Another Day Without You...

Chapter Two.

Tapping her fingers on the table- waiting for what seemed like eternity, watching the clocks second hand tick by until it hit 12 o'clock on the dot, piper stood up in anticipation walking slowly towards the land line phone that was hanging on the wall.
She was half way there and the phone began to ring, she lunged the last few feet and ignored the automated voice and slammed the number one into the phones keypad.

"Alex?!" fell out of her mouth, "Al, you there?!"

"Hey kiddo, yeah I'm here - how are you doing?" The familiar husky voice replied, this is what piper had been waiting for all morning.

" I'm fine, lonely... but fine, how are you?"

" me too pipes, I miss you. Everyone keeps asking about you, we all want to meet up and have a gathering when we get out, I mean we can have one here right now but the most important person is missing - but that's not a cue to come back" Alex jokes around trying to lift pipers spirits.

" ah that would be really nice, nicer than what I've got coming up.. in fact coming back to prison seems a better option that tonight"

" why what's going on?" Alex is confused, piper normally likes going out, especially if it's with her girl friends, but since polly and Larry have made a cosy little life together it limits piper from socialising because they have the same friends and all they want to talk about is polly and Larry...

" Family dinner, with an 'important' twist" piper says sarcastically, she really doesn't want to go, something isn't right..

" what the.. wait YOU have been INVITED to a family dinner? What's the occasion? Someone dying?"

" I wasn't invited Al.. I was instructed. I didn't have a choice, but something doesn't add up- you know that they're like, I tried to ask questions yesterday but my birth-giver just cut me off from asking anymore.."

" birth-giver" Alex chuckles before going back to being serious, " hmm something must be happening pipes, it is unusual I'll give you that"

* One minute remaining*

" Oh fuck, I'm sorry pipes I forgot to add phone credit, I'll top it up when I get off the phone ready for tomorrow yeah? Same time?"

Piper sighs, " oh okay, yeah I guess so.. Al I miss you so much, I hate not having you around"

" I know kid, me too. It won't be for long though okay, I promise. I love you Piper Chapman-vause.'

" I love you too al" piper replies just before the phone goes dead.

She walks back over to the wall and places the landline back in its holster to charge, speaking to Alex makes her feel so much better about any situation, Alex's voice soothes her soul to a point no meditation/ relaxation could.
"Chapman-Vause" she said to herself, it still hasn't settled in that they are prison married!

Piper walked back to the sofa and turned on the television, she had 3 hours to waste before having to get ready to go to her parents house so she flicked through the channels and zoning into pointless daytime tv for the remainder of the day.

3:30pm came around and it was time to get ready, although it was only her parents house, she had to dress up somewhat, her choice of clothing wouldn't make her parents change their views on her life but it would probably stop them from getting any worse.. she hoped anyway.

She sat on her bed whilst looking in her closet wondering what to wear, her mobile went off, it was Cal.

" Hey you, do you know what the ' last supper' is all about?"
Piper shot cal a text back, " Cal! I was hoping you knew, I haven't got a clue what's going on but seems serious to call a family dinner.."