Free In Litchfield - Nicky Nichols x female oc (OITNB)

Chapter Twelve

Trigger Warning: Mentions of Incest

"You wanna know who's surprisingly quiet?" Boo asked, shoving another large spoonful of oatmeal into her mouth.

Lacey shook her head, laughing. "I don't think any of us want to know that, Boo," she said.

Boo pointed her spoon at her, "You know, Locke, you're going to need to get some eventually."

"Well, so far, I've been doing fine, and I definitely don't wanna hear about all the people you're sleeping with while I'm eating," she answered. If she was going to be honest though, she was missing sex a little bit. She had been in prison for almost two months, but that still didn't mean she wanted to talk about it with anyone, especially Boo.

Boo shrugged, smirking, "Whatever you say Locke."

Lacey reflexively glanced over at Nicky, who by the amount she had been flirting with Lacey recently she expected to have some kind of comment, but the wild-haired girl was staring straight across, her eyes unfocused.

Boo continued talking anyway, "Well, I'm going to tell you guys anyway. It was–"

Lorna cut her off, snapping her fingers in front of Boo's face. "Boo, stop! I'm trying to eat!"

Boo swiped her hand away, flipping Lorna off. "Fuck off. This food tastes like boogers anyway, nothing I talk about is going to change that."

Lorna giggled, "Yes, it can."

All three of them were laughing when they saw Alex approaching the table.

"Well, look who it is," Boo said, under her breath.

None of them responded as Alex set her tray down and moved to sit next to Boo.

For a second, Lacey was worried Boo would let her. She had successfully not come within six feet of Alex for the past two weeks, and she wanted to keep it that way. From what she had heard, Lorna and Nicky had completely cut Alex off, however she wasn't sure about Boo.

But Boo didn't seem to want anything to do with Alex either. She swung her legs up onto the seat Alex was moving to sit on. "Sorry, this seat is reserved for my feet. I got some real bad blisters right now."

"You fucking kidding?" Alex said plainly, staring down at Boo.

Boo raised her eyebrows, daring Alex to keep arguing. "You wanna see 'em?"

Alex glared at Boo, before addressing all of them. "You all can go fuck yourselves."

Boo smirked, and Alex finally walked away with one last roll of her eyes.

"What a bitch," Boo murmured, returning to her oatmeal.

Lacey smiled, resisting the urge to hug Boo for forcing Alex to leave.

She looked over at Nicky again, who was pushing the oatmeal around on her plate. Her eyes were still unfocused and her eyebrows were scrunched up.

"You good, Nicky?" Lacey asked.

Nicky nodded insistently, "Yup, I'm fine. I'm fine. Just not hungry," she said, trying hard not to seem okay, when she clearly was stressed.

Lacey was concerned, but didn't push it, letting Nicky get up from their table and leave the dining hall.

She turned to Lorna and Boo. "You guys know what's up with that?"

They both shrugged.

"If anyone knew what was up with her, it would be you," Boo said.

Lacey nodded slowly, deciding to keep any eye on her friend.

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