When Liv and Nick both returned back to the squad room, Nick had packed five suitcases worth of stuff, Liv and Cassidy were dragging in her six suitcases.
"Oh...Cassidy, I didn't realize you were bringing Olivia back today." Cragen said, with a hint of resentment in his voice.
"Yeah. He's just helping me move my suitcases, that's it." Olivia quickly snapped back.
"Am I missing something here?" Cassidy asked, handing Olivia her final bag.
"Nothing. You're welcome to leave my squad room now." Cragen said, glaring at Cassidy. Nick smirked at Cassidy being kicked out, but he wasn't sure why Cragen was so upset with him. He'd forgotten about Olivia walking out of his office crying.
"Fine. I guess I'll see you sometime...Liv." Cassidy had a sad look in his eyes. Nick couldn't tell if he was sad or what the situation was, but he knew that Olivia wasn't looking at him.
"Bye." Olivia grabbed her stuff and walked away, heading towards her desk in the middle of the squad room. Nick dropped his stuff next to Olivia's desk.
"Looks like we're going to need a mini-van just to get our stuff to our new apartment." Nick smiled, hoping to ease the tension in the room.
"We have a van waiting for your stuff, it'll be moving in your bed, couch, all of the stuff a normal couple would be moving in." Nick coughed, almost spilling his coffee he had just taken a drink of.
"One...uh..just one bed?"
"I'm just assuming that your wife and you don't sleep in separate beds, right Amaro?"
"Captain, you're crossing a line."
"Amaro, you have to play the part right or it won't work."
"I was just asking a question." Nick's face went from trying to ease the tension to disgruntled himself. He hated talking about Maria. They were in the middle of a separation. Nick wanted a divorce, but they were Catholic and they didn't believe in divorce, but Nick knew it wasn't working. He hated talking about it though. Maria had drug him through the mud, but he refused to sink to that level. They had a daughter, Zara, together and he didn't want to be the dad that trashed his child's mother.
Olivia knew it was getting intense and she at least owed Nick enough to break it up.
"Nick, why don't we start moving our stuff to the truck, then we can head upstate, go over our stories and get our rings. I mean, we are married now." Olivia smiled, putting her hand on Nick's shoulder. She could feel his muscles flexing under his dress shirt. She wondered when the last time he was able to let off steam was. She had noticed that Amanda and Nick had gotten pretty close, she was curious what their relationship was outside of work. She tried her hardest not to let herself go there. She turned him down, she knew they were coworkers and she couldn't take it any further than that. She must have gotten lost thinking about because before she knew it, her and Nick were holding hands.
"Thanks Liv..." Nick smiled, forgetting what it was like to actually have a conversation with Olivia, "Let's go wifey." Nick and Olivia grabbed their small bags with their free hands, directing the other uniformed police officers to take the rest of their stuff to the van.
Nick opens the door for Olivia, helping her get into the passenger side of the van. After walking around and getting on the drivers side, Nick buckled in and reached for the GPS on his phone.
"I can't believe that we are going to be living right next to these sick bastards. I've done UC for a long time but never have I ever had an assignment that I felt was this difficult."
"We'll, uh, we'll get through it. It'll be easier than you think, I promise." Olivia gave a small, fake smile.
"Liv...I...I don't want things to be..."
"Don't Nick. Okay?" Nick sighed.
"Olivia, we can't just not talk about everything. I just wanted to say I am sorry for my part. I should have never put you in that position."
"I shouldn't have said what I said. It wasn't a sympathy kiss, but we can't let it get any further. It doesn't matter now though, you seem to have found a new interest..." Olivia tried not to sound jealous, but Nick smirked.
"Oh I have? Who would that be?"
"Come on Amaro, I see the way you and Rollins look at eachother or should I call her Ruby?" Nick's face blushed, remembering why he called her Ruby, "Wow, it must be serious, look how red you are. I didn't mean to embarrass you." Olivia felt a pinch of jealousy but tried to hide it.
"It's not serious. I mean, it's nothing. Seriously, she's my best friend. We tried, maybe, but we both decided it wasn't right. I love her, but only as my best friend." Olivia's head immediately turned, showing some of the jealousy on her face.
"You tried? What do you mean you tried?!"
"Wow, I didn't expect such a reaction out of you..."
"So you just make out with the whole department?" Nick laughed at Olivia's reaction, trying to avoid getting angry.
"Last time I checked, we didn't make out, you simply kissed me out of pity."
"Asshole. Does she know that you kissed me?"
"Someone jealous?" Nick couldn't help but smile.
"I'm not jealous Amaro. I'm just saying, if we're kissing the same man, we should know."
"You're not kissing me and neither is she. I told you, she's my best friend. We kissed one time, things got a little handsy in the bar, hence my nickname handsy and she was so turned on that she turned a ruby red. But if you tell her I told you that, I'll never forgive you. We promised to not tell anyone and leave it at the bar that night."
"Wow. I didn't know you guys even felt anything near that for each other."
"We don't Olivia. It was a mistake. A one time mistake that we were able to talk about, as adults, and move on from."
"Shots fired, huh Nick. We tried to talk about it but we fight everytime!"
"That's because you get angry, like you are now. I said I was sorry, you said you were sorry, we should be able to move on...unless you're mad now because you know that I kissed Rollins...or jealous."
"I'm not jealous Nicholas Amaro."
"Doesn't seem like it, Olivia...Amaro."
Things will get heated in the next chapter. Let me know what you think.
