Chapter Fifteen- I Wasn't Ready

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Jackson held Alex close. He couldn't let go…wouldn't. She didn't resist. She stroke him on the back and kissed his lips. "What's gotten into you this morning?" she asked gently. He pulled back and looked at her in the eyes. "Don't you remember? Anything? The bullets, the case?" Alex shook her head. "What are you talking about?" she asked, giving him a strange look. "Court is today silly." Jackson's eyes widened. He ran out of bed, startling Alex. He checked the calendar. It was a year before her death. He suddenly understood. There was no way to just bring back Alex without people asking questions so the spell did something different. It had turned time back completely. She was supposed to die today.

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Olivia and Elliot were making out, to put it simply. She couldn't let go of him and he didn't want to. There was knock on the door and Elliot heaved himself off Olivia with a sigh. "Duty calls." He muttered. She laughed, "Where do we have to go this early?" she wondered. Elliot raised her eyebrows and pulled her onto his lap. "Don't tell me you've forgotten. We have a court date today. Remember the Bigelow case?" Olivia froze. "What?" she stammered, fear lined in her words. "Court. Bigelow case. Jeez, Liv what have you been smoking?" Olivia leaped out of bed. "Oh my God, Elliot, you can't go!" she yelled at him. Elliot was completely taken back. "What do you mean?" he asked confused. "You're gonna die!" Olivia cried at him, her voice lifting a few octaves. Elliot sucked in a breath. "Okay, Olivia. It's okay. I'm going to be fine. I've done this before." He reasoned with her. Olivia grabbed onto him. "No, you aren't." she cried. Elliot gently pried her off him. "Liv, it's okay." Suddenly Munch and Fin broke down the door.

Elliot stood up and cleared his throat, giving the two of them a What-the-hell-are-you-doing look and the two of them responded with a oh-shit-we're-in-trouble look. Olivia was crying and Munch went over to her. "Elliot what the hell did you do?" He accused. Elliot glared. "It wasn't me. I swear it." He responded rubbing Olivia's back. "Really Liv. It's okay." Olivia pulled herself together. Maybe this was what the spell wanted. It was her chance to know what would happen before it did and she would have to fix it.

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"Jackson please loosen your grip, you're about to break my hand off." Alex whined as Jackson escorted her to court. He loosened his grip but didn't let go. He just couldn't understand why he woke up to Alex; the night before her death she had spent the night with Olivia. Maybe it was fate paying him back for all his pain. He let go of her hand and wrapped his arm around her waist. She raised her eyebrow. He shrugged. "Just want to make sure you don't get hurt." He told her. "I'm not complaining." She replied giving him winning smile that sent his heart racing.

They walked into the courtroom and it took Alex's begging and a judge's order for Jackson to finally let go of her and let her proceed by herself to the prosecution stand. Casey smiled nervously at her. "Alex what if I…" she started. Alex held up a hand. "Casey you've got this case in the palm of your hand. I'm just here to make sure you don't' miss anything. Believe me, Casey, you are going to do great." Casey took a breath. "Thanks Al, I needed that." She sat down and Alex took the seat beside her.

Olivia and Elliot were sitting in the middle row with Munch and Fin in the back. "Casey and Alex will get him." Elliot said to her. Olivia turned. Something about those words seemed familiar. "I know." She said. "Try not to worry. You did your job. Let them do theirs." Elliot said kissing the top of her head. Olivia nodded but glanced in every direction uneasily. A sense of déjà vu was washing all over her.

Alex listened intently, but allowed Casey to take control of the ropes. Casey and the defense ruthlessly cut down every single witness. The last witness was the perp himself. By now Olivia was shifting uncomfortably. "Mr. Riley, did you did you not assault the victim in question?" the defense asked. "I uh…think I did." He said, obviously high. Alex stood up before Casey could even open her mouth. "Objection." She said plainly. "Calls for speculation." "Sustained." Said the judge. Olivia started to worry. Things were too similar to that day. Olivia realized that all the events were going to play out like they did before. She gripped Elliot's hand tightly. He responded by squeezing hers.

Olivia was frightened. As the perp condemned himself on the stand, she caught the look in Alex's eye. So similar to the day she died. Her face turned white, which scared Elliot. "Liv, what's wrong?" he asked. She shook her head. "Nothing baby, we got him." She froze. The words that had just slipped out of her mouth. She had said them to him that day. She trembled and was wrapped in a hug by Elliot. She was frightened. As if reading her mind, Jackson closed his eyes. Olivia was having déjà vu. He hadn't been in court that day so he wouldn't have known, but seeing Olivia's expression was enough to tell him that something was amiss.

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As Casey and Alex walked back to the detectives, they were smothered with hugs. Alex quietly whispered to Casey, "I'm so proud of you." Casey flushed and then responded with a quiet thanks. Something tugged at the back of her mind though. She shook it off.

Ten minutes later, the detectives, Jackson, and the DA's were heading out of the courthouse. Everyone was laughing and talking except Olivia and Jackson. They both exchanged glances knowing what was going to happen, and fully prepared to stop it by all means necessary.

Fin and Casey were both paying Munch and Alex was giving him one of her famous glares. Jackson moved to wrap his arm around her waist. Olivia reached for her gun and turned in the direction that the shooter had come from, but the shot came from behind her. She whirled around in alarm. The shooter had come from the opposite side. He had made his first shot and it hit Alex. Olivia saw her fall and she saw Jackson kneeling by her side in tears and crying her name like a child. She saw Munch turn and another bullet hit him as he fell as well. She felt tears form in her eyes as she looked in Elliot's direction. I wasn't ready. She thought her heart constricting tightly.

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