A/N: No guys, I would never have Jennifer rape Casey or anything. This story is meant to be suspenseful and that would make it too angsty and depressing. Also DustyMonkey wrote that and their writing skills are far greater than my own so I could never pull it off even if I wanted to. Plus I would never take another writer's idea.
Anyway, I am putting in a large warning for you guys on this chapter. I really have an interesting plot for this story set up but to get to that plot I had to have our favorite red haired attorney make a little bit of a big mistake.
I know that you guys are touchy when it comes to Casey being with anyone other than Alex, but accidents do happen right? So in conclusion, I think you should skip this chapter if you so feel the need to. I don't want any heat coming from this, because I really don't think that would be fair and I really want you guys to give this story a chance.
Alex grumbles to herself as she exits the conference room literally an hour later. She angrily makes her way back to her office, not only completely and utterly embarrassed that Liz yelled at her and berated her, but that Liz yelled at her and berated her in front of Abbie.
She opens her door and slams it, surprising herself that she didn't break the glass with the force that she slammed it with. She starts to make her way over to her chair but instead opts for collapsing on the couch instead. It isn't even noon yet, and she's already having the day from hell.
"What…" she shouts venomously as she hears a tentative knock on her door. Liz be damned, she simply doesn't care who is at the door; she just doesn't want to deal with people.
Alex lifts her head to find her girlfriend standing nervously in the doorway holding a change of clothes on a hanger.
"I um…heard that you got wet so I…went home and brought you some clothes back. The traffic wasn't as bad so I was able to make it back pretty quickly. I just thought it was the least I could do since I…um…made you late." Casey explains softly.
Alex sighs and smiles as she beckons for Casey to enter and close the door. It's almost as if she has taken three steps into the room before Alex pulls her down on to the couch and crashes their lips together.
What was supposed to be one passionate kiss soon evolves into an impromptu make out session that consists of dueling tongues and roaming hands. A make out session that leaves both women panting and breathless when they separate.
"I love you so much you know that…" Alex whispers as she rests her head on Casey's shoulder. "I'm sorry I was so angry with you this morning. It really wasn't your fault."
Casey kisses the blonde's head and rubs soothing circles on her back. "I understand that you've been stressed a lot lately. I should have been more considerate of your time."
Alex hums contently and lets herself relax for the first time that morning. "Can you just hold me for a little while?"
"I can do that…but you should probably go change so you don't catch pneumonia in these wet clothes." Casey says scooting back and handing over the change of clothes.
Alex smirks and stands up as she begins to unbutton her shirt, slowly working the buttons out of their loops.
"Why should I go change when I could change right here?" she says seductively as she drops the wet article of clothing to the floor.
Casey feels her throat go dry at the spontaneous strip tease. She knows that this is something that they should definitely not be doing at work, but it's also something that she most definitely cannot find the words to tell Alex to stop.
"I…I suppose you could change in here." she stutters out as Alex shimmies out of her wet skirt, leaving her in only matching black lace bra and panty set and her heels. Of course, leave it to Alex to wear sexy lingerie to work.
"Do you like what you see, Counselor?" Alex questions as she teasingly settles onto Casey's lap. She wraps her arms around the redhead's neck and brings their lips together in another deep kiss.
Serena casually walks down the hall towards Alex's office for she has to alert her of the fact that Liz is looking for her…again. None of the attorneys know why, but Liz seems to be in a less than pleased mood; and its wreaking hell on all of them.
She rounds the last corner and she grasps the handle and pushes open the door, stopping frozen in her tracks at what she sees.
"Oh my god!" she shrieks as she quickly closes the door once again.
Alex quickly scrambles out of Casey's lap and begins to dress herself in the dry clothing.
"Jesus Serena, don't you know how to knock!?" she shouts as she quickly slips on her skirt and starts buttoning the shirt.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't know I needed to! This usually doesn't happen!" Serena stammers out as she tries to erase the image of her best friend in her underwear making out with her girlfriend.
"Can I come in now?" she questions skeptically receiving a sharp yeah from Alex on the other side of the door.
Slowly, Serena cracks open the door to find Alex now sitting at her desk and Casey still sitting ramrod rigid on the couch. Both of them are red as tomatoes at being walked in on.
"I…uh…Alex…Liz uh…she…um…is looking…needs…to see you…" She stutters once more, averting her eyes to the floor because she can't bring herself to look at either of her friends.
"Right…I'll…go find her." Alex says awkwardly as Serena needs no more of an invitation to close the door and nearly sprint down the hallway.
