A/N yay another one, I'm trying to make them longer and the idea i had originally didn't work the way i planned but i hope this is just as good, i was sick today so i was working extra on it, i may not be updating so much soon as i am going back to school and it'll take up alot of time because i want to do my best (more to the story i just don't want to tell all of it)
So i hope you enjoy and please Review will work on the next chapter soon :)
Casey was standing in line waiting to get a much needed cup of coffee. She didn't notice when someone came up behind her, the person grabbed her sides and tickled her
"BOO!" the voice yelled
Casey spun around and saw Ilsa standing there, a big grin on her face 'the person I didn't want to see right now' she thought
"What?" Casey asked clearly unimpressed
"Nothing I saw you and decided to come and say g'day" Ilsa was still smiling but was finally starting to notice Casey was in a less then happy mood
Ilsa stood next to Casey in complete silence while they got their drinks, they walked and sat down at a table, Casey was trying to think how to handle the situation, and Ilsa….Ilsa was completely oblivious to what Casey was feeling, her mind was wandering all over the place.
"Ilsa I think we need to talk" Casey said bluntly
Ilsa blinked a few times, and then it hit her "Oh about last night"
"Look about what happened…" Casey started
"Yeah I'm sorry, I guess I wasn't thinking" Ilsa said looking very apologetic "I was just proving my point, though my method might have been a little unorthodox"
"Your point?" Asked Casey
"You said you know everything on the first kiss, but tell me what did you learn about me"
Casey smiled 'so it was to prove her point'
"You learnt that I like you enough to kiss you, but what else really"
Casey opened her mouth but couldn't say anything, Ilsa was still the same person she had met almost a year ago, the kiss didn't change anything and apparently hadn't meant anything either, but that didn't mean that she didn't want it to
"See I proved my point although I am so sorry if I made you uncomfortable"
Casey smiled "it's OK, we had a bit to drink i-"
"Hold up Casey, since you didn't learn anything from our kiss I'll let you know now" Ilsa took a breath "I have never and will never accept 'I was drunk' or 'I've had to much to drink' as an excuse for anything"
Casey started "for anything?"
"Nothing" Ilsa replied "I never have and I never will and just so you know I knew what I was doing"
Casey let out a soft chuckle
"See you can't learn everything from one kiss, I mean did you know I'm a sucker for romance"
Casey laughed "you?"
"Yes and that I adore classical music"
"Really?"
"Though it may seem from my appearance and the way I act that I am a person who would not like such things, I actually do, another point on how looks can be misleading"
"I never would have thought"
Ilsa took a sip of her coffee and smiled "Oh and another way I proved my point is that last night didn't answer the question you've been wanting to ask for a while now"
Casey raised an eyebrow "And that question would be?"
"Am I Gay?"
Casey coughed "Are you?" she asked
Ilsa smiled "Are you?"
Casey didn't answer
"Don't tell me you never did the collage experiment, I know you did, hell I know I did when I went" Ilsa teased
Casey just laughed and shook her head as Ilsa leaned in closer "Don't tell me, I don't mind"
"Hey Ilsa"
"mmm" Ilsa mumbled while finishing her coffee
"Tell me more about yourself"
Ilsa put the cup down and smiled "Like what?"
"You told me about your mom, what about your dad?"
Ilsa went stiff in her chair and the mood she was in went from happy and carefree to cold
"I don't know where he is" she said in a cold voice "I broke all contact with him"
"When?"
"When I was 14 he kicked me out of the house"
Casey looked shocked "At 14?"
Ilsa nodded slowly "See this tattoo" she said holding out her hand
"Yeah it's nice" Casey said not knowing what that had to do with their topic of convocation, maybe Ilsa just wanted to change the subject
"That's why he kicked me out"
"Oh" Casey said, then snapped to attention "But you were 14 how did you get a tattoo?"
"I had a friend play as my legal guardian" Ilsa said with a sly smile
"You broke the law" Casey said trying to looked shock but not quite pulling it off
"Not the first time"
Casey did looked shocked now "What else have you done?"
"Oh that's my little secret" Ilsa said with a wink
"Why didn't your mom take you in?" Casey said, when Ilsa looked down at the table she knew she had said something wrong "Ilsa I'm sorry"
Ilsa shook her head "You didn't know she died when I was 10" Ilsa said, her voice sounded tight
Casey placed her hand over Ilsa's to try and comfort her
10 was an age when girls still needed their mothers, to lose her at such a young age must have been heartbreaking.
