A month since he left her. The love of her life. Her husband. A month of her depression. A month that caused her to take leave from work.
Casey Novak wasn't worth anything without him. She was simply depressed. She was nothing but good to him but she still felt like it was her fault. It was her fault that he filed for divorce. It was her fault he found another woman.
She played that night over and over in her head every day for a month. He asked for a divorce and that night he brought his new girl home and kicked Casey out. Of course she had nowhere to go since he kicked her out of her own house.
Casey wasn't going to tell anyone at work about what happened. Even Olivia Benson, her best friend. She went to her older brothers house since he was still deployed in the mid-east since he was in the military.
Olivia was the only one that knew about what happened. She never liked Casey's husband but she wasn't going to criticize him in front of her best friend. She always saw the evil in that man.
Chad Richards was driven by money and power. He was a powerful stockbroker that was loaded with money. He only cared about himself and his wealth. He didn't treat his wife the way she should be treated.
Olivia parked her car in front of the house she knew Casey was in. She offered so many times that she could stay in her house but Casey refused every time. She wanted the comfort of her brother's house. Her best friend since she could walk.
Nicholas Novak was one of a kind. He was never short of a joke or short of a hug when someone needed it. His baby sister was all that mattered and who messed with her had a rude awakening in for them. He was strong and always thought Casey to be that way. Little did he know that Chad didn't like his women strong and independent.
Olivia started to go to the house to check on Casey like she did everyday after work.
"Hey trespasser"
She jumped to the voice and turned around. She smiled a little seeing Casey's older brother standing there. He had all muscle on his body and his hair was a buzz cut. His baby blue eyes full of joy to finally be back home. Little did he know his whole world was going to come crashing down when he saw his depressed sister.
Olivia smiled a little and took him in a hug. She knew him well. He spent everyday with Casey and soon began to be one of Olivia's best friends. "Welcome home" She knew full well that Nick had a crush on her but he never got the courage to ask her out so they left it at the flirting.
"Good to be home" He let her go and looked weirdly at her. "Why are you at my house?"
"Oh…um…Casey and Chad broke up and I came to check on her."
"She's been here? I thought you were a good friend Ms. Benson," He teased with a small smile.
Olivia didn't smile back like she always did at his cute smile. She knew it would crush Nick to know how depressed Casey was. "She's…depressed. She wanted to be in your house."
"When did it end?"
"A month ago"
"A month ago?" He asked in a louder voice "Is she going to work?"
"No. She asked for leave of absence," Olivia answered knowing Nick wasn't the one to let things slide by when it was about Casey. He was tough on her because he loved and cared so much about her.
Nick shook his head and took the keys from Olivia's hands. "You have been letting her stay home?"
"I can't force her Nick. She's really hurting" Olivia followed him inside.
Nick went straight to his room and found his little sister lying in bed with the blanket on her. She was staring blankly at the ceiling as tears rolled down her face.
Olivia leaned down on the doorway and watched Nick sit by her.
"Hey you. I'm home," He whispered as he wiped her tears away "Casey why are you letting him do this to you?"
Casey looked over at her big brother and then turned to the side. "Leave me alone. You weren't here when it mattered"
Nick looked at Olivia and then back at Casey "I'm sorry. I'm here now. You can't be this depressed. He was a jerk anyway"
Casey turned to look at him and started to hit him "Don't call him that! I hate you get away!"
He grabbed her wrists and pinned them down on the pillow "You want to be weak? Now you're weak" He purposefully provoked. "You want to throw your life away? Go ahead counselor Novak." He pressed her wrists more as she struggled through tears "What's wrong? Can't fight me now?"
"Nick c'mon" Olivia spoke up.
"No. She has to learn she isn't weak." Nick shook his head. "I want you dressed in clean clothes in two minutes or I'm carrying your ass in the shower. Understood?"
Casey just nodded. He let go of her wrists and went out of the room.
Olivia closed the door behind him and sat down by Casey. "C'mon honey" She took her in hug as Casey cried. "He loves you that's why he is mean"
"I hate him," Casey whispered as she cried on Olivia's shoulder. "He sucks"
Olivia stroked her hair "C'mon get dressed"
"No" She whispered and went back to bed. She wrapped the blanket around her and started to cry.
