Can I just say it really pisses me off how the ADA (Alex and Casey obviously because... well who else would it be) always gets blamed when the detectives don't have enough evidence for a warrant or something like that? Don't get me wrong I love them all, but it's not their fault, it's just the law!

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"Is Novak back yet?" Cragen asked as he hustled into the squad room. Fin, Munch and Elliot all looked up at him, while Olivia scoffed and rolled her eyes. Cragen shot her a puzzled glance, but ignored it.

"Yeah, cap, she's back." Fin responded.

"Someone get in touch with her and try to get that warrant," he instructed before retreating into his office.

"I'll do it," Fin volunteered immediately as he whipped out his phone. Olivia just scowled at the mention of her former best friend.

"Liv, you should talk to Casey," Elliot said gently as he pulled his chair closer to hers. She rolled her eyes at him.

"Yeah right. I'm still not talking to that bitch," she responded before standing and walking around to the other side of her desk. Elliot shrugged in defeat before he turned around and saw Fin gesturing for him to come over.

"What's up?" he asked casually once he and Fin couldn't be heard by Olivia or anyone else passing by.

"What's up with Liv?" Fin asked him.

"Casey slept with Eric," he responded with a shrug. Fin stood wide-eyed as he stared at Elliot.

"Yeah, I know. That was my reaction too. I can't believe she'd do that," he responded. Fin shook his head slowly.

"Elliot… I went to see Novak yesterday… she'll kill me for telling you this, but… she didn't exactly want to sleep with him," he told him. Elliot paused as he let the information sink in. Fin looked nervously down at his feet.

"You're saying he… he raped her?" he exclaimed. Fin nodded solemnly.

"Fin, she needs to get a rape kit done!" he added.

"Novak just got raped by Olivia's boyfriend and the first thing you say is 'she needs to get a rape kit done!?' Are you kidding?" Fin asked in disbelief.

"I'm still trying to process this information!" Elliot exclaimed defensively before sliding down to the floor and cradling his head in his hands.

"Damnit, how the hell did this happen?" he asked as Fin sat next to him.

"I don't know, but from the sound of your conversation Olivia hates Casey's guts, and Casey is too terrified to face Olivia. She blames herself completely—probably more than even Olivia blames her right now. She sees no difference in the fact that she was raped by him versus cheating with him," Fin said.

"What the hell are we supposed to do?" Elliot asked him. Fin shrugged.

"I have absolutely no idea."

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"Casey?" Elliot asked cautiously as he laid a hand gently on her shoulder. She nearly jumped out of her seat at the contact, her head colliding with Elliot's chin as he was leaning over her.

"Jesus!" he exclaimed as he brought his hand to his chin as hers immediately flew to the top of her head as she rubbed it.

"Sorry," she said softly before turning to face him. "Warrant?" she asked, not even waiting for an answer before she began to prepare for whatever he needed. He looked down at her and frowned. She had huge, puffy bags under her eyes and he could tell she hadn't been sleeping lately. She had tried to cover it up, but she hadn't done too good of a job.

"No, Case, I wanted to talk to you... how are you?" he asked.

She shrugged and softly answered with the typical "I'm fine." Elliot walked over to the other side of her desk and settled into one of the chairs facing her seat. She eyed him suspiciously.

"Is that such a weird question? You were out sick!" he exclaimed.

"I'm fine, Elliot." Casey responded flatly before turning back to her papers. Elliot sighed, debating whether or not he should bring the situation up with Casey or talk to Olivia first.

"Olivia did talk to you first… I knew that she would." he just barely heard her whisper. His eyes shot up immediately, but he didn't say anything, and instead waited to see what she would give up.

"She came storming into my apartment and just kept screaming 'you bitch' in my face," she told him quietly, never looking up from her papers. He felt as though he should be supporting Olivia no matter what it was just because of their relationship, but Casey seemed entirely too innocent As close as he was to Olivia and as much as he trusted her, he didn't trust this guy and he did trust Casey.

"I'll talk to her, Case, don't worry," he said supportively as he stood. As he did he gently placed a hand on her back, causing her to flinch once again. He pulled back, slightly shocked at her being so afraid of him. She just blushed and turned away in shame.

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"Munch, get your ass over here, we gotta talk," Fin announced as he beckoned his partner over to where he was sitting.

"Look, Odafin, I don't care if you're late, I am not the father of that baby and I refuse to pay child support," Munch quipped as he walked over to his partner, who was simply rolling his eyes at him.

"Shut up, this is serious," Fin told him. Munch shrugged as he sat in front of his partner.

"Did Liv tell you what's up with her and Novak?" he asked him.

"No way, it's like my fantasies come true!" Munch exclaimed.

"Forget this, I can't talk to you," Fin snapped.

"Fine, I'm listening. Tell me." Munch said, finally being serious,

"Liv thinks that Novak slept with Eric and she's pissed off as all hell, but yesterday Novak told me that he raped her. She's a mess."

"Damn… that is a mess. Is she okay?" he asked sincerely. "Did she get a kit?" he added. Fin rolled his eyes.

"Why is that the first thing you guys ask?" Fin exclaimed out of frustration. Munch shrugged.

"Does Liv know what Casey said?" Munch asked.

"Not as of the last time I talked to either of them. Novak is too afraid to face Liv, and Liv is just pissed off." Fin explained.

