As they were driving to his place he noticed she kept battling her eyes to stay awake. 'Hey,' he spoke to her softly, gently squeezing the hand that still remained on her thigh. She looked up at him.

'Just close your eyes and rest, please. I can see how tired you are. I'll wake you up when we get there.'

'I don't want to… Whenever I close my eyes I just can't unsee what I saw.' She took a deep breath before adding, 'They were both naked on our couch, just having the best time of their life…'

Velasco could hear the anger and confusion in her voice. He knew that Muncy was never going to be friends with Churlish, but they were on their way to accept each other as colleagues, but after what happened tonight he was worried they wouldn't be able to even manage to work together.

'I'm sorry.' He gave her a compassionate look. 'What would you say if we make a stop somewhere and get us some junk food? That always makes you happy.'

She nodded with a little smile forming on her face.

'You look so beautiful when you smile.' He couldn't help but say it out loud. It made her cheeks turn pink.

There was a sign saying that there was a drive-thru on the next turn to the right, so Velasco followed the directions to get them there.

Since there was no one else there, they got their order pretty fast. 'Here you go.' Velasco handed the bag with food to Muncy.

'You want some?' She asked, stuffing her mouth with a few french fries.

'That junk? You know I don't eat that.'

'Come onnnn.' She looked at him with puppy eyes while taking 2 french fries between her fingers and moving them to his mouth.

He was about to say something back to her but before words could come out of his mouth she shoved the fries into it.. He obliged and ate them, giving her a 'are you serious?' look. It made her laugh uncontrollably.

'I'll remember that.' He said with a serious face but inside he was glad that she is having fun and that she isn't thinking about the events that happened earlier.

Not long after that they arrived at his apartment block.. He was about to park his car in his usual parking spot when he noticed someone had taken it. He was too tired to deal with it so he parked in a spot next to it.

They both got out of the car and they headed inside. It didn't take long for the elevator to arrive. Muncy was still eating her fries, occasionally ginning at Joe.

'We're here.' He said as he got off the elevator trying to find his keys in his pockets.

He unlocked the door and signaled for Muncy to go in first; 'What a gentleman you are.' She teased him about the gesture. He just shook his head from side to side in disbelief and followed in right behind her.

Muncy made her way to the kitchen and she sat up on the counter.

'Do you want anything to drink?' Velasco asked her while grabbing a glass to pour himself some water.

'No, I'm good thanks.'

'Woah, it's already 2am.' Velasco stated, surprised by how late it was. 'We should probably head to sleep soon. We need to be in work at 7am.' He added.

'I'm sure Benson won't mind if well get there at 8.' She barely finished the sentence before yawning.

'Let's get you to bed cowgirl.' He offered her his hand, which she took in hers as she followed him into his bedroom.

'Here you go.' He handed her one of his T-shirts from his closet.

'Thank you .'She smiled at him and was about to head to the bathroom to change.

'There's a spare toothbrush in the cupboard above the sink. And if you wanna take a shower there's some fresh towels there aswell.'

She was too tired to take a shower so she just quickly brushed her teeth and changed into the shirt Joe gave her, it was quite short to her liking.

She opened the bathroom door and made her way into the bedroom where she was met with Velasco who was still changing and there for he only had his underwear on.

'I'm sorry.' She said quickly turning around.

'It's okay. I'm sorry, I thought you were gonna take longer in the bathroom.'

'I was too tired to shower...' She said so quietly he barely heard it.

'You can turn around.' He said while approaching her.

She did as he said. He was now close to her, their bodies were almost touching.

'It suits you.' He motioned to the shirt.

'Thanks.' She said looking at the ground. She felt quite shy, being there in front of him in just his shirt. She didn't even know why she left like that, she flirted with him on a daily basis and she liked him, so why was she nervous all of a sudden.

He seemed to notice the change in her behaviour, the nervousness. He moved his hand bellow her chin slowly encouraging her to look up at him.

'What's up?' He asked in a concerned tone.

'I don't know, I think I'm just tired.'

'You sure? You know you can tell me.' He knew something was wrong but he didn't want to force it out of her.

'Yeah.' She whispered.

'I'll go brush my teeth, I'll be right back, okay?' He rubbed her shoulder up and down before heading to the bathroom.

When he got back she was laying in the bed, curled into a small ball. He didn't want to startle her so he made his presence known by cleaning his throat.

She looked up at him and gave him a little smile.