"One minute Casey!" They heard Nick yell from the kitchen.
Olivia looked at Casey as she kept crying. "You know he is crazy enough to do it"
"I don't care" Casey said softly through sniffles.
Olivia said nothing and rubbed her shoulder. A couple of seconds later the door to the room slowly opened. "Are you undressed? I don't want to see anything of my sisters."
Olivia smiled but Casey kept crying.
Nick came in and saw she was still in bed. He shook his head and lightly tapped Casey on the shoulder to get her mad. "Get up" He tapped her again. "Up and about soldier" He tapped her on the head this time to annoy her.
Casey slapped his hand "Leave me alone"
"You want all of us to give up huh? You like all this attention we're giving you?" He took the blanket off her.
"No! I want you to go away Nicholas" Casey barked at him.
Nick smiled at Olivia "She knows I'm a horrible listener and yet she tries. Looks like that bastard didn't kill all of my Casey" He provoked.
Casey turned around angrily and swung at him. He grabbed her wrist and pushed her back on the bed. "Leave me alone you ass!"
"Fight me Casey!" He yelled back with a small smirk "C'mon get your anger out"
Olivia got off the bed knowing Nick would wrestle with her how crazy he was. She didn't want to be anywhere near this sibling rivalry.
Casey grabbed her blanket and wrapped it around herself "No. I just want to be alone"
"You have been alone for a month Casey Novak. I'm back and I'm not Olivia to let you do what you want" He took the blanket off her again and threw it on the ground. "You want your blanket? You're going to have to get your ass up and get it."
Casey grabbed the pillow and put it over her head being extremely annoyed by her big brother.
Nick took a deep breath "Bad idea shorty" He grabbed the pillow and hit her over the head to piss her off. He threw the pillow on the ground and then the other one "You have to get up or I swear to god I'm going to put you under cold water."
Casey said nothing and curled into a ball "Just leave me alone Nick. You don't know what it's like when your husband leaves you for another woman and then kicks you out of your own house"
"Another woman?" Nick asked in a louder voice. He pulled his gun out of his ankle holster "I'm going to kill him." He got off the bed but Olivia quickly stopped him.
"No." She whispered with a shake of the head. She pointed to Casey "She needs you"
Nick nodded. "Fine." He put his gun back and walked back to Casey. "You're going to help me get this son of a bitch back." He lifted Casey up and placed her on his shoulder. "After your shower."
"Let go!" Casey yelled as she hit his back.
Olivia moved out of Nick's way knowing it was for Casey's best interest. She followed Nick into the bathroom.
Casey kept pounding on her brother's back but he wasn't giving in. He opened his shower door and put Casey down. He turned on the water and took his shirt off.
Olivia's eyes got wide seeing all of his muscles and a tattoo on his shoulder and another one under his neck where his back arched. She quickly looked away from his tan body.
He picked Casey up again and stepped into the shower with her in his jeans. He let out a deep breath from the cold water and put Casey's face under it for a second. She tried to go out but he wrapped his arms around her and held her there.
"You want to drown?" He yelled over the water. "You give up and Chad is the one drowning you. You want him cozy with his new girl in his big ass Mercedes and let him get away with murder?" Casey said nothing. "Do you?" He yelled as he brushed her hair away from her face.
"No" She finally answered.
"Do you want him to pay for what he did? Cause right now you're the only one serving jail time for no reason." He finally turned off the water and took her in a hug "You did nothing wrong." He whispered. "You're innocent and he is guilty Casey" He held her closer to warm her up. "Take a comfortable shower and get dressed." He let her go and stepped out. He put a towel around his neck and grabbed his shirt from the floor and left the bathroom.
Casey finally wiped her eyes and looked at Olivia. "Doesn't this make you glad you're an only child?"
Olivia smiled a little "I'll get you some clothes"
Casey nodded and took her wet shirt off and stood there in her bra.
Olivia went back to the bedroom and opened the door. She totally forgot that was Nick's room and his clothes were there.
"Christ!" He jumped and quickly put the towel over him "Don't you knock?"
