Bastiana smirked. "How's the sex?"
"Mind-blowing."
"Size?"
"Big."
"Condoms?"
"Yes."
"Control?"
"Both."
"Time?"
"All night."
"Oral?"
"The best."
"What's with all this gossiping? You guys do realize we're at work, or do I need to add more to remind you?"
Travis had just came back from a meeting to see his girlfriend and boss/best friend gossiping like 12-year-old girls. He strolled up to Amy's desk with as much swagger as always. Amy was the first to speak.
"Nothing Trav. Just uhh..." Amy looked to Bastiana for help.
"Amh was just telling me how she lost 5 pounds!" Bastians finished. It wasn't her best lie, but it was something.
Amy gave her a "What the hell?" look before turning back to her boyfriend with a smile.
"Yep. I did. Gotta stay fit for my wonderful boyfriend , right?"
"You're damn right." he replied, leaning down and kissing Amy on her neck just below her ear. "Hi, gorgeous," he purred.
Amy was stoned enough not to really care that Travis maybe overheard them, but she blushed anyway for good measure. "Travis, you're embarrassing me."
"Now my dear..." Travis said in the most authoritative tone he could muster with his current alcohol level.
"Don't forget we have a meeting today at 3."
"Will do." Bastiana said, waiting for Travis to walk into his office so he could finish talking to Amy.
Before Travis walked into his office he stopped and turned around.
"By the way, you guys are horrible liars. I expect more from you, Amy. Anyway, I will find out sooner or later. Most likely sooner. I am Travis Tanner."
He finished his speech before walking back into his office.
"He is an idiot." Amy sighed.
"So what's going on between you and Travis?"Bastiana asked in a concerned tone, but Amy didn't reply.
"Nothing"
"Nothing?"Bastiana said with a grin."You still haven't told him"
"It's not easy."Amy stuttered.
"Well, actually it's just three words."
Amy looked horrified at what her boss had just said.
"What about you?"Amy questioned.
"Me in love?"
Amy could feel the distress in Bastiana's voice as she spoke.
"Love makes us sick, haunts our dreams, destroys our days. Love has killed more than any disease."
Bastuana needed to leave the firm otherwise her impressive 'Love is weakness ' façade would be ruined and at this moment, she didn't need it ruined.
"I'm leaving as I'm rather bored here." She looked and waved goodbye to Amy with kisses to her cheeks before leaving the firm.
As is his habit, Mike wakes in stages; first, he takes a moment to delight in the silkiness of his fifteen hundred thread count sheets, a perfect complement to his soft cotton t-shirt and boxer shorts. Next, he tucks his face into the comforter cocooning his body, squeezing his eyes shut tight against the light of the rising sun; finally, he inches his hand toward the left side of the bed, waiting to see if he reaches something solid before he gets to the edge. It so happens that his arm stretches all the way out without hitting anything, but that's fine. The mattress is still a little warm in the shape of his boyfriend's body; he won't have been gone long.
For Mike, there was no better word. Pet names never came close. Labels used by their colleagues fell flat and empty. And maybe it was childish, silly, a little boy's attempts to cling to something greater than himself. But when he stood by the window, listening to Logan, his Logan, rattle off a list of legal jargon that would somehow win their case, it felt like something had fallen into place, that Logan had firmly seated himself in each little niche the word attempted to express, filled every void, nook, loophole, and cranny.
Sure enough, the sound of shuffling footsteps rouses ,Logan from his nest a few minutes later as Mike pads closer, already dressed for the day and with two mugs clutched in his hands, both full of coffee if he knows what's good for Logan. The blonde man smiles as he hands over the larger of the two, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"Morning," Mike murmurs, raising his mug to his lips. Logan smiles back, cradling his in Mike's hands as the warmth seeps into his skin.
"Hey," he murmurs back. "Sleep well?"
Setting his coffee down on the night table, Mike leans in for an easygoing kiss. "Very." Logan chases after his for another as he leans back, and Mike indulges him briefly before moving out of reach. "You?"
"Don't I always when you're around?"
"Don't you try to guilt me into staying here?"
"Give me a little more credit than that."
Mike scoffs, slipping his hand behind Logan's neck and pulling his forward for another kiss. "Maybe just a little."
Mike grins.
Logan picks his mug back up, peering at Mike curiously as he takes another drink.
"Something wrong?"
