This is the first chapter of this story. I wanted to redo this story because I realized a lot of mistakes and I rushed through them. I didn't show the mother and daughter bond in the stories as much as I wanted to. So I decided to remake them again. This time with more detail, add a few things and other stuff.
For those who have read the past stories will be seeing a lot of similar things and people here.
So...enjoy the chapter!
Kathryn Benson hated Mondays. It was mostly because she had to wake up early to go to school. Or as most of her classmates would call it…'Hell'. The sixteen year old thanked the heavens that at least school provided brunch and lunch time. Luckily for her it was the beginning of brunch and she was standing in the restroom that was close to one of her classes.
Her brown eyes flicked to one of the mirrors in one of the girl's restrooms in school. It won't be long before the restroom would get packed with girls trying to fix their hair or make-up. Her eyes scanned her face and grimaced when she noticed the five small bruises around her jaw. Four on her left and one on her right. She had tried to cover them with make-up but no avail. They were still somewhat visible.
It has been four days since the men had ransacked the apartment. Kat would have thought that they would have faded by now. But instead they have turned from purple to slightly greenish color. At least they will be gone for sure. Sadly, the same could not be said to the big bruises on both her upper arms. Those were still purple.
She was startled when she heard the door opened and giggling. She quickly composed herself and washed her hands. After she dried them off, Kat walked out of the bathroom and was greeted by her two best friends. Joanna "Joe' Trejo and Mark Hale.
"How you feeling?" Mark asked, concerned.
Kat blew out some air, "Tired."
"Well its fucken Monday. So who can blame you?" Joe intertwined her arm with Kat. Her long straight golden blonde hair tickled Kat's nose with it brushed against her face. Dark brown hair mixed with blonde as both girls walked down the hallway; with Mark walking on Kat's other side.
"How was your weekend?" Mark asked Kat, his light brown eyes still staring at her.
Kat blinked and quickly looked away. She cleared her throat and said, "Fixing up the apartment. I won't be getting a new phone until tomorrow. Sorry guys."
"That's okay," he said. He ran his fingers through his already messy brown hair.
The tree of them stopped when they heard a recognizable voice. Kat gritted her teeth and let go of Joe's arm. She turned around and glared at Lorie with her friends standing behind her. She had known the blonde since the fourth grade.
It wasn't until the sixth grade when they started to hate each other. Kat didn't remember what made both of them hate each other. She knew it was stupid for their rivalry to continue, since they were both juniors and almost out of high school. But she just couldn't let go the grudge she had against Lorie. Not after the things that they have said to each other over the years.
"What do you want?" Kat asked with irritation lace in her voice.
Lorie sneered and flipped her highlighted blonde hair back. Her green eyes held nothing but coldness towards Kat, something that the brunette had gotten used to already. "Heard you had a few bruises on your face, so I wanted to see them myself."
Kat rolled her eyes. "Is that all?"
"Who gave them to you?" Lorie walked closer to Kat. The blonde's friends following behind with smirks on their face. "I want to congratulate them and sent them flowers."
Joe and Mark felt Kat tensed and they both grasped her arms, not knowing that they just avoided touching her bruises on her arms. Kat was grateful that she had her navy blue sweater on to cover them. Kat smirked at Lorie and took a small step forward. "Not as much as I want to give the teacher a hug when she made you go to summer school for failing her class. Really Lorie? P.E. class?"
Lorie's sneered fell off her face, her cheeks started to flush pink in embarrassment when she heard a few snickers from the few students that were standing close by.
"We should probably go," one of the blonde's friends suggested, grabbing her arm.
Lorie shook her off and took another step closer to Kat. Her evil smile returned on her face. "Did your mom also have bruises on her face?"
Kat felt fury run through her veins. She shrugged off her friend's hands from her arms and stepped closer to Lorie. "Don't bring my mother into this you fucken bitch!" She felt Joe grasping her arm and trying to pull her back. Kat once again shrugged her off and snarled at Lorie. "Mention her again and I will punch that mouth of yours."
