Author's Note hey guys! Ok, so I'm CRAZY SORRY about the long wait! I Had a death in my family, my basketball team made it to semifinals, and I've been receiving boatloads of homework! I'll try to post as many as possible during February vacation.

Disclaimer I don't own any of the following material. The characters are a copyright of NBC/ Dick Wolf. The plot's all mine though

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Fin and Melinda walked downstairs- fully clothed- twenty minutes later. Everyone was ready for mass and eating some of Beth's homemade blueberry pancakes.

"Lots of blueberry foods lately. You and dad go picking?" Casey asked.

"Yeah, we took some of the kids. They had a great time. I can't wait until Cara's old enough to go. I remember you always used to love blueberry picking." Her mother replied.

"Yeah, but Tommy always used to eat all of mine before we got home." The group laughed as they noticed Fin and Melinda come downstairs.

"Hey you two, what were you up to that took you so long?" Casey asked, with a taunting look that said 'guess who has blackmail?'

Melinda immediately blushed. "We, um, nothing" she blurted out.

"We had to finish packing" Fin answered seeing her panic.

"Everyone ready for mass?" Beth asked.

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The group left the mass and got ready to leave for New York. Casey exchanged goodbyes with her family while everyone else put their bags away. She promised her parents that she'd call more often and try to visit more. She hugged Joey, who was also getting ready to leave also.

"hey, promise me that if your ever in trouble or need help- with life or with Cara- you'll call me, ok?" Joey requested.

"Joey, yes. You make me promise you that like every time I see you." Casey complained playfully.

"Yeah, but you didn't call me what your douche bag boyfriend left you alone and pregnant, so how am I supposed to believe you?" he asked seriously.

"I was fine." She responded in an empty monotone.

"You're always 'fine'. Just, make sure he never gets to meet my angel of a niece."

Casey laughed without humor. "He wouldn't ever want to… I hope"

They hugged and were interrupted by Elliot. "Hey Case, you riding with us or Fin and Mel?" He asked

"I'll ride with them. We've got some talking to do" she said looking at the M.E. and the detective. Elliot was curious but agreed. He and Olivia left, followed by the car containing Casey, Fin, Melinda, and a sleeping Cara. Once they hit the highway, Casey began to talk.

"Ok, spill." Casey said. "How long?"

"How do you know it wasn't just drunk sex?" Melinda asked. Casey gave her a look that said 'come on let's be serious'

"Four months" Fin said. "We were planning on inviting everyone to dinner sometime this week"

"Well my lips will be sealed." Casey promised. Just then they heard a phone ringing. Fin recognized it as his, so he put it on the dashboard phone clip and put it on speaker, since he was driving.

"Tutuola" he answered formally.

"Hey Fin it's Liv. El and I got a call from the captain. There's a town upstate that has Segal in custody. From that case last month, remember? Anyway, El and I are going to go pick him up so we'll probably be a little latter than you guys." Olivia said

"Alright. Good luck" Fin responded.

"Thanks" Olivia said and then hung up.

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"How can I help you?" A man at the desk at Albany SVU asked Elliot and Olivia. They flashed him their badges and responded.

"Detectives Benson and Stabler. We're here to pick up a perp. Name's Phil Segal."

"Detective Williams has an office down the hall and to your right" the young man replied.

"Thanks" the pair said as they headed off to see Detective Williams. They entered his office and introduced themselves.

"His file is somewhere on that desk, along with a few others from this past year. I have to go out on a call. My partner's the next door down if you need any help. Take care." Detective Williams said.

"You too" Elliot said as he began to search through files.

"El" Olivia said worriedly

"What?" he asked, walking over to her end of the disorganized file table. Olivia handed him a file she had found. He opened it and went through it.

"Oh my God." He said as he looked it over.