Piper POV

I took a moment in the bathroom to change into my clean Khakis. They still smelled like a mixture of Alex and detergent. She must have packed them minutes before I came in. I put the fabric to my nose, taking in the scent, still warm.

I walked out of the bathroom. I was met with Caputo coming down the hallway adjusting the belt on his pants. He got sort of all awkward down there.

"Hello Chapman, having a good afternoon?" he greeted stopping to walk my pace.

"I wish I can say I was, but today is one of those dreadful days," I said.

"Oh yeah, well prison can be hard, you should talk to your councillor," He suggested.

"Actually, I was wondering if you can help me." I said, with a swift transition.

"Oh, how so?" he asked.

"I need to make a phone call, sir, but phone time has passed. If you can let me use yours in your office, I would be very happy, please," I asked politely.

"You have two minutes Chapman, no more. Follow me," he led the way. Finally I can talk to my Polly.

I crossed the laundry room again and out walked Alex to a stop at a girl outside of the room. Their voices were mere whispers. The girl's name was Tammy from what I could read on her identification tab. Alex's eyes bore a tingling sensation to the back of my skull. I continued walking.

We climbed up to the third floor to his office located in a hallway that was less occupied on a regular basis. There was a storage closet and some dorm rooms located there.

"Dial nine to call out," he told me taking a seat at his desktop and clicking away. I patiently waited for Polly to pick up after the fourth ring.

"Hello Piper is that you?" Polly's voice broke through the riot on the other side.

"Paul where are you? It's me. Did I call at a bad time?" I asked her.

"Sorry Piper we just finished a session for prenatal/parenting classes. There's some mothers that brought their kids in and they are crying.' It started to quiet down. "Hey babe, I'm talking to Piper, I'll meet you at the car," I heard Polly say to Pete away from the phone.

"Okay I'm back, how is everything Piper? I missed you. You really do need to call more frequently," she said then.

"I will. Its just today has started off on a bad foot. But it's better now that I am talking to you," I let her know.

"What happened? Don't even tell me its super-cunt that has been making you feel this way," she responded. I was quiet, unveiling myself.

"Oh my gosh Piper, that bitch. It was her, wasn't it?'

"No, stop. We are fine.. I mean I talked to her and everything. We seemed okay only to find out today, she lied to me. I talked to Kim, she told me everything. I can't believe I trusted her," I said feeling bad all over again. Mr Caputo was now staring at me.

"So she was the one that named you, I told you didn't I. I told you she was a horrible person. She only cared about herself and having you, she's greedy Piper," She said. I hated when she was always right. I wanted to go to Alex's defence but didn't.

"... I liked being with her too though," I said barely a whisper into the phone. I got a sigh from Polly.

"Look, Larry is a much better choice for you. He loves you Piper," she said then.

"Oh yeah, about that, he came to see me two days ago with a shocking proposal. He-"

"DID YOU SAY YES PIPER? DID YOU?" she cut me off. I was confused, so she knew?

"What do you mean did I say yes? Polly you know? Can you please explain what the fuck is going on?" I spoke calmly into the phone for now.

"Inmate, language" Mr. Caputo's voice cut through. I mouthed a sorry at him.

"It's nothing really," She went quiet. Something was up.

"Polly now." I said sternly.

"Okay, Piper, you love Larry, correct?" she asked. This was like a deja vu of the day I saw Larry. I had no clue where she was going with this, but I was going to find out.

"Yes and?" I said, urging her to continue.

"You believe everyone should get a second chance, right?" she fired a second question. I did believe that. Maybe I should give Alex a second chance... no she had one to many already.

"Yes, why?" I asked her back to my train of thought.

"Okay Piper, I walked in on Larry with another woman. I came over to return your dish I used for dinner and just saw him there on the couch with her," she spilled. I couldn't believe this, a girl in our, no MY, apartment. Was today the day my ears were to experience death?

"No... no... no, that can't be. Please tell me you are joking," I said after seconds, wiping a tear from my eye.

"I wish I was Pipes, even I gave him shit for it. I asked him if six months was all he loved you, and well he told me that he loved you enough to want to spend the rest of his life with you. So I told him he should marry you before you found out. I'm sorry Piper that this happened," she ended. Why were bad things happening to me. I was mad at both Alex and Larry, both fuck ups, but also both I could forgive.

"Paul, I knew DJ'ing was a bad side job for him. It left too many doors open for cheating and that is what he did. That's exactly what he did. That effer. No wonder he came in acting all off that day at visitations. But I hate how you didn't tell me sooner,' I said.

"We'll don't blame this on me, I can't exactly text you. Besides, you need time to think this over. Don't write him off so soon, he sounds like he genuinely loves you Piper and he was getting mad at me for assuming I thought he didn't." she said.

"I know, but it's just so hard. I just want to be done." I sighed into the phone. I wanted to just break down and cry out my emotions, but I didnt want to do this in front of Caputo.

"Piper I'm giving you a hug right now. I know it's hard babe. If Pete cheated on me, I'd have no clue what to do," she said.

