Disclaimer:I wish I owned Law and Order SVU, but I don't. However, Danielle and all the other characters are mine.

Author's Note:So I decided that since there wasn't much closure in the Season 9 finale and in The Casey Series, I figured that I'd write a story that took place after the last book of The Casey Series(Breaking Down). I was also out of ideas for anything else, so until I think of something, I'm going to write this. This story is not part of the series.

Warning: There will most likely be self-harming material in this book(I don't know if it's fact yet, but it is most likely. And it's better to be safe than sorry), so if there is any of that material in this story, please read with caution. I should also warn the reader's that there is a character death(It's not Casey, but I can't say anymore.I think I already said too much) in this story, but this death will not happen until the end.

Read and Enjoy. :)

-blueskies723

Danielle was driving three hours just to take her sister home. Casey has been in a mental hospital in Saratoga Springs since her suicide attempt and after a few months of not dealing with Casey every day, she wanted to spend every minute she can use to hang out with her sister.

She got out of the car and shut the door. It was a warm, summer like day in September and Danielle felt the difference of temperature when she walked into the hospital. She walked through the people walking in all different directions and went in the elevator. She pressed the button with the number five and put her hands in her jean pockets as the elevator lifted her to where she needed to be.

A minute later, Danielle walked out of the hospital and went to the nurse's station. She saw the familiar face of a nurse she met when she first came to visit Casey. Danielle walked over to the station and smiled at the nurse.

"I'm guessing that you're here to pick up Casey"

"Yes I am" Danielle said.

"She'll be out in a minute" the nurse said "I think she's still getting ready."

"Okay"

The nurse walked away to tend to another patient while Danielle leaned against the nurse's station waiting for Casey. She was excited to bring her sister home with her; Danielle was determined to keep the apartment in New York City. She won a position of assistant manager at a grocery store nearby her school and has worked hard for the past two weeks on her studies. Many people at that school believed that Danielle was becoming the next Casey Novak. She wasn't sure; but Danielle knew that she had some of Casey's personality characteristics.

"Danielle!"

Danielle turned to see Casey with the bags in her hands. Danielle created a smile on her face which Casey knew was priceless.

"I'd give you a hug now" Casey said "But I have all these bags. What's the game plan?"

"We're staying at my apartment for the rest of our lives"

"Sounds like a plan to me. We need to make a stop first before we go back to our place."

"Where are we stopping?" Danielle asked.

"I need to pack and clean up my office."

Danielle started to realize that Casey was still suspended. She wasn't sure if her sister was up to the task, but she wasn't going to argue with Casey.

"Are you sure you're ready to do that?"

"I'm sure. Come on; let's go back home."

Danielle and Casey were enjoying each other's company when they were cleaning the office and packing Casey's personal belongings that will most likely end up in the extra room that Danielle has.

"Wow, you still had this picture on this desk?" Danielle asked as she held up an old picture. Casey stopped putting something in a box and looked at the picture. The picture was Casey attempting to throw a three year old Danielle in their pool.

"That's a famous picture,you know. Everyone at SVU loves it."

"Of course they do" Danielle said as she put in it a box "What other embarrassing pictures of me did you have in this office?"

Before Casey could answer, they heard a knock on the closed office door.

"Come in" Casey said loudly.

The door opened and they found Olivia taking a few steps in the almost bare office.

"Olivia, it's nice to see you again."

"This has to be the emptiest I've ever seen this office" Olivia commented as she looked around the room.

"We've been here for a few hours cleaning" Danielle said "And we're almost done packing."

Olivia shook her head as if anything was normal, but it wasn't. Her friend Casey will never be working with her again.

"Hey Danielle, do you think you can start carrying some of these boxes down to your car?" Casey asked as she shut the box she had.

"Sure"

Danielle picked up two boxes and left the office.

"So, I see that you're actually packing" Olivia said "Didn't you just leave the hospital?"

"I need to get this over with. Besides, your new ADA will be working in this office..."

"And believe me Casey, it will never be the same without you."

Casey gave a small smile which quickly turned to a frown as she dropped the box on the floor.

"I just wish I didn't screw up..."

"Casey, you didn't know what you were doing" Olivia said quietly as she walked closer to her friend "You weren't taking your meds."

"Maybe if I was taking my meds and listened to my sister, I would have my job."

"And right now you're just thinking negatively" Olivia said "Don't think about the past, because what's done is done."

"I know."

"Do you know what you're going to do for another year and 2 months?"

"Danielle talked to a few of her friends at her school" Casey said "They said that they can give me a job in the Admissions office."

"Well that's a start."

"I wish I didn't take the job."

"Why?" Olivia said.

"I don't want the job because it will remind me of this one" Casey said quietly "Like I said, I wish I had my job back."

"Casey, you may not have your job here anymore, but you still have your friends here at SVU."

"I know. Thanks for reminding me."

A few seconds later, Elliot walks in the office.

"I thought that I would find you here, Liv. Do you need any help carrying any of that, Casey?" he asked.

"The two of you can help me if you'd like" Casey said as she picked up a box and started walking out of her old office.

Casey was mute when Danielle was driving to their apartment. Danielle knew that Casey was upset about losing her job, but she wasn't sure if she should say anything or if she should keep her mouth shut. At a red light, Danielle turned to see that Casey was looking out the window. Danielle did that all the time when she didn't want to talk and was upset in the car. When the light turned green, Danielle looked in front of her and turned right.

"Casey, do you want to talk about it?"

Casey didn't say anything. Danielle thought that after three months of being in a hospital for treatment, Casey would be more open.

"You know, you remind me of myself" Danielle said "I remember every time I had to go home from visiting you, I'd look out the window and wish that I stayed there..."

Casey was still mute. Danielle decided to not say anything else as she turned on their street where their apartment was located.