"Girls Night Out"
"ASAP"
"I'm in"
"Same Place as usual?"
"Of Course"
"Meet up at Abbie's"
Alex, Casey, Serena, Abbie, Amanda and Olivia all ended their conference call with promises of one of their famous girl's night out.
"I can't believe this jackass" Amanda said sitting at the edge of Olivia's desk.
Before Olivia could respond Captain Cragen emerged from his office.
"We have a problem people, the evidence in the Marroney case was thrown out because of an illegal search of a locked drawer that wasn't covered in the warrant. We're back to square one and Hayden is pissed."
"What the hell is Hayden pissed for Cap? He was told from jump that we needed a warrant to cover every inch of that bastard's vacation property. If he had gotten the right warrant we wouldn't be in this situation," Fin responded obviously pissed about the fact that a known rapist of four little girls in the Manhattan area was on the verge of being released. The detectives had been playing a game of cat and mouse with the perp for two months before finally getting the evidence needed to get him off the streets.
"I understand your frustration detective however, now isn't the time to play the blame game. Get us some evidence we can use before the sicko has the chance to rape even more innocent children," Cragen said before making the trip back to his office.
The detectives all sighed before referring back to their case files. Today had been a long day of mishaps and Amaro, Tutuola, Rollins and Benson all wished the day would come to an end soon.
Five hours later, Olivia stood in her mirror looking at her reflection. Her Black Super Skinny Jeans and Red Halter top showed off her curves in all the right places and the four inch black stilettoes added even more length to Olivia's already long legs. She had been working out extra hard lately to get back into the shape she was in ten years ago. Not for appearance reasons, but because the squad was younger and she needed to physically keep up with Nick and Amanda without looking like the weaker link.
"Not Bad Detective" Olivia said to her reflection with a wink. She loved how her shoulder length hair looked now that she dyed it chocolate brown. "Maybe you'll even get laid tonight" she continued the conversation with herself before grabbing her black form fitting leather jacket and heading out the door. It was a pretty warm day to be late November and Olivia planned on taking full advantage of the weather while she could.
"Where the hell is Benson," Abbie asked before taking a sip of her beer.
"Late as usual" Amanda responded casually.
Abbie, Amanda, Casey, Alex, Serena and Olivia all met up a couple times a month and as usual Olivia was always the last to arrive. Tonight was no exception however, that didn't stop Abbie from asking the same question she does every week usually followed by one of the other ladies nonchalant response. It was their routine.
"Damn Tex, you could at least spring for some food when you know company is coming over" Casey said while taking in Abbie's bare refrigerator.
"Yeah about that, I've been hauled up in here every night this week with a new little bunny and we work up quite an appetite," Abbie responded with a cocky smirk.
"Referring to them as your "little bunnies" has to be the most condescending thing I've ever heard you say" Alex said with a roll of her eyes.
"Aww Alley Cat, don't tell me you're still bitter because bunny number 2 chose Abbie over you" Serena said while giving a mock pout.
"Both of you can go straight to hell" Alex said after tossing one of the throw cushions at Serena and Abbie.
"I'd like to go to hell with them, maybe then I could get some descent food" Casey said irritated. She'd had a long day in court and had to skip lunch. If Olivia didn't show up soon Casey was sure she would die of starvation.
As if the Lord himself heard Casey's thoughts and decided to send a savior, the buzzer to Abbie's apartment sounded signaling Olivia's arrival.
"It's about damn time" Casey said going over and buzzing Olivia up not even giving Abbie the chance to get up.
Casey Opened the door in a huff before Olivia even reached the apartment.
"What the hell took you so long?" Abbie asked anxiously.
"Pizza" Olivia responded simply before being bombarded by Casey, Amanda and Serena.
"Hello to you all too" Olivia said to the retreating figures as she stood still in the doorway now with empty hands.
"Are you guys sure you want to go to RF tonight?" Olivia asked as she took off her jacket and grabbed a slice of pizza.
"Of course we are and normally so are you," Alex asked sensing something was up with Liv.
"I am it's just aren't you guys tired of seeing the same people every week?"
"Who is she?" Abbie asked realizing that Liv was avoiding someone in particular.
"It's just the girl from two weeks ago. Before we did anything, I made sure she understood that I wasn't looking for anything serious and now…."
"Now she's calling you all day every day," Serena finished.
"Not only that, she showed up at my place last night." Olivia said.
