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Aaliyah slipped out of bed, careful not to wake up Janae. She leaned down in front of Soso, who was still sleeping. She patted her face gently, waking the girl up. "W-What? Why are you in my bunk?" Soso asks with a groggy tone. "Actually, you're in mine. You almost died last night. So come on, I'm gonna help you to the showers whilst everyone's still asleep so you can have some privacy." Aaliyah takes the girl's hands, pulling her up and helping her to the showers.

"I'm gonna go get some of your clothes from your bunk so stay here and take your shower." Aaliyah said, making sure Soso was awake enough for her to leave. Aaliyah quickly fetched her clothes, bringing them back she found Soso was barely able to hold herself up. "Shit. Come on, you gotta stand on your own. Do you wanna get sent to Pysch?" Soso shook her head weakly.

Aaliyah sighed, pulling off her shirt to step in the shower, taking the shampoo to help her. "What the fuck is goin' on here?" Aaliyah turns to see Janae, standing there with her arms crossed over her chest with a quite pissed off expression.

Aaliyah sighs, "The bloody girl can barely hold herself up. I'm just helping her."

"Shirtless?" Janae raised a brow.

"I'm in a bra, love." Janae rolled her eyes, letting out a huff in response. "Come here, help me. Hold her up for me." Janae grimaces but eventually steps in and helps Aaliyah with Soso. "Okay, all done. Come on, let's get you dressed and then you're officially P's problem." Aaliyah helped the girl get dressed and then helped her brush her teeth cause her breath smelt horrible from the throw up. Then both she and Janae helped the Soso girl to the bunks.

Aaliyah and Janae set her back on the bed with a tired huff. Liyah looked around seeing everyone was still heavily asleep. She turned to Janae with a suggestive smirk. "You wanna take a shower together?"

Janae raised a brow, "I don't know. I mean you've been having so much fun taking showers with other people-" Aaliyah rolls her eyes, growing a smile, "Awe, you're jealous. That's cute." Janae glared at her, "Do not call me cute." Aaliyah chuckles, putting her hands around Janae's waist. "So you admit that you're jealous, yeah?"

Janae looks away, "I didn't say that."

"But you didn't deny it, did ya?" Janae rolls her eyes, scoffing at the girl. "If you shut up, I'll take a shower with you." She comprised.

Aaliyah grins, "my mouth is officially shut." She used her hand to mimmick zipping up her lips. "And by the way, i am in no way suggesting sex, simply because I am on my period. Otherwise I would've jumped your bones already." Aaliyah shrugs.

Janae looks at her blankly for a second before laughing. "I know. I'm not stupid."

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Suzanne looks at Soso, who fallen asleep for the millionth time. "She's sleeping again." Aaliyah glanced over to see Soso sleeping yet again. Poussey had officially taken the girl off of Liyah's hands so now she didn't have to watch over her. "What?" Aaliyah and Taystee both nudged the girl. "Yo, Bennie. Wake up." Aaliyah pulled her up off of Poussey's shoulder.

"Bennie?" Soso questions the name tiredly.

"Yeah, we checked out them foils, man. You took, like, 100 Benadryls." Poussey explains. Cindy leans forward, "But the good news is your allergies are squared away for like, a decade." They all chuckled lightly, well not Janae, who was still salty of the situation. She did not like Soso at all. "I still don't understand why we're helping her anyway. She ain't one of us."

Aaliyah lays her head on Janae's shoulder, quite tired and cramps were killing her. She was barely getting off her period but the pain was obviously still there. Janae took bites of food off Liyah's plate as Suzanne is quick to add in, pointing her fork at Janae. "Because you have never been to Pysch."

Janae was quick to defend herself. "Nobody saved me from the SHU." Aaliyah frowned, wishing she was there to help Janae during those times. "Well, eventually, you come back from the SHU." Taystee points out. In which Aaliyah is quick to add in, defending her girl. "Firstly, that doesn't make it any better. And secondly, she's right, we don't even have to help her. The only reason I am is because P likes her."

"That's a lie. I barely know her." Poussey argues. "And look, besides, as long as she with us, we're gonna be like the Tiger Woods of prison cliques. Blasian is beautiful." Poussey puts an arm around the girl who just slumps onto her shoulder.

