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"Please Olivia I need your help." Casey pleaded, helplessly staring at Olivia.

Olivia stared back sensing the urgency in Casey's voice, the longing for help, for something close to compassion. Casey was crying, shaking too, and Olivia could feel the fear, gripping its claws tighter and tighter around Casey, smothering her, "Casey honey, don't worry, you know I'm hear for you sweetie."

She was talking to Casey like she would a victim but Casey didn't seem to mind, she was just grateful that Olivia understood, that she had at least one good friend. She was afraid, not just for what was going to become of her, but for fear of love. She wasn't supposed to love him, certainly not now, but she did. He didn't even know, "Thank you…sorry I just don't know what to do."

Olivia was silent for a short moment but eventually she responded in an even tone, "Who's the father?"

"I…can't tell you." Casey muttered gripped by fear, what would Olivia think if she knew Casey had a relationship with…him? What would the world think, they couldn't possibly understand.

"Casey honey, I know it's hard, but it could be Munch for all I care and I wouldn't be mad at you, it's just he's got to know-whoever he is." Olivia replied, in a voice devoid of emotion, but Casey knew Olivia was secretly full of emotions, waiting to burst out.

"Actually…"

"It is John, isn't it?" Olivia questioned, her eyes seeming to judge Casey.

"It's not his fault, we were always careful." It brought her pain to say this, she made no mistakes, but something went wrong.

"I know sweetie, don't worry, I'll take care of you," Olivia said soothingly, "Have you told him yet?"

"No…I just wanted things to be normal between us, I don't want a baby Olivia! I can't be a mother."

"Casey you know you can get an abortion, if you're not ready."

Casey had already considered this option, though she had nothing against abortion she knew she couldn't go through with it. She bit her tongue and thought back to John, the way he made her feel, she could see herself spending her life with him, but she wasn't ready for something as final as a child, not yet.

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Six months earlier.

She could feel that spring was at last upon them, winter had lasted too long, well at least in her mind it had. It was warm enough not to keep the heating on anymore and the flowers were beginning to sprout, she smiled in spite of herself, in spite of the recent case.

She'd just won a case though, meaning it was time to drink coffee and start her paperwork, outside the night slowly fell upon the city. She sighed and tried to drink more coffee to keep her awake. She was going to finish up though and then head home, she needed the rest, tomorrow would bring a new case and she had to be prepared for it. She was getting up preparing to leave when she saw Munch approach her office.

She raised a wary eyebrow when he opened the door without knocking first, "What you don't even give me the courtesy of knocking before you intrude?" She asked jokingly.

"Yeah, well anyways," he responded not smiling back at her, "Captain wants to see you at the precinct."

"And…he couldn't call to tell me that?"

"No that would ruin all my fun, instead of running errands like a delivery boy I'd end up doing my job."

Casey smirked, "Like you ever do your job."

"Very funny now common, let me be your escort." He responded dryly.

"So really why are you here?" Casey asked.

"The captain's growing paranoid, he thinks you'll get assaulted if you walk to your car alone, that and I was bothering him so he thought of a quick fix to get me away," He replied, Casey laughed softly at this and smiled at him, this time he returned the smile, "Common lets get you to the precinct safely."

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"Whose car are we using?" Casey asked.

"Mine, I wont be coming back here." He explained, he opened the car door for her and she got in, a small smile tugging at her lips.

She didn't start putting her seat belt on instead she waited for him to get in the other side, he looked at her, a quizzical expression on his face, she leaned forward and kissed him lightly on the lips. She blushed slightly as she pulled away, not sure if she'd done the right thing or not, he sat a little awkwardly starring at her. She'd done the wrong thing, she hadn't read his thoughts, and his liking her back was just wishful thinking. But then he smiled, "What was that for?" He asked.

She smiled back but this time she didn't say anything sarcastic or annoying in return, this time she was content with the silence. Because sometimes she knew words weren't needed, sometimes it was okay to just think, and breathe.

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