"What?" Mike looks around briefly, his smile falling away, as Logan lowers his gaze to the cup in Mike's hands.
Mike flung himself against Logan, kissing him soundly. The brunette's arms wrapped around him, pulling them flush as he kissed back.
The blonde looked at his boyfriend .
"Babe do you know what today is?" Logan asked as he wrapped his arms around Mike's waist.
"Let me see um... Talk like a pirate day?" Mike smiled as Logan pinched his hip. Mike let out a squeal and booted Logan away with his butt. Logan gripped tighter and kissed Mike's neck gently. Mike leaned into the kiss and moaned quietly.
"Want to guess again?" Logan asked as he kept pressing kisses to Mike's neck.
"Our 2 years anniversary baby." Mike whispered as he played with Logan's hair. Logan smiled and kept pressing kisses to Mike's neck. Mike moaned and brought Logan closer to him. Their bodies collided and the heat between them made both men moan and clutch even tighter.
"What would you like to do for the rest of the day?" Mike asked before kissing Logan's collarbone.
"I have absolutely no problems staying just like this." Logan stated, tugging faintly at the handfuls of Mike's shirt he had a grip on.
Mike shook his head. "Sometimes you amaze me."
He snorted in mock hurt. "Only sometimes?"
The impish grin on Mike's face answered for him though. Leaning in he kissed his lover softly.
Logan cupped his cheek. "You're so beautiful, Michael."
"Flattery will get you anywhere, Logan."
"I know." Logan received a playful shove for his comment.
Mike stood, offering him a hand up. "I think we should go celebrate properly."
Logan returned the seductive grin. "What did you have in mind?"
An unwarranted knock at the door disrupted the tightness in Logan's abdomen, forcing him to stop moving. He let out a low growl into the skin of Mike's throat as the apex of his climax rushed away from him, while Mike swore loudly.
"Fuck..."
"If I had five bucks for every time we were interrupted..." Mike muttered in annoyance, looking a picture with his bangs stuck to her sweaty forehead, his face flushed and his pupils blown dark.
Logan shot the door—and by proxy who was behind it—a hateful glare as he reluctantly rolled off of Mike, shooting him an apologetic look. They didn't need a repeat of last month when Spencer had walked in on them. The other man just rolled his eyes and busied himself with making himself roughly presentable and hiding his state of arousal.
Once they were both wrapped up in their's bedsheets, Mike called for whoever had knocked on the door to come in, his voice clipped and annoyed.
"Sister." He motions her inside. "To what do we owe the pleasure?"
"I need to speak with you about something."
She walks over to the kitchen, stops in front of the counter. He offers her a cup of coffee, she declines. "It couldn't wait until I got in?"
She rests her hands on the counter, looks him straight on. "You didn't told Specter about me."
The tone of finality in her voice completely erases his good mood and immediately puts him on edge. "Why the hell I will tell him?."
FLASHBACK
Harvey looked up as Mike Ross barreled into his office, without knocking, and slapped down the files that he needed for court that day.
"Here," Mike said a bit breathlessly. "Did you need anything else?" he asked.
"No," Harvey said, "We're leaving at..." he paused, looking up and seeing Mike's suit. It wasn't one of his average cheap suits. This suit was expensive and nicely tailored, just a little loose on Mike, but not bad.
"Where'd you get the suit?" he asked.
Mike paused, before realizing what Harvey was talking about. "Oh. I was running late and just grabbed one from the closet. Guess I didn't realize which one," Mike shrugged. "Leaving at ten thirty, right?"
"Logan?" Harvey asked.
"My sister decided I need better suits instead of borrowing Logan's suits," Mike answered simply.
Harvey stopped reading through the file he had in his hands and looked up at Mike.
" Speaking of your sister..."Harvey asked with his eye brows raised."Why didn't you tell me that she was the lawyer for the opposing camp?"
"Harvey" Mike began; when he looked up, Harvey rolled his eyes at him, his smirk never leaving his face. "Just because my sistet it was the other lawyer doesn't meant that I will tell you that."
Rolling his eyes, Harvet glared at him." Why the hell not?"
Mike sighed in irritation. " It's a conflict of interest. You are my boss and she is my sister, I had choose this firm to be a lawyer.."
"Because she will never hire a lawyer without degree."He pauses, waiting for Mike to catch up.
"She wants and..."Mike's voice tapers off before he busts out laughing. "You must had saw her how she trew all the phones and vase from her office over me and Neal was the one who stopped her from killing me."