Liyah glances at Janae, leaning close to her ear, "If I were there at the time, I would've definitely gotten you out of the SHU by the way." Janae smiles softly, "I know." Aaliyah smiles, "Good, just making sure darling." Liyah presses a kiss to her shoulder, listening in when Suzanne adds in. "Hey, that's right. Your skin doesn't have to be black, as long as your heart is black." Yeah uh, heart in the right place but definitely wrong delivery. "Um," Suzanne points her fork at Soso, "She's sleeping again."

Janae scoffs, turning her attention to Cindy who seemed to be working on something. "You've been pretty chill about all of this." Cindy glances up at her, shushing her. "Man, what you doin', anyway?" Cindy grunts, "Well, for your nosy information, I'm working on my conversion essay."

Janae chuckles to herself knowing she could just eat off of Aaliyah's plate, considering she was the only one who could get kosher meals now. "You still on that?" Taystee questions.

"You damn right. No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my motherfucking kosher meals." Aaliyah raises a brow, wondering why she was taking it so seriously. It was just a microwavable meal. It wasn't really that good. "Okay. I got a Black Jew, I got an Asian Black, a bunch of race-squatting carpetbaggers."

"You're girlfriend is literally British," Poussey points out.

"Ew, label's," Aaliyah mutters. Janae rubs her back, "so what? I like her accent." Poussey rolls her eyes.

"Okay, I'm out. I'm gonna call my brother." Aaliyah stood up, passing her tray to Janae as she was eating most of it anyways. "Tell him I say hi," Janae said. Aaliyah nods, pressing a kiss to her hair, "I will. Goodbye my dear friends."

Aaliyah dialed in Alec's number, leaning against the wall impatiently waiting for him to pick up. After a second or two, he finally did. "Liyah?"

"Obviously. Sorry for not calling you in days. I was kinda upset and it was petty." Aaliyah mumbles. Alec shook his head, even though she couldn't see him. "It's okay sister. I'm sorry about giving her my date. I just felt like, you should know." Aaliyah nods to herself, sorta grateful he did that. She did have every right to know, being in prison did not change a thing. "No it's okay, I'm glad you did."

"She told me what happened. Are you okay?" Liyah wanted to smile at his worry. He always did worry about her even if it was the smallest thing. "I'm okay, Alec. I just got sick and tired of her shit. Luckily I was able to control myself so it was just arguing, no violence." Alec chuckled, nodding. He was glad she had learned to control her anger more. He had theories that it was someone who made her have that kind of control.

"Hey, uh, Janae says hi," Aaliyah mumbles a little nervously. She didn't know why she was nervous. It's not like Alec was against it. But maybe he was against the whole prison relationship thing? She didn't know. She just really wanted his approval. "That's the woman you fancy, correct?" Alec smiles.

"Yeah. She's uh, she's actually my uh-" Aaliyah sighs. She had a thing. She absolutely hated labels. She hated labeling her sexuality, so she didn't. She hated the label girlfriend, so she didn't really use it. Unless she was reffering to an old girlfriend. But still, the words and labels made her cringe. Luckily, Alec knew this. "It's okay, I know. You're together. I'm cool with it. I'm very happy for you."

Aaliyah smiles gratefully, messing with the bandana tied around her wrist, "Thank you brother. She means like fucking everything to me."

"I can tell just by the way you talk about her. But, I do have to meet her. So let her know I'm gonna get my name put on her visitation list." Alec explains strictly. "Brother-"

"Liyah, if she is your girlfriend-"

"Labels!" Aaliyah exclaimed.

"Sorry. But seriously, if you two are together, I need to meet her. And if she really cares about you, she will be perfectly fine with that." Aaliyah rolls her eyes, mocking him under her breath. "Fine. I'll tell her," she grunts in annoyance. "Good. Now, I'm so sorry but you kinda called at a bad time. I'm on my way to the in law's to pick up Teyana." Aaliyah snorts, aware of how annoying they were.

"That's okay. Tell Teyana I say I hi." Aaliyah smiles. She loved Teyana. She was over the moon when she found out Alec and Teyana were gonna have a baby. They were basically perfect together. And Alex obviously treated Teyana like a fucking queen. "I will. Bye sister. Love you."

"Love you too. Bye."

