Chapter 6:

"Closet For Two"

"Alex is tough. She's got a really tough exterior. But as you watch the show, you see that she's actually really vulnerable, she has her insecurities, and she's really loving."

- Laura Prepon

Piper was running in the hallways so excited to see Alex and an officer yelled at her to slow down. She finally entered the dorm and grinned at the sight of her lover sitting on the bed with a book. "Alex!" she exclaimed blissfully. Alex threw the book and stood up when the blonde ran into her arms. "Oh my god Alex…" Piper said as she wrapped her arms around her neck and held her tightly.

"We did it baby," Alex whispered in the blonde's hair.

"We fucking did it, oh god I'm so happy." Piper said.

"Me too, did you shower already?" Alex asked quickly and Piper shook her head 'no'. "Come with me," Alex said enthusiastically, taking Piper's hand in hers and brought her out of the dorm. Piper smirked because she knew this meant something else too even though it wasn't what her lover intended.

They entered the bathroom and luckily it was empty. They chose the shower that had the most decent curtain in case somebody walked in, though most inmates were at work at this time of the afternoon so they didn't have to worry about that too much. Alex turned on the shower to maximum heat- in prison that equaled lukewarm for a normal shower—and began undressing herself. Piper mirrored her and smiled. They lingered a gaze on each other exposed bodies for a moment, enjoying all the delightful features, then Alex leaded them into the shower. The dark haired woman had her arms holding the shorter woman's waist, their forehead leaning against each other and their eyes closed peacefully as the water streamed on their bodies.

"So Pipes," Alex smirked and she asked in a childish voice, "Wanna be my girlfriend?" Alex thought it was time to make Piper hers officially. Subconsciously she feared that all that the talk they had was because of the insanity of being locked in the SHU alone for so long, she simply wanted to be reassured.

Piper smiled and nuzzled her nose on Alex's. "Maybe," she answered teasingly.

Alex opened her eyes and raised an eyebrow. "Really? Do I have to remind you how hard I can make you cum?" she said as she lifted one of her knee and pressed it between Piper's legs.

"Oh god, yes, yes, yes" Piper agreed in a sexy husky voice. "You. My. Girl. Friend." Alex had begun to slide her leg up and down Piper's cunt and the blonde could barely form words.

Piper moans echoed loudly in the bathroom. Alex tried to muffle them by kissing her. She broke off the kiss and said "Shhh, you need to find a way to be quiet caused you've seen nothing yet. Wouldn't want to be caught and I have to stop this right?" Piper nodded her head rapidly and grinded on Alex's stilled tight pressing against her, craving for more friction.

This time the sex wasn't necessarily a quest for relief or comfort like last time as much as it was a way to pleasure each other to celebrate a victory. They profited the somewhat freedom they had lost over the last few days. Having sex was the most freedom a prisoner could get in prison and Piper and Alex profited every second of it.

"Turn around," Alex commanded as she put her leg down. Piper spine in her arm and faced the shower wall, her arms folded and bracing it. One of the tall woman's hands palmed her breast and massaged it delicately as the other roam all over her body. She kissed Piper neck and sucked hard on her pulse point, making the blonde's ass buck in her own center. The friction elicited a sharp inhaled moan from the woman behind. "Fuck," she mouthed. Alex's hand moved down to Piper slit and she slid two fingers between her luscious folds. She teased her a bit, moving up and down, occasionally hitting her clit.

Piper growled. "Baby I want to come," she said and begged her.

Alex's finger moved to strike her clit gently. "Your wish is my command pretty girl," Alex whispered in her ear as she slid two digits inside Piper's, thrusting into the deliciously moist cavern. A couple of thrusts were enough to make Piper come hard on her hand.

"Alex! OH fuck, fuck," she cried out as her release hit her. Alex put a finger on her lips and shushed her. When the rush of pleasure calmed down, Piper faced her.

"Too loud?" Piper asked, shrugging her shoulders apologetically.

"Yes, but I loved it." Alex laughed. "I know you can't help it I'm too good," Alex joked and Piper giggled goofily.

"Mmm your turn baby," Piper said before getting down on her knees and ravished the glistening slit in front of her. The blonde's tongue was like warm velvet dancing gracefully on her clit and it didn't take long for Alex to cum in her mouth. When she was done she got up and kissed her deeply to show her how good she tasted.

"I can never get enough of that," Alex hummed on Piper's mouth. She knew the blonde was smiling by the way her nose rubbed her own. She kissed her again. They held each other a little while and cleaned themselves before getting out of the shower and dressed themselves again.

It was about 4:30pm so they walked toward the cafeteria. Both girls were happy to see that Red was back in the kitchen and the strange looking chicken and rice they got served never tasted so good after having ate the food from the SHU for the last few day. Nichols and Lorna joined them at their table. They asked them what the hell had happened these last few days and the couple explained it to them without getting too much into the details. It felt so amazing to be around friends and out in the opened like this. They enjoyed their meals and exchanged banters with the girls, then after dinner everyone got their separate way, except Alex brought Piper to her bunk. Alex read a book to Piper like they used to the first time they were together whenever Piper had trouble sleeping or simply just wanted to lay her head in her laps and hear her voice. It wasn't the book that interested Piper as much as the comfort the other woman's voice brought her. The way she pronounced every word so gracefully and articulately amazed her every time. Piper thought she would do great being the person who made the audio voice for books. She saved that idea for later.