"Inmate time to end it now," Caputo spoke in.

"Paul I have to go now, I'll call you soon," I said.

"I love you very much Pipes, remember that. When I get home, I'm going to call in for an appointment with my gynie for next week. Please call me," she said hanging up first.

I slowly put the receiver back into its slot and got up moving ghostly towards the door.

"Please close the door behind you," Caputo told me. I shut it closed. I made a right bumping into a body that took me straight into a hug.

"You alright kid," the voice didn't even register to my ears. I just knew that, that's where I wanted to be. Alex wrapped both her arms around me. I felt the hard surface of her cast around my back. Her other hand was caressing it. I laid my face into her shoulder and cried. My back was going into hiccups and Alex was trying to calm and soothe me back to normal.

"Shh. Do you want to talk about it," She asked me then. I slowly looked up into her eyes. This woman was so inevitable to me. Don't you fuck this up Alex.

"Larry cheated on me," escaped my lips.

"I'm sorry, men can be so wary and untrustful," she said. I couldn't take it any more. SHE OF ALL PEOPLE COULDN'T BE TRUSTED! I shoved her hard making her take a huge step backwards.

"Fuck you Alex, you know, just fuck you." I walked up to her and yelled in her face, "How dare you say such a thing considering the situation. Especially cause I fucking love you and hate you all at the same time!" I began to storm off, surprised that Caputo hasn't come out yet.

"What... are you going to walk out on me again Piper?" she stopped me. "Are you going to fucking blame me for not trusting you? I mean you walked out after all. What was going to stop me from thinking you weren't going to do that again. I lied to you for a reason, I wanted you to like me, I still do," she told me defeated. Finally she was confessing. I turned back to her then.

"Why did you do it?" I asked her with hate. "There must have been a damn good reason for it. What did you get less time for every person you threw under the bus?"

Alex literally ran up to me then, her face in pain from her hurt arm hanging freely by her side. She pushed me up against the wall.

"Neither, give me your fucking hand," she grabbed my hand and snaked it under her shirt to lay directly under her breast on the right side of her ribcage. Skin to skin. My breath caught in my throat and my heart sped. At the same time I could hear Alex's heart pounding deep in her chest. I didn't know if it was from my touch or if she was just angry.

"What are you doing Alex... and what the hell happened to you?" I felt an odd protrusion coming from her side. She was two inches taller than me. She tipped her forehead to touch at mine, speaking to me from a higher level but at the same time making it more intimate. Her hot breath in my face.

"You wanted to know why I did what I did? Well the truth is I didn't do anything. I was forced to, and what you are feeling is what I got for trying to keep your name safe. I'm not that type of person Piper, to take revenge, not revenge on you anyway. You had to do what you had to do in that moment. But I still loved you," she told me.

"What happened to you though?" I asked her and who really then was the one that named me? Alex sighed her body expelling air. The setting got heavy.

"After the Fed's came to my apartment they sent me to a holding cell. I was waiting there for three days, I knew I was going to be moved to prison. It was only a matter of time. So by the time the Fed's came again I was ready to go. But no, they must have found out about you then and chose to fucking interrogate me for your name using your description. I refused to give your name, I promised myself I wouldn't put you down here. Then they beat me, they managed to get my whole five foot ten inched body down on the ground. They had my kneed in the side while the other kicked at my legs telling me to spill. I still declined. The guard kneeing me pulled out his baton then, and you can only imagine what he did. He positioned the baton between those ribs there and kneed down onto it. It didn't take too long for the ribs to snap and well that pain I was not expecting, so I yelled your name out in agony. I couldn't take it any more. I don't know who ratted you Piper, and we'll probably never find out. So anyway, they gave me shitty nurses, so my rib healed in that position. I'm sorry, but if you think I had an ounce of blood in my body that hated you, you are misgui-" I cut Alex off feeling sorry and stupid, and tilted my face up to hers pressing my lips onto hers, taking in her tongue.

My other hand trailed under her shirt to even it out. God I missed the contact, I missed her lips. Alex pulled me in close to her then our lips still connected, her good arm resting on my waist. I wasn't thinking straight, my mind was fogged with the taste of Alex. I ran my hand to the clips on the back of her bra and undid them expertly with one hand. My other hand, still resting on the ribcage, felt the bra become taut that I slipped my hand underneath it to her breast. I fiddled a bit with her nipple, making it hard against my touch. I heard a groan come out the depths of Alex's throat. I smiled disrupting the kiss.

"Stop, you are such a horrible tease kid, but good at the same time," she said in her husky voice filled with need. "We are soooo going to get caught in front of Caputo's office. Meet me in there in five," she told me averting her eyes to the storage room down the hall."

I nodded. We separated then and I was still giddy and on cloud nine, what a turn of events. She winked at me before walking away first. I needed to freshen up. I was going to push the fact that I needed to find out who named me to another day and go make love with the girl I have missed and stupidly walked out on ten whole years ago.