A/N: Guess who? Jess, I am very speedy, but that's a good thing right? Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed my last story. Believe it or not, it was actually fun to write and now I'm back with another one! Unfortunately, I had to put 'The Vow' on hiatus because I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to take it, and my apologies for that, so to not leave you guys empty handed, I started this.
It's a little different, but it was suggested and I immediately fell in love with the idea. A fic requested from Blitz1030! Hope you all enjoy!
Alexandra Cabot has always done anything and everything that she's supposed to do. Ever since a small child, her father has had the highest of expectations for her to be the best of the best at anything she does, and nothing less.
At that very young age, she was being groomed for success, and nothing was going to stand in her parent's way of doing that. Well, more specifically her father, who had the highest expectations of her as the youngest daughter.
When Alex was barely even at the age of six, she had already become to take an interest in the field of law just like her father, and his father before him, and so on. It was at that moment that Peter Cabot knew that his youngest daughter was going to continue the legacy of their family.
But when Alex turned sixteen, all of that changed. Sixteen had been a very rebellious year for Alex, and for the longest of times, she was supremely sick of all of her family's rules and regulations. And that is probably she ended up dating a girl named Claire Ferguson.
Claire was precisely everything that the Cabot's were against, from simple rule breaking such as skipping class, to almost being arrested a few times for minor felonies. Either way, dating Claire always gave Alex a rush and it felt good to be outside of her father's boundaries for once in her life.
All of that ended however when Alex's mother, Victoria walked in on the two teens about to have sex, for what would have been Alex's first time. The fit that her parents through was huge, and it eventually ended up in her relationship with Claire deteriorating, not that it really matter to Claire anyhow.
It has been ever since that day that Alex completely lost her father's respect and approval. She can still remember the same expression of shame and anger that he wore when he berated her for defiling their family, saying things like 'Your sister Melissa would have never acted in this manner.' And 'How do you expect to carry on the legacy of this family when you behave like a preposterous delinquent?' It was actually pretty hurtful at the time.
Ever since then, Alex has completely regretted that one bad decision that she almost made, but it still cost her a lot. She moved on from rambunctious relationship she was having with Claire, but she didn't really date month from then on. Sure she still had an acceptable number of relationships she was actually committed to, including the one where she had slept with someone for the first time, but all of this was unknown to her father.
She had vowed since the day that she lost his approval, and that she would do anything and everything she could to gain back favor in the eyes of her father. It just still pains her to think that she brought the sense of shame on her father, and that he is still disappointed in her for making such a horrid mistake.
So all of that pretty much explains her entire demeanor and attitude. She strives to concentrate solely on her job, to continue to try to be the best of the best and once again win over her father's approval.
"Why is it that I can never to get you to relax about anything?" Alex's best friend, Serena Southerlyn says one day as she sits there watching Alex work.
Alex shakes her head and doesn't look up from what she's writing. "I am fairly relaxed thank you, and shouldn't you be working?"
Serena shrugs and leans back in the chair across from Alex's desk. "I don't really have that much to do, I'll get to it eventually."
Alex's hand stills for a moment before she shakes her head once again and continues on with her writing. "Procrastination is a habit that one will never get rid of if they make a habit of doing it so often." Alex says slightly quoting her father.
Serena rolls her eyes and huffs loudly. "You're always saying something like that. Procrastination is a part of life Alex! I'm not saying I'm going to blow my work off completely, I'm just saying that I'll get to it. You on the other hand have probably already finished work for next week."
Alex freezes and clicks her pen before pushing the now completed stacks of paper away from her. The look on her face renders Serena completely speechless for probably a good two seconds.
"Oh my god, you have haven't you?!"
Alex simply shrugs and leans back in her chair. "I like to be ahead, you already know that." she counters defensively.
Serena's mouth hangs open as she slowly shakes her head at her best friend. For as long as she's known Alex, she's known the other blonde to be a complete overachiever. In fact, Serena can't think of not one person that she's seen as dedicated to anything as Alex is. Sometimes, Serena wonders if her best friend is a robot.
"I can't believe that you are so…are you a robot or something?" Serena asks seriously.
Alex's face contorts into a frown and she tilts her head to the side analyzing the question. "Are you asking in the sense of am I literally a robot, or are you asking do I have all of the characteristics of a robot?"
Serena's face goes blank and she just stares at Alex. "Are…are you being serious right now?" she groans out loud when she receives the same look of concentration from before. "Oh my god Alex, I was being a smartass. Why do you always over think things!"
"That was going to be my next guess…" Alex mumbles crossing her arms. "And I do not always over think!"
"Oh yeah? Remember last week when Abbie, Kim, and I were going out to get coffee and Kim asked if you wanted a brownie or something? Then you went on this whole ramble about how it depended on what type of chocolate they used to make the brownie, if it was gluten free, if it was made with artificial sugars, and if they had nuts, were they made with a special type of Brazilian hazel nut?!"
Alex slumps in her chair at the reminder. "I told you that I needed to make sure that it was safe for me to eat. Which it wasn't, because when I got it, it didn't have the right amount of frosting."
"And that is exactly why none of us like to shop for you. You're such a perfectionist we feel like if we buy you the wrong thing you'll blow our heads off!" Serena exclaims, waving her arms in the air.
"Oh please Serena, that was one time."
"One time?! What about the time that we all went out to eat, but you sent your food back because the corn was touching the mashed potatoes?"
