A/N: Hello to my fellow fanfictioners and my fellow Orange is the black addicts I am back and to those reading my other oitnb fanfic I apologize dearly, I was not ready for the amount of work my school piled atop of me, but it is the summer and I am less busy. Now please do not worry that story is definitely going to be complete I am currently working on on the story structure for it, I should update within the month. Also what did you guys think of season three, I am still confused on my feelings towards it… Let me know what you guys thought!

Summary: Teacher/student AU: Damaged Piper chapman is new at Litchfield High and doesn't really start her year in the best of ways. Alex Vause is a young new substitute teacher who hopes that this year will be the start to many great years to come. Vauseman, teacher/student. will be angsty.

Rating: M (Because I don't know where this story will lead)

Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Drama, and Romance

Word count: 5641

Warning: Trigger warning, Drug use, language, and alcohol consumption.

I..I

It was early. The sun was peaking over the many apartment buildings, and the sound of birds singing can be heard through every nook and cranny of the Brooklyn neighborhood. Most people were still sleeping, hoping for a few extra minutes or even hours of sleep before they had to begin the hustle and bustle of their everyday lives. Piper Chapman, however, wasn't one of those people. The shower could be heard in the silence of the apartment, a blond who was smaller than most teens her age was currently washing her hair as she readied herself for the first day at her new school.

Dark bags coated the exterior of Piper's blue eyes, and a light tinge of red had made itself a permanent resident in Piper's retinas. Turning off the shower Piper slowly made her way through the small apartment and into her room to change for the day. A sigh slowly escaped her lips as she searched absent mindedly for clothes to wear.

Today was Piper's first day at a new school, and she wasn't as excited as she was told she will be. Finally clothed and ready to begin the day the small blonde made her way out of her small room and into the living room that connected directly to her bedroom, the smell of Gin instantly hit her nose and Piper coiled into herself. Her mother was laid on the small sofa that faced the window, her eyes were lost as if she was in another world.

Piper briskly walked towards her mother, and sank down to her level to attempt to communicate with her.

"Mom? Mom hey why don't we get you to bed?" Piper spoke in a low tone. She went to lightly grip her mother's bicep to help her up when her hand was roughly slapped away, and she was angrily shoved back.

"Please Piper let me be I am no child and I know how to take care of myself." Piper's mother spoke in slurred words as she slowly sat up. Piper stood with her back against the wall, swallowing a lump in her throat as she nodded towards her mom. "Don't you have school? Come on let's go out you go." Standing from the sofa Carol swayed on her feet as she grasped Piper's arm and shuffled her out the door.

The door slammed loudly, causing the blonde to jump. Her stomach was in knots and her eyes filled with disappointment. Piper made her way downstairs and to the bus, hoping the day will change for her.

An hour and a half later Piper stepped off the bus and into a suburban high school. Despite the current predicament Mrs. Chapman and her daughter faced she wasn't going to tolerate Piper going to an urban school, and had enrolled her in Litchfield High, a high school in the crisp of long island, not seeing the problem with the distance and the time it will take her daughter to travel, she will not have her reputation ruined.

Walking towards the steps of the high school, she made eye contact with many different students who stood surrounded by friends, talking and laughing as if they had known each other their entire lives. Perhaps they have. Piper was jostled out of her staring when someone roughly bumped her shoulder.

"Hey watch where you are going, blondie" A girl with yellow crooked teeth and big beady brown eyes sneered at Piper.

Blushing Piper looked down and made her way up the steps to the school as the sound of the group of girls laughter flowed through her ears.

The Brunette woman turned into the faculty parking lot, parking her black infiniti. Grabbing her bag the tall woman made her way out of her car and towards the rather large school. Some students have noticed her walking towards the school and have turned to say hello and goodmorning.

"Hey Ms. Vause! I hope your weekend was good!" Said a freshman boy who had showed her around on the first day of classes. Alex smirked at the boy.

