A/N: See Chapter 1 for disclaimer. Thanks for reading this story. So, here we go again! Hope you enjoy reading part 5 ;D

Part 5

Alexandra Cabot, ADA for the SVU, sat at her desk in her office and tried to concentrate on her work. It was just past ten in the morning and the only thing she could think of was lunch with SVU Detective Olivia Benson. Until then she had two spent nearly two more hours with paperwork. She sighed and leaned back. Something had to happen, she was a nervous wreck. Every time she thought of the attractive detective her heart began to race and her hands started to sweat.

As her cellphone started ringing, she nearly jumped.

"Cabot."

"Hey Alex. Just wanted to check, if everything is okay."

"Hey Danny. If you ignore, that I am nervous as hell. Everything is fine."

"Sounds good to me. Nothing better than a little anticipation." Danielle chuckled.

"You bitch. Don't you have anything to do?" Alex was getting upset. How could her friend enjoy her predicament so much.

"A meeting in ten. But I am as well prepared as I will ever be. Call me after lunch? I do want to hear what happened."

"I don't think so." Alex shot a look at the clock on her laptop. Still an hour and a half.

"Oh, Alex. Don't be mad. I'm really interested in your well-being, you are my friend."

"You say that now." Alex said pouting.

"Whoa. Stop it, Cabot. We are not in the kindergarten. You know I care." Danielle shot out.

"Okay, okay. You're right. Sorry, Danny. You know I do appreciate your concern. I'm just scared."

"That's my girl."

"I give you a call. Have fun in your meeting and show them, who's in charge." Alex giggled.

"You bet. Later, Alex!" Danielle hung up.

Tuesday morning found Olivia Benson sitting at her desk.

"El, are you sure it would be wise to follow that lead? What if it is as futile as yesterdays observation. It would be a waste of time."

"Do you have anything else to do? It is worth a try." Elliot looked intently at his partner. Something was amiss. Olivia was nervous and shifted uncomfortably in her seat.

"Well..." She drawled. "Actually I have lunch plans."

"Can't you postpone it?"

"I rather would not. See, I am planning that for almost a week now..." Olivia trailed off. Elliot saw that it was important to his partner and gave in.

"Listen, I take Munch with me and if anything happens, I call you."

"Sounds okay to me. Thanks partner." Olivia grinned. Now she had just to pick up Alex and relax. Easier said than done.

Alex eyed the stack of folders on her desk. It was two minutes before twelve and she really hoped Olivia would show up.

At the same moment said detective strolled down the floor to the ADA's office. She took a last deep breath and knocked on the door.

They hadn't seen each other for almost a week and the effect it had on them both was undeniable.

"Hi." Olivia looked around the door. "You ready?"

"Hi. I am." Alex stood up and made a few steps in Olivia's direction. Then she eyed her companion for a moment.

"Come on. I don't bite, unless you ask me to." Olivia winked.

Alex felt a shiver run down her spine as the image of Olivia biting her crossed her mind.

"Good to know, detective. I think about it." Alex smiled and regained her confidence.

Olivia let her gaze slowly drift up and down the blonde. Alex wore a dark blue pant suit, which brought out her blue eyes quite nicely. Olivia searched Alex's gaze and found what she hoped for. The same nervousness that radiated from her was mirrored in the blondes eyes.

"Any suggestions where we should head for lunch?"

Alex stopped in front of Olivia.

"Just down the street is an Italian restaurant. It opened last week. Wanna try it?"

Alex nodded.

Half an hour later they sat at a quiet table and had just ordered. As the waiter left them, Olivia looked at her companion.

"So we finally made it to lunch."

"Yes, I am really happy about that. I almost thought something would come up today too." Alex said shyly.

"I know what you mean. Every attempt over the last week got postponed." Olivia let her gaze wander around the restaurant. It was a nice place. The atmosphere was quiet but the place was almost filled to it's capacities. "How are you doing?"

"Good, well...to be honest." Alex drawled. "I missed our conversations. It seemed almost unreal not speaking to you at least once a day."

"Oh, Alex. I am sorry. I thought you were busy." Olivia reached over the table and laid her hand over Alex's. Her thumb stroking random patterns over Alex's wrist.

"I was. As were you. But now we are here. And there is so much I want to say, but I don't know how." Alex rested her eyes on their joined hands. "I missed you, Olivia."

"I missed you, too." Olivia smiled shyly. "It is good to finally be with you."

"Is that what you want?" Alex asked, curious.

Just as Olivia was about to answer the most important question, her cellphone rang. She looked apologetically at Alex and fished it out of her coat pocket.

"Benson."

"Liv, Elliot here. We have him. We caught him in the act, so to speak. See you at the precinct."

"I am on my way." Olivia sounded defeated. Even if she was glad that they had the rapist. She looked over to her friend. "See you in a few, El."

Olivia put her phone back in the pocket.

"You have to go." Alex squeezed Olivia's hand that still rested on her own.

"Yeah. Stabler and Munch caught the man, who raped Tamara Jelenova as he tried to find another victim. They are on their way to the precinct now. Do you want to accompany me? Maybe we need a warrant." Olivia's heart raced. She didn't want to leave Alex.

"Sure, why not." Alex threw some bills for their lunch on the table and followed Olivia. They didn't speak on their way to the precinct. Both of them thought about their meeting and the question that remained unanswered.