A/N Sorry for the late update, have been on holiday. Enjoy!

New York 2007

I woke up to sunlight coming through the curtains and the smell of fresh linen I turned my head to the side and saw my textbooks on the bedside table. A mug was put down next to them "Well, good morning sleepy head." Lisa stroked my hair and put the front bit behind my ear. "You're so cute when you sleep," I sat up and picked up the mug up and smelled the tea, "I love the smell of fresh tea in the morning."
Lisa got into bed, "I love the smell of you in the morning." She smelled my neck and kissed it, she kept on kissing me till she reached my lips. Then she stopped and moved her head back, I put my cup of tea back on the table. She climbed on top of me and sat up, Lisa was wearing one of my wrestling T-shirt.
"Have I ever told you how sexy you look in my Hardy Boyz shirt," I ran my hand up her outer thigh and then round to her lower back.

She was wearing plain black pants I put my hand down them and cupped her bum cheek. I put my other hand down her pants so both hands were cupping cheeks. Lisa puts a finger to my lips, "Naughty, naughty." I took my hands out her pants and sat up.

Lisa moved her head in as if she was about to kiss me but stopped. She gave me one of her cute half grins as she teased me "You've got exams today."
"You are so bad, you know that?" I moved in anyway and kissed her deeply. Lisa puts her hand on my cheek, "seriously, I am going to be late."

I started kissing her neck playfully, my lips touching that soft skin. Lisa tried to push me away, "I mean it, I have to go." She pulled me away and got off me she started getting dressed. "I have lectures till 1 do you want to meet for lunch?" She quickly puts her hair in a ponytail.

I was lying diagonally on my stomach looking at Lisa, "I have exams till 12.30 so I'd be late, I'll text you." She kissed me on the lips, "good luck with your exams, sure you'll be fine." She put her jacket on and blew me a kiss and left. I turned onto my back and let out a long sigh.

I woke up feeling like shit. Thinking that I was back in the bathroom I tried to get up, but my body told me that wasn't going to happen. I lifted my head slightly, but again body told me otherwise my head came back down, I had no strength to keep it held up. "Hmm, you're awake," all of a sudden I was surrounded by a male doctor and a nurse. He picked up my chart at the end of the bed and studied it "Looks like you took quite the beating." "I really hope that this was the last time my mouth gets me into trouble doctor." He carried on looking at the chart whilst the nurse was taking my blood pressure. I looked her up and down, "Do you come with the medication?" She smiled and carried on with the checks, "I take that as a no then."

"You should be back on your feet within a couple of days," the doctor hanged the chart at the end of my bed. I didn't feel like I would be on my feet in a couple of days, I could hardly move my body, it ached so much. "Will I be going back to the unit? Cause I tell you that Lyn is in for a whole conversation filled with sarcastic comments directed towards her." Another nurse came in "Kate your mom is here," you have got to be kidding me this is just what I needed. The door opened and my mother walked in she was carrying a file, the doctor and the hot nurse left. Mother took one look at me "Lovers quarrel was it?" "Actually, someone wanted me to hide some drugs for them and I said no," I pointed to my face "And this happened, see I am a good person," mother looked at my face again and looked away. She sat at the end of my bed and opened the file "So you're doing some time, 6 years to be exact." "So you're my lawyer now?" Mother closed the file and let out a sigh. "No, I am not, but I have a friend working on it" She looked down and opened the file again. "You don't belong here Kate you're too good to be in here." "Wow, that must have taken some balls to say." "Think what you want I still think what you did with your teacher was disgusting on both parts, but you're still my daughter and I don't like seeing you like this." Was I in the twilight zone? Had my mother just acknowledged me as her daughter? "So what happens now?" She closed my file." I am getting you transferred near New York so I don't have to make the very long journey to see you," and just like that mother was back to her normal self again. "Wait New York? So I am not going back to the unit?" Mother got up "No your not going back to Virginia, all your stuff is already here." "I can't believe you've done this."

"I don't want you staying there, when I know stuff like this could happen to you."