"It sure was an excellent weekend, thank you for asking." The boy blushed slightly and nodded before walking away. The tall woman chuckled as she walked through the big wooden doors and into the high school.

Alex was really starting to like this school. she had started substituting 3 weeks ago for Mrs. Bridge after she was diagnosed with stage three lung cancer. Despite the unfortunate events that led her to this job she was grateful, the kids grew to like her rather quickly, it was easy to teach them, they showed Alex much respect when she was teaching.

Going into the teachers lounge to retrieve some coffee Alex went to her empty classroom. Class won't begin for another ten minutes, which gave her enough time to finish her coffee and read her newspaper.

Slowly the class began to fill, and before she knew it nearly everyone save one or two kids were in their seats and ready to learn. Standing from her chair the brunette grabbed her black dry erase marker and began to write on the whiteboard.

'The Great Gatsby'

Alex wrote on the board with her elegant handwriting, she turned towards the class and gave them a wide smile.

"Ok hello I trust everyones weekend went well?" Alex received many nods. "Good now has anyone here ever read The Great Gas-."

Alex was interrupted by the sound of her door being opened, the squeaky noise cause all the eyes in her classroom to turn towards the small blond who is hesitantly standing in her doorway.

"Yes Hello may I help you?" Alex said as she looked at the younger girl.

"Yeah I'm in your class, this is advanced writing, right?" Piper's voice was low and if it wasn't for the complete silence of her students Alex would have never heard what she said. "I'm uh new." Piper looked down at her feet shuffling slightly uncomfortable by the many stares that surrounded her.

"Ah okay… well you can have a seat right over there next to Larry." Piper nodded quickly and made her way over to her seat, sitting down and shrinking into herself.

"Now as I was saying, Has anyone read The Great Gatsby before?" Many hands went up including Piper's hesitant hand that wasn't raised very high, Alex made a mental note when she noticed the young girl wore a long sleeve t-shirt in the middle of august. Moving her eyes away from the blond Alex continued talking to the class.

"Good, so I don't have to stress how good this novel was and how spectacular F. Scott Fitzgerald writing is." Many kids shook their heads 'no' agreeing with their teacher. "Now I know we have been working on our writing techniques, grammar and different types of writing styles but over the next week I would like you to write your first fiction short story." Many of the kids sat up in their desks excited. Piper, she noticed, seemed to have drowned out the teacher and was now staring blindly outside of the classroom window.

Sighing Alex continued. "However there is a catch, you see when Fitzgerald died he left five prompts that he was never able to write, you must choose one of those five prompts and write your story based on that." Alex picked up a stack of papers and sent it down the rows of students, until every student had one. "You may start your outlines in class. If you have any questions please come and ask me."

Alex began working on grading homework for her other classes, however she wasn't able to fully concentrate as she constantly found herself looking towards the blonde who had not seemed to write a single thing on her paper.

Alex had noticed halfway through class that Larry had turned to Piper to try and talk to her, but Piper just seemed to recoil away from the curly haired boy.

Alex was taken by surprise when the bell rang throughout the room signalling the period had ended. Alex stood from her desk and watched as her students began to filter out of the room.

"Hey Kid, mind staying behind a bit after class?" Many people who were still in the class looked towards the new girl. Piper blushed and nodded waiting for everyone to leave before she approached Alex's desk.

"So I noticed I didn't get your name when you first came in."

"The small girl scratched her inner arms lightly as she nodded her head. "S-sorry. Uhm Piper.. Piper Chapman." The girl mumbled.

"Piper hm nice name." the small girl smiled slightly and Alex smirked when she noticed pipers upturned frown. "Well Piper I want to welcome you to Litchfield High, I was wondering however, if you were transitioning well, you seemed pretty zoned out in class."

"It's different, I just moved to New York so everything is still new and I am just trying to get the hang of it all." Piper said as she looked at the older women and smiled at her.

