Blueberry Pancakes
Summary: A victim comes
to Liv for comfort. And Alex makes pancakes. OA
Disclaimer: I've
still got nothing. Except for this chicken, potato and asparagus,
and soon they'll be gone too. So sad. : P
The phone rang. Liv flailed for the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Oh sorry! Did I wake you? Shoot, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have called." Kate sounded like she'd been crying
"No honey, no. You can always call me, anytime. What's wrong?"
"Can I come over for a bit? I just need to be somewhere safe."
"Sure honey, come on over. Do you need me to come get you?"
"No, I'll cab it. Thanks." And she hung up. Liv turned to Alex.
"Hope you don't mind."
"And you said you didn't bring work home." Alex joked.
"Not my fault if it follows me." She looked over at the clock.
"It's almost 6 am. Might as well get up."
"I'll make some pancakes."
"Mmm, that's a good enough reason on its own."
Liv loved watching Alex in the kitchen; she looked like she was dancing. She moved smoothly from one area to the next, kitchen to counter, pulling a drawer open with her toes, pulling out a spatula and placing it by the stove before spinning to open the fridge. Getting one ingredient after another. Liv's favourite day was grocery day for this very reason.
"What's her story?"
"Huh, what?" Alex smiled; she knew what had distracted Liv.
"What's this girl's story? You just called her honey, so unless her parents are mean…"
"Her name's Kate. She was attacked by an ex-boyfriend a couple of weeks ago. The Paulsen case?" Alex nodded, now she knew what was going on.
"But you apprehended him."
"Yes, and he didn't make bail. And Kate knows that. But that's not keeping her from seeing the guy everywhere, that's not helping her feel safe." Alex nodded. "She's a nice girl. I just want to make sure she stays that way. I don't want anything else to happen to her."
"Sounds like the kind of person who could use some blueberry pancakes."
"And here I thought you were making them for me." Liv said, circling her arms around Alex from behind.
"No, that would be everything else." Alex responded, turning around. There was a knock at the door.
"Have I told you lately how wonderful you are?" Liv said, with a kiss on the nose. Then she went to open the door.
