DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, they belong to Netflix and their amazing show Orange is the New Black.


Alex wakes up later than usual, and she curses at herself for it. Now, the brunette can't go pay a quick visit to the blonde in the hospital, she'll be lucky if she's on time to start teaching at Litchfield High. She rushes to get ready and speeds off on her motorcycle to get to Litchfield High on time. She unlocks the door to her history classroom as the first bell rings.

She places her things down on the desk as she sits down behind it and shrugs out her leather jacket after pulling out her phone. She opens her text messages, and shoots her student in the hospital a text to reassure her she'll be there to pick her up after school. She puts it away as her first students trickle into the room; and the last students walks in as the second bell rings.

Her day passes slowly, but finally the final bell rings and the students rush out the door; it's Friday, and they can't wait to get home and get the weekend started. As the bell rings, Alex realizes the day's over and it's time to go pick up her student. As soon as she realizes that, she rushes out her classroom and jumps on her bike. She rushes back home, wanting to freshen up a little and look good for when she goes to pick up the blonde at the hospital.

She takes out her phone as she enters her apartment, ready to call a cab to come pick her up and take her to the hospital. That's when she sees the blonde's car keys on the little table in the hall. She picks them up and puts her phone away, putting them next to her purse before going into her bedroom. There isn't any time to shower, but she does pick out a nice outfit, and picks something out for the blonde to wear.

She reapplies her winged eye-liner, sliding on her glasses as she checks herself out in the mirror. "Yup, nice enough to pick Pipes up," Alex thinks as she smirks. She turns on her heel and makes her way to the hall, picking up the car keys and her purse and making her way downstairs to the parking lot.


"Hey Pipes," Alex says as she opens the door to Piper's hospital room. She doesn't hear an immediate response, and she's instantly worried. The worried look on her face changes into a smile as she gazes at the blonde, soundly asleep in her hospital bed.

"Such a natural beauty," Alex thinks as she silently makes her way over, suddenly very glad she decided to wear Converse instead of her usual heels. She makes a bold decision, kissing the blonde on her forehead in an attempt to wake her up. The blonde stirs slightly before her baby blues flutter open, and she meets the forest greens of her AP History teacher. An instant smile makes its way to Piper's lips, and Alex smiles in response.

"Hi," Piper says timidly.

"Hi. You ready to go?"

"Yeah, I'll just go change in the bathroom."

"Oh no, I'll just wait outside until you're ready and you can call me in," Alex says as she wants to turn around and make her way outside the hospital room but she's stopped by a warm hand on her wrist. An idea had popped up in Piper's head; the brunette had already seen her naked body, why not let her see it again?

"You can stay Al. it's nothing you haven't seen before." Piper smirks as Alex slowly turns around again, a look of disbelief etched on her face.

"I don't want you to feel awkward Piper, I'll just be outside."

"No, really, it's okay. I'll need help anyway, my arms are quite weak actually."

Alex tilts her head to one side as she watches the flirty demeanor of her student. She shakes her head to get rid of the naughty thoughts she had. She finds herself wanting to stay, wanting to help the blonde in any way she could. She nods, letting Piper know she'll stay.

"Arms up," Alex says, deciding to take control of the situation before the blonde has a chance to do so. What Alex doesn't know is that she just played into the hands of the younger woman in front of her; this is exactly what she wanted to happen, especially after last night.

"I still don't deserve her; and she'll soon realize it. But right now, I just want to enjoy her presence and love while I still can. Wait wait wait … love? Alex can't love me, she shouldn't …" Piper thinks until she hears the brunette's command and snaps out of it. She lifts up her arms, happy that the IV was detached from her arm earlier.

Alex plays with the hem of the blonde's shirt for a second before pulling it over her head slowly, not wanting to hurt the blonde during the action. She tries not to look at the beautiful runner's body of Piper. As soon as the shirt comes over her head, she leans over to the duffel bag she brought with her, taking out the clean shirt she brought with her. This way she can avoid looking at the blonde's chest. What Alex doesn't know is that Piper isn't wearing a bra, and a smirk is already playing on her lips as she waits for the brunette to notice that little fact.

The brunette stands back up to face the blonde, but starts to blush as soon as the blonde's chest comes into view. She stares; she really wants to take her eyes away from the beautiful TV-tits of her student, but she can't, she just can't. Alex feels the sudden urge to lean over and kiss the beautiful nipples and suck them into her mouth; giving her the treatment she knows how to give best. She almost gives in, ready to ravish her student in the hospital room when she hears a light cough.

Forest greens snap up to connect with baby blues; and Piper nearly gasps as she notices the look of lust (and love) in her teacher's eyes. This was not the way she planned this to go; she just wanted to make her teacher feel slightly uncomfortable, the way she did earlier this week.

They both snap out of it; returning to the task at hand. Alex pulls the shirt over Piper's head, helping her putting it on properly. Piper finds the strength in her arms to shimmy her way out of her sweats, and Alex helps her pull up the black skinny jeans she brought for her student to wear. "It's weird how normal this feels," is the thought that runs through both their heads without realizing the other is thinking the exact same thing.

Alex stands up in front of the blonde after putting away the clothes the blonde had been wearing before; Piper signs all the discharge forms that she needs to, handing them back to the nurse after filling out everything. The nurse leaves, and Alex turns to her student, holding out her hand for the blonde to take.

"Ready to go home?" Alex asks. Piper only nods in response. "Home, that place where you feel completely and utterly safe … the only time I feel that safe is when Alex is holding me …"I Piper thinks as she slowly reaches out to take the brunette's hand. Alex then does something so sweet the blonde might just melt: she quickly drops the duffel bag on the chair next to her and grabs the blonde's other hand. She brings both wrists up to her face, placing two soft kisses on each. Piper's eyes flutter at the action, she can't believe how sweet her teacher really is.