Seeing that Ilsa wasn't going to say anything more on the topic of her parents Casey decided to change it
"So collage" Said Casey hoping to get Ilsa talking again
"Yeah, I didn't go to a big collage like I'm sure you did, I couldn't afford it, but I was happy where I was"
"What did you study?" Case asked
"Guess"
"Hm…Music?"
Ilsa smiled "No not quite"
"Tell me I'll probably never guess" Casey said
"You give up to easily, but ok I studied Law among other things"
Casey couldn't hide the surprise on her face, the woman who had from the moment they met made her dislike for lawyers known, had studied to become one.
"Really?" Casey asked for clarification
"Yeah, if I wanted to I could have become a lawyer but I much rather a detective"
"Did you finish or?" she let the question hang
Ilsa nodded her head "Of course, how else would I have become the detective I am today"
"Huh, I never would have guessed"
"I studied everything they told me to; even law, Cragen helped me out a lot when I needed it"
"That was nice of him" Casey said with a smile
"He's a great man" Ilsa said
"Do you mind if I ask why you hate lawyers so much?"
"You can ask honey, but that doesn't mean I'll answer"
"Well why do you?"
Ilsa sighed "I've had a few personal encounters with lawyers and it was not a good thing"
"Care to say more?"
Ilsa smiled "Pushy" she said "but no, it's strange but I can't tell these things to strangers"
"I'm not a stranger" Casey said
"And if you let me finish" Ilsa said giving Casey's arm a light smack "I don't want to tell my friends out of fear of being judged or hated"
"You think I'd judge you?" Asked Casey
Ilsa shrugged "I don't talk a lot about my life"
"If you want to I'm here"
Ilsa smiled "Thanks, maybe one day you will find out, and on that day I hope you don't run"
"Takes a lot to make me run away" Casey said
Ilsa smiled and as Casey finished the last of her coffee they headed to work
Casey was happy that Ilsa was opening up, though still confused about the whole situation.
***
Ilsa was sitting at her desk when a young man with short brown hair walked up to her
"Hi" he said
"G'day can I help you?"
"Maybe I'm looking for a Detective Couri, know where I might find them?"
"You're looking at her, what can I do for you?"
He smiled "Actually it's more what I can do for you, Carrisa Taucher told me to come over and see you"
"Really? Are you one of Emily's friends?" Ilsa asked
"Yes, my name is Asael and I want to help anyway I can" he said with a charming smile
Ilsa smiled back and lead him into an interview room
"So how do you know Emily?" Ilsa asked in her nicest voice"We went to school together, church to that where her mother found me and told me to come see you""So you two are close then?"
Asael smiled "Yes, but I did not hurt her"
"I wasn't saying you did" Ilsa said
"No but you think I had something to do with it, but I was with Joel"
"Her brother?"
Asael nodded his head "He and I are good friends"
"He's a lot younger then you" she said
"So that means we can't be friends, I see him all the time at church, when I go over to their house"
"Point taken, so you and he were doing what?"
"We were at my house, playing video games and talking, you know guy stuff"
"Sounds like fun, Joel seemed really defensive when I talked to him, any ideas why?"
Asael looked around the room, he seemed nervous
"If you know something Asael you need to tell me"
"Joel hasn't done anything wrong but a while back some guys kept bothering Emily, we asked them to leave her alone and they said no so we…had to fine another way to get rid of them"
Ilsa raised an eyebrow "You beat them up?"
"And you think I did something wrong? They were harassing her!" his voice grew loud as did his anger
"Yes you beat them up, give me their names and I'll talk to them"
Asael nodded "Mitchell and Carl Reyes"
"Ok, I'll go and have a chat with them"
"Asael, that's an interesting name" Ilsa commented
"Something wrong with is detective?"
Ilsa shook her head "No, I like it, like I said interesting"
"And may I ask what your name is?"
