A/N: Hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Things start to get intense in this one. Think you guys can handle it? Happy readings!
To say that things have become extremely awkward for Alex would be a complete and total understatement and she hates every bit of it.
Ever since that one day in her office, Casey has literally spoken a total of two words to her; that being 'Morning.' And 'Night.' Don't get it confused, Alex tries to make conversation with her, but Casey always brushes her off or simply flat out ignores her.
Alex has gone over it in her head several times on several occasions and concludes that she deserves everything that she's getting from Casey. She knows that she practically stomped on the woman's heart, even if it was in the act of trying to protect her.
But then she thinks of how that act of protection has cost her the one person she's deeply cared about since…well probably ever. It was obviously for the better, but the pain that it brings is almost killing Alex…again.
"Are you doing alright? You haven't said much over the past week." Olivia asks as she stands in Alex's doorway watching the blonde scribble angrily on her legal pad. Alex shakes her head and nearly drivers her pen through her desk with the force she's writing with.
"No I'm not, but I'm sure if I lie and say that I am people will stop asking. What are you doing here?" Alex asks curtly, not intending for her tone to be as biting as it is.
Olivia winces at the blonde's harsh words. "Geez…I'm only here because a couple of our uniforms had to talk with Casey about a case that she's handling. Just making sure they got well acquainted with our ADAs."
Alex sits down her pen and relaxes into her chair a bit. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to snap. I'm not doing so well lately."
"Well I can see that…Casey told me what happened…she kind of asked me if I could punch you in the face but I told her I'd rather not…"
'I'd really like to see you try.' Alex thinks as she smirks and shakes her head. "I can understand why she's upset. I feel really about hurting her…I keep trying to apologies but she simply blows me off. I realize she's mad but the least she could do is hear me out…"
"Give her time…she's still really hurting over the fact that you said all that you said after you kissed her and everything." Olivia explains trailing of as she glances at the floor.
Alex frowns and snaps her favorite pen in her grip. "She kissed me."
"But you didn't stop her…" Olivia adds on with raised eyebrows.
Alex sighs and drops her head on her desk in pure defeat because she knows the detective is right. "Why is everything so complicated…" she groans aloud. Olivia is about to say something when she is cut off by Alex's head shooting off her desk and her eyes seem to darken in concentration.
"Alex? You alright?" Olivia asked with her voice her voice full of concern. She watches Alex frowns deeply and quickly begins pacing her office mumbling to herself.
Alex however momentarily forgets that Olivia is even in the room as her enhanced sense of smell kicks in. She sniffs once more, deeply inhaling the smell that she recognizes perfectly. She's positive that Olivia could sense it because of her mortal senses, but Alex knows that smell anywhere. A similar smell that she hasn't come across probably in a couple hundred years.
"Liv how long ago did you get here with the uniforms?" Alex asks quickly.
Olivia looks at the ceiling thinking of an estimated number. "I don't know…probably ten, fifteen minutes ago. Why, is something wrong?"
Alex purses her lips tightly as she grits her teeth tightly together. "No…nothing;s wrong." She says with clenched fists.
Suddenly Abbie appears in the doorway knocking Olivia down at her entrance.
"ALEX IT SMELLS LIKE DOGS!" She shouts out of shock and realization. It is then that she notices the detective on the floor giving her a look of irritation. "Oops…sorry Liv…" she says offering Olivia her hand.
"Yeah…it's fine…what do you mean it smells like dog? I don't smell anything." Olivia questions as she begins to sniff the air harshly.
Alex rolls her eyes at Olivia's mortal senses as Abbie shrugs nervously for mentioning it without realizing that Olivia was in the room.
"No really I can't-GYAAAAH!" Olivia shouts as she's knocked to the floor once again but this time by Serena hastily entering the room.
"Ouch…" Olivia groans from her spot on the floor wondering how in the hell that she can get knocked to the floor by two stick figured lawyers. Not to mention that arm wresting contest that she lost to Serena not that long ago. The detective simply deems the contest rigged and an act of sheer voodoo.
"Oh my gosh, Olivia I'm so sorry!" Serena gasps as Alex and Abbie try and fail miserably to mask their laughter.
