Ok, I was originally going in a different direction then this, but this popped into my head and wouldn't leave, I hope you all enjoy this and I wont be able to post for about 2 weeks, I'm off to Sydney in a few days, if i can update before I go I will but if not never fear I will be back :)

Casey was sitting on the couch in her office, a box of chines take out in her hand, Olivia sat next to her, also eating a box of take out
"So have you talked to Ilsa lately ?" Olivia asked around a mouth full of food.
Casey slowly chewed what was in her mouth "Yeah, I saw her the other day, she was acting kid of odd…"

"Ilsa is always odd why was this time any different?"
"I don't know she just seemed out of it, came into the office to talk to me then after I told her she just left"

Olivia mumbled "Why'd she come to see you?"
Casey shrugged "I don't know"
"Did it have something to do with the date you asked her out on?"

Casey chocked on a piece of food in her mouth, quickly trying to wash it down with some water "What?" she rasped out.
Olivia laughed at the ADA "Ilsa is surprisingly open about things she's on medication, the pills they have her on send her loopy, I went to see her after she had taken one and she spilled it"

"Oh god" Casey groaned

"Hey don't worry about it, she also said how much she likes you…"
"She likes me?" Casey asked
"I knew that would get your attention" Olivia said giving Casey's shoulder a nudge. "She was rambling so I don't know how much she meant but she was saying how smart and pretty you are and how she really wanted to take you out but you don't seem to want to anymore…"

Casey sighed and let her head drop to the back of the couch "It's not that I don't want to I just…"
"You've gone out on dates before right, with guys?"
The young redhead looked at the detective with a raised eyebrow, like that was a given answer.

"Ok Stupid question, well going out with Ilsa will be just like that" Olivia said with a smile
"I hope not" Casey said "The last few guys I went out with her jerks"
Olivia let out a groan "Ok so Ilsa won't be a jerk, but you'll have fun, she's really nice when you get past all the brooding, insulting sometimes weird hyper butchyness"

"You've gotten past all of that?"
Olivia nodded "I've known Ilsa a long time, and she's got her reasons for being like she is"
"What reasons?"

Olivia placed a hand on Casey's knee "I shouldn't be the one to tell you, maybe she hasn't told you because she doesn't think you're ready to know, maybe she hasn't done it because she's scared you won't stick around when you know the truth"

"I know her farther used to hurt her, are you telling me there's more that happened?"

"I promised her I wouldn't tell anyone, I won't break that promise, I know Sam broke the promise once and she almost didn't forgive him for it"

"So…what kind of date should we go on? Is there something specific I should wear? Things I shouldn't say? What's appropriate for a girl to do on a first date? What if she wants to…you know?"

"Whoa Whoa" Olivia said, rubbing a comforting circle on her friends back "Calm down, You should do something you would both like, if you choose a movie or dinner wear whatever you normally would, as for things not to say, avoid mention of her farther or her last ex and you're all set. Do whatever you would normally do after a first date, No special rules Ilsa is a person just like you"

Olivia paused for a second "And for the last question I Don't know if you've had sex before"
Casey blushed and hid her face
"But it's none of my business, and just so you know Ilsa won't want too"

"Why wouldn't she want too, whats wrong with me?" Casey asked irritably
"Nothing is wrong with you, and for all her constant flirting and sexual innuendos, Ilsa isn't the most sexually active person"

"How would you know her sexual habits?" Casey asked

"We uh…we talk a lot" Olivia answered, avoiding eye contact "Anyway, if you don't want to date her just tell her, she can take it"

"It's not that I don't, I just…kind of…"

"Didn't want anyone to know?"

Casey sighed "Yeah, that"
"Good news" Olivia said a cheeky smile "Ilsa can keep a secret and I won't tell anyone, It's just one date if you don't have fun Ilsa will understand"
"Thanks" Casey said gratefully. They silently returned to eating, when Casey's cell phone started to ring, she picked and it and saw she had a new message, she opened it and read it.

Olivia was stuffing her face when she mumbled "Who was it?" trying not to spit any food.
"It's Ilsa, she sent a message telling me to dress nice tonight, she'll be coming by later…"

Olivia smiled "Looks like you don't have to worry about planning the date"

***
Casey finished work and made her way home, she read over the text message over and over again, she didn't know how to reply and she had no idea what Ilsa had planned, she was more than a little nervous. On the way home she contemplated whether or not to go through with, change and wait for Ilsa to show up. If Ilsa even would show up, maybe this was all just some weird game to her 'no Ilsa wouldn't do that'.