When it was time to go to sleep, it was excruciating to break apart, but once in their bunks they thought about being in each other arms and slipped easily into slumber.

"FUCK ALEX I'M CUMMMMMMINNG," Piper cried out at the top of her lungs when her orgasm hit her. It must have been the fourth time they had sex since they got out of the SHU two days before. They had done it in the shower, in the laundry room against the dryer (they got that idea from Healy), in the pantry and now in a small supply closet. All of those uncomfortable places made them want to be in a real bed so badly, but they had faith it was going to happen eventually.

Alex wiped her mouth and stood up, pulling up the blonde's pants as she did. "Piper for fuck sake, are you trying to get us shot?" she said sounding a little bit angry, but she wasn't really, Piper knew that.

"Sorry," Piper said shyly and blushed.

Alex smirked at her cuteness from being embarrassed and pulled a strand of blonde hair behind her ear. "It's okay baby you know how much I love to hear you scream my name it's just I don't want to be caught," She pressed her lips on Piper's. "We should probably get back." She turned around and when she wanted to open the door it was lock. She shook the door. "The fuck?" she said looking over at Piper.

They heard laughing coming from outside. Alex hit the door and shouted, "WHO'S THIS? GET US THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"

"We can't do that," said a familiar voice. It was Louann, Tiffany's friend. "See, I talked to Jesus earlier and he said he's with Penntasucky and she wants you to know that you dyke bitches that are gonna die just like her, but you won't go to heaven oh no you are gonna burn in hell. Starting now." She laughed and left with the other methheads.

"DON'T FUCKING LEAVE YOU STUPID BITCH OR YOU WON'T LIVE TO REGRET THIS" Alex yelled and banged the door so hard her knuckle was about to bleed. "FUCKKKK!"

Piper held her wrist to stop her from hurting herself and moved her from the door. "Shh, shh Alex it's okay someone is gonna come for us and it's gonna be okay, breathe baby," the blonde said in a comforting voice. She wanted to freak out herself, no one went in this corner of the prison very often and they were stuck in a very small and dark room, but seeing as Alex was panicking like that she kept it inside. Piper rarely saw her like that and it freaked her more than being stuck in this room.

"I can't be stuck in here Piper! I can't I can't I'm not breathing oh my god." Alex blurted out and started hyperventilating.

*Flashback*

Thirteen years old Alex walked in the halls of her school, wearing proudly a rainbow bracelet around her wrist. She always knew she liked girls, and wearing this bracelet made her feel like she embraced herself truly. She hadn't told her mom yet so she could never wear these colors at home, too afraid that her mom would yell at her or tell her it's wrong. She thought that at school she was free, that she could be herself and that people her age wouldn't judge her like old people. Oh she was wrong, very wrong.

Alex accidently bumped into a girl and her glasses fell on the floor. "I'm sorry," she said shyly. Before she could even lean down and grab her glasses, the other girl's foot smashed them, breaking them in half and shattering the glass. "What the hell!?" she exclaimed, looking up at the girl. It was the same girl that made fun of her clothes everyday who hung out with a bunch of other rich girls. They all laughed at her.

The bully took her hand with a strong grip and examined the bracelet. "Is that a rainbow bracelet?" she said with the bitchiest voice. "Isn't that what gay people wear?"

Alex pulled her hand from the rich girl's hold. "Please just leave me alone"

"You are gay because boys will never love you EVER. As a matter a fact no girl will love you either because nobody likes poor and ugly people," the girl pointed out meanly. "Take her girls." The bullies grabbed Alex and dragged her in the halls to the janitor's supply closet.

"You are gross. I hope you die in hell DYKE," the mean girl said before throwing her broken glasses at her and locking the door.

Alex was left in the dark and everything was blurry without her glasses. She removed her bracelet from her wrist, threw it in a corner and started sobbing.

*End of flashback*

Alex sat on the floor next to Piper, her head on her shoulder and sobbing quietly. Piper remembered that time Alex told she was bullied at school and got locked in a closet. The blonde caressed her hair gently and whispered, "Shh it's okay. You are not in school anymore and you are not alone. I love you so much Alex. Everything is gonna be okay." Piper sighed and they stayed like this until Alex stopped crying.

The count before dinner was really soon and Piper decided it was more than enough. Being stuck in a room twice this week was ridiculously and so damn maddening. She stood up, grabbed the plastic stick of a mop with both hand and hit the door handle repeatedly until it finally broke and fell on the floor.

"Damn my girl is strong," Alex said and stood up. The door opened and they got out quickly to their dorm for the count. When the count was over, Piper and Alex met again in the cafeteria for dinner.

The couple looked over at the meth-heads table and they laughed and grimaced at them.

"What are we going to do about them?" Piper asked Alex before munching a piece of orange delicately and savored it, rolling her eyes because it never tasted so good.

Alex sighed. "Well, we are gonna stick together, raise above and be better persons." She told her, surprising herself a bit by saying that.

"Wow where is my Alex Vause and what did you do with her?" Piper joked.

"Trying to be good so that we can get the hell out of here and be fully together, kid." Alex explained and squeezed her hand gently. Piper gave her a big smile that made her nose crease adorably. Alex laughed. Now all they had to do is wait to hear about the trial.

A/N: Special thanks to the loyal readers who leave lovelies reviews every chapter! You guys inspire me. Please continue to review and tell me what you think! Hope you enjoyed this chapter -Shirley