Disclaimer: I do not own a thing! Nothing to do with Law and Order:SVU, although it would be nice to have come up with these awesome characters and AMAZING story line. I'm not profiting from writing this. It is for the pure enjoyment of writing and on that note… ENJOY;)… I LOVE COMMENTS… my first fanfic… Be Nice!
*There is more to come I just want to say that the first chapter will be what Alex saw happening. Only Alex and nothing else. Next few chapters will be the same until there story gets to where it starts, when Olivia is being bitchy… Anyway I'm not going to keep you any longer…
-1-
New York Police Department
16th Precinct, Manhattan Special Victims Unit
Wednesday, January 12th, 2005
10:34 a.m.
Alex rolled her eyes at the Detectives and turned to walk out of the precinct when Olivia caught her arm, "Don't be mad at me because you fucked up Alex"
Olivia didn't want to seem so cruel but she had jealousy boiling up inside her and she didn't know how to subdue it. It was Alex's fault that they were going to lose the case! She just had to go out with Trevor Langdon, as far as she was concerned going out with him was as bad as dinning with the devil. She had heard Alex complain many times about his arrogance yet she could still go out with him… This showed her a lot about who Alex was and Olivia would not soon forget. Whilst Trevor was trying to score with Olivia's long time crush Alex he was also peeking at her notes trying to build a case against them.
Alex closed her eyes to try and hold tears back; she did fuck everything up, but if only Olivia knew… Her mind retraced her steps from the proceeding week to try and see where her plans were flawed.
-2-
New York Police Department
16th Precinct, Manhattan Special Victims Unit
Wednesday, January 5th, 2005
7:30 p.m.
"So this is what we've got, a baseball cap, lots of blood, a steak knife, and a live victim." Came from Olivia's mouth whilst she was writing on the white dry erase board. "She did the rape kit, there was no trace of anyone ever touching her besides the cut in her abdomen. We think he made her shower and then cut her, we don't really know because she hasn't said a word besides nodding her head to say yes." Again some more scribbling on the board then she turned to face Alex. Alex nodded and said, "So what's that got to do with me?" Elliot cut off Olivia and answered for her "This girl, Alex, whoever she is, is related to you…" His voice trailed off, Alex just nodded her head for what seemed like the hundredth time that night. "Well if it was immediate family I would have found out by now, who do you think she might be and more importantly where did she come from?" Olivia, determined to this time get to say what she had to say blurted out "Well we kind of wanted you to go see her, tell us if you recognize her or if she might want to talk to you…"
Oh my gosh it made Alex so mad how Olivia could keep things on such a professional level. Once again she nodded, to try and keep herself from telling Olivia exactly how she felt about her. She told the detectives she was busy and needed to clear her head especially since she just found out that she had a relative she knew nothing about that had just been raped. And she would go see the unknown girl tomorrow.
Alex made her way outside, took a deep breath, and looked up at the stars. Her life seemed to be in so much of a mess she could not believe she was related to someone she had never met before to add insult to injury. She made her way back to her car, she needed to be home, and she needed to think about some things. Once she got to her 2-bedroom apartment (which was much to big for her) she parked her car and made her way upstairs. While she was in the elevator she took off her glasses and wiped them on her shirt, then she pinched the top of her nose with her thumb and index finger. She felt a headache coming; it had been such a long day.
She unlocked her front door and made her way in her home. She dumped her briefcase and jacket on the couch and went to the kitchen to make some tea and get an Advil. She got her kettle; she had done this so many times before she didn't even need to think. She needed to find a way to make Olivia jealous to see if she had feelings for her without just coming out and asking. And as for the girl that was in the hospital she would go see her tomorrow, what's the worst that could happen? Alex sipped her tea while she read her notes on a case she was working on and then went bed. Thoughts of Olivia came pouring in like every night.
-3-
Bellevue Hospital
4621st Ave # A, New York, NY
Thursday, January 6th, 2005
10:22 a.m.
