"ADA Novak, how nice of you to grace us with your presence," Munch said sarcastically as Casey briskly walked into the precinct, smirking in response.

"Where's Liv?" she asked as she stopped by his desk. Munch shrugged.

"With Elliot," he responded.

"Okay… where's Elliot?"

"With Liv," Munch teased. Casey rolled her eyes at him but couldn't help but laugh; even when she was in her worst moods he could still make her laugh.

"There we go, I haven't seen a smile on that face in a while," he said only half sarcastically. She rolled her eyes before turning to walk out.

"Tell her I'm looking for her when you see her," she called over her shoulder.

"Wait, are you coming tonight?" Munch asked her. They had finally closed seemingly hopeless case (with a guilty on all counts conviction), and it was Friday night, which was all the reason they needed to have a celebration. Olivia had asked her about it multiple times, as had Elliot, but she had just shrugged and answered with an "I don't know" each time. As much as she still loved her friends, it was uncomfortable for her to be around them sometimes, especially since they would be going to the bar and there would be food there.

"I'm not sure," she finally answered with a small smile.

"You better!" she heard him call from behind her as she walked out of the doors to return to her own office, where she hopefully wouldn't have to deal with anyone for the rest of the day.

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"Hey, Novak was here looking for you," he called to Olivia as she walked back into the precinct, followed by Elliot.

"What did she want?" she asked back. Munch shrugged, but stayed facing the two of them. "Is she okay?"

Olivia and Elliot both shrugged as they exchanged glances, unsure of how to handle the situation—it's not something they had to deal with on a regular basis.

"She's…" Olivia began, but paused when she realized she had no idea how to go about this.

"Lost a lot of weight?" Munch cautiously finished for her. "Yeah, Fin and I both noticed, we just weren't sure if we should say anything," he explained once he saw Olivia's uncomfortable expression. She nodded back at him.

"Yeah, she is. She's having some trouble, but she's working on it…" she explained, hoping that would be enough. Munch nodded.

"My sister went through this fad, too." He continued. Olivia glared at him instantly, annoyed by his lack of compassion.

"It's not a 'fad,' John. It's serious… she's sick. Don't be an asshole or I'll kill you," she said, almost more seriously than anyone would have liked.

"Don't worry, Olivia won't even let me talk to her. I don't know what to say either," Elliot joked as he walked over to his desk. Olivia laughed at the truth of the statement, but stopped immediately.

"It's not a joke; we shouldn't be laughing about this," insisted.

"Make her come tonight, Liv. We all miss her; she never comes down here anymore unless she has to, and even then she'll just come and talk about boring work stuff," Munch whined.

"I'll try, but I don't think I'm going to force her. Honestly, I don't want to be talking about her like some china doll, but she is fragile right now. I don't want one of you to say something that will make her backtrack on the progress she's made, because she has been making progress."

"We won't," Munch and Elliot both promised.

"Fin too… wait, does he even know?" she reminded them.

"I think so," Munch responded.

"No one say anything about her eating except for me, and no one say anything if she goes to the bathroom; I'll just go with her," Olivia explained and then made them promise before they turned their attention back to their new case.

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As Casey, Elliot and Olivia pulled up to the bar in Elliot's car, Casey immediately felt nerves fluttering in the pit of her stomach. She hated that what used to be fun for her was now turning into a nerve-racking experience. She knew that spending time with her friends should have no reason to make her nervous, but when food was involved she just couldn't help it.

She smiled weakly as Elliot placed a hand on her back and led her into the bar, where Munch and Fin were already waiting with a table. They all took their seats before a waiter came over to take their orders. Luckily for Casey they only ordered appetizers to all share, but that still didn't make it completely disappear.

"So how are you, Casey? Is everything going okay?" Fin asked her, interrupting her from the fascination of twiddling her thumbs. She looked up at the sound of her name to see that all pairs of eyes were staring at her. She shifted uncomfortably in her seat and found a spot on the wall to focus on, so that she wouldn't have to look anyone directly in the eye.

"I'm fine," she said meekly as she forced a smile on her face. In all honesty she had been doing a lot better. She had been eating her meals without over-exercising, and she hadn't purged since the day that Olivia confronted her in the restroom.

She knew of course that she had a long journey ahead of her and that everything would never completely disappear, but she also knew that she had all of the support that she could ask for. As the attention of the conversation shifted to something else, she couldn't help but smile at how fortunate she was. She had a family that loved her, and she was sitting here with her best friends in the world. Of course it would take time for things to get better, but in that moment she realized that these people loved her before she had lost all of her weight, and they would love her if she gained twice as much back. She knew she would never let that happen, but it was the thought that helped her realize that her weight wasn't of the utmost importance. She smiled and laughed along with her friends, forgetting about the issue altogether—at least for the time being.

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I know, I have NO idea where to go with this. The End??? Unless people have other ideas, but it was hard enough coming up with this one. The ending is cheeeese central, but I don't really know how I should write about the recovery and I think that kind of needs to happen sooooo… well, it's up to you guys! (I'm sorry, I know this is terrible, but I really have no idea how to write this part.)

Oh, also, I posted this in my update of Who Can You Trust?, but just so hopefully SOMEONE who sees one of these will know: (I'm just copying & pasting it by the way)…

I've asked a couple of people this because it's just driving me crazy, but I just do not remember this episode. PLEASE, if someone knows what it is, please tell me? PM me, add it in your review, whatever, but please? It's driving me crazy… anyone?? Much appreciated…

Damn, okay so no URLs in here, but if you have the time you absolutely will be my hero if you can tell me: If you go to youtube and search "World On Fire SVU" and it's obviously the SVU video... the video from 0:42-1:00... please, you'll be my hero (which miiiiight just mean I'll update faster!)