Olivia picks herself up off the floor once more and dusts her clothing begrudgingly. "Yeah don't worry about it. It's my life's dream to be viciously knocked to the floor against my will…"
Serena grins nervously. "Sorry…anyway, I came to ask about that weird smell…" she says turning her attention back to Alex.
"I know…I think I may have an idea of where it's coming from." The elder blonde responds taking note of how Olivia is looking between them confused.
"I don't smell anything!" Olivia shouts throwing her arms in the air, feeling more than excluded from the group.
Alex waves her off. "You aren't supposed to. It's uh…lawyer code…" she explains dumbly.
'Horrible explanation Cabot…' Abbie thinks as her expression voices her thoughts as well.
'That was really bad…' Serena adds in knowing that Alex is listening.
Alex shrugs her shoulders thoroughly proud of herself for at least coming up with something. Thankfully either Olivia buys the story or she just doesn't care enough to go into detail.
"Right…well…anyway…I think I'm going to check on…stuff…maybe check out the new light fixtures in the bathroom…" The detective says awkwardly backing out of the room.
Alex makes sure that Olivia is a good distance away before she pokes her head out of her office as she sniffs the air once more.
"This cannot be happening…" she says as she quickly steps out of the room with her friends following her. She knows exactly what the smell is coming from and she knows exactly where that 'what' is.
Alex stops just outside of Casey's office and leans against the wall making sure that her presence isn't known by the now three presences she senses inside. Serena and Abbie stand behind her listening in on the conversation as well.
Meanwhile, Casey sits at her desk finishing her conversation with the two officers.
"It was really nice meeting you Officer Gaines." Casey says shaking hand's with one of the cops. She can't help but notice how warm the woman is. It's almost as if her hand shake is the exact opposite of Alex's.
"It was nice meeting you too, but you can call me Kristen." The cop smiles back, lingering just a bit on the handshake which causes Casey to blush just little.
"Well…um…great. I guess I'll see you around here then…" Casey mutters hating that even the softest touches can get her to blush, especially when it's by a very attractive woman.
Kristen smiles broadly showing off her perfectly whitened teeth. "Definitely…unless I could see you elsewhere other than here. Maybe we could go out and have a drink one evening…maybe tomorrow evening?"
Casey's blush deepens and she struggles to find her words for a moment. She fumbles nervously for a pen on her desk and she shakily scribbles something down on the back of her card before she hands it back to the cop.
"Um here's my number if y-you want to um…give me a call." She stutters nearly melting under Kristen's gaze.
"I just might do that Counselor." Kristen smiles once more at noticing how she got the redhead to blush. She nods her head at her partner who tells Casey goodbye as they both prepare to leave.
Outside the door Alex finds herself soon face to face with the cop with shoulder length nearly platinum blonde hair that's pulled into a tight ponytail. Kristen nearly rivals Alex in height but can almost definitely match her in strength.
The two women stand analyzing each other with out words, both putting pieces together in their minds while Abbie glares hard at Kristen's nearly snarling partner. It is then that Olivia graces the situation with her presences.
"Well I see you two have met…" She says taking note of the stare off between the two blondes. "Alex this is Officer Kristen Gaines and her partner Stacie Mitchell."
Kristen extends her hand towards Alex, who simply ignores the gesture. She glances at Stacie whose breathing is becoming labored. Alex knows for a fact that the slightly shorter black haired woman is at a major struggle with herself. She knows historically that their kind has been known to shift when in the presence of vampires and the very last thing they all need is for a gigantic wolf to phase in the middle of the DA's office.
'I know you can hear me leech. Haven't exactly seen many of you lately, for a second there I thought you all were extinct…' Kristen thinks purposely knowing that Alex can read her mind.
"I could say the same…" Alex mutters aloud in response. She can't explain enough how much she hates wolf shifters. They're arrogant, ignorant, power hungry beings that think they own everything…but then again, the same thing could be said about vampires.
"So…um…I think we should just go." Olivia says awkwardly injecting herself into the tense situation. She swears that the tension is so thick that she could slice it with a knife and she can't understand why. Another reason for her to feel left out. Is it like 'Exclude Olivia Day'?!
"Yes…we should." Stacie speaks up for the first time tugging on Kristen's arm. Olivia bids them good day before she departs with the two uniforms that are reluctant to turn their backs to the attorneys.