Alex then drops one hand, but she holds the other one tightly in her own after intertwining their fingers. She smiles at the blonde before turning around and grabbing the duffel bag from the chair, and softly pulling her student out of the hospital room and into the hallway.


"Welcome home Pipes."

"Thank you Al."

Alex and Piper are standing in the living room of the brunette's apartment, just looking at each other. Neither one of them knows exactly who stepped up first, but seconds after their spoken words they find themselves in a tight embrace. Alex wraps her arms around the blonde's waist, pulling her even closer while Piper has her arms tucked around the brunette's neck.

This is the moment where their relationship as teacher and student shifts to something more: friends (or that's what they say themselves). Neither woman dares to call their relationship more than just a friendship, realizing the situation they're in isn't really the best. They want to be more; so much more, but they don't dare to proceed. They don't really realize the full extent of their feelings towards each other yet anyways.

They continue to stand there, wrapped up in each other's arms for what seems like hours; and anyone who would walk in would find the situation slightly strange. Neither Alex nor Piper really care about the fact that they might be out of bounds right now; hell Piper living with Alex could get the brunette in big trouble. Instead, they just enjoy the feeling of security and safety as they take in the warmth of the other person.

Piper has her head on Alex's shoulder; the brunette's cheek on top of the blonde's head. They seem to fit together perfectly, something that doesn't go unnoticed by both women. Alex nor Piper fully acknowledge that little fact though; too afraid of the possible damage they might do if they move too fast. Piper sighs silently as she feels the brunette's warm hand rubbing big soothing circles on her back, and she nuzzles the brunette's neck.

"You okay?" Alex asks as she pulls back from the tight embrace.

"I will be, thank you so much for everything Alex," Piper says as she looks into the brunette's forest greens. Alex only smiles in response, shaking her head. Alex wants her student to understand she really does care about her, no matter the thoughts that seem to run through that pretty blonde head of hers. She only hopes that, in time, Piper will accept her caring (and eventually love).

"Wanna watch a movie?" Alex offers in a quiet voice, as if not wanting to break the comfortable bubble they found themselves in.

"Sure, but can I first change into something lighter? I'm a little warm in this outfit," Piper replies as she pulls back from the hold they still had on each other.

"Go for it, I'll set everything up," Alex offers as she pulls her hands away from their previous place on the blonde's lower back. The blonde in return releases her grip on the brunette's shoulders and slowly turns around to head to the bedroom where all her clothes still were from the day before.


Alex lets Piper choose the movie; stating that she was fine with whatever the blonde wanted to watch. They eventually settle on "The Proposal", both girls admitting to really enjoying watching Sandra Bullock on screen. Alex gets them a big bowl of popcorn to share, putting it between the two of them as they sit down on the couch.

Half an hour into the movie, their hands first brush as they want to reach into the bowl at the same time. Electricity runs through their veins, and both girls feel a rush going through them at the skin-on-skin contact. It's not the first time, but it always feels like it. Both of them wonder if that amazing feeling will ever go away if they touch, even when they do decide to take things further.

The blonde's eyes droop, she struggles to keep them open fully to watch the movie. Alex decides to place the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table in front of them, and Piper looks at her conspicuously. Alex turns to her as she backs up again; forest greens locking with baby blues. Alex wordlessly wraps her arm around her student and pulls the slightly startled student closer to her on the couch.

It only takes Piper two seconds to catch with what's happening, an soon enough, she cuddles up closer to the older woman, relishing in the warmth radiating from the brunette's killer body. She absentmindedly puts her head on the broad, creamy white shoulder that is only covered by a tank top. She sighs as the brunette pulls her even closer, flush against her own body, and she catches the soft sigh coming from the older woman as well.

A few minutes later, Alex hears her student's breathing evening out, and realizes that she's probably still very tired of the events that happened during the past few days. She smiles as she realizes she'll be able to do this without having to worry for a few more days until the blonde is ready to go home. "I wish she'd never have to go home. I love having her around," Alex thinks as she feels the blonde stir slightly in her arms.

She places a soft kiss on top of the blonde's head before placing her own cheek there. She sighs once again, loving the way the blonde cuddles up closer to her, clinging tightly to her even while she's asleep. It doesn't take Alex long to follow the blonde into the succumbs of sleep as the worried feeling she had since meeting Piper takes over, seeming to be permanently installed inside the brunette's gut.

That's the position Diane finds them in a few hours later. She wanted to visit her daughter and the student she seems to care so much about; even picking up some dinner. Diane knows her daughter, knows that she probably will forget about eating as she's worried about this girl. She softly places the bag of take-out on the coffee table before gently kissing the brunette on her forehead in an attempt to wake her up.

"Hey Al," Diane whispers.

"Mom? What are you doing here?" Alex whispers, realizing that the blonde in her arms is still asleep; arms still tightly wrapped around her neck, the brunette's long toned arm around the blonde's back.

"I thought I'd come visit you for a few days, see what this was all about," Diane whispers in response.

"Oh right. How'd you get in?" Alex asks, knowing that she hadn't given a key to her apartment to her mom.

"The door was open Al."

"Oh okay."

"Is this Piper? She's beautiful."

"Yeah, she really is." Alex turns her head down to take a really good look at the blonde, again taking in the natural beauty of her student. She looks up at her mom with a smile, getting a wide grin in response. Diane knows something Alex doesn't know yet: Alex is falling in love with the girl in her arms.


Short update. Wanted to give you guys something fluffy to ease the angst and drama I've been writing about. Hope everyone enjoyed! Bigger update coming soon, that's a promise ;)

xx Ellen