The face of Harvey was hilarious.
Mike sits down next to Harvey on the couch catching his blue eyes within his. He hates that he is being forced to have this conversation. It's not that he is afraid, okay maybe a little.
"Look, i didn't told you because I always keeping my professional and personal lives separate. When I am home I never talk about work with my sister on another member of the family because one of mamy rules we have are: When we sit on the table, we put work aside."Mike snorts softly
END FLASHBACK
"The main reason we hid ourselves was business. You got a case against Harvey and Jessica could use me wanting persuade you to back off."
She looks up, her eyes boring into his.
"I don't like when something jeopardy my cases"
Mike nods.
Mike looks past Bastiana to see Logan, leaning against the wall near their bedroom, watching them, Mike's suit coat hanging from the tips of his fingers. Logan gives him a little smile and Mike sets the apple down on the counter, starts toward him as Logan rises off the wall to start his way.
Bastiana turns when he walks past her and Logan holds out the coat for him to slip into, smoothing the fabric down over his shoulders, kissing him as he does up the buttons.
When he turns again, Jessica is watching him, watching them.
Bastiana glances at Logan like she's trying to make a decision about something before looking back Mike's way. "I have a case"
Logan asks, "Against SVU?"
She smiles, but hhe doesn't mean it. ."I will go easy on them."
Aaron Hotchner was jogging around the park wanting to calm himself. Chief Erin Strauss almoat bite the head of JJ, Prentiss, Morgan, Garcis and Rossi because Gracis hacked Reid's file, Hotch was ashamed from Garcia's action and had been lectured by him and Rossi.
Hotch always had a soft spot for Reid. He was the youngest but smartest member of the team. Reid had to grow up too quickly and he felt personally responsible for Reid, both as his Unit Chief and as his friend. Since the LDSK case, his feelings and protectiveness for Reid had grown. Hotch was forced to kick Reid repeatedly in order to give Reid his ankle gun. Reid then shot and killed Phillip Dowd. This was the first time Reid had ever had to kill someone.
The Agent could understand why the doctor wanted to protect his personal life and his family. Because of Nathan Harris ,the Anthrax ,Bengamin Cyrus ,Phillip Down and God only knows what else, Reid wants his family away from his work.
Rossi made up a plan that includes dinner, Reid and future Mrs. Reid. The reason behind the dinner is to meet Lola Kinney and earn forgiveness by Reid for their actions.
He then looked over at his watch and saw that it was time for him and Rossi talk to Reid. Turning around she almost bumped into Bastiana Wolf.
"I'm so sorry-" he began but she cut her off.
"Don't apologize, it was totally my fault" Bastiana excused herself while placing a strand of her dark brown hair behind her ear. Aaron smiled.
"Well, well."Bastiana said calmly with a happy smile." If is not the king of suits?"
Aaron just chuckled and added, "King of Suits?"
The woman took a deep breath. "Always wear a suit wanting to show that you're the boss and the Alpha male"
"The same about high-heels" The agent asked with a cheeky grin. Both of them looks at Bastiana's feet, seeing a pair of black leather high heels with strap.
"Always wear high heels. Yes, they give you power. you move differently, sit differently and even speak differently." Bastiana replied immediately and Hotch didn't complain against it. He knew the power of heels from his wife, who burned through money like a wildfire zoomed through the Australian wilderness. She spent a great amount of time scouring the boutiques, purchasing everything which had a designer label.
His mouth curled into a smile."My wife used to day that"
She had to fight her smile. "You mean ex-wife"
A frown appeared on Aaron's face. He didn't like how she seemed to know that but suddenly he realized something, "Hold on..You did your homework."
"Of course.!"Bastiana answered honestly. "
I always do research on the people around my siblings."
"You are afraid? "Hotch asked with a grin.
"I'm scared of no one." She said and looked up to Hotch, like she owned the world. "I want to know every move and thought of them, every breath and action."
"And you said that I am the boss."Hotch said and she looked at him confused until he added. "Always want have the control and you hate it when you want not have it.
"Dont profile me"Bastiana hissed.
Hotch nodded her understanding and smiled. It was a close-lipped smile the lawyer found difficult to interpret. Bastiana turned and walked away from the man toward the court.
A few minutes later the woman walked out the elevator came face to face with the team of SVU.