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Aaliyah pushed her hair back, walking away from the pole she did pull ups on. Norma suddenly ran pass her, making her furrow her brows in confusion, wondering where she could've been going. A few more girls joined Norma in running, confusing the Brit even more. She walked over to Poussey, Taystee and Janae. "Oi, what's goin' on over there?" Aaliyah questioned, stopping next to Janae.

"A bunch of bitches goin' to Seg." Taystee retorts.

"Nah, nah! It's the lake! It's not escapable or nothin'!" Janae said. "It's a miracle," Suzanne ran off towards the lake. Janae grabbed Aaliyah's hand, dragging her along to the lake.

Suzanne ran into the lake excitedly. Diving into the water, only she didn't come back up. Aaliyah was prepared to go after the girl until she finally rose from the water, her arms out in enjoyment. Everyone cheered, immediately removing their shoes to join her in the lake. Janae ran in, stopping she didn't see Aaliyah. Janae turned, seeing Aaliyah standing there in the sand with her arms crossed.

"Whatchu doin'? Come on!" Aaliyah shook her head, squinting from the sun. "Do you know how many diseases are probably in that filthy water?" Aaliyah shot back with a grimace.

Janae rolls her eyes. "If you don't come in, I'm gonna break up with you!" Aaliyah's eyes widened, "That's blackmail! That's not fair!" Janae crossed her arms with a smirk. Aaliyah groaned, pulling off her shoes and socks. "I don't like this sudden attitude." Aaliyah walked towards the water hesitantly, grimacing at it. Janae rolls her eyes again, grabbing Aaliyah's hand and pulling in into the water.

"This is so gross." Aaliyah mumbles. Janae laughed, pulling her in more, "Live a little, baby." Aaliyah smiles, grabbing Janae's face and pulling her in for a kiss. Janae was too happy to care about anyone seeing anyways, so she kissed back. She wasn't one for public affection, but truly, who gave a fuck? Everyone did way worse.

Aaliyah pulled away only to push Janae under the water with a loud laugh. Janae came up with a gasp, "You are so going to regret that!" Before Janae could make a move, Flaca and Maritza used a shirt to throw a huge pile of water onto them. "Bitches!" Aaliyah splashed them back, Janae joining in as they all splashed water at each other.

Martiza pulled Aaliyah's hair tie out, jumping onto her back with a laugh. "Let the hair go free!" Aaliyah laughs, throwing Maritza into the water as Janae threw Flaca into the water. Aaliyah grabbed Janae's hand, pointing over to see Cindy come from the water, officially Jewish. "Oh she actually took that shit seriously."

Suzanne splashed both of them, catching their attention. They splashed her back. Taystee finally decided to join in on the fun, tying her shirt around her head to protect her hair. "Taystee, come on in! The water's fine!" Suzanne expressed, splashing Aaliyah again. "I disagree with the second sentence. The water is quite gross," Liyah adds, getting another splash from Janae.

Janae and Taystee splashed each other with a laugh. Poussey and Soso joined the group, their hands intertwined. It was obvious they were now a thing, just like Liyah predicted. Taystee brought them in, accepting their relationship. They all group hugged.

Aaliyah pulled away feeling something near her foot she squealed, jumping onto Janae. "Ew something touched me!" Suzanne dove into the water to check, imerging with a turtle in her hands. "It was just a turtle!" Janae laughs, mocking her girlfriend.

"I need to get out. I can feel my body slowly become littered with disease." Aaliyah shook her head, going to walk out until Janae grabbed her, pulling her back in. "Chill out, Liyah. Just have fun." Aaliyah sighed, ultimately agreeing. "Fine. Only for you." Janae grinned, taking Liyah's hands and pressing a kiss to her lips.

The inmates of Litchfield continued to have their fun, enjoying the rare moments of freedom in the lake. That was until tons of men dressed in black ruined that. Sending all the inmates to the cafeteria.

But hey, at least they had some moments of peace.

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a/n: season three officially complete <3 yay i rlly enjoyed writing this season, it went by so fast

onto season four! we will see more janae and liyah as a couple and maybe even an old enemy of liyahs will make their debut 👀

y'all are gon' see aaliyahs anger rlly pop out in this season. there's gonna be lots of ups and downs and i can't wait for you to read it

anyways, i can't wait! i hope u enjoyed this book so far 🤍

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