A/N: Special thanks to Ms. Novak for betaing my chapter. This one and the last one.

Adam popped Casey's hood open. They were about to leave but Casey's car wouldn't start. Adam offered to help. Casey stood there and watched as he looked around the engine.

"Should I just call the towing people?" She asked.

"For what? It just needs to be jumped." He answered and glanced over at her. "Do you have jumper cables in your car?" Casey just stared at him. "I'll check." He took her car keys and went to her trunk.

"I already texted Josh, he is on his way here. You can go if you want."

Adam smiled. "Your knight in shining armor huh?" He raised his eyebrow at the things she had in her trunk; books, food wrappers, water bottles, clothes. He finally found a box pushed all the way to the back. He opened it and found the jumper cables.

"He's a nice guy."

"He's a pretty boy." He chuckled. "He looks like a frat boy."

"No he doesn't." She crossed her arms on her chest.

"Sure. But you girls like that don't you?"

"Like what?"

"The preppy look. The guy doesn't wear jeans…I have never seen him in jeans."

"So?"

"Any self respecting man loves jeans. Anyone who wears khakis outside of work is a douche."

"You're just jealous."

"Of what?" He went to the front of the car and hooked up the cables. "I don't like being bitch whipped."

"Fuck you Adam."

"When?" He smiled cockily.

"You can go now." She sat down on the curb. "He is going to be here any minute."

"Ten bucks says he doesn't even know how to jump a car."

"He's a doctor."

"So? That doesn't mean shit. He's a cocky little spoiled mama's boy."

"I bet you're a mama's boy too."

"Nope."

"Yeah right."

"I don't have a mom." He answered.

Casey instantly bit her lip and felt bad. "Oh. I'm sorry."

"Whatever." He went to his car and parked it right next to hers.

Couple of minutes later a blue BMW pulled in by them. Josh got out. "Hey babe." He gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Good thing Adam was with you when your car broke down."

"Yeah, he's almost done…I think." Casey answered. "Thanks for coming."

"Sure. Why didn't you just call towing?" Josh asked.

"Adam told me not to. He said he can fix it."

"Well he isn't a mechanic." Josh let out a chuckle.

Adam looked over at him. "And jumping a car isn't open heart surgery."

"Which you also don't know how to do." Josh smiled.

Adam smiled right back. "You're right, I don't know how to save them, but I sure do know how to kill 'em."

Casey felt the tension rising between the two. "Adam is it almost done?"

"Yeah." He answered. "Hey pretty boy, can you at least turn her car on?"

"You got it jarhead." Josh went over to her car and turned it on. It worked.

"Thanks." Casey got up.

Josh went over to her. "You got it baby." He squeezed her ass on purpose making sure Adam saw it. Adam's jaw stiffened. He just stared at Josh with anger.

Casey quickly pushed his hand away. "Stop." She mumbled under her breath.

"Thanks Adam, your help won't be needed anymore." Josh smirked and put his arm around Casey.

Adam simply smiled at him. "So predictable." He shook his head. "Bye Case."

"Bye." Casey practically whispered from embarrassment from her boyfriend. "Thanks again."

"No problem." He went to his car but stopped. "Josh…you might want to change the oil in your car, BMW's aren't supposed to have that nasty sound."

"How would you know? You probably never had a BMW."

Casey looked over at him. "Stop it." She whispered.

"At least I know how to treat a car…and your girlfriend."

Josh let go of Casey and started walking towards Adam. "What was that?"

Adam closed his door and started walking toward Adam. Josh swung at him but Adam grabbed his arm and grabbed him by the neck. "Don't you get it? I could kill you." He whispered. He threw him on the BMW. "Disrespectful piece of shit." He walked past Casey and went to his car. He turned it on and drove off.

Casey looked over at her boyfriend in disbelief. "What the hell was that?"

Josh got off the car and fixed his sweater. "What?" Casey shook her head and went to her car. "Where are you going?"

She opened her window. "Our dates off, I'm mad at you." She said nothing else and drove off.

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William sat on the bed in silence as he watched Olivia feed Evan.

Olivia looked up at him. "What?" He shook his head. "Well don't just sit and stare at me. It's creepy."

"Sorry." He put his head down. "What now?"

"I don't know."

"Do you still want to be with me?"

"Depends."

"On what?"

"How long you're going to be gone."

"I don't know."

"A year? Two?"

"Probably."

Olivia felt her eyes water up. She closed them so he didn't see. "Then I don't see the point of us staying together."

He nodded. "Ok."

"I mean…you can still see Evan whenever you want…if you want."

"Of course I do…you know that."

"Yeah." She nodded. She got up and put Evan in his crib.

William got up. "I leave tomorrow."

She nodded. "I know. When were you planning on telling me?"