"Yeah New York is a place that will take some time to get used to. Well I just wanted to let you know that I am happy to have you in my class, but I cannot accept a student not doing their work during class." Piper blushed again and Alex couldn't help the smirk that etched her face.

"Sorry… I didn't exactly know what I was going to write yet, I'll work on it I promise it won't happen again." Piper said quickly.

Alex smiled at the young girl and nodded her head. "Okay I trust you. Now you should run along you are already late to your next class." Alex wrote a small note and gave it to the blonde. "Here give this to your teacher." Piper nodded and thanked Alex before she left the classroom in search of her next class.

Alex watched her go, something interested her about Piper Chapman.

Two weeks have passed since Piper's first day of class, and Alex has noticed the girl has come out of her shell a bit more. She had made friends with some of the girls in her class, and was talking more in class. She still wore long sleeved shirt in the 90 degree heat however and Alex couldn't shake off this uneasy feeling about the girl.

It was a little after class on friday, Alex was finishing grading the short stories her students where assigned. Many of them where good, and many of them could use a bit of work. Finally pulling the last story out, Alex noticed it was lighter than the rest, in fact it was maybe five pages less than the amount of pages the other students wrote. The name read Piper Chapman. The story was called 'Plastic Pericardium' and it instantly got the older womans attention.

15 minutes later Alex stood with her mouth agape and her hair standing up on its end. To say she was surprised by the words that were on the pages in front of her was an understatement.

Making minor edits to the story Alex wrote in bold red words atop of the white page, 'EXCELENT'.

It was later that friday night when she decided to leave school and head home. The sun had already set and the sky was this navy blue. Checking her phone as the brunette walked down the hallways of the empty school, she noticed five text messages and 2 missed calls. Checking the messages Alex smirked when she saw who the messages where from,

Nicky: Yo Vause where you at? I wanna go out tonight.

Nicky: Earth to Vause c'mon don't leave me hanging you lesbian.

Nicky: Someone broke into your house.

Nicky: Okay that was a lie but c'mon Vause I am desperate for a drink.

Nicky: You know what nevermind actually Lorna called…

Alex chuckled at the onslaught of messages from her best friend. Deciding it wasn't necessary for her to respond, Alex pulled out her black umbrella as she walked out of the school and into the pouring rain.

Thunder cracked and lightning bolts littered the sky, Alex couldn't make it to her car fast enough. a few feet away from her black infiniti Alex was almost in the clear when she noticed a small figure standing just in front of the school near the bus stop. Blond hair flew in many directions and the small frame shivered with every passing gust of wind.

Alex began walking towards her student an extra umbrella in hand.

"You know it isn't wise for you to be standing out in the rain without an umbrella."

Alex noticed Piper visibly jump at the sound of her voice. When the young blonde turned around, Alex was surprised to see what she saw. Blood shot eyes and a pale face. The girl looked skinnier than normal.

"Hey, kid are you okay?" Alex reached out to touch the young girls shoulder and the blonde jumped and shut her eyes moving slightly away from the teacher.

A week ago

Piper walked out of her first class on her first day and she had already fucked up. It wasn't that she didn't wish to work in class that day, it just she had her mind occupied with other things.

Slowly the blond walked towards her next class absent mindedly scratching her inner forearm.

The day went by reasonably slow. At lunch she sat alone, at least that is how it started, until another person sat in front of her. Looking up from her untouched food the blue eyed blonde made eye contact with Larry the boy from her advanced writing class.

"Hey, Piper right?" The small girl nodded.

"Yeah and you're Larry." Larry smirked at Piper.

"Yeah you remembered!"

"It was three periods ago." Piper said bluntly.

"Right well I was wondering if maybe you wanted to hang out with my friends and I at our table?"

Looking towards the table, Piper immediately felt uneasy, the full table of boys beside the table she was sitting at was staring at her.

"Uh actually I think I am fi-" Piper was unable to finish her sentence when a voice sounded beside her.

