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The detective lifted her shirt before she could stop her and sees the bruises "Oh my God Casey what happened. Who did this…"

"Who did this to you…Casey Answer me!" Olivia said a little too harshly. The red head gasps, shaking. Olivia sighs "Casey, I'm sorry"

The next thing she knew she was racing out of the station to the sound of Olivia calling her name, but she didn't look back, she couldn't. She got into the car and drove to her office only calming down when she was safe in the confines of her office "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! You're so stupid Casey Geez!" she begins pacing the room. "Ok…Calm down, you can handle this, just tell her it was an accident…Like Olivia's going to believe that. She's a cop for crying out loud Casey she sees this every day… Just tell her it's none of her business, you're not filing a report. It's private it doesn't concern her"

There is a knock at the door. She tries to pull herself together "Come in" preparing herself to go head to head with the stubborn detective.

To her surprise Judge Donnelly was the one who entered her office "Oh, Liz come in"

"Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to do lunch"

"Uhm, is it ok if I pass on that?"

"Casey" the older lady looks at her closely "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine"

"You really should learn to work on your lying skills" the blonde smiles "Come on" she pats a spot on the red head's couch "Tell me what happened?"

Casey sighs "Olivia Knows"

"Ok…And how did she find out?"

"Our new case… it's about a lesbian who was in an abusive relationship. From the looks if it her partner went too far."

"And that reminded you of your current situation"

The red head nods "I had a flashback and kinda freaked out. Olivia saw the bruises"

"Well maybe that's not such a bad thing"

"Not such a bad thing, are you kidding?" she said jumping off the couch.

"Calm down Casey. Sit down, you're making a hole in the carpet for crying out loud"

"Olivia is a cop, she is a freaking cop"

"And I'm a judge Casey" she stops pacing and stood facing her.

"Yeah, but you're my friend" she continues pacing.

"And Olivia is in love with you" she says nonchalantly

The red head stops, frozen, a memory flashes

"I really like you Casey"

"Olivia…"

The brunette kissed her gently, she opened her mouth giving her access which she willingly accepts. She moaned into the kiss before pulling away "You should go Liv"

"I like when you call me that" she murmurs.

"Olivia please!" she pleads "You need to go. Now!" she could see the hurt in the brunette's eyes but she had to do it. Olivia looked so defeated as she walked out the door.

"Casey…"

"Huh?" she was brought back to the present "Olivia is not in love with me"

"Oh please Casey, even a blind person can see she loves you…And that look in your eyes a minute ago says you feel the same way about her"

"You don't know what you're talking about"

"Don't I? Casey, stop fighting it… you and Olivia belong together"

"Just let it go Liz…Charlie would kill me…Kill us"

"Then maybe you should leave. You can't spend your whole life afraid"

"I'm not afraid"

"Casey…. You're scared of her and from what I see you have every right to be and I don't scare easily"

"Liz don't start." she sighs.

"Fine you may not be scared but I'm afraid for you"

"Afraid of who?" Olivia's voice boomed from the door way.

"Detective…do you knock?" the red head says exasperated.

"Who are you scared of Case?" she doesn't answer so the brunette turns to the blonde "Liz?'

"I can't tell you that Olivia. It has to be her…I'm going to go, give you two a chance to talk"

"Liz…" the red head started only to be interrupted by the judge.

"I'll see you later Casey"

The door closes behind her, she turned around facing the detective "I brought us lunch" she holds up the bag in surrender.

The red head sighs "Ok, have a seat"

They ate lunch in awkward silence "We have to talk about this Casey"

"No we don't"

"Casey…" she says pleadingly

"Let it go Olivia" she gets up "I'm not one of your victims"

"I never said you were" the brunette stands up.

"But you're acting like it. Just leave it alone please"

The detective moves closer "I can't. I care too much about you Case…"

"Olivia…"

"Just tell me his name and I promise, I'll make him pay for this"

"I can't…" she shakes her head looking at the floor.

