"Double Time" Sequel to "Stepping Time" (Highly recommend you read Stepping Time before starting this sequel but including a brief synopsis of where Stepping Time ended below chapter one)
The main characters of Law and Order SVU belong to Dick Wolf and NBC Universal. This is meant for entertainment, not profit.* There are several characters I have created. I hope you enjoy, and I welcome feedback.
Author's Note #1 (Especially for laurelhardy) Characters guide-Primary SVU Characters Olivia Benson, Alex Cabot Primary Original Female Characters Army Lt. Col. Erin Mathison, Attorney Angie Secondary SVU and L&O Characters Elliot Stabler, Casey Novak, Abbie Carmichael, Serena Southerlyn Secondary Original Characters Jeff Stockton, Amelia Stockton, Dylan Mathison, Petraeus (Erin's Chihuahua), Senator Rushing, TJ McCoy
(So sorry for the long delay between chapters again. I'm really trying to find more time to write. I miss having the time to do it, but am trying to do so as I can so I can wrap this story up and hopefully properly. Thank you so much for your patience and continuing to read!)
"Double Time" Chapter 43
"What's that shot you ordered for us earlier?" Olivia asked Angie as they settled back into their seats along the bar.
"It's called a Woo Woo," Angie smiled. "Vodka, cranberry, peach schnapps and you can have it as a regular drink, not just a shot."
"So if I say I want a Woo Woo the bartender isn't going to look at me like I'm crazy right?" Olivia grinned. "I don't know if I should trust you Ang."
Angie spun around in her chair quickly and waved towards the bartender.
"What do you need Ang?" the bartender smiled as she walked towards the duo.
"Thanks Stacy. Olivia would like a Woo Woo on the rocks and I want a Jack and Coke…"
"With lime," Stacy finished with a smile. "Nice to meet you Olivia. First time here?"
"Yes. Nice place."
"Thanks. We've only been open going on four months, but it will be packed in here in about an hour," Stacy said as she was fixing their drinks.
"Stacy and her sister and brother-in-law own this club," Angie added.
"Got tired of the corporate grind," Stacy shrugged as she set their drinks in front of them.
"I think I have found my new favorite drink," Olivia smiled after taking a generous sip. "Very good Stacy."
"It's kind of hard to mess a Woo Woo up, but thanks," she said with a wink. Olivia reached in her pocket for some money for the drinks, but Stacy stopped her before she could place it on the bar.
"Round is on the house."
"Thanks," Olivia said sincerely.
"You're more than welcome," Stacy said looking at Olivia and then glancing towards the dance floor. "So the gorgeous brunette dancing with Alex…"
"Is Olivia's fiancé, Erin," Angie smiled.
"That round still on the house?" Olivia questioned with a lopsided grin.
"Of course," Stacy chuckled. "And two for Alex and Erin. Having those two dancing together certainly is good for my business."
"Well Stacy I'll agree my fiancé is the better half, but…"
"But I saw that gorgeous ring on your finger before I was even halfway down here."
"Erin has a quite similar one," Olivia countered jokingly.
Stacy eyed the dance floor once more and laughed. "It's not quite as obvious from here and with her hand wrapped around Alex's waist."
"She has a point," Angie laughed. "If I didn't know better I might conclude our girlfriends were going home together tonight."
"They are incredibly hot together…and quite comfortable with each other," Olivia husked as she watched Alex's arm wrap around Erin's waist from behind and Erin press back against her.
"And you're the one very fortunate woman who's fucked both of them," Angie said nonchalantly.
"Jesus Ang," Olivia gasped.
"What?" Angie smirked as she took a sip of her drink and then set it on the bar. "Besides I hope you haven't forgotten that I picked you in Erin and Jeff's lil drinking game for my one night."
"I thought you picked Abbie," Olivia said blushing slightly. "But I did drink quite a bit that night."
"Alex picked Abbie for our threesome. I picked Serena," Angie said matter of fact. "And you picked Serena and Abbie."
"What did you make an org chart or PowerPoint?" Olivia laughed.
"No," Angie shrugged. "I have a very good memory…and Alex and I…"
"You two miss us?" Alex asked enthusiastically as she slid in between Olivia and Angie's chairs and leaned against the bar.
"More than you know," Olivia joked.
"Angie flirting with you again?" Alex winked as she slid her arm around her girlfriend's shoulders. "Oh your fiancé would like another beer."
"I would," Erin husked as she stepped between Olivia's legs and ran her hands over and up the front of her blouse before cupping her face and kissing her deeply. Olivia wrapped her arms around Erin's waist and pulled her closer.
"I know, I know…I feel the same way Stacy about PDAs," Angie said loudly and sarcastically.
"I think Erin wants another MGD," Alex added.
"Yes please Stacy," Erin smiled as she broke from the kiss but not Olivia's firm grip. "So what were you two so engrossed in conversation about?" Erin asked looking at Olivia and then glancing at Angie.
"Didn't think either of you two noticed," Angie laughed. "But threesomes."