The blonde's smirk widens.
Olivia Benson was in the 1-6 precinct with her fellow coworkers. They just had finished a very difficult case. Liv took a sip of her coffee as she continued to do her paper work. They would usually finish their rest of it for the next day but Cragen wanted them to finish it by the end of the day. Olivia knew that it was going to be a slow day for the rest of their shifts.
She glanced up and even Fin was furiously scribbling on his papers so he could finish as soon as possible. He and Amanda would usually banter but not today. The only sounds in the squad room were their pens scratching against paper, the humming of their computers and the low chatter of other detectives and officers that were working on other cases.
Her phone started to vibrate and she mentally sighed in relief. She didn't bother to check who it was as she answered it, "Hello…yes this is Kat's mother…she did what!?"
The other detectives jumped at the angry tone of Olivia. Nick's eyes widen when he saw Olivia quickly standing up, gripping her cell tightly in her hand. "Liv, what is it?"
"I'll be right there," Liv gritted. She ignore Nick's question and walked to the captain's office.
Cragen glanced up from his paperwork and he was surprised to see Olivia mad. "What—?"
"I need to pick up Kat from school," Olivia said, trying to control angry tone. "It won't take long."
"Did something happen to her?"
Olivia shook her head. "She got in a fight and the principal needs to talk to me."
"Go." Cragen nodded.
Olivia left his office without another word.
"What's wrong?" Nick asked with worry.
Olivia grabbed her brown coat from her chair and car keys. "Kat got in a fight at school."
"She okay?" Fin asked.
The brunette detective didn't answer as she left the squad room. The other detectives shared a glance, feeling sympathy for Kat.
Kat and Lorie were sitting in the principal's office, trying very hard to not glare at each other. From the corner of her eye, she could see a scratch mark and a bruise forming around one of Lorie's eyes. Kat wanted to smirk but her right cheek and split lip were throbbing from the punch that the blonde gave her.
The principal was staring at them in disapproval. "This is not the way students should behave to one another. In this school we are all a family. We protect and care for each other. Not fighting each other like barbarians."
Kat fought very hard to not roll her eyes. They weren't the first people to get in a fight in this school and they weren't going to be the last. Her body tensed when she heard the door open and her mother's voice.
"I'm Olivia Benson," the detective walked in the office along with a woman with blonde hair following behind her.
"And I'm Heidi Parrish," the blonde woman said walking towards her daughter. "Lorie's mother."
Kat refused to glance up at her mother when the detective stood next to where she was sitting. She kept her eyes on her hands that were resting on her lap. She could feel her mother's eyes on her but she still didn't look up. Thankfully Mrs. Colt, the principal, decided to explain the situation.
"I'm sorry to call you from your jobs but I didn't have much of a choice," Mrs. Colt sighed. Her jet black hair moving as she leaned forward in her chair. "A student had rushed to my office to inform me that Ms. Benson and Ms. Parrish were going at each other. I went to investigate with two of the campus securities. We found both girls trying to claw each other face's as their friends were trying to pull them away from one another."
"Oh my god," Olivia whispered, looking down at her daughter again. The teen was avoiding looking at her. "Kathryn Benson I raised you better than this."
Kat flinched and mumbled, "I know. Sorry."
"Lorie Parrish do you have anything to say?" Mrs. Parrish coldly said.
The blonde teen kept quiet.
Mrs. Parrish stared at the principal. "I will assure you that this won't ever happen again."
Kat and Lorie both rolled their eyes. Kat knew that they were going to keep saying nasty thing to each other. But whether they were going to get in another fight like today….she didn't know for sure. She quickly glanced at Lorie and she could tell that the blonde was thinking the same thing as her.