"Hey, look at me" She feels her chin being tilted upwards as she finds herself looking in to coffee brown eyes. "You're so beautiful"

"Liv…"

"I love you calling me that"

"I know…" before she even realizes their lips come together, for a minute she forgets everything except how good it feels to be kissing Olivia, it was nothing compared to Charlie. Oh my god Charlie! She gently pulls away "We can't…"

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that"

"It's ok Liv really"

The detective sighs as they sit down "I really wish you would tell me who is hurting you"

The red head sits down beside her "Why is this so important?"

"Cause he's hurting you Case…"

"I like when you call me that" she smiles.

The brunette returns the gesture "He's hurting you. And I care too much about you to just stand by and watch. Just tell me who he is and I'll make sure he never hurts you again"

"Charlie…her name is Charlie"

"Her?"

Now the red head smiles wider "I've kissed you twice now Olivia…Do straight women go around doing that?

"First of all…I kissed you Case… And I figured you just liked me"

"Oh really, been propositioned by a lot of straight women huh?" the red head teases.

"As a matter of fact I have" she quirked.

"Shut up" she says smacking her shoulder gently

"So…Tell me about her?"

"Charlotte and I got together when I started Harvard. She was the third girlfriend I had and the one I lost my virginity to. She was two years ahead of me, kinda showed me around. I thought she was a sweetheart and one thing led to another as they say" she smiles

"When did she become abusive?" the detective asks gently.

Her smile disappears "About one year into our relationship"

"What triggered it?"

She shrugs "She started failing and I was doing well" she sighs "She had a really bad exam result one day and I came home excited cause I got a really good report. I didn't know she had failed, I just wanted to tell my girlfriend about how great I did"

"Charlie, I can't believe it I aced Cornwall's exams, I'm one of the lucky few to pass it this year. We should go out to dinner or something to celebrate" she was blabbering without even realizing "Babe?" she finally stops looking behind her to see her girlfriend sitting on the couch. Are you listening to me?"

"Not everything is about you Caaaasey"

"I didn't say it was… Are you drunk?" she asks seeing the empty wine bottle among numerous beers.

"And what if I am? Are you my mother?"

"Ok… do you want to tell me about it?"

"Well Casey, not all of us is the perfect poster child" she says taking another drink

"Ok, you're obviously drunk…how about you go lay down while I make us dinner" she says taking the bottle.

"What do you think you're doing?" she says getting angry.

"You've obviously had too much Char… go lie down while I clean this up" the red head pleads.

"Don't tell me what to do, you're not my mother"

"No but I am your girlfriend"

"You know you're not so perfect Casey. Now why don't you just shut up and give me back my beer"

"You're an awful drunk Charlotte"

"Shut up Casey" she glares at her but Casey doesn't back down.

"What do you think? You can just drink your problems away" she tries to reason with her girlfriend.

"I am warning you"

"Seriously Char. You don't like something in your life why don't you just change it"

"I said shut up" before she knew it, she was slapped across the face. So surprised she didn't even react "Oh my God Casey I'm sorry"

"She did the usual, 'I'm sorry' 'I didn't mean it' and 'it won't happen again' act and I fell for it" she laughs sadly.

"When was the next time she hit you?"

"About a month after… her mom died, she got angry. Then after that, the night before my graduation cause she believed I was gloating and I called her a bitch"

"Well she sounds like bitch"

Surprisingly the red head found herself laughing, the brunette smiles before getting serious again "Why don't you leave her?"

"I can't"

"Why not?"

"Just let it go Liv Please?"

"I can't Casey… I'm in love with you" the room becomes engulfed in silence.

"I don't deserve you" she murmurs.

The brunette lifts her face till they are eye to eye "You're right" the red head tries to lower her gaze again but Olivia stops her "You deserve much better than me… but I'll do my best to deserve you" she kisses her gently. As they are about to deepened the kiss, there is a knock at the door.

She quickly composes herself "Who is it?"

"It's me" Charlie!