"Sergeant I am fine. Please let me back on. You need all the man power." I said as Liv shook her head.

"Lina, I don't know. You have been through a lot." Liv said as I shook my head.

"I promise I am fine. I can help prep the witness Pilar." I said as Liv nodded.

"Alright, you and Rollins meet with Barba at the court house. I need to talk to the other girls about Johnny D." Liv said getting up. I nodded and hurried out.

"Where you going to so fast?" Nick asked walking in with Carisi.

"I have to go meet up with Rollins." I said as I got in the elevator. I hurried down and started to go to the court house. I walked into the court room and saw Barba and Rollins waiting for me with the girl in the witness stand.

"Pilar, you need to tell us the truth about what Johnny D did to you." Rollins said as Pilar shook her head.

"He did nothing to me. Comprenda!" She said as I put my hand up.

"Pilar, écouter, vous devez nous dire la vérité." I said as she glared at me.

"Que faire si je reçois le feu vert?" She asked as I shook my head. "

"Nous ne laisserons pas cela se produire." I said as she finally started to calm down.


"Liar! Bitch!" girls in the peanut gallery started to yell as Liv and the others started to look around.

"I will clear this court room!" The judge yelled as finally she banged her gavel and all hell broke loss. Johnny D jumped up from the table and grabbed a court guard's gun. I jumped up with rest of the squad with my gun draw as the court room with panicked. Johnny D shot at the judge as she fell to the ground. Johnny D dragged the court guard into a separate hall way. Nick and I followed him out as we stepped in and he shot the woman in the temple as Nick and I told him to drop his gun. He pointed gun at me and Nick. Nick and I unloaded our clips on him as I saw Nick fall to the ground. Finally, one of our bullets hit him in the temple and he dropped. I throw my gun and dropped to my knees as I put my hands on his chest to stop the blood flow as tears fell down my cheek.

"Stay with me Nick!" I yelled as he barely kept his eyes opened. "Nick! Nick!" I screamed as EMTs rushed in. "Stay with me Nickie. Come on Nickie stay with me." I said as EMTs tried to pull me away. I kept pushing them away as Liv walked.

"Lina. Lina he is going to be alright. Let the EMTs work." She said as I finally took a step back. EMTs hurried as I followed them with Nick on the gurney.

"I'll go with him to hospital." I said as Liv nodded and I followed him out the door and to the ambulance. I sat next to him and held onto his hand as I kept telling him to stay with me. We got to the hospital as they immediately rushed him into surgery. I started to pace in the waiting room as I pulled out my phone and called my mother. It went to voice-mail like normal as the beep happened. "Hey mamá que soy yo ... Yo sé que no hemos estado en los mejores términos, pero ... Mom something happened at work and Nick got hurt. I need you to meet us at Bellevue." I said as the message ended. I put my phone into my pocket as I started to pace more. A doctor finally walked out.

"Nicholas Amaro?" He said as I stopped pacing and walked to him.

"Yes? Is he okay?" I asked worried.

"He is out of surgery. He got hit in the abdomen and the left knee. He is in stable condition." He said as I sighed relived.

"Can I see him please?" I asked as he nodded.

"Let him get settled in his room and then you can." The doctor said as I nodded.

"Where is my son?" I heard my mother say as I turned to face her. "Catalina!? Oh mi dios Catalina amor lo que pasó?" My mother asked worried as I realized as I was still covered in Nick's blood.

"Something bad happened at work… Nick got hurt really bad but they just got him out of surgery." I said as she nodded.

"Are you alright? Did you get hurt?" She asked worried as I shook my head no. The doctor came out to me.

"Your brother is in his room and is asking for you." He said as I nodded.

"Thank you." I said as I walked with my mother to a hospital room. I opened the door and saw Nick hooked up to the machines and tubes as I took a struggling step into the room as he barely opened his eyes. "Well this is a change of events." I said softly as Nick chuckled to himself. "How are you feeling Nickie?" I asked as I sat next to him.

"I hurt but I am okay. Oh God you are drenched in blood. Please tell me that it is all of my blood." Nick said as I grabbed his hand.

"Yeah Nick. It's okay." I said as I patted his hand. "Johnny D is dead. Bullet into the left temple." I said as he nodded.

"How did you not get hit?" Nick asked as our mother stood on the other side of him.

"How are you doing Nickie?" She asked as Nick nodded.

"I am fine Ma." Nick said as I felt my phone buzz. I pulled it out and saw Liv's caller ID.

"It's Sergeant." I said as I got up. "Tell him I'm okay." Nick said as I nodded. "I will get some sleep Nickie." I said as I walked out into the hall.

