So, you guys wanted to see the date well here we go and thanks for suggesting it, I did have something else planned but I'm still working on the plot so it might be a while anyway I've got a few chapters planned out and will have them done as soon as I can, I'm posting this because it was my birthday and I was in such a good mood after the party I finished this chapter and posted it, I hope you enjoy and I'll start on the rest as soon as I wake up :) Hope you enjoy!

Ilsa let out a irritated groan "gah!, when can I leave this place!" she was bored sitting in her hospital bed, watching something on the TV she could care less about. She was healing nicely, but she still wasn't out of the hospital and she was being to go crazy, she had done everything she could, read books magazines, her son had even brought her in his Gameboy to play and she'd finished every game that came with it, the only thing she had left to do now was drive the doctors and nurses insane until they let her go.

A week, it had been a little over a week since she had been shot in the court room, the events were somewhat of a blur when she tried to remember them, she remembered dressing nicely for court, she wasn't going to do that again, a nice outfit ruined… She remembered waiting for everyone to show up, testifying, and Asael going loco and shooting at Casey. After that it was a blur until she woke up in the hospital seeing her son and Casey standing there seeming very upset.

Everyone had come to see her, Olivia and Cragen had seen her, told her she was an idiot for getting shot, Donald also warned that if it ever happened again she'd be doing paper work for the rest of her life. Fin and Munch had come past to, and she had spent a lot of time talking to Munch about conspiracies, even Elliot had come to see her and wish her well, Not to mention all of her friends who didn't work on the force.

She looked over at the stack of books she had, contemplating if she should read one of them again, she was sure by the time she got out she'd be able to memorise them. The main reason she was so anxious to get out wasn't because she had nothing to do and was bored beyond compare. It was because Casey has promised her a date, and that was a promise she didn't want the young attorney to forget.

She had been going over in her head, would she choose what they would do or would Casey? What would Casey expect from Ilsa, Did Casey even remember that she had asked her out?
oh god she needed to get out of this place.

"Does someone need a knight in shining armour?" She heard a voice call from the door

She sighed in relief when she saw her friend Sam standing at the door, her could get her out of here.
"About time you showed your face, when can I get out of here?" she demanded
Sam chuckled "When since you've asked so nicely, you can leave today just need to sign some forms and get you're meds" he said with a smile "I'll go get the doctor and then we can go ok?"

Ilsa gave him her sweetest smile "Thank you"
Sam turned to leave and find the doctor when he head an "I love you!" called from behind him.

***
"Freedom!" Ilsa called as she walked down the corridors of the hospital, A few of the nurses she had come to know over the days she'd been there, turned their heads and tried not to laugh at her.

"Ok you're all set to go, now here are some pill for the pain" her Doctor said hand her the pills, Ilsa went to object to them when Sam raised an eyebrow and she shut her mouth.
"Thank you Doctor, I'll miss you" she said with a smile

"We'll I won't miss you and please don't come back here again, I dont think I can stand another day listening to you complain"

Ilsa laughed "If you had listened to me when I said I was fine we wouldn't have had that problem"
"Goodbye Detective" The Doctor said then left the two alone.

"Ready to go home?" Sam asked
"Yeah, let's go" she answered moving quickly to the exit.

***
"So home sweet home" Sam said as he unlocked his front door and ushered Ilsa inside, She was supposed to stay with him for a few days, It wasn't so bad she thought, the got to spend the time with her son, who would be glad she was well enough to be out of the hospital. That and Sam knew if Ilsa was alone she wouldn't take her pills like she was meant to.

"So what do you want to do now?" He asked as she passed him and sat on the couch in the living room.

"I want to go out" she replied

"Out where?" he asked sceptically

Ilsa sighed "Just out, I've been couped I need to get out, spread my legs"

"You mean stretch your legs" he laughed

"Yeah that too"

Sam rubbed his chin, considering the situation

"What if I promise to be good, I need to see Don anyway"

"Ok" Sam relented "I'll take you in, but call me when you're ready to come home ok?"
"Yes sir!" she said jumping up and giving him a salute.

***
Ilsa slowly made her way to the DA's office, taking her time not to tire herself out to much, she had made a few stop on her way, after being drop off into town by her friend she took the time to take a bit of a walk, glad to be out of the hospital. Now she was making her way to Casey's office hoping to catch the attorney.

She slowly walked up to the door and knock.

"Come in" she heard from the other side and pushed the door open, Casey was looking over some folders in her desk, she hadn't looked up yet to see who had come in.

