A/N: Okay, so to make up for the delay in updates I will give you two Chapters there is going to be a little time jump here.

Olivia's POV

It has been about two weeks since we did the line-ups for Callie's attacker. The DA assures me it is going to trial soon and they're not sure yet if Callie will have to testify. I have spent every possible moment I'm not at work with her and Noah. They seem to be getting along really well; she loves to cook with him as her little helper.

She seems to be doing better, I think just knowing he is behind bars helps a lot as well. We have been spending a lot of time at home in the evening just talking and playing with Noah. I have to admit I have enjoyed the time spent with him as well as Callie. It is so nice to have adult company that is not your co-workers.

However, I think the time spent with her is wearing on my mind. I often find myself lost in thought during the day. Thinking about what she's doing, where she is and just about her in general. I have even been thinking about her lying in bed at night. There's only been once or twice I have had to sleep with her, holding her. She had nightmares and I could hear her from my room.

I hate to admit this but I actually enjoy those nights, not because of her nightmares but because I get to fall asleep with a woman in my arms. I keep wondering what it would be like to hold her every night; without the nightmares. The situation isn't ideal, but the thought of having her in my arms is amazing. I think the more time I spend with her the more I feel for her. Which is probably not appropriate but I can't help where my feelings and mind take me. I have to find a way to get them out of my head; I cannot be thinking of her like this.

I am in the kitchen making some tea for us and lost in my own thoughts. I go to turn around to the fridge for the milk and Callie is right there. We stand there and just look at each other. I'm not sure who leaned in first but before I know it our lips are on each other. She has her hands wrapped around my neck in my hair and I have mine resting on her hips. Once my brain kicks into gear I pull back and gasp. Oh my god, what did I just do

"Cal-Callie, I am so sorry" and I turn and rush off to my room and close the door behind me. Shit this can't get any worse!

Callie's POV

I am sitting on the couch and Olivia is in the kitchen making us some tea, I am talking away to her, but she isn't talking to me. She's either lost in her thoughts or cannot hear me.

"Olivia?"

"Hey Olivia"

She doesn't answer me so I get up and make my way towards her. She has this faraway look in her eyes. I slowly approach her, I know better than to sneak up on someone, especially a cop. I slowly move towards her and lean on the counter; she turns towards the fridge and I guess she wasn't paying attention because now we are standing toe to toe and I can feel her breath on my face. I don't know what it is but for some reason I feel a strong pull towards her. I lean in a little and before I know it; our lips are connected. I wrap my arms around her neck into her hair and I can feel hers on my hips. I am about to deepen the kiss when I feel her pull away.

"Cal-Callie, I am so sorry" she turns and almost runs to her bedroom and the door closes behind her.

'SHIT' I think to myself, what the hell did I just do? I don't know what this pull is I feel for her but I can't deny it. I have tried for so long to fight it and I can't seem to win. I can't get her out of my head. I often find myself wondering what she is doing, where she is. And don't even get me started on her being in bed with me a time or two. Yes I know she's been there due to the nightmares but what I wouldn't give to have her hold me like that every night.

I have to find a way to make this right. I need to know how she feels about the situation. I take a deep breath and turn the kettle off. I turn and make my way towards her room. I am standing outside her door and wipe my sweaty hands on my pants, take another deep breath and move my hand up and softly knock on her door.

"Olivia?"

"Yeah?" I can tell she's been crying, just fucking fantastic, I hope I didn't just ruin our friendship we had.

"Can I come in please?"

"I don't think that's a good idea"

"And why is that?"

"I just don't think it's a good idea"

I can't take this conversation with a door between us. I grab the knob and turn and swing the door open slowly.

"Olivia, please talk to me"

"Callie, I can't"

"Why not Olivia?" I am kneeling in front of her as she sits on the end of her bed.

"Please look at me" I take my finger tips and put them under her chin to bring her eyes up to mine

"Callie, I am so sorry. I did not mean for that to happen. I don't know what came over me."

"Olivia, why are you apologizing I am the one that kissed you."

"What? Why?"

Okay, so do I go with the truth here or find a way to put this behind us, like it never happened? Hell no, I know hiding and burying it won't help either of us. I just hope I didn't ruin anything and that she wanted that kiss as much as I did. Here goes nothing …

"Because I wanted to kiss you. I haven't been able to stop thinking about you Olivia. I don't know why but I feel this strong pull towards you and I cannot stop thinking of you. When you are at work, I wonder what you're doing, where you are, if you're safe."

"Callie, I do the same thing thinking about you when I'm at work, but this is so unethical"

"Why?"

"Because I feel like I'm taking advantage of you. You were recently attacked and you're vulnerable, it feels right but so wrong at the same time."

"Olivia, did you enjoy it?" I have to know what she's thinking here.

"What?"

"Did you enjoy the kiss we just shared?"

"Are you serious? Of course I did, very much so Callie"

"Okay, well so did I and I believe I was the one that kissed you? We are both mature adults, single women; hopefully you're attracted to me as I am to you. What's the problem?"

"I am very attracted to you, the problem is I'm on the detective on your case Callie, it could get complicated"

"Olivia, in case you forgot, complicated is the story of my life. And you are technically no longer on my case, you handed me over to the DA's office, did you not?"

"Yes"

"Well okay then, there you have it. Now the question is, do you feel the same pull towards me as I do to you or is it just me feeling it?"

"No, it's not just you, I feel it too"

"Alright, so I'm not saying we jump into something and run off and get married tomorrow; what I am proposing is we take it one day at a time and see where this goes, or if it will go beyond friendship because I for one would like more, so let's just see where this goes okay?"