"Hey Piper the new girl, what's up." Sitting down on both sides of her where two black girls that she had also seen in her advanced writing class, Poussey and Tasha. "Oh hey Larry didn't see you there."

The curly haired boy in front of the rolled his eyes at the two girls. "Actually Piper and I were talking."

"Oh great then I guess we can all talk together!" Snarling slightly Larry stood from the table and went to go back to his original table but not before smiling at Piper.

"I'll talk to you later Piper."

Piper smiled at the two girls who managed to get Larry away from her.

Two weeks had passed since Piper's first day of class, and slowly the blonde had started to come out of her shell. She talked more in class and was a bit more comfortable with everyone. In fact it might be fair to say that she had begun to enjoy school, not only because of the friends she had managed to make but because it gave her an escape from the life she lived when she went back home.

It was thursday night when things started to take a turn for the worst.

Piper had just finished her assignment for U.S. Government, it was 9 pages long and it took her all of her afternoon and most of her night. Sighing Piper looked at her phone and noticed it was well past dinner, as if being reminded her stomach grumbled loudly. Getting up and walking to the kitchen Piper's sighed when she noticed no food had been cooked. Looking in the cupboard for food she was once again disappointed to see little bugs and no food.

"Mom where you ever planning on buying food?" The blond spoke up as she walked into the small livingroom, The girl gagged at the smell that came from said living room, Her mother lay in her normal position on the sofa two bottles of Gin now empty lay on the floor beside her.

Reaching down to grab her mother Piper was surprised when her mother went to grab her instead.

"Mom that hurts." Piper said in a low voice as she tried to pull her arm out of her mother's grip,

"Oh that hurts? Really?" Piper's mother gripped her daughter's arm tighter. "Now maybe you can feel the pain you put me through!" Piper's mother let out a crazed laugh as she released Piper's arm.

Piper walk backwards until her back hit the wall. She held her arm close to her chest and tears began to overflow.

"You did this you know. You had to follow him. Point out that he was cheating to the entire neighborhood, you just had to make me look… foolish." Carol grabbed a closed bottle of whiskey and ripped off the wrapping with her teeth, taking another large swig. "What choice did I have?" Her word where slurring. "You had humiliated me, I had to go." Carol took another large drink of the amber liquid, some of it dripping down her chin. "And he made." Hiccup "Me take you with me."

Carol was up. Swaying on her feet she made her way to Piper and shoved her into the wall. "You ruined my life, you worthless, shit." Her mother sat on the sofa. Piper cried.

"Oh stop crying child, good to bed." Carol motioned towards Piper's bedroom as a sign for her to leave. But Piper was frozen in place, her eyes red and her body shaking like a leaf. "I SAID GO!" Jumping Piper ran straight to her room. She locked her door and slid down her door into fetal position. It felt like Piper cried for hours, when in fact it had been only a few minutes. Removing herself from the cramped position she was in, she sat with her back against her door and thought about what her mother said.

It is your fault. Piper shook her head. "No" You destroyed your family.

Tears began to build up again in her eyes when her eyes captured a glint of something rather familiar. Reaching towards her dresser she grabbed the flimsy razor and held it tightly in her hand. Raising up the sleeves of her white shirt she was faced with the red marks that coated her arm.

You. Are. A. Fuck. Up. Piper placed the razor to the skin on her arm. hesitating slightly. They hate you. Tears clouded Piper's vision as she slid the razor blade down her arm. Watching the blood flow freely down her arm, Piper cut another line, and another, until she was dizzy and nauseous. She ran to the bathroom clearing the little contents she had into the bowl. Her vision grew foggy, and all Piper remembered was being very tired.

Piper woke up to the sound of glass breaking. The first thing that came to her mind was the dizzy feeling she got when she tried to stand up, the second was the searing pain that shot from her arms.