"Damn Liv, Sounds like you must have really put it down on her." Abbie said.
Olivia couldn't help the smirk that appeared on her face. "Well, you know," she said cockily.
"We've been told" Alex said rolling her eyes.
"What the hell's wrong with you Lex?" Olivia asked taken aback by her best friend's attitude.
"She's horny" Casey said nonchalantly before taking another bite of pizza.
"I most certainly am not".
"It's okay Alley Cat, everybody needs a good lay every now and then," Amanda said with her southern drawl.
"All of you go to hell" Alex responded with a mock pout.
Truth be told, Alex was horny as hell. The last time she had sex was the one night affair with Olivia that both agreed for the sake of their friendship should never happen again and never be talked about. No one knew about it other than the two of them and that's how they planned on keeping it. The sex was amazing and both held feelings for each other at the time, however, the confusion and mixed emotions after let them know it wasn't the best idea.
"Can we just go?" Abby asked. "My Sweet Tooth is craving some candy".
The ladies all agreed and headed out to RF Lounge.
When the group arrived to the lounge they got their drinks and headed for the downstairs area that was furnished with black leather sofas. They headed for their usual spot which was a lounge located in the far left corner of the room. For some reason the patrons always knew that the powerful group of women would be there and none bothered to sit in that location.
"It's kind of dry in here tonight" Abbie said noting there weren't many new faces there.
"Looks like if you want to appease your sweet tooth you're going to have to go for some familiar candy." Serena teased.
"You don't double dip the chip" Olivia and Abbie said in unison. Both were commitment phobics who had a rule to never sleep with the same girl twice. In other words "Don't double dip the chip".
"Oh that stupid rule" Alex said rolling her eyes. Truth be told, it was Olivia's "Don't double dip the chip" that stopped them for being something more.
"You okay Lex?" Olivia asked quietly so that only Alex could hear her. Olivia could always sense when something was bothering her best friend.
"Peachy" Alex said before standing to go upstairs and retrieve another drink.
"What's crawled up her butt lately?" Amanda asked also taking note of Alex's foul mood.
"I have no clue" Olivia said making a mental note to ask Alex later when the two were alone.
A few minutes later Alex arrived back to the seats however she wasn't alone.
"Look who I ran into at the bar" Alex said a little more cheery.
"Melinda" the group said in unison.
"What brings you here" Amanda asked, curious as to why their medical examiner was at a lesbian bar when for all they knew she was happily married to a man.
"Rough couple of months" Melinda said in an exasperated tone that showed she wasn't having the best of days.
"Join us" Abbie said while moving over so that Melinda could take the seat between her and Olivia.
Melinda took the seat and then proceeded to drink the contents of her glass in one huge gulp.
"Wow" Abbie said impressed.
"Want to talk about it?" Casey asked feeling for the woman.
"Divorce" Melinda said with a sigh. That one word was all it took for the women to know what was wrong.
"I'm sorry Mel," Olivia said in a sympathetic tone. "How is Kate taking it?"
"Better than both James and I thought. We tried to hide the turmoil for as long as we could for her sake but now that she is a freshman in college we figured she would handle it okay. Apparently we weren't as good at hiding it as we thought. She told us that she had been waiting for us to just tell her for the past couple of years." Melinda said recalling her daughter's reaction.
"It's good that she is being understanding," Abbie said. "Is she taking sides?"
"Her and her father have always been really close however, with his new 26 year old pregnant fiancé, it's kind of hard for her to take his side." Melinda said feeling the need for another drink.
Olivia sensing the woman's turmoil spoke up. "I'll get you another one" she said with a smile. "What are you drinking?"
"RF signature Martini" Melinda said, "But I think I need something harsher. Maybe Vodka Rocks."
"One Vodka Rocks coming up. Anyone else need a refill?"
All the ladies raised their hands so Olivia ordered another round for the group.
Once Olivia arrived back at the table she saw her friends all talking with the exception of Abbie who found herself some candy.
"So why did you pick a Gay Bar?" Amanda asked curiously.
"Honestly, I didn't exactly pick. I was just walking around clearing my head and the need for a drink hit me hard so I came into the first bar I saw." Melinda said truthfully. "What about you all? I mean I don't really know any of you outside of work, but I think I'd remember someone mentioning this."
The ladies laughed.
"We are lesbians," Alex was the first to respond. "We don't hide it; however we don't feel the need to broadcast it either."
"I can understand that," Melinda said. "But if you don't broadcast it, how did you all find out about each other?"
