There was woman on first and third. The count was 2-1 and the pitch hung in the air a little longer than the pitcher had wanted.

Slam! The bat hit the ball and it went soaring over the hands of the woman first base, hitting the ground and bouncing back towards the outfield.

"Nice hit Novak!"

The game was over. Casey's RBI double won it.

The team headed out for beers afterward to celebrate.

"Novak!" one of them hollered at her. "Where's Detective Sexy Pants?"

"She has to work." Of course, she was with her ex and her ex's daughter instead of at my softball game.

"I'm sure she'll want to have a private celebration with you later," the others teased.

"That's for me to know, and you not to find out."

The others whistled and hooted.

As the afternoon went on, Casey got a bit tipsy. She called Olivia who had been playing with Cassie and Lexi.

"Excuse me."

She answered it, "Benson."

"Hey Detective Sexy Pants," Casey slurred.

"Are you drunk?"

"I'm just a bit tipsy."

"What's going on?"

"I'm horny!"

Olivia chuckled. "I still have work until midnight."

"You can't sneak out?"

"No, Case."

"Can I come over?"

"I don't think that's appropriate."

"You're so stern."

"How about I come over after I get off work?"

"Will you get me off?"

"I always do." Olivia hung up.

"Livia, Mama says we can have cookies!"

She followed the two girls into the kitchen where Alex had a plastic cup for Lexi and a mug of warmed milk for Cassie.

"You eat your cookies with frothed milk?" Olivia found that odd.

"It's the best," Alex insisted as she dipped her cookie in warm milk.

"It's a Cabot thing," Lisa teased. "Caroline would do it too."

Olivia had ordinary cold milk, like Lexi and Lisa.

"These cookies are so good," Olivia murmured as she ate one.

"Aunt Liz makes them out of magic," Alex insisted. She still won't tell me the recipe.

After cookie time, Alex put on Finding Nemo for the girls.

"It's not a Disney movie," Olivia pointed out.

"Disney bought out Pixar, so it counts," Alex countered.

"Ever the lawyer."

"You know it."

One of Casey's teammates got Casey home and made sure she was okay. Casey was drunk and tired. "I want Olivia here."

"I know, but she'll come here when she can."

"You know what really sucks," Casey grumbled. "She's at work all day with her ex-girlfriend."

"Her ex?"

"Alex fucking Cabot. The woman is gorgeous beyond belief, single, and has a cute fucking kid. What if Olivia …"

Casey's friend hugged her. "Olivia loves you. If she wanted Alex back, she would have gone back to her when she came home. It's been three months."

"You're right, I just …"

"Just drink some water, take some Advil, and get some sleep."

Casey sighed as she headed into her apartment. Maybe Olivia would be back when she woke up.

That evening, the Cabot clan went to The Buttermilk Channel for dinner. "I have this craving for fried chicken that just won't go away," Lisa said as she sat down.

"That's why I brought you here. Their fried chicken is divine."

They had tracing paper and crayons for the girls to color.

Lisa carried much of the conversation, which made it easier for Alex and Olivia.

"There's a family reunion in August. We're having a cookout and are going out to the beach."

Alex nodded sadly.

"You should come."

"I don't think Graham wants …"

"Screw him. I want you there, and you own just as much of the house as he does. I know the family didn't do right by you when you first got home, but we need you to lead us. You know they're a bunch of misfits."

"I'll see if we can make it. I do want to see Tyler again."

"And you know he'll spoil Cassie."

"He will," Alex agreed.

"Mama, I have to go potty."

"Me too," Lexi insisted.

Alex took the girls to the bathroom. Lisa had her chance to size up Olivia.

"I've always been one to cut to the chase," Lisa told her. "What's going on with you and Alex?"

"We're broken up," Olivia told her. "I have a new girlfriend now."

Lisa didn't get it. "You two seemed crazy about each other when you came to Cape Cod."

"We were."

"What happened?"

"It was too hard having her gone. I had to put myself out there again."

"So why not get her back when she came home? I know how she felt about you. That doesn't just fade way."

"I'm not from her world," Olivia admitted. "She's a Cabot, now one of the controlling Cabots, and she has political aspirations and is so much more important than a detective like me."

"Bull fucking shit," Lisa told her. "You think you're not good enough because of your job and your pedigree? You're only not good enough if you wimp out on her. I descend from a bunch of drunks and criminals."

"What?"

"I was homeless for two years growing up because my parents put together couldn't stop drinking long enough to find one job. When I first met Graham, it was like a Cinderella story. He was the dashing prince who swept me off my feet. Everything was perfect until I had to meet the Cabots.

He didn't say it expressly, but it was quite clear that I was being tested and that if we were going to continue, his mother had to approve of me. I was sure that she wouldn't want her son with someone having my background, so I made up a past to try and fit in.

They saw right through it, and Caroline thought I was some kind of con artist. They were about to ask me to leave when Alex intervened. She didn't give a damn where I was from. She wanted to know who I was, and once she decided she liked me, she wouldn't stop pushing until Caroline gave me another chance.

My relationship with my mother in law ended much better than it started and that's because of Alex. She doesn't care where you're from or who your parents are. She only sees you."

Olivia had a question for her. "If you're background is somewhat like mine, why did Graham …"

Too late, Alex and the others were coming back.