"Okay"

With that I grab her by the neck and run my fingers over her cheek and look into her eyes to make sure she wants this like I do. When I don't see any hesitation in her eyes, I lean in and gently place a kiss to her lips. She wraps her arms around my shoulders and I have moved my hands to her hips. I run the tip of my tongue across her bottom lip looking for access, which she grants. I move in closer and deepen the kiss. When air becomes a problem for us I lean back out and lay my forehead on hers.

"WoW" she breaths out

"Wow is right!" I reply

"Now, I want to take you to dinner. As a thank you for all you have done for me and also as kind of a first date. So Olivia Benson, will you go on a date with me?"

"I would love to Callie Torres"

"Great, then I will make the reservations and let you know when and where."

"Sounds good"

Olivia's POV

Wow, she actually asked me out. Okay so I may be freaking out a little on the inside here. And that kiss? DAMN! I cannot believe she feels the same way. And here I thought I was losing it. I still feel strange about it, like I'm taking advantage of her but she assures me I am not. I have wanted to kiss her for a while now but I knew I couldn't. I didn't want to take advantage of her vulnerability.

I have agreed to let her take me to dinner, now I just have to wait till that time comes and see how everything goes. I do know that I want more then what we have right now, I know we will not be jumping into anything right away, she's right; we just need to take it day by day and see where it can go.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" I ask Callie as we have moved from my bedroom to the kitchen.

"Sounds good to me, let me just change into something more comfortable"

"Okay, I think I will also"

We make our way into our bedrooms and change into some comfy clothes for an evening on the couch watching movies. I tucked Noah into bed about an hour ago and we decided to just chill out.

"What do you want to watch?" I ask her

"Doesn't matter, as long as it isn't a cartoon"

"HA!"

"Olivia?"

"Yes?"

"Do you mind if we cuddle while we watch a movie?"

"Not at all Callie"

While I pop a DVD into the machine Callie gets the munchies from the kitchen and the couch ready. Once the movie starts loading we snuggle onto the couch. I am sitting against the arm and have Callie in between my legs snuggled down.

I have to admit, this feels amazing. I know we haven't even been on one date yet but I am really enjoying our closeness. I probably shouldn't be, but at least now I know she feels the same way I do. We did agree to take this slow and see what happens. We are about 40 minutes into the movie when my phone rings.

"Benson"

"Okay, I'll call the sitter and be there as soon as possible"

"Sorry Callie, I got to go."

"It's okay, comes with the job right?"

"Yes it does sadly"

"You don't have to call the sitter though, I can watch him, he's already sleeping so it shouldn't be a problem."

"Callie, I can't ask you to do that"

"Olivia, really it's fine. It's getting late, there's no point in calling Steph over; I'm already here with no plans. I will sit here and watch some TV then go to bed."

"Callie, are you sure?"

"Yes, now go before they start calling again"

"Thank you so much, I'll be back as soon as I can"

"It's fine, really" I run into my room and get dressed again.

"Okay, well I will see you tomorrow"

"Yup" and she leans in and kisses me. Wow, I was not expecting that, it's like it is second nature.

"Bye"

Callie's POV

After Olivia left to go to work I just lie out on the couch and watch some mindless TV for a little while. As I get into my room I decide to take a nice hot bubble bath. I leave my bedroom door open, incase Noah wakes so I can hear him. I also leave the bathroom door open a crack. I get into a nice hot bubble bath and just relax.

I start playing our earlier conversation over in my head. I am so happy she feels this pull as well. I feel it so strongly towards her. I know I need to make our first date count in order to woo her but I don't think she will need much wooing but I'm going to give it my all anyway.

I don't know yet where I am going to take her but I have to do some research for sure. I don't know what she prefers for food type; Chinese, French, Mexican, Italian, etc. I will have to do some digging to find out. I cannot believe she said yes to a date with me, but I am so happy she did.

I finish with my bath, get out and dry off and make my way into my room for some night clothes. I close the bedroom door while I change then open it a little once I am, so I can hear Noah if needed. I climb into bed and get cozy. I am just getting comfortable when I hear a little knock on my door.

"Callie?"

"Hey buddy. Come in. What's wrong?" I turn on my side as the door opens to see Noah standing there with his teddy bear in his hand.

"Where's mama?"

"She got called into work bud. What happened?"

"I had a bad dream"

"Come here" I pat the mattress beside me and he crawls in.

"Can I sleep with you Callie? I got really scared"

"Of course you can buddy, come here" I open my arms for him to snuggle in

Once he is all snuggled in I run my fingers through his hair, hoping to calm him down a little. He must've had a really bad dream; his hair is damp from sweating. I wrap my arm around him and we both snuggle down into the bed to get some sleep.

"Thank you Callie"

"For what?"

"Letting me sleep with you."

"That's okay bud, I have a little girl who sleeps with me often too when she has bad dreams".

"Can I meet her?"

"Sure you can Noah, she is with her other mother right now but once she comes back I would really like it if you met her."

"Okay. Good night Callie"

"Night buddy" I kiss the top of his head.

I am lying here staring at the ceiling with this little man in my arms and I cannot believe how much I miss my baby girl. We used to snuggle like this a lot even when she didn't have bad dreams. I need to see her and soon. First I have to plan this date for Olivia and I. I am getting so nervous just thinking about it.

I am thinking about where I can take her as I slowly surrender to sleep. I drift off to sleep with Noah in my arms. I hope Olivia won't mind I let him sleep in here with me tonight.

A/N: Thoughts?