I take no responsibility for how late this chapter is! Between work and... well work, I've had no time... Plus I did mention in the last chapter that these next few with the court scenes would take a while. If there are any mistakes, my apologies, I am posting this right before I get petrol/gas for my car and go to work and I need to be fairly quick, but I didn't want you guys (if anyone is still interested in this fic) to wait any longer.
I own Kaitlyn, Maria and Mark... Technically this story line. If I owned SVU... Well a lot of changes would be made... Maybe if i save enough money I can make a deal with Dick Wolf... Heh.
Happy reading :)
Trevor Langan paced the court room in front of Kaitlyn with his hands behind his back. Opening statements had just been made and he was now up to question Kaitlyn. He stopped pacing and leaned on the desk, his arms folded over his chest.
"Kaitlyn," he began. "How old are you?"
The brunette's eyebrows narrowed and she resisted the urge to steal a glance at Alex. She was told she'd be unprepared for the defense's questions and not to expect anything. "Nineteen," she responded, flippantly.
Trevor nodded his head. "Do you know the difference between the truth and a lie?"
"She's clearly swearable, councilor," Judge Lena Petrovsky got in before either Alex or Kaitlyn could; confused as to where he was going with this.
Trevor threw his hands up and walked towards the judge. "I only ask because she recanted."
Petrovsky looked from Trevor to Kaitlyn, to Alex then Casey, and back again. "Is this true?" She asked looking at Kaitlyn for an answer.
She nodded her head. "Yes."
"Then why are we here?" She demanded, glancing at Alex.
"Because I took it back."
"Why did you recant in the first place?" Trevor asked forcibly.
"I was scared!"
"Are you sure you didn't feel guilty for wrongfully accusing your own mother of sexual abuse?"
"Objection!" Alex cut in.
Petrovsky nodded her head. "Sustained," she said immediately.
Trevor licked his lips and smirked. "Is it true you're having issues with your sexuality?"
"Objection: relevance!" Alex let out incredulously, glaring at Trevor's back.
"I am confused about my sexuality, but if I wanted to experiment I sure as hell wouldn't do it with my own mother!" Kaitlyn snapped, not too dazed that she didn't know where he was heading with his line of questioning.
Petrovsky banged her gavel and the court room was silenced immediately. She looked at Kaitlyn and then at the jury. "The jury is to disregard the last question and the answer that followed." She then looked up at Trevor. "Watch your step Mr. Langan."
"Yes your honour." He looked behind him and took a sip of his water before slowly walking towards Kaitlyn. "You said that you'd been abused for the last two years, correct?"
"Yes."
"Why didn't you come forward before last week?"
"Talking about it would have made it real and I wasn't ready to accept that."
"And last week you woke up and decided you were ready?"
"Last week my mother raped me!"
"Your honour?"
"He goaded her, your honour," Alex cut in standing up.
"I was merely asking a question –"
"No you weren't. You want to badger the victim until she breaks on the stand!"
"Counsel approach," Petrovsky ordered.
Trevor and Alex looked at each other before approaching the bench; Alex felt shivers run down her spine as Petrovsky glared at them both and covered the microphone. "I will not stand for child-like behaviour in my courtroom counselors. Another outburst like that from either one of you and I'll find you both in contempt of court. Step back."
Alex walked back to her desk, and Trevor resumed his position by the jurors; both with their tails between their legs. "Why did you choose to come to New York?"
"I didn't want to stay in Jersey."
"Why did you wait twelve hours after the fact?"
"After being raped with a baseball bat, I couldn't move. I waited until I got feeling back in my limbs, realized I couldn't stay and I forced myself up and into my car and drove to New York."
"Where you drove to the precinct and told the police you had been raped?"
"I got into a car accident on the way, so my first stop was the hospital."
"So how did detectives Benson and Stabler become involved?" He asked.
"The doctor who treated me called them and told them she thought I had been abused."
"Where was it that you were headed?"
"To my aunt's apartment."
"Who is your aunt?"
Kaitlyn looked at him quizzically but responded anyway. "Casey Novak."
"Why wouldn't you have gone to the police first?"
"I needed to see a familiar face."
"Before going to the precinct…"
"My intention was not to go to the precinct at all," she said quietly.
"Why not?"
"Telling someone that your mother raped you isn't exactly a conversation starter," she bit.
"So your plan wasn't to tell anyone about the alleged rape at all, was it?"
"Objection!"
"The rape can only be assumed since Miss Novak did in fact recant and tell detective Stabler that her wounds were self inflicted," he stated smugly.
"I have the doctor who treated her outside waiting to be called in as my witness who will testify that those wounds couldn't possibly have been self inflicted," Alex shot back.
"Objection sustained."
Trevor sighed. "Nothing further."
Petrovsky nodded her head. "We're in recess. Court will resume in ten minutes." She banged her gavel.
