A/N: I know I've been gone awhile. This is just a one-shot for now.

ON MY MIND

Olivia twisted the stem of her wine glass between her fingers. She was nervous but wasn't sure why tonight was different. Spending time alone with Alex always made her wonder about her feelings, but it was usually easy enough to fight it off. Tonight was different, though, and Olivia's nervousness was beginning to show.

"You gonna drink that or just keep playing with the glass?" Alex finally said, smirking when Olivia looked up at her.

Olivia shyly looked down, smiled, then picked up her glass and took a large sip, hoping the wine would calm her nerves. She sat the glass back down and noticed Alex was still staring at her, smiling.

"What?" Olivia said, confused.

"You're nervous," Alex said, matter-of-factly.

"What? No, no, I'm not nervous," Olivia lied. "Just have things on my mind."

"That right?" Alex said.

"Yep," Olivia said, picking up her wine glass again for a quick sip.

Alex took a drink of her wine then slowly sat her glass down, moving ever-so-close to Olivia.

"Me, too," Alex said.

"What?"

"I also have things on my mind," Alex said.

"Oh," Olivia said. "Do you want to talk about anything?"

Alex shook her head. "No."

"Ok," Olivia said. She was confused but before she could say anything else, Alex moved forward and ever-so-gently pressed their lips together, kissing Olivia.

Olivia was stunned for a moment, but as Alex started to pull away, she kissed the blonde back. After a moment, Alex sat back, picked up her wine and took a drink, smiling while glancing at Olivia.

#

"Liv?"

Olivia sat twisting her bourbon glass. She snapped out of her memories when she heard Barba's voice.

"What's on your mind?" he asked.

"Nothing. Just a long week," she lied and looked over his shoulder one last time at the blonde attorney in the corner with what Olivia presumed were colleagues.

Barba gave her a confused look. It really hadn't been that hard of a week, compared to some of their recent weeks. Of course, he knew she was also dealing with the appearance of Sheila, Noah's grandmother, so he didn't question it.

"You getting out of here soon?" he said. "I noticed some colleagues walk in several minutes ago and to be honest, I don't have the energy to deal with them tonight. I think I'm going to head home, pour me a good glass of scotch and not put on a tie all weekend."

"I'll never be used to seeing you without a suit on," Olivia said. "It suits you." She smirked at her pun.

"Ugh," Barba groaned. "You and my mother. Anyway, on that note, I'm going to take off. You coming?"

"I'm gonna finish this and head home in a few minutes," Olivia said.

Barba got up, left more cash than he needed to pay his tab and left, leaving Olivia alone with her thoughts. She was surprised at the memory of her and Alex's short-lived dalliance. She had obviously seen Alex a number of times over years, they even worked together. Olivia wasn't sure what it was about seeing Alex in the bar tonight that jogged that specific memory.

She caught herself thinking about it again, twisting her bourbon glass and wondering whether to go over and say hello. There was no reason not to, after all, she considered Alex a friend.

Ding.

Olivia rolled her eyes when she heard an incoming text message. She assumed it was work calling. Without reaching for it, she picked up her glass and polished off the little remaining bourbon. She took out some cash to add to Barba's, picked up her bag and headed out the door. If she was going to have to call work, she'd rather do it outside where it was a little quieter than the bar.

Once out the door, she reached for her phone and saw Lucy calling.

"Hello?"

"Liv, I'm not sure if you're on your way or not, and if you're not, it's fine," Lucy said. "But when you come back this way, can you bring some milk? Noah and I had a little accident tonight."

Olivia chuckled at what that accident looked like. Noah was still fairly clumsy when he tried to do everything for himself.

"Yeah, I'm sure that accident was more Noah, but I'm heading home now. I'll pick some up," Olivia said.

Olivia hung up and looked for a cab before remembering the text message.

Alex: You gonna drink that bourbon or just keep playing with the glass?

A smiled grew on Olivia's face as she read the message. Her thoughts went from confused as to why Alex was texting to her amused Alex was thinking about the same thing she was.

Olivia looked up through the window, glancing at the back of the bar. For the first time all night, the two women made eye contact. Olivia blush, though she was too far away for Alex to know that, being outside and all.

She looked down and replied to the text message.

Olivia: Guess I had a few things on my mind.

Alex: Me too.

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