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Chapter Eleven-Pride Goeth Before A Fall
Candace wanted to rip Piper Chapman's cube apart, leaving nothing of the blonde's personal items intact or salvageable. The problem with that plan being it was her cube as well, and she had nowhere else to go. Any destruction she wrought would trace back immediately to her. Plus she knew Chapman was capable of violence; the blonde had admitted as much and her goons had reinforced the threat clearly. She had gone through the box under Chapman's bunk several times, then searched every conceivable hiding place in the cube before resigning herself to the probability that Chapman had found her stash and it was gone.
Candace knew it didn't really matter if Chapman had taken the pills for herself, sold them or flushed them. She was never going to see that supply of Xanax again which meant another 'favor' to Mendez. Maybe Chapman was a distributor to the inmates and that was why Mendez was looking at her so hard the other night at final count. If so she had made a tactical mistake in hiding the pills in Chapman's area. It had seemed smart when she did it, making sure she didn't get caught during any surprise searches.
Now she was facing at least a day of sobriety and possible withdrawal symptoms. She had been hitting the Xanax pretty hard since she got it. Candace just had to focus on the bigger picture. Tomorrow she could report Chapman's admission of guilt to Mr. Healy and he would make things better for her.
By dinner time Candace was feeling stir crazy. She could feel that itch in her mind and the tremor in her hand that foreshadowed the painful absence of drug in her system. Chapman hadn't made an appearance at the cube either and she was nervous about that looming confrontation.
Candace decided to take a walk and found the only places to go were the chapel, library or common room. Since neither the chapel nor library held any interest for her, she wandered into the common room and grabbed a chair against the wall where she could watch TV as well as keep an eye on the small clusters of inmates scattered around the space.
Most of the women were watching TV. The two exceptions were a group of whites, most of whom she recognized from her dorm, in a small circle with one preparing to lead what appeared to be a prayer or bible study. The woman doing the talking was completely average in all respects with stringy dishwater blonde hair.
The other group was mixed and gathered around a scrabble board, arguing loudly about the legitimacy of certain words. With a start Candace saw that Chapman was part of that group, although she didn't see the tall dark haired girlfriend. As she sat back to watch whatever nature show was on the TV, Candace wished Mendez was on duty in the common room tonight, maybe she could have talked him into a dose. Instead it was Bennett who seemed like a complete square.
Piper kept her head down even if she wasn't able to focus on the scrabble game in front of her. Where was Alex? She needed to get to the common room now for their plan to work. The meth heads had gathered into their routine circle and Taylor would be starting the bible study with her usual prayer any second. If it didn't happen now the timing would be off and their chances for success would diminish substantially.
Out of the corner of her eye Piper saw Candace slouch into the room and slump into a chair against the wall. For a fleeting moment Piper wanted to slap her for what she had done. The young woman appeared to be watching TV, but Piper could see her leg twitching and her hand rubbing up and down the opposite arm from across the room. Good, Piper thought, she was in early withdrawal already. Better that Candace be a witness to what she hoped was about to happen as well. Then the conversation she had planned for later with the druggie in their cube would be even more effective.
Thankfully at that moment Alex strode confidently into the room. Piper's breath caught in her throat both from anxiety over whether their plan would work and from the general feeling of awe that she always felt when she saw her lover on top of her game. She was simply the most amazing, gorgeous and formidable woman Piper had ever seen. A sudden wave of confidence flowed through Piper. Alex never failed when she set her mind to something and she certainly owed Taylor major payback for the abuse she had suffered at the hands of the meth heads thanks to their leader.
Alex had reached the circle of chairs in the corner of the room and stood opposite of Taylor, looming over the backs of the seated women in front of her.
"Is this a private service or can any sinner join in?" Alex asked loudly enough for everyone in the room to hear. No one could mistake the sarcasm dripping through the question.
Taylor looked up from her seat and narrowed her eyes at the tall woman. "Go away Vause. God doesn't accept your type. You have a date with the devil in hell and we all know it."
"Shit." Piper mumbled to herself. Taylor seemed to be trying to stay composed. Alex had insisted she only get involved if Taylor couldn't be baited sufficiently.
Now Alex lifted the Bible she had checked out from the library and flipped to a bookmarked page. "For if you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6: 14-15. I've forgiven you for your sins against me Leanne. Shouldn't you be as accepting? Don't you want to spread the word amongst us sinners?" Now Alex was outright smirking as she lifted the Bible up high above her head. "I mean shit Taylor, I brought your fucking book and everything!"
