Authors Note: Thank you all for the reviews, I am sorry this chapter is short, but I hope you all enjoy. Once again I do not own any of these characters.


"I want a team there now; I want Amanda and Liv's place torn apart." Cragen shouted as he grabbed the phone when they all heard a familiar voice behind them.

"I think you all could use some help once again."


Olivia turned around quickly when she heard the voice and felt her jaw drop. She never thought she would ever hear that voice ever again.

Rafael Barba was just walking up to the SVU squad room when he saw the tall blonde standing in the entrance way. Even though he had never met her, he had heard about this blonde from many other lawyers, she was brilliant at her job and everyone knew that including the other SVU Detectives, and he knew he would never measure up to her.

"Alex, what are you doing here?" Olivia asked when she finally got words to form in her brain.

"I am here to take over the case against William Lewis when the time comes for the DA's office." Alex explained as she walked over to Captain Cragen and handed him the papers signed by the judge explaining everything.

Barba was astounded, there was no way someone was going to take away his case, especially not Alex Cabot, who thinks she can just come and go as she pleases. "Excuse me, but this is my case." He told her walking over to Cragen and taking the papers out of his hands.

"Well it's not anymore." Alex told him smugly.

"What is the meaning of this, you cannot take my case." Barba told her with everyone in the room on looking.

"I can, and I will. If you did your job correctly I wouldn't be here right now, now would I?" Alex stated and Barba squinted his eyes.

"Did my job correctly?" Barba repeated.

"Yes William Lewis has walked twice now because of you." Alex told him raising her voice, while she grabbed the papers out of his hands. "This woman right here" Alex stated pulling Olivia over by her arm "Has dedicated her life to protect and serve this city of New York, and yet you let a jury believe that she was the one to blame and not a victim of this psychopath." Alex told him now completely in his face.

"You have…" Barba tried to speak but Alex cut him off.

"Don't even waste your breath. I am taking this case over; you are no longer on it. If you so much as touch a case file, I will have your ass fired. And don't try to test me because I am not joking, I will not watch this man walk again. You should be ashamed of yourself, you call yourself a prosecutor but you let that man walk all over Olivia and everyone else who was on the stand. So if I was you I would get another job, because you sure as hell suck at the one you have now." Alex told him sharply.

Barba was pissed and he quickly stormed out of the squad room. "Well he sure got an ass chewing" Finn said with a laugh. "Good to have you back Alex." He greeted her before he gave her a welcoming hug.

"It is good to be back." Alex stated "It's good to see you Liv" Alex said with a smile before she pulled the woman in for a hug, but Olivia quickly pulled back. The gesture did not go unnoticed by Amanda, but she knew that her and Olivia had worked together for many years.

"Alright enough chit chatting, back to work all of you, and nice to have you back Alexandra." Cragen told the room and then they all went back to work.

A team was sent over to Olivia's and Amanda's and they tore it apart, Amanda went to the apartment but Olivia stayed behind, she had paperwork to catch up on. She was sitting at her desk, when she saw Alex walk into the break room. Olivia quickly got up and followed her.

"You really came back for me?" Olivia asked her.

Alex was stirring her coffee as she glanced over at Olivia, "Yes believe it or not I still care about you." Alex told her and then took a sip of her coffee. "And I didn't want to see that monster walk again." Alex added.

"I'm with Amanda." Olivia came right out and told the blonde without looking into her eyes.

"Kind of put two and two together when Cragen stated he wanted a team at your place. Congratulations you finally came out." Alex told her blankly.

"Alex.." Olivia tried but Alex cut her off.

"No don't explain, there is nothing explain. Clearly she means more to you than I ever did." Alex told her trying to walk past her but Olivia grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back.

"That is not true and you know it. You went into witness protection, you were gone. I didn't know where you went; I had no way of talking to you. Then you came back and just as you did you were gone again." Olivia told her trying not to raise her voice.

"I didn't have a choice Olivia, I was shot! In case you forgot about that, they were going to kill me." Alex told her through clenched teeth.

"I would have protected you." Olivia stated softly and she had no idea that Amanda had come back from their apartment and was listening.

"Yeah sure you would have, Olivia you couldn't even admit to us being together." Alex said a bit loudly before she added. "I said there was nothing to explain, so just drop it and let me do my job."

Alex yanked her arm free and walked out of the break room and she caught a look of surprise on Amanda's face. "She is all yours." Alex stated as she made her way out of the squad room.

Olivia stood in the break room not being able to move, first Lewis and now Alex was back, she just couldn't catch a break.

"Liv?" Amanda asked as she walked into the break room behind Olivia more confused than ever.

"Hey babe, your back." Olivia said with a cheerful smile as she turned around to give Amanda a kiss.

"What were you Alex talking about?" Amanda asked as she pulled away from the kiss.

"Oh you know just the case nothing important" Olivia said in a matter of fact tone as she pulled a mug down and poured herself a cup of coffee.

"Didn't seem like it was nothing important." Amanda stated as she looked at Olivia while she fixed her coffee up to her liking before she asked the question "You dated Alex Cabot? But more importantly why didn't you tell me?"


Authors Note: Well there is Chapter 6, sorry for another cliff hanger. Hope you all enjoyed!