Couple of days later…

Olivia woke up and went to take a shower. It was so long ago that she had a boyfriend that it seemed everything she did was automatic. Everything was the same every morning. Even if she could get a boyfriend, she always intimidated all of them and it ended worse then it started.

She grabbed her badge and threw it in her purse and went to her car that she finally got to work.

Casey got to work and was somewhat sad that she didn't have any male company. Sure there were the male detectives and lawyers that she saw everyday but she wanted a release. Just sex would even do. She wanted the boyfriend closeness she was lacking since she joined SVU.

She heard a knock on her door. "Come in"

"Hi my little pumpkin" Josh came in her office with a file.

"What's up?"

"What's his name wants you to look over this," He said putting the file on her desk.

"Thanks Josh" Casey said rolling her eyes.

"I'll give you a massage to make up for my stupidity," He said smiling as he went behind her and started to message her shoulders softly.

"Stop. I don't want a massage in my office" Casey protested even do she was getting turned on by his gentleness.

"I have nothing to do. I just won my case," He said as he opened the file in front of her and kept massaging her as he read the file over her.

Casey rolled her eyes and tried to hide the small smile on her lips. She read the file also "That's not a bad deal what do you think?"

"Oh please. You take that deal and your falling for it. Just threaten to add more charges and they will up the sentence." Josh said as he placed his chin on her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her neck softly in a friendly embrace and focused on the file.

Casey needed to remind herself to breath since she was melting with his touch and the smell of his cologne. "Josh" She whispered.

"Casey" He whispered mockingly.

"You're a little too close" She whispered looking at him. It wasn't that she was uncomfortable with him; it was that she wanted to kiss him so badly that if he didn't move away she would do it.

"Sorry" He let go of her and moved away. "I have to go" He headed for the door but Branch came in at the same time.

"Just the man I need" Branch put a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey Arthur" Josh said smiling.

"Casey, Josh is going to be your co-council."

"What?" Casey asked somewhat loudly.

"Well don't look so happy" Josh said throwing up his hands in the air.

"We need to up the win and lose ratio for SVU so he will work with you for a while." Branch said and left the office.

"Oh I'm working with my Casey now" Josh said with a grin as he sat across her. "Update me"

"We only have one case open," Casey said as she pulled out a file and gave it to him.

"Cool. Oh hey are you going to that party for Bradley's son?"

"I don't know" Casey answered.

"C'mon there will be booze," Josh teased smiling.

"I might make an appearance"

"An appearance? Since when do we talk rich?"

"Shut up" She said smirking as she wrote something down. Josh laughed and looked over the file.

After a while both headed to the SVU precinct.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Morning Detective" Josh yelled out as he saw Olivia pull up in her car in front of the precinct.

Olivia turned the car off and came out of it "Morning"

Josh closed her door for her.

"Thanks"

"Not a problem"

"So what brings you here?" Olivia asked as they started walking to the building.

"What I need an excuse to be around this beautiful building full of criminals and sexy cops?" Josh teased smiling.

"Well if you didn't make up an excuse then you're just dumb" Olivia teased smirking.

"Ouch" Josh placed his hand on his heart "You know how to hurt a guys ego"

"Just a little bit."

"What if I just came to talk?"

"About what?" Olivia asked smiling.

"Well" He thought for a second "Lets talk about sex since this is sex crimes."

Olivia chuckled "We don't talk about sex"

"Is that a weird policy or something?"

"My policy" She answered.

"Really? Well then lets talk about kissing. Are you allowed to talk about that Olivia?" He asked smiling as they stopped in front of the precinct.

She looked at him for a second "Depends" She walked up the steps.

"You like to play hard to get don't you?" He called after her.

She stopped and turned around with a small smile "Yes" She winked at him and went in the precinct.

Josh grinned and followed her.

Olivia walked in and Casey was there talking to the guys by the coffee pot.

"So you have a new co-counsel?" Elliot asked as he poured himself coffee.

"Branch keeps sending him to every ADA to raise the win and lose ratio and now its my turn" Casey answered rolling her eyes.

"What is he some kind of arrogant lawyer?" Fin asked.

"As much as you Tutuola" They heard someone behind them. All turned around and spotted Josh standing there.

