Chapter 13

A few days later Sara was released from the hospital, her arm was in a sling and her apartment was still considered a crime scene so she ended up going back to John's apartment. Sara was actually happy to have to stay there, she was still afraid of going back to her place after everything that happened there.

"Hey Sara." John called, coming through the front door.

"Hi." She said, looking up from the book she was reading. "How did everything go?"

John sat down next to her on the couch and rested his hand on her knee. "He's going to be on trial as soon as they release him from the hospital, which will probably be next week. You're going to have to testify so Casey will want to talk to you before hand so that you're ready for court."

"Alright." Sara sighed, leaning against John and closing her eyes.

"Are you feeling okay? Need any more pain pills?"

"I'm doing quite well actually." Sara smiled up at him. "Come on, let's go get some Chinese for dinner." He leaned down and gave her a light kiss.

"Or we could order out." He said pulling away for a moment.

"That could work too." She replied, pulling him into another kiss.

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The next week Sara met with Casey to prep for her time in court. "Basically I'm going to ask you what you saw and then everything that happened after that with the attack and the kidnapping. Are you going to be able to talk about it?"

"Oh sure, I'll just be happy to see the bastard behind bars."

"Well, this is the chance to do that." Casey said. "If you have any questions you can ask me or you can always ask Munch, he's testified a few times."

"Alright. Is that everything then?" Sara asked, standing up. They were in one of the interrogation rooms at the SVU office.

"That's everything."

"I guess I'll go say goodbye to John then head home."

"Are you back at your place?" Casey asked, walking out with her.

"Not yet, I'm going back today to start cleaning things up, but I'm still staying with John."

"Oh, you two have been friends for a long time?"

"Ever since we were kids, our mothers were friends."

"Wow, I thought you were younger… sorry, I didn't mean to say that."

"It's okay, I am younger by about 7 years… age has never really been much of an issue though."

"Oh…" Casey said uncomfortably. "I'll see you tomorrow in court."

"Okay, bye." Sara said continuing towards the main office, oblivious to the awkwardness that Casey had felt. When Sara got there John was sitting at his desk with Fin sitting across from him.

"God John, you've got JFK on your desk?" She asked, coming up behind him.

"That's right." He said, looking up at her with a smile. "You all finished with Casey?"

"Yup. I'm going to go over to my apartment and start cleaning things up a bit."

"Are you okay going back their by yourself?"

"Fine. I'll see you later."

"Okay, call me if you need anything." Sara nodded and said goodbye. After she left Fin looked up at Munch with a cocky smile.

"What?" Munch asked, slightly annoyed by his partner's smug expression.

"You're dating her aren't you?" Fin asked, holding back a laugh.

"Why would you think that?"

"You didn't give her a lecture when she said something about JFK."

"She's heard all the lectures, what else do you have to back up this theory of yours?"

"You were late to work and you started to smile when she came in here."

"That's… yeah we are dating. Happy?"

"You seem to be."

"I am…" Munch said with a look of realization.

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