Two Weeks later…

Casey walked through the courthouse with papers in her hand from her latest case. She started to read one of the papers as she was about to turn the corner to go to her office.

She instantly felt slamming into someone and fell back since the person had a lot of strength.

Lucas instantly jumped feeling his coffee spill all over him when someone hit into him. "Son of a bitch." He mumbled angrily without even looking at the other person yet.

Casey groaned and rubbed her head since she hit her head on the marble floor. "Oh god."

Lucas looked up seeing it was a woman. "I'm so sorry." He kneeled down. "Are you ok?"

"Except the air you knocked out of me I think I'll live." She sat up slowly. She spotted his shirt covered with coffee. "You ok?"

"Yeah. Iced Coffee anyway." He smiled a little and helped her pick up her papers. "That's one dangerous corner."

"You're telling me." She rubbed her head again. "If I didn't ruin your shirt I would sue you." Lucas raised an eyebrow. "I'm kidding. Chill out."

Lucas let out a small chuckle and got up. He extended his hand out. "Need help getting up?"

She took his hand and let him pull her up. She took the papers from him. "Thanks for getting my papers."

He nodded. "No problem. I'm sorry."

Casey nodded and then met his eyes. She looked suspiciously at him. "Do I know you?"

Lucas shrugged a little. "I'm around the court house a lot for parking tickets." He held up his paper in his hand.

Casey nodded. "I've probably seen you around."

"Yeah." He nodded and pulled his shirt away from his body that was now sticky. "I have to go. I'm sorry again."

"It's fine. Thanks." She nodded at the very attractive stranger. She walked past him and went to her office.

She went in and Olivia was sitting there waiting for her. "You're late." Olivia informed her.

"I almost got killed by a hot man. Give me a break." Casey threw her papers down a table.

"Poor baby always running into hot men." Olivia teased with a smirk.

Casey rolled her eyes and sat down in her seat. "My head hurts. I was walking over here minding my own business and I turn the corner, and I slam into some guy."

Olivia couldn't hold back a laugh. "Only you Casey, only you."

"Very funny. I'm glad I can amuse you." The young lawyer shook her head. "Now what's up?"

"I need those search warrants."

Casey opened her drawer and pulled out two blue forms. "Enjoy. That gets you into the house and car."

"Thank you." Olivia nodded and turned to leave but stopped. "Before I forget, you coming to that barbecue tonight?"

"The NYPD thing?" Casey asked with a smirk. "If only they gave me a gun and badge."

"Oh c'mon I'm the only woman that I know that's going. We all get to bring one date. I'll get one of the guys to bring you along if you agree to go along." Olivia pleaded a little since she always had fun with the young lawyer.

"Fine." Casey agreed. "Tell them I'm not a cheap date though."

Olivia smiled and winked. "You got it. Munch it is." She waved. "Bye." She left the office.

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Lucas sat in Olivia's sofa. "Hey tell me why I'm going to this thing with you?"

Olivia stood in the bathroom putting make-up on. "We get to bring a date. I need an escort."

"Escort?" He asked with a small laugh as he got up. "That's some fancy wrapping." He went over to the bathroom and leaned on the doorway. Olivia was only in panties and bra.

Olivia stopped putting her mascara on and turned to look at him. "What are you doing?"

"What?" He asked.

Olivia motioned to her obvious choice of clothing. "You mind?"

"Not at all." He smiled.

"C'mon Luke." She warned.

"Ok, ok." He leaned on the wall outside the bathroom. "Its not like I have never seen you naked before."

"I know but it's weird if were not dating." She answered. "We are just friends. Friends don't always see each other in sexy lingerie."

"They should." He teased with a smirk. "You have seen me only in my boxers and we weren't dating."

"But you are a guy." She answered and got her eyeliner. "Can you get me my jeans from my bedroom?"

He went to her bedroom and got the clothes she picked out. "These look nice on you."

Olivia came out for a second and took the clothes from his hands. "Thanks."

He leaned on the doorway again. "I'm not looking at you I swear."

Olivia rolled her eyes and pulled her jeans on. "If you were anybody else I would smack you right now and arrest you for sexual harassment."