"Fuck." The girl mumbled as she looked down at her dried blood coated arm. Shaking slightly Piper removed her clothes and went to shower, the hot water caused the cuts on Piper's arm to sear in pain all over again, but this pain was welcomed. It was a reminder it helped her… cope.

After showering the small girl made her quickly into her room, opting to wear a black shirt and blue skinny jeans for the day. Slowly walking out of the room, Piper tried her best to avoid her mother, with no such luck.

"Piper." Carol slurred her words. "M'sorry about last night." Hiccup. "I just…" Piper stared at her feet and sighed.

"I-it's okay mom, just get some rest okay." Carol nodded her head and fell onto the sofa asleep almost instantly. Piper made it out of the apartment quickly, the cuts on her arm hurt more then ever and her chest tightened making it hard for her to breath.

The rest of the day Piper seemed to run on autopilot, barely noticing anyone who would talk to her, her arm ached and she felt weak, from lack of food and the blood loss from last night, She was just so tired. It wasn't until lunch that she had spoken her first words.

"Hey Piper why don't you come with us to a party, its going to be wild!" Tasha (or Taystee as she preffered) had said.

Piper shook her head no. "I… I don't think that will be a good Idea."

"C'mon chapman stop being a lame ass just come out with us!" Big Boo a girl in her gym class had said.

"Yeah and you can even stay over at my house with Taystee, and I so you don't have to worry about going home." Poussey had said. "It will definitely take your mind off things." The other girls nodded their agreements.

Piper sighed. "I guess so… okay." The girls that surrounded her cheered and Piper couldn't stop the smile that crept onto her face. Maybe this would be good to get away from her home for a bit. That thought caused Piper's wounds to flare up again.

After the football game Piper and the girls made their way to a big house not to far from school that overlooked the beach. The made their way inside and their ears where instantly assaulted by the smell of weed, alcohol and loud music. The sun was just starting to set so it added it very comforting allusion to the party.

"Here ya go Piper!" Big Boo had said as she gave Piper a red solo cup with red liquid in it.

"What is it?" Big Boo gave Piper a huge smile.

"Just try it, you'll like it." Shrugging the blonde took a sip and the taste that assaulted her tastebuds had her craving more of the unfamiliar red drink.

As the night progressed and after several cups of that strange red liquid Piper found herself rather tipsy. Swaying towards the coach and away from the dance floor where her friends still stood, Piper tried to take a seat, dizzy all of a sudden, when someone grabbed onto her arm causing her to wince. The foreign hand retracted quickly.

"Hey Piper sorry I didnt mean to startle you." Larry.

"It's okay, I was just…" the blond was at a loss for words.

Larry chuckled. "yeah, well I was actually wondering if you wanted to cyph with a couple of friends of mine."

Piper looked at Larry. "Cyph?"

"Yeah you know uhm… Smoke?" Piper's eyes widened in recognition, and maybe it was the alcohol or maybe it was the hidden pain that still laid in her chest, but Piper nodded at Larry and followed him to the basement.

Piper watched in amazement as one of the guys around her lit a 'joint' as the called it. The paper burned instantly, and Piper observed every movement that guy made as to not make a fool of herself when it was her turn.

When the joint was finally passed to piper she reached out to grab it with her thumb and pointer finger as she saw Larry do, and put the drug between her lips. Breathing in the marijuana the blond removed the joint from her lips and sucked in another breath as she noticed another guy do before, The smoke went further into her lungs and Piper let out a low cough. After her coughing fit was done she noticed how much lighter she felt and a smile grew on her face as she passed the joint to the guy next to her.

After two joints the blond could say she definitely could not feel the pain anymore. She couldn't really feel much of anything really, which is why she couldn't feel Larry wrap his arm around her hip or Larry planting kisses on her shoulder. It wasn't until Larry reached under Pipers shirt that Piper was instantly crashed back into reality.

"Larry stop." Piper tried to push Larry's hand out of her shirt but he was persistent.

