When Olivia woke up, she was alone in the huge bed. Light was pouring through the windows and the clock on the nightstand read 9:24. She had to admit, her last night's sleep in Alex's bed was the best she'd had in a while. The bed was very comfortable and the blankets were plush and soft.

She remembered waking up in the middle of the night and seeing Alex asleep next to her. It was possibly the most calming thing she'd ever experienced, Alex's warmth coming from her side of the bed and her serene face relaxed Olivia back into a deep sleep.

She trudged into the living room where she found Alex sitting in a chair by the window, sipping coffee and reading a book. She was in black running shorts and a white cami, her long lean legs curled up under her. When Olivia fully entered the room, Alex looked up from her book, her blue eyes studying Olivia behind the infamous black frames. A sweet smile took residence on her face, "Good morning, Detective."

Olivia raised an eyebrow, "You're one of those morning people aren't you?" She fell back onto the couch.

Alex chuckled, "Possibly. Would you like some coffee?"

"Always," Olivia stood and walked to the kitchen with Alex right behind her. Alex went to work getting the coffee while Olivia sat at a barstool at the island, "Is Cameron awake yet?"

"No," Alex shook her head, "She's even less of a morning person than you. I'll go get her if she isn't up in half an hour."

"How long have you been up?" Olivia took after her first sip of coffee.

Alex shrugged, "An hour or two."

"Wow," the detective rested her head in her hand, "You really don't sleep."

A sad smile crossed Alex's face, "No, not really." Alex stepped over to her pantry and surveyed the contents, "Anything specific you want for breakfast?"

"Nope," the brunette covered her mouth as she yawned, "I'm not picky."

"Well Cameron is so how about I go wake her up and we grab something on the way to the gym?" Alex asked, closing the pantry and leaning on the counter.

The brunette nodded, "Sounds great, but you don't have to wake her up."

After glancing at the clock on the microwave, Alex nodded, "I'll wait ten minutes."

A comfortable silence settled over them as they both sipped their coffee, Alex staring at something on the floor and Olivia keeping her eyes near her coffee. When she raised them, she asked, "So is this a typical Sunday for you?"

"Pretty much," Alex nodded, finding Olivia's eyes, "I try to relax as much as possible while psyching myself out for the perps and the judges, and Langan's Nero-esque closing arguments."

"You don't think much of Langan do you?" Olivia asked.

"He's the only one that thinks anything of him," Alex rolled her eyes.

Olivia paused for a moment, watching Alex before asking, "But a few months ago we needed your help and you were on a date with him."

"Oh god," Alex buried her face in her hands, "I was hoping everyone forgot about that."

"You in that red dress was hard to forget," Olivia blurted out without thinking. She squashed a blush while watching one creep up Alex's cheeks.

She muttered, "Thanks," before clearing her throat and continuing, "He had been asking me out for a while and I never really gave him a straight answer so one day he calls my phone while I'm in the shower and Cam answers. He thought she was me and she agreed, as me, to go out with him," Alex's eyes found their way to the counter next to her coffee mug and her voice lowered considerably, "I didn't want to blow him off or anything. That would be rude."

"God you're really not mean at all are you?" Olivia laughed, "It's all a front."

Alex genuinely smiled, "I can be mean when it comes to work, but I try not to be when I'm not discussing the law."

"You don't seem to mind going at it with Elliot," Olivia added.

"I seem to remember when I'm going at it with Elliot, I'm usually going at it with you too," Alex smirked, "Just because I'm nice sometimes doesn't mean when I have an opinion I won't voice it."

"And you've voice it loudly a few times," the detective quipped with a smile.

"As have you," Alex's eyes twinkled with the grin on her face, "I believe when you get two or three passionate people together it's bound to get loud."

"Agreed."

"How about I go wake Cameron up and get this show on the road?" Alex asked, slowly standing up straight, "If I relax anymore this morning I won't want to go work out."

"Oh that reminds me," Olivia turned to face Alex who was at the kitchen door, "Can we swing by my place on the way there so I can get something to climb in?"

"Sure," Alex nodded.

Once Cameron was up and grumbling in the back seat of Alex's car, they made their way to a café down the street for a short breakfast of muffins and water before stopping outside Olivia's apartment. As the detective went into her apartment to get changed, Alex leaned her head back on the headrest.

"You okay, Lex?" Cameron leaned forward, her face between the two front seats.

"Yeah," Alex nodded, "Just tired."

"Nightmares or fun things with the good detective?" A cheeky smile adorned Cameron's face.

Alex momentarily smiled at her younger sister, "You know which ones."

"Well, they'll get better," Cameron sighed, "It's just this time of the year. In a couple weeks you'll be back to snoring like normal."

"I don't snore," Alex raised an eyebrow.

"I beg to differ Mrs. Lumberjack," the youngest blonde chuckled. She fell back into the backseat dodging a playful swat from her older sister.

The passenger door opened and Olivia sat down in the seat. "What did I miss?"