"I don't know. I was scared. I kept trying to tell you but could never get the courage to."

"You get scared a lot don't you?"

He went over to her and stood behind her as they both watched their son sleep. "I'm sorry. It's my job."

She smiled. "I'm usually the one saying those words."

He wrapped his arms around her. "I wish there was something I could do to make this better."

She placed her hand over his arm and enjoyed his embrace. "Me too. Can't you just not go?"

"You know I can't do that. I can be thrown in jail."

She nodded. "I know. Thought I give it a shot." She turned around to face him. "When are you going to give up the marine thing?"

He slowly let go of her. He turned around and went to the closet to get ready for tomorrow. "I don't know."

"William c'mon…you're not a kid anymore. You have a family."

He looked up at her. "I have a son. You don't see the point of being with me anymore."

"You have a son." She corrected herself. "He needs you."

"I know that. I have a duty-"

She angrily cut him off. "What about your duty to him?"

He lowered his head. "I know."

"You keep saying you know, but you obviously don't know anything." She walked out the room and went to the kitchen.

He stood there silently for a couple of minutes packing. After an hour or so of packing, he decided to follow Olivia. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be." She washed the dishes. "I can do this by myself. I really don't need you. My mother raised me by herself and I turned out decent."

"Olivia…I…I don't have a choice."

"I know."

"Then why are you mad at me?"

"I'm mad at myself."

"For what?" He went over to her side and watched her scrub a plate with rage.

"For letting this happen."

"Letting what happen?"

"I knew your duty to the service, I knew I was going to end up raising this kid by myself. I still chose to have him."

"Don't say that." His voice raised. "Don't you dare say that!"

"I shouldn't have had him! It was a mistake! I'm going to end up like my mother!"

He grabbed her arm. The plate she had in her hand fell to the ground and shattered. Without realizing it, he had his fist raised. He stood frozen in shock of himself. His fist was shaking and staying in place.

Their front door opened. Cragen came in. He stopped in his footsteps seeing the shattered plate on the floor and William's fist raised to Olivia.

William took a step back from Olivia and slowly put his arm down realizing what he was doing. He stared at Olivia in shock. He was confused as the rest of them.

Cragen said nothing and grabbed William by the collar of his shirt. He yanked him to the bathroom and pushed him in. He shut the door behind him. "What the hell do you think you're doing!?"

"I didn't hit her." He practically whispered. "I didn't"

Cragen shoved him, which made William back up to the corner. "That's not what it looked like to me."

"I didn't." He answered. More convincing himself then his step father.

"You better get your act together. You lay your hands on her again, I will personally arrest you." He hissed. Cragen turned to leave.

"I'm being deployed." He spoke up. Cragen stopped in his footsteps. He hated it when William had to leave. "I'm leaving tomorrow."

Cragen turned around to face him. "Now you're telling me?"

"I know. I'm sorry."

"Does Olivia know?"

"Yeah…that's what we were fighting about."

"That's not an excuse."

"I didn't hit her sir." He took a seat on the edge of the tub. "She was talking how she shouldn't have had Evan, next thing I know I grab her arm and my fist is raised. I don't know what happened."

Cragen took a seat next to him. "You have to give her a break."

"I…I didn't do anything."

"I know…but anything can set her off now. You're being deployed, she just had a baby who already has bad medical history, she has to go back to work so she can support Evan and herself."

He put his head in his hands. "I didn't think about that. I feel horrible."

Cragen patted him on the back. "It will be ok. She's tough and has good friends."

"I'm Evan's father. I should be here to help out."

"I have an idea." Cragen smiled. "C'mon." He got up and went out of the bathroom. William followed. "Olivia, we'll be right back." Cragen told her and grabbed William by the arm. He pulled him out of the apartment.

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Casey poured milk in her ice cream carton and swiveled the frozen treat. She went to sit down on her couch to watch Lifetime when there was a knock on her door. "Go away Josh. I'm still mad."

"It's not Josh."

Casey's eyes widened at Cragen's voice. She quickly got up and went to the door to open it. "Hey Captain…and William. What's up?"

"Can we come in?" Cragen asked.

"Yeah." She moved out of the doorway. Both of the men went in.

William glanced at the Lifetime movie playing. Cragen looked at the carton of ice cream. They both exchanged looks. "Man troubles?" William asked.

"Shut up." Casey grabbed the ice cream and put it in the freezer. "What are you guys doing here?"

They both sat down. Cragen looked over at her. "William is being deployed tomorrow."

Casey's jaw practically dropped to the floor. "For how long?"

"I don't know." He answered.

"Does Olivia know?"

"She does." Cragen answered. "Case…um…I know you sort of been having trouble with money lately with your grandmothers health condition and all."

"Yeah…so?"