Ilsa smiled "Ilsa Couri"
"Ilsa, also an interesting name, well" he said standing up "It was a pleasure to meet you" he extended his hand and Ilsa took it quickly, shaking and letting go
"Nice to meet you to, if you can think of anything else to tell us please call me"
They walked to the door and left
"I'll be sure to call" he said as he walked off "and detective"
Ilsa looked up at him with a raised eyebrow
"Please catch them, the sinner must be punished"
Ilsa shook her head and walked over to the rest of the detectives
"So what do we have?" Asked Fin
"Two more people to go and talk to"
"Who?" asked Olivia
"A Mitchell and Carl Reyes"
"Lets look them up" Said Munch as he typed their names into his computer
"No record for Mitchell but oh we have one for Carl"
"What?" Ilsa asked
"Looks like he was arrested for assault"
"Let's go pay him a visit"
***
Ilsa and Fin pulled up outside a house, it wasn't the best house but it looked cosy
A woman walked out the front, and older woman maybe in her late 40's to early 50's
"Can I help you?" she asked, not impolitely
"Can we find a Carl Reyes here?" Ilsa asked, putting her hand over her eyes to block the glare from the sun
"Why do you want to talk to him? Who are you?" the woman asked
"Detectives ma'am we just need to ask him some questions"
"He didn't do it" she said "Now go away"
"Mum!" they heard a deep voice call "Let them in"
Ilsa and Fin walked to the front door slowly, a man walked out, he was tall or at least to Ilsa he was, scruffy beared and short dark hair
"I'm Carl, what can I do for you?"
The woman soon ushered them inside, telling them her name was Natalie
"We need to ask where you were early yesterday morning"
"Getting ready for work" he said rubbing his head "I'm a construction worker"
Ilsa and Fin looked at each other making the same connection, he was in construction Emily was his with a metal pipe, wasn't looking good.
"Can anyone verify that?"
"I don't know" he said
"What do you mean you don't know?" asked Fin
"I thought everyone was asleep, I didn't want to wake them"
Ilsa placed a hand on Fins shoulder, and giving him a look that said clam down
"Do you know an Emily Taucher?"
Carl looked at his mother then back at the detectives
"Why do you want to know?" he asked
"She was attacked yesterday"
Carl's face dropped "Where is she?" he asked quickly "I need to see her"
"So you do know her"
"Of course I do" Carl said looking scared
"Carl…did you hurt her?" Ilsa asked
"Are you kidding me?" he snapped "I'd never hurt her in my life!"
"We've got people who say you were harassing her" Fin said
"Harassing?" he asked "I never did, I talked to her but that's about it"
"We got told Joel and you had a disagreement" Ilsa added
"If by that you mean he jumped me then yes, he and his friend beat me and my brother up for no reason" Carl said looking angry
"You're a big guy, why not fight back" Asked Fin
"Last time I did that I got done for assault, and even if I wanted to I wouldn't hurt Emily's brother"
"Look hun I gotta tell you it's not looking good for you"
Carl's jaw dropped "What do I have to do? Take one of those lying tests? Give DNA?"
"Would you?" asked Ilsa
"Yes, I never hurt Emily, I love her" he said
"Love?" Asked Fin
"Not like that, we went to church with them, Emily and I talked and we became friends, I love her as a friend, nothing more"
"So you never wanted to ask her out"
Carl shook his head
"She is a nice girl, maybe you asked and she said no but you didn't like it"
"I'd never hurt her, my brother and I are friends with her that's all she like a sister to us"
Natalie walked in to the room they had been sitting in; she bought a tray of tea
"Tea?" she offered
Fin declined Ilsa nodded
She went to make the tea when Ilsa stopped her
"Allow Me ma'am" she said pouring herself and Natalie a cup
"Well thank you dear" the older woman said "So nice to see some people still have manners"
Ilsa sipped the tea, it was different, she had never been a big tea drinker but it was soothing.
"So-"
"Call me Natalie" She said
"Natalie" Ilsa continued "What can you tell us about Emily"
"Oh she is such a sweet girl, I can't think of anyone who would hurt her, my kids adore her" she said patting Carl's leg
"But they didn't do it, Carl was here with me I heard him get up in the morning so did his father"
"Ok" Ilsa said
"Where can we find your other son ma'am?" Asked Ilsa
"He said he'd be home later today"
Just then there was a squeak as the front door was opened "I'm home mom!" they heard someone call, the man walked into the room and looked confused "Who are you?" he asked
"Manners Mitchell" Said his mother "there detectives, Emily was hurt"
His face went white "God no!" he said "Who did it? Can we see her?"
"We don't know who did it" Said Ilsa "Maybe you can help us?"
"Carl how old are you?" Asked Ilsa
"25" he said "Mitch is 22, why?"