"Well both girls will be have a one day suspension and detention for the rest of the week. Maybe that will teach them a lesson," Mrs. Colt informed both parents. She passed them the suspension forms that were already on top of her desk before she glanced back at the teens. "I hope that we don't have a repeat of this again. Next time will be expulsion. Understand?"
"Yes, ma'am," both teens mumbled, standing up from the chairs.
"Good," the principal nodded. "But before you go…I want both of you to shake hands."
"Why?" Lorie frowned.
"As a peace offering between the two of you?"
Kat wanted to roll her eyes but refrain from doing so. Instead, she sighed heavily and turned to look at her nemesis. Kat extended her hand towards Lorie. The blonde gave her a disbelieve look. Kat gave her a knowing look that the blonde understood to just play along to get the principal and mothers off their backs. Lorie shook the brunette's hand quickly before letting go.
"Can we leave?" Lorie's mom asked Mrs. Colt.
"You're all dismissed."
Kat and Olivia were the first to exit the office. Kat could feel eyes on her back but she refused to look back.
"Do you want to get anything from your locker?" Olivia asked her daughter firmly.
Kat glanced up at her mother. She could see the anger in her mother's eyes but she also saw concern. "Yeah." She was thankful that Lorie's locker was far from hers. She didn't know what else to say so she decided to quicken her steps as they walked down the hallway. They took a right turn and Kat almost stopped in her tracks when she saw Joe standing close to her locker.
"So what happened?" Joe quickly asked. Her eyes widen when she saw the bruise on her friend's face and the split lip. "Oh my god your lip! And your cheek!"
"Lorie got it worse," Kat shrugged. She tilted her head slightly to the left with curiosity, her and her mother walking closer to her locker. "What are you doing here anyways?"
Joe rolled her eyes, leaning away from the locker that was next to her best friend's. "So what did the principal said?"
"Got suspended for one day and detention for the rest of the week," grumbled Kat. She started to put the combination on her locker. "Lorie got the same thing."
"You know that means you're going to see her in detention?"
Kat groaned and opened her locker. "I Forgot about that. Fuck!"
"Language," Olivia sternly said to her daughter.
Joe snorted but composed herself when Kat threw her a glare. "Anyways, I just wanted to see how you were. I need to get back to class. Don't want to make people think I'm constipated or something," Joe showed her friend the restroom pass.
"Oh yeah definitely. Especially since what happened last month when—"
"Shut up," Joe growled. "You promised you wouldn't mention it again."
Kat snickered, wincing a bit when her injured lip started to hurt. She switched journals from her backpack to her locker. She grabbed two books and glanced back at her friend. "I was joking. We pinkie promised."
The blonde nodded at her. "And you better keep that promise."
"You know that I don't break those. They are sacred."
Olivia raised an eyebrow and glanced between the two friends. Sometimes their conversations confused the detective and left her wondering what kind of mischief the girls get into when there in or after school.
"Oh here, before I forget," Joe pulled a folded note from one of the pockets of her jeans. "I am supposed to give you this. See you tomorrow after school."
"She will not be having any visitors because she is grounded," Olivia informed Joe. "You may see her when she returns to school."
"Oh bummer," Joe glanced back at her friend as she passed her the note.
Kat rolled her eyes and glanced down at the letter. She only wrote notes to very few people and they always wrote their name so they wouldn't get confused from who it was from. She flipped the note over but she didn't find a name. "Who is it from?" Kat frowned in confusion, glancing up from the folded note.
Joe smirked at friend and hugged her. She whispered in her ear, "Markie."
The young brunette blushed and clutched the note tighter in her hand. She let go of her friend and closed the locker, ignoring her mother's questioning look. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," Joe said as she started to walk away. Before she disappeared to the other hallway, she turned around and made kissing noises.
"Joe!" Kat hissed as her friend left. She could hear Joe's laughter from the other hallway. Kat glanced at her mother, who was staring at her as if waiting for an explanation. "You don't want to know."
