Chapter: The Long Ride

Rating:( T ) for now, will be ( M ) in the future.

Disclaimer: I do not own Law & Order CI or the characters from the show. I only own the characters I make up.

A Special Thanks To: ladybrin, Shellster and to everyone else who has read my fanfic. Thanks you guys, you're the greatest.

ladybrin: Thanks, i'm glad you liked it. I kind of thought that I was making Alex be a little bit too emotional, but maybe not. I'm really glad that you like this fanfic.

Shellster: Thank you! I thought I was adding too much emotion but I guess not, shows how much I know lol.

A/N Hello, i'm really glad that you guys liked the last chapter. I was really worried that I put too much emotion in that one, but I guess I was wrong. The biggest fear I had before I started writting CI fanfiction was getting the emotions between Bobby and Alex wrong, because I don't have much time to watch tv and i'm pretty new to the show. I'm really glad that i'm not writting B/A way too OOC. Here's chapter 6, hope you enjoy!

Now, on with the story.

Bobby couldn't keep himself from thinking about Alex as he was lead out of the jail house. He was quite startled by her sudden break down, but he knew if it were the other way around, he would feel the same way. However, that didn't make him feel any better about it.

" Okay, get in, " the guard instructed Bobby as the doors of the prison bus flung open.

Bobby climbed inside the bus and was met by yet another guard who lead inside. Before Bobby was even to his seat, the men in the bus were screaming at him. It was obvious that they had already heard that he was a cop. The guard brought Bobby to a seat all the way at the rear end of the bus, and sat him next to a young man who couldn't have been older then 18 or 19 years old. The boy looked very uncomfortable, he just sat there quietly, not saying a word. The guards loaded one more prisoner and then they were on there way. Even after the bus started moving, most of the men were still screaming things at Bobby. This is going to be worse then I thought. Bobby thought to himself. He knew things would be bad in prison, but he never imagined he'd get such a bad welcome in the bus. After all these men weren't even in prison yet. He dreaded the thought of what the men who were would be like. Bobby still couldn't believe that this was actually happening. Sure, he had heard many inmates say that they were framed, that they weren't guilty but about 95 of the people in prison would say that. Yet he couldn't help thinking that maybe he had been wrong with some people, maybe a lot of police officers were wrong. Then he thought of the people who have been released from prison after they had proven that they were wrongly convicted. He knew some of those men were in prison for many years before proof of their innocence was ever found. Would he wait that long too? Or worse, would he ever get out?

Alex had just got to the station. She knew Deakins would want her to work on her case, however, she had no intention of it. No way, not today, she had to keep looking for evidence, she just had to. Alex walked into the station. There, she saw Deakins talking to another detective, until he saw her walk in, that is.

" Hey, Eames, " he called from across the room.

Alex walked toward him, hoping that he wasn't planning on giving her a hard time for being back to the station so soon.

" Good morning, Eames. I'm shocked, you actually listened to me and got some sleep, " Deakins said with a grin.

" Actually, I overslept this morning. If I wouldn't have, I would have been in before I went to see Bobby, " Alex said.

" Speaking of which, how did Bobby seem this morning, " Deakins asked.

" How the hell do you think he was, " Alex shouted.

She took a moment to calm down a bit. " I... I'm sorry, sir. I... I had no right to snap at you like that, " Alex said.

" Don't worry about it, Eames. You're under a lot of stress right now, I understand," Deakins said. " How was Bobby taking this, " he asked again.

Alex flopped down onto her chair. " He said he would be alright, but... I don't think he believed that. He was probably just saying that so I wouldn't worry, " she said.

" Did they let you see him loing, " Deakins asked, hoping that he wouldn't get his head bit off a second time.

" I was only there about 20 minutes, I... I fell asleep on the couch and I didn't wake up until after 9:00am, " Alex said with a sigh.

Deakins could see that Alex was very upset, but he didn't know what to say. He was the captain and as much as he would like to fix every problem that come up, he couldn't. These were the times when he hated him job, he didn't believe that Bobby Goren, a man who had been in law enforcement for many years would just go murder an ex girl friend. Despite the things that had been spread around about Bobby Goren, he wasn't a dangerous fruit cake who could go over the edge at any moment, he was a good kind hearted man who just wanted to help people. He wanted to stop crimes from happening, not commit them himself. However, at this point, all evidence pointed to Bobby and no matter how much Alex or Deakins wanted to get their co working and friend out of prison, they couldn't, not until he was cleared of the crime.

Deakins looked down at Alex, who was already pulling out past cases that she and Bobby had worked on in the past couple years.

" Eames, I hate to say this but you have to start working on your current case, " Deakins said, prepairing to have his head bit off by an angry homicide detective.

Alex just looked up at Deakins, she didn't say a word. She knew what the captain had told her was true, but how could she possibly work when she knew that, at that very moment, her partner was on his way to prison for a crime he didn't commit.

" Alright, sir, " Alex said, so low it was almost a whisper.

Then Deakins walked back to his office. He hated himself for having to do that, but what else could he do?

Alex wasn't going to give up, she would continue to search for the real murderer.

Bobby had been riding in the prison bus for several hours. The other men in the bus had finally quieted down and stopped yelling. In fact, most of them were sleeping now, which didn't bother him none. He was also tired, but there was no way that he could possibly go to sleep, not knowing that in just a matter of minutes, he would be at the prison. His mind was whirling and he was starting to get more nervis, but he was determined not to let it show, Bobby Goren was strong, he couldn't let the other prisoners see that he had a weakness, for if he did, it could cause him even more problems in prison. All of a sudden the bus hit the breaks, Bobby looked toward the front of the bus and saw that the bus was stopped at the prison gates. Well, this is it. Bobby thought to himself as the bus entered the prison grounds.

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