Behind the shadows || nicky nichols

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Ripley Robert's

Working for luschek was a pain in the ass, me and Nicky were drilling holes into the wall for no apparent reason, when luschek began to gather all of the new electrical workers being Chapman and Watson I couldn't help but watch, Nicky was hyper fixated onto her hole so I look at her shaking my head when piper mumbled "newts?" We both turned around.

"It's his adorable word for newbies" Nicky speaks with irritation in her voice while I just glare at piper "what are you two doing?" Chapman asks looking at our holes "they are art pieces representing the futility of blue-collar labor in a technological age, and vaginas" Nicky says putting two fingers into the wall causing me to look away smirking.

Piper blinks a couple times before a small smile forms onto her face, a fake one clearly, Nicky sniffs her finger with disgust all over her face before turning back to piper "go gather before he yells in your face, he's got breath like dead things" Nicky turns back around picking up her drill, me doing the same.

"Hey.. rabbit pearl and emo, ease back all right? We're all gonna go numb" luschek yells as we turn to look at him my hatred for him clear in my eyes, Nicky puts her hand up and points to the holes before looking at me as I hold back a laugh.

Watson begins to have a meltdown about the pay but this is literally the easiest job there is here, you do one thing when your done you go, simple as that so what if we only make 11 cents an hour at least we're getting paid also this is prison.

Nicky and Chapman go for their lunch break while I stay inside and continue to drill my hole not wanting to be around the blonde idiot, the good news though? Nicky was moved back into our bunk yesterday courtesy of Mendez.

He had been watching Chapman which I heard from Nicky, I found it hilarious Mendez was certainly doing his job for me correctly, when Nicky came back in she slapped my ass causing me to turn to look at her "excuse me nichols" I say looking her up and down.

A little while later me and Nicky were just walking around the room, I was sat next to Tricia helping her with whatever she was doing by that I mean we was talking about mercy her girl who was getting out soon.

Suddenly piper plugged her lamp in and a spark of fire or something came out of it causing everyone in the room to laugh but I soon stopped when Nicky walked over to her, "aw, it's like free shock therapy, you might lose your short-term memory but it's a sweet escape" she nudges the back of pipers head and looked at me walking away.

"Works done, wrap it up ladies" luschek calls out to us but then of course Chapman begins to complain, a few moments later when luschek stopped arguing with Watson the alarm blared everyone drops to the ground Nicky telling Chapman what to do.

When the alarm was called off as a mistake luschek realized a screwdriver was missing, luschek was now arguing with Watson once again having a full blown meltdown over a screwdriver when I realized I saw piper shove a screwdriver into her jacket pocket when she went out for lunch with Nicky, the jacket was never brought back inside.

Luschek then yells "fuck!" Pressing the alarm for the second time today, we all drop to the floor waiting for guards to come into the room once they do Mr caputo immediately starts a lecture "a screwdriver is considered a deadly weapon, that is another five years on your sentence".

"I don't like being threatened for something I didn't do" Watson speaks up before Mendez quickly stands from the table he was sitting on "no, I'm not threatening you, I'm informing you of the facts" caputo grits his teeth.

"Sounds like a threat to me, I already told you, I don't have it" she replies before luschek points at her "I put her in charge of the tools it's her fault" way to go dude now what? "Yo don't be trying to pass the buck on me, it's your fucking job, I'm just a monkey in a cage remember?" She yells, my jaw drops he said what?