Alex turns back to Casey who is sitting stock still on the couch, staring wide eyed at the wall in front of her. It's as if she's lost in space, and part of her must shamefully admit that she resents Serena for interrupting them.
"We should…probably never do that again." Alex says as she sweeps her wet clothes of off the floor and begins to fold them neatly.
Casey swallows thickly and turns her head towards Alex. "Even if we're in a situation where I am extremely horny and we literally have not had sex in almost a month…?" She questions flatly.
Alex slightly blushes at how crude and blunt Casey tends to become when she's turned on and sexually frustrated.
She sighs, however, when she realizes that Casey is right. They really haven't been intimate, in that way, with each other in nearly a month. Things at work just seem to bombard them all at once leaving both of them either super busy, extremely exhausted, or a cryptic combination of both.
"Honey, I know…but with how work is right now, you should understand how occupied we are…" Alex states sadly.
Casey sighs and stands before she wraps her arms around her girlfriend and rests her head on her shoulder.
"I know…I just miss you. It's almost like we never spend any time together, especially intimately. Sometimes I just wonder, if we're doing okay."
Alex hums and pressures her lips to Casey's in a reassuring kiss. "We're fine baby; I promise. This weekend, I'm sure we'll find some time to spend together. But I was serious when I said we shouldn't have sex in here." she concludes jokingly when she feels Casey's hands roaming under her shirt.
"You think we've traumatized Serena long enough to last her a life time?" Casey questions humorously.
"She'll be fine. That's why they invented knocking. Now I have to go see what Liz wants before she has my head again…I'll see you later?"
Casey nods and watches as Alex hastily leaves her office in search of their fuming boss. She sighs heavily when she realizes that this means that she actually has to start working.
Jennifer stares at the tiny little blue pills for a long moment before she empties them out of the 'Friday' slot of her medication organizer. She then secretes the pills into a small plastic baggie that she quickly shoves back into the bottom drawer of her desk.
She takes several deep breathes and jumps slightly when she hears Alex speaking to her out of nowhere.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you…" Alex apologizes.
Jennifer takes another deep breath before she opens her eyes and places a smile upon her features.
"Its fine…can I help you with something?"
"Yeah, actually I was wondering if you've organized my schedule for next week."
Jennifer internally scowls as she searches her desk for the personal print out that she's made for Alex. Honestly, she can't figure out for the life of her why Alex just can't do it herself. If she can send serial rapists to prison for life, surely she can put organize her own schedule.
She slightly becomes irritated when she realizes that she's misplaced the print out and that she's going to have to go log into her laptop to reprint it.
"I'm sorry…I can't find it and I'm going to have to print it again. But I can get it to you before you leave for the day." She says, her discouraged tone deviating from her enraged feelings.
"Okay, that would be great. Also, do I have any messages?" Alex asks.
Jennifer begins rifling through the papers on her desk once more until she finds a small post it that she scribbled everything on. She quickly glances over it before handing it to Alex who glances over it as well.
"Hm…you can call Olivia back and tell her that she can just bring the file by my office, and you can pass on the message to Abbie reminding her about that email she needs to forward me. Also, I have a meeting that has been scheduled for Tuesday of next week so if you could enter that into my schedule that would be great."
Jennifer nods her head as she scribbles down everything that she needs to do. Before Alex can walk off she asks her a question.
"Hey um…actually, I was wondering if I could have a couple of days off next week…" she inquires hopefully.
The attorney raises her eyebrows as if to question her assistant's reasons for needing time off. Of course she realizes that everyone does need their time off, but to need it right now when they're in the middle of a work overload crisis?
"…okay can you tell me why? I really need you here Jen, and without you I promise that I'm not going to get anything done."
Jennifer sighs and she deflates a little in her chair. She should have know that asking for time off would be completely pointless; especially considering who her boss is.
"Right…I'm sorry." she mumbles indignantly.
Alex sighs and runs her fingers through her hair; a habit that she's had for years and years of thinking.
"How about if I give you Thursday and Friday?" she offers, feeling slightly bad for working Jennifer to hard.
"That would be great, thank you." Jennifer smiles. Her smile fades and she rolls her eyes once she's sure that Alex is gone and out of respective distance. She sighs heavily as she opens her laptop and begins plugging the new things into Alex's schedule. Everyday she swears that she's working for the devil.
Later That Evening
"Casey, I think I'm going to call a cab and head home. I'm not feeling to well." Alex says stepping into Casey's office.
Casey looks up from her laptop and notices Alex does seem a little paler than usual. She motions for the blonde to come closer and she places a hand on Alex's forehead to check her temperature.