"Bridges I had a feeling it was your cocky ass" Fin said with a smile as he walked over and shook hands with him.

"You know each other?" Casey asked raising an eyebrow.

"He was the Narcotics ADA for a while" Fin explained, "Now SVU, damn boy you get around"

Josh just shrugged "So did I miss any gossip about me?"

"Nothing that we want you to know" Olivia answered smirking. Josh looked over at her and smiled.

"John Munch this is Josh Bridges one of the best lawyers I know, Josh this is John Munch my partner" Fin introduced.

"One of the best cops he knows" John added as he put his hand out. "Nice to meet you man"

"You too" Josh said shaking hands with him.

"This is my partner Elliot Stabler" Olivia introduced.

Josh shook hands with him "Nice to meet you"

Elliot nodded and shook hands with him "You too"

Cragen came out of his office and spotted the new face in the group "Josh Bridges?"

"Yes sir" He answered.

Cragen just nodded since Branch told him about it already. "John and Fin go interrogate the perp with Novak or Bridges"

Casey and Josh looked at each other and rolled their eyes. They brought out their hands and started playing Paper, Scissors or Rock.

Josh got Rock and Casey got Scissors. Casey rolled her eyes and went to the interrogation room with John and Fin.

Josh smiled and poured himself coffee. Elliot went to sit down at his desk as Olivia stood near Josh since she found him very intriguing.

"What's that all about?" Olivia asked smirking.

"It's how we solve our problems" Josh answered smiling "What's with your partner?"

"What do you mean?" Olivia asked raising an eyebrow.

"I'm sort of getting the 'I'm going to kick your ass' vibe from him"

Olivia chuckled "He is just protective, no big deal"

"Protective of you? Cause I heard a rumor…" He leaned in closer to her "That means he has a crush on you" he whispered.

"No it doesn't, it means he is a gentlemen. Why is everything always about sex with you?"

He smiled "Me? You're the one that brought it up but I don't mind talking about it"

"Are you working or flirting with me?" Olivia asked smiling.

"Flirting is work with you detective" He said in a low voice "I'm not playing hard to get so when you feel like kissing me you're welcome to do so" He said with a wink and walked away from her.

Olivia started to blush extremely and just watched him walk to the interrogation room.

She grinned thinking he had to be the sexiest man she seen in a while. She sat down at her desk and pulled out a file.

"You and Bridges?" Elliot asked.

Olivia looked up "What?"

"Oh c'mon you could cut the sexual attraction with a knife"

"We're just friends" Olivia answered. "You know I don't date the men I work with"

Elliot nodded "With the exception of Cassidy"

"What? That was a long time ago and I wasn't dating him." Olivia defended.

Elliot nodded and went back to work. Olivia rolled her eyes and went back to work.

After a while the two detectives and lawyers came back to the squad room.

"I love this kid" Fin said with a smirk and patted Josh on the shoulder.

Elliot and Olivia looked up and saw Josh with a huge grin, Fin smiling, John smirking and Casey looking mad.

"I swear you pull that crap again and I'm going straight to-" she started angrily pointing a finger at Josh.

"Are you hungry?" Josh interrupted.

"I'm serious that wasn't funny"

"I thought it was" John added.

"Me too" Fin added.

"Threatening a suspect is not funny!" Casey yelled.

"Can we have lunch and you can yell at me then?" He asked.

All the detectives watched on amusingly.

"Can you stop thinking about yourself for a second!" She yelled.

"C'mon my treat and as we eat you can yell at me sweetheart" Josh said as he put his arm around her shoulders "See you later" He said waving at the detectives and walked Casey out.

"Why is he her co-counsel he seems less experienced?" Elliot asked

"For his age he is extremely smart, since his father is a judge he spent all his life around trials. One of his best qualities is that all defense lawyers hate him and he hasn't lost a case…well never" Fin answered.

"Really?" Olivia asked looking at him.

Fin nodded "His win ratio is 37 to 0 that I know of but I'm pretty sure he has won other cases"

"So he is Branch's secret weapon" John said smiling.

"Pretty much" Fin answered smirking as he pulled out a file "And he is damn fun to hang out with, he seems like a cocky son of a bitch but he is really cool"

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Later that night Olivia got ready for the party that a lot of lawyers were going to since it was Judge Bradley's son that was going to college.