"C'mon babe relax." Larry reached farther up her shirt grabbing Piper's breast in one hand and squeezing it.

"No please stop!" Piper tried to say forcefully it, but it came out more as a whine which seemed to encourage Larry's menstruations. Piper jumped up and out of Larry's hands shivering from head to toe. "Larry I said stop." Larry stood on his feet swaying slightly.

"Piper don't be like that." Larry's breath smelled like alcohol and it reminded her of her mother. Bile rose in her throat as Piper ran away from Larry and out of the house. The sun had set and it was raining but Piper barely noticed it, she just kept running. It wasn't long until Piper was out of breath but luckily she was by the school. Stopping in front of the bus stop Piper wrapped her arms around herself in an attempt to stay warm as she waited for the bus, absentmindedly picking off the scabs that had formed from her previous nights activities.

You Deserve it.

Piper's body shook.

Nobody loves you.

Thunder claps over head and tears that are masked by the rain begin to fall.

You arent worth nobodies love!

"You know it isn't wise for you to be standing out in the rain without an umbrella."

Piper visibly jumped at the new voice afraid of who it might have been. Her eyes were blurry and in the mix of rain wind and thunder Piper was only able to make out a black blob.

"Hey, kid are you okay?"

Piper visibly shivered and stepped back away from the blob when it reached out to touch her.

"No, no please leave me alone." Piper whimpered slightly.

Alex reached out again for the younger girl but thought better of it.

"Hey Kid, it's me Alex, er uh Ms. Vause. You're okay." Alex saw realization in Piper's eyes and her body visibly relax. Trying again the brunette tried to reach for the young girl and this time Piper let her, although she stiffened slightly when Alex wrapped her arm around her. "Are you okay." Piper looked into Alex's green eyes and more tears began to fall as she shook her head no.

Alex heart tore in two when she witnessed the tears fall down Piper's smooth face. Alex gripped onto the blonde tighter and lead her towards her car.

"C'mon kid I'll take you home, it's raining cats and dogs out here." Alex whispered her lips against her student's ear. Inappropriate was the farthest thought from her mind after what she just did, her sole purpose now was to comfort Piper. The young girl nodded and followed Alex towards her car.

Once inside the blonde curled in on herself and looked away from her teacher a slight blush on her cheek.

"Hey kid are you okay?" Piper wa visibly shaking but nodded her head yes. Alex sighed as she gripped her steering wheel. She wasn't going to ask the girl to explain what had happened… yet.

"Where do you live, kid?" At the question Piper froze and went to get out of her car mumbling apologies and no worries she would take the bus,

"Hey no, no way kid I am not going to let you walk or take the bus home at this time by yourself in this weather." To prove her point Alex locked the doors. Piper shook her head still attempting to open the door,

"No really I-it's n-no problem." The blonde was slurring her words and that when alex noticed that Piper was drunk.

"Piper are you drunk?"

"Wha-what? No I am fine." Piper looked at Alex her raised eyebrow intimidating her into telling the truth. "I'm not drunk not anymore at least I do feel a little light headed though."

Alex sighed. "What did you drink?"

Piper looked up trying to remember exactly what it was, "I dunno, it was red." Piper nodded remembering the color of the drink. "Oh I also smoked weed today, for the first time," Piper didn't know why she was being so honest the words just seemed to flow out of her mouth.

Alex's eyebrows shot up as she observed the blonde she seemed like an absolute wreck and that only cause her heart to ache all the more.

"Well now I am really not letting you take the bus, now where do you live Kid?" Alex asked again.

Piper stood quite for a while staring down at her feet before she spoke a single word. "Brooklyn."

"Brooklyn? Brooklyn in New York City? Why the fuck do you come to school from so far?"

Piper shrugged "I couldn't be seen going to an urban public school." Piper mumbled. "It will ruin my moms reputation." Alex scrunched her eyebrows in thought as Piper's answer. She wasn;t thinking for long though because Piper managed to unlock her door and run out of the car falling on her hands and knees on the grass and vomiting nothing but bile from her empty stomach.

