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"I have no choice but to release Mr. Connors without the attachment of double jeopardy and signing the arrest warrant for Detective Olivia Benson on charge of witness tampering," the judge announced.

"Detective Olivia Benson, you are under arrest for witness tampering," the first IA officer said, pulling Olivia up gently and pulling her hands behind her back. "You have the right to remain silence. Anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law."

"I want to talk to my lawyer," Olivia said.

"Ms. Novak," he said, taking a seat across from them.

"What you got?" Casey asked, putting a supporting hand on Olivia's back as she paid attention to her colleague.

"While, I think we can do this with no criminal charges to Ms. Benson. Lost of pension and job," he said, looking at the two women who quietly discussed this.

"Recommendations?" Casey asked.

"No," he said quickly.

"Written that no criminal charges will be filed?"

"Why did you defend me?" Olivia asked, looking at her hands before taking another drink of beer.

"Because, even though I knew you did it, I knew you weren't guilty. I wanted the best for you. You wanted to be there for a friend, so I returned her favor," Casey said, looking and studying Olivia's eyes.

"Thank you," was all Olivia could say

Maybe it was the fact that she did not have to work with her again, but Casey and Olivia quickly became great friends. Casey was over most every night, and they talked about little things. The subject of work never was brought up, defiantly about Casey's work.

They did, however, bring up the topic of Olivia's new job, working for a private eye two blocks away from her apartment. The pay was good, more than she made as a cop, and she really liked her crazy boss, but it wasn't the same, and some times felt a bit too close to the squad.

Casey had let Olivia in on things no one knew about. Just little things that happened in her childhood or what no would slip out. Despite Olivia's first thought, Casey was not from money, nor had she always lived in New York. However, those little slip-ups were what made Olivia feel so close to the woman; that and her constant care for her. The way Casey would never let Olivia drink more than three bottles, even though her limit was way over that. The way she would show up with lunch, making a notion always to bring something different, but at the same time, something Olivia loved.

Besides Casey, however, Olivia had no social life with anyone from the squad after a month. With Elliot, it didn't even last a week. She found out he got transferred up to Queens two weeks later working homicide. Finn and Munch always came as a pair, but she knew that they no longer had anything in common. Yes, Munch still made her laugh and roll her eyes, and Finn still gave her that over protection glance, but after a while, their calls became less frequent, and their lunches became more and more spread out. At first they blamed it on work, but they all knew it was just an excuse.

Months had past since then. Six to be exact. Everything had changed in her life. Most times, however, she felt guilty because she felt happy and safer in this less heinous life. She didn't see angels all day, but they were better than the demons she worked against in her past life.

However, the scar that came with SVU still remained. She still had the chilled pain of knowing what went on behind the curtains. She knew what kind of people existed, and every time she saw an article about the newest rapist, she wonder what sick detail did they had to leave out this time.

When her clock marked six, she got up from her chair and gathered her things to leave. Pulling out her cell, she headed down the street while dialing Casey's number.

"Where are you?" she asked suggestively.

"Um… trying not to castrate Author." Olivia knew Casey's hatred towards the man, and after what he had done to Serena she felt it too.

"You might lose your job over that…" Olivia teased.

"So you wanna meet for lunch?"

"Hon, it is six… how bout we get you some supper?" Olivia asked.

"Alright, I'll meet you outside the DA's office in…"

"I see it right now, if you can come down!" Olivia said before saying goodbye and hanging up the phone.

They went to the café around the corner. Olivia ordered a Greek salad and garlic bread, while Casey stuck with her usual small Caesar, and Chicken Parmesan. While they waited on their meals, they sipped Cokes and talked about their busy days, well, Casey's busy day.

Olivia, who had been following around a man who was supposedly cheating on his wife, had a pretty boring day. Casey spent a lot of time complaining about Author, which, Olivia found, was not unusual. Truthfully, Casey never got along with any of her bosses at the DA's office.

After their "work" talk, they went into love life, which was equal depressing. Neither of the woman ever had luck in that area, no matter what. So, their love life talks usually were fantasy or them having competition on who had the worst.

After nine, Olivia walked Casey back to the office. It was plenty dark enough, but the trip was only a block. They stood at the stairs like they had just gotten back from a date. Casey and Olivia both wanted Olivia to go up, but knew that they were walking a thin line. So, with a sorrowful look, they hugged and gave a friendly kiss on the cheek to each other.

A week later, Casey walked in Olivia's building with a basket full of breads, and lunch meat along with soda pop and some Snicker bars. Turning the corner to Olivia's office, she smiled as her friend finished up an interview with a client.

"This is nice…" Olivia said after closing the door and hugging her best friend.

"This is bravery," Casey said sheepishly.

"Ugh… what?"

"The retrial starts tomorrow. Honey, I would really appreciate it if you were there." Olivia knew what it meant if Casey was asking her to come, and she knew it was something she needed to do.

"Of course I will!" Olivia said, as they cleared her desk to make room to eat.

"Thank you," Casey whispered.

"Case… um, will Alex be there?" Casey hesitated.

"Yeah, she will."

"Can you arrange where we can talk?" Casey quickly agreed, knowing what it meant to her friend, but was surprised when she was asked to come along.

"Are you sure?"

"Case, you are my best friend, and I don't think I can face Alex without you," Olivia said quietly.

"You two were more than friends, weren't you?" Casey felt guilty asking the question, but the fact of the matter was she wasn't sure any other way to find out.

Olivia smiled, looking down at her hands before back up at Casey and nodding. Casey had no respond, but in both of their eyes, she didn't need one. So, instead, she popped open two soda pops and handed one to Olivia.

Okay, I really hope you don't kill me over the fact that Olivia has drifted away from everyone, mainly Elliot, b/c like I said, not sure how much Elliot will be in it. But I promise a special guest will be in the next chappie.