Amanda walks into the living room and sees him in his chair looking through one of Jesse's books she had left on the floor. She walks towards the sofa sitting down then leaning forward and grabbing a slice of pizza from the open box.
"They out?" He asks not looking up from the book.
"Yeah, Billie was pretty fussy though" she tells him before taking a bite.
He looks up and places the book down on the end table. "Is she teething you think?" He asks.
Amanda nods "Yeah, poor girl" she tells him.
Sonny stands up and grabs the empty pizza box. He takes it and sits on the kitchen counter before grabbing a couple beers out of the fridge. He hands her one as he sits down next to her on the sofa.
"How is your new partner working out?" He tries to casually ask before taking a sip of his beer.
She smirks at him and ponders how to answer his obviously a bait of a question. She thinks about teasing him but decides against it since she wasn't exactly any different with him and Lindsay's working partnership.
"He's been catching on pretty quick the last few weeks" she tells him.
She sees his face fall before looking away from her. He is all of a sudden very interested in the bottle's label.
"But I think he is ready to get back to his precinct" she tells him and is relieved to see him smile.
"He doesn't like SVU?" Sonny asks
"I think he just misses his squad. I don't think he knows how to take Fin just yet" she tells him causing them both to laugh.
She takes another sip of her beer and pulls her legs up and shifts to face him.
"Is it getting any better at your office? Are you swimming yet?" She asks
He laughs almost choking on the beer. "Well I'm not drowning just yet but swimming not so much" he tells her.
"Swimming with floaties?" She jokes
"ha, exactly" he tells her
"Lindsay still helping you though?" she asks.
Now it was her turn to focus on her bottle's label. She picks at it and starts to tear it off slowly. After a moment of silence she gets the nerve to look up. Curious why he hasn't answered her. She takes a breath when she sees him staring at her with that look he gets sometimes. One she has only seen him give her.
"She's not my partner" he says finally breaking the silence.
Amanda doesn't say anything just looks at him and nods.
"Manda you know…"he starts before being interrupted by Billie's crying.
Amanda gives him a sad smile "I'll be right back" she tells him as she places a hand on his shoulder before walking down the hallway.
After about twenty minutes Sonny decides to check in on them. He leans against the door frame and smiles as he watches Amanda rocking Billie. She his humming and staring down at her. He sees when she notices his presence. She slowly looks up at him.
"She's definitely teething" she tells him before looking back down at Billie.
"Do you need anything?" He asks and she just smiles
"No, she just wants to be held" she tells him
He nods "Ok, well I will let you guys be…I'll let myself out" he tells them before taking a step forward and grabbing one of Billies little hands.
"Hope you feel better kiddo" he whispers before walking towards the door.
"Sonny" Amanda says getting his attention. He turns around and looks at her.
"Morales…he's not my partner" she tells him. He doesn't say anything but she can tell he understands or at last hope he does. He smiles before leaving the room.