Lovers of steamy tension and thick glasses, rejoice. If there ends up being a third season of Orange Is the New Black (and how could there not?), Laura Prepon will return full-time as Piper’s on-again, off-again love interest, Alex Vause. Fans of the hit Netflix series were disappointed when Prepon announced last year that she would not be returning for Season 2. In fact, the fan outcry was so loud, Prepon and series creator Jenji Kohan worked together to fit Alex in to “most” of Season 2. And now, according to Buzzfeed, Prepon is all set to return full-time for Season 3. So brace yourself for more of this.

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Both Prepon and her character Alex Vause have been under scrutiny this week. Prepon is rumored to be dating Tom Cruise and Catherine Cleary Wolters, the woman whom Piper Kerman based the character of Alex on, spoke at length to Vanity Fair about the inaccuracies of Kerman’s depiction. Of Kerman, Wolters said, “I was not Piper’s first, and I certainly did not seduce her.” She went on to say that she appreciated why the story was changed for TV. She said it was “so wretched and stinky, it would quite possibly result in a collapsed universe. So I guess it’s a good thing Piper and Jenji stick with the fun little tidbits.” We can expect plenty more of the fun tidbits to come in Season 3.