Chapter 6 – You sly dog!
A/N: For this chapter you need to know that Casey doesn't know who Kathleen is (she knows Elliot has children but that's about it), they've never met. Casey isn't especially close to the team apart from Olivia, they are best friends.
Quinn: Yeah she did, bless him. Yeah the heart monitor thing happened to me so I thought I'd include it somewhere. Thanks=) abbierena: Nah you might be right there, I wonder how long they can keep it going for, don't you just love sexual tension though? =P Wiggles: Yeah it shows she cares. Haha that would be funny and hot! Kryss: OMG your comment made me laugh so hard! I love Cragen to! I'llbearound: Yeah he's nice like that, maybe they will soon. Lamia of the Dark: Yeah I guess some of it is out of character LOL but yeah I think the concept is interesting, I like odd couples that people don't expect. =)
It really goes without saying though, I DO NOT OWN SVU! So here is more of the story, hope you enjoy!
Olivia was so intent on finishing up her DD5 that she didn't even notice the tell tale clacking of heels announcing the arrival of her best girl friend Casey Novac.
"They for me?" Casey asked leaning over Olivia trying to read the documents over her shoulder, one of Olivia's pet peeves.
"Yeah . . . Done!" Olivia finally released the pen from her cramping hand. "And would you stop reading over me like that, you know how much I hate it."
"I know, why do you think I love doing it so much." Casey teased. Her favourite hobby was winding Olivia up.
"You are sooo funny" sarcasm coating Olivia's teasing words.
"You love it." Casey pushed some of the stuff on Olivia's desk over to Elliot's more cluttered one so that she could sit on it.
"Hey! It's you that keeps doing that?" Elliot grumbled piling Olivia's things on one edge of his desk. He had been finding Olivia's things pushed onto his desk more often lately. He had thought Olivia was doing it to get back at him for making her drink Munches sludge like toxic coffee.
"Yeah." Casey smiled at Elliot liked butter wouldn't melt. "You don't mind right?"
"Yeah I already have enough to do I don't need a messy desk too." Elliot joked good naturedly, he hadn't know Casey very long but was beginning to warm to her, usually Olivia and Casey hung out outside of work or at the DA's office on breaks but lately Casey had been at the precinct a lot more often. "There are chairs you know."
"That would mean having to drag one over her, no fun in theses heals and a skirt this tight."
During the banter between her best friends Olivia's mind had drifted, again. Over the past few days, since Kathleen had been released from the hospital they had done friend like things together, they had gone for a walk, coffee twice and even hung out with the rest of the Stabler's in their back yard.
Olivia thought she was doing very well in not acting on her strong feelings for the young blonde. That was until she found herself at times like these daydreaming of her blonde 'friend' with a dopey smile on her face, unable to pay much attention to much else. Only when she was working was she able to push the blonde from her mind.
"I'll see you later Casey. I just have something to go over with Munch and Fin before they chase down some leads." Elliot informed the redhead before leaving her perched on Olivia's desk.
"Olivia" she tried to get the brunettes attention by waving her professionally manicured hand in front for the detectives smiling face.
"Olivia"
"Liv?"
"BENSON!" she resorted to shouting.
"Huh? What? What the hell are you shouting for?" Olivia jumped.
"Okay, what's with the smile?" Casey smiled at her friend.
"What smile?" Olivia cursed herself. "There was no smile."
"There's a girl!" Casey concluded.
"Wh-what? No there isn't. There's no girl. When would I meet a girl? There's no girl Casey." Olivia rambled trying to hide her smile as she thought about Kathleen again.
"Really Liv? I think one doth protest too much! There's that smile again. There so is a girl" Casey smiled knowingly at her friend. She loved that her friend had found someone. The strong detective hadn't dated in years, not since Alex. "So who is she?"
"Look Casey! There's no . . ." Casey's unbelieving look and raised brow made Olivia break; somehow she just couldn't lie to Casey. "Fine, there's a girl but nothing can happen."
"What? Why not?" Casey frowned.
"They just can't, we both agreed. She's very young and there are so many other factors that are working against us." Olivia sighed sadly.
"How young is very young?"
"She's . . . erm" Olivia blushed. "She's 18." she whispered.
"18! You devil you!" Casey chuckled at the look on her friends face. "She's legal Olivia, what's the problem?"