Normally she wouldn't go to these types of things but Nick Richards, a burglary ADA, asked her out and she accepted since she figured it couldn't hurt to finally go on a date.

She looked in the mirror at her strapless pink dress that was a little above her knees. She nodded at herself and put lipstick on.

She heard a knock on her door. She smiled and went to answer it.

"Hi" Nick said smiling. He was taller then her and had light blue eyes and his hair was nicely combed. He was younger then her by at least 3 years.

"Hey" Olivia said with a smile as she grabbed her small purse in her hand and walked out. She locked her door behind her and headed out with Nick by her.

Casey got ready and even though she wasn't really looking forward to going to a party without a date she knew she might as well have some fun.

She heard a knock on her door and knew she wasn't expecting anyone. She went to the door and opened it.

"Hi pudding" Josh said smiling and handed her a red rose. He was dressed in a nice tux and his hair was spiky.

Casey smiled and took the rose "What are you doing here?"

"Well I heard that its not nice for girls to show up alone so I thought I be your escort" He answered. "Are you ready?" He asked looking at her baby blue dress and nicely done hair and makeup.

"Yea" Casey answered as she put the rose down and grabbed her purse and locked her door.

Olivia got to the party holding Nick's arm as they entered. She had to admit that Nick was cute but he didn't seem to know how to keep a conversation unlike Josh who she could have talked to for hours.

"So Olivia do you like being a cop?" He asked as they got a drink.

"Yea" Olivia answered as she took her drink "You like being a lawyer?"

He smiled "Yea"

Olivia nodded and took a deep breath and looked around the crowded house looking for a familiar face. Nothing. She looked over at Nick and both smiled politely at each other and neither said a word.

Josh opened the door for Casey and gave her a hand to help her out.

"Who knew Josh Bridges was such a gentlemen," Casey teased as she took his hand and stepped out of his Mercedes.

"I'm a gentlemen thank you very much" Josh said smiling as she took his arm and they walked to Bradley's house.

Josh opened the door for her and both stepped into the crowded party that was slowly starting to lose control.

Most of the older people went home and the formal music started to become rap and it was blasting and college and high school kids were everywhere.

"So this is how Judge Bradley parties," Josh whispered to Casey. Casey laughed as both walked over to the bar.

Casey lightly squeezed his arm to get his attention. He looked over at her. Casey pointed to Olivia and Nick who were sitting and sipping on beer and somewhat talking.

"Lets go save her" Josh said as he led Casey over to Olivia.

Olivia looked up and her face brightened up seeing Josh and Casey.

"Hey guys" She said smiling "This is Nick Richards, Nick this is Casey and Josh"

"Nice to meet you" Nick said holding out his hand.

"You too" Josh said shaking hands with him. Casey smiled and shook hands with him as well.

"Casey?" Someone asked behind them.

Casey turned around and smiled at Petrovsky's son "Hey Paul"

"Want to go get a drink?" Paul asked smiling.

Casey looked over at Josh "Oh…um"

"Go" Josh said with a wink and playfully nudged Casey toward Paul.

Casey grinned and waved at Olivia and Josh "Bye" She took Paul's hand and walked with him to the bar.

"I'm going to go talk to…someone" Josh said awkwardly not wanting to disrupt Olivia's date.

Nick and Olivia nodded as he walked away.

Olivia looked over at Nick and smiled at his blue eyes "This party is not so formal as I thought it would be"

"It's fun right?" He asked as he put his arm around her bare shoulders.

Olivia instantly got uncomfortable "Um…Nick"

"What's wrong?" He asked as he moved a little closer to her.

"I'll be right back" She said and quickly got up and walked away. She took a deep breath and shook her head.

She went over to Josh since he was the only one she recognized. "Hey"

Josh turned around "Hey"

"Can I hang out with you for a couple of minutes?"

"Well Casey left me all alone and I was about to go search for girls but of course you can hang out with me" Josh answered smiling. "What's up with Dick?"

Olivia chuckled "Nick" She corrected, "Nick is…somewhat forward"

"Nick right" Josh smirked "Nick is a Dick"

Olivia laughed, "You're such a guy"

"Why? Cause all men can rhyme?"