Olivia quickly closed her eyes seeing he was naked and changing into dry clothes. "I'm sorry. I forgot. I was just getting Casey some clothes"
"You can open your eyes. I'm covered" he smiled a little and kept the towel around his waist.
Olivia nodded and opened her eyes. She quickly looked down at the floor not to look at his upper body. She got Casey dry clothes and quickly went out of the room.
Nick changed into dry jeans and a t-shirt. He went to the living room and sat on the couch.
Olivia came out of the bathroom and sat down by Nick. "I'm sorry about earlier" She spoke up quietly.
Nick looked over at her "Ouch. Way to hurt a guy's ego. May I remind you I was in a cold shower two seconds before"
Olivia laughed and slapped him on the arm "I wasn't talking about it…or that…or you!"
"Wow. You're a horrible liar." Nick shook his head and let out a chuckle "You were so looking at my equipment and you know it"
"No I wasn't!" Olivia defended. "You know what? Shut up" She crossed her arms on her chest and leaned back on the couch. "One of these days I'm going to make fun of you all day just to hurt your feelings."
"Aw I hurt your feelings? I'm sorry" He pouted a little and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and hugged her "Let's hug it out."
Olivia smiled a little and wasn't sure if she should hug back. She didn't want to feel him up since she was attracted to his muscular body but she didn't want to miss out on the fact to touch his body. She slowly hugged him and tried not to feel his muscles under his shirt but it wasn't working.
"See. Feel better right?" He let go of her slowly but kept his arm around her shoulders. "Now tell me exactly what happened between bastard Chad and Casey?"
"He asked for a divorce and kicked her out of the house. As Casey was getting her stuff a new woman came in. Basically they had sex in the other room while Casey was still in the house" Olivia answered quietly feeling extremely bad.
"I hated that guy from the start" He rolled his eyes and took a deep breath. "You working tomorrow?"
"No. I'm off" Olivia answered.
"Want to hang out here tonight and go with me to Casey's house tomorrow for some…" He thought for a second "Divorce settlements?"
Olivia smiled a little and wanted to get Chad back just as much as Nick. "Sure"
He smiled a little and nodded. Casey finally came out of the bathroom after her shower and lazily walked to them. She sat down next to Nick and just hugged him.
"Let's watch a movie," Olivia offered. Nick nodded and just held his little sister.
Later that night Casey fell asleep in Nick's arms. He left her on the couch and covered her.
He went into his room and Olivia was already asleep on the bed. He grabbed a blanket and pillow and got on the floor to sleep there not wanting to bother either girl.
"Hey" Olivia whispered. "Don't sleep there"
He looked up at her "It's fine. Don't worry I'm used to it. Goodnight"
"C'mon we're both adults" Olivia moved and made room for him. "I don't bite"
He smiled a little and got off the floor. He laid down by her and put the blanket over him "Thanks"
"It's your house. I should be thanking you" Olivia whispered with a smile "How's Casey doing?"
"Sleeping. No alcohol or pain relievers required," He whispered with a chuckle. "Thanks for helping me out tonight Olivia"
"You're welcome. Though you did most of the work. If you ever threw me in a shower I would kick your ass" She whispered with a smirk on her lips.
"Well with you I'm thinking you would come into a shower with me voluntarily" he whispered as he played with the edges of the pillow.
Olivia started to blush insanely. "Well…um"
"It's not a question detective Benson." He smiled up at her a little. "Goodnight" he winked and turned to the other side.
Olivia took a deep breath and turned to her side.
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Olivia woke up to an empty bed and could hear noise down in the basement. She quickly got up in case Nick was picking on Casey again. She went down the stairs and stopped seeing Nick holding his punching bag and Casey standing there with gloves on.
"Hit it Casey" He ordered.
"No"
He pushed her in the shoulder to piss her off "C'mon. Imagine Chad with another woman"
"Stop Nick"
"Hit the damn bag. It'll make you feel better"
"I'm not you Nick. I don't beat things up when I'm mad" She rolled her eyes.
He pushed the leather bag to her so it hit her "You going to take that?"
"Knock it off you dweeb"
He hit her on the side of the head "C'mon! You're not depressed when you're mad. You take your anger out Casey. I know you!"