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Casey paced in front of the group, barely registering anything Alex was saying. Trevor was really going after Kaitlyn and she wanted to rip him to shreds. It took every ounce of strength to stay where she was when Trevor and Maria walked out of the courtroom. Just to be safe, though, Olivia wrapped a protective arm around her; both for support and to make sure she wasn't going anywhere.
"It's going okay though, right?" Elliot's voice cut into Casey's thoughts.
Alex nodded her head. "It's going okay. It's still early on in the trial," she rationalized, "but so far it's going okay." She turned her attention to Kaitlyn and her eyebrows narrowed when she was no where in sight. "Where's Kaitlyn?"
Casey's eyebrows shot up and everyone scanned the area.
"She realizes that she has to be back in ten minutes, right?" Alex asked.
"She wouldn't have run," Olivia replied.
"She's got a great track record of staying put, though, wouldn't you say?" Trevor's voice cut in.
Olivia felt Casey pull out of her arms with a growl and she moved lightening fast in keeping her down, walking her away but not before glaring at Trevor.
He chuckled.
"Keep it up and I'll wipe that smirk right off that smug little face of yours, Langan," Elliot threatened, standing nose to nose with him.
"I wish you would. In a room full of lawyers and judges, you'd have no chance…"
"Elliot go and look for Kaitlyn in the courtroom, now," Alex ordered. Elliot stayed where he was for a few beats, squaring off with Trevor before finally moving away and doing as he was told.
"You sure have the SVU squad whipped…"
"Slither away, jerk."
Trevor raised an eyebrow. "Surely a woman of your caliber can come up with something better than that."
"Doesn't your client need you to tell her how to properly lie on the stand?"
"My client is well versed on what she needs to say… and it's the truth by the way."
"Keep telling yourself that, Trevor."
He smirked. "Save yourself the embarrassment of losing and plead her out."
"Not a chance."
"When you lose… and you will lose. Don't say I didn't warn you," he said smugly before walking away.
Alex shook her head and rolled her eyes. Pompous ass, she thought to herself before walking up to Elliot, Casey and Olivia. "Did you find her?"
Casey and Olivia shook their heads.
"No," Elliot answered.
Alex quickly scanned the area again; her eyes falling on the restrooms. "Did anyone check the bathrooms?"
When nothing but blank faces stared back at her, Casey, Alex and Olivia split up into bathrooms at different ends of the courthouse, with Elliot waiting by the doors of the courtroom, eyeballing Trevor Langan.
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Alex pushed open the door slowly and let out her breath when she saw Kaitlyn standing in front of the sinks, looking at herself in the mirror; her face dripping wet. She turned her head sharply to see who had just entered the bathroom, ignoring the pain of the nerve she just pinched. She licked her lips and relaxed, turning her head back to the mirror, and leaning on the basin.
"Do we need to go back?" She asked quietly, not looking at Alex.
"No, not yet." She walked further into the bathroom and stood next to Kaitlyn, facing her. "Are you okay?"
She shook her head. "Those nerves that I didn't have on the way in? They came up ten fold… Do you have a breath mint?" She asked, finally looking at the blonde.
"Uh… not with me, no. Sorry."
"It's okay. I'm sure Casey has some." She turned back to the mirror and studied her face. No bruises and no wounds… just the scars. She lightly traced them with her left hand and shivered.
"You did great in there," Alex assured her.
Kaitlyn shrugged. "I just want my part to be over…"
"It is. All you have to do now is just sit and watch everything else unfold," she responded, resting a hand on her shoulder.
Kaitlyn took a little step backwards, still slightly uncomfortable with being with the blonde alone. "But I don't have to right? It's completely up to me?"
She nodded her head. "It's completely up to you."
Kaitlyn sighed and looked at her watch. "We should get back."
Alex looked at her own watch and nodded her head, walking towards the door and opening it for Kaitlyn to walk out first, following behind her.
When Casey saw her niece walking towards her, she relaxed into Olivia's embrace and let out a sigh. She ran her hands over her face and waited until they approached.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
Kaitlyn nodded her head immediately. "Fine," she lied, taking a side glace at Alex silently begging her not to say anything. "Got a breath mint handy?"
Casey let the lie slide and searched her bag for a breath mint or chewing gum. She found some mints and offered them to her niece. Kaitlyn took two of them and chewed them to pieces.
"Everyone's heading in," Olivia noted.
Alex and Casey both looked to Kaitlyn. "It's your choice," Alex reminded her.
Kaitlyn nodded her head and drew in a breath. "We're going to be late." She started towards the courtroom with Casey, Olivia, Alex and Elliot following behind.
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"I call Doctor Chelsea Bryant to the stand."
Yep, I suck hehehehe :P
I couldn't help myself, I had to have a war of the words between Alex and Trevor lol. If anything is wrong in the court scenes or even the battle of wits... just let me know in a review and... well I'll just steer clear of it in the future ;)
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