He grinned. "Handcuffs huh?"

"Shut up." She turned her back to him. "Unhook my bra."

"You are not going braless are you?"

"No." She rolled her eyes. "I'm changing bras because this one has a strap and you can see it through my shirt."

"I never understood you girls. Throw on a Yankees t-shirt. You'll still look hot." He undid her bra. "Need help getting it off?"

Olivia smirked and pushed him out of the bathroom. She closed the door.

Lucas smiled and went to put on his shoes as she finished getting ready. "Olivia what ever happened to that guy you dated?"

"Dean?" She called from the bathroom.

"Well I wouldn't know." He answered.

She came out of the bathroom. "He had to go out of state for an assignment. How do I look?"

Lucas looked up and felt his jaw drop. "Gorgeous." He answered.

"Thank you." She smiled and took her purse. "Ready?"

"Yeah." He got up. "How do I look?"

Olivia looked up and down at him. He had on loose faded jeans with a light green dress shirt. "Hot."

"Thank you." He nodded and held out his arm. "I'll be your escort for the evening."

She took his arm and walked out with him.

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Lucas and Olivia got to the barbecue the chief of police was holding. It was a big outdoor place that had the view of the beach. Olivia sat at the bar with her legs crossed and Lucas was sitting right by her.

Both were nursing their drinks as they waited for more people to show up. Lucas involuntarily moved his hand over her knee. He was so used to doing it on their dates before that he didn't even think about it.

Olivia looked down at his hand and then him. He was paying attention to the football game that was on and wasn't really paying attention to his hand on her knee. She smirked and knew exactly how to get his attention. She moved her hand on his inner thigh.

Lucas instantly looked confused and looked down. He noticed their arms crossing and spotted his hand on her knee. "Oh." He moved it away. "Sorry."

Olivia smirked and removed her hand. She said nothing and the saw John and Casey come in. She waved and motioned for them to come over.

The detective and Lawyer came over and both gave Olivia a hug.

Lucas turned around noticing someone by Olivia and spotted Casey first. "You."

Casey looked over at him and instantly smiled. "And you."

"You two old friends or something?" Olivia asked confused.

"This is the guy that tried to kill me today." Casey answered with a smirk. "The one around the corner."

"She's the reason I was soaked in coffee." Lucas explained. "She wasn't paying attention."

Casey sat down by him. "You were the one that appeared out of no where mister." She looked up at the football game. "Who's winning?"

"Patriots." Lucas answered. "Jet's are down like always."

Olivia shook her head and took John's arm. "Were going to get some BBQ. C'mon John." She led him down to the table full of food.

Lucas put his hand out to Casey. "Lucas James."

She shook his hand. "Casey Novak."

"Didn't we meet before? Other then our little incident this morning."

Casey nodded. "I knew you looked familiar. I think I came that morning on your first date with Olivia."

Lucas let out small laugh. "Oh yea. You made me really scared so I bolted before meeting her friend."

Casey shrugged a little. "That's what I do. You are the guy that made the best breakfast I have ever eaten. You still hold the record for most food I stole from Olivia."

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Olivia sat down with John at a table as they ate their food. Olivia looked over at the bar and spotted Lucas and Casey talking and laughing.

John looked also. "Is that Lucas?"

"Yeah." Olivia answered. Lucas met everyone at one point but never for too long. "We broke up though."

"I wish my ex wives were as nice as you."

Olivia smirked a little. "We're still friends."

"Friends as in best friends where you tell each other everything or friends as in you call each other when you need a date for a special occasion?"

"Best friends." Olivia answered honestly.

"And you guys aren't dating because?" John asked confused and looked over at the bar again. "I think my date is going after yours."

Olivia smiled a little and ate her food. "We want different things."

John nodded and said nothing else as he returned to his food.

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Lucas just smiled at Casey since she was very beautiful and extremely funny. "You have nice eyes."

"Thanks. Yours aren't that bad either. Blue is too common anyway." She teased with a smirk. Casey couldn't stop grinning at Lucas. He was gorgeous and very fun to talk to.