"Just wandering, getting all the facts" she said with a smile
"We didn't do it" Mitch said from where he stood in the room "She was always nice to us"
"Where were you yesterday morning?" Asked Fin
"With my girlfriend" Mitch said blushing
Ilsa smiled "Can we have her name"
"Why?" he asked defensively
"Just to clarify that you were with her"
"OK, Jennie Diaz"
"Thank you" Said Ilsa as she wrote the name down
"May I ask where your husband is?" Ilsa asked taking another drink of the tea set out in front of her
"Oh he's at work" Natalie said "Wont be home for a while"
"What does he do?" Asked Fin
"He collects trash" Said Carl
Ilsa nodded "When you can get him to call us, or come down to the precinct and see us in person"
Natalie smiled "Ok I'll tell him"
They got up and the two detectives were about to leave
"Do you have any other children?" asked Fin
"My daughter, but she's at school" said Natalie
Ilsa and Fin left, getting know where closer to solving the case, but finding out some interesting things, they would have to take a deeper look at the Reyes brothers but Ilsa felt they were telling the truth ,the seemed hurt at the fact that Emily was hurt.
***It was getting late in the after noon Ilsa looked at her watch and realised she had missed lunch, again being to lazy to go and get something good she grabbed some change from her desk and decided to see what she could get from one of the machines scattered around the station.
Olivia watched as Ilsa strolled off, she looked back down at her paper work and got back to it, feeling like someone was watching her she looked around and saw a young boy, maybe 10 or 12
"Hi can I help you?" the boy didn't say anything
"What's your name?" Olivia asked
Still nothing, he just stood there, no emotion on his face
"Hey what are you doing!" she heard the familiar Australian voice call
Olivia looked at her with a look of horror on her face that she could just yelled something like at this boy who had walked off…Olivia looked for him and saw him run up to Ilsa
"What are you doing here hmm?" She asked ruffling his hair
"I wanted to make sure your coming tonight" his accent was strange, slightly Australian
"Tonight?" Ilsa asked then it struck her "Oh right your play!" she said pulling him closer for a hug she kissed the top of his head "Of course I am, good thing you reminded me"
"You sure you're coming?" he asked again
Ilsa got down on her knees and crossed her heart with her finger "I promise I'll be there"
He wrapped his arms around her again and smiled
"Ok, now tell your dad I said hi"
The boy nodded his head and turned to run out of the building
"Hey!" Ilsa called after him looking rather upset
He ran back and kissed her on the cheek
"Love you!" she called again
"Love you to mum!"
Olivia did a double take, did he just call Ilsa mom?
"Ilsa who was that?" Asked Olvia
"Who was who?" Asked Elliot strolling in after a day of talking to victims and suspects
"That boy who just left"
"Oh that was-"
"He's gotten big" Said Cragen "Was that him?" he asked pointing in the direction the boy had run
"Yeah, can't believe it, he'll be back again if you want to say hi, I think he wants to see you again"
Cragen nodded and walked into his office, shutting the door behind him
"Who was it?" Asked Olivia again, more forcefully
"That was Josh"
Olivia raised an eyebrow signalling Ilsa was meant to tell her more
"My son" Ilsa said calmly
"Your Son!" Olivia snapped "We've known each other how long and you never told me
"You never asked" Ilsa said "Besides I thought you knew"
Olivia's eyes were wide "Uh no, how could you not tell me this"
Ilsa looked sad and her face was also apologetic "I'm sorry I didn't because you'd start asking questions about his father and I don't want to answer them"
"Wait….you have a kid?" asked Elliot "how old is he?"
Ilsa started into space thinking "11" she said
"11?" he asked almost as shocked as Olivia "how old are you?"
"28"
Elliot and Olivia both shut up
"Yes I was 16 when I had him so by logic I was 15 when I got pregnant leave it at that" said Ilsa defensively
Though they didn't say anything they both wanted to
"Call me what you want" Ilsa sighed "Lets get it over with"
"What do you mean?" asked Elliot
"Call me a slut, whore I've heard it all before"
"We wouldn't call you that" Olivia said, though yes her mind was mulling over the fact Ilsa had gotten pregnant at 15"It's just I've got kids around that age"
"I know I've met them remember?" Ilsa said with a sad smile "Don't tell the others yet please, I will tell them just not yet"
Olivia and Elliot nodded "We wont tell" they said together
"But" Olivia said "Can I meet him sometime? I mean you've never told me you had him I think I should get to meet the child of my friend"
Ilsa smiled "Come by after his play tonight and I'll introduce you officially"
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