Alex saw her sister's mouth open in the rear view mirror and quickly cut her off, "Nothing. Cameron was just being the annoying little sister she is."

Once at the rock gym, Alex and Cameron were immediately recognized and greeted by the guy at the front counter. "Hey, I have wall seven all set up for you."

"Thanks," Alex smiled, while Cameron just waved, shifted the bag she got out of Alex's trunk to her other shoulder.

Olivia followed them past a few rock walls like she used to climb. As they kept walking the walls kept getting taller until they stopped at one of the tallest walls there.

The man from the front desk came walking over with two harnesses in his hand, "Since it's kinda slow today, you can have wall six too and I can belay so you can go two at a time."

Alex looked at her little sister who nodded, "Sure. Thanks Bobby."

After everyone was harnessed, Cameron looked at Olivia, "Why don't you and Alex go up first?"

Olivia shrugged not really caring either way. She looked up to the top of wall which seemed to be getting higher and higher. "How tall is that?"

"Forty feet," Bobby answered, smoothing out his blue polo after untucking it from the harness.

It wasn't long before Alex and Olivia took off up the wall. Alex was easily navigating the various holds while Olivia was having a little difficulty a few feet behind her. The blonde looked down at Olivia and let go with one hand to point out a hold to Olivia.

"Thanks," Olivia smiled.

"No problem," Alex returned the smile and started her way back up the wall.

Thirty minutes later, Olivia laying on her back on a mat below the rock wall. Alex walked over with a smile on her face and handed her a bottle of water, "You okay?"

"I thought I was in shape, but that wall kicked my ass," Olivia sat up and sipped the water.

Alex nodded, "It'll do that." She took a seat next to Olivia and watched Cameron deftly climb up the wall while Bobby anchored her. "Does that mean you don't want to come back next weekend with us?"

The brunette looked at the attorney and smiled, "I would love to."

"Good," Alex nodded, keeping her eyes on her sister. It always frightened her when Cameron would do anything dangerous. It was probably just the big sister in her, but she felt the need to protect Cameron. She'd had that instinct all her life.

"What time do you have to meet your mom?" Olivia asked, interrupting Alex's thoughts.

Alex looked over at Olivia, "Oh my god I almost forgot…Um…eight I think. Uptown. You are very welcome to join us."

"Oh I couldn't intrude," Olivia shook her head, "Beside I need to doing the laundry and all the other chores I've put off having fun while I've been having fun."

Alex finally looked at Olivia when her sister was safely on the ground, "I'm glad you've had fun."

"Ready to go?" Cameron asked her big sister and the brunette detective.

The both nodded and Alex stood, then offered her hand at Olivia. The detective took Alex's hand and allowed the blonde to pull her up.

It wasn't long before they were back at Alex's apartment. Olivia got the keys to her car off of the coffee table and looked at Alex who was waiting by the door.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow," Alex let out a sad smile. Truth be told she didn't want Olivia to leave, but she wasn't going to say anything about it.

"Yeah," Olivia paused in front of Alex by the door. She felt a strong compulsion to hug the ADA, but thought better of it. They seemed to be fairly good friends so far and she didn't want to push it. "Bye Alex." She opened the door and took a step out.

"Bye," Alex called after her. She watched Olivia get into the elevator before closing the door.

Alex bit her lip and turned to walk toward her bedroom. She jumped with she saw Cameron in the hallway, "Geez. Would you stop eavesdropping?"

"Lex, why didn't you ask?" Cameron asked as Alex brushed past her to get to her bedroom.

Alex sighed, wishing that sometimes her little sister would stay out of her business, "Just drop it Cam. I work with her. It's too risky."

"You never take risks," Cameron stated, aggravated with her sister, "Lex, you need to let go."

Alex just walked into her bedroom and started to change, "Don't worry about me."

"I can't help it," Cameron quietly added, "I've never done for you what you've done for me, but I can help." A slow smile graced her face, "C'mon dating is one thing I am good at."

"I don't even know if she's..."

"Leave that to me," Cameron smirked, "I can find out by Wednesday. All I need is your go ahead."

The blonde shrugged, "Do your worst. I already told her how you agreed for me to date Trevor so if it all goes wrong I can blame you."

"Yes!" Cameron thrust her arms in the air triumphantly. She practically skipped over to her sister and threw her arms around the taller woman's neck, "You so won't regret it."

"I usually do when I let you do these things," Alex weakly smiled and walked to her closet.

Cameron sat on the bed, "So she's going climbing with us again next week?"

"Yeah," the ADA nodded, getting a shirt out of her closet.

"Awesome," a wicked smile washed over Cameron's face, "I'll start them."

"I hate that smile," Alex frowned, "What are you going to do?"

The younger woman just stood up, "I'm going to go take a shower."

"Cameron," Alex added sternly, "What are you going to do?"

"That, my dear, if for me to know and you to find out," the youngest Cabot stepped into the bathroom and closed the door.

"Oh crap, what have I gotten myself into?" Alex asked herself as she fell back onto her bed.