A/N: Sick kids and a hell of a trying week, but you all and your reviews are awesome! Thanks.
Opening Casey's office door without knocking Alex hesitantly enters the room. Casey is standing by the window looking out at the city street with her back to Alex. All of the blinds to the room have been drawn so no one outside the office can see in the room. Alex closes the door behind her and crosses the room to Casey. Standing behind the redhead, Alex turns Casey towards her and pulls her into her arms hugging her tightly.
Casey starts to cry into her friends shoulder. She never lets anyone see her cry, no one but Alex that is. "He said he had a huge potential client call and they want him to drive up to the Hamptons this weekend to talk about him taking over their estate matters. He apologized profusely and said he rescheduled the weekend for next weekend. I shouldn't be upset, but I just can't help it Alex."
Alex runs her fingers through Casey's red hair as she soothes, "Its okay Casey. Everything will be okay. You are allowed to be upset and hurt you were really excited about this weekend. Everything will be okay. I promise."
"How do you know everything will be okay?"
Alex holds Casey away from her and looks right into her green eyes, "I know that Casey because you are strong. You are one of the strongest women I know Casey. You will make it through this and you will figure everything out with Jason. That is how I know everything will be okay."
"Thank you Alex."
"Anytime Casey. Now, when will you be finished here?" Alex asks.
"Um, about an hour, why?"
"Because I am taking you out of town." Alex says with a big grin.
Casey smiles, "You are, are you? And where to pray tell?"
"Boston."
Casey's eyes light up at hearing the location, "B-Boston? You are taking me to Boston. Why?"
"Because I know you love Boston, and have wanted to visit for a little while now. I also know that the Red Sox are playing the Yankees Saturday and I am taking you to the game, but only if I can wear my Yankees attire. So what do you say?" Alex says with a laugh seeing just how excited Casey is becoming at the news. Just like Alex told Kim, Casey wouldn't be crying for long.
Casey starts to shake her head, "Yes I will go! And just because you are being so awesome will I allow you to wear you Yankees attire in my presence." She hugs Alex again letting out a little squeal of happiness, "Thank you Alex, thank you so much. You always know how to cheer me up."
Holding Casey close, Alex whispers, "I hate to see you sad Casey. I would do anything to see you happy. Now finish up and we will go." Breaking the hug, Alex crosses the room to the door. Turning at the door she says, "No more coffee! I don't want a four and a half hour drive turning into a six hour marathon."
Sitting happily at her desk, Casey smiles and rolls her eyes. "Haha Cabot! Well, when I sleep the whole ride don't complain!"
Later that afternoon…
"Okay, Alex, this is by far the best way ever to travel." Casey says sitting back with her coffee while looking over to Alex.
Alex smiles, "You can thank yourself for this Casey. Your comment about sleeping the whole ride made me think taking the train was the way to go. You get your coffee and billon bathroom breaks and I get to put my feet up."
"Well I thank you," Casey says taking a long sip of coffee, "So what is the plan for when we hit the city?"
Alex smiles, "You don't want a surprise?"
"No, I hate surprises and you know it. Spill, Ally." Casey says with a smirk.
"Fine, ok we are going to stay at The Liberty hotel. The game starts a 4pm, so I thought we could spend the morning hitting up some museums and exploring the city." Alex replied.
Casey smiled brightly, "You spoil me so much Alex."
"Someone has to Casey," Alex says as she takes a large sip of her tea. Looking up she notices the look on Casey's face. Clearly her last statement hit a sore spot with the redhead. "Casey, I am sorry. I didn't mean to be insensitive."
Casey shakes her head, "Don't worry about it Alex. You are right. Jason lasted what two days before he pushed me to the back burner again. I shouldn't allow him to have another chance."
"But you are going to?"
"He says the only reason he is going this weekend is because if he lands it we will be able to buy a house, and send our kids to whatever school we want. It's kind of hard to be really upset with him when he has such a valid reason." Casey replies weakly.
Alex frowns, "Casey he doesn't have to blow you off. He could have offered for you to go with him. He could have made it work out."
Casey sits quietly looking into her cup of coffee. Finally she looks up, "I don't want to talk about this anymore Alex. I just want to go to Boston and have fun with you Alex. Can we please not talk about Jason anymore?"
Alex nods, "If that is what you want Casey then yes."
"Thank you," the redhead says with a weak smile.
That evening…
"Alex, this room is unbelievable. How did you pull all of this off?" Casey says walking into the bedroom of their suite.
"I had my travel agent handle all of it. You ready to go downstairs for dinner?" Alex asks.
"Why don't we put on our pajamas and order in instead? We can watch crappy TV and get drunk!" Casey says with a smirk.
"If that's what you want to do then I am game. I told you this weekend is about cheering you up!" Alex replies kicking off her shoes and jumping on the bed.
"Fantastic!" Casey says grabbing her bag and digging out her pajamas.
Alex grabs the dinner menu to begin looking it over when she catches Casey pulling her shirt off. Quickly Alex blocks her view of her friend's gorgeous body with the menu. Silently she prays that Casey won't see the blush that is covering her face. Alex begins to think she should have gotten two rooms. Taking a breath, Alex says "I think I am going to get the lobster. What are you in the mood for?"
"Lobster sounds great. I think I will join you on that order." Casey says lying down next to Alex. The redhead looks into Alex's blue eyes, "Want me to order while you change?"