We'll talk later Lisa mouthed.

Alex and Lisa split the check.

Olivia offered to split it three ways, but they both told her not to worry about it.

Lisa had to get Lexi to bed.

"When's your train ride back?" Alex asked.

"Not until 2PM."

"Brunch before you leave?"

"Yeah, text me with the details."

Lisa managed to get Olivia's cell phone number while Alex was hailing a cab for her sister in law.

"We'll chat."

Cassie didn't make it much longer when they got back to the apartment. Alex got her in bed.

It was only 9PM. Olivia had three more hours to spend at the apartment.

"Did you want to watch a movie?" Alex was good at putting on movies. It was much easier than trying to talk to her ex for three hours.

"Sure."

Olivia picked this time and it was Men in Black.

"I'm surprised you have this."

"Why can't I appreciate Will Smith?"

"You used to only watch classics and indie films."

"I had to learn to blend in," Alex told her. "I had to look normal."

"Did you want to talk about it?"

Alex shook her head. "Not right now."

They put on the movie. Alex commented, "Edgar looks like Detective Goren."

"That's not very nice."

"I meant the farmer whose body he steals."

"Oh, yeah he does."

They were about half way through the movie when Alex got a phone call from Lieutenant Van Buren.

"Cabot."

"Van Buren, we got Stuckey." They found him hiding out in his brother's baby mama's apartment.

She didn't want the cops tearing up her house, so she told them he was hiding in the laundry room, and they found him in the washer machine.

"Is he talking?"

"They're still booking him. Green and Lupo are going to take a crack at him before we get him back to NY."

They would keep the detail going until they caught the ringleader, but they were now one step closer to getting this whole thing done.

"Thanks for the update."

"Take care."

Olivia could tell by her tone that this was about the case. Alex hung up and smiled. "They caught Stuckey."

Is the detail ending? "That's great,"

"We're one step closer."

"I'm sure you can't wait to get Munch and me out of your hair."

"Well, you're a pain, but Munch feeds me."

Olivia playfully shoved her.

Alex shoved her back, and the two started tussling on the couch.

Olivia pinned Alex on the couch. "You know I'm going to win."

Not if I can help it. The ADA locked her legs around Olivia's legs around her hips and flipped her. She pinned Olivia's hands overhead and her chest ended up in Olivia's face. "Still think you're winning?"

Her sweet perfume intoxicated the detective and Olivia moved her head forward, pressing her lips to Alex's chest.

Alex pulled back in shock and looked down. The blonde's heart was racing, and she could feel tension between her own legs.

How could one touch unnerve me so?

Blue eyes hit brown and Olivia pulled Alex to her lips. Electricity coursed through their bodies and Alex knew it was dangerous. She pulled back but Olivia pulled her back in. They shared a series of quick kisses. Each time Alex tried to say something, Olivia captured her in another kiss.

Olivia flipped them back over, so she was on top. Her hand slid behind Alex's hamstring. She pulled the blonde's leg up so she could nestle between her legs. Alex pulled the brunette closer, tugging on Olivia's hair and making a mess of it, as their tongues battled.

A mixture of perfume, sweat, and pheromones filled the air as the ex-lovers made out intensively. Their hips drove against each other again and again.

I shouldn't be doing this. She has a girlfriend, who's not me.

Alex was not the other woman. Her mama raised her better than that, but she couldn't help herself. She loved Olivia for too long to feel guilty about this. Her brain knew it was wrong, but her heart felt like Olivia had been hers all along, that Alex was just staking her proper claim.

The Bureau Chief never understood why sitcoms loved the good angel bad angel trope ... until now.

Olivia had been fooling herself, and she knew it. There was no replacement for Alex Cabot, her lips, her touch, her soul. Consequences be damned.

Let me have you.

Olivia's hands snaked their way into Alex's shirt.

"Touch me," she breathed as Olivia pulled on her nipple.

The detective switched back and forth, manipulating the sensitive flesh as she drove the ADA insane. Alex had to bite Olivia's shoulder to keep from screaming out. She did not want to wake up Cassie.

Olivia wanted more space than this couch. She was going to make the most of the time she had. The detective picked up Alex by her waist, and carried her to bed. When she looked into Alex's eyes, all she could see was desire.

It was a fight to get each other's clothes off. Olivia did not want to waste any time and as far as she was concerned, the only one who needed to be naked was Alex. Cabot disagreed. She yanked off Olivia's top and her bra. The brunette was leaner than she had been three months prior. The truth of the matter was, Olivia used the gym to hide from her relationship.

Enough of that. Olivia sucked a tender breast into her mouth, eliciting soft moans as her hand found it's way between Alex's legs.

Warm, spongy, wet, Olivia knew the contours of Alex's sex perfectly. Like riding a bike, it was something she had never forgotten once she learned. Her teeth sank into Alex's neck, marking the blonde as hers. Certainly, Olivia should not do that, especially with John coming as soon as she left, but Olivia hadn't thought about that at all. She marked Alex's neck to take her claim. All other suitors ... watch out.

Alex fought hard not to scream out in ecstasy. Holding back was so hard that the blonde was sobbing by the end of it. Unsure of what had Alex in such a fit, Olivia covered her face and neck with kisses.

I love you she said with every kiss. I love you and I'm sorry.