Ok I am sorry for the delayed in the update for this story. Doing two stories at once and been very busy. Give this story a chance it's starting off slow trying to build up to their relationship. I would also like to say thank you to all those who reviewed in chapter one so on with the story.

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Chapter 2

That Saturday morning Olivia was walking towards the baseball field with two coffees in hand as she was walking towards the field she was thinking about the night before. Olivia couldn't believe how comfortable she was in talking to Bayard. The only other people she felt that comfortable in talking to were Alex and it was Elliot before he left. But even with them she really didn't open up that much, yet with Bayard she could talk to him forever. Was she starting to like him, she already considered him as a friend, but was she starting to see him as something more than a friend? Could she really date a defense attorney? Before Olivia could think any further on the subject she heard someone call her name. She looked to see Bayard walking towards her, "Hey Bayard," Olivia said walking a little faster. "Sorry I'm late. I stopped to grab some coffee." Olivia said handing Bayard a cup.

Bayard smiled at Olivia. He was glad that she showed up when she did because Jessica was starting to bug him about asking Olivia out on a date. "Thanks, and it's not a problem, we're just getting here ourselves." Bayard said taking a sip of the hot liquid, enjoying the taste. "I was just about to tell the girls the good news."

"Hey Olivia," Jessica said coming up to stand next to her father. "So dad what's the good news you wanted to tell us?" Jessica asked as the rest of the team gathered around.

"Yeah coach, what's the good news?" Lisa also asked.

Bayard look at Olivia, he really did like the casual look on Olivia he thought. He gave her a big smile, "Last night Olivia and I talked and we decided that she would join the team as a second coach." Bayard said seeing the excitement on the girl's faces.

Olivia laughed at the excitement from the girls especially Jessica and Lisa. "Now don't get to excited yet, I will have to make sure my work schedule can fit around coaching also, so we're doing a trail run first."

Jessica hugged Olivia, "This is so awesome, I'm so glad that your part of the team." Jessica said really happy that Olivia would be helping her dad coach. Between Olivia and her dad, they definitely had a chance to go all the way.

Everybody else hugged Olivia telling her how excited they were that she was joining the team also.

"Well we should start practicing because the team that we're going against today had been undefeated so far. They are good." Jessica said ready to get practicing as soon as possible, she was determine to beat this team because they have yet to win a game against them.

"You mean they are very good. Just like Jessica this is one team that I am determined to beat." Lisa said with a firm determination in her voice.

Olivia nodded, base on what Lisa and Jessica were saying this team must be extremely good. "Ok, what specifically are they good at, their batting or their pitching?" Olivia asked trying to get a total feel of what she was dealing with and what they need to work on.

"They are actually really good at both. Their pitching is excellent and their battling is just as good if not better. Their pitchers are off the charts." Meghan the pitcher said

Olivia nodded taking a minute to think about how she was going to approach this. "Ok, I would like to work with the pitchers, Meghan, Lisa, Kelly, and Amy." Olivia said knowing her strength was pitching, she turned to Bayard, "Can you work with the rest of the team on their batting?" Olivia asked, realizing that she just made a decision without consulting him first.

Bayard could tell what Olivia was thinking just by the way she was looking at him, "It's ok I like the idea," Bayard said smiling at Olivia letting her know it was ok. "Come on girls let's go practice." Bayard said turning around heading toward the home base.

The team practiced for an hour and a half before the game started. Their hard work once again paid off, they won the game 5-3. Lisa and Jessica were the stars of the game, Jessica getting a homerun bringing in 3 runs and Lisa striking out all the batters that she pitched to.

"I can't believe we finally beat them. Thanks Olivia, because of your help we were able to win today." Lisa said with a big grin on her face.

Olivia returned her smile, "Thanks, but I can't take all the credit, Bayard help too." Olivia said looking at him. Olivia was happy also her first day as a coach with the team and they won.

Bayard shook his head, "I have to say Olivia it was the pitching today that gave us the win. The pitching today was excellent, it kept them from scoring." Bayard said knowing that if it wasn't for the amazing pitching today they would have lost.

Olivia laughed, "Let's split it, because of everybody working together we won the game, agreed." Olivia said looking at everyone, everybody cheered in agreement. "Ok then let's go celebrate with pizza and I'll treat you all to ice cream." Olivia said gaining cheers again.

They all headed to their pizza place to celebrate their win. Afterwards they went for ice cream. Once everyone had their fill, they all headed home. Bayard drove Olivia home again. All the way there they drove in a comfortable silence. They pulled up in front of her building.

