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Chapter 12

The rest of the week seemed to be excruciating for the ladies. Olivia made some headway in the cold cases, not a lot, but it was a start. She was making progress in her physical therapy. She could now stand to have a tennis shoe on her injured foot. They saw one another each evening for supper either at Olivia's apartment or they went out to eat except for Thursday night when Olivia had dinner with Fin. It was hard for them to fall asleep without the other lying next to them in bed. They were both thankful when the weekend finally arrived. Alex got to at Olivia's apartment shortly after 5pm. Olivia was packed and ready to go to Alex's for the weekend.

A short while later they were settling in at Alex's apartment. While Olivia wandered the apartment taking in the décor and Alex's personal touches, Alex was in the kitchen putting a quick dinner together for them. Soon they were sitting at Alex's dining table enjoying a light supper.

"So Babe, whose the new ADA for SVU?"

"Liv, I keep telling you that you'll have to find out with the rest of the squad."

Olivia had been trying all week to get the name of the new ADA out of her girlfriend. She tried teasing tickling and seduction, but Alex wouldn't give.

"Come on, Sweetheart. I'm not even going to be there on Monday when you introduce them."

"Well, you can be. Why not go into work long enough to update the Captain on your progress with the cold cases and if you do that say around 10:30am, you might just be there when I bring the new ADA by."

"Sneaky, you know, you'd make a pretty good lawyer."

"Haha, finish your chicken so we can move on to other things."

"Yes, Ma'am, Councilor."

In short order, they finished their meal, Alex cleaned the kitchen and they were now happily ensconced on the sofa with a fire going in Alex's gas fireplace and with a few scented candles strategically placed about the living room. It was getting harder and harder to not go further and become intimate. Olivia was still hobbling around on crutches per doctors orders. Little did Olivia know that Alex was making plans for the next weekend. She was taking Friday off from work and she had already called the caretaker at her family's cabin in upstate New York to ready the place for guests. The weather forecast was calling for snow on Thursday night, so they would leave on Friday morning and return Sunday afternoon. If all went as planned they would finally consummate their relationship.

Alex's sofa was deeper than Olivia's so they had plenty of room to stretch and lie together. Olivia was on her back with Alex snuggled up at her side, her head laying on Olivia's chest. They had covered themselves with the throw that Alex keeps on the back of her sofa. Olivia was watching the flames of the fire dance around as she was running her fingers along Alex's forearm that laid across her torso.

"Hey. You asleep?" Asked Olivia.

"No, not asleep, content."

"Content is good. What are you thinking about?"

Alex shifted up on her elbow to look into Olivia's eyes. She picked up the hand that had been lazily tracing lines on her arm and pulled it to her lips for a gentle kiss.

"Let's go away next weekend? Out of the city?" Asked Alex.

"OK, where would we go?"

"My family's cabin, upstate. I've already taken Friday off from work. We can leave Friday morning and come back Sunday afternoon."

"Pretty sure of yourself that I would say yes, if you already took the day off."

"Even if you said no, we still could have spent the day together."

"True."

"So, that's still a yes for going to the cabin?"

"Yes, that's a real yes."

Olivia pulled Alex down to her and kissed her. She immediately pushed her tongue forward demanding entrance and Alex easily obliged. Olivia's hands gripped at Alex's upper back pulling her closer; they traveled down to the small of her back and snuck under the fabric of Alex's shirt searching for bare skin. Alex felt an electricity radiate from the spot when Olivia's hands were caressing her back. Olivia's hands slowly made their way back up her girlfriend's back under the shirt. When they reached her bra, Olivia unhooked it and then she proceeded to turn herself and Alex over on the sofa so that she was on top now.

Olivia let her left leg drop in between Alex's; she felt Alex's hips start to grind onto her leg. She then brought one hand around front and began kneading a breast. Olivia released the breast and reached for the hem of Alex's shirt wanting to pull it up so that she could take the breast into her mouth.

"Liv, wait, wait. Slow down."

"Why Allie? Don't you want to?"

"Oh, I do. Believe me I soooo want to…"

"But?"

"But I…I sort of had this all planned out in my head. Next weekend, you and me naked in front of a roaring fire in a rustic country cabin, nestled in the woods, no city sounds just us. Would you hate me if I said I wanted to wait?"

"No, Babe. I won't hate you. That sounds really nice; but I think I should probably go take a cold shower now."

Alex tired not to laugh.

"I'm sorry Sweetie. I didn't mean to let you get all worked up."

"Well, now I know what the time table is, I'll be able to keep myself in check."

Olivia did indeed go take a shower, not completely cold; but enough to calm her arousal. She didn't stay in the shower too long; she was bearing some weight on her foot. The therapist said if she kept her showers to 15 minutes she could put weight on it. The mobility was getting better; there was less pain each day when she did her exercises or when the therapist was working her over. She realized in the shower that she would need to make her PT appointment the next Friday as early as possible or maybe ask for a reprieve for one day since they would be leaving for the cabin Friday morning.

Olivia finished in the shower and got ready for bed. When she came back into Alex's bedroom she found Alex had changed into her pajamas and was now in bed waiting for Olivia. Olivia turned out the bathroom light and hobbled over to the bed. She put the crutches on the floor just under the bed within her reach and she crawled into bed joining her girlfriend.

"Hey." Said Olivia as she laid on her side and gave Alex a quick kiss.

"Hey."

"So what are we doing tomorrow?"

"It's a surprise."

