
Natalia untangled herself from Olivia and grabbed Megan's arm stopping her from walking. "Where you going?"
"That's none of your business Rivera." Edmund yanked her hand away from Megan arms.
Olivia dropped the phone standing toe to toe with the guard. "What the hell is your problem Winslow?"
"Your wife over her is interfering with official business, now step back."
Natalia pulled the sobbing girl behind her. "She's not going anywhere with you."
Winslow tried to side step Olivia but she moved with him , like they were dancing. "Move Spencer, someone has obviously forgotten how I spared her." He looked over Olivia's shoulder at Natalia.
"Fuck you, Winslow." Olivia spat in his face.
"Well see how much you two are talking when I"
"Hey what's going on?" Frank ran up to the group. He pulled Winslow back away from Olivia. As much as it pained him, he had to protect a murderer like Olivia because that was his real job.
"He was trying to force Megan to the back." Natalia shouted. The women that had gathered began to mumble.
"Watch it Rivera." Frank warning the upset woman. He turned to his partner, whispering in his ear. "Winslow lets go, she doesn't want to go."
"I don't care what an inmate wants."
"Come on let it go, cool down and handle it later." Frank pulled his partner back to the station.
Harley still sat proud of herself. "See this is why Riviera has to go." Harley suggested, walking a fine line.
Edmund stood flaring with anger. His eyes narrowed as Natalia comforted his almost concubine.
Natalia wiped Megan's face with the napkins she found. The girl was hysterical.
"Its okay Megan. Its okay." Natalia cooed in the girls ear.
Olivia stood behind the woman watching the scene. Natalia motherly instinct was cute but it was also going to get them in trouble.
"I didn't want to go, but he said I had too. I've never had sex with anyone but my boyfriend. And we have a child on the way but we both got 25 to life sentences and I don't know what to do." Megan talking through her sobbing, clinging to Natalia. "I didn't even want a child."
"Its okay Megan just, calm down. Everything is fine." Natalia looked at Olivia for help.
"I'm sure your baby will go to a good home and you have plenty of appeals. Don't worry." Olivia offered. She had other things to worry about. She had been in Winslow's target before she wasn't trying to be there again.
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Olivia walked outside taking in the fresh air. It had rained all day yesterday now the sky was clear.
"Hey baby." Natalia wrapped her arms around Olivia from behind. "Whatcha thinking?" Natalia said in a singy song voice.
"You." Olivia turned in Natalia's arms.
"Liar." Natalia laughed.
"So where's Megan?"
"Talking to her brother."
"Baby you know I love how you always want to help people, but I really want to you to see what you're getting yourself into. You're putting yourself in the direct path of Winslow and I think you remember what that like."
Natalia step back out of Olivia's arms. "What are you saying?"
"Nothing I just want you to really think about it."
"I have and what if that was Ava or Rafe, being forced into some dark closet with a person who is supposed to be protecting them and looking out for their safety."
"I know and you're right I just don't want you to get hurt." Olivia pulled Natalia back to her. "I love you and I can't even stomach the thought of something happening to you. I don't want to lose you."
Natalia sighed pulling Olivia over to their table. "Your not going to lose me. When we get out of here I'm going to show you. We are going to be a family, you, Ava, Emma, and Rafe."
"Natalia, I don't think you've thought this all the way through. I have two life sentences."
"But you have appeals and good behavior. And if that doesn't work I'll just kill someone else and come back to you." Natalia settle both of her legs across Olivia's lap.
"Even if."
"When."
"Okay when it happens how do you know we'll still be the same people. Maybe on the outside you're a dominatrix at night.."
"Only if you want me to be" Natalia whispered in Olivia's ear.
"Someone better be careful I might have to take you behind that curtain and spank you."
"God cause I've been a very bad girl." The younger woman purred.
"Yes you have." Frank stood in front of the two women. Neither said anything back waiting for him to leave. "Rivera do you remember what I said to you the first time you went to the hole."
"Stay off the radar." Natalia replied.
"And its been work well for you has it not."
"And?"
"And that little stunt you pulled is not staying off the radar. NO that's more like blinking bright colors. So here it is again. Mind your own business and stay off the radar." Frank and Olivia saw Winslow strolled outside. "I don't want to have to warn you again. Next time you'll be sporting a different kind of color." Said it loud enough for his counter part to hear.
"Yea like black and blue." Winslow threw over Frank shoulder.
Natalia didn't look intimidated at all.
Frank gave Olivia worried look saying you better keep your girlfriend out of trouble.
Olivia received the message loud and clear but she had no control of Natalia. She was determined to help the young girl.