A/N: I am well aware that I am not a strong writer when it comes to romance and relationships, so this is my experiment to get me to test the waters more often. I am going to try to push myself out of my comfort zone here. This collection will include a multitude of pairings such as, but not limited to: Rollisi, Rolivia, Barson, Barollins, and Barisi. I hope you guys enjoy them :)

Title: surprise

Pairings: Rollisi, Barson

"Tell me again where we're going?" Amanda asked as she sat in the passenger's seat as Carisi drove them to their destination. This was going to be their official first date, even though they had been secretly dating each other for the past three months. All of their dates beforehand included Jesse and Franny, usually at Amanda's apartment or the park. It was hard to get away when there was a baby involved, and Carisi loved Jesse, but that evening they were able to wrangle up a sitter for the whole night and get a hotel room all to themselves. It would suffice to say that Carisi had some very special plans for the both of them.

"I told you, it's going to be a surprise" Carisi beamed as he reached over to grab Amanda's had, without looking he pulled it to his mouth and kissed the back of it.

"I've never been one for surprises," Amanda said with a huff as he released her hand. She was sure she knew where they were going. Carisi loved to sing Karaoke at the bars and always pushed the team to go when they all gathered for some drinks. She had to admit they were fun events, but not something she wanted to go to that night.

"No, your just not one to be patient" Carisi retorted with a smirk, an action which only received him an annoyed eye roll from his companion "but that doesn't matter anymore because we're here" he announced proudly as he pulled his car in front of a valet sign.

Amanda looked out the window in surprise as they pulled up to a restaurant she had always wanted to try but knew she never could simply because of how difficult it was to get a reservation and how expensive it was as well. "Sonny, you've got to be kidding me, right?" she breathed out in astonishment as a young man walked to Carisi's side door to grab his keys. Amanda was still in disbelief. Their date had been planned at the last minute, there was no way he would have been able to get them reservations.

"No jokes here, Amanda, only the best for you" he answered her with a gloating tone as he walked around to her door and opened it for her. He gently took her hand and guided her inside.

"No, really, how is this even possible?" Amanda continued to ask, still thinking this was some sort of trick.

"I wish you would have more faith in me" he feigned mock hurt and then continued with his normal happy tone "my uncle's family owns the place" Amanda looked at him in pure shock with a 'you got to be kidding me' expression. "Okay, well really my Mom's cousin owns the place, but family's family, you know"

"No, I don't know" Amanda shook her head slightly with a small smile "so you mean to tell me that your family's rich?" she questioned out of curiosity. Carisi may always dress in suits, but he doesn't come off as the type of guy who came from money, not the man from Staten Island.

He chuckled at her question "I'm not rich, and neither is my family, well my immediate family, we're well off though" he added with a thoughtful shrug "my uncle's family, on the other hand, is very well off, but they're still family and they help whenever we need it" he grabbed her hand again and led her to the hostess "like making the best first date possible"

"Hi, welcome to Bianchi's" the hostess greeted them sweetly "do you have a reservation?"

"Yes, Sonny Carisi for two" Carisi stated confidently. Amanda paid very close attention, still disbelieving everything Carisi had just told her.

"Oh, yes, Louis told me his nephew was coming tonight" she smiled even brighter, now that she knew relatives of her boss where in front of her "let me go check on your table to see if it's ready" she added as she quickly walked away to personally verify the status of their reservation.

Carisi laughed at the expression on Amanda's face "you didn't believe me"

"Well, honestly no" Amanda was finally able to mumble after she regained some of her self-control "but thank you so much, I always knew you were incredible," she said softly as she leaned in to give him a quick kiss on the lips. "But I am not dressed for this place" she added with a slight blush

"Come on Manda, you've got everyone beat here easily" he replied honestly as he returned the kiss

"I wish I had your confidence" she responded when he pulled away "I'm going to go to the restroom to see if I can fix my hair some, I'll be right back" and before Carisi could stop her she was gone.

"Okay, your table's all set," the hostess's soft voice said from behind him

"Oh, my uh, my girlfriend just left to the restroom" he looked back over his shoulder toward were he last saw Amanda

"That's alright, I'll bring her to you when she's out" the younger woman answered as she began to lead him to their table. Carisi didn't pay much attention to the other patrons in the packed restaurant, that was until he came upon his own table.

"What?" he questioned louder than he thought and startled the hostess

"Is there something wrong with the table sir?" the younger woman asked in confusion

"Carisi?" the man at the table next to theirs answered in surprise "what in the hell are you doing here?"

"The same thing as you, I suppose, Barba, eating dinner" Carisi answered still confused. Out of all the places Barba had to be that night, it had to be at the table right next to them on their first date. Carisi then noticed the plate of food directly across from the lawyer and realized that he must have been on a date as well "who's with you?" he asked before thinking

Barba's face turned slightly red before he was able to regain his composure "I'm here on a dinner date with a friend, who are you here with"

Carisi could instantly tell that whoever was with Barba was more than a friend, you didn't bring 'just a friend' to this restaurant. "The same, in fact, she had to go to the restroom for a second" he explained and then kicked himself for needlessly giving out unnecessary information "but you know what, I think I'm going to go check on her" he added quickly, planning to have Amanda and himself slip out the front before Barba could see her.