Lucas smiled and nodded. "Do you want something to drink?"

"Oh no I'm fine. Thanks." She nodded. "I'm going to check on John. Hopefully he didn't start a conspiracy theory again. I'll see you later?"

"I'm here until Olivia say's its time to go." He answered with a shrug. "I'll see you later Casey."

"You too Lucas." She got off the stool and went over to John.

Lucas sat there for a couple minutes and finished his drink. He was about to get up when Olivia came to his side. "Hi there. I thought you ran off with another guy."

Olivia smiled and put her arm around his shoulders. "I wouldn't do that to you."

He placed his arm around her waist. "Promise?"

"Promise." She answered and moved closer. "You like Casey?"

"Yea. She's really cool." He answered. "Why?"

"Just asking. You two seemed to be having fun over here. I know you don't have a lot of dates because you are shy to ask girls out so I had an idea."

"I'm scared to know."

"I think you should ask Casey out."

"What?" He asked confused but had a small smile on his lips. "You want me to ask your best friend out?"

"If you want. Casey is your type. Hot, funny, easy to talk to, and she's really sweet."

Lucas nodded a little. "She's you with green eyes, lighter hair and a lighter complexion."

Olivia rolled her eyes. "Look I'm encouraging you to ask her out. C'mon buddy."

"You wouldn't have a problem with your best friend dating your ex? Not even a little?"

"Would I be over here talking like a guy and telling you how hot my friend is if I had a problem with it? Would I Lucas?"

He laughed a little and nodded. "Ok. You're right. Thanks."

Olivia gave him a kiss on the cheek. "She just went over to the beach. Go swoop in and do your thing."

"Ok seriously stop acting like one of the boys. Starting to freak me out." He got off his chair. "So weird."

Olivia laughed a little. "Go get her boy."

"Olivia." Lucas warned.

"I'm done." She admitted.

He came back and gave her a kiss on the forehead. "You are a good friend. Thank you." He walked away to the beach.

Olivia smiled and looked up at the football game. She couldn't be one of the guys. She shook her head and went to get more food.

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Lucas walked onto the beach and spotted Casey sitting in the sand looking at the ocean. He went over to her. "Got room for one more?"

Casey looked up at him. "I think the beach has room for another thousand but I saved you a spot."

Lucas let out laugh and sat down by her. "Thanks. What you looking at?"

"The ocean." She answered. "Sounds really corny but it's relaxing."

"Nah it's not corny. Kind of depressing but it's nice." He smirked a little.

Casey laughed and nodded. "Well I'm glad you are honest with me. Even if it hurts my feelings but what girl wants a sensitive guy anyway."

He laughed a little. "Aww I'm sorry. I can be sensitive if you want."

"No. That's asking you to be someone you're not which is not cool."

He nodded. "That's fair."

"I thought so." She grinned. He started laughing.

He looked at the ocean and then back at her. "Would you like to go out with me sometime?"

"Oh…um. You're my best friends ex." Casey answered awkwardly.

"She said she was cool with it." He answered and then shook his head. "I'm sorry. It's cool. Sorry for asking." He got up before he started blushing being embarrassed that he got rejected once again.

"Lucas I'm sorry. She's my best friend." Casey answered with a small shrug.

"No, it's fine. I completely understand." He nodded and brushed the sand off his jeans. "Can we not tell anybody about this? This is kind of embarrassing."

"What happens at the beach stays at the beach."

He chuckled a little and nodded. "Ok. Thanks. I'll see you around." He walked back to the table and just sat down. He closed his eyes trying to figure out where he went wrong.

Olivia sat down in his lap. "So when's the first date?"

He rested his head back. "I should just turn gay. Why do I have to like women?"

"What happened?" Olivia asked confused since she knew Casey liked Lucas.

"Nothing. Forget it." He answered and held her on his lap. "There goes another ten points for my self esteem."

"Luke talk to me."

"I asked her and she said no. Well she didn't say no but she kept giving me excuses which was a nice way of saying no."

"What did she say?"

"She doesn't want to go out with me because I'm your ex. Some best friend thing."

"Hun did you tell her I was ok with it?"