That did the trick. Taylor launched out of her chair to her feet. "Do not blasphemy the word of the Lord! You don't repent! You still want to act unnaturally, doing what you do with other women!"
Alex smiled. "Oh you mean eat pussy? Fuck em' until my hand goes numb? Remind me again miss born again, what passages talk about that?" Alex held up the book in her hand as if waiting for Taylor to direct her to the appropriate page.
Taylor was still standing in the middle of her circle facing Alex. Everyone in the room, including Officer Bennett was watching now. Taylor lifted her bible and pointed it at Alex. "I know you don't really care, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Then when you are burning in the eternal hellfire of damnation you can remember the words."
Piper couldn't stop the smile that started to spread across her face. It was going to work. Time slowed as she watched Taylor reach to open her bible, still holding it up in front of her as if she was in a pulpit and giving a sermon. It had a little clasp on the side that Leanne flicked to open the pages. But what poured out was not the word of Peter, Paul or John. It was a stream of powder and partially crushed pills, flowing like a waterfall onto the linoleum floor into a small pile in front of the confused meth head.
Nicky jumped up out of her seat and pointed as the last of the pill fragments fell out of Taylor's bible, but she was looking at Bennett as she yelled. "Hey, what the fuck is that?"
Suddenly the circle exploded outward. Taylor's followers shoved chairs and fell over each other frantic to back away from their leader and her book of big trouble. Alex too took a couple big steps backward and sat down in a chair just to make sure it was obvious that she was not in the vicinity of the contraband and to look as uninvolved from the event as possible.
Piper watched long enough to be sure that Bennett understood what had happened. The CO rushed over and grabbed Taylor's bible, opening it fully to reveal the small square cutout in the pages, just large enough to store a baggie of drugs, which had accidentally broken causing the powder and pills to fall out. He was already on his radio calling for backup in the common room and ordering Taylor to stay right where she was.
Now was a good time to leave. Piper slowly stood up and walked away from the scene, her gaze finding Johnson. She could see the young druggie understood where her pills had gone and looked furious. Piper passed her deliberately pausing to look her in the eye. "We need to talk later." She left not waiting for a response.
"Oh my god that was so hot." Piper groaned as she pushed Alex up against the back wall of the library, as hidden as possible behind the stacks. She grabbed two handfuls of luscious breast as she pinned Alex's lower body with her hips and thighs, grasping nipples through the material of shirt and bra. "You were fabulous."
Alex responded with one of those sexy low rumbling laughs that made wetness pool in Piper's pants instantly. "I told you I could get her angry enough to shake the good book at me. Wasn't even that much of a challenge really."
Piper shifted so that her thigh was pressing up into Alex's center. "Oh, you want a challenge?"
Alex wrapped one hand in the hair at the back of Piper's head and brought their lips together in a searing kiss. When she pulled back she looked around to see if anyone else was in the library.
Piper could see what Alex was doing. "No one is here. I told Taystee what happened to Taylor and she decided to lock up early. She left right after you got here; you were just too busy to notice. She said to turn out the lights and make sure the door pulled shut behind us when we leave. Her little gift to us."
Alex's lips peeled back into a feral grin as she slid to the floor bringing Piper down on top of her. "Well then we should make good use of the evening amongst the novels. It would be rude to waste such generosity." Alex was already lifting Piper's shirt off of her outstretched arms and kicking off her own boots.
Piper sat back enough to follow suit, loosening her boots and quickly unclipping her bra clasp. Then she moved forward until she was straddling Alex's waist, still holding the loose bra cups with her hands. She squirmed, rotating her hips and pushing into Alex's stomach until she felt strong hands grab her hips and hold her in place.
"Show me your tits Piper." Coming from Alex she knew it was more of an order than a request. On occasion Piper had refused such directives and Alex had enjoyed tormenting her endlessly, usually by taking her right to the edge repeatedly and then backing away. Piper had always ended up begging Alex to bring her to climax which was all the more explosive from the wait. But they didn't have the luxury of hours tonight so Piper slowly lowered her hands and allowed the bra to come with them. Her nipples were already semi-erect from the excitement, but when Alex began to roll them between her fingers, Piper couldn't stop her hips from starting to rock again.
Alex loved looking at Piper's perky breasts. They were so responsive and she could take Piper's whole breast into her mouth, stroking and sucking a nipple endlessly. She pulled Piper down and began to do just that, the blonde holding herself up with one hand on the floor as Alex worked back and forth between her breasts until she heard the Piper start to moan.
Alex moved her hands to Piper's waist and pushed at the top of her pants indicating she wanted Piper to take them off. Instead of just rising up enough to maneuver them down, Piper stood completely up and looked down at her lover. "I want you undressed too Alex. We never get to be completely naked with each other and I want to feel your skin."