"You feel a little warm, so you probably have a fever. I can finish this some other time and I'll take you home." She says typing out a few more things on her computer.
"No it's fine. I can just call a cab." Alex protests not wanting to drag Casey away from her work.
Casey stares at Alex for a moment before she sighs and realizes that she isn't going to win the argument with Alex.
"Fine…but when I get home I can start the dangerous quest of taking care of you. Just go home and try to get some rest alright? No work, no strenuous activities; just rest." Casey informs strictly.
Alex rolls her eyes and nods her head. "Yes mom."
Casey grins and blows her girlfriend a kiss before she turns back to finish her work as Alex smiles and rolls her eyes again before making her own departure.
Probably an hour or so later, Casey closes her laptop and rests her head in her hands from exhaustion. Now she understands exactly why she forgot to set the alarm that moment.
Her hopes of spending any time with Alex quickly deteriorate as she realizes that it's going to be a damn near impossible weekend with the blonde being sick. Casey has learned from several past occasions that a sick Alex is never a happy Alex.
She shoves her laptop in its case and quickly puts her things together in her efforts to just get out of the office for the weekend. Once in the parking garage, she quickly tosses her stuff into the backseat and lets her head rest against the steering wheel for a moment.
Soon, she pulls out of the garage, but instead of driving straight home, she makes her way to a local bar. For some reason she's in desperate need of a quick drink, and for some reason, she doesn't want to pass up that urge.
Once at the bar, one quick drink soon turns into two, which turns into four which turns into five and a very intoxicated Casey.
She stirs the straw of her drink absentmindedly thinking of anything and everything that comes to mind. In the back of her mind she knows that she should have quit four drinks ago, but something tells her that she needs to keep going.
"Casey?"
Casey turns her head at her name being called and she finds Jennifer sliding onto the barstool next to her.
"hey Jen." She slurs miserably. "What're…you doin' here?"
Jennifer raises her eyebrows, immediately alerted of Casey's intoxication.
"Well, I came here to have a drink, but I saw you and thought I'd come say hi. I see that you've um…have that all taken care of."
Casey giggles drunkenly and takes another long sip of the clear liquid in her glass. She can't remember the last time that it was that she got drunk…but then again, she can't really think straight at the moment anyway.
"Yup! I needa…needed a drunk too. But I'm not drunk though!" she announces proudly.
Jennifer chuckles and shakes her head at the obviously wasted attorney. "Does Alex know that you're here getting drunk?"
"NOPE! She's at home…probably sleepin." Casey responds at which Jennifer hums and nods her head.
"I should go though so she don't…so she don't get mad…have you see her mad? Whoo! Let me tell ya…it's like…it's like…well it's like Alex whenever she's mad." Casey slurs as she attempts to stand.
Jennifer quickly stands up and catches the stumbling lawyer who obviously can't even see straight.
"You are way to drunk to drive…and maybe you shouldn't go home and wake Alex up if she's sleeping already. You can crash at my place."
Casey who is too drunk to protest agrees, her decision making being blurred and drowned in alcohol. She slides her cell phone into her pocket, and allows Jennifer to help her out into the parking lot.
The two make it back to Jennifer's apartment and are sitting on the couch talking and laughing about the things that go on at work, their personal lives, and such. They had been talking for probably forty five minutes when Jennifer suddenly leans over and kisses Casey on the lips.
Casey's eyes widen in shock and she quickly shoves the blonde away from her. "Jennifer what the hell."
"Oh Casey, I'm sorry…it's just that I've wanted to do that for a long time. That's all." Jennifer says sadly as she absentmindedly twirls a strand of her hair around her finger.
"I-I can't do this…I have an amazingly loving girlfriend and I couldn't do this to her. I should go."
"Casey don't! You're drunk, and don't tell me you've never thought about me this way. The 'innocent' flirting between us I know isn't just 'nothing'."
Casey quickly shakes her head. "I don't…I can't just-" she begins but is cut off by Jennifer's lips on her again.
"Tell me this isn't what you want." Jennifer whispers huskily.
Casey is unable to form words as she feels Jennifer kiss her yet again. She isn't intentionally responding to the kiss, and if she was in her right mind, she most definitely wouldn't be.
It has felt like forever since she and Alex had gotten intimate with each other and the sexual tension and frustration is eating her alive. But at the same time this is wrong. It would hurt Alex if she ever found out. But she wouldn't find out.
Once again being over come by her alcohol induced mind, Casey finds herself unable to win the internal battle that she's having with her conscience.
If anyone actually read this, please don't give up on this and jump straight to conclusions on what will happen. Please give this story a chance.