"Is there a boy that I should know about?"
"No…"
Olivia gave her daughter a look that she didn't believe her.
"I don't have a boyfriend, mom!" Kat huffed, slinging her backpack over her shoulders. "Joe was just messing around. The note is from Mark."
"Oh." Olivia relaxed.
"Yeah, oh." Kat rolled her eyes, starting to walk away with her mother next to her. "Joe is been Joe."
They walk down the hallways to the entrance of the school. Kat knew that her mother was going to lecture once they got in the car. As they exited the school, the teen glanced around and to her relief she didn't see Lorie or her mother. They walked towards the familiar brown car that Kat had gotten used to seeing. She climbed in the passenger seat while her mother sat on the driver seat.
Olivia drove them away from the school and kept her eyes on the road for a few minutes before she spoke to her daughter. "This rivalry between you and Lorie has to end just like the principal said. I don't want you to get in trouble again because of this girl."
"I only punched her because she insulted you," Kat glanced at her mother. "I'm not going to let her get away with that."
"She wanted to provoke you. Don't—"
"Lorie is always doing that. But this time she took it too far."
The detective glanced at her daughter. "All I'm asking is for you to try to ignore her."
"Easier said than done," mumbled Kat. She sighed and looked out the window. "I will try to ignore Lorie for your sake"
"If she tries to hit you again then you tell me and I will personally go talk to her mother."
"Yes, mom."
Olivia noticed that a bruise was forming around her daughter's cheek. She pressed down on the gas pedal a bit more. "The sooner we get to the precinct the sooner I could put some ice on that bruise and lip."
Fin cracked his back and almost let out an audible groan when he felt the tension leave.
"I hate when people do that," Munch said, looking up from his desk. "Can't stand the popping noises."
"Well too bad," Fin turned slightly to look at his ex-partner.
Munch sighed and threw his pen on top of his papers. He glanced down at his watch and tapped his fingers impatiently on the desk. "How long does it take for Amaro and Rollins to bring us our lunch?"
"Calm yourself down. They only have been gone for ten minutes."
Hearing footsteps approaching, they both glanced to the entrance of the squad room. Olivia and Kat had both walked in. Fin was the first to comment when he sat Kat's face.
"Who won?"
"Fin!" Olivia exclaimed at her coworker.
Kat snorted. "I would have if my friends weren't trying to pull me away and the principal arriving with campus security."
"I'll bring some ice for the bruise and lip?" Munch stood up from his desk.
Olivia gave him a grateful look. "Thank you, John."
He nodded and went to grab some ice from where they kept the first aid kits.
"Where are Nick and Amanda?" Kat asked, sitting one of the chairs next to her mother's desk. She put her backpack on the floor by her feet. "New case?"
Fin shook his head. He leaned back on his chair, putting his feet on the desk and his hands on the back of his head. "They went to get lunch. We told them to also bring yours and Liv's."
"Awesome."
Olivia sat on her chair and took off her coat, placing it at the back of her chair. She turned to look at her daughter and pointed at the backpack. "Start doing today's homework."
"I only went to two classes today, mom."
"Well do whatever assignment you need to finish in both classes."
Kat groaned and started to take out what she needed from her backpack. She opened her math book and notes from her journal. Of all the subjects from school she hated math with a passion. She had a math quiz on Wednesday so she will use the quietness from the squad room to study. She was startled from her thoughts when she saw a small blue ice bag been placed on top of notes. She smiled up at Munch and thanked him, taking the ice and pressing it against her cheek.
"What are you studying?" He asked curiously.
"Math," grumbled Kat.
Fin shuddered. "The devil's work."
Munch glanced at the detective. "You do know people say that Al-Ghazali said the same thing."
"Who?"
Kat beat Munch from explaining to Fin. "He was a famous philosopher during the Islamic Golden Age. There is this guy name Neil Tyson who did a presentation on him. He blamed Al-Ghazali's philosophy that it was telling people that math is the devil's work."