"Really?" Erin arched an eyebrow. "No wonder why Alex and I couldn't keep your attention as much as we tried."
"We were definitely watching," Angie contested. "I believe Alex grinding on your thigh might have led us to the topic."
"Baby you know how unreliable eyewitness accounts can be," Alex challenged playfully.
"Besides Alex was just verifying that my leg had healed up well. Got my strength back," Erin laughed tapping her bottle with Alex's.
"Thought we verified that last night," Olivia quipped. "Alex who did Abbie pick in that Changing Partners game we played?"
"Ang for her one night and Erin for our threesome," Alex responded without hesitation.
"You two scare me," Olivia laughed shaking her head.
"Must I remind you also that I was the only who scored 100 percent when we played," Alex taunted. "I could do my victory dance again to refresh your memory."
"Not if you intend on using Erin's thigh as your pole," Olivia shot back with a wide grin. "I do at least remember you two picked each other."
"Detective Benson I will say that I much more enjoy sparring with you over threesomes than warrants," Alex responded with a wink.
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"Thank you," Erin smiled pulling Alex then Angie into a hug.
"I'm really glad you suggested we come here Angie. Had a lot of fun," Olivia added with sincerity.
"No brave and crazy shit over there in Afghanistan," Angie said firmly.
"Well same to you in Congo. You better e-mail me while you're there."
"I will and we will all get together in DC when I get back to celebrate your promotion," Angie added as she pulled her coat on and the foursome headed towards the exit of the club.
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"Excuse me," Angie huffed playfully as she stepped from the master bathroom into the bedroom as she observed Alex on their bed, computer in her lap, pen and notepad on the nightstand and her glasses perched high on her nose. "I thought we had a rule about not working on Friday and Saturday nights."
Alex glanced up briefly. "I was just checking e-mails while you were in the shower. And if we didn't before, we should have a rule about no flannel pajamas unless you're running a fever of 101 or over. Or at least not on Friday or Saturday nights."
"I was going to let you take them off because I thought you might enjoy what I have on underneath," Angie quipped as she brushed through her damp hair. "But then again you already rode the colonel."
"And I was just sending her a quick e-mail to thank her," Alex quipped.
"Somehow I don't think Erin has her laptop out right now," Angie laughed as she headed back to the bathroom and Alex closed her laptop and set it on the floor.
"She might be if Liv is wearing flannel pajamas."
"Better?" Angie questioned as she padded towards the bed.
"Yes," Alex husked running the tip of her tongue over her bottom lip as she took in Angie's ample breasts barely covered by thin black lace. "But you said…"
"Keep it up Cabot," Angie interrupted with a sly grin as she climbed into bed next to Alex, "and I'll get myself off and then sleep in a Snuggie."
Alex took off her glasses, shed her tank top and dimmed the bedside lamp. "Definitely no Snuggie."
"And I really don't want to self-serve tonight," Angie smiled as Alex adjusted her pillows and turned onto her side facing her.
"I love you Ang," Alex said softly as she traced her fingertips across the brunette's upper chest.
"I love you too, but why so suddenly serious?"
"Seriously sincere," Alex smiled. "I was just thinking about tonight while you were in the shower and you just seem to always instinctively know how to navigate whatever life deals and you help others by doing so."
"So you weren't pissed at me for what I said, almost said to Olivia at dinner?"
Alex smiled and pressed a kiss to Angie's shoulder. "Maybe for a minute, until I realized if you wouldn't have pushed her she would have kept inside what she was truly feeling."
"I care about Liv. Actually I respect the hell out of her too," Angie shrugged. "And since you told me how long she held onto guilt about your shooting, especially without giving voice to it…I just don't want her beating herself up over what Grafton did."
Alex wrapped Angie in her arms and chuckled. "You were trying to provoke her by interrupting her and then apologizing. That was calculated."
"You really think I would do such a thing?" Angie huffed and then broke into laughter.
"I do indeed counselor," Alex said sliding her fingers to the clasp of her lover's bra and deftly undoing it. "You ticked her off enough to make her say it."
"Well Liv has never struck me as a Hallmark card type of woman," Angie added as she lifted her shoulders and let Alex guide the straps of her bra down her arms and off. "But it also could have backfired terribly. We didn't know Erin's news at that point."
"Your instincts were right about that and going to the club. Today could have just been sadness and anger and fear…and not that we can eliminate that totally…but you know how not to wallow it and help others not to either."
"I just wanted to flirt with Badass Benson," Angie grinned as she lifted her hips and shimmied out of her pajama pants. "Plus it amuses me to no end to see her blush. Besides I don't think anything I say sexually related surprises you anymore."
"That is true. But I'm surprised sometimes what comes out of my mouth now," Alex purred as she rolled Angie onto her back and hovered just above her.
"So are you saying I have corrupted the good Counselor Cabot?" Angie husked.
"I prefer liberated," Alex smiled slyly as she lowered her naked body onto her lover and crashed their lips together.
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Shorter chapter and not much action but it is in leading to the end of Double Time. Thanks for sticking with me through the numerous delays.