Shock was written on their faces while Carisi hit his head agains a wall over and over.
"Not happy to see your sister, sunshine?" Bastiana teasingly asked her brother and Rollins with Fin snickered as Sonny glared at them
"I need to drop dead."Carisi muttered.
" Sunshine..." The lawyer began to say but Fin and Rollins were laughing.
"What are we laughing about?"
"Nothing," Rollins said.
"Sunshine," Fin added.
Sonny groaned. "Everyone called me Sonny but only Bastiana keeps calling me that "
"Sunshine" Rollins said to Fin.
"Sunshine," he repeated.
"Sarge, help."
Olivia shrugged. "I wish I could, but nicknames are a dangerous thing, Carisi." She gave him a smile. "Your sister seem great."
"I know"
She pulled Sonny into a hug and kissed his cheek. Sonny returned the hug and kiss, then asked."What are you doing here? "
"You are here for the trial"Rollins said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I fail to see why that is anyone else's business."Bastiana answered still glaring at her.
"You are the lawyer of Zuko Lion?" Finn asked, confused.
Carisi placed a hand on Bastiana's shoulder, "Of cource you will be"
At that moment, the door of the courtroom opened and Barba walked out with a smile on his face."We are almost ready. We need just the lawyer of Lion arrives."
Bastiana laughed humorlessly. "I am right here, Barba"
Barba's eyes widened and his face rose up in a light blush when he heard Carisi start laughing.
''I..Wolf..sister...Carisi buh-buh.''
''Uh-buh-buh ,oh now you can't speak English?''Bastiana mocked.
Carisi laughed and nodded. "Only you"
While Bastiana was kicked their ass , Hotchner and Rossi stood in front of a beautiful 3 story home with the large windows and classy accents looked like the exact opposite of their co- worker's taste. For a while they had believed Reid had lived in a small apartment only for him as they thought that he was single.
The opening of the door brought them out of their thoughts but they were surprised when they see who was at the door. It wasn't Reid.
In front of them were standing Lola Kinney, she was wearing a penguin pajamas. Fro the look of her face was like she just wake up right now and her hair was sticking up everywhere, looks like she stuck her finger in a light socket.
"Miss Kinney"said Rossi staring at the young lady standing in front of them.
"Agent Rossi and Agent Hotchner."Lola step aside and botch of them walked in Reid and Lola's house.
Everywhere Rossi looked he found books piled, it didn't surprise Rossi at all, he found ta the woman liked reading but didn't expect her to have as many books as she did. What surprised him was the fact that there was only one bookcase in the whole room, looks double stocked and piled filing the bookcase complete. Four wedding magazines were on a table and their degrees were on the wall. Degree in Sociology, Psychology, Biology , Philosophy and History and two doctorates in Mathematics, Chemistry.
His gaze passed over some photos over the walls. A smiled Bastiana with a baby Mike and Spencee. A teenager Bastiana with Neal and Carisi. A photo with Logan, Dana and Lola on a party. The last one was Lola and Reid at their young age, smiling at the camera and Reid's arm around Lola.
A specific photo caught the attention of the older agent. The photo was old and worn out but in a good shape. In a photo Rossi could see all the siblings in young ages and happy. Bastiana and Neal had their arms around the waist of their twin while Reid and Carisi had goofy smiles on their faces and Mike was in the arm of Bastiana , his legs around her with a small blue blanket wrapped loosely around his lower body.
The sound of Reid's house door closing caused Rossi to look away from the photo.
"Want can I do for you, Agents?"
Both of them turned to find a casuldressed Lola behind her. They woman was wearing a black hoodie and denim jacket, her hair in a perfect ponytail and red sneakers.
Rossi and Hotch's eyes was wide and Lola chuckled at their reaction.
"Agent Rossi and Hotchner," Lola nods curtly and stares she straight in the eyes. "What Can I do for you?."
Everyone jumped in their places and looked up. A moment later Reid ran down the stairs in nothing but a pair sweatpants, his bare feet hitting against the metal stairs.
"Reid?" Hotch asked while Rossi gaped. They were surprised to see a well muscled chest and... was that a piercing?
"Reid? Do you have a bellybutton piercing?" Rossi asked as Spencer took his shirt from an empty chair.
"What? Oh that? Yeah, I got that a few months ago" Reid replied nonchalantly. Spencer smiled and turned his back to the team. There, etched on his back, was a huge pair of black wings. Spencer had a tattoo!