"Like I said there are so many other things to consider." Olivia tried to justify her reasons for not pursuing anything but trying not to give anything away.
"How long have you known her?"
"We meet about a month or so ago at the park."
"You fucked her yet?" Casey asked bluntly.
Olivia blushed profusely and pulled Casey over to an empty corner of the room.
"No, but I've thought about it, had vivid dreams about it. Casey I haven't even kissed her. And I'm not going to!" Olivia was beginning to be glad that she had told Casey about this, maybe talking about it will help.
"Wow you have some restraint." Casey smirked; she knew she couldn't do that.
"Listen Casey, I really like this girl but nothing can happen okay. There's just too much at risk."
"Okay now I'm intrigued." Casey raised her eyebrows.
"I'm not going into all that. All you need to know is that what I feel for her is way more than sexual. Like way more, I really really like her. Which is why we are trying to be friends, I at least want her in my life." Olivia spoke so sincerely that Casey could help but step forward and hug her best friend.
"Awww babe. I'm sorry." Casey comforted her. "So tell me about her. What is she like?"
"Well, gosh where do I start? She's amazing. The few times we've spent time together have been great, I mean, we can just talk for hours, but there's this like, heat between us that is just . . . hot. And her smile, god it takes my breath away. She has this blonde hair that just glows when the sun hits it just so, and her voice is just sooo, I could listen to her talk all day. And she's really really sweet, and extremely flirty. Casey I can't stop thinking about her but I can't stay away from her either. She's . . . she's just perfect" Olivia gushed glad to finally get it all of her chest.
Casey couldn't believe how her best friend was acting.
"You sound like a teenage girl with a crush." Casey laughed.
"It's not funny Casey, what am I supposed to do?" Olivia cried desperate for her friend to provide her for a way to solve all this.
"I'm not sure, just keep being friends, maybe things will work themselves out with . . . "
"Kathleen, her names Kathleen." Olivia whispered softly, the blonde once again taking residence in her mind.
"Liv, Case" Elliot called the pair over to their desks.
"Here case we need a warrant. Munch and Fin are talking to Cargen." Elliot explained, discussing with Casey the grounds for the warrant.
"Thanks. Casey." Elliot smiled.
"I'll take this over to Donnelly; she will definitely sign off on this. But she won't be available for another hour, how long can you hold him?" Casey asked.
"That's fine; we can keep him here another . . . 6 and a half hours."
"Great."
"I'll be right back; I'll just let the guy's know."
"Olivia." A soft voice called from behind her. She turned around cautiously already knowing who the velvety voice belonged to.
"Kathleen . . ." Olivia trailed off. She was once again mesmerised by the beautiful young woman in front of her.
Casey looked over at Olivia and smirked. The young woman defiantly was something. Olivia defiantly had taste she'd give her that.
"Hi, You must be the Kathleen Olivia has been raving about. I'm Casey, her best friend." Casey held out her hand to Kathleen.
Kathleen reluctantly dragged her gaze from Olivia, and smile had the redhead.
"Hi Casey" the blonde smiled sweetly. "She raves about me?" she enquired desperate to know if Olivia talked about her in any capacity.
"Yeah, she was just talking about you actually, she said . . . "
"Nothing, I said nothing" Olivia interrupted. "What are you doing here? I thought you had class today."
"I do, but I wanted to stop by and see you." Kathleen smiled longingly at Olivia. A silence fell over the three women as the young blonde and the brunette detective had a silent conversation with their eyes. Casey found it all terribly amusing, friends my ass she thought.
The silence was broken when Elliot rejoined the group.
"Hey kiddo." He said to Kathleen thoroughly confusing Casey.
"Hey Dad." Kathleen turned to her father.
DAD? Casey's jaw dropped. Dad? She mouthed to Olivia in shock. Olivia blushed deeper than Casey had even seen the olive toned woman blush. Olivia nodded at her friend. Casey finally realised all the complications Olivia was speaking of earlier. All she could think about was how Olivia had gotten herself into a hell of a situation; she was just glad it wasn't her.
"Liv I'm just going to steal my daughter for a second. We'll be right back." Kathleen didn't take her blue eyes off of Olivia as Elliot lead her out of the room.
"Olivia you sly dog!" Casey chuckled as she nudged Olivia with her hip.