"A game of drunken Uno," Casey said with a laugh remembering the night all too clearly. "Loose lips have a lot of slips"
"I wasn't here during that time," Amanda said with a laugh as well just thinking about the stories she heard of that night. "Liv and I were on a stakeout one night and things sort have came out that way. After that she invited me to a girl's night out with the ladies and the rest is history."
Melinda shook her head. She couldn't help but wonder what else she didn't know about these ladies. Before she had a chance to speak however, a young woman Melinda pegged to be in her late 20's early 30's approached the table.
"Good evening ladies," she said in a sultry tone. "Hope I'm not interrupting anything but I couldn't help but notice this sexy brunette here from across the room and I just had to come over." The woman said directing her attention to Olivia.
"The name's Kayla," the woman said stretching a hand out.
"Liv," Olivia responded with one of her infamous sideways smirks.
"Care to dance?" Kayla asked.
Olivia couldn't help but be turned on by the woman's chocolate brown skin and full lips.
"I'd love to."
As Olivia stood up to dance with Kayla, her friends continued their conversation.
"Looks like Olivia's got her some chocolate candy for the night." Abbie said as she came back to the table.
As the ladies talked Melinda couldn't help but look at Olivia. She would have never guessed that the detective was a lesbian.
"Is this all a shock to you Mel?" Amanda asked after reading Melinda's face.
"It takes a little getting used to" Melinda said honestly.
Fifteen minutes later Olivia arrived back to the table with another drink in hand.
Just as Abbie was about to tease her, the table was interrupted yet again.
"You Bitch," a woman's voice screeched.
"You can't find the time to spend with me yet you're out there on the dance floor with that hoe."
"Uh hey Kelly," Olivia said trying to be as cheerful as possible.
"It's Candace" the woman responded angrily.
"My bad Candace look," Olivia tried to talk in a low voice hoping the other woman would take not.
"No you look; you can't just give me the best sex of my life and then just walk away." Candace responded.
Olivia couldn't help the smirk that appeared on her face.
"Listen sweetie, I understand that you are upset but I told you from the beginning what I was looking for and you said that you could handle that." Olivia responded.
"And I thought I could" Candace said starting to cry. "But you don't realize the effect you have on people Liv."
"You can't possibly understand my full effect after one fuck Candace," Olivia said a bit annoyed with the emotional woman. "Look, I'm moody, annoying, I work too much and I'm not looking for a commitment. I'm not relationship material. Keep looking and I'm sure you can find the girl you are looking for."
"But I've found her Liv. You are what I want," Candace said through tears.
Olivia held her head in frustration. If she would have known Candace would be such an emotional wreck, Olivia wouldn't have slept with her in the first place. She looked over to her friends for some sort of hand but they were all too amused to assist. She couldn't help but notice that even Melinda was hiding a chuckle.
"Look Candace" Olivia said taking on a more serious tone. She realized that she needed to be as direct as possible with the woman. "I'm not interested in a relationship with you or anyone else for that matter. I told you that from day one. If you can't handle that, then that's your problem but this needs to stop. The emotional outburst, showing up at my place, calling me all hours of the night, it all needs to stop. If anything its making me even less attracted to you. I don't want what you want so just let it go."
Candace stood there for a minute as if processing everything Olivia had said. Right when it looked like she was about to leave, she responded. "You Bitch" she squealed before slapping Olivia across the face.
"Are you finished?" Olivia asked not even phased by the slap.
Candace stormed off away from the table.
"Wow," Melinda was the first to speak after the initial shock. "Is it always this eventful here?"
"Not all the time" Serena laughed. "But every now and then Olivia's and Abbie's candy bites back."
Casey, Alex, Amanda and Melinda laughed as Serena was flipped the bird by both Abbie and Olivia.
"Can we just get out of here?" Olivia asked feeling a strong headache coming on.
The group agreed and stood to leave. Just as they were headed up the stairs, Kayla, the girl Olivia was dancing with earlier in the night approached them.
"Excuse me ladies" she said in her sultry voice before turning to Liv. "Before you leave I was hoping I could give you my number and maybe you can call me to meet up sometime."
She handed Olivia her business card. "Oh and don't worry Liv, I'm a real woman, you can't make me cry." She winked as she walked away.
Once again the lopsided smile appeared on Olivia's face. 'So tonight wasn't a total waste' she thought as she climbed the stairs to exit the lounge.
TBC