Disclaimer: Dick Wolf and NBC own "Law and Order". I don't.

A/N: This is the next story in my little series. It's the sequel to "EADA Rubirosa". I had a lot of fun writing all this fluff and banter, so I hope my fellow fangirls (You know who you are!) reading this will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. You guys also get to know my OC Allison a little more in this one, too. And I hope you also like the quirks I gave the canon characters, as well as her. I hope you guys find their conversations amusing and endearing, as well.

This is for Linus, Alana, and Jeremy. I love you guys! (And if I ever meet any of you, it's photo-op time! LOL)

I also have to give my dad a shout-out because every time I watch baseball with him, I learn something new! (Hee hee, I be sure and ask questions.) So I owe all my baseball knowledge to him. Thanks, Daddy! (And Go White Sox! :-P)

This is for June and Angie! Abby

Double Date

Chapter 1

Connie was at a local bar that was a favorite hang-out of Manhattan's cops and prosecutors. She and Mike sat at the front counter, holding hands. Lupo and Bernard were with them, too.

The Mets were playing, and the game was on several of the bar's TVs. Lupo and Bernard were both fans, so they watched intently as they sipped their beers.

"Sad," Mike joked, smirking and nodding at them, teasing them for supporting the Mets instead of the Yankees.

"Be nice," Connie quipped, smiling.

"I got our tickets for next weekend," Mike said happily.

He and Connie were going to a Yankees game together—their first baseball game date.

"Oh good, I'm excited!" Connie said brightly.

"Me, too," Mike said sweetly. "I can't wait to share my favorite past time with you."

Connie smiled and kissed him on the cheek.

"You gonna try to catch a foul or a homer?" she asked.

"I always try," Mike replied, smiling.

"You'll have to tell me who everyone is—I only know Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez."

"I will! Except Rodriguez doesn't matter. He cheats. He was busted for steroid use recently."

"That's pathetic. You're not being paid millions a year to cheat."

"Right. I think if you're in the majors, and you're caught pumping performance enhancers, you should be banned from playing. Guys do it all the time, but all they get is a slap on the wrist instead of what they should get: a slap in the family jewels."

"Tell me how you really feel," Connie quipped, smiling. "Anyway, I think you're right. The league should punish them instead of rewarding their poor behavior with obscenely high paychecks."

"I'll drink to that!" Mike said, smiling and taking a swig of beer.

Connie chuckled and took a sip of her Bailey's.

"Hey—are we still on for Saturday night?" she asked.

"Of course! Did you think I would ditch you?" Mike said sweetly.

"No, no, I know you'd never do that to me!" Connie warmly reassured him. "I just don't want anything to come up and wreck our plans because I've really been looking forward to spending time with you. But I always look forward to that…"

"Me, too," Mike said, kissing her temple.

At commercial break, Connie got Lupo's attention.

"So I've been thinking," she said. "You and Allison hit it off, right?" she asked him, referring to Allison Barclay, her new partner.

"Yeah—she's a nice person," Lupo replied. "Why?"

"Well, I was just wondering if the two of you would like to go out with Mike and me on Saturday night. We're going out to eat at this nice hole-in-the-wall diner. Their food is amazing, especially the key lime pie…So what do you say?"

"Well, I can't speak for Allison, but it sounds great. I enjoy eating at mom-and-pop places—a lot more than I do at chain restaurants," Lupo replied good-naturedly. "But yeah, I'd go out with Allison. There's no harm in us getting to know each other better…Have you talked to her about this yet?"

"That's the first thing on the agenda for tomorrow morning. I'll text you her answer. I'm sure she'll be up for it."

"And if she's not?"

"I really don't think you have anything to worry about. I truly believe the only reason she'd say 'no' is if she already has plans."

"You seem really sure of this," Lupo told her.

"And?" Connie asked with a smile.

"Well," Lupo said with a shrug, "you never know…"