"Thanks for the lift home Bayard." Olivia said taking her seatbelt off.

Bayard wished he could make the day last longer, he loved having Olivia around, "It's really no problem Olivia." Bayard said smiling. He has never smiled so much in two days, it could only be Olivia and his daughter that could make that happen.

Olivia was really starting to love that smile of his, "I'm glad I went for a walk in the park yesterday because you and the team really made my weekend. Can't wait until next weekend, hopefully no new case comes that will keep me from attending the game."

Bayard also hoped a case didn't prevent Olivia from coaching next weekend. "Oh yeah we have a two hour practice this Wednesday at four, if you could make it, it not just like Friday and today we have practice before the game also." Bayard said remembering about their practice on Wednesday.

Olivia nodded she wasn't sure if she'll make it to the practice on Wednesday but she'll try her best to make it. "Well I guess I'll see you Wednesday hopefully." Olivia said opening the door, "Good night Bayard."

"Olivia." Bayard said putting a gentle hand on her shoulder stopping her from getting out of the car. It was now or never for him. He knew if he didn't ask now, he would never gain enough courage to do so again. "Would you like to go out to dinner sometime?" Bayard asked giving her a smile.

Olivia was shocked; she didn't know what to say. She was still trying to figure out exactly what she felt towards Bayard. Yet what was the harm in just giving it a shot, it was just dinner. But he was a defense attorney and she was a detective. Before she could think any further, Bayard interrupted her.

"Look Olivia I know I may have surprise you with my invitation. I've been thinking about it for some time now, especially since the last case we worked on together a month ago. I know a defense attorney and a detective are not the ideal couple, I just don't want to regret anything, and I want to take a chance." Bayard paused for a minute, "Take a day to think it over Olivia. I won't take it personally if you decline my invitation, promise." Bayard said, yet hoping that Olivia would take that risk with him and accept his dinner offer.

Olivia gave him a small smile, "Ok I'll think it over and let you know either Monday or Tuesday. Thanks again for the lift; I'll talk to you later." Olivia said getting out of the car.

"Goodnight Olivia," Bayard said. He watched her walk into her building, he stayed there until he could not see her anymore, then he drove off.

That night Olivia could not sleep, she kept thinking about Bayard asking her out to dinner. She didn't know what she wanted to do. Did she really want to go out to dinner with him, to date him? One thing she did know was that the squad would not like the idea of her dating a defense attorney. At the same time they went home to someone while she went home to no one. What would she do?

Olivia was finally able to fall asleep, thinking about Bayard, and the idea of them two dating.

The next morning Olivia was woken up by a knock at her door, she was wondering what time it was, when she looked at the clock and saw it was 12pm. She sat straight up in shock that she slept in so long. She got out of bed and went to answer the door. When she opened the door she saw her best friend Alex standing there.

Alex let out a sigh of relief, "Thank God," Alex said hugging her friend, surprising Olivia in the process. When Alex pulled back she saw the confused look on her friends face. Alex laughed, "I thought something happened to you. I went to the precinct they said you had the weekend off and haven't heard from you since Thursday. I called your phone this morning and you didn't answer so I got worried and came here to check on you to make sure everything was ok.

Olivia laughed also, "Well I'm sorry if I made you worry. I was asleep, I must didn't hear my phone go off." Olivia said as they both sat down on the couch.

"Well I have today off and when I found out that you did too I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today?" Alex said.

"That's sounds good to me, just let me get dress and we can head out." Olivia said receiving a nod from Alex. Olivia went to her room to get dress. After showering and getting dress Olivia came out hearing the TV on, "Alex I'm all set to go." Olivia said grabbing her purse.

Alex stood up turning the TV off, "Good because I'm starving, let's grab breakfast at a café first." Alex said grabbing her purse following Olivia out of the apartment.

It was nice out so they walked a couple blocks down to the café to have coffee and breakfast. They soon arrived and were seated at a table. They ordered their coffee and breakfast.

Alex looked at Olivia, "So what have you been busy doing during your time off. You can't stay away from work for a day without you going crazy." Alex asked

Olivia waited until the waitress set down their coffee and breakfast, "Well I started coaching a soft ball team with Bayard Ellis this past Friday." Olivia started off, laughing at the look on her friend face.

"Bayard Ellis…the defense attorney that beat me both times when I went up against him… that Bayard Ellis?" Alex asked shocked. Olivia never befriends any defense attorney. The only time Alex ever seen Olivia befriend a defense attorney was Miranda Pond.