"Do you ever take a break or is it always work with you?" Ilsa asked
Casey's head shot up "Ilsa?" she asked
"Oh come on girly it hasn't been that long" she said with a smile
Casey got up and walked around the desk, looking over her friend, she looked so much better, still a little tired but the colour was back to her face, she had her same old smile and-

"You got a haircut" Casey said looking and the shortened length
"You like?" Ilsa asked running her hand through her hair, she had gotten it cut short with some layers left in it.

Casey reached up and ran her fingers though it "Yeah, Looks nice" after a moment she pulled her hand away and smiled "So you all better now?" she asked

Ilsa laughed "Not quite all better but if I stayed one more day the nurses would have killed me" she joked

"How are you feeling, really?" Casey asked in all seriousness
Ilsa sighed "Honestly, a little tired and sore but so glad to be out of the hospital"
"So when are you going to go back to work?"
Ilsa shrugged "I still need to talk to Don"

"Why didn't you see him first?"

"Because I wanted to see you" Ilsa admitted bashfully

"Oh" Casey smiled

"I was wondering, do you want to go get some coffee or something…with me…now?"

"Oh, I would love to Ilsa but I've got a meeting in a few minutes"

"Oh" Ilsa said trying not to sound to dejected "It's all good, maybe later"
"Definitely" Casey said giving her a reassuring smile.

"OK well I'll let you go so you're not late to your meeting, and I'll see you another time" Ilsa said heading for the door, she left and sighed, ok so Casey was busy now, didn't mean they weren't going to go out at some point, it was only a matter of time.

Ilsa left the building and headed towards her precinct.

She walked in a saw the other detectives sitting around talking to each other.
"I'm gone and everyone stops working?" She joked as she walked over to Olivia.
The other detective looked up from her desk and beamed a smile "Ilsa" she said standing up and giving her a gentle hug "When did you get out?"

"Earlier today, had a few stops to make before I came here"
Olivia took in the new haircut and smiled "Looks good, so how are you feeling?"
"Eh I'm doing well, I'll be back in no time"

"You promise?" Ilsa heard Fin call to her "I can't stand anymore of Johns conspiracy theories"
Ilsa laughed as Fin walked over to her "Glad to see you looking better girl"
"Thanks Fin, and I'll be sure to come back as soon as I can to save you" she smiled.

"Am I really that bad?" Munch complained as he walked up behind Fin
"Of course not Munch" Ilsa said and moved to give him a hug too "I find it a lovely change to hear you're conspiracies theories again"

Ilsa turned and saw Elliot sitting at his desk "Hey Elliot" She smiled at him
"Ilsa, glad to see you're feeling better"
"It'll take more than a bullet to take me down"

They were quiet after that until Fin spoke "So when are you coming back to work, we've been covering your ass and you look well enough to me" he joked
"I was about to go ask the captain that very question Fin, Is he in?"
"Yeah he's in" Fin said as he moved to his desk and sat down, looking over the work on his desk.

Ilsa walked over to the Captains door and rapt softly on it, turning the nob she poked her head in and spied her Captain hard at work. "Hey Don" she said as she walked through the door and shut it gently behind her.

"Ilsa" he said and moved from his desk to give her a hug, Ilsa smiled, she had been getting a lot of hugs today, she liked it. "How are you today?"
"I'm great Don, better then great I am Fan-freaking-tastic, I am so well in fact I think I could come back to work" she gave her boss and friend her winning smile.

Donald shook his head "Nice try Couri, but you were just shot, you need to take some time off, get better then you can come back"

Ilsa sighed "You're not going to budge are you?"
Captain Cragen shook his head "Nope"
She nodded in compliance "You promise I'll have a job when I'm better?"
Cragen chuckled "Get rid of one of my best Detectives just because she got a little shot up, you've got to be joking"

Ilsa laughed and nodded "Ok, I guess I'll go home then, I'll talk to you later Don"
"Ilsa…I'm glad you're ok, but if you ever do anything like that again I'll kill you myself"
"Donald you and I both know you'd have done the same thing"

"Ilsa…" he warned, but he knew she was right, he was just scared that he might have lost a good detective and a friend. "Maybe we can catch up later"
"I'd like that" she smiled "I better get going, Sam is going to pick me up soon, he's on babysit duty"
"Oh god" Don groaned "That poor boy"
Ilsa tried to pull a shocked face but couldn't keep the smile from forming on her face "I'll do my best to be as little a pain in the ass as possible I promise"

"Go home Ilsa get some rest and we'll talk later"
"Bye Donny" Ilsa said as she left his office, giving goodbyes and promises of catching up at a later date Ilsa left the precinct and waited for her friend to take her home, one day down a lot more to go. At least now she was out of the hospital and had a date to look forward to…whenever it happened.

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