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"Hey. What happened to Kramer vs. Kramer?" Janae, Alison, and Aaliyah all walk to the front, noticing Caputo and Figueroa no longer there. "They'll be right back." Taystee replied. "Back? From where?" Janae questioned. The Spanish girl who was guard of the doors spoke up, "We got everything, but then she kicked them out-" Taystee is quick to cut her off. "Almost everything. And now they're gonna tell the governor that we need to get Bayley back, too. Janae smiles, believing the girl.

Aaliyah didn't seem so supportive though. "You mean Figueroa gave in on everything else on the list?" She questions, a little frustrated. As much as she wanted justice for Poussey, she knew when the right time to say yes was. She had no doubts that Bayley would be investigated, and she would definitely be making sure of that, courtesy of her brother.

"Look, none of that matter if we don't get what we came for." Taystee defends. Alison spoke, cutting off whatever Aaliyah was gonna reply with. "A lot of us care about those other things." The Spanish girl agreed with her. "Oh, so now y'all wanna give a shit?" Aaliyah stepped up, quick to defend her. "Hey, do not act like you are the only one who's been doing stuff. All of us have partook in this riot and we have the right to be upset. They could storm in right now for all we care just because your judgement seems to be so clouded!"

Taystee stepped up, "Oh my judgement is clouded? You're a rich bitch who has no idea what it is like to be us! You've been a spoiled little princess all your life! Don't act like you care about any of this! You haven't even spoken about Poussey. You don't even care!" Taystee argued, pushing Aaliyah back. And it took everything in her not to lay hands on Taystee. "You watch your mouth. Don't you dare say I didn't care about her. Everything I've been doing in this riot is for her!"

"Nah, if you cared so much, you would be on my side about this! Instead, it's your fault she's dead! You the one who started all this with your stupid fucking protest!" Taystee went quiet, realizing what just came out of her mouth. Aaliyah was silent, hurt was present on her features. Hearing that out loud almost sounded like a confirmation in her head. If Taystee thought so, maybe it was her fault. It was her fault Poussey was dead. Maybe the other's agreed.

"Aaliyah- I'm sorry-" Taystee was quick to attempt her apology, Aaliyah cutting her off as she sniffles. "No. No, I'm sorry you feel that way. You're right. It was my fault. Everything alway seems to be my fault. I'm gonna just give you a minute before you say anything else to hurt me." Aaliyah wiped her eyes, she backed up, Janae attempting to stop her, she brushed her hand off, walking into the office to take a breather.

"That was messed up, Taystee," Alison said.

Taystee glares, going to argue until Janae spoke up. "Yo, y'all need to chill. Okay? Let's get back on track. If T say they're coming back, they're coming back." Alison goes to argue. "But how much longer can we afford to wait? Liyah's right, they can storm in any second. What about Suzanne?" Janae looks down at the mention of Suzanne, that being the reason they came to check up on negotiations anyway.

"Wait, I told Cindy to deal with her ass already," Taystee said. So Aaliyah was right, Taystee did chew Cindy out. "Oh, you the one that sent "Shalom, y'all" to give Suzanne lithium?" Alison questioned. "Lithium?" She turns to Janae. "What else were we supposed to do? Crazy is scary when she crazy-crazy. She needed to shut the fuck up for a little while," Janae defends.

"Well, now she's catatonic, so I hope you're all happy." Alison states. "Jesus! One of y'all come and get me when they come back." Taystee storms off, probably to check on Suzanne.

Janae walks into the office, seeing Aaliyah sitting on the stool she claimed was cursed. If it was cursed, why keep sitting on it? Janae taps the counter, quickly catching Aaliyah's head before it could it the table. Aaliyah smiled, barely, before Janae wiped the tears. "Do you think it was my fault? That she's dead?" Aaliyah asked softly.

"What? No, no way. T's just upset and overwhelmed, okay? She didn't mean it." Janae said, grabbing the tie around Aaliyah's wrist and pulling her hair back up so it wasn't in her face. "Just because she didn't mean it, doesn't mean it's not true." Aaliyah mumbles. Janae cupped Aaliyah's face, "Hey. It is not your fault. You did not know that would happen. Nobody is blaming you. It was that piece of shit CO who did this. Do not blame yourself, you hear me? Say it. Say you won't blame yourself."

Aaliyah sniffles, wiping her face. She looked away, Janae turning Liyah's head to look back at her. "Say it." Aaliyah sighs sadly. "I won't blame myself." She spoke softer. "You promise?" Janae ran her thumb down her cheek, wiping the tear that fell. "I promise." Janae smiles softly, pressing a kiss to Aaliyah's soft lips.

"Cheer up. They're gonna be back and this will finally be all over." Janae takes Aaliyah's hand, the girl hopping off the stool. Aaliyah exhaled, "Hopefully."

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"What's happening?" Aaliyah glanced behind her to see Piper walking over, she, Janae, and Alison standing by the window. Janae moves so Piper could see, a ton of people protesting outside for the inmates. "My God. Look at all those people." Piper said, looking at all the signs of protesters. "Yeah, it's cause of some video," Aaliyah shrugs, looking through the other window, she could see Jeremiah and Alec standing outside, Alec on the phone most likely with Teyana.

Piper turned to look at Aaliyah, "All of this is because of the video?" Aaliyah nods, "Weird mix it's drawin' in, right? If I was walkin' by that crowd, I'd figure Oprah or Steve Harvey must have died." Piper looked back at Janae and Alison, having not see Figueroa or Caputo in the office anymore. "What's going on with the negotiations?"

"We got them. The demands. All but one." Janae said. Piper smiles, "Get the fuck out-" Carreras, who guarded the door interrupted, "But then Taystee had to pull her dick out, and now-" Janae cuts her off. "It's just a matter of time before they come back with everything." Janae seemed to believe this but Alison and Aaliyah were heavily against that. They knew they weren't coming back. There was a reason the last demand hadn't been in the deal. It's because it was out of their control.

"Keep telling yourself that," Alison stated, not so hopeful.

"So we're not getting the demands?" Piper questions, confused even more now by the mixed signals. "It's a wait-and-see." Piper glances at the window again and turned around to look at Aaliyah. "Can I borrow your phone? I need to make a call." Aaliyah shrugs, not seeing why not. She pulled out her phone, handing it to Piper who then went to the office to speak with someone privately.

After a minute, Piper came back and handed Aaliyah her phone back before leaving off to somewhere. "She is such a odd one, huh?" Liyah mumbles, looking back out the window.

"I don't think you're one to judge." Alison comments.

Aaliyah huffs, looking at her now dead cell phone. "Fucking hell. Anyone got a charger?"

As Aaliyah was in the office, she turned her phone back on, immediately did tons of messages pop up. All of them from Jeremiah and Alec. She read one out loud, "Get out now. They're coming inside." Aaliyah looked up, running towards the window, her eyes widened seeing the men in gear with guns and shields. "Aaliyah! Get in here!" Janae called.

Aaliyah ran out, looking through the doors, she, Alison, Janae, and Carreras all watched as the men marched over, ready to end the riot themselves. Shouts causes them to turn around, Taystee running over in the hallway, waving her arms. "Tell them to wait! Tell them to wait! Tell them to wait! Wait!" Taystee pants, stopping midway as the girls move away from the door.

"Clear!"

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a/n: short chapter bc the next one will be the last chapter of season five! 💔 im so sad this is close to ending

i don't like when taystee and aaliyah fight 😔

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