So Serena makes a brief appearance in this chapter and she will come up again later. Sorry I don't speak French so whatever French words in this chapter I got from a translator. Kind of a short chapter but I think a necessary one. Once again I don't own, happy reading.

Expecting to hear the buzzing of the alarm Olivia was rather surprised to turn over and see the clock on the night stand read 11am. As she made her way into the kitchen she saw a note taped to the front door. A smile spread across Olivia's face as she read the note.

Liv

I was going to wake you up, but you looked so peaceful sleeping, plus I kind of liked watching you sleep. I'll call after court.

-Alex

Even though it was her day off, Olivia still had a million things to do, so after putting the note that Alex had left in her back pocket she got dressed and left the apartment, making sure to lock the door. On her way back to her own apartment Olivia stopped off at the florist three blocks from her apartment in the hopes of getting an arrangement to thank Alex for her hospitality.

After a rather stressful morning in court, Alex returned to her office hoping that she would have time to get lunch before she was due back in court. As she rounded the corner to her office her assistant stopped her to give her messages, "Here are your phone messages, nothing dire, your mother called asked that you call her back", Alex rolled her eyes at the mention of her mother, "there is a few work related messages that I patched through to your voicemail, here are the case docs for the Henderson case and you got a package delivery about a hour ago. Someone must think very highly of you Alexandra." Completely confused by what the woman meant, Alex walked into her office and when she finally looked up and say a stunning bouquet of two dozen long stem pink roses accented with a dozen yellow tulips. Once Alex caught her breath she walked over to the beautiful arrangement and eventually found the card nestled in the center. She picked up the card and the envelope read, 'I hope someone in your office speaks French.' Alex proceeded to open the envelope and soon realized she was going to need help figuring out what the note said in English

Je toujours serai là de vous protéger des dangers de portes ouvertes.. Par le conseiller de façon, vous devriez savoir, vous parlez dans votre sommeil.

Aimer toujours,

Liv

As she was trying to read the card for the third time, trying desperately to remember her three years of French class from high school, Alex was interrupted by a knock at her door.

"Enter"

"Jesus Christ Alex it's just me you can drop the formal greeting."

"Sorry Serena, I was trying to figure out this….." before she could finish her sentence, Alex was interrupted by Serna shrieking and running over to the flowers.

"Damn Alex, who sent you these and more importantly what did you do to earn them? Does someone have a secret admirer? Wait don't tell me the fierce Alexandra Cabot has gotten herself a girlfriend." Barely whispering the last word Serena got up and closed the door, hoping that privacy would coax her best friend to spill who sent the flowers.

"You think you're so smart, no their not from a girlfriend, their just from a friend, who happens to be a woman and who apparently knows French."

"What are you talking about?"

"The card is written entirely in French…hey you took French in college didn't you, you thought the professor who taught it was hot."

Serena's checks got slightly flushed, but she couldn't wipe the smug smile she had off her face, "Well it's not like I didn't earn that A and don't pretend that the professor wasn't smoking hot, she wore miniskirts on Fridays. Whatever, to answer your question yes I did take French so hand over the card."

Jerking her hand just out of Serena's reach Alex used her other arm to keep her friend at a distance, "if I show you this card you have to promise me that you won't give me a hard time about who it's from or what it says."

"Well that just cruel, what else am I supposed to do. My brilliance come at a price Cabot, what's in it for me?"

"The satisfaction of helping your best friend."

"And?"

"Lunch is on me ok, just please tell me what it says."

Alex handed the card to Serena and after reading through that smug grin crept back onto her face and she started to laugh.

"What is so funny? What does it say?"

"I will always be there to protect you from the dangers of unlocked doors. By the way councilor, you should know, you talk in your sleep. Love always, Liv."

Alex's face was flushed and red and she soon realized what Olivia meant when she said that she talks in her sleep. Did she hear me tell her that I love her?

"So, Alex what gives, you really expect me to believe that these flowers are just to say thank you, the card said that you talk in your sleep, which you do, but only someone who was sleeping with you could know that. And am I to assume that 'Liv' is the same badass SVU detective Olivia Benson that your have been pinning for ever since you saw her."

"Serena, get your mind out of the gutter, yes they are from Olivia, but it isn't what you think. She's been having a really hard time with things and she came over to my apartment to talk about them and things got intense so I told her to stay the night and she slept in my bed, end of story."

"Funny, if I remember you have a perfectly comfortable guest room that she could have slept in. But then of course being in two beds does make sex more difficult…ouch, did you just throw your shoe at me."

"Yes and I have another one here so cool it, nothing happened, she was scared and so I held her and we fell asleep. I'm sure the flowers are just to say thank you for letting her crash at my place."

"Fine you believe whatever you want, but I will tell you this much. I don't know what you said last night in your sleep, but something tells me that she feels the same way about you."

"What makes you say that/"

"The flowers Alex. I mean sure they are beautiful, but all flowers mean something different."

"Oh really, well please enlighten me, what do pink roses and yellow tulips mean?"

"Don't get smart, knowing what flowers mean is important, it makes it easier to flirt with women, the right kind of flower with the right kind of message is the key to any woman heart and it appears Detective Benson has found your "key". Anyway, pink roses mean friendship and yel…."

"See friendship, perfectly innocent. Let's go get lunch."

"Hold your horses, princess, I'm not done. Yes, pink roses mean friendship, but yellow tulips mean hopelessly in love."

Alex couldn't believe it. Maybe Liv doesn't know what the flowers mean, but weather she does or not, they mean something to me.

I'm open to some suggestions on where to take this next because before I have them being in love and dating and all that great stuff I need to build them up. So ideas for the next chapter would be great. My idea would be to have them go out, talk about things and maybe they run into and old girlfriend….of Olivia's! Let me know what you think….and as a side note I really did look up what those flowers mean so hope it helps.