"Hey Liv, he is going to be fine. He is out of surgery." I said as I rubbed my eyes.

"IAB is making it an open and shut case." Liv said as I nodded.

"IAB can bit my ass." I said as I bit my lip.

"Lina, we are on our way over. Carisi said he was going to be to take you home." Liv said as I nodded.

"Okay… Sergeant I need to ask you something… Could you give me your recommendation for the Sergeant exam? I know that the past six months have been hell for me but I know that you are being bumped up to Lieutenant and I want to move up in the ranks." I said ramble as Liv told me to stop.

"Lina. I was going to recommend you for the exam even if you didn't ask. I already asked Tucker and he said that you would be good for the task as Sergeant." She said as I started to smile slightly.

"Really?" I asked as she said yes. "Okay. I need to go." I said as I hung up my phone and put it back into my pocket.


"To Noah Porter-Benson." I said raising a glass of ice tea in the air as everyone followed suit. I took a sip as the door opened and revealed Nick on his crutches walking in with Amanda.

"And to Sergeant Catalina Amaro." Nick said beaming from ear to ear.

"You passed the exam?!" Carisi asked shocked as I laughed.

"I wasn't going to bring it up now. But I did. Twenty third out of eight thousand." I said as Carisi pulled me close to him and kissed the back of my neck.

"Get a room you two." Fin said teasing as I laughed. We went back talking as I picked up Noah.

"Puppy?" He said as I laughed and handed him the stuffed bloodhound toy. I put him down as Nick called me over to him.

"I'll be right back." I said as I walked over to him. "How are you doing?" I asked as Nick smiled at me.

"I'm fine. I acutally have some news. I'm putting in my papers." Nick said as my eyes widen.

"What?!" I asked as he nodded.

"I am, I'm moving out to LA to be with Zara and Maria. Gil is in San Diego so I'm still close to him." Nick started to say.

"Wow okay." I said shocked as he nodded.

"I know that you don't want me to move but I think it is what is best." Nick said as I nodded.

"All I want is for you to be happy hermano mayor." I said as I patted his uninjured shoulder. He smiled at me and hugged me.

"I'll still always be there for you la hermana menor you know that right?" Nick asked as I nodded.

"I have always known that." I said as we went back to the party. I finished my tea as I looked at the time. Noah started to rub his eyes as Liv picked him up.

"I think he needs to get some sleep." Liv said rubbing his back.

"Well we will leave you two be." I said as we all got up and walked out. "Hey Manda you think you can't get my brother home in one piece?" I asked teasingly as Rollins helped Nick into a cab.

"I will make sure he will." Rollins said as I laughed as waved bye to them. I took Sonny's hand as we started to walk home. We started to walk towards the park.

"What are we doing?" I asked laughing as we made our way to the pond.

"I wanted to do something interesting but I don't know if it will work out so well." Sonny said as we sat on a park bench.

"Well what is it?" I asked laughing.

"Lina, have you thought about us taking a big step in our relationship?" Sonny asked as I looked sweetly.

"I have from time to time. Why do you ask?" I asked as Sonny got up in front of me and knelt in front of me.

"Sonny? What are you doing?" I asked shocked as he pulled out a small black box.

"Lina, we have been through a lot together over the past two years, and when you kissed a last year and started our life together. I want to ask you to be in my life for as long as God allows you to be. Please Catalina Gina Amaro marry me?" Sonny asked as I covered my mouth.

"Oh Sonny. It's beautiful…" I said as he looked at me confused.

"What's the matter?" He asked worried.

"Sonny I have loved you for the past year and you have been the one constant in my life. I have so much changing for me right now and I want to figure out what I am doing. I want you in my life and I am so shocked you want to make your wife but I can't say yes. But I am not saying no either." I said as he nodded.

"Okay. Why?" He asked softly as I looked at him.

"You have been with me through the Yates situation and the stuff with my family. I love you so much and I want to figure out what is happening right now." I said as he nodded.

"I love you too." Sonny said as he kissed my knuckles and we got up. We walked back to the apartment as I went to my phone. I called Eliza but it went to voice-mail.

"That is weird. Eliza always picks up." I said as I heard someone knocking on the door.

"Sonny can you get that?" I asked as I tried to call Angelica.

"Yeah. Um Lin can you come here?" Sonny asked as I got up and went to the door. It was a biker messenger. "Catalina Amaro?" The boy said as I nodded.

"Yes?" I asked as he handed me a blue envelope.

"You have been served." He said taking me back as he hurried away.

"What the hell?!" Sonny said as I opened it.

"Damn it…" I said as I read the protective order forbidding me from contacting Angelica, Elizabeth and Margarita Schuyler.