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AALIYAH AND JANAE'S RELATIONSHIP HAVE GOTTEN BETTER, despite their rocky start at the beginning. They've learned to get along with each other and they have become friends. They became closer after Christmas, after they worked their shit out. They learned to like each other.
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𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐉𝐎𝐁 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐃. Aaliyah wasn't really interested in participating, because she only had one job in mind. She wanted to be a doctor, which was the whole reason she went to medical school in the first place, but she probably wouldn't be able to go now, since y'know.. she's a convicted felon.
Aaliyah stood in front of the mirror, fixing up her hair and groaning a little where a piece won't stay in place. Her silent misery is interrupted by a certain voice. "You participating in the job fair?" Janae asks Aaliyah, observing the younger girl as she's fixing her hair. "Nah, you?" Aaliyah responds, turning to look at Janae. "Nah, it's a waste of time." Janae says, leaning against the sink as she crosses her arms. Aaliyah hums in agreement, as she goes back to fixing her hair.
The two women stand there in silence until Aaliyah breaks the silence by letting out a loud groan as the same piece of hair still won't stay in place. "You need help?" Janae asks with a chuckle, finding the girl's frustration funny. Aaliyah lets out a soft sigh before responding. "Yes." Aaliyah says softly. Janae smirks, walking behind Aaliyah, and fixing her hair for her with ease. Aaliyah's jaw drops as she's been trying to get that piece in place for twenty minutes, and Janae was able to fix it in like twenty seconds. "How did- how did you do that so quickly?" Aaliyah says, shocked and a little embarrassed. "It ain't that hard." Janae says with a shrug, before walking out of the bathroom. Aaliyah leans against the sink, letting out a heavy sigh.
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𝐀𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐇 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐘 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐄'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐃, as Janae did Cindy's hair. Aaliyah watched Janae do Cindy's hair, focusing mainly on Janae's facial features. Aaliyah always found Janae attractive, but she never said anything, because she didn't want to make things weird or awkward. Poussey noticed Aaliyah staring and just smirked to herself, knowing exactly what was going on.
"See, I ain't worried. I'm gonna rock that interview, then I'm gonna be the winner of the job fair and they hook me up with a real job. I'm gonna be like an assistant to Judge Joe Brown or one of them TV judges. Or maybe even Judy. Yeah, man. She don't take shit from nobody. I know we'd vibe." Taystee says with a smirk, sitting on the edge of the cube wall. "Yo, what the fuck are you talkin' about, real job?" Poussey says. "Last year, the girl who did the best, the job fair people hooked her up with a real job once she was released. They don't announce it or nothing 'cause people get all crazy, but she told me on the low-low." Taystee explains with a joyful tone.
Aaliyah blocked out the rest of the conservation, as she was too busy 'admiring' Janae's facial features. "Aaliyah, earth to fuckin' Liyah?" Poussey says, snapping her fingers in the girl's face twice before Aaliyah finally answers. "Huh?" Aaliyah says, flinching a little from being brought back to reality. "You good?" Poussey asks, with a concerned expression. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." Aaliyah immediately answers, getting up. Janae stares at Aaliyah with a raised eyebrow, as Aaliyah notices this but chooses to pretend she doesn't see her almost as if she wasn't admiring her a few minutes ago. Aaliyah takes a deep breath and shakes her head, leaving Taystee and Suzanne's cell, and going back to her own. She felt Janae's gaze burning holes into her soul, but she didn't turn back to look at Janae and continued to go to her cell. "Where the fuck is she going?" Cindy asks with a confused expression, as everybody just shrugs.
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𝐀𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐇 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐘, as they watched Taystee compete against Flaca in the mock job fair. Poussey nudges Aaliyah a little to get her attention, causing Aaliyah to turn and look at her. "Yo, what happened yesterday?" Poussey asks. "It was nothing, don't worry about it." Aaliyah responds, earning a raised eyebrow and a nod from Poussey before they shift their attention back to the stage.
Aaliyah, Poussey, and Cindy continue to watch and cheer for Taystee as she competes against Flaca in the mock job fair. Aaliyah nudges Cindy, earning her attention almost immediately. "Where's Janae?" Aaliyah asks, generally curious. "Wouldn't you like to know," Cindy responds teasingly with a smirk, earning an eye roll from Aaliyah as she sucks her teeth at Cindy, a little irritated at her teasing.
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𝐀𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐘𝐀𝐇 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐃, as her peace and quiet was soon interrupted by a knock on her cube wall, earning her attention. As she turns to see who it is, she sees Janae standing at the door, dressed in a plain white shirt, grey sweatpants and white socks. "Can I come in?" Janae asks, earning a nod and a slight welcoming smile from Aaliyah as she scoots over, before patting the open spot next to her as Janae takes the offer and sits next to her.
"Wanna explain why you were staring at me yesterday, and then got up and left for no reason?" Janae asks, causing Aaliyah to close her eyes in embarrassment and shame as she hoped Janae would forget but that obviously wasn't the case. "I wasn't, i was just spaced out and I left because... I was tired. Yeah I was tired." Aaliyah responds, hoping Janae would believe her dumb excuse. If Janae was being completely honest, a tiny part of her was slightly disappointed Aaliyah didn't say she was staring at her because she liked her but that's something Janae would never admit to.
"Okay then. Anyway I gotta go, see you in the morning." Janae says dryly, before getting up and leaving Aaliyah's cube. Aaliyah watched as she left, cussing herself out in her head. After Janae left, Aaliyah wanted so desperately to grab her pillow and scream into it, unfortunately for her, she couldn't do that otherwise the others would think she lost her damn mind.