"No way" Rossi whispered
"R-Reid! When did you get that?" Hotch asked
"Uh, when I was fourteen" Spencer replied with a blush smattering his cheeks
A second, or maybe minutes, hours, pass in silence. If Spencer blinks he thinks maybe they'll be gone. He closes and opens his eyes, but they're still there.
"Why are you here guys?"Reid asked, wanting a first hand account of what had was important; he needed to know why they are in his home, near to his fiance , near his family.
The writer jerked to attention ."About what happened in the morning.. I had the thought that will be a good idea if we have a dinner together for talk and meet this beautiful woman better.."
"Know me better?" Thr woman muttered into Reid's shirt, not that anyone could hear him." I thought the fairy found everything about me"
Lola's lips twitched into a smile thinking that Bastiana will kill then
"If anyone can get away with murder it'd be Bastiana," the doctor points out with a half-smile, seemingly reading Lola's mind.
Hotch had been watching them carefully during their silent exchange, but once he noticed that they were most likely done, he spoke up to assure his employer." They know what they did was wrong and they want fix it. Dinner will be a good a opportunitie for it."
Reid and Lola looks each other trying to find a an excuse to avoid dinner. They didn't want to be in a room with people they didn't trust and the lady didn't want the blonde agent close to her fiance.
"We will think about it."Reid finally said, breaking the silent stalemate. But he couldn't resist slinging an arm around Lola's shoulders to pull her close again.
"Thanks you, Reid"
Reid turned to stare into the jealous and annoyed blue eyes of a certain chief. Reid knows that after Hotch's divorce, the man was more quiet and distant. He had catch his boss gaze be full of jealousy for young and married couples.
Reid finally released Lola to slowly, the woman accompanied Rossi and Hotch toward the door and when the door closed, Reid said."Finally. Alone."
Spencer turns to the television seemingly very interested in the Viagra ad.
"Spency, Honey. There's no need to stare so hard, I can assure you, you don't need Viagra." She winks, settling onto Spencer's lap. Reid's ears go pink.
"Shut up." He grumbles.
"Never." Lola purrs kissing his cheek. Scott groans, and immediately earns a death glade from Stiles.
Harvey walks through the corridor of firm and and smiling from the unparalleled satisfaction that comes from having won an important case the day before. The Wilkes case was a tough one, but Mike, as always, had come through and found the one loophole they'd needed to win. Harvey had wielded it like a sword, sharp and exact, shredding the opposition with ease. With each new victory, Harvey is shown just how perfectly he and Mike fit together; a perfect, professional unit. For all his foibles, the rookie is just what Harvey needs.
The lawyer walks to his office to find his beautiful secretary full of jealousy and anger.
"What is going on?"Harvey asks stood next her. He wanted to know why Donna was so unhappy and break it because Donna Paulson is a godness and no one deserve touch her or make her sad.
"Nothing"Donna scoffs.
"Donna" Harvey says.
" It's nothing. "Donna says, lips pursed.
Harvey follows Donna gaze and found the problem. In Mike's office was their puppy with Logan and Scottie laughing and talking.
Mike suddenly said something, making Dana say a little too loudly, "Shut up, brother"
Donna and Harvey expressions turned dangerously dark. Possessiveness was a quality all of them shared.
"Are you jealous?"
Harvey's face scrunched up in confusion. "Of what?"
"You know...you're basically the kid's 'big brother' and now their comes along and steals him away from you."
"I'm not jealous...I don't even care. I just realized the amount of paperwork I'd have to do to replace him and that's not what I do." But as Harvey said this, he said it without any meaning behind it. Was Donna right? What was he thinking, of course she was right.
"Mmhmm, sure. Admit it, you care about him in a big brother manner, Harvey."
The man rolled his eyes and turned away seeing Mike walks in Jessica's office.
"Jessica I need your help" Mike said leaning over Jessica's desk making her look up at him with eyes full of question.
"What can I do for you Mike?" Jessica asked him.
"Can you find a way to get me off the case that Harvey has taken up against Bastiana Wolf?"Mike asked her making Jessica look at him with suspicious eyes.
"And why do you need me to do that Mike?"Jessica asked him.
"Harvey is my boss and friend but Bastiana is my sister. There will be a conflict and Harvey was fishing me from yesterday to tell him my sister's plans and
technicians."As soon as Mike finished his sentence Jessica's eyes went as wide as saucer's and she dropped the pen she was holding.
