ELLIOT P.O.V.

I looked up just in time to see Olivia smiling and hanging up her phone. She turned back to her paperwork with a smile on her face.

"What was that about?" I asked curiously.

She looked up slowly, "what?"

"That call you just got, any news on the case?"

"Oh um, no that wasn't about the case." she turned back to her computer, but my curiosity got the best of me.

"Oh, so who was it?" I tried to appear nonchalant.

"No one you know," she smiled flashing her perfect teeth.

"How can you be sure- unless you tell me?" I smiled back; smooth but relentless- but those were two traits I was proud of.

Her mouth opened and I could almost hear the words she was about to utter before Casey walked into the bullpen.

"Hey Liv, come on- you promised you'd by me lunch, I've been waiting on the steps for like-" Casey looked down at her silver watch, "ten minutes now."

"Damn, so sorry Case; I was about to go but then I got a call and completely forgot."

"It's fine let's just go now," Casey replied with a smile. Olivia got up and looked around her desk for a second.

"Where's my-"

"Here," I cut her off and threw her the keys to the squad car.

"Oh thanks," she said after she caught them, however continued to look around. "But, where's my-"

I cut her off again handing her a credit card. "Here, remember you-"

"Oh yeah, thanks El." She said and then strode over to where Casey was standing.

Casey chuckled lightly. "All these years later and you're still like this?"

"Like what?" Me and Olivia replied at the same time.

"Jinx, you owe me a coffee!" she snickered, eliciting a sigh from Casey.

"Yup, you're both still exactly the same!" Casey turned and walked toward the elevators followed by Olivia.

OLIVIA P.O.V.

I slid into the booth across from Casey and picked up my menu. I looked up to see her with the same smirk she'd had since we left the precinct. "So, what's new Casey?"

"Nothing much; I'm older, my grandmother died, I got a dog, took a trip to Vegas a few weeks ago, and moved in with my boyfriend."

"Wow, John will be crushed!" I laughed.

She laughed too, "so how are things going? What's new with you?"

"Um let's see; I joined a gym, got turned down for adoption, got a kid anyway, and then had him taken from me, and I've been dating a detective from the Queens SVU for four months."

"Wow four months, eh? Elliot must be devastated!" She laughed.

"No, he took the news just fine."

"Wow; he knows and he hasn't tried to kill the guy?" Casey feigned shock.

"Casey, I doubt he's even concerned- he's happily married, he probably doesn't worry about my love life!"

"Sure Olivia, sure" she muttered before turning toward her menu.

ELLIOT P.O.V.

She returned to the precinct an hour later and the rest of the day passed by relatively quickly. There were no new cases, and at six she started to log off her computer.

I leaned back in my chair and put my feet on my desk. "You meeting up with Billy tonight?" I knew his name, but I just liked to mess with her.

"It's Bobby, and no" she answered and then added, "Fin and I are gonna go visit John, he's been sick for awhile don't you think?"

"Yeah but the old man is like bionic or something." She laughed and that made me smile

"You gonna be here much longer?" she asked as she got up and stretched.

"No, Jack is going to come visit me and Kathy today."

Olivia nodded and then smiled. "Have fun," she said before turning around and telling Fin she was ready to go. I had told her awhile ago that Jack was my oldest friend; we'd known each other since we were kids- grew up down the block from each other, and then when we were in high school and Kathy had gotten pregnant, he had been the one to suggest I propose to her and be the best man at our wedding. When I went off to join the Marines, he had continuously checked on Kathy and helped her with Maureen. He was my best friend. Don't get me wrong, Olivia and I were best friends too, but it was different.

After a while, I logged off my computer and headed home too.

As I entered the front door, I saw Kathy watching TV in the living room. "Hey" I greeted.

She looked up and smiled, "hey" she said back. Things between us now were better than ever, and I feel bad sometimes that it took everything that happened to us to finally realize what we both wanted- needed.

She turned back to the television. "There is some dinner in the microwave if you want and Eli's already asleep."

I nodded and turned toward the kitchen, silently eating my dinner at the island counter. A few minutes later I heard the doorbell ring, and got up to answer it, Kathy did to. We met at the hallway to the main entrance. I looked at her and gave a small but audible sigh. Then she opened the door.

Jack invited himself in immediately, kicking the door shut behind him. He smiled and gave Kathy a light kiss on the cheek, "Hey Kath, it's been awhile! But still as beautiful as ever." He always did know how to sweet talk. He came up to me and gave me a one-armed hug. "And look at that I didn't think it was possible- he has even less hair than last time!" I smiled too as he pointed to my receding hairline.

"Getting old!" I muttered.

He patted me on the back, "that you are my friend." Then the smile suddenly fell from his face. "So are you guys sure this time?"

Kathy turned to me and met my eye before nodding. "Yeah Jack, we've both agreed it's for the best." The sad part was this statement was true. Are relationship had gotten increasingly better since we both signed the divorce papers.

"Have you told the kids?" Jack asked.

I replied this time. "Yeah; Maureen and Kathleen said they were happy id we're happy, Elizabeth took it relatively well, Dickie seemed to know it was coming, and Eli is too young to understand."

Jack nodded , "then let's get packing." He looked at the big house and sighed. "This is like déjà vu," he said referring to the last time me and Kathy separated and he came to help me pack.