Casey took a deep breath and punched him straight in the face "When I say leave me alone I mean it!"
Olivia's mouth dropped as Nick held his noise.
He wiped his noise and smiled "About damn time. C'mon lets go visit your house" He took the gloves off her hands and kissed her on the forehead.
Olivia said nothing as Casey walked past her. Nick leaned on the wall by Olivia and watched Casey go up the stairs "You saw that?"
"When your sister beat you up? Yes" Olivia answered with a wink and went up the stairs.
Nick couldn't resist but to check her butt out as she went up the stairs. He grinned and followed.
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All three stood in front of the huge mansion that used to be Casey's house.
"I don't want to do this" Casey spoke up looking at her two best friends by her side.
"Hey half of what's in here is yours. I think that plasma screen is yours." Nick smiled and unlocked the door. "I got my gun don't worry"
Casey didn't move. Olivia stepped in first to make her friend more comfortable. Nick took her hand and led her in.
"Fucker!" Nick yelled out into the huge hallway. Both of the girls jumped "His Mercedes isn't here. He isn't home" He smiled a little and ran up the stairs "I get his Rolex!" He called down.
Casey wrapped her arms around herself "I don't feel right about this"
Olivia put her arm around her shoulders "This is your house. Your property"
Casey nodded a little "Ok"
Olivia led her up the stairs "C'mon let's make sure Nick doesn't get hurt with all those expensive things"
They went into Chad's room and spotted Nick jumping on the King sized bed. "I'm trying to break it," He explained. "He doesn't deserve sex"
Casey shook her head and Olivia tried to control her laughter.
He jumped off the bed and opened the closet "Eww he dresses horribly too. Casey you're better off without him" He pulled out designer shirts and shoes and threw them on the ground.
"Nick c'mon don't do this" Casey complained "I don't want to bail you out of jail."
Nick nodded and went down the line of shirts "You bought this for him for Christmas right?"
"Yea. So?"
Nick pulled it out and ripped it "You bought it. It's your property. You wont sue me right?" He smiled and began to thrash the whole room.
Casey shook her head and went out. Olivia followed her.
They went down to the room that used to be Casey's closet. She stopped and just looked at the room. "All my stuff is gone," She whispered.
Olivia looked at the somewhat slutty clothes and knew none of that was Casey's. It was Chad's new girlfriend's clothes. Olivia took a deep breath not sure why she did but she had to. She grabbed one the shirts and ripped it.
Casey looked over at her.
Olivia just shrugged "The real shirt doesn't even look like a shirt. It looks like half a shirt."
Casey just smiled a little and looked at the designer dress "Wow. Expensive" She nodded a little and ripped it.
"That's the spirit" Olivia smiled and they began thrashing that room.
After a while Casey left and went to the living room to find her jewelry. Olivia and Nick were sitting in Casey's old closet looking at the mess they all caused.
"Now this is what I call adrenaline rush" Olivia smiled a little. "Better then sex"
He quickly looked over at her "What? What do you mean better then sex?"
"More fun" Olivia shrugged.
"That's because you never had sex with me" He smiled a little and moved closer to her.
Olivia blushed again. "Back to flirting huh Nicholas Ethan Novak?"
He smiled a little and shrugged "You never asked me out"
"I'm supposed to ask you out?" She placed her hand on her chest as in shock.
"Yes I will go out with you. Thanks for asking" He grinned at her.
Olivia chuckled and playfully pushed him. "You're sister is right. You are a dweeb"
"That you have a date with. Um…tonight at nine?" he asked holding his hand out.
Olivia shook his hand "You got it"
He smiled and gently took her face in her hands and pulled her closer. Olivia leaned in a little bit and met his lips with hers. They kissed gently and slowly.
All of a sudden they heard noise downstairs. Both quickly broke the kiss realizing Chad was back and Casey was downstairs alone. They got to their feet and ran down the stairs as fast as possible to get to Casey before Chad tried to hurt her.
A/N: Oh cliffy! I know! The more reviews I get the faster I update! This is a short story. Possible two or three chapters depending on my mood. Please leave reviews!!