I don't own the SVU character's. Only the original one's.
A/N sorry for the long update. And I wasn't born in he 70s, so I don't know anything about how they did IDs, or any things they did involving cases back then, so forgive me if I get it all wrong.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm here for you" she said stroking her hair like she did when Serena was a child. Serena just laid her head against her mothers shoulder with slow tears running down her face.
"Well, at least theres one thing good about the aftermath of this, I never have to see his eyes again." She didn't know how wrong she was. Serena sniffed, then picked her head up and looked at her mother
"so are you mad?"She asked her mother
"no, I'm not mad at you at all. It wasn't your fault. I just wished you would have told me sooner."
"I'm sorry" Serena said sympathetically. Her mother smiled at her
"it's okay Rena. Can I ask you one thing though, how are you handling this"
"good" she said looking down. She didn't want to tell her mother about the three day drinking binges, she knew she would be disappointed in her, and she hated when her mother was disappointed. They just sat there for a few more minutes, before Sarah came in.
"Hello Sarah" her mother said smiling at her. She had always liked Sarah, and Sarah always liked her.
"Hey Laurie, whats happening?" Sarah asked going over to the table, and offering Serena comforting smile.
Not much, how are you doing?" Sarah shrugged, then looked at Serena
"so how are you doing?" she asked in a kind voice. Serena just shrugged, then got up to get something to drink. Sarah shock her head, then turned to Serena's mother
"So what are you doing here so early?"
"nothing, just wanted to see my daughter. What are you doing up so early?" Sarah just shrugged
"I decided to get another paint job on my car, it needs a new one."
"Oh my god Sarah, your car has had about twenty other paint jobs, why don't you just get it rainbow?" Serena said sitting back down with a cup of orange juice. Sarah just shrugged again
"you know what, thats not a bad idea. Thanks for the suggestion." Serena rolled her eyes, then turned to her mother, but was interrupted by the phone ringing.
"I'll get it" Sarah said rushing over to the phone. Her phone service has been cut off, and she had started giving out numbers to Serena's phone instead. She didn't mind that much, except when she got calls at one a clock in the morning.
"Hello, Serena Benson's room" Sarah said in a seductive voice that made Serena laugh, and her mother roll her eyes.
"Uh yeah hang on a sec" she said putting down the phone and turning to Serena
"its for you, its some detective named Frank, says he has a lead on your case." Serena jumped up and ran to the phone.
"Hello" she said eagerly into the phone
"hi Serena, this is detective Stabler at the 1-6, we have a suspect in your case. I would appreciate it if you could come down to the station to make an ID."
"Sure, I'll be right down." Serena hung up the phone and looked at Sarah and her mom who was looking at Serena
"well whats going on?" Sarah asked eagerly. Serena smiled at her
"they got a suspect" she said happily. Sarah jumped up and hugged her.
"It'll all be okay, it'll all be okay" she whispered to her. Serena closed her eyes and smiled. They released the hug and Serena smiled at her
"want to give me a ride?" she said hopefully.
"Sure, I know how much you love riding in my baby."
"Well, I guess, I'll just sit here until you get back" her mother sighed sighing a big sigh.
"Do you really want to come?" Serena asked a little bit surprised
"yes, believe me, I want to find the bastard as much as you two do." Serena smiled at her
"well then get your coat and lets go." Her mother jumped up and ran to the door with the rest of them. They got in the elevator, and rode down to the ground floor, where Serena's mom saw Sarah's "baby" for the first time.
"Oh my, is um, that your car?" her mother asked a little bit appalled. But Sarah decided to ignore the commit, or she just didn't hear it.
"Yup, thats my baby, over fifty thousand dollars yall be riding in" Sarah said happily. They got in the car and Sarah started the car, and rove ff.
"I can't believe they got a suspect that fast, I mean, usually you have to wait at lease two weeks until you get called in to do a line up" Serena said happily.
"Well, your a lucky girl. And who knows, you may be just knock knock knocking on heavens door"
"What, that made no sense"
"I know, but I love thats song." Sarah said smiling. Serena and her mother laughed. Serena smiled at nothing in particular
"For once this week, something is going right. After this, I'll never have another drink again, I swear to god, no more alcohol for me" she thought to herself looking out the window smiling. Sarah turned on the radio, and Rolling stone by Bob Dylan came on
"Oh I love this song!" Sarah said loudly turning the radio up. Serena rolled her eyes, Sarah was obsessed with anything to do with Bob Dylan. She sighed, then looked out the window.
"Thank God this is almost over" she thought to herself sighing again.
"Why did this have to be over, why the hell did it have to start to begin with. I hate my life" Just then, Serena just started to cry. Sarah looked over at her
"Rena whats wrong?" she asked kindly
"I don't know" she said though heavy sobbing.