Alex clutched her briefcase in one hand and her cell in the other. She would make Olivia jealous! That's exactly what she would do. She dialled Trevor Langdon that would put some steam in Olivia for sure! "Hey this is Trevor I'm not here right now, leave me a message after the tone and I'll get back to you as soon as I can." Beep. Alex suddenly became very tense and hung up, this wasn't right, to her, to Trevor or Olivia… Alex looked up at the hospital and walked inside. Room 574 Olivia had said, hopefully they hadn't moved her, she didn't even know her name. She got to the room and found a skinny, pale, brunette asleep in the bed. What was she going to do until she woke up? As she looked down at the girl she couldn't help but notice that her eyes were flickering, as if she was awake the whole time and wanted to see who this strange person was. Finally Alex would not let herself be fooled any longer and said "Hello, my name is Alex, and the detectives that were here yesterday, well they say that we're related in some way." In response the girl just said "My family is dead, go away."
Alex took a long look at the girl lying there and for a moment she would have complied and left. But she owed the girl, after all she had just been raped. "Listen, I'm an attorney and I work with these kind of cases a lot, and I know that evidence doesn't lie. We're related ok? So I think it's about time you opened your eyes and look at me" The girl opened her eyes and finally took a good look at the woman that was standing there in front of her. Alex was in no mood for attitude from anyone. She felt bad her voice was so condescending but she had a big day ahead of her. She had to be in court at 1:00.
Alex held out her hand and said "I'm Alex". The girl extended her arm and replied "I'm sorry, bad day you know. I'm Mandy." Alex put on the best sympathetic face she could muster and said "I can imagine". The good news was she got her to talk finally. They couldn't figure out how they could possibly be related. They went through their entire family trees not one connection. Alex was pretty suspicious about this Mandy girl, she didn't seem to have a penny to her name and on the other hand, she (Alex) had it all. It was weird talking to her, they were so similar yet so different. Alex didn't want to admit it but she had seen this girl before. But she couldn't place her. She couldn't put her finger on where. Alex made it clear that she just wanted to meet her and tell her that it was best if she spoke to the detectives about what happened to her. Alex told her that she was busy and needed to leave, to prepare for court with the promise she would return as soon as she could.
Alex walked out of the hospital and took a deep breath as if she had been under water the whole time; hospitals did that to her. Especially after her father died. After that hospitals always gave her an uncomfortable feeling. Alex got inside her Mercedes and held the steering wheel for a while and looked out the windshield for what seemed like hours, but was barely minutes.
She saw herself as a teenager, about 17 watching her father's secretary's daughter. The little girl could have been what? 7 At the most. That little girl had a distinct resemblance to the woman in the hospital, Mandy. Her father must have known that they were related. Which means that this girl had to have been his daughter and now her sister. Elliot and Olivia must have known, DNA would have confirmed it! At this point Alex was fuming why hadn't anyone told her? Alex pulled out her cell phone and speed dialled #1 (Olivia Benson).
Olivia answered "Benson".
"Why didn't you tell me she was my sister?!" Alex screamed on the other line exasperatedly. Olivia needed to hold the phone away from her ear so she wouldn't blow and eardrum. "Alex listen to me, Cragen told us not to tell you, this way you made a connection with her, without knowing you were her sister, he thought it would be easier for you since you might have to defend her in court. I'm sorry I had to lie to you. Orders are orders, you know?" "Liv I got to go" Alex heard herself say before she hung up.
Alex was furious, but maybe Don was right, maybe it was better to have a professional relationship with her. At least for now.
Alex thought for a while, she couldn't got talk to her mother that would destroy her especially after her father's death. She had no one to turn to… Alex sat for another 10 minutes then glanced at the digital clock in the car. She had to be in court in 20 minutes.
