Chapter 1

"Bring your daughters to work day Captain?" This was the first thing that she remembered from her first encounter with ADA Barba. From the moment she meet him she was intrigued between his cocky and cheeky demeanour and his high fashion suits. Little did she know she also intrigued him, with her Southern Accent, and why she had transferred from Atlanta SVU to Manhattan SVU. He wanted to know the real Amanda Rollins. She wanted to know the Real Rafael Barba.

After a long day at SVU, Rollins finds herself at a local bar. She is on her second beer when she hears the cocky and confident voice she had in the courtroom this morning; she looks up and sees Rafael Barba walking into in the bar.

A small smile crosses her face and her eyes meet Barba's and returns the smile and makes his way over to Rollins, taking a seat next to her. Even though she only met him this morning, there is something about him that just lures her in.

"Rough Day Rollins? She nods yes. I didn't expect to see you, little out of your neighbour no?" Says Barba. "That's exactly the point Barba, I wasn't really looking for company tonight" replied Rollins. Barba moves to get up out of his seat, Rollins put her arm on his to stop him and asks him to stay

Meanwhile back in the squad room, Benson and Tutuola are finishing up for the night getting ready to head out. Benson says "Fin, you wanna head to a bar, grab a drink? Normally Fin would be up for getting a drink out with Benson, but instead replies "I need to go and spend some time with my son, my family, see you tomorrow Liv".

Liv, not ready to head home heads to a bar uptown. The same bar that Rollins and Barba are drinking at.

Back at the bar Rollins was on her 4th beer and Barba on his 3rd scotch. They had been getting to know each other, and even though they had only met that morning, he felt comfortable in her presence and hers in his and haven't realised that they have been at the bar for almost 3 hours just talking about each other's lives, growing up and their journey to New York.

"So you transferred in from Brooklyn?" Asks Rollins. "Yeah it was a lateral move into Manhattan" he replies. "It was time for a change". "Do you know what I mean? He asks her raising his eyebrows. "I can relate" she replies. "I needed a change, I had to get out from Atlanta, hence the transfer to Manhattan", but it's not something I want to get into tonight". He smiles and putting his hand on her arm.

Outside of the bar Olivia pulls up and see's Amanda and Barba at the bar and see's his hand on her arm and she wonders what's going on. She shakes the number of scenarios going through her head and walks into the bar. Olivia walks up to the pair and Amanda sees this and immediately withdraws her hand from under Rafael's arm and motions to him to great Olivia.

At the moment Rafael wishes that Olivia hadn't walked in at the moment, ruining the moment he had with Amanda. He bought them all another round and then proceeded to head out, offering to share a cab with Amanda, leaving Olivia alone at the bar.

Amanda and Barba head off in the direction of Amanda's apartment and after a long 20 minute cab ride. They finally arrive at Amanda's apartment where Barba walks Amanda to her to door. She looks up at Barba and thanks him for the drinks and chat. "I had a really good time tonight" she smiles leaning putting her keys in the door and turns around to find Barba closing the distance between them "I had a good time tonight as well" he replies. Their faces so close they could feel their breath on each other; she bit her lip and smiled. The temptation was so overwhelming he wanted to pull her close and kiss her. Instead he pulls away and wishes her good night and heads back down stairs, leaving Amanda confused as to what just happens. She had been flirting all night with him and he had been responsive so why the sudden change. She entered her apartment, and tried to make sense of what happened tonight.

Barba headed back down stairs stepped into the cab, and went back over tonight's events in his head, analysing everything that had happened, every small details. She had been subtly flirting with him, as he had with her, and then what happened outside her apartment "Why didn't you kiss her Rafael?" He thought. "She was smiling, biting her lip; she had practically given you an open invitation, why didn't you do it?" He rubs his hands over his face. He realises there is nothing he can do to make this right, right now. He heads home continuing to replay everything that happened tonight over in his head, and apart from the ending everything had gone great. He smiled as he remembered her smile, her touch, her scent.

After the cab ride back to his apartment, he steps inside continuing to remember, her smile, her touch and scent and drifts off to sleep, smiling with these thoughts in his dreams.

Chapter 2 to come.