Once their gone Serena turns her head and looks at Abbie and Alex expectantly for an explanation. Abbie opens her mouth to respond when Alex shakes her head silently telling her to save it for later.
Just then Casey exits her office. "Hey Abbie, hey Serena." She greets two out of the three of the women purposely giving Alex the frozen shoulder.
Abbie and Serena wave awkwardly before turning back to Alex who wants to bash her own head into the wall. She can't remember time in her life where she's ever fucked up this badly. Not to mention it's truly embarrassing for Abbie and Serena to have to witness.
'Life…death…what ever this is really sucks right now…'
"Wolf shifters?" Serena asks back at which Alex and Abbie nod their heads in confirmation. "You mean like werewolves?"
"They aren't exactly werewolves. The moon has absolutely no effect on when or where they can phase. Typically they phase when in the presence of a vampire, but obviously those two have learned how to control it more than others." Alex asks, ruefully recalling Kristen's flirting and offer to go out with Casey.
"So long story short, they hate us, we hate them." Abbie explains simply, choosing not to address Alex's obvious jealousy.
Serena is silent for a moment before she decides to ask another question. "Once again, we're talking about wolves right…like…big wolves?"
"Yes like big wolves…which is why I don't want that thing any where near Casey." Alex mumbles darkly.
"Are you sure that's the only reason…" Serena asks quietly. "We see the way you still look at her. And I can't imagine how much her just brushing you off hurts…"
Alex sighs and folds her arms and lets her head rest against the wall. "It does hurt…a lot. But I guess I deserve it because I hurt her. I shouldn't have expected her to act any other way."
Abbie thinks for a moment before she speaks. "…please don't tell me you plan on following her around if she starts dating that Kristen chick…"
Alex's complete silence gives the other two women their answers, crystal clear as day.
Late that Evening
Casey has decided that she wanted to go for a late evening walk just so she could have time to clear her head on some things.
She can't express enough how she's still hurting because of Alex just blatantly rejecting her as she did; especially after returning the kiss. Casey knows that she is the one that kissed the blonde first but if Alex didn't feel anything, she wouldn't have kissed her back right?
Ever since that day, Casey has made it her priority not to say anything to Alex unless it is completely and totally work related. Part of her says it's because she wants Alex to hurt as bad as she does while another part of her is simply doing it because of rejection.
Then there's Kristen, whom Casey had only met earlier. Casey could Kristen's instant attraction for her simply by looking into the other woman's piercing green eyes. An attraction that she found herself flattered by but slightly guiltily returning. Or maybe it's just her heartbreak, she doesn't know. But she does know that she will definitely go out with Kristen, mainly because it'll help her forget about Alex.
She rounds a corner to cut through an ally slightly unaware of her surroundings. She soon finds herself roughly thrown against a wall with both of her hands pinned on either side of her. She tries to scream but her attacker presses his body against hers and covers her mouth with his hand.
"Now what's a pretty lady like you doing out on the streets all alone at this time a night?" He asks mockingly, his breath feeling hot against Casey's face. he moves her head to the side and begins biting not so gently up and down her neck causing her muffled scream to go almost unheard.
He pins her hands behind her and his free hand that isn't covering her mouth begins the slide menacingly under her shirt. "You have soft skin too. I like that in a woman. I'm definitely going to show you a good time."
His hand has just moved to undo his pants when he feels himself roughly yanked away from the frightened woman he has pinned against the wall. He then finds his face being smashed roughly smashed into said wall and the impact breaks his nose instantly causing blood to gush freely and openly.
Casey's eyes widen and she watches petrified as the man pitifully tries to defend himself against Alex's onslaught. She winces when she sees blood coating the man's face from being smashed against the rough brick.
The man's pleas fall upon deaf ears as Alex fully smells the scent of his blood. Suddenly forgetting her vow of abstinence, she does the very thing she's sworn off decades.
Casey's eyes widen to where they almost pop out of her head and she covers her mouth with both hands when she sees Alex literally sink her teeth into her attacker's neck. She stands frozen in place as she watches she man slowly begin to stop struggling until he liein a motionless heap on the ground. It's then that she does the only thing her body, soul, and mind allows her to do; she faints.
DUN…DUN…DUUUUUN! Shit went down! Yeah! Hope you liked it. Leave a review!