I rolled my eyes, "Stuff like this can happen to me anywhere." Mother opened the door, "I am not arguing Kate your being moved tonight," and she slammed the door. This was a new low, even for mother, I didn't even get to say goodbye to Ruth. I looked in the corner and noticed that my stuff was there in plastic bags. I didn't even want to go somewhere else, it's a funny thing because I actually made a sort of life for myself there, I had my own routine. Now I had new people to get used to, new job, new prison, new everything.

I still felt sore everywhere and I still got thrown into a van and carted off from one facility to another. I really didn't want to go back to New York, I had butterfly's in my tummy thinking about it. Sometimes I didn't know if my mother does these things for my benefit or just hers, either way there was nothing I could do about it now. After a very long drive we finally got to my new home. After all the squat and cough checks by a heavy handed female guard, I got my new uniform and shoved into an old van that has seen better day. There was a prisoner in the driver's seat with bright red lipstick and I was pretty sure that's not allowed in prisons, and she also has a black 50s hairstyle. "First time down?" She has a thick Italian accent, I was a bit taken aback "Wow your Italian" "And your British I take it" I leaned in, "You here cause of the Mafia?" She scoffed at me "That's just racist." She carried on reading her trashy celebrity magazine "You'll be fine just make sure no one steals your stuff." "I am here for transfer so I know all the lingo, also, where the hell am I?" "Licthfield," My heart sank I started nodding my head, the Italian looked at me like I was a head case. "You okay?" I sank back in my seat and rubbed my temple "I know someone here." The Italian put her magazine down I knew she was fishing for some juicy gossip, "Who's that?"

"Um, someone called Alex," I made out it was no big deal, but I think she could tell by my reaction. She looked me up and down I think she knew I was lying, "Ah yeah I know Alex, I know her girlfriend very well." My heart sank like I had been found out "I only know vaguely." I looked at the cover of her magazine "So, that Kim Kardashian has put on some pounds huh."

The female guard that had done my search opened the front door and sat in the passenger "Let's go Morello." Morello started driving up to the unit I couldn't believe I was going to see Alex again, but Morello mentioned girlfriend could that be Piper. This prison was big, it took what felt like a long time to get to the unit. I kept going over and over on what to say to Alex when I see her. I still ached all over and my head was banging. "That's some bad bruises you got there." "You should see her body, they have really done a number on her." The guard said, I didn't say anything I just wanted to forget about it. We pulled into the main gate for the unit the guard leads me out by my cuffs "My name is Officer Bell by the way" I extended my hand for a shake. Bell then leads me to the door it was a long stretch of paving. I got the normal wolf whistles I looked up to a window I could see Alex with a blonde and someone with wild hair. Alex caught my eye and looked like she'd seen a ghost.

Alex

I hadn't heard from Kate for three days now I have asked the mail room guy if there was something wrong with the post I made him check again and again but still nothing. I went to Healy's office to see if there was a way I could call her but he wouldn't do it. My other best bet was Cupto I know he likes women who cries problem is that crying isn't my style. I still decided to give it a shot anyway when I knocked on his door and I came in as usual he was tending to his plants. "Miss Vause this is unseal visit, " He pulled out a chair I sat down.

"Um, I need to get hold of someone that's in another prison or at least find out if she's okay, I am a bit worried." He looked at me funny "Why should I help you?" I knew this was a big mistake I got up "Don't worry about it" and headed for the door. "Vause" He picked the phone up. "Which prison, was it again" I sat back down "Virginna" Caupto rolled his eyes and put the phone down "there's more than one near there." I kept thinking what it was called "I don't fucking know alright, I know that I had a female counselor there can't you check my transfer request." Caupto opened his file cabinet and got my file out he looked through it.

"Ah yes," He picked the phone and dialed the number "Ah, hi this is Caputo from Licthfield I have an inmate here that would like to speak to one of yours" There was a pause, "uh..huh..okay" Caputo puts his hand on the mouthpiece "What is she called?"

"Kate I don't know here last name, she's British though."

"Um, she's called Kate and she's British I'd imagine you don't have many British prisoners there." There was another long pause, "Okay, I understand, thanks, I will tell her that straight away." He put the phone down "Um she isn't allowed to talk you."

"And who the fuck said that?" I was getting mad now.