"OK. Well, I can't do too much on my feet yet."

"No, you'll be sitting for this."

"OK. I am assuming indoors."

"Yes."

"Is it in the city?"

"No more hints. It's a surprise."

"Awe, come on, Allie. Please?"

"Un..uh."

"I'll give you a kiss."

"Nope and I'll get my kiss anyway."

"You think so?"

"I know so."

Alex leaned over to her girlfriend and kissed her while pushing her onto her back. They kissed for only a few minutes before Alex snuggle in next to Olivia. Olivia reached up and turned off the lamp on the nightstand and got settled for the night.

"I love you, Allie. Good night."

"Night, Liv. I love you too."

The next morning Olivia woke up to an empty bed, but she could smell the reason why. Alex was in the kitchen making breakfast. Olivia got up went to the bathroom before heading to the kitchen. She found Alex putting the last touches on a second western omelet; the first was already plated and waiting to be eaten. Also at the table was a side bowl of mixed fruit, a couple of pieces of toasted whole grain bread and most importantly a cup of coffee. Olivia hobble up next to Alex and gave her a quick good morning kiss before taking a seat at the table.

"This looks great Alex."

"I hope you like it. It's got all your favorites, green peppers, onions, mushrooms. I even put a jalapeno in yours for you."

"Thanks. So what's on tap for today?"

"Well, we don't have to be anywhere until later. So we can watch a movie or something."

"Where do we need to be later? Will you tell me my surprise now?"

Alex sat quiet for a moment, contemplating. She got up from the table and went over to the table in the foyer where her purse laid. She was then striding back to the table with an envelope in hand.

"Here's where we will be later." Said Alex as she handed to envelope to her girlfriend.

Olivia took it and opened it to pull out two event tickets.

"The Knicks! We're going to a Knicks game?"

Olivia got up and hopped on one foot to Alex to hug her then sat back down.

"Babe this is great. It's been a long time since I have been to a Knicks game. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"I don't know Alex, I'll have to cover a lot of ground on the crutches."

"No, it's been taken care of."

"What do you mean taken care of?"

"Well, for starters, I've hired a limo. That way we can be dropped off and picked up at the door. They also have these courtesy carts for people with mobility issues. They be able to deliver you right to the door of the suite. Now I know you would prefer to be in the stands, but I don't want people having to crawl over you and possibly hurt your foot; so I got us suite tickets instead. When you're better and we go again will get seats in the stands, OK?"

"You've thought of everything."

"Where you're concerned. Always."

The ladies did have a lazy morning and afternoon before heading out for the game. They both enjoyed themselves and had a wonderful time. After they got back home, each showered again before turning in for the night. They didn't do much on Sunday other than dine out for dinner before Alex took Olivia back to her apartment. Alex stayed a while but not to late before going back home. Again the night started off sleepless for both until their thoughts and dreams about each other finally pushed them into sleep.

Olivia got up the next morning early. She had her PT appointment at 8:30am. She showered and dressed in sweats. She remembered to make her PT appointment on Friday at 8:00am; that was the earliest possible appointment time. She was back at her apartment just before ten. She quickly changed into jeans and a soft red sweater. She was still required to only wear tennis shoes so she put those on. She unlocked her gun case and retrieved her badge and service weapon. Though she wasn't on duty, she always felt better if she had her gun at her side when going to the precinct. She called for a cab and grabbed the few case files that she wanted to update the Captain on putting them in her backpack (dealing with the crutches it was easier to tote things in a backpack verses trying to carry a purse). She then slipped on her black leather jacket before heading down to the lobby of her building. The cab arrived quickly and she was off to the precinct.

It was about 10:15am when she arrived. She hobbled into the squad room drawing attention to herself of course.

"Liv, what are you doing here?" Asked Elliot.

"What? Not happy to see me?"

"Of course I am, it's just you're supposed to be at home resting."

"Well, I wanted to update the Captain on the cold cases I've been working on."

"You could have done that by phone."

"Well, I was already out and about because I had a PT appointment this morning. I'll be quick and then right back home."

"OK."

"Is the Captain in?"

"Yeah, he's in his office."

"Thanks."

Olivia had taken the backpack off so she could take her jacket off while she was talking to Elliot. She slipped the back pack back onto one shoulder and made her way to the Captain's office. Munch and Fin had just come back into the squad from interviewing a witness and caught a glimpse of her entering the Captain's office. They of course were hounding Elliot as to why she was here.

Olivia knocked on the Captain's door.

"Come in."

"Hey Cap."

"Olivia, what are you doing here?"

"Why does everyone keep asking me that same question?" Replied Olivia laughing a bit.

She continued, "I wanted to update you on the status of the cold cases I've been working on. You'll need El, Munch or Fin to follow up with some foot work for me otherwise you'll have to wait until I am back fulltime and not on ass duty."

"OK, what have you got?"

Olivia spent the next few minutes bringing the Captain up to speed. They went out into the squad so that she could brief Much and Fin who the Captain had decided would handle the afore mentioned footwork. Just as they finished up, Olivia recognized the clacking echo of heels coming down the hallway. She knew her girlfriend would be rounding the corner shortly. Aside from Elliot, this would be the first time around others since they became a couple. It would be a real test to see if they can keep their relationship a secret at least for a little while longer.

They could see another person enter the squad behind Alex. Olivia knew it to be the new ADA.

"Good morning everyone. I'd like you to meet my replacement." Said Alex as she stepped aside to reveal one Abbie Carmichael.

TBC…