Piper lowered her pants to the top of her thighs and then turned and wiggled her butt at Alex as she slid down her pants and panties to the floor. She heard Alex chuckle but was also pleased to hear her quickly disrobing as well. When she turned back around Alex was lying back on the floor on top of her clothes, her long limbs inviting Piper back down. Piper resumed her position straddling Alex and gave her a long deep kiss with their tongues entwining. Now as her hips rotated Alex could feel Piper's arousal on the skin around her belly button and she took the blonde's hips firmly in her grasp and began to move her back and forth on the slick area.
Alex slid a hand down combing through the short hairs on Piper's mound and extended one finger between her inner lips making sure it was coated before bringing to her mouth. "You taste amazing Pipes. Come up here and let me drink from the source."
Piper smiled and lifted onto her knees, shuffling up until her center was poised directly over Alex's face. Alex groaned and grabbed her waist and brought her down forcefully. Piper nearly shouted from the blissful feeling of Alex running her tongue in long strokes from her opening to her clit over and over again.
As fabulous as it felt, Piper wasn't willing to make this a one way endeavor tonight. As Alex paused before moving her tongue back down for another stroke, Piper flipped around and dove her head between Alex's thighs, lightly licking Alex's clit in the way that drove her crazy.
"Oh god Piper." Alex grunted in surprise. The sensation on Piper's center only paused for a moment and then the blonde felt her lover's tongue thrusting into her, reaching as deeply as the wriggling muscle could until she wondered if Alex was ever going to breathe again.
Piper knew she was close and wanted to bring Alex with her. She ground down and at the same time sucked hard on Alex's clit crying out her own release into the quivering bundle of nerves and feeling Alex follow moments after.
When she could move Piper spun around and collapsed into Alex's waiting arms. Alex kissed her on the head as she whispered. "Pretty good night, huh?"
"Yeah. Taylor should be in the SHU by now. I just have to go talk to Johnson. That isn't going to be easy." Piper sighed.
Alex tightened her hold on Piper. "I wish I could do that part too, but it's your cube and she put you at risk."
"I know. I need to do this. Let's just stay here for a few minutes, Ok?"
Both women closed their eyes and dreamed of moments of togetherness in another time and place.
Candace was infuriated. She had watched as her Xanax stash had filtered to the floor of the common room from that meth head's bible. It was obvious the dark-haired dyke had been egging the hick on knowing what was in the book. That meant that Chapman had destroyed her supply to get the other woman in trouble, and there was nothing she could do to stop it. She just sat and watched as another officer came into the room, handcuffed the crying woman and led her away.
Thank goodness that Mr. Healy was working tomorrow. As soon as she told him what Chapman had said she would get some protection and a shortened sentence. It would be even sweeter payback on the blonde now.
Chapman didn't show up at the cube until just before final count and that was fine by her. She listened to the COs move down the row, clicking and calling out numbers before they called lights out and Candace crawled back into her bunk. She was starting to feel really sick now, shaking and sweating a little. She had almost dozed off when something felt weird. She opened her eyes to find Chapman kneeling by her bunk, her face inches away. The blonde covered her mouth with a hand and whispered to her to be quiet and listen.
"I'm going to make this simple and clear. You hid contraband pills in my cube, on my side. If there was a search I would be in big trouble. You saw tonight what happens to people who endanger me or my friends, and I have plenty of friends here. Because of your stunt you have two problems now. One, you have no friends, now or ever at Litchfield. Two, you are sick and the administration takes a very dim view of inmates on drugs. So this is what is going to happen. First thing tomorrow you will go to your counselor and tell him you are in withdrawal and need medical attention. You will be sent to the SHU to detox. You might want to stay there for your own good. If and when I ever see you again, you will stay away from me and my friends. Any questions?"
Piper's hand moved away from her face and Candace deliberately wiped her mouth with the back of her own before speaking. "I understand. I'll talk to Mr. Healy first thing in the morning." Candace couldn't believe her luck. The look in Chapman's eyes told her she was fortunate not to be getting the shit beat out of her right this minute.
Chapman sat back on her heels and glared at her again. "Good. Be thankful. You're getting off easy this time. Make sure there isn't a next time that we need to talk."
After Chapman returned to her own bunk Candace knew she had answered honestly. The dangerous blonde was asking her to do exactly what she was planning anyway, talking to Mr. Healy. Except the discussion wouldn't go the way Chapman envisioned. In fact, this little chat would play right into her hands.