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"Can we talk?" Casey asked as she stood opposite the blonde in the cramped coffee shop.

Alex sighed, she hadn't seen nor heard from the redhead since finding out she was underage. Things with Olivia had been progressing at a relatively slow rate since learning about the circumstances around her birth and the consequences of a difficult upbringing, they had met up for drinks a few times, and had been intimate on two occasions since, the brunette still not comfortable with staying

"I don't know" Alex replied "I'm due back at work"

"Please" Casey asked, her voice thick with emotion "I just want a chance to explain"

Alex nodded, motioning to a table in the corner "Let's sit down"

Neither woman spoke, both fiddling with their coffee cups before Alex sighed, looking up at the redhead "Casey"

"I'm sorry" the redhead replied, her voice returning as she gathered the strength to speak "I'm sorry that I was dishonest"

"You let me believe you were over 18, how were you even in the bar?"

"My cousin owns it, he lets me sit at the bar, I'm not allowed to get served alcohol, all the staff know me"

Alex nodded "Why did you lie?"

"When your friend came over and started talking to me, I was flattered, she was telling me all this stuff about you, how you were shy, gay, single, needed a good time, how you thought I was pretty"

"I never said that" Alex replied hastily "She was chatting up every woman in that bar"

"Well, I know she lied about you being single"

"Yeah, I told you that though"

Casey nodded "You did, you're still seeing the same woman"

"That's none of your business Case" Alex bit out, she felt bad about cheating on Olivia and not having told her about the redhead

"I know, I just, I saw you and her at that Italian, I was grabbing some groceries for my Mom, and I walk home that way"

Alex sighed "Look Casey, I'm in a relationship. You're underage"

"I'm 17 now"

"I'm 22 and I'm seeing someone, someone who means a great deal to me, okay"

Casey nodded, a tear falling from her eyes "But I…I love you"

Alex shook her head "Casey, you're young, how many relationships have you had?"

"None, you were my first, I was a virgin before"

Alex wasn't shocked to hear that she'd taken the redheads virginity, she'd had plenty of time to mull over what had happened between them

"Exactly, look Case, you don't love me, you only think you do. You're a great girl, and I like you, but that's all"

Casey nodded, she knew that what she felt for the blonde was real but she accepted that for Alex it hadn't meant anything "Do you think, in different circumstances it could have been more?"

"Maybe. I enjoyed our time together, I did. You're smart, funny and we have the same interests"

"Could we be friends, maybe?' Casey asked hopefully

"Friends, I'd like that" Alex agreed, smiling "But just friends"

She had to admit that she liked the redhead, and maybe things would have been different if she hadn't have been so young. Her heart had always been Olivia's, and part of her knew that it would always be, regardless of where there relationship went but for a short while she had wondered whether Casey had been gradually claiming it as her own

Olivia laughed at the blonde's embarrassment, she was currently sitting in Alex's parent's kitchen. The older Cabot having dug out the family photo albums, plying her with stories of her daughters escapades

"I can't believe you told her that," Alex said, her face bright crimson. She had returned from the bathroom, to find the brunette and her Mom deep in conversation. Her Mom having told Olivia about the time that Alex had slept walked into the garden and weed in the family pool, aged seven.

"You sleep walk?" Olivia queried, eager to learn more about Alex. Alex had confessed to sleeping with another woman during their relationship earlier that morning, Olivia had been hurt that another woman had shared the same intimacy that she had but she understood, she'd mucked the blonde about so much, and while jealous, she didn't blame the woman sitting beside her. She had been nervous when Alex had invited her to New Hampshire, especially after learning that she was to meet the blonde's parents. She had been pleasantly surprised at how easy it had been to talk to the older blonde.

"I haven't done it since my early teens" Alex said, "Thank goodness"

Olivia smiled "I think it's cute"

Alex playfully swatted the redhead on the arm "I'm not cute"

"You are so incredibly cute" Olivia replied, placing a kiss on Alex's cheek making her blush

Caroline watched her daughter and the brunette, she was glad to see her daughter happy, her hands turning the pages of the photo album, laughing as she found the photograph she had been searching for

"Don't show her that one Mom" Alex begged half heartedly

The older Cabot turned the album so Olivia could see the photo they were referring to "Alex decided to make a cake for Valentines Day"

"Oh my goodness" Olivia laughed as she looked at a young and naked Alex Cabot covered in flour grinning at the camera

"I was 8!" Alex defended

"But where were your clothes?" the brunette mused, earning a swat from the blonde

"I didn't want them to get dirty" Alex replied quietly before smiling "It tasted okay though"

"It tasted pretty good actually" Caroline explained "Alex always had a talent for cooking"

"I learnt from the best" Alex said, nudging her Mom as she did so

Olivia smiled. She could clearly see how close the two women before her were.

Caroline Cabot stood from her chair, explaining "I've got to head out and collect your Father, his car is in the garage for it's MOT, but get yourselves ready, we'll go out for dinner tonight"

"Okay Mom" Alex replied, as her Mom left the room before turning to the brunette and whispering "Do you want to share a shower?"

Olivia swallowed, quickly rising from her chair and nodded, her eyes swimming with desire for the blonde beauty