Behind her Piper felt a warm hand rubbing circles on her back and her hair being pulled back into a messy pony tail. Eventually her stomach had literally nothing to vomit up so Piper stood there dry heaving until her stomach finally settled. Finally done Piper fell backwards into Alex's arm behind her, laying her head on Alex's shoulder and closing her eyes.

"Kid you are burning up." Alex whispered.

"Mmm the rain feels good."

Biting her lip Alex looked down at the blonde a made a decision she hopped wouldn't come back to bite her in the ass.

"C'mon Pipes, I'm taking you to my house, you are way too sick and live way too far for me to take you home in this weather. Piper nodded slightly and allowed Alex to lead her back to the black car.

Fifteen minutes later and the car had stopped in front of a rather large house, that was along the beach, just like the house from the party earlier. Alex looked over at Piper who laid limp against the passenger door.

"Hey Pipes… Piper… Hey kid c'mon we are here." Blue eyes opened up and was met by concerned green eyes. Piper gave Alex a small smile before she slowly undid her seatbelt and went to leave the car.

Alex was instantly by her side and wrapped her arms around the waist of the all too skinny girl. Alex lead Piper into her house and towards the master bedroom, once there she sat Piper down on her large four poster bed and went to retrieve clothes for the young girl to change into.

"Here you go Pipes change into these the bathroom is right there." Alex pointed to a door just on the other side of the room. Piper nodded and went to the bathroom to change. Piper removed her clothing and changed into the clothes Alex had given her. It was a short sleeved Rolling Stones t-shirt and shorts. Walking back into the room she noticed Alex had also changed and and was waiting by the bed with a glass of water.

"Here you go Kid drink up it will make you feel better." Piper smiled and reached for the class, that is before she noticed the dropped jaw and concerned eyes that Alex had on her face. Following her eyes to what had changed the older womens demeanor, Piper's face instantly paled as she noticed the bright red and inflamed wounds that coated her arms. Quickly Piper Pulled her arms back and wrapped them around her wrist in an attempt to hide her inner arms. But Alex wasn't one to see and forget.

Grabbing the younger woman's wrist gently Alex pulled her arm out and looked down at the scars and cuts that coated out a finger to gently touched the wound she heard Piper wince and Alex instantly pulled her hand away. Alex's green teary eye's looked up at Piper blue blood shot eyes that had tears flowing freely from them.

"Pipes what… why did you…" Alex voice caught in her throat and she cleared it trying to keep her emotions at bay. Inside however Alex was being torn apart. What or who could have caused the beautiful girl so much pain, at such a young age. Wait beautiful? Alex shook her head, she didn't mean beautiful. But she was… so beautiful.

Ale was taken out of her thoughts by Piper who was whimpering. Opening her arms Alex hugged the young girl tightly and Piper returned the hug, all while crying into Alex's shoulder.

"It's okay Piper, you're okay." Alex held Piper until she felt the young girl start to fade away into sleep. Moving the girl to her bed she laid Piper down and covered her with her large comforter blanket.

Alex watched as the young girl slept, heartbroken by what she had just witnessed. Brushing a stair blond hair out of Piper's face Alex noticed Piper still sporting the fever from earlier. Grabbing a towel and wetting it with cold water she place it on the younger girls head. A sigh could be heard out of Piper's mouth and Alex smiled.

She would have to question Piper in the morning. That was a given but as of tonight Alex would just watch and care for Piper Chapman and just wondered what demons this beautiful girl held.

I..I

Hope you guys liked it! please review and tell me what you think. and no worries the whole story won't be super angsty but it will definitely start off that way and continue on for the next couple of chapters as I begin to set up the story more.

Anyways I hope you enjoyed and I will update ASAP.

Love, Peace, and Pride.

Nicole