Court went by smoothly, she landed another asshole in jail. Trevor put up quite a fight! Not surprisingly, he always has to prove himself. "Alex, you called me?" Trevor broke her thoughts. "Wait let me guess, you wanted to accept that dinner invitation." Alex could not believe this man she hated him! More than anything, more than fluorescent lighting! She could not say a word she was dumbfounded. "Because as it happens I'm busy on Friday but how about next Monday?" Trevor's moronic babbling clogged her ears. GOD!! He loves to talk about himself.
Alex, don't forget the plan, JEALOUSY!! The little demon on her shoulder whispered.
Alex put on the fakest smile ever, imagined…NO! Pretended her was charming and "gladly" accepted on the condition she would pick the restaurant. Trevor smiled his pompous smile and walked out of the courthouse, with a certain bounce to his step. Alex rolled her eyes, thought a little about what she had just got herself into, and then left as everyone else had.
Alex walked back to her car and had a sudden urge to call Olivia but opted to go to the office instead. She had mountains of paperwork to do anyway.
-Boring Paperwork-
Alex got into her car after about 3 hours at the office. She was proud of herself she managed to get most of her paperwork done. She needed to go see the detectives about her "sister" and her case. What really happened to her?
-4-
New York Police Department
16th Precinct, Manhattan Special Victims Unit
Thursday, January 6th, 2005
6:01 p.m.
Alex walked up the steps of the precinct, and took a deep breath. She had heard about victims before, why did she feel like this was going to be so hard?
Once she got up to the large room that smelt like brewing coffee, and kind of looked like a newspaper editing room she frantically looked for Olivia. She looked around and spotted her. "So, what's up with Mandy? This was Alex code for: Who, what, where, when, Why, and how. She wanted Olivia to give her the run-down of the case. She hadn't heard a thing since yesterday.
Olivia just looked at Alex for a while wondering what she should say. Finally Alex broke the silence "What? Tell me!" Elliot answered for Olivia "Oh nothing, I just don't think she was raped, Alex. I mean some things just don't add up. There's no evidence, honestly it seems like she just woke up one morning and took a shower then went into the kitchen and got a knife and tried to kill herself. The doctors say the wound looks self-inflicted. Maybe she just changed her mind last minute and called us. Then cried rape that way all medical expenses could be taken care of by the good taxpayers money. I mean it would help if she gave us something to work with. She won't talk to us, she keeps saying she doesn't remember."
Alex couldn't stand another second of Elliot no one cries rape. Olivia interrupted her thoughts "Listen Alex, I believe she was raped but she won't talk to us, you got to get something out of her, she spoke to you I mean at least that's a stat and a lot better than what me and El got."
Olivia kept looking at Elliot as if to say why the fuck did you do that? He knew Alex would be beyond pissed so then why did he do it? Alex doesn't spend every waking minute with Elliot. She doesn't understand that when Elliot says that a victim wasn't really raped he means that he doesn't want to believe she was raped…
Alex practically hadn't heard Olivia, she was too furious with Elliot. "Elliot tell me something, if one morning you woke up and decided to kill yourself, would you bother taking a shower? Another thing! How would you do it? BY STABING YOURSELF IN THE FUCKING STOMACH?! Huh? Is that about right? Jesus. I can't do your job too! You're the ones who investigate, find evidence, interview victims/suspects…" Olivia looked hurt at Alex's remark, she had just accused her of being a bad detective, and being a detective was her life. Elliot seemed to have caught on and said "Alex could you just find a way to compel her to talk?" Alex looked at Olivia and speaking more to her than Elliot she said, "No, you're probably right, she doesn't seem to want to talk to anyone who she doesn't know or have a "connection" to. And I guess if I told her we were sisters maybe she'll open up."
Alex felt bad, she didn't want to hurt Olivia but she was frustrated that her sister's rapist had not yet been identified. "They're letting her leave tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. we'll go pick her up." She heard Elliot say while her and Olivia were still glaring at each other.
lol I just have to say I love how Olivia is Alex's #1 speed dial. :D comment
