Title: A Night Out (2/?)
Three hours later Olivia woke up with Casey still lying on her. She gently moved Casey over and kissed her softly on the forehead. "I love you." She whispered and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
When Casey woke up ten minutes later, she looked around the room, but Olivia was nowhere in sight. 'Maybe last night was a dream and I was drunker that I thought.' Casey thought to herself. When Casey looked around the room again more awake she realized that she wasn't in her own bedroom, that she was still wearing Olivia's pajamas, and she could hear running water. Casey jumped out of Olivia's bed and hurried to the bathroom.
'Huh, I thought she'd be awake by now.' Olivia thought as she finished washing her hair. Just then the bathroom door opened slowly. Olivia smiled as Casey popped her head in the door.
"Liv?"
"Come in, honey."
"Do you want some company?" Casey asked shyly.
Olivia peaked out from the shower curtain and wiggled her eyebrows. "What do you think?" Liv asked with a sly grin. Casey undressed and got in. As soon as she did, Olivia started touching and kissing her all over. "God, I love touching you."
"I love you touching me." Casey moaned.
Twenty minutes later they got out of the shower and got dressed. "So what do you want to do today?" Liv asked.
"Uh, I kind of want to go home."
"But I thought that we were..."
"Oh, baby we are, it's not that, it's just I need some clean clothes." Casey cut Olivia off.
"You can always wear mine." Olivia said with a smile.
"Baby, I appreciate the offer, I really do, but there's just one problem with it."
"Which is?"
"I'm a little taller than you are so that means that my legs are just a little bit longer than yours and besides I need work clothes for Monday."
Olivia laughed. "So you're going to go get some clothes and come back?"
"That's not exactly what I had in mind."
"Oh, and what exactly did you have in mind sweetheart?"
"We spend the day together liked planned and after we go to my apartment to get my things."
"Okay, but what are we going to do?" Olivia asked with wicked a smile.
"We already did that. Let's get something to eat."
11:30
"Liv, what are we going to do on Monday?"
"We're going to go to work." Olivia said with a smile.
"That's not what I meant and you know it."
Liv laughed "Case, babe you gotta lighten up and Elliot calls me a tight ass. Not much has changed and it's changed for the better if you ask me."
"True, but I don't know how I'm going to get through the day without trying to jump you every time I see you."
"That should be interesting. Well how did you manage before?"
"I kept telling myself you weren't interested, that I wasn't right for you, and that you were straight and just testing the waters."
"Well that's definitely not going to work because I am interested in you, I believe you are right for me, and I definitely am not straight and just testing the waters." Liv said taking Casey's hand in hers.
"That's exactly my point so what am I going to do? I can't and don't want to ignore you."
"We'll figure something out together, but let's get out of here."
Liv paid for their lunch and Casey left the tip. They walked out of the restaurant holding hands. When Olivia gently squeezed Casey's hand and then let go she looked up to see that John and Elliot were headed straight toward them. 'Olivia doesn't want John to know yet. Well she probably has he reasons.' Casey thought.
"Hey, guys." Liv said with a smile.
"Liv, Casey?" John asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"John, Elliot nice to see you." Casey said with a smile.
"Nice to see you too counselor." Elliot said with a big grin.
"What are you two ladies up to? Working out some testimony?"
"No, just having a nice lunch with our ADA. We normally have a non-work related meal together at least once a week."
"Sure." John said with a grin.
"What you don't believe me? Ask Elliot."
Casey smiled to herself because of the situation. Not that Liv was lying mind you. She wasn't, they did have at least one non-work related meal together every week for the past year. It was just that Elliot usually joined them.
John looked a Elliot. "Well?"
"Well what?"
"Is she telling the truth or pulling my chain, and she and our ADA are hiding something?"
"You're a detective you should know when someone is pulling your chain."
"Yeah, but she's a detective too, which means she's harder to read than the perps. So is she or isn't she."
Elliot looked at Casey and then at Olivia, both wore an expression that said 'Say or do anything to screw this up and you're a dead man.' 'Man how the hell do I get myself into these messes.' "She's telling you the truth we normally have one non-work related meal every week. We've done it for the past year. The reason I didn't join them is because I had to work."
"So they went without you?"
"No sense in all of us skipping it just because I couldn't make it." This sounded stupid even to Elliot. 'They're going to kill me I know it.'
"Whatever. See you guys on Monday."
"Bye."
"Bye."
When Liv was sure that they were out of John and Elliot's eyesight she grabbed Casey's hand again. "That was close."
Casey was beginning to doubt certain things about how honest Olivia was being with her so she had to ask. "Liv, is Elliot the only one who knows?"
"Knows about what? Us?"
"No, that you're a lesbian?"
"I don't think so. You know. I told my mom I was a bisexual before she died. I think Cragen suspects but he doesn't want to say anything in case he's wrong. I went to the academy with Rebecca so she knows. I'm pretty sure George knows considering... Munch and Fin suspect and Melinda I'm not to sure about. Why do you ask?"
"Well the whole thing with John just now. It seems to me that either you're ashamed of being a lesbian or you're ashamed to be with me." Casey forced herself to say the last part of her
sentence.
Liv stopped walking and turned to face Casey and kissed her gently on the lips. "Baby, I love you. I'm not ashamed of you." Olivia hated when Casey doubted herself about anything. "Baby, this I'm not good enough for her, she doesn't want me shit, stops right now! I want you more than I have ever wanted anyone in my entire life." Olivia kissed Casey passionately to prove her point. She waited for Casey to nod her understanding. "I'm not ashamed of being a lesbian, I just think that my personal life is my personal life, if people know then they know if they don't and it's none of their business then I'm not going to tell them unless..." Olivia trailed off.