He sat down at the edge of the bed ready to wish her goodnight before heading to sleep on the couch.

'Goodnight mi corazón.' He gently kissed the top of her head.

He was about to stand up but her hand stopped him.

'Can you please stay.' She gave him a timid smile.

'Sure.' He was surprised by the request she made. But he had nothing against it.

She rolled over to the other side of the bed so he could duck in under the covers.

As he got into the bed she snuggled into his chest and let out a little sigh.

'Goodnight Joe.' She muttered into his chest.

They both drifted asleep soon after that.

'Joe, wake up, we overslept.' Muncy was panicking when she realised it was 7:30am.

'Huh? What time is it?' He asked still groggy from the sleep.

'It's 7:30am... Benson's going to kill us!'

They both quickly got out of the bed and brushed their teeth. Velasco went to change into jeans and a shirt for work while Muncy was panicking she doesn't even have fresh clothes to wear. Not even spare clothes in work...

'It's okay, just take the jeans you had yesterday and keep the shirt.' Velasco gave her a suggestion.

On their way to work Velasco stopped by a caffe to get them both their morning dose of caffeine. He ended up buying a few donuts too since they didn't have time for breakfast.

They made their way into the squad room drinking their coffees. They were greeted by the amused looks of their coworkers.

'Morning.' Said Muncy as she entered.

'Looks like someone had quite a night.' Bruno teased her.

She gave him a deadly stare to which he responded by putting his arms up in defeat.

They both sat down to their tables and got their laptops out ready to catch up on paperwork.

'Imma go get more coffee. Want a cup too?' She asked Velasco before heading to the break room.

'Sure.'

As she was pouring the coffee into their cups someone else came into the break room and closed the door.

'Hey. I'm sorry found out about us like that.' She heard from behind her.

She was so furious and she wanted to punch her so badly but she knew Benson wouldn't be too happy about it so she tried to resist it.

'Look for what it's worth, I really like him.'

Muncy couldn't hold the anger in anymore, she turned around to face her.

'Are you fuckin kidding me?! First you snitch on my partner then you use it to get into my unit and now you're screwing my brother too?!' She was telling so loud the whole squad could hear it.

'I'm sorry Grace.' She tried to apologise.

'No! You don't get to call me like that. You don't get to be sorry. You are a fuckin narcissist bitch.' The anger was spilling out of her.

'What the hell is going on in here?' Bruno asked as he and Fin ran into the break room.

'You wanna tell them or should I?' Muncy hissed at Churlish.

'She's pissed at me because i am dating her brother.' She said in the most innocent voice.

'You aren't dating him! You're just screwing him to use him. You don't give a shit about anyone but yourself. You're a fuckin selfish ambitious narcissistic whore.' The situation was heated and they were getting dangerously close. It looked like they were both ready to fight each other.

'Okay, you both need to cool down.' Bruno said stepping between the two of them.

Fin stepped in too taking Churlish out of the break room into the hallway, leaving Bruno and Muncy alone in the break room.

'So she gets to do all that and everyone still worships her and is on her side.' Muncy said completely frustrated.

'No one says what she did is okay, but punching her won't fix anything.' He placed his hand on her shoulder as a compassionate gesture.

'Then what am I suppose to do?'

'I'll talk to Benson and ask her to have a chat with Churlish about it, okay?' He squeezed her shoulder reassuringly.

'Okay.' She said looking down.

'I leave you alone for 5 minutes and you already manage to get yourself into a fight...' Velasco said coming into the break room.

'Thanks for saving her from all the trouble.' He patted Brunos shoulder.

'Of course man.' Bruno gave him a reassuring smile.

'Well, Imma head out.' He said pointing tot he door and before leaving he looked at Velasco and added 'Good luck man.'

Bruno closed the door behind him as he left, giving the two young detectives some privacy.

'That bitch had the audacity to come talk to me and pretend like everything is going great. Expecting me to congratulate her on sleeping with Teddy.' She kept throwing her hands around still effected by the after shock of her anger outburst.

'Grace.' He put his arms on her shoulders, 'You need to calm down. Just breathe. Okay?' He tried to calm her down.

'Why am I suppose to calm down?!? I have a full right to be mad at her.' She hissed at him.

'Grace.' He tried to get her attention to him. 'Mi cariño, it'll be okay.' He pulled her close into his chest. He was slowly petting her back, trying to get her to relax.

