The big day of Casey's appeal in court finally arrive. Danielle woke up hours earlier, looking back at her journal and her sister's medical records. However, Danielle didn't have to look back at her journal; she still had the memories of Casey's bipolar disorder fresh in her mind.

While Danielle was sitting on the couch preparing herself for court, Casey walked in and yawned. After she yawned, Casey had do to a double take to see that Danielle was already up.

"You're up at...five in the morning?"

"Hey, I have to. I'm making sure I don't mess up your case because you'll kill me" Danielle replied as she held up a document.

"I won't kill you. I'll just be very upset if I don't get my job back."

"And you'll just have to wait another eight months to get your job back" Danielle interrupted "That's what you get when you don't take your meds and screw up your career..."

Danielle stopped herself and looked up at Casey.

"Shit, I didn't mean to say that."

"Don't worry about it" Casey said before she yawned "I probably deserved it."

Casey yawned as she walked away into the kitchen. Danielle shook her head and wished that she kept her mouth shut. Then again, it must have been the nerves of this case kicking in.

"This is going to be an interesting case" Judge Donnelly said as she sat down "Danielle Novak is defending her sister with Jack McCoy sitting second chair and Kim Greyleck is prosecuting...isn't she your mentor, Miss. Novak?"

"She is, your honor" Danielle replied.

"I'm going to say this again. This is going to be very interesting" she said, emphasizing on the "very" in her sentence "The starting arguments will begin with Miss.Greyleck."

"I believe that Casey Novak is a threat to the legal world..."

"She's only a threat because she didn't take her meds..."

"And if she took her meds, would she have violated Brady?" Kim asked as she turned to Danielle.

"I think that if you weren't judgmental about the mental ill, you would understand why my sister did what she did" Danielle snapped.

"Danielle..."

"Your honor, I only said that statement because after working with Miss. Greyleck for six months, I have found that she has no sympathy towards the mentally ill. She doesn't know that bipolar disorder works both ways and that it causes a lapse of judgment. I can assure you right now that Casey wasn't thinking during the Picard trial, and I can assure you that Mr. McCoy can vouch for that as well!"

"Then please tell the court, about how bipolar disorder affects people..."

"Your honor, I-"

"It's not your turn to argue, Greyleck" Judge Donnelly said as she cut Kim off "Novak has a point. Not many people know a lot about the mentally ill and how it affects people." She then turned back to Danielle "Go ahead, Miss. Novak."

"Bipolar Disorder is a mood disorder that can either have someone go into a maniac episode or a depressive episode" Danielle explained "A depressive episode is just what it sounds like; the person will seem like they're depressed. People who go through a maniac episode will have judgment impairment and plenty of rage. If medicated, the patient will seem normal. However, if they discontinue their medication their symptoms of the disorder will appear again..."

"You're going with an insanity defense with your sister?" Greyleck asked.

"I am. Believe me when I say that during the trial where she violated Brady, she was showing symptoms of a maniac episode. That's why she violated Brady in the first place, because her judgment was impaired to the point that she didn't care. Her anger was too, I might add..."

"So if Casey Novak does practice law again, what if she doesn't take her meds and violate another rule in the court? We can't have that happen again" Greyleck stated firmly.

"Believe me, Casey will take her medication, even if I have to count the pills and force them down her throat myself."

"Out of line statement" McCoy said quickly.

"As out of line as it is, it is true."

"And I suppose that if you don't take your happy pills that you can make the same mistake..."

"I object!" Danielle shouted "My mental illness has nothing to do with this trial!"

"I agree" Donnelly said, shaking her head "Greyleck, your student's mental illness has no bearing on this trial. I believe that we heard all the arguments, right?"she asked as she looked at the judges sitting in the jury's seats. They shook their heads.

"Then I'll have both of you state your closing statements, and then we will sit down and discuss what we should do about Casey's suspension. Court is in recess."

"If your words were a knife, you could have killed Greyleck!" Casey said "I can't believe you blown your own mentor out of the water!"

"What can I say? I'll be a lawyer in less than two months."

Casey and Danielle were sitting down at a table in a restaurant nearby the court house. The recess was to last at least an hour or two, so the sisters had enough time to grab some lunch.

"Do you think my suspension will disappear?"

"I think I had a convincing argument and a great concluding statement" Danielle explained "I think you're going to be practicing law in two hours."

"But what if I don't? I just wasted an appeal for nothing!" Casey exclaimed. She sounded upset.

"Case, don't be upset. Even if you don't get rid of your suspension, it's not the end of the world. In eight months, you'll be practicing law."

"No one wants to work with a lawyer who was suspended for a year and a half. At least if it was ten months, I have more of a chance."

"Don't get ahead of yourself yet. We still don't know if you're still suspended or not, do we?"

"No"

"Then relax and eat your food. It's not the end of the world, yet."

"The board and I made a decision" Donnelly stated as she sat down "Casey Novak, please rise."

Casey Novak stood from her chair. This was it; the final decision. She was more nervous than she was when she took the BAR exam.

"We believe that it was your mental illness that caused you to violate Brady. In this case, we are making your suspension disappear at the moment and in your files. This means that it won't show that you were suspended for ten months. However, to practice law, the board and I suggest that you take your medication every day. If you don't, you will be suspended again and possibly disbarred. Is that clear?"

Casey shook her head in agreement, even though the word "disbarred" was scary for her.

"Good. Then we're letting Casey Novak practice law as of today. Congratulations to the both of you, and good job with the case, Danielle Novak. Court is adjourned."

As soon as court was adjourned, Casey hugged her sister.

"Thank you so much!"

"It's not a problem. You're my sister."

"Great job" McCoy said as he walked over to them "You're going to make an excellent prosecutor."

"Wait, prosecutor?"

McCoy nodded and gave both of them a piece of paper.

"I want the both of you to work at Special Victims with Greyleck. Clearly, she needs help."

"You can't be serious"

The three of them looked to see Kim standing next to McCoy.

"I am serious, Greyleck" McCoy said "You've lost more cases than both of these sisters have combined. Besides; there are a lot of cases and the last time I checked, having three A.D.As divide the work won't hurt anybody."

"Thanks Mr. McCoy" Danielle said as they shook hands "I'm sure that Casey is just as grateful."

"I am" Casey said with a smile on her face.

"Well then, I'll see the both of you tomorrow in my office at nine to discuss office arrangements."

McCoy walked away, and Kim gave both of them a nasty look.

"This isn't over" Kim growled

"I think it is" Danielle said "I'm surprised that he didn't fire your ass!"

Before Kim could say anything else to them, they both walked away.