Alex feels like she can't breathe. Casey is so close to her and looks amazing, even if she is in pajamas. Not to mention, Alex has a great view right now of Casey's cleavage. Swallowing thickly, Alex nods, "Yeah that would be great."
Tossing Casey the menu Alex runs grabs her bag and runs into the bathroom. Closing the door behind her she leans against the bathroom counter and looks at herself in the mirror. What the hell is she doing? If she keeps going at this pace she is going to have Casey accidently pinned to a wall. She has to get control of her emotions before she does something stupid.
Quickly changing into her pajamas, Alex splashes cold water over her face. Taking a breath she walks back into the bedroom. Casey is on the bed looking at her phone, she doesn't look happy.
"Problem, Counselor?" Alex questions.
Casey clicks her phone off and tosses it onto the nightstand, "Yeah, Elliot sent me a text saying they picked up a potential serial rapist case. He and Liv are going to let me know if anything pans out over the weekend. If it does it looks like I will start Monday off in court."
"Oh Casey, well if you need help or someone to talk to let me know."
"Always," Casey replies with a sweet smile. "Now Alex get over here and help me pick out something to watch while we wait for dinner. Oh by the way, I ordered champagne to go along with the lobster."
"Mm, sounds great." Alex says jumping up on the bed next to Casey.
After dinner, Casey and Alex sat at the table in their room enjoying the rest of the champagne. "So let me get this straight, you walked in and said, 'I have this dream before except I was naked' to a room full of judges?" Alex questions with a laugh.
Casey smirks, "It wasn't my best moment."
"I would have paid to see it. I can't believe it took me taking you on a trip to Boston, a lobster and half a bottle of champagne to confess that story to me."
Casey gives Alex an evil look, "Okay, quid pro quo."
"Yes Hannibal?"
Leaning in close to Alex, Casey asks, "Are you drunk already?"
"Okay, okay seriously I have never said anything that crazy, ever." Alex says with a smile.
Casey throws her napkin at Alex while saying, "I hate you Cabot."
Dodging the napkin, Alex laughs, "You love me and you know it!"
"I got a great idea!"
"What's that?" Alex asks realizing they finished the champagne and moving to the mini bar.
Casey looks seriously at Alex, "We should go dancing! I love to dance and Jason hates dancing. Let's go dancing."
"I think we are already too drunk to go in public." Alex replies returning with four mini bottles of liquor. "How about we dance here instead? Then we don't have to get dressed."
"Ok, give me your phone." Casey says holding out her hand to Alex. Alex doesn't question, just passes her phone over. Casey flips through Alex's iTunes library and quickly finds a song she likes. "Okay, I am ready are you?"
Alex unscrews the top of a mini bottle and downs it's contents, "I am now."
Casey frowns, "Do you have to be drunk to dance with me Alex?"
Alex smiles, "No, I have to be drunk to dance period Casey." Standing she holds out a hand to Casey. Casey smiles up at the blonde and presses play as she takes Alex's hand and let the blonde pull her into the open space in the room.
Alex hears Mazzy Star's Fade Into You begin to play. "This is a sad song Casey."
"I love this song. Dance with me Alex." Casey whispers. Alex pulls Casey close and lays her head against the redheads should as the pretty much sway to the song. There were no graceful movements around the room or spins just holding each other close and swaying to the song. As the song ends Teagan and Sara's Closer begins to play over the phone.
Casey looks up at Alex and laughs, "Well that's a change!"
Alex laughs and spins Casey out into the room and quickly pulls her back into her arms. Casey shrieks at the sudden fast movement. Looking back at Alex, they begin to lip sync along to the song and dance around the room like two crazy people, laughing the whole way through each lyric. As the song nears the end they find themselves in each other's arms, looking quietly into the other's eyes. Their lips are mere inches apart. Alex lets her gaze fall to Casey's lips and she wants to kiss her so bad. The desire in itself is robbing her of her breath. She is about to close the distance when Casey steps back.
Casey swallows hard, "We should go to bed. We have planned a lot for tomorrow."
"Yeah, you're right Casey. Let's go." Alex replies.
After cleaning up the two women climb into bed. Alex wants to tell Casey how she feels, she wants to pull her close and kiss her. She wants to desperately show Casey just how much she loves her. She needs to stop thinking this way. She was so close to ruining everything between them.
The next evening…
Walking along the street after the baseball game, Casey takes Alex's hand in hers, "Thank you Alex for a fantastic day. I really had the best day ever. I can't remember the last time I had so much fun."
Alex smiles at the younger attorney, "My pleasure Casey. I had a great time, even if that guy threw his giant beer all over me when the Yankees won."
"Yeah, well that's why you don't wear Yankees attire in Fenway Park." Casey laughed.
Alex smiles, "So back to the hotel to get cleaned up and then out to dinner?"
"I like that idea. What time are we headed back to the City tomorrow?"
"Ten, we should be home by three at the latest. Why do you have to go to the precinct?" Alex questions.
"Yep, Olivia said they had an attorney's fingerprint on the money found on the dead woman." Casey relayed.
"Really who?" Alex questioned in shock.
"You will never guess…" Casey teases.
"Jason!" Alex guesses.
Casey laughs, "No not even close. But if that was the case he'd be forced to spend time with me then so maybe I should tell them to switch it."
"Casey focus!" Alex cries, "Tell me whose fingerprint it was!"
"Annalise Keating's." Casey admits.
"You are kidding me. Oh my god, I wonder who she is covering for…" Alex ponders.
"Me to, whoever it is though is screwed. We already have enough evidence." Casey replies with a smile.