When she came home she put the key in the lock and listened as it opened with a satisfying click, pushing the door open she shut it behind her and pulled her shoes off, taking of her jacket she draped it over a chair as she made her way to the bathroom, If she was going on this date she was going to have a nice long shower first. She let out a sigh of relief as the warm water rushed over her skin, picking up a bottle of shampoo she squeezed some into her hand and lathered it into her hair. She kept thinking about what Ilsa had planned, would be a normal date, some dinner maybe a movie, or would it be something completely outrages.

She got out of the shower, drying her hair and wrapping a warm towel around her body she walked into her bedroom trying to decide on an outfit to where 'she said dress nice' she moved around some clothes, throwing some on her bed and leaving the rest in the closet. She looked over the pile on the bed, sighing as she looked over the clothes. After debating over her outfit for too long, she settled nice black dress.

There was a knock on the door as she was finishing getting ready, she walked over and opened the door, she gave a small smile when she saw Ilsa on the other side.
"Hi" Casey said, she was a little uneasy when Ilsa didn't answer her right away.
Ilsa was trying hard not to, but she could take her eyes off Casey "uh…" she croaked out "You look amazing"
Casey blushed "Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself" Ilsa was wearing a nice blouse and a pair of slacks.

"OH right" Ilsa said and pulled out a bouquet of flower from behind her back "For you"
Casey took the flowers and inhaled deeply "There beautiful, thank you"
"So you ready?" Ilsa asked
"Yeah where are we going?"
Ilsa grabbed Casey's hand and led her out the door "It's a surprise"

***
Casey was pleasantly surprised when the taxi they were in pulled up outside a very nice looking restaurant.
"Wow" she said as the car came to a stop
Ilsa opened the door and reached out her hand for the younger woman to take "Glad you approve"
"it's just I was expecting-"
"Something far more extreme?"
"Well, you all ways stuck me as an extreme kind of person"

"Well it was either this or I take you extreme bungy jumping" Ilsa said walking arm in arm with Casey into the restaurant
"Bungy jumping is already pretty extreme how can you make it more extreme?" she asked
Ilsa gave her a charming smile "You jump without the rope"
Casey started to chuckle as she and Ilsa were led to the table.

They were sat down at the table, they were seated in a corner, the table had a candle in the middle, there weren't a lot of others people so it was overly crowded, it was simple and romantic too. They were given a menu to look over; Casey murmured something as she read over the menu, looking at the items
"Huh?" Ilsa asked
"I was just saying wow, nice choice in restaurant"

"It better be nice, Sam recommended it"
"He knows about the date?"
"No" The detective shook her head "He knows about 'a' date, I didn't tell him who"
"So um, what should we get to drink?" Casey asked
"You can have whatever you want, I'll stick to water"
"Water? You sure?"

"Yeah" Ilsa nodded "If I have to take a pill later I don't want to mix it, the pills send me loopy already"
"Yeah I remember you coming into my office the other day, I thought something was off"
Ilsa picked up her glass of water "Yeah…my 'medication' did that to me" she quickly took a drink to hide this sly smile "And I also apologising for bursting into your office like that"
"It's ok Ilsa, you were very entertaining"
Ilsa laughed "Glad I could provide some comical distraction for you"

The waiter came by and asked them for their orders, after taking their orders he took the menus and left.
"No offence Ilsa but you just have surgery and came out of the hospital how can you afford this?"
Ilsa smiled "My hospital bills are all paid for" she replied
Casey looked a little shocked, she knew that having surgery for getting shot couldn't be cheap "How? You got s secret stash of money I don't know about"
Ilsa shook her head "Sam paid for it all"
"Sam, really?"
The Australian nodded "He's incredibly wealthy, he and his whole family and his parents heard what happened to me and they all decided to pay for it, I tried to tell them not to"

"Wow they must love you"
Ilsa smiled "I'm the daughter they never had".
It went quiet after that between the two women, the clatter of silverware and convocation in the background the only noise they could here.

"Are you nervous?' Ilsa asked not looking up at the ADA
"What?" Casey asked not sure if she heard right, in truth yes she was still nervous.
"Cause I am" The detective admitted
"Really?" Casey looked surprised, Ilsa seemed so confident about the date
Ilsa smiled bashfully "Yeah, I haven't quite been able to figure out why someone as smart and beautiful as you would want to ask me out…"
Casey reached out her hand and lightly touched Ilsa's "You don't think you're smart or beautiful?"
Ilsa shook her head not wanting to look at Casey right now, a slight squeeze to her hand made Ilsa look up.
"I think you are" Casey said sincerely cause Ilsa to blush.

