Olivia was feeling particularly slow today. Alex had already left for work when she had woken up and the three cups of coffee she had guzzled had caused her to feel slightly buzzed but the feeling of tiredness remained, clouding her mind.

When she finally got to the office she was surprised to find Alex in a deep conversation with Elliot. Olivia held back and grabbed a luke warm cup of coffee from the pot. She didn't want to interrupt anything. She glanced around the squad room and saw that fin and John were sitting quietly at their respective desks and cragan was sat at his desk with the door open. Her eyes finally settled on a woman standing in the doorway of the squad room. She was clutching a briefcase with her two hands in front of her and looked like a typical lawyer. The obvious thing that stood out to Olivia was that this mystery lawyer woman had her sights firmly set on Alex.

The woman was stood still and had a curious smile on her face like she was intrigued by Alex. This definitely made Olivia feel uncomfortable. It was a minute or so before Olivia saw the woman begin to move toward Alex across the squad room. Before she even realised what she was doing Olivia was moving to intercept the woman. It wasn't until she was stood directly in her path that the woman noticed Olivia causing her to stop abruptly.

"Is there anything I can help you with", Olivia was expecting a cold response having interrupted this woman in her quest to get to Alex.

"Hey, you must be Olivia Benson. I'm your new ADA Casey Novak", Olivia was caught offguard by her enthusiastic introduction. Hesitantly she took the out stretched hand of the lawyer and shook it. Olivia was unusually quiet as she stood before casey, she had questions she wanted to ask but realised now wasn't the time considering the argument Alex and her had had over this woman.

"It's nice to meet you, I've heard quite a lot about you. It's my first day here and I was hoping to meet everyone", Olivia was just about to direct her over to fin and John when she felt a hand on her back.

"Casey, you're here! I see you've met Olivia", Alex was blissfully unaware of the turmoil currently occurring in Olivia's head.

"Yeah, the infamous detective benson here was just introducing herself", Olivia remained quiet as Alex removed her hand from Olivia's back and embraced Casey in a overly friendly hug. Olivia was growing more and more impatient and luckily before she could say something she would probably regret cragan called her over to his office.

She reluctantly left the pair who had fallen into a very animated conversation. Olivia closed the door as she entered the office and took her usual place standing infront cragan at his desk.

"I need you to escort a witness from Boston", Olivia was instantly confused. She wasn't working a case that had any interests in Boston.

"Why? For what case?", Olivia hoped she could persuade him to choose someone else. She really didn't want to leave Alex at the moment.

"I need you to do this as a favour for me", this definitely peaked he interest how could she say no if he put it like that.

"When do I leave?, Olivia was not enthusiastic about this but if it had to be done for the captain she would do it.

"Well now hopefully", cragan retrieved an airplane ticket from his desk and passed it to Olivia. By her calculations she didn't even have time to go home, luckily she had some spare clothes and a toothbrush in her locker. Hopefully Alex would still be outside. Before Olivia left the captains office he handed her a file on the case and thanked her.

Luckily she caught sight of Alex making her way down the hall towards the elevator. Olivia ran to catch up, casey was still with her but Olivia didn't care if she interrupted anything.

"Alex can I talk to you for a second?", Olivia observed the instant look of apprehension on Alex's face as if she was a school child who had been caught doing something she shouldn't have. Olivia led her away from casey with a pseudo-apologetic smile and into an empty office across the corridor.

"What's wrong Olivia?", Alex was obviously getting increasingly concerned as Olivia closed and locked the door behind them.

"I have to go to Boston to pick up a witness", Olivia observed Alex instantly relax at her words.

"Oh, I wasn't aware there was a witness for a case in Boston"

"Cragan asked me to do it, it's not my case", Olivia didn't want Alex to think she was keeping anything from her.

"When do you leave?", as she spoke now Alex appeared disheartened.

"Well I should have left fifteen minutes ago so I'm going to have to rush now. That's why I dragged you in here for a proper goodbye", Olivia didn't say anything else as she pulled Alex into a passionate kiss clearly catching Her by surprise. The kiss only lasted a minute before Olivia reluctantly pulled back.

"I'd better go. It will give you a chance to catch up with whatshername", Olivia gestured towards the door and could tell Alex sensed the contempt in her voice.

"I only met her at a conference Olivia", Alex sounded worryingly neutral as she spoke; this angered Olivia for some reason.

"Could have fooled me", Olivia contained a shout and immediately realised she was being an ass. She was silent for a minute and felt a look of guilt spill over her face. "I'm sorry Alex I'm not feeling good today", Olivia rubbed her temples to try and ward off the headache she felt growing over her eyes.

"How long will you be gone?", this time when Alex spoke Olivia definitely heard a hint of sadness.

"I have no idea. A night at least", Olivia wanted to get out of this tiny room that felt like it was getting smaller by the second.

"Okay well call me when you get there", Olivia nodded and took it as a signal to leave. As she unlocked the door and exited the room she realised Alex wasn't following her. She didn't turn back as she passed casey in the hall, she didn't have time. She quickly climbed onto the elevator and before the doors closed she just caught sight of Casey slowly making her way over to where Alex was. Olivia felt her anger return, she wasn't sure if she was being stupid or her concerns were warranted. A quick glance at her watch told her she was going to have to pull off a small miracle to make her flight.

After a hurried taxi journey and a sprint through JFK Olivia could finally catch her breath as she waited for the plane to take off. She retrieved her phone and wasn't surprised to find no messages or missed calls from Alex. Olivia knew she shouldn't have just left but she didn't have a choice. The plane finally took off and Olivia fell into an uneasy sleep.

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