Sorry I haven't updated.... I have been super busy with work/school/vacation/moving, ect. This chapter is short but this is where I wanted to end it. Hope you like it! I promise to update soon! Thanks!

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Chapter 3

Jason felt a wave of guilt as he walked back into the courtroom, his hand now on the small of Beaumont's back. He didn't mean to feel the way he did, it was just so easy with Casey.

If he was honest with himself, it had never been that easy with Beaumont. Even in the beginning when it was just a casual fling, nights at one another's house were strictly about the sex. There was never that easy camaraderie that he felt whenever Casey was near.

He had tried so hard not to think about her. But trying so hard seemed to have the opposite effect. On and off the job, she seemed to drift back into his mind and he couldn't fight it. It gave him a calm feeling, like it was just right.

Just one thought of Casey seemed to clear everything from his mind. No matter if it was a case bugging him or a fight with Beaumont or even his mother nagging him on the phone. Nothing seemed as bad when her perfect face popped into his head.

The worst part about it was that he often thought of her even when he was with Beaumont. No matter what they were doing, he would imagine what it would be like with Casey.

Just last week he had almost called Beaumont Casey while they were in bed. That would have been a disaster. He had barely caught himself in time to avoid Beaumont's wrath.

He knew that this couldn't last much longer as it wasn't fair to any of them. Even if Casey didn't return his feelings, or thoughts as they might be, he couldn't lead Beaumont on any longer. It just wasn't there for him anymore and it wasn't right to stay with her knowing that he wasn't in love with her.

Beaumont shifted at his side, bring him back to reality as he heard Casey's name being called at the front of the crowded room.

Casey took a deep breath and gracefully stood from her position in the courtroom. She then squeezed out of the pew by stepping around Beaumont and Walsh.

As she passed Walsh, their eyes connected for a brief moment. He reached up to grasp her hand and smiled. "You'll do great," he whispered.

Casey nodded, still not looking very confident even though Walsh's touch had managed to quell some of her nerves. She headed towards the bailiff that was impatiently waiting to swear her in and stepped into the witness box.

"Do you, Det. Casey Shraeger, swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?"

"I Do." Casey replied as she removed her left hand from the bible and she took her seat on the ice-cold chair.

Suddenly all eyes seemed to be on her. She took a few nervous breaths and blinked as she abruptly realized that Nicole had already begun asking her questions.

"What?" Casey asked, looked confusedly at the Assistance District Attorney.

Nicole began repeating the question but Casey still couldn't quite understand what she was saying. Her heartbeat seemed to completely block out all sound and Casey suddenly wondered if the others could hear it as well.

Unexpectedly, one sound seemed to break through to her, the sound of a cough. How she knew his cough, she would always wonder but her eyes began searching in the direction she knew she had come from.

As her eyes met his, everything fell away and her heart started to slow down. He smiled and nodded at her as she could finally hear the question Nicole had started asking for the third time. Her brown eyes attached themselves to his face, only occasionally glancing away to look at a jury member or Nicole.

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