"Unless what, sweetie?"
"Unless I have found the one person I'm going to spend the rest of my life with." Olivia wanted to tell Casey she hoped to God that Casey was that said person but decided that it was too soon and that telling her now would probably chase Casey away.
Casey wanted to tell Olivia that she wanted to be the person Olivia spent the rest of her life with but it was way too soon to do that. "Oh, okay. But why did you let go of my hand when John came by? He's a friend; he's somebody important isn't he?"
"He is. But right now I don't want to have to defend our relationship especially to John. I don't want him to belittle it or you or call it a fling or an affair it's more to me than that and I don't think I could handle him staring at you like you were a piece of meat. To be honest with you I told Elliot because I knew he wouldn't have the typical male reaction and I don't think Cragen or Fin would either but John. Don't get me wrong I love him but still and if we tell Cragen and Fin before we tell John, well let's just say we'll have a very big baby on our hands." Olivia said with a smile.
Casey laughed "Okay, okay let's go."
The rest of the weekend went by quickly. They got to know each other better. What each of them wanted out of their relationship, past loves, paths not taken, past and future hopes and dreams, and what they were going to do about Monday.
6:15A.M. Monday Olivia's apartment.
"Casey come on, honey. You have to get up."
"Five more minutes."
"Tell you what I'll make us some coffee but when I come back you have to get up. Okay?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
Olivia smiled. 'She's definitely not a morning person.' Olivia came back to the bedroom with Casey's coffee and gently placed it on the nightstand so that she could wake Casey. "Case, come on you have to get up now. We have to talk to George. Come on honey, get up." "No, I don't want to." Casey whined. "Come back to bed." Casey said holding her hand out to Olivia. "We'll call in sick."
Liv smiled and took Casey's hand and sat on the bed. "We can't do that, don't you think that our bosses not to mention the rest of the squad room would really suspect something then."
Casey sighed. "I guess you're right." Casey sat up and stretched.
Then she took a sip of her coffee and kissed Olivia. "Do we have time for a shower?" Casey asked with a wicked grin.
"Just a shower and nothing more. Sorry but maybe if someone had woken up on time!"
"Oh well as long as you're in there with me it will have to do."
Liv smiled and kissed Casey.
7:00A.M Office of Dr. George Huang
"Tell me again how and why I'm in my office an hour early."
"Because we're your friends and you want to help us be happy." Olivia said.
"Right! So what seems to be the problem?"
"Well Liv and I are..."
"Wait, oh my God you two are a couple?"
"Yep."
"That's great."
"We know that but we still have a problem George."
"Sorry. What seems to be the problem?"
"Well you and Elliot are the only ones who know right now. And we don't want to jinx it by telling everyone now. So how do we keep our professional relationship professional?"
"Well, first of all I'm glad I'm one of the first people to know. The two of you make a really cute couple. Second you should tell everyone when the both of you think the time is right. And as for the professional relationship if things start getting way to personal take a step back and ask 'if we weren't in a relationship how would I handle this?' and go with that feeling. Is that it?
"Not exactly, I mean we get what you're saying about taking a step back and being objective but that's not exactly what we were worried about. That part of our relationship hasn't changed we're still friends and able to be objective."
"I'm not sure I understand what you're worried about then."
"Sexual things, improper thoughts when we should be focusing on work and not each other."
"Well um... I'm pretty sure you've had these kinds of thoughts and feelings before, so how did you suppress them then?"
"By thinking that they were just dreams and they wouldn't and couldn't possibly come true."
"I see. Well maybe when either of you have these thoughts and feelings you could try to suppress them by saving them for later."
Casey looked at Olivia who was carefully processing what George had just said. "That might work thanks George. Sorry if we made you feel uncomfortable."
"You know if the two of you went to a different doctor he might have responded differently."
"True, but where's the fun in that, and besides I don't want some guy we don't know thinking about what we do in bed."
"Oh God, thanks for the images Liv. Now if you don't mind I'm going to go wash my brain out with soap." George mocked.
"You're welcome. Glad to be of service."
"Olivia Michelle Benson! Stop it!"
"I'm just kidding. Case lighten up."
George started laughing at his friends.
"What the hell is so damn funny?" Casey snapped.
"First of all Olivia 'Michelle' Benson."
"Shut up." Olivia snapped.
"And second how long have you two been married?"
"What?!"
"You two are an old married couple already."
Casey and Olivia laughed with George. "Thanks again, see you later."
"Bye guys."
"Bye" Casey and Liv said together and started laughing harder.
7:55A.M. 1-6 Precinct
Elliot walked into the precinct a little surprised to see Olivia sitting at her desk doing paper work with a big smile on her face. "Hey, how was your weekend?" he asked as he sat down.
"Amazing and perfect!!!"
"So you told her."
"Yep."
"She feel the same?"
"Yep."
"I'm happy for you Liv. Like I said the two of you make a cute couple."
"Thanks El. Now let's at least pretend to be doing something that way when Munch walks in he won't ask 'what the hell are you two smiling about?'"
"You got it partner." Elliot said as he picked a file and pretended to read. 'Be good to her Case. She really loves you. I've never seen her this happy in all the years I've known her so be good to each other.' he thought to himself before he actually started to read the file he was holding.