Alex rolls her eyes and dismisses the question completely. "Whatever…I'm not that much of a perfectionist, and even if I am, so what. I like things to be done perfectly and precisely."
Serena sighs heavily before standing up from her chair. "Fine, fine, you win, but only because if I continue to argue with you, I'll only end up learning about things I never cared to know, like about where the Pythagorean Theorem originated."
Alex stands up from her chair and follows Serena to the door. "…it originated from Pythagoras, who also founded-"
Serena scowls and spins around pointing a finger at Alex, "Don't you dare start…" she says before opening the door.
"All I'm simply saying is that if you don't want me to-Oof!" Alex starts but stops as she runs into Serena who has stopped abruptly in front of her.
"Serena, what the hell!" she hisses as she looks at what caused Serena to create the collision. She frowns as she sees in the distance, Abbie talking to a woman she kind of recognizes but can't quite put her finger on where she knows her from.
"Who is that? Why do I feel like…" she starts but once again finds herself cut off by Serena shushing her, and quickly pushing her back into her office.
"That…is my ex." Serena says still whispering.
"Why are you whispering? There's no one in here but us. And oh yeah! Her name is Casey right?" Alex questions for clarification before her face contorts into a concentrated scowl. "Hey, wait a sec, is this the same Casey that I told you not to date, but you did it anyway? And the same Casey that completely broke your heart when she broke up with you?"
Serena scoffs and runs a hand through her hair. "I told you several times. It was a mutual decision. And I was not heartbroken."
"…Serena you cried for a month…"
"That's not the point, the point is what the hell is she doing here…"
Alex shrugs and crosses her arms remembering all of the things she's heard about the woman in question, though they've never actually met.
"Well, by all means, go out there and find out." Alex says motioning towards the door.
Serena's jaw drops and a small gasp escapes her. "You mean go out there by myself? Are you insane? What if she sees me?"
Alex shrugs nonchalantly as she hastily opens her door and shoves Serena out of it. "I dunno…say hi." She replies smirking before closing her door once again.
Casey Novak stops her conversation with her best friend, and briefly turns her attention towards the sudden noise of a door slamming. Her eyes widen and she blanches completely when she sees none other than Serena Southerlyn standing on the other side of the closed door, stomping her foot in frustration.
Abbie cranes her neck, glancing at Serena briefly before turning back to her best friend, but not with out a wide smirked placed on her face. She chuckles at Casey's facial expression; it's priceless.
"Oh, is the notorious Novak rendered speechless, by an old flame?" Abbie teases well aware that Serena is now approaching them.
Casey swallows thickly and glares at the chuckling brunette next to her. "It's not funny…" she murmurs as Serena finally reaches them. What an awkward conversation this is going to be.
"Hey Rena!" Abbie says cheerfully waiting for the entertaining situation to unfold.
"Hi Abbie…Casey…" Serena says in a bland greeting.
"Uh...hey." Casey murmurs awkwardly, still feeling the effects of the conversation.
"It's been awhile…what are you doing here?"
"Um…job…I got a job here as an ADA for white collar. How have you been?" Casey asks trying to take the conversation off of her.
Serena shrugs and briefly shoots a snickering Abbie a disapproving look. "I've been fine…considering. Anyhow, I only came over to remind Abbie of her meeting, but now that I've done that, I think I can be going. It was nice seeing you Casey…"
"Um…yeah you too." Casey responds awkwardly. The two remaining women stand in silence until Serena is completely out of earshot and Abbie bursts into hysteric laughter.
"Why is this funny to you?!" Casey nearly shouts giving the laughing woman a shove.
Abbie takes several deep breaths to catch her breath before she is actually able to respond. "It's just the look on your face! You had no idea what to say to her, and it was great!"
Casey scowls and is about to hit Abbie, when she sees another woman exit the office that Serena was standing in front of. The woman is a slender blonde, with a determined facial expression, and legs that go on for days. To say that she's gorgeous would be a complete understatement.
Abbie catches Casey staring at she immediately hits the redhead in the back of the head, breaking her trance.
"Nuh uh, don't even think about it." she says flatly.
Casey makes a face as she rubs the sore spot on the back of her head. "I don't know what you're talking about; and who was that?" she asks curiously.
"You know exactly what I am talking about. That was Alex Cabot; and believe me when I say that she is not a force to be reckoned with. Not even you could break the ice with that woman."
Casey gasps and places her hand over her heart. "Why, Abigail, I am wounded. Are you starting to doubt my abilities?"
Abbie narrows her eyes at the use of her first name but dismisses it. "Yeah that's it…but in all seriousness, Alex is like…untouchable."
"She's also super hot."
"Case, I'm being serious…plus, she knows about you."
"…what do you mean she knows about me?"
"Serena is her best friend, so she's kind of known about you. Plus that and…other things." Abbie replies coyly before she bursts into laughter once again.
Casey rolls her eyes and actually smacks her cackling friend this time. "Once again, why is any of this funny to you?!"
"It's funny because I can't wait to watch all of your 'conquests' come together and rag on you." Abbie gets out through her laughter.
Casey pales completely once again and swallows thickly. She blinks several times and turns to Abbie who is almost doubled over in laughter.
"Wait…how many are we talking?"
Oh yes, this is going to be much fun. Lemme know your thoughts. Leave a review?