"No cause you call another men a dick" She answered

Josh laughed and shrugged. "Can you excuse me for one second please?"

"Sure" Olivia answered with a nod.

"Thanks" He walked away and went to another girl.

Olivia turned around to look at Nick but he wasn't where they were sitting before. She looked around and spotted him with a woman up against a wall and making out.

She let out a deep breath and put her beer bottle down and walked out of the house being extremely frustrated.

She walked down the pier that was behind the house and sat down and looked at the ocean. She wrapped her arms around herself as the wind picked up. Even when she had a date it went horrible.

She felt something cover her around her shoulders. She looked up and spotted Josh putting his blazer around her.

He sat down next to her and put a beer bottle in front of her and took a sip of his own beer.

"You ok?" He asked as he kept looking at the ocean.

"It was the first date so yea I guess" She answered as she traced over the tip of her bottle. "I'm just getting sick of it"

"Sick of what?" He asked looking at her.

"Of men. Why are you people always jerks or always intimidated by me? It's not like I'm going to arrest you if you don't put the toilet seat down!"

Josh started to laugh, "I'm not intimidated by you and I think I'm not a jerk"

"You have only one night stands you are a jerk," She said rudely.

Josh's smile faded "Oh" He put his beer bottle down "Sorry" He got up "See you at work"

"Josh I'm sorry, that was totally out of line" Olivia quickly apologized and wanted to smack herself for taking out her anger at him.

"It's fine, you're right I'm a jerk."

She grabbed his hand "I'm sorry" She looked up at him "Sit with me please?"

Josh looked at her and then the ocean. He sat down next to her and kept looking at the ocean as she let go of his hand.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to take out my anger at you," She said sincerely.

He nodded "You know I'm not as much of a jerk as you think"

"I know"

"I have a good reason for only having one night stands"

"Sex?" Olivia asked smiling.

He shook his head and didn't look at her "Beginning of college I asked my high school sweetheart to marry me. I dated her from 8th grade all through high school and when I asked her she said no. I sort of took it hard and never since actually had a girlfriend cause I'm not going to trust anyone else with my heart, so its easier to have no strings attached with anyone"

Olivia kept quiet and totally regretted that she questioned what he did with his life.

"I never told anyone that before so I would appreciate it if we kept this between us" He said quietly.

"Of course" She said with a nod. "And you're not a jerk, your ex is a jerk"

He smirked a little "Thanks"

Olivia lay down on the pier and looked at the stars "This so pretty"

Josh looked at her "Yea, very pretty"

She looked over at him and saw that he was looking at her. She smiled and started to blush extremely.

Josh smiled and lay down next to her and looked up at the stars. "Why are you so upset being it was a first date?"

"I don't want to say"

"Oh c'mon, please? I told you my sad story"

"It's embarrassing" Olivia whined with a smile.

"Please?" He pouted looking over at her.

"I haven't had sex in almost…a year. Shut up"

Josh burst out laughing, "That is embarrassing"

Olivia punched him in the shoulder "Stop laughing and if you tell anyone I will tell about your story"

"Deal" He agreed as he contained his laughter.

"When was the last time you had sex?"

"This morning" He answered smiling.

"Lucky" Olivia mumbled smiling.

He laughed and sat up. "I'll have sex with you if you want"

"Cause that isn't forward at all" She teased.

"I'm just offering," he said smiling with a shrug.

"Drive me home please, that would be enough of your services tonight"

Josh nodded and got up. He took her hand and pulled her up. They got in the house and spotted Casey still talking to Paul.

"She has a ride," Josh said smiling and led Olivia out.

"That's your car?" Olivia asked looking at the silver Mercedes.

"Yup"

"Nice car"

He opened the door for her "Thanks"

He drove her home and walked her up to her apartment.

"Thanks for the ride home" She said as she pulled out her keys out.

"See this feels like a real date" Josh said smiling.

"Yes it does, thank you," Olivia said with a small smile. She gave him a small kiss on the cheek "See you tomorrow"

He nodded "Goodnight" he whispered softly.

"Goodnight" Olivia whispered as she went into her apartment and closed the door. She leaned on her door and closed her eyes trying so hard to keep her rule of not being intimate with the people she worked with but it seemed that it was getting harder the more she got to know Josh.