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Bethany talked with her friend about the past few days, she tried to talk about alex and not mentioning anything about WPP, the only thing she could really say though, was that she felt has if they'd met before.

"Well Bethy it's possible that because of your epilepsy, you forgot where you and Emily had met." Bethany's friend Tabitha suggested.

"Yeah well you have a point I mean I was only diagnosed last year but that doesn't mean that was when it started. Err I mean my epileptic attacks have caused me to forget a lot."

"Bethany, tell me if you feel uncomfortable with what I'm saying 'K? But um anyways d'you remember when that dude tried to shoot you?"

"Of course I remember, well most of it but I was only nine at the time."

"What happened, I mean I remember you telling me about the woman who saved you, but uh…" Tabitha said struggling for words, they had never talked to much about bethany's near fetal experience and Tabitha didn't want to make her feel unconfortable.

"Tab' you may be on to something, the woman who saved me had blonde hair and blue eyes, that's about all I remember about her though…"

Flash back…

A small and frightened nine-year-old girl looked into the eyes of someone she had once thought was a friend. He stood above her with a gun smiling, "I love it when there scared it's so exciting." The man said. "Tsk, tsk, you're such a cute little thing, but truth be told we have enough of you in our world. Shhh don't cry, just close your eyes it will all be over in a minute."

"Hunh? Why are-are you doing this?" Bethany said tears streaming down her face.

Bethany heard the gun click and scrambled out of the way, desperately trying to avoid the bullets. Out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw someone else, a female.

"What's going on, I heard screams? Uh o my god!" a female voice said.

The man turned towards the female, "No witness's." he said aiming the gun at her.

That was all Bethany could remember, the only thing she knew was that the woman somehow managed to save her, and the next day when the woman cam to visit her she had made a promise, "I promise to repay you for savin' my life someday miss, when I'm older dat is."

Was this woman who had saved her, possibly Alex, it sounded crazy, but Bethany knew when she saw Alex next she'd have to ask her.

"Bethy, I know were kind'o jumping around a lot of touchy topics today but I was wondering how your mum was doing." Tabitha asked, she decided to stop talking about Bethany's brush with death, the whole idea really made Tabitha feel uncomfortable.

"Not to good, Tab' listen you're my best friend and the only one who can know about mother's x-boy friend ok?"

"Of course."

"Well he had been abusin' her, I supposed that's why we moved away, but mothers not doing to good no-more. I mean she's been acting all funny lately, I think that the reason she wanted my neighbor to come wit' us was so she'd have some female-adult company wit' her to keep her from going insane."

"I'm sorry, I guess I never realized how bad your mum was doing… I'm sure it's hard on you."

"Yeah, I declined an invitation for me and my mother to have pie wit' my neighbor 'cause I was afraid, my mother might act, well y'know."

"Yeah." Tabitha replied, but truthfully she had no idea how Bethany felt.

Bethany didn't really pay much attention to the conversation she and Tabitha were having. Bethany's mind still lingered on Alex wondering weather or not Alex could have been her savior. It would explain why she felt as if she owed Alex something.

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Alex didn't know exactly what to do, "Yes… yes witness protection let me go, they uh said there wasn't any threat left for me…" she managed to lie, she felt bad about lying to her friends, but she knew it wasn't safe to tell them the truth.

Munch looked somewhat skeptical, as if he didn't really believe Alex's story. Well knowing him he probably didn't, Alex thought, but hopefully he wouldn't do anything to blow her cover.

"Hey this is great… I-I'm so happy Alex." Olivia managed to say, she looked like she was on the verge of tears, but she was still smiling. "S-so um what's your first project now that you're back on the streets of New York City? I-I mean are you gonna go back to being a lawyer?"

Alex tried to smile, "Maybe but I was just thinking of celebrating my freedom for the next day or saw before I uh start thinking about my job."

"Depends on what you mean by freedom." Munch pointed out.

"What are you gunna turned this into another one of your conspiracy theories Munch?" Fin asked darkly.

"Hey, hey lets just all have a celebration ok, no fighting, after all Alex has returned so I'd think that having a few drinks would be appropriate." Elliot said with a smile.

At first Alex was nervous but after a few drinks, she'd forgotten about her worries. This was what she had missed so much about he old life, spending happy times with her friends.

"So uh Olivia I heard you and Elliot talking about a case before you came in, care on filling me in?" Alex asked, trying to make conversation.

"A little girl came into the precinct saying that her mommy was hurt." Olivia began, "We later found out that her father had been not only beating her mom, but also sexually abusing her and her sister. To top it off he ended up killing the mother by chopping of her head. He hung her head to pole and put a sign beside saying 'this is what happens to women who don't obey me.'" Olivia ran her hand through her hair and swallowed hard before looking again at Alex. "Still it doesn't seem like enough to just send the guy to jail, I mean what about the two little girls, what do they get for going through this horrible ordeal?"

"That's horrible, h-how did ms. Novak deal with it?" Alex asked, she didn't have anything against Casey, but she couldn't help but feel somewhat jealous of Casey and secretly wanted Casey to not do as good of has she might have done.

"She did fine, I mean she won the case."

Munch who had been listening in on the conversation narrowed his eyes slightly, realizing that Alex was obviously jealous.

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Fin and Munch were the first to leave, claiming that they had a lot of paper work to do. Elliot left shortly after them saying it was getting late.

Realizing that they were the only two left in the bar Olivia and Alex decided they should probably be heading out.

"Why don't you stop by the precinct tomorrow, I'm sure the Capt. would like to see you." Olivia offered.

"Um I don't think I can deal with being in the precinct again just yet maybe another time though." Alex said, realizing that she wouldn't be able to visit the Capt. without being caught. It hit her how dangerous, visiting NYC was. She'd be in a lot of trouble if witness protection ever found out.

"Ok that's fine, Alex I really am happy that you've been let out of witness protection." Olivia said smiling.

Alex was pained by Olivia's words, knowing that soon enough Olivia would have to learn the truth, but she smiled anyways so Olivia wouldn't be suspicious.

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A/N: k tell me what you think, reviews are welcome, I also like to get constructive criticism (has long as it's actually constructive) so don't feel shy to tell me what you think.

Do you guys think WPP should find out 'bout alex if so what should happen to her? I already have an idea, but if any of you guys come up wit a better one, I may use it.