"The warden himself your friend has some powerful friends or she has a hotshot lawyer." Now I was definitely worried "Did she say anything else?" Caputo has gone back to giving his plant's attention now "Nope, just that she can't say anything because the warden would be pissed." I got up "Thanks anyway," I walked out the door.

I felt sick with worry, what if something bad had happened to her she could be dead for all I knew. I didn't get a wink of sleep that night and I wasn't prepared for when Piper decided to sneak into my cube to see me. "Alex," she whispered "You asleep?" I sat up, rubbed my eyes and put my glasses on. "Does it look like it?" Piper sat on my end of my bed, "No."

We both looked at Pennsatucky who was fast asleep. Piper held my hand "I miss you," I wasn't expecting this. I moved my hand away "You once said if two people have a connection, it never really goes away." I still felt that connection with Piper but I still didn't want to get hurt again. "I know I said that and I still have that with you, it's just I don't want to get hurt by you again and I don't want to hurt you again either."

"Look like I said when you got back we can start over just you and me."

"But what if Larry and Dolly break up again, you always go back to Larry cause he's the safety net he has a job and money, a nice apartment and let's face it you'd probably want babies at some point." Piper looked hurt by what I said. She got up, "I didn't go out to hurt you when I chose him though."

"O for god sake Piper" I whispered harshly towards her. "You think you are so fucking brilliant that sometimes you can't see that your head is up your own ass sometimes." I lied back down on my bunk, " I'm not in the mood for this."

"Al come on we can't keep going on like this I swear I will never go back to Larry, I will be with you...Always." Piper walked up to my bunk and kissed me I missed those lips so much she bit my lower lip then kissed me again. It finally dawned on me that I could never stop feeling what I did for Piper maybe she was trying to protect me or maybe she didn't want to be on her own here. But I knew that a part of me still loved her, but a part of me wanted Kate to but I was most probably never going to see her again.

Piper got in my bunk with me and pulled the covers up. I looked at Pennsatucky again to make sure she was still asleep.

Piper went to kiss me again, but I backed her off. "If we do this you promise, no more leaving me for whatever reason."

"I promise, but you need to promise me that your not going to back stab me again." I didn't want to get into the whole Chicago argument again. Piper kissed me again, "I'll see you tomorrow." Piper got out of my bunk, "New day, new beginning," And she walked off back to her cube. Maybe I should come clean to Piper tomorrow about Kate, for all I know Kate could just be a crush and the sexual feelings will fade. The whole forgetting about her thing was really not working but she was a hard person to forget though. God I am so fucked.

The next morning at breakfast Piper sat opposite me at breakfast and held my hand. "I am so glad we had that talk last night, I really think that we can start afresh you know." I was still worried about Kate though I was thinking about telling Piper what happened between us, but I didn't want to ruin anything. Nicky came and sat down Piper let go of my hand, "where's Morello."

Nicky had her headphones in I removed them, "Hey that's not nice."

"Where's Morello?" Piper asked

"She's gone to pick the fresh meat up, she should be back soon." Nicky carried on eating her breakfast "So you two back on then?" Piper smiled I loved it when she smiled like that. "You could say that," Nicky rolled her eyes "Not this shit again." Nicky looked at me as if to ask if I sure, I thought I should change the subject.

"Hey shall we go and look at the fresh meat after breakfast," Nicky looked at me as if to say I know what you did there.

After breakfast we went to the window to see Morello van pull up. I could see Bell get out and open the door and she dragged Kate out. My heart dropped, she looked a state and wasn't walking very well, what the hell happened to her?. "Wow I can see me and Big Boo fighting over that, when those bruises heal that's going to look hot." I felt mad all of a sudden I wanted to kill whoever it was that done this to her "You okay Al? You have gone very pale" Piper looked concerned.

"Breakfast has gone down the wrong way."

"I swear those Spanish people still put spices in the eggs." Nicky carried on talking, Kate looked around then looked up the window and saw me we looked at each other for what felt like hours. Nicky patted my back "Hey me and Piper are going to be late for work." Piper kissed my cheek "See you at dinner, Wow why does that sound normal." And she walked off to work I looked out the window again and Kate was gone. I put my hands over my eyes "Fuck me."