A/N: I fell asleep writing again, guess it was past my bedtime, heh. Enjoy :)

"I think Alex is mad at me dude." Casey says out of the blue as she and Abbie continue their volley in their virtual tennis game at the brunette's apartment.

"She's mad at you? What'd you do?" Abbie asks curiously, briefly glances at her best friend before she turns back to the television and continues to swing the Wii remote.

Casey thinks for a moment before she shrugs a shoulder. "I really don't know! She didn't speak to me this morning when we got up. Well she spoke to me, but it wasn't like usual. It was more of a 'hey' or 'no' or whatever. They were just really short answers. I asked her if she wanted to do anything today and again she just said no. I mean, she hasn't expressed that she's straight up furious with me, but she has been acting very...I don't know, like she doesn't wanna talk to me. I just wish she'd tell me what I did so I can do my best to fix it."

"Well what did you do to her? You had to have done something that made her upset with you. When did she start acting so...well, like that?"

"Yesterday, I went to a Broadway shoe with Kim yesterday and when we got back Kim kinda...well she was kinda kissing me when Alex opened the door."

"Hold the hell on!" Abbie exclaims as she pauses the game and stares at her best friend with a wide eyed expression. "What do you mean she was 'kinda kissing you'!? There is no kinda kissing Casey! Either you're kissing or you aren't. There is no in between!"

"Okay so she was kissing?" Casey tries to correct her self with a careful shrug. "I really don't see how that's the point at all."

Abbie is silent for a moment before at sighs heavily and shakes her head as she puts the remote down on her coffee table. "C'mere Cassandra. It seems that you and I need to have a little talk." She states solemnly before she takes a seat on the couch and pats the cushion next to her, beckoning for the younger woman to join her. "Casey. Casey Casey Casey. So young and unsurprisingly so oblivious."

Casey's lips purse into a thin line before she tilts her head in complete and utter confusion. "What're you talking about."

"I'm talking about you. Look at ya. Young, fresh, innocent, oblivious. You're not even thirty and you have a job most forty year olds can't even get. Then there's your game. You've got game kid and you don't even realize it."

"Abbie, you're talking in riddles right now. What is it you're trying to say?"

Chuckling, the older attorney slugs her best friend in the shoulder. "Only Casey Novak would have two incredibly hot women wanting her, and she doesn't even realize it."

Casey falls silent after this and her eyes widen, resembling that look of a deer caught in the headlights. "What?" She asks, still with that same look plastered across her face.

Abbie bursts into hysteric laughter upon seeing the redhead's facial expression. "Case, you look like a dumb deer standing in the middle of the road waiting to get hit right now. Is this your first time realizing that either of these two women want you?"

"They...what?"

"Look at it. You say Kim kissed you right? Has she been hanging around you a lot? Maybe even flirting a little bit here or there? Maybe she'll press her self up to you every now and then. Or she'll touch your arm just like this when she's speaking to ya." Abbie lists off as she walks her fingers up Casey's arm to prove her point. "Let me guess. Then she asked ya to that musical cause she claimed to have had an extra ticket right? Then she might've said something like Serena was too busy to go and that she wouldn't wanna go with me 'cause she thinks I'm a total sleaze, and she didn't wanna waste that extra ticket right?"

Casey blinks several times and beams at Abbie with utter amazement. "Wow. How did...how'd you do that?"

Abbie laughs again at the younger woman's amazement and shakes her head. "I'm a smart woman who has been there. Casey sweetheart, she bought that 'extra ticket' specifically to give to you. Hate to break it to ya, but you went on a date with Kim my friend."

"Great." Casey groans as she puts her hands over her eyes and shrinks down into the couch. "Now she probably thinks there's something between us. But while all of that makes sense, it still doesn't explain why Alex is upset."

"Do you have corn growing in your ears!?" Abbie exclaims loudly, her southern accent appearing briefly due to her frustrations. "It explains PERFECTLY why Alex is upset. Think about it. Why else would she be upset by you going out with Kim and then seeing Kim kiss you?! She likes you too ya moron!"

Casey blinks blankly once again and her mouth forms into a perfect 'O' shape at the sudden realization. "Ohhh...so you mean...that must mean..."

"She's jealous Casey, she's jealous. Why else would it bother her that she opens the door to see you standing there tonguing another chick?"

"Hey! Gross! No! There was no tongue! At all! Not even a little bit! As a matter of fact I didn't even kiss back, so there."

Abbie stares at her best friend blankly for a moment before she sighs and heavily shakes her head. "You seriously do amaze me Case, really you do. Even I know better than that."

"Well hey, I don't see women coming and fawning all over you!"

"Hey, they do! With the exception of maybe four! And at least I know what to do with them!"

"Yeah? Well where's YOUR girlfriend?"

"She's out there somewhere." Abbie whispers sincerely. "So what're you gonna do?"

Casey shrugs her shoulders after another moment of long thinking. "I don't know. What am I supposed to do?"

"Well, do you have feelings for either of them?"