Munch nodded in agreement with the teen. "Though of course no one has been able to find anything to back up what Tyson said about Ghazali. They even went through Ghazali's personal journals. They still are.."
"Most of his quotes were to be pro-science," Kat said. She shook her head and sighed. "Poor Al-Ghazali. There are absurd people portraying him as the religious fundamentalist who ruined the Golden Age of Islam."
"Amen." Munch patted Kat in the back, who nodded back at him in returned.
She noticed that both Fin and her mother were staring at her in bewilderment. Kat frowned at her mother. "What?"
Fin spoke before Olivia could. "You are starting to sound like Munch every time I see you."
"Who is starting to sound like Munch?" A voice said not far from they were sitting.
Olivia turned to look who it was and smiled. "Haden."
Kat narrowed her eyes at the man. So this was the guy that her mother had wine with a few nights ago. He seemed alright for the teen.
"What you doing here?" Fin asked.
Haden move his attention to the detective. "I'm here to talk to your captain and Olivia about the case," he looked back at Liv. "If we may go to his office?"
"Um yeah," Olivia turned to look at her daughter. "I'll be back in just a bit."
"Sure, okay," Kat shrugged. She watched them go inside Cragen's office before looking at Munch and Fin. "That's Haden?"
"What do you know about him?" Munch asked.
"Not much. Just that he is the guy that my mom just started dating. Not sure how I feel about him…yet."
"Ten bucks that Kat will make a sarcastic comment towards Haden before lunch arrives," Fin glanced at his ex-partner.
Munch gave an exasperated sighed. "Fine, but we all know that she is going to wait until we are all eating."
"What makes you so sure?"
"Because she wants Haden to choke on it."
Kat shrugged and stared at Fin. "Munch has a point. But there is also a chance that I won't be able to resist until Nick and Amanda come back with the food."
Fin grabbed his pen again. "I guess we will just have to wait and see."
"And what makes you so sure that Haden will stay for lunch?" Kat raised an eyebrow in the same way that reminded both gentlemen of Olivia.
Fin smirked at the teen. "Because it would mean spending more time with your mom."
"Dude, no." Kat scrunched her nose just when the captain's door opened.
Olivia was the first to step out and then Haden. He glanced to Kat and gave her a smile. Kat smiled back but it looked more force than genuine.
"I heard what happened," he said.
"The fight at school?" Kat asked. She glanced at her mother for a second before turning her attention back to Haden.
"I'm talking about the ransack." Haden took a couple of steps forwards towards the teen, "You got hurt by those men."
Kat shrugged. "I had worse." From the corner of her eyes she saw the detectives flinched. Her getting shot was still a touching subject for all of them, especially for her mother. She cleared her throat and decided to change the subject. "So you must be Haden."
"Your mom has been talking about me?" His eyes brightened a bit.
"Not really," Kat bluntly said. She noticed Fin looking away to hide his smirk. "She just mentioned that you guys started dating and that you are the new A.D.A. or something like that."
"Oh."
Munch cleared his throat. "Why don't you join us for lunch? We can text Amaro or Rollins to bring something for you."
"Sure, why not?" Haden smiled at Olivia.
"I'm sure you have questions for me?" he asked Kat
"I have plenty," Kat slightly smirked at him as he took a seat across from her. She could feel her mother's eyes on her.
Fin and Munch exchanged an amused look before they glanced at Kat, waiting for her to start asking Haden questions.
Hope this was okay for everyone. I will update weekly (maybe even twice a week).
As for the 'Growing Up' story...that will be in hiatus until I at least finish with this story. I might change my mind later on and start doing the one shots again before that. I'm still unsure. That doesn't mean you guys can stop requesting one shots on Kat's tumblr blog. On the contrary, I am still taking request and adding them to the list. I will also still be answering question in character and out of character.
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