Title: You Know For Me, It's Always You (I Know For You, It's Always Me)

Pairing: Alex Cabot/Olivia Benson

Rating: M

Author's Note: As you all know, these characters aren't mine. They belong to Dick Wolf and NBC.

Author's Note 2: AU: Alex is a movie star, Olivia is a girl working in a coffee shop. 5 chapters. Each chapter is based on a song from Taylor Swift's new album.

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Chapter 1: "Blank Space"

Nice to meet you, where you been?

I could show you incredible things

Magic, madness, heaven, sin

Saw you there and I thought

Oh my God, look at that face

You look like my next mistake

Love's a game, wanna play?

Olivia pulls on her green apron, tying it behind her back. She turns on all three coffee machines, breathing in the smell of fresh coffee as it fills the carafe. She restocks the cups, lids, stirrers, arranging them neatly. Then she checks her watch and flips the sign on the door to read Open.

The first customer of the day is always the same: the Famous Alexandra Cabot. The bell jingles as she breezes in with her handful of body guards and saunters up to the counter.

Olivia's eyes roams over the blonde's lithe form, meeting her eyes as a deep blush covers her face. "Alex," she says, nodding, "your usual?"

Alex smirks. "You know me so well, Miss Benson."

"Well we dated in high school," Olivia says, turning to prepare Alex's latte, "and you've been coming here every day for at least as long as I've been opening." She hands Alex her latte and quirks her eyebrow. "That'll be four dollars."

"Can I also get one of those chocolate chip muffins?"

Olivia nods and reaches into the pastry case, pulling out a muffin. "You're lucky," she says, handing it to Alex, "they just came out of the oven."

Alex reaches into her purse and pulls out a twenty. Handing it to Olivia, she says, "Keep the change."

Olivia rolls her eyes, hits a few buttons on the cash register, and drops $14 into the tip jar.

The bell over the door jingles and the breakfast rush begins.

Alex sits at a table toward the back of the café throughout the breakfast rush, watching Olivia intently. When the rush finally dies down and gives Olivia some time to breathe, she drops her trash into the receptacle and approaches the counter.

"Another?" Olivia asks, already turning to grab a cup.

"Actually, no," Alex says, looking uncharacteristically shy. "I was wondering what you were doing tonight."

Olivia quirks her eyebrow, looking at Alex skeptically. "Why?"

"I'd like to take you to dinner."

"You'd like to take me to dinner?" Olivia asks. Alex nods. "Why?"

"I think it could be fun, and I think it would be nice if we tried to get to know each other again."

Olivia scoffs. "You're not afraid I'm going to ruin your image?" she asks. "No thanks, Alex."

Alex flinches, the words she said to Olivia four years ago hit her like a slap in the face. "I'm not like that anymore, Liv. I've changed."

"I've seen how the tabloids smear your dates, Alex," Olivia says, tossing a dish towel onto the counter. "I really don't want to be any part of that."

Cherry lips, crystal skies

I could show you incredible things

Stolen kisses, pretty lie

You're the King, baby, I'm your Queen

"You won't have to," Alex says, practically leaning over the counter. "I can keep them away from you."

Olivia sighs and grabs a notepad from next to the register, scribbling down her address and phone number. "Fine," she says, "I get out of class at five, so I can be ready for 6:30."

Alex beams at her, taking the piece of paper. "Perfect," she says, "I'll pick you up then."

"What should I wear?"

Alex pulls out her phone, taps a few buttons, then says, "Something fancy, but not too fancy. Think less Emmy's After Party and more A-List House Party." She grins at Olivia once more before turning and leaving the café.

Olivia sighs and leans against the counter, her shoulders slumping in defeat. "I don't even know what that means," she says.

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