Monday morning. It is a seemingly normal, almost uneventful day. The Manhattan Special Victims Unit had steadily walked in coffee in tow, ready to take on the city's worst offenders. At precisely 8:00 A.M., Chief Dodds strolls out of the elevator with a young woman to his left.
"Woah. Who is that?" Carisi says, practically gawking at the woman.
Rollins nudges him in the ribs as a way to poke fun, but he is right. She is a tall, slender woman, 5'7 at the most. She had medium length, dark brown hair, milky white skin, and piercing blue eyes. Olivia walks out of her office, holding her glasses and phone. She greets Dodds and the young woman and extends her hand.
"Chief, always great to see you. You must be Elizabeth, my new detective. I've heard great things about you."
The woman shakes Olivia's hand firmly.
"Beth. Thank you for having me as one of your detectives. I look forward to working with you."
"You're in good hands, Lieutenant. Detective Suarez is good police." Dodds says, as Beth smiles politely.
"Well let me introduce you to the rest of the squad and get you started." Olivia said.
Olivia and Beth walk over to join the rest of the squad.
"Guys, I'd like to introduce you to our newest Detective, Beth Suarez. Beth I'd like to introduce you to Detectives Fin Tutuola, Amanda Rollins, and Sonny Carisi."
Beth shakes each of their hands, smiling politely.
"I have heard many great things about each of you from Lieutenant Benson, and look forward to working with such a great team." Beth says.
All of a sudden, Liv's phone rings, and she excuses herself for a moment. She sighs and returns to her group of detectives.
"There's been a rape in Central Park. Vic is 23 years old, named Maria Garcia. She apparently doesn't speak much English. Carisi, take Suarez and go to Mercy General and take the victim's statement. Fin, Rollins, go to the crime scene, and see what ESU turns up. Barba's supposed to be dropping off some paperwork soon, but I'll join you two once that finishes up."
"You got it Lieu."
Carisi and Suarez grab their coats and walk out the door. Beth looks down at her phone for a moment, when all of a sudden she runs into a guy and knocks all the files out of his hand. She bends down to help him.
"Shit. I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going."
She looks up and looks into the hazel eyes of the man she had run into. He was dressed to the nines, had tanned skin, and was incredibly handsome.
"Uhh, no worries, I wasn't paying attention either. Are you new here?"
The man she had run into happened to be ADA Rafael Barba, and he was mesmerized with her. He was pulled in with her piercing blue eyes. She was gorgeous in his eyes.
"Yeah, today's my first day. Detective Beth Suarez." Beth said, looking at Barba.
"Well, looks like we'll be spending a lot of time together then, Beth. ADA Rafael Barba."
"I look forward to it. I should probably get going. Sonny's probably looking for me. We're supposed to be going to a crime scene at Central Park. 23 year old rape victim, and it appears she doesn't speak much English."
"Why don't I come along with you? Hablo español." Barba said to her.
"Oh you don't have to. I know Lieutenant Benson is expecting you. Besides, entiendo el español." Beth said, walking away.
Rafael Barba knew at that very second, that he wanted to get to know the new Detective.