Orange Is the New Black Page #10

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PIPER:

Oh. Thank you.

VANESSA:

When your roots start to show, you

come and see me, okay? I’ll take

good care of you. And even if you

don’t come to me, DON’T go to

Danita. She’ll burn the sh*t out

of your scalp. Go. Line’s moving.

Piper moves up. She takes a plate and approaches Miss

Natalie who is serving up breakfast sandwiches similar to Egg

McMuffins. Piper holds out her plate. Miss Natalie looks up

and sees her ID tag.

NATALIE:

Chapman. Are you Chapman?

PIPER:

Um. Yes. Hi.

Miss Natalie reaches under the counter and pulls out a

tinfoil wrapped breakfast sandwich.

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NATALIE:

Pop say she make this special for

you.

PIPER:

Oh. Thanks. Tell her I said thank

you. Wow.

NATALIE:

I don’t say nothing. I’m just

working. Next.

CUT TO:

INT. DINING HALL - DAY

Piper sits down quietly at a table and unwraps her sandwich.

Rosemarie, Nina and Anita are already seated and chatting.

NINA:

Before my teeth got knocked out, I

had this awesome gap. Now my teeth

look like Chicklets.

ROSEMARIE:

You’re crazy. Your fake teeth are

beautiful. Food never gets stuck

in them-

Piper has finished unwrapping. There’s a white string

hanging out of the English Muffins. She takes off the top

muffin and there lies a bloody tampon.

ROSEMARIE (CONT’D)

Oh, Jeez. What did you do?

NINA:

She insulted the food in front of

Pop.

ROSEMARIE:

Oh. Jeez. You may not be eating

for a while.

ANITA:

Ugh. Put it away. I’m enjoying

menopause very much, thank you.

Piper wraps the sandwich back up. She’s not hungry anymore.

In fact, she’s starting to freak out. It’s building in her,

but the ladies just keep talking (below). It’s not starting

to feel normal. Nothing is normal. Why do they all think

this is normal? What is normal? Where the f*** am I?

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What’s happened to my life? I’M IN F***ING PRISON! Only

Nina notices.

ROSEMARIE:

You gotta figure out how to make

things right with Pop.

ANITA:

Oh, and you gotta go down to

laundry. Don’t forget that. And

check the elastic on all the pants.

Don’t let them give you stretched-

out garbage.

ROSEMARIE:

Orientation starts in ten minutes.

NINA:

At least you had a nice shower this

morning. I think I saw you in

there, didn’t I?

PIPER:

Um. I don’t know. Excuse me.

Piper stands up.

ROSEMARIE:

Don’t forget, you gotta bus your

tray.

Piper grabs her tray and rushes off, out of the room.

ANITA:

Where’s she going with the tray?

She can’t take that out of here.

NINA:

She’ll figure it out.

CUT TO:

EXT. DINING HALL - MORNING

Piper stands outside, clutching the tray, hyperventilating.

With every breath, steam comes out of her mouth from the

cold. She can’t catch her breath. She bends over. She puts

the tray on the ground. She puts her hands on her thighs and

lowers her head. Breathe. Breathe. Try to breathe. Come

on.

Someone in prison khakis is now standing in front of her.

She only looks up enough to see legs.

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WOMAN’S VOICE

Maybe this is a bad time to say

“hi,” huh?

Piper stands straight up, and finds herself staring straight

at ALEX.

Shock. Beat. And then...

Piper starts to scream. And scream and scream and scream

into Alex.

FADE OUT.

END OF PILOT EPISODE.

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