Barba's heart dropped because that was the same place his date had gone, and the last thing he wanted was her to run into Carisi "wait, uh… why don't you just text her instead, no one likes to be interrupted when they're indisposed"

Amanda had to admit, this place was nice. Even the bathroom was beautiful. The sinks were not the simple built-in ones, but instead were large bowls that rested on top of the counter with elaborate designs. "I still can't believe this" Amanda mumbled to herself as she went about trying to fix her hair in the mirror. She hardly paid attention to the sound of a toilet flushing behind her as she went to work, but everything seemed to stand still as she made eye contact with the woman who just exited the stall.

"Amanda?"

"Olivia?"

They both called each other's names at the same time, both carrying a surprised tone. "What are you doing here?" Amanda was able to recover first and said the first thing that popped into her mind.

"I could ask you the same thing?" Olivia questioned back

"I'm, uh, I'm here with someone" Amanda responded meekly. She had always liked to keep her private life separate from her work one, but somehow she always screwed it up, and this, to her, felt just like one of those moments. "What about you?" she countered

"I'm with someone as well…" there was a long awkward pause between them. Olivia shifted from one foot to the other before continuing "well, this is pretty funny, who would have thought that we would meet each other here" she tried to sound light-hearted about the whole thing. She simply prayed that the younger woman was seated far away from her table and that she and Barba would be able to make their escape without Amanda seeing them.

"Yeah, it really is a small world" Amanda let loose a fake chuckle as Olivia went to finish washing her hands.

Awkwardly both women ended up leaving the restroom at the same time "oh, there you are" the young hostess approached Amanda "your boyfriend was already seated, let me lead you to your table" she said politely as she turned to lead the way

Olivia began to head to her table as well and then realized with a sickening feeling that they were headed in the same direction. Silently the elder woman prayed that they would veer off course but they never did. It wasn't long before Olivia could see Barba sitting at their table with a standing Carisi right next to him.

"Carisi?"

"Barba?"

"Rollins?"

"Lieu?"

They all spoke at once as the three women made it to the tables "um, so it seems that you all know each other… how nice" the hostess said awkwardly as she slowly backed away from the strange situation.

"You're dating Carisi?" Olivia was the first to speak up looking between her two detectives "how long has this been going on?"

"You're one to speak, Liv, you're here with Barba?" Amanda retorted quickly trying to take the heat off of themselves

"Yes, but I'm your boss, you're direct supervisor. I need to know about your relationship, you don't need to know about ours" Olivia stated back as she waved between the two of them

"Hold on, hold on" Barba said as he rose from his seat "let's not make a scene here" he sent a casual look around them to indicate the small audience they had attracted "how about we all just go back to our original plans for this night, we'll deal with everything else tomorrow"

Silently they all nodded their heads and returned to their respective tables. The atmosphere was tense and nothing at all like Carisi had planned for their first date. No one had dared to say a word. Carisi was about to tell Amanda that they could always leave and come back to the restaurant another time, but he was cut off by Olivia's faint voice "Oh, my God. I can't believe this" she exclaimed in a whisper loud enough that only their two tables could hear.

"Liv, what's wrong?" Barba asked with concern, but when he followed her gaze his jaw dropped. Amanda and Carisi did the same.

Four pairs of eyes tentatively watched the newest couple that had entered the building. "I didn't know they were together?" Amanda said in pure shock "and I never took him as the romantic dinner type"

"Why the hell are they here, I can't take any more surprises," Barba said as he laid his head in his hands in frustration

"Looks like the whole squad had some secrets huh?" Carisi chuckled as he watched Fin and Dr. Warner talk with the hostess "but I mean, it's not that bad.

"No, Carisi, this is worse. I love Melinda, but she's the biggest gossiper in the NYPD and that's saying something. If word gets out about our relationships before we disclose we could all get in very big trouble" Olivia explained gravely "we need to get out of here before we're seen"

"Let's go through the kitchen" Carisi offered as he stood up slowly while slightly bent down to not draw too much attention

"We can't just go through the kitchen", Barba said irritated

"Yeah, we can, my Uncle's the head chef", Carisi said plainly as Barba's eyes became wide

"You got to be kidding me?" Olivia responded with her own surprise

"No, he's not" Amanda answered the elder woman as she too stood in a low standing position.

Carisi silently lead the small group to the kitchen entrance and pushed the doors open "Sonny? What are you doing? You're here to eat the food not cook it" Louis, his Uncle, asked as he approached the group.

"I know, Zio, but something's come up and we need to get out of here unseen, can we sneak through the kitchen to the ally?" he asked with a slight desperation in his voice. He didn't want to risk being transferred out of the unit if his and Amanda's relationship was found out prematurely.

Louis looked the small group over and nodded "yeah, but I'm going to want one of your Ma's famous pies as a reward, ya here, make sure it's my favorite too" he answered with a small smile and then continued to lead them to the back exit.

Once they were all outside they finally felt like they could breath again, "well there goes our romantic dinner" Amanda said as she leaned against the alley wall.

"Yeah, who would have thought that our plans would have been ruined by my own team" Olivia stated with a slight sigh, she had been looking forward to this meal with Barba for more than a month.

"Well, that doesn't have to be the case. Next time lets just double date when we come here, I can get reservations easy" Carisi stated innocently as he stared at them all "but for now… uh, who's up for some karaoke?" he beamed widely, earning the grimace and facepalms of the others.