"Look I know Jessica that it is to much to take in,but I seriously cannot work on this case when my boss who happens to be my friend is going against another lawyer who happens to be my sister and considering the relationship between these two I don't wanna get caught in the middle of this please Jessica help me please" Mike said folding her hands infront of her with a puppy expression on his face.
Jessica looks at the boy who could be her son and smiles.
"What? Robin is afraid that Batman and Poison Ivy will kill each other?"Jessica was ardent in his opinion.
"Batman has learnt all forms of martial arts, he is super intelligent, designs his own weapons, he is a billionaire which is the perfect cover for everything, has a solid backstory. He is the master of stealth and disguise. Batman is self-made. He wasn't an accident in a lab, he's there because he wants to be." Mike's impassioned argument amused Jessica. She didn't really care all that much about superheroes, but arguing with Mike was becoming one of her favourite hobbies.
"Poison Ivy's body produces special pheromones that lets her mesmerize and manipulate people around her, men in particular, although strong-minded people like Batman are usually capable of resisting. Often these toxins are secreted from her lips and administered in her preferred way, a poisonous kiss, usually after professing false love or affection for her victim."Jessica countered.
"Poison Ivy has been portrayed as a love interest of Batman. There has always been a sexual tension between the two, most notably in their canonical earlier encounters."Mike ended with a sigh.
"Okay listen as you know that this case means alot to Harvey and he knows you are the best so he would want you on this case because he never wants to loose to tanner,but I will see what I can do okay"Jessica said placing her hand on mike's and reassuring him, Mike gave Jessica a smile and left.
Amanda was watching Carisi laughing with his sister and went mad. The woman believed that it would be an easy victory but Bastiana Wolf blow them off with her manipulative abilities . She pictured the 19 years old victim to be a gold digger and was out after the money of Zuko Lion.
They lost their case and Carisi was congratulation her for the case. Amanda saw Bastiana tap the suitcase that held the acse with a smirk on her lips. Oh, how he really wanted to wipe that smirk off her face at the moment.
"We lost"
Barba shook his head slightly as he sighed. "Thank you, captain Obvious."
"What we are going to do?" Finn asked out of curiosity.
"Nothing"Benson answered with a sad tone. "We lost the trial."
"Nothing?"Amanda questioned."We must to do something "
Barba gave her a dry laugh. "Like what?. Will we sue all the the jury or we'll burn the detective's sister?"
No one disagreed with his statement.
"I vote for second one.!"Amanda grumbled. Somewhere during this conservation she had moved from her spot against the wall and was now sit one of the court's bench.
"We can go to the judge "Amanda stated.
Everyone waited for her to say more, but when she didn't, they all gave her looks of annoyance.
"She is good"
The team stared at Barba in shock. Carisi continued laughing with his sister and not giving a shit.
"W-wait, what?!" Benson, Finn and Amanda asked in unison.
"She knows her job. Knows how manipulative and takes what she wants." Barba explained. "There's a reason why you are where you are and Bastiana is where she is."
"Reason?"Amanda growled.
"Anyone can do my job, but no one can be me. "
Everyone turned their heads in the direction of Bastiana.
This caused Carisi to have a giggle fit.
Amanda glared over at Bastiana before looking at his friend. The lawyer didn't even bat an eyelash. "You defend rapists and killers..."
The brunette let out a snort as she laughed smugly. "I used to care about people's opinions but then I realized that those people don't pay my bills."
"See you later"
She nonchalantly blew them a kiss, much to the team's shock and slight annoyance. The smirk never left her face until the doors of elevator was closed.
"She is amazing." Sonny smiled shyly, ducking his head just a little.
"What we are going to do know?," Amanda says, a note of hysteria in hera voice.
"There's nothing more we can do until we get those surveys, and we can't get them until the morning," Olivia addressed the group "Go home, get some rest, we'll pick up where we left off tomorrow,"
After a few hour Olivia came out of her office, gazing at her phone. It was a long day. She was looking forward to get out of there. But out of the corner of her eye she caught, Bastiana Wolf sitting at her brother's desk. She looked at her with some surprise.
"Miss Wolf," she stated plainly."You must not be here"
Bastiana looked up from her file in her hands. "Yeah, but you don't actually have any authority over me,"
"Make a bet?" she raised an eyebrow at Bastiana, making her smile grown into a two-dimple one.