I just want this to be over!" she yelled.
"Baby, it'll be over soon. Just hold tight" her mother said placing a kind hand on her daughters shoulder. Serena nodded, took a shaky breath, wiped her eyes, and didn't say another word the rest of the way to the precinct. When they got there, Sarah parked the car, and They all went inside. Serena took a deep breath and looked around, and walked up to Frank who was talking with a pregnant women around his age.
"Excuse me detective Stabler, you asked me to come down?" Serena said interrupting the conversation. Frank turned around and smiled at Serena.
"Hello, thank you for coming down. I'd really like to-" but then he stopped.
"Um, who are these people?" he asked pointing towards Sarah and Serena's mother.
"Oh this is my best friend and my mother. Why whats wrong?" she asked seeing the nervous look on his face.
"Well, you weren't supposed to bring any one with you, for security reasons." Serena nodded, then turned towards Sarah and her mother, then back at Frank
"could you store them in an interrogation room or something" she said hopefully. she had see enough cop shows to know that it was illegal to have them in the ID room with her, but she really wanted them there. Frank smiled a kind smile at her, that made his light blue eyes look even more kinder then they are ready were
"sure. Detective Cragen" he yelled out to his partner, who was busy checking his afro in one of the computer screens.
'What" he said going over to him
"can you please place these two women in interrogation room one, and are you losing a little bit on top" he said noticing that his normally big afro, was growing smaller by the day.
"No, it's just your imagination, I'll never lose my hair" he said leading Sarah and Serena's mother into one of the rooms. The pregnant women smiled at Frank
"well, I'll be going now. I'll see you tonight, and good luck" she said smiling at Serena. Serena smiled back, and then the women left.
"So who was that? Serena asked being led into one of the rooms.
"My wife, she just stopped by to tell me that my new child is a boy."
"Wow, congratulations" she said smiling at him.
"Thanks, We were going to name him Ellie if it was a girl, but we decided on Elliot if it was going to be a boy, so I guess it's going to be Elliot." Serena just smiled politely. She wasn't used to people she met only once telling her about details like that.
"So anyway, about the ID, just stay calm, ake your time, and remember that they can't hurt you. So are you ready?" Serena was kind of taken back. She didn't think that as soon as she got there, she would have to do it.
"Oh um yeah" she said taking a shaky breath. Frank smiled at her, then led her to another room, with a curtain over a two way mirror, and a pretty blond women about thirty, and a women with short red hair, a little older then the blond
"Serena this is Jamie Novack, our ADA" he said pointing to the red head.
"hello" Serena said shakily
"hi" Jamie said smiling at her. Frank turned to the blond,
" Detective Stabler" she said nodding
"Mrs Cabot" he said leading Serena to the front of the room.
"Now just take your time, and remember, they can't hurt you"
"no coaching detective" the blond said with out emotion.
"Pay no attention to the blond bimbo" he said glaring at the lawyer. She glared right back, then they both faced there attention to the window.
"Are you ready?" he asked gently. Serena nodded, then took a deep breath as the detective uncovered the window. Serena took a deep breath then looked at the people behind the mirror.
"They, they all look the same. Is this some kind of trick?" she asked the Frank
"I can only ask you witch one you recognize." Serena took a deep breath, then scanned the men in front of her. She looked for what seemed forever, until her gaze fell on number four. He had dark brown hair, and tan skin, and deep chocolate brown eyes.
"Is it him?" she wondered to herself. She took a closer look at his eyes. They were nervous and darting around, as if something was in the corner.
"His eyes were cold and unforgiving, and" but she couldn't place a word for them as she thought to herself.
"That can't be him, hes not there" she thought to herself, tears threatening to fall
"Hes not there" she said in a whisper that usually meant tears were near by.
"Are you sure?" the detective asked eagerly. Serena nodded, then ran out of the room, crying.
"Rena whats wrong?" Sarah asked sitting at one of the detectives desk. Serena couldn't talk, instead she just ran to her mother and hugged her
"he wasn't there, he wasn't there" she said though heavy sobs.
"Its okay, its okay" her mother whispered to her stroking her hair.
"I'm so sorry Serena, we thought we had him" Frank said sympathetically.
"Well you didn't did you" Sarah said angrilly.
"Come on Rena, lets go" she said putting a comforting hand on her back and leading her out. Serena sniffed, then released her mother, then started to walk out, but not before hearing the words
"its a cold case" whispered by detective Stabler. She sniffed, then spotted a large bottle of Rum on Detective Cragens desk. Her mother was so busy wiping away her own tears, and Sarah was in front of her, so none of them noticed Serena take the bottle, then stuff it in her shirt.
"I'm going to need this for later" she told herself, are ready feeling the numbing effects of the alcohol.
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