"Yes. Once but I'm not going to beg her. I do have some dignity."

"You want me to talk to her?" Olivia asked as she stroked the back of his hair.

"No. What's the point? She will still feel uncomfortable." He shook his head. "Just forget it. Thanks for trying though."

"I'm sorry sweetie." She rubbed his shoulder. "I'm going to get you a drink and something to eat ok?" She got off his lap. "I'll be back."

"Ok. Thanks" He nodded and rested his head back. He closed his eyes wishing he had asked her in the first place. He had a low self esteem as it was.

He suddenly heard commotion by the bar. He opened his eyes and spotted Olivia being bothered by some man. He got up and went over to her.

He wrapped his arms around her waist from the back. "Hey babe, I was looking for you."

Olivia let out a deep breath being relieved Lucas was right by her. She felt safe around him.

The drunken man moved closer. "C'mon sugar I just want your number."

"C'mon pal back off." Lucas spoke up.

The man went to touch Olivia's hair. Lucas instantly grabbed his wrist before he touched her. Olivia moved to the side.

"You better let go of my hand you little bitch." The man slurred out.

"As soon as you walk away." Lucas warned.

He swung at him. Lucas ducked it and hit the man in the ribs. The man grabbed the back of Lucas's head and slammed it against the bar. Lucas immediately fell to the ground from the blow to the head. A couple of people grabbed the man and threw him out of the party.

Olivia instantly kneeled down. "Lucas." She gently touched his cheek and grabbed a napkin to wipe the cut on his head.

He let out a laugh with his eyes still closed. "Did I just get knocked the fuck out?"

Olivia smiled a little. "Yeah. Are you ok?"

"Head hurts and I feel like a pussy but otherwise I'm fine." He opened his eyes and sat up a little. "You ok?"

"Yeah. You were there." She answered with a small nod. "Thanks."

"Sure. God I hope Casey didn't see me get my ass kicked by a drunk guy of all things."

Olivia rubbed his back and spotted Casey standing by the food witnessing the whole thing. "C'mon lets get you some ice for your head." She took his hand and helped him up. She got a small bag full of ice from the bartender and made Lucas sit down.

She went over to Casey and smirked a little.

"Is he ok?" Casey asked in a low voice. "That slam to the head looked like it hurt."

Olivia nodded a little. "Probably does. You know I don't have a problem with you dating him right?"

Casey stood there awkwardly. "Still. He is your ex. It's kind of wrong for me to date him."

"If I don't mind it then it's not wrong. I think you should accept a date at least." Olivia told her and shrugged.

Casey said nothing as Olivia walked away. Casey looked over at Lucas sitting on the stairs in the corner holding the ice to his head. She went over to him and sat down by him. "You ok there soldier?"

Lucas smiled a little and put the ice down. "You should see the other guy."

Casey laughed a little. "Can I take back my answer?"

"Answer to what?"

"Asking me out." She answered. "I would love to go on a date with you."

He looked confusingly at her. "So you want to date me after I got my ass kicked? Well that's new."

"Well it wasn't that you got your ass kicked but why you got your ass kicked."

He ran a hand through his hair. "I must have hit my head real hard because I am not understanding you."

She laughed a little. "You stepped in between Olivia and that guy. I don't care if you got your ass kicked. The fact that you did it says a lot about you."

He smirked and shook his head. "Well I'm lucky by the way you think."

"Well I'm glad that you like the way I think." She smirked and patted him on his knee. "Call me." She got off the stairs.

"I will." He nodded and waved.

Olivia came over a couple seconds later after Casey walked away. "What happened? I want details."

He smiled and shook his head. "Nothing. I'm going to call her for our date. You have her number right?"

Olivia laughed and grabbed his hand to pull him off the stairs. "Yes. What would you do without me?"

"Be single the rest of my life." He teased with a smirk and put his arm around her shoulders. "Also not get beaten up."

Olivia grinned and put her arm around his waist. "You looked cool though. Thank you for being my bodyguard."

"My pleasure. Can we go now?"

"Yes." Olivia nodded and waved at John and Casey before going to his car together.