"Well…since Olivia is going to need help with Evan while William is gone, I had the idea of maybe you can move in with Olivia for a while. You guys can split the rent…you don't waste as much money as you would living alone." Cragen explained.

Casey nodded. "Yeah, that'd be awesome. Is Olivia ok with that?"

Cragen got up. "I'm going to go there right now and see if she wants to do it." He got up and left the apartment.

"How come you didn't go?" Casey asked.

"We're sort of having a fight." William answered shyly. "Don's sort of playing devil's advocate."

"I saw, I know we're close enough for you to ask me that." Casey smiled and got her ice cream. "Next time warn me when he is coming, I feel loser-like eating ice cream and watching Lifetime with him around."

"Sorry."

Casey sat down on the couch by him and dug into her ice cream. "Rocky Road?"

"I'm ok, thanks."

"How is Olivia taking the deployment news?"

"Not so well. We got in a major fight. What is with your man troubles? Josh or Adam?"

Casey glared at him. "I'm not dating Adam."

"Is that the problem?"

"No."

"So Josh? What he do?"

"He pissed me off. He was being a jerk."

"Men normally are."

Casey's phone started ringing. "Answer it, if it's him, start moaning."

William chuckled and grabbed her house phone. "Hello"

"William?" Olivia asked.

"Olivia?" William questioned.

"Yes."

"Oh, then yeah, it's me."

"Well obviously I wasn't referring to Casey as William. Is she there?"

"Yeah." William handed Casey the phone. "Liv."

"Hey." Casey leaned the phone on her shoulder so she can eat her ice cream.

"Want to be my roommate?"

"Hell yeah."

"Cool. Pack your stuff and get over here ASAP." Olivia told her. "And can you tell William to come home? We need to talk."

"You got it. Bye." Casey hung up. "Your woman wants you home."

William got up. "Probably to break up with me." He mumbled under his breath.

"Don't be so negative."

"Easy for you to say. You get to play with a baby and I get to go to war."

"Give me a hug." He hugged her and she kissed him on the cheek. "Will I see you tomorrow?"

"Probably not. I leave around nine in the morning."

"Too early for me. Have a safe trip, come home safe and I'll take good care of Evan."

"Thanks for doing this."

"My pleasure Grant. Don't get shot."

"I'll try." He smiled and returned the kiss on the cheek. "And do yourself a favor, dump that Frat boy."

"One day." Casey nodded. "Goodnight sweet cheeks."

"Goodnight sugar plum." He smiled and left her apartment.

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William came into his apartment and spotted Olivia sitting in the living room holding Evan. He said nothing and just sat down by her.

Olivia rocked him gently and then looked over at William. "What happened earlier?" She whispered.

William said nothing and just stared at Evan. A single tear rolled down his cheek. "I'm scared I'm becoming him."

"Becoming who baby?"

"My mother's rapist." He whispered. "What if I have the bad gene? What if I passed it down to him?"

Olivia gently put Evan in William's arms. She grabbed a Kleenex and wiped his eyes. "Soldiers don't cry." William finally smiled. "And you are not him. I would have slapped myself if I realized what kind of nonsense I was speaking. I was just angry."

He nodded. "I would have never-"

"I know." She nodded. "And that bad gene doesn't exist…we aren't going to let it exist. You think I'm not scared also? I have bad genes in me too…hell…I have drunk and violent in me."

"But you're neither."

"And you are? Just because you got angry with me doesn't make you a bad person. You have never hit me and I know you never will. If I didn't trust you, you think I would let you be around me or Evan?"

"No."

"Well then stop being scared. You are not becoming him. You were raised by a good mother and a great step-father. You are a good man."

He kept staring at Evan. "I feel like a horrible father."

"You're not. I know you have to leave…but...after this…you have to get out of the marines…please?"

He nodded. "I promise."

"Hopefully it will be less than a year so he can't remember it."

"Yeah." He looked up at her. "What about us?"

"I don't know."

He nodded. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"How about we try staying together…and if it doesn't work…it doesn't work."

She nodded. "Ok." She gave him a kiss. "I better put him down, he is already falling asleep."

"I'll do it." He answered. He got up and took Evan to his crib.

Olivia pulled her knees closer to her chest. She closed her eyes and let tears roll down her cheeks. She played tough in front of William to make this easier on him…but she was terrified. How could she raise a baby all by herself? Sure, she had Casey to help her, but she wanted William. She needed him. He kept her sane.

"He knocked out pretty much the second I put the blanket over him."

She quickly wiped away her tears. "Good. Maybe he will stay asleep for a while."

"Did you want me to make you anything to eat?"

"No, I'm fine. Thanks. Just sit with me."

He sat down by her and took her hand.

Olivia said nothing. She grabbed the back of his neck and started kissing him. She laid down on the couch and pulled him on top of her as they kept kissing.