At first she didn't respond to the hug but after a few moments have passed she gave in and hugged him back.

'Let's just get through today for now. I'm sure it'll be better after work.'

'Well that might work for you... I'll have to go home and probably listen to the two of them having a great time.' She muttered.

'You can stay at mine again if you want?' He offered pulling a bit back from the hug so he could see her face. His hands still remained on her shoulders.

'You sure you won't mind?' She asked him in a concerned tone. She left like she was at his place a lot past few days and she didn't want to burden him more than she already had.

'Of course silly. I love having you at my place, you give the place a spark.'

She chuckled at what be had said. It felt nice knowing he enjoys her company even outside of work.

'I should probably get some things from home before going to yours. I really can't wear the same clothes again.'

'We can stop by there after work before going to mine.' He suggested.

'Sounds great.'

'Let's get back to work before Benson notices we've done nothing so far.' They both chuckled.

'Yeah, she looked like she was already pissed in the morning, getting her more pissed doesn't sound like the best idea.'

They took their coffees that Muncy had poured for them before the Churlish incident and headed to their desks.

The day went by fast after that. Well... until Benson called Churlish and Muncy into her office.

Before closing the door Muncy looked back at her coworker with a terrified look, her lips wording out 'Help.'

Benson was really pissed, she told them they'll either talk this out and make it work or one of then is getting fired.

'There's nothing to talk out. She's breaking all the moral rules going behind people back, being a snitch and doing everything she can to help herself not caring how much it'll hurt others.' Muncy stated.

'It's not my fault people break rules. I just wanted the justice to come out. And about dating your brother - he's an adult it's his choice. You're just jealous that he has someone and you don't.' Churlish defended herself.

'Both of you just shut up!' Benson yelled.

'Muncy has a point Churlish. You are letting your ambitions take over the real priorities. It may work now, but it could cost you a lot in the future.' Muncy was surprised to hear that Benson agrees with her.

'I'm sorry, Captain.' Churlish said looking down.

'Since there's only 5 more days left of your stay here, there's no point in reassigning you... However I will have a chat with McGrath to let him know you'll be returning back to Bronx.' She said to Churlish.

'You can both leave now.'

They left her office, Muncy with a smile on her face and Churlish looking disappointed maybe even a little bit sad.

For the rest of the shift everyone remained quiet, the deadly silence was killing all of them but it was still better than saying anything.

Velasco picked his phone up and messaged Muncy that he's going to pack up for today and they can leave in a minute. She looked at him and nodded in reply.

As they were leaving they wished their coworkers a goodnight and headed to Velasco's car.

Luckily when they stopped by Muncy's place Teddy wasn't home yet. She quickly packed up some things and headed back to the car.

'Woah that was fast.' Velasco commented on her packing speed. 'You weren't even gone for 5 minutes.'

'Can we just drive, please. I don't want to risk Teddy coming here and seeing us.' She said, stressing about what'd she do or say if she saw him.

'Of course.' He said while starting the car. He noticed she was stressed about meeting him. Muncy let out a loud sigh as they left the driveway.

'What's up cowgirl? I can see something's bothering ya.' He asked in a really concerned tone.

'I just don't want to see him... He's for sure mad at me, and probably will be even more after he finds out she's being sent back to Bronx because of me.'

'She is?' Velasco asked, surprised that Benson would fire Churlish. He thought she adored Churlish and wanted her to keep her with them in Manhattan SVU at any cost.

'Yeah, Benson actually took my side and told her that her ambition has taken over her morals.'

'I mean that's good, isn't it?'

'Yeah I guess.' She shrugged her shoulders.

They were almost at Velasco's place when he realised he didn't have a lot of groceries left at home so they should make a stop and buy some.

'Imma just quickly run to buy some groceries, you can stay in the car if you want.' He told her while parking the car in a supermarket's parking lot.

'I'll come with you.'

They decided they'd try to cook Fajita together. So they bought everything that's needed for it and some basic things that are always good to have in the fridge. They also got some snacks because those are always a must have.

'What ice cream flavour do you want?' Velasco asked her since he wasn't quite sure which one would she like.

'Vanilla.' She replied with a smile on her face.

'So the most basic one, huh?' He teased her a little.

She threw a death stare at him. 'Then you can pick a flavour if you think mine is too basic.'

'Okay, I will.'

He ended up buying both of their choices so they could compare which one tasted better later on.