"Why are you still here anyway?" She asked her.
Olivia sighed "I have a trial starting next week, a little girl was raped by her uncle," she rubbed her temples "We tried everything to make him plead out, not to let it go to trial but the son-of-a-bitch wants his day in court,"
"Which means the little girl's gonna have to testify," Bastiana caught on.
"Yeah," Olivia said.
"Sometimes the simplest cases are the hardest ones," Bastiana said, earning a hum of agreement as she looked at her file.
"This is yours"
Bastiana gave the file to Benson. The detective was suspicious of the actions of the woman but her guts was telling her, she can trust this woman.
"Wait?..this is"
Olivia could not find the right words to describe what is happening, in her hands she has the file of Zuko Liam with all the evidences that can put him in prison.
"Why?"
The woman was stunned at the lawyer standing in front of her. Bastiana laughed and looks at her saying." There are two reasons for me to drop a case: Number one, blackmail me using my siblings and number two, be a rapist."
Bastiana looks out of the window where the lightning flashing across the sky that momentarily blanketed New York City in a blinding sheet of white.
"Liam might be my older client but he crossed the line years ago treating me brother and I drop him as a client. I decided to represent him because he has four daughters and two ex-wives, I couldn't believe he would do it."Bastiana said softly, looking into Olivia's eyes. "And he found something in Sonny's file that can destroy his career. "
"What?"
Olivia always was protective toward her defectives, especially Carisi as she and Finn certainly helped mold him into a good detective. Ever since Carisi had almost been shot by Tom Cole, Benson's stress had been off the charts, and her slapping habits summarily worse.
Not that someone could blame her.
"You will see tomorrow. "
"Miss Wolf, stop being cryptic. You dont know how much I hate when lawyers do that," Olivia grumbled.
Bastiana remained calm and indifferent. "When people you don't even know hate you , that's when you know you're the best."
"Barba likes you."She said before turning towards Bastiana with a grin. " It's a miracle"
"We should get outta here," said Olivia "It's late,"
"It's always late," Bastiana shrugged "I'll go when you go,"
Olivia glared at her for a moment "Seriously?"
Bqstiana smiled at her again, making her roll her eyes and put her glass back on as she looked back down at her file. After a few moments, she could make out the movement of Bastiana crossing one leg over the other.
Olivia managed to ignore er for five minutes before she huffed in frustration and closed her file "For God's sake!" she cried and took her glasses off "Are you always this annoying?"
Bastiana shrugged slightly "Are you always this stubborn?" Olivia rolled her eyes again and stood up, packing the files into her bag "Uh-uh," Viol stopped her as he stood "The files stay here."
"You've gotta be kidding me," said Olivia as she took the files out of the bag and put them back on her desk "Happy?"
"Not until you're out of the building," Bastiana said, opening her office door and waiting for her to exit. Olivia passed her with another roll of her eyes as she switched the light off and locked the door.
"Like you never take files home," Olivia grumbled as ahe caught up to step with her.
"I have one of my cars's, you need a lift?" Bastiana asked, ignoring her remark "You live in New York which means you don't have a car, and even if you do have a car, I bet you don't drive it to work every day,"
"I can make it home on my own just fine, thank you," she said, pressing the elevator button.
Silence fell over them as she accepted her brush off "You wanna grab a drink?"
Olivia raised an eyebrow at her "You just forced me out of my office to go home and get some sleep, and now you want to grab alcohol ?"
"Sure, why not? I know you won't go to sleep anyway," Bastiana shrugged.
"Oh, yeah?" Olivia asked "And how do you know that?"
"I'm a lawyer, remember?" She pointed out "That and I saw you leave two files in your bag,"
Olivia eyed her for a moment "Insomniac, huh?"
"Comes with the job," said Bastiana a little quieter, but Olivia could tell there was something more there.
"I know a little diner that's open 24 hours," Olivia said, changing the subject, noticing her change in behavior "Has great tea,"
"Okay-wait," Bastiana paused as they stepped into the elevator "I'm not keeping you away from your son am I?"
Olivia shook her head "He's with my best friend 's mother tonight, she offered to take him after Barba told her about our case,"
Bastiana nodded in response "He has your smile," she said after a few moments, making her look at her strangely "I saw the photo on your desk,"
In Carisi condo, the blonde detective was skyping with the love of his life.