A/N: This chapter takes place almost two weeks after the last one. I am posting as I finish the chapters, and I write faster when I get reviews! Hope you like the next chapter of A New Love!
David Haden's Apartment
Friday, May 25th, 2012 5:44 AM
I'm awake before the alarm again. I'm nervous, because today is the day that David and I will send out the memos that disclose our involvement. I can't help but doubt myself. Am I doing the right thing? What if we tell everyone that we know, and then it doesn't work out? Just as the doubts begin to fill my brain, the alarm goes off, effectively waking David up.
"Morning." He grumbles, pulling me into a kiss.
"Yuck," I say, pulling away. "Morning breath." I explain.
"I like your morning breath." His words run together like a drunk.
"You're slurring. You haven't even woken all the way up." I chuckle. "Besides, you always complain about my morning breath."
"You wanna shower first?" He asks, getting out of bed.
"Mm-hmm." I murmur in response.
"You ready for today?" David asks me as I crawl out of bed.
"Yeah." I say, grabbing a blue top and a pair of black pants to wear to work today.
"Having doubts?" My lover questions.
"Nothing that's enough to stop me from sending Cragen that e-mail." I smile, giving him one last kiss before I hop into the shower. As I'm washing my hair, the doubts fill my brain again. Before they make me regret my words, I fill my brain with fantasies about my future with David. I think about him proposing, about our wedding day. I think about what our babies would look like. A little girl with his blue eyes and strong jawline, my cheekbone and skin tone. A beautiful boy with my brown eyes and his dimples. I finish my shower, turn off the water, and then wrap up in a towel. I dress myself, and then open the door so that the steam can escape the room. I plug in the hair-dryer, and start to use it. In between blow-drying my hair, I do my makeup. I decide that I should leave my hair curly today, and give it a little bit of a boost with the curling iron. David always says that he likes my hair the best when it's curled. Completely ready, I emerge from the bathroom. I walk towards the kitchen, ready to pour myself a cup of coffee. As I reach the kitchen, I find a complete spread of breakfast food. French toast with strawberries on top, coffee, bacon, and a handsome man grinning widely at me, proud of his surprise.
"Today's a big day, I figured that you could use a nice breakfast." David explains.
"This is amazing! Thank you baby." A warm smile fills my face. I kiss him deeply, and every doubt about today leaves my brain, and if I wasn't sure about it before, I was now.
"I've got to hop in the shower. Enjoy your breakfast, beautiful."
"You're not going to eat with me?" I frown.
"No, if I don't get ready now, we will be late." He says, then I check my watch.
"It's only 7:02, I don't have to be at work until 8. It only takes twenty minutes to get to the stationhouse, and it takes you ten minutes tops to get ready. As long as we finish eating by 7:30, we won't be late. Eat with me, please?" I pout.
"My watch says 7:32." He says, and then checks his phone. "Damn, my watch is off." As he fixes it, I can't help but grin watching his face turn completely serious.
"So?" I question.
"Of course. Let's eat." He says before sitting down. He uses his fork to pick up a piece of French toast and then spears a strawberry on with it. "Open." He tells me.
"What?" I inquire.
"Open."
"Are you trying to feed me?"
"Yes. Do you have a problem with that?" Instead of answering, I open my mouth. David puts the food in my mouth, and when I taste the cinnamon and strawberry combination, I audibly moan.
"That's really good." I say once I finish chewing. We eat the rest of our breakfast, making idle chit chat through the meal. Soon, it's 7:30, and David gets in the shower. I start to do the dishes, even though David told me not to. I finish just as he walks into the kitchen.
"You didn't need to do that." He tells me.
"Yes, I did." I tell him. "Let's go." I say, grabbing my badge and gun.
16th Precinct: Special Victims Unit
Friday, May 25th, 2012 7:58 AM
I walk into the squad room, still dizzy with the kiss David gave me just moments before. I was two minutes early despite the large breakfast I was treated to this morning. I get on the computer right away, writing the memo exactly the way David and I talked about it.
To: Captain Cragen
This e-mail is to inform you that Executive Assistant District Attorney David Haden and I are engaged in an intimate relationship. Because of our relationship, EADA Haden has decided to join forces with another attorney to prosecute SVU cases. We have reviewed all of the rules regarding relationships between prosecuting attorneys and detectives, finding that as long as the prosecutor is not the lead prosecutor trying the same cases that the detective is the lead, there is no rule against relationships. Our relationship will not hinder this unit, because when I am the lead detective, the other attorney will be the lead prosecutor and when I am not, David will be the lead prosecutor.
-Detective First Grade Olivia Benson
I press the send button, and look through the window that leads into Cragen's office. He's on his computer, and I see him glance up at me. He smiles, and I hear a beep, signaling that I have an e-mail.
To: Detective Benson
Congrats.
-Cap
I text David, letting him know what Captain sent me back. My nerves settle, but then flare back up when I think about David sending the same e-mail to his boss.
TBC…
A/N: I'm not familiar with the laws of relationships between NYPD and the DA's office, so the e-mail to Cragen is mostly guesswork.
