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Author's note: I know it's only three pages but I totally burned out this
weekend. Too much over time at work and too little sleep finally caught up
with me. Oh well. Enjoy. Oh yeah, another big thanks (again) to Justin.
Thanks honey!
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A few hours later Olivia returned to the hospital, she was dreading having to tell Casey and Jessie the bad news. Walking up to the room she glanced in the window first, Casey was curled up in the chair next to Jessie, who was sleeping.
"Hey." Casey said quietly, lifting up her head slightly when she saw Olivia come in.
Olivia gave her a smile, then her smile tightened slightly.
"What is it?" Casey sat up and was fully awake.
Olivia opened her mouth to say something but found she couldn't. Instead she looked at Jessie, "How's she doing?"
Casey leaned forward to pull up her blanket a little. "Okay I guess." She was whispering. The pale, yellow light bulb was shinning on Casey's soft features as she moved forward out of the chair. "She woke up for a little while, but then went back to sleep." Casey started walking towards the door, Olivia followed. "She'll probably be out for the rest of the night...she's pretty exhausted."
"I'm sure," Olivia said. Nodding slightly as she held open the door for Casey. "Um..." Olivia paused, not sure how to ask the next question. "Did she remember anything?"
"Yes." Casey said plainly, looking up with her eyes towards Olivia. "She had a pretty good description of him. I wrote was able to write it all down before she went back to sleep. She was only awake for a little while. Also she said that he looking a little familiar, she thinks he might have been the guy who was in the bar with her the night Robyn was killed. Also she said he was outside of the building when they left too."
"It was burning into me how there must have only been twenty, thirty minutes after Jessie left and the time Robyn was killed. That's what I was going to talk to her about earlier today."
Casey nodded, "Did you find anything with the blood?"
Olivia closed her eyes slightly, she had been dreading this. "No I'm sorry. Guy's not in the system, but the good news is that he was clean of any STDs. So there's no fear in-"Olivia cut off when she saw how upset Casey was.
"We're never going to get this guy are we?"
"What makes you say that?" She tried for shock but she knew her despair.
"Rape kit came back with nothing, just like Robyn Young...this guy; he knows what he's doing. He picks the vic, possibly at random and then I don't know," Casey sighed.
"Hey leave that to me okay. It's my job and I will find him." Olivia said as a final remark and then turned and walked out.
Monday morning
SVU Police station
"Olivia go home." Captain Cragen ordered the young Detective. It was past one in the morning and it was clear she was exhausted, still fiddling over paper work, refusing to get up. Everyone was already gone.
Olivia forced out a smile, looking up at him. "I'm okay."
Don sighed, "I said go home."
Olivia saw he was dead serious and after a few moments of a staring contest gave in. "Alright." She stood and gathered her things.
***
Olivia was very surprised when she saw Casey Novak outside of her apartment building. "Hi." Was the only thing she could manage to say.
"I should have called, I'm sorry." Casey said at once.
"No, it's okay. What's going on? Is it Jessie?"
"No she's okay. I just...I went back to my apartment and I couldn't sleep and Anngie can't stay in the house, she's with friends and...I didn't know what else to do."
Olivia nodded, unlocking the door. "Sure that's fine." The idea of Casey spending a few hours and even possibly the night excited Olivia more then she'd acknowledge.
"I'm sure I'm a bother." Casey started to say but Olivia put her hand on her arm.
"I said it's no problem and I mean that, besides I don't think I was planning on getting much sleep myself." Olivia didn't move her hand away.
Casey looked deep into her eyes and more then anything wanted the Detective to kiss her. There was a burning inside of her that wanted Olivia's lips on hers. It was something she hadn't felt in a very long time.
Olivia moved slightly closer, her breath catching in the moment and for a split second everything went silent. But before anything could happen Olivia heard herself asking, "Do you like tea?"
Casey pulled back and forced out a smile. "Sure."
A few hours later Olivia returned to the hospital, she was dreading having to tell Casey and Jessie the bad news. Walking up to the room she glanced in the window first, Casey was curled up in the chair next to Jessie, who was sleeping.
"Hey." Casey said quietly, lifting up her head slightly when she saw Olivia come in.
Olivia gave her a smile, then her smile tightened slightly.
"What is it?" Casey sat up and was fully awake.
Olivia opened her mouth to say something but found she couldn't. Instead she looked at Jessie, "How's she doing?"
Casey leaned forward to pull up her blanket a little. "Okay I guess." She was whispering. The pale, yellow light bulb was shinning on Casey's soft features as she moved forward out of the chair. "She woke up for a little while, but then went back to sleep." Casey started walking towards the door, Olivia followed. "She'll probably be out for the rest of the night...she's pretty exhausted."
"I'm sure," Olivia said. Nodding slightly as she held open the door for Casey. "Um..." Olivia paused, not sure how to ask the next question. "Did she remember anything?"
"Yes." Casey said plainly, looking up with her eyes towards Olivia. "She had a pretty good description of him. I wrote was able to write it all down before she went back to sleep. She was only awake for a little while. Also she said that he looking a little familiar, she thinks he might have been the guy who was in the bar with her the night Robyn was killed. Also she said he was outside of the building when they left too."
"It was burning into me how there must have only been twenty, thirty minutes after Jessie left and the time Robyn was killed. That's what I was going to talk to her about earlier today."
Casey nodded, "Did you find anything with the blood?"
Olivia closed her eyes slightly, she had been dreading this. "No I'm sorry. Guy's not in the system, but the good news is that he was clean of any STDs. So there's no fear in-"Olivia cut off when she saw how upset Casey was.
"We're never going to get this guy are we?"
"What makes you say that?" She tried for shock but she knew her despair.
"Rape kit came back with nothing, just like Robyn Young...this guy; he knows what he's doing. He picks the vic, possibly at random and then I don't know," Casey sighed.
"Hey leave that to me okay. It's my job and I will find him." Olivia said as a final remark and then turned and walked out.
Monday morning
SVU Police station
"Olivia go home." Captain Cragen ordered the young Detective. It was past one in the morning and it was clear she was exhausted, still fiddling over paper work, refusing to get up. Everyone was already gone.
Olivia forced out a smile, looking up at him. "I'm okay."
Don sighed, "I said go home."
Olivia saw he was dead serious and after a few moments of a staring contest gave in. "Alright." She stood and gathered her things.
***
Olivia was very surprised when she saw Casey Novak outside of her apartment building. "Hi." Was the only thing she could manage to say.
"I should have called, I'm sorry." Casey said at once.
"No, it's okay. What's going on? Is it Jessie?"
"No she's okay. I just...I went back to my apartment and I couldn't sleep and Anngie can't stay in the house, she's with friends and...I didn't know what else to do."
Olivia nodded, unlocking the door. "Sure that's fine." The idea of Casey spending a few hours and even possibly the night excited Olivia more then she'd acknowledge.
"I'm sure I'm a bother." Casey started to say but Olivia put her hand on her arm.
"I said it's no problem and I mean that, besides I don't think I was planning on getting much sleep myself." Olivia didn't move her hand away.
Casey looked deep into her eyes and more then anything wanted the Detective to kiss her. There was a burning inside of her that wanted Olivia's lips on hers. It was something she hadn't felt in a very long time.
Olivia moved slightly closer, her breath catching in the moment and for a split second everything went silent. But before anything could happen Olivia heard herself asking, "Do you like tea?"
Casey pulled back and forced out a smile. "Sure."