Olivia nodded slowly as she drunk her latte. "Yup, that Bayard Ellis, he asked me Friday after I help out before the game that day, I decided to be his co-coach in a sense. I had fun coaching Friday with him so I figure what's the harm." Olivia said as she thought about how much fun she had the past couple of days.

"Well he made a great choice because I know how good you are at softball. Let me know when the next game is so that I can come and cheer you guys on." Alex said taking a bite out of her English muffin breakfast sandwich. "Ok tell me, have you been out on any good dates lately?" Alex asked

Olivia looked down at her latte, "Um… no, not really." Olivia paused, "But I was asked out on a date yesterday." Olivia said deciding she could use her best friend's advice in deciding what she should do about Bayard.

Alex gave Olivia a big smile, "And…" Alex said trying to get more information out of her friend.

"And I don't know if I should go out with him. I mean he is a great guy, a wonderful father to his daughter, I love his smile, he would understand if I had to cancel a date on him because of a case, and…" Olivia said not really sure how to word her next statement.

Alex sighed, boy was her friend blind, "Olivia base on what you have told me this guy sounds great, he's prefect for you, what's the problem." Alex said knowing there was a reason why her friend would not accept a dinner date with a guy like this.

It was Olivia's turn to sigh, Alex was right, Ellis was a great guy, she just wish he wasn't a defense attorney. If they did become serious what would the squad think? Would they give him a chance? Olivia was pulled out of her thought by Alex.

"Olivia…what's the problem with the guy, he sounds great, he could be the one, so once again what's the problem?" Alex asked trying to figure out what could be wrong with this guy.

"It's Bayard Ellis…that's the problem." Olivia said finally.

Alex once again sat there in shock for a minute she wasn't expecting that, "Ok," Alex said finally, "A detective and defense attorney dating each other would be a problem." Alex paused for a minute taking a sip of her latte, "I say you should give it a try. So what if he's a defense attorney." Alex said

Olivia gave Alex a smile, "I've been thinking about calling him to accept, but…"

"But nothing, take a chance Olivia, who knows he could be as they say it your knight and shining armor." Alex said grabbing Olivia's phone off the table, scrolling through her contacts finding Ellis number, she then pressed the call button, and then handed the phone to Olivia who had a nervous look on her face.

Olivia took the phone and put it to her ear in time to hear Bayard say 'Hello', Olivia took a deep breath, "Hey Bayard its Olivia, how are you doing today?" Olivia asked trying to start a conversation hoping to relax her nerves.

Even though he knew she couldn't see him he smiled, "I'm doing great, just preparing for court tomorrow and how is your day going so far?" Bayard asked

Olivia was smiling also, she wondered when he started to affect her like this, "I'm doing good, just hanging out with a friend of mine's." Olivia said

"So is this a call to confirm our dinner date tomorrow?" Bayard said hoping she would say yes to his dinner invitation, yet understanding if she said no, even though it would hurt.

Olivia gave a little laugh, "Actually yes, I wanted to let you know I will accept you dinner invitation." Olivia said smiling from ear to ear. Feeling excited about her date with him already.

Bayard was smiling from ear to ear also, "Great, what about 7:30 tomorrow evening, wear something nice." Bayard said already knowing where he would take her.

"Sounds great, as long as no new case comes in, I'll be ready." Olivia said getting even more excited.

"Good, I'll give you a call tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow, bye Olivia." Bayard said still smiling. Thinking his daughter would be thrilled when she finds out about his date with Olivia.

"Ok see you later, bye Bayard." Olivia said hanging up. She look up to see Alex looking at her, "What?" Olivia asked still smiling.

"I have never seen you smile so big like you did and still are when you were talking to Ellis. You really like him don't you?" Alex asked. She was glad now that she made Olivia call him because she could see that Olivia really did like him, maybe he was the one, only time would tell. Alex saw Olivia blushing, "Yup, you are totally liking Ellis right now." Alex said setting some money on the table for their food and latte's. "Let's go, we need to go shopping and to the spa." Alex said.

Alex and Olivia left going about their daily activities for their day out. Throughout their whole day Olivia was thinking about her date tomorrow with Bayard, she could not wait, she was glad Alex forced her to call him, she was excited about tomorrow's date.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter, up next Olivia and Bayard goes out on a date, the squad become suspicious on who Olivia is dating. I love to read your reviews so please review and let me know if I should continue.