"I dunno. Maybe? I just...I worked so hard to get Alex to trust me and I care about her and everything but I don't wanna mess things up. And Kim...well, she seems nice...on occasion. I mean...she's nice to me and everything and I don't find myself repulsed by her so that has to mean something, right? Gee Abbs, I dunno. I've never had this happen before."

Abbie snorts and quirks an eyebrow at her friend. "No really? I couldn't even tell, because from right here, you totally look like you know what you're doing." She says sarcastically. "Follow your heart. That's what my Mama always says do."

Casey nods her head before she sighs heavily. "Yeah, you're right."

"Hey, can I ask ya something?"

"Sure, go for it."

"What was it like kissin' Kim?"

Casey frowns as she thinks for a moment before she settles in shrugging her shoulders. "I'm sure it would've been much nicer had I actually kissed her. You know how when you're taken by surprise sometimes, you're so in shock at something that is actually happening that you're frozen stiff? It was exactly like that. I froze and I had absolutely no idea what to do."

"So basically, she was kissing you and you were standing there like a concrete slab doing absolutely nothing." Abbie states with a nod of her head. "Yeah, that sounds like something that you would do. Hey, so what is Alex doing right now, since she's all pissed at you and everything?"

"Oh, I introduced her to a friend because I thought they would get along well. Ya see, Alex is in law school and I figured she could use another friend who could offer some good guidance."

"Is it the friend that I'm thinking of?"

"Probably."

Abbie bursts into a fit of laughter for a second time, though, this one lasts much longer than the first. "Oh man, Alex is gonna REALLY hate you after this."

Casey frowns and looks at the dark haired attorney with genuine confusion. "What? Why is that?"

"Cause you sent her in to have her ears talked off."

"I think that your daughter is the most adorable little girl in the planet. Really she is. She's very pretty as well; she has your eyes. I've never seen a child with so much energy too. She must never tire her self out. So anyway, Casey tells me that you are currently in law school? That's really fascinating. I've never really been giving the chance to speak to a student you know. Are you almost finished? Let me tell you, there isn't a greater satisfaction in the world than getting school over with and then getting out so you can get just the job that you wanted to begin with. Have you always desired to be a lawyer? I really admire you of you did. Well I mean, I already admire you. You're a single mother who has been raising and taking care of a child with out a proper income or financial aid. I'm not a mother but I'm sure that has to be a load of hard work. But anyway, back to jobs. Is there a specific unit you would prefer being an attorney in? Unless you would want to be a defense attorney. I won't judge you if that's what you strive to be, but most prosecutors tend to despise most defense attorneys. We mix together like gasoline and cigarettes. Speaking of cigarettes you really shouldn't smoke, it's bad for your health."

Alex blinks as she blonde sitting next to her on the bench finally ceases her rambling. She has just starting smoking her third cigarette in the span of the time this woman has actually been talking. "Sorry." She murmurs as she extinguishes the light on said third cigarette. "I tend to smoke more under pressure. Um, has anyone told you that you talk a lot?"

Serena excitedly nods her head with enthusiasm. "Oh yes! When I was two years old my mother would always tell me how much of a chatterbox I was. As I grew up and started attending school then I started hearing it from teachers. My best friend Kim tells me t talk too much all the time."

"Best friend...?" Alex repeats carefully wondering how the two woman who appear to be polar opposites can even be acquaintances let along best friends.

"Yeah, I get that reaction a lot. She comes off as mean but she's actually pretty okay. She kinda reminds of me a cactus sometimes. Have you met her?"

"Unfortunately. She and I became very well acquainted when I interrupted her and Casey's little lip lock last night."

Serena's eyes widen considerably at the statement and her mouth falls slightly agape. "W-what?" She stammers, hating the feeling of being left in the dark.

Alex snorts humorlessly and shrugs her shoulders as she takes to lighting her cigarette once again. "Oh yeah. They went out to a play show thing last night and when they came back, I opened the door and there they were. Practically making out right outside the apartment..."

Serena's stunned expression doesn't fade and as she is about to say something in regards to what she has just been told. She promptly closes her mouth and frowns. "It bothers you." She lets out, her words coming out as a statement instead of a question.

Alex's hard expression falters for a nanosecond and her icy gaze snaps to the other blonde who continues to stare at her. "It Does not bother me." She states robotically.

"Yes it does." Serena repeats as her eyes widen once again a few seconds later. "You're in love with her...with Casey..."

Alex doesn't say anything else, instead she turns away and keeps her gaze transfixed on the playground where her daughter is playing.

"Does she know?" The older blonde presses carefully.

"No..." Alex responds quietly after a moment of heavy silence. "She doesn't."

"...tell her."

"Are you insane?!"

"Perhaps a little bit, but that doesn't mean that I'm wrong..." Serena says quietly. "Maybe she feels the same?"

Alex snorts mirthlessly once more and shakes her head. "Doubt it. Why would she when she's surrounded by people like you, or Kim, or anyone else? All the time? Why would she want a poor broke lonely stripper who just struggling to find her place?"

"Sometimes you would be surprised at how other people feel."

"Yeah well, not this time...not this time."

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