"Am I allowed to go kick this guy's ass?" Munch asked only half sarcastically.

"As much as I'd pay to see that, if anyone gets to beat the crap out of this guy it's me." Fin smirked.

"Wait, but why does Liv think that?"

"I don't know," Fin shrugged.

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"Come on, Novak, you're not hiding from her," Fin said sternly as he pulled her out of her seat. Munch, Fin and Elliot had met and decided that Olivia and Casey needed to talk and figure this out for themselves. Elliot was in charge of bringing Olivia to one of the interrogation rooms and had been smart enough not to tell her why she was coming, but Fin hadn't been that smart and had let it slip.

"Stop it!" she yelled as she pulled away and sat back down in her chair. He reached forward to grab her and she screamed and pulled away from him, curling herself into a ball and hiding her face in her knees.

"Oh god, Case, I'm so sorry, I wasn't even thinking," he said gently, cursing himself for forgetting that even though this was their hard-ass ADA that he was talking to, she was also a rape victim.

"What the hell is going on in here?" Branch bellowed as he stopped by the door and stuck his head in. Fin waved him away as he knelt down next to Casey's trembling body, and Branch just shrugged and obeyed.

"Casey, I didn't mean to scare you, please just come with me?" he begged as he remained next to her. After almost ten minutes of coaxing Casey finally nodded her head and slowly stood up, allowing Fin to help her out the door.

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"What the hell is she doing here?" Olivia snapped as Fin led Casey into the interrogation room. Casey immediately froze and went to turn around and leave before she was stopped by Fin grabbing her shoulders and turning her around to face Olivia. She kept her eyes fixated on her feet.

"Tell her," Fin instructed as he lightly nudged her into the room, closing the door behind her.

She looked around nervously as Olivia glared in her direction.

"I trusted you, Casey," she finally said. It was the first even semi-civil thing she had said to Casey since she had heard what she had done, and she knew that she hadn't really given Casey a chance to explain.

"Olivia, it's not what you think…" Casey began as she shifted uncomfortably on her feet, not moving from her spot directly in front of the door. This seemed to peak Olivia's attention.

"Enlighten me, counselor." She said sarcastically.

"He's not the guy you think he is," she said. She waited for Olivia to respond, but she seemed to have no interest in the conversation.

"He didn't take me straight home. He took me to some random house, Liv."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Olivia snapped again. Casey shut down immediately.

"Nevermind," she muttered as tears sprung to her eyes before she turned to leave.

"Case, wait," she called. Casey froze in place, but didn't turn around until Olivia instructed her to. And told her to continue

"He… he took me there. When he drove me home. I told him where to go, I swear I did, Liv! I told him exactly where to go, I told him where my apartment was!" she babbled on as more tears formed in her eyes.

"Casey, what are you trying to tell me?" Olivia asked, laying her hand on Casey's shoulder, causing her to flinch and pull away.

"He had a gun, Liv. I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have gone with him I know, I'm so sorry," she cried. Olivia sat stunned.

"I don't understand; what is going on!" she exclaimed as she threw her hands up in frustration.

"We slept together because he didn't give me a goddamn choice! Okay, do you get it now!? He had a gun; he held it the whole time. All three goddamn times as he laughed in my face! Now do you understand!? He raped me, Olivia! I would never sleep with your boyfriend, how could you think I would do that!? You came barging into my apartment screaming at me; you didn't even give me a chance to explain!" she yelled before she completely lost control as broke down into sobs, sliding to the floor.

Olivia sat in shock for a good five minutes before she could even react, leaving Casey shaking with sobs on the cement floor alone. Once she had regained her composure she cautiously made her way over to the young attorney and sat next to her. She tried to put an arm around her, but Casey just recoiled in fear once again. After making her presence and identity known Olivia finally managed to make Casey comfortable enough so that she could take her in her arms.

The two of them sat there on the floor for nearly twenty minutes, the whole time Olivia wondering how she could have been so blind to this. She had known Casey for years, and the last thing she could be described as was dishonest. She couldn't believe that she had allowed this man to turn her against her best friend when she needed her the most.

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"Olivia! Hey, I missed you today," Eric exclaimed as he opened his apartment door to find Olivia standing there, and was only greeted with the palm of her hand slapping his face.

"Casey 'seduced' you?" she yelled as she stormed inside. He stared at her in bewilderment.

"Okay, I know you're upset Liv, but we've been having this conversation for two days…" he said.

"She told me what happened! I can't believe I was stupid enough to think she would do that! I don't know if she's going to press charges, but you sure as hell better believe that we're over!" she screamed. He stared at her with a puzzled look.

"What are you talking about, Olivia?" he asked innocently.

"Oh don't play dumb, she told me everything," she snapped. He shook his head.

"Olivia, what is going on?" he tried again.

"She told me about the rape," she exclaimed, stressing the word rape as much as she could. "It's kind of ironic, you know, I spend my life catching bastards like you, and I end up dating one!"

"What the hell are you talking about, Olivia!? You're talking about a 'best friend' who sleeps with your boyfriend! You can't actually believe that!" he yelled back.

"You're an asshole." She snapped as she slapped him again before furiously storming out of the apartment.

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Okay, not a great chapter. Sorry about that… Reviews are nice:)

p.s. I'm working on my other stories; I'll probably have them both updated tomorrow:) Well, I'll try at least. If not then I will soon.