The waiter came with their meal and they ate in relative silence, talking every now and then about things that popped into their head.
"That was great" Casey said placing her knife and fork together on her face.
Ilsa was finishing her last bite and just smiled at the other woman, wiping her mouth "Do you want any dessert?"
"Oh no after that I think I'd bust if I ate anymore, but thank you"

Ilsa went to pay for the bill but Casey stopped her "I'll pay half, it's only fair"
Ilsa pushed her hand away "That's sweet but it's ok really I don't mind"
"I asked you out" Casey said, trying to make her point.
"I set up the date"

"Touché" Casey said eyes Ilsa carefully.

"Hey look a distraction" Ilsa said pointing off into a random direction, Casey turned her head and look, while distracted Ilsa took the time to pay.
When the ADA turned back Ilsa had a grin on her face "You're not funny"
"But you like me anyway"

As the two women left the restaurant they smiled at each other "I had a great night" Casey said
"What do you mean?" Ilsa asked "Tonight isn't over yet"
"What else could you have planned"

"Follow me" Ilsa said with a huge smile on her face, grabbing Casey's hand and walking with her.
"OK where are we going?" Casey asked after a few minutes, she stopped when she saw what was in front of them "Ilsa is that-" she let the sentence hang
"Your chariot awaits" Ilsa said with a dramatic bow.

"A carriage ride? Ilsa how did you manage this" she asked taking her seat
Ilsa plopped down next to her, her usual charming smile "I have my ways"
Casey couldn't quite believe it, no one had taken her on a ride like this on a date before, she couldn't remember the last time someone had gone through so much trouble for her without wanting something in return. Enjoying the ride Casey leaned closer to Ilsa and rested her head on her shoulder.

Ilsa looked down and beamed, Casey seemed to be having a good time, Ilsa didn't think she'd ever gone through so much for one person, but she was happy to do it now. She was still slightly nervous but that may have had something to do with Casey leaning on her.
There was a rhythmic knocking noise as the carriage continued it's journey, and the loud clap as the hooves of the horse hit the ground.

Casey lifted her head as the carriage started to slow "what's going on?"
Ilsa smiled "as much as I like this ride, It's a beautiful night, how about a walk?"
Casey nodded and Ilsa help het from the carriage, Casey saw they were near a park and smiled 'how much did she plan this?'

"So how much effort did you put into this date?" Casey asked as they walked across the grass
Ilsa gulped "Enough"
Casey stopped her in her track and held onto her arm "Ilsa, you didn't need to do all this for me, really…"
"I know" Ilsa admitted look down at the grass beneath her feet "But I wanted too…"
Casey wanted to say something else, but the look on Ilsa's face stopped her "Come on" she said tugging on the older woman's arm

Casey looked over at Ilsa and saw the woman was looking up "Something on your mind?"
Ilsa looked back and smiled sheepishly "I like walking at night sometimes…its quiet, but I miss being able to see all the stars"
"You like the stars?"
Ilsa nodded "I used to watch them all the time back home, I used to think they looked so beautiful"
"Used to?"
Ilsa smiled and looked at Casey "I found something even more beautiful" she said quietly
Casey blushed "Has anyone ever told you, you're strangely sweet?"

"No" Ilsa admitted "But I like it"
"Well" Casey said stopping them from walking and standing face to face with Ilsa "You are very, truly, strangely sweet"
Ilsa and Casey looked into each others eyes, Ilsa's heart started to beat faster against her chest and Casey licked her lips, both slowly leaning closer to the other, their lips almost touching when a loud clap of thunder rolled though the sky and rain started to fall heavily on them.

"Ah" Casey yelled, she was soaked through in minutes.
Ilsa just laughed and grabbed her hand, running with her as quickly as they could. Ilsa managed to get a cab and told the cabbie to take them back to her apartment.
"Was that part of your plan?" Casey asked somewhat wanting to smile and frown at the situation.
Ilsa chuckled and shook her head "No it wasn't part of my plan"

They pulled up out the front of Ilsa's apartment building and they both got out, walking to her door, Ilsa fished out her keys and smiled and the soaking wet ADA
"I had a great night Ilsa" Casey said leaning closer, gently brushing her lips against the detectives.
Ilsa let out a small gasp and smiled when Casey pulled back "Would you like to come inside?"
Casey raised an eyebrow at her friend.
"I uh mean to dry off, maybe get into some dry clothes" she stuttered
Casey smiled "Sure…"

OK end of the chapter like I said i will try to update before i got but if not it will be done when I get back, hope you enjoyed please read and Review :)