"Shut up!" the detective hissed. "I already feel like a prize ass."
"Come on Olivia it's not that bad. So she's his kid. What's the big deal?" She knew what the big deal was but she also knew that it didn't have to be that way.
"You are joking right? She is my catholic best friend and partners teenage daughter!" Olivia stared Casey in the eye. "He would never forgive me! He doesn't even know I'm gay. Or her for that matter. I mean she's gay but she dates boy's to keep her dad off her back."
"Olivia I get that and it's not the best of circumstance and believe me I'd rather you than me but come on he'd get over it. In a few years" she added trying to ease the growing tension; she knew Olivia was beating herself up for this. Big time!
"Look we are friends, that's how it's going to stay!" Olivia seethed before walking away and heading for the cribs.
XoxoxoxoxoxoX
"Hey, Casey right?" Kathleen asked as she approached the redheaded woman from earlier, "do you know where Olivia went?"
"Uh yeah. Can I talk to you a second? Please." Casey asked the blonde.
"Sure. Is this about my intentions for Olivia? You're her best friend apart from my dad right?" Kathleen smiled showing she was ok if that's what this was about.
"Yeah I am, but no that's not exactly what I wanted to say but yeah you break her heart I'll break your face got it?" Casey stared her down.
Kathleen gulped, "Yeah."
"Okay" Casey smiled reassuringly putting the 18 year old at ease again.
"I just wanted to say that you're going to have to stick around, prove to Olivia that you're worth the risk. She already thinks the world of you, just wait it out, she'll come around. That is I'm assuming you're as into her as she is with you?" Casey like this girl already she didn't back down from her and she knows she can be scary when she wants to be.
"Yeah I really like her; it's more than just a physical attraction. I like her." Kathleen tried to put it into words even though she knew it wasn't her strong point. It was one of the qualities about her that Olivia found adorable.
"I'm glad to hear that. She went up to the cribs, go on up. But Kathleen, just give her some time, be her friend until she's ready. She will come around . . . eventually." Casey smiled reassuringly squeezing her arm before saying goodbye to the squad as she set on to hunt down Donnelly.
XoxoxoxoxoxoxoX
Olivia was sitting on the edge of the crib at the farthest end of the room. She was beginning to feel like maybe she should just see where this leads. It was getting harder and harder to deny her continuously growing feelings for Kathleen. The more she got to know the blonde the more she found herself falling for her, hard.
She looked up when she hear the crib door creak slowly open and Kathleen's flowing blonde hair was visible peaking around the corner before she walked into the room. Kathleen spotted Olivia as she stood up from the crib she was just occupying.
"Hey Kathleen," Olivia whispered.
"Hey." Kathleen stood where she was unsure whether to move closer or not.
"Come here." Olivia held her hand out.
Kathleen walked towards Olivia slowly, heart beating faster than ever.
Olivia squeezed Kathleen's fingers lovingly before letting them go, sparks flying at the contact.
"When are you seeing Kevin again?" Olivia asked even though she wasn't sure she even wanted to know.
Kathleen felt so guilty but her best friend had told her that if Olivia gets jealous then she might just throw caution to the wind and take a chance on her. She felt guilty using Kevin like that but she also knew he liked someone else so it did ease her guilt, just a tiny bit. Who was she kidding? She felt awful but she'd try anything to be with Olivia.
"I'm not sure. Soon, maybe. I apologised for running out on him and he said it was ok."
Olivia's heart felt heavy, she just wanted to scream and tell Kathleen that it should be her taking her out but she just couldn't seem to make the words form.
"That's nice." She forced a smile. "He taking you anywhere nice?"
"Just a restaurant somewhere." Kathleen replied feeling worse by the second. She hated seeing the hurt swim in Olivia's eyes.
Olivia looked down and her wringing hands hurt radiating through every pore in her body.
"Olivia" Kathleen apologised.
"Please Olivia" she urged Olivia to look at her.
Olivia slowly lifted her head, again faking a smile to appease the blonde woman.
As though she was unaware of what she was doing Kathleen reached out and gently touched her delicate, manicured fingers to Olivia's rapidly blushing face and stared deeply into her hazel eyes, shining with unshed tears. Olivia forced herself to remain stiff, she was determined, she refused to feel anything.
A/N: So there you have it, another person knows how the duo feel. Next we see very jealous Olivia.