William made breakfast for him and Evan while Evan watched cartoons. "What do you want to do today?" William asked.

"Let's go to the zoo." He stood on the couch and looked at his father. "Can we go to the zoo?"

William smirked. "Of course."

"And eat cotton candy there?"

"Maybe, I'll see about that." William put eggs in Evan's plate and his. "Let's eat."

Evan got off the couch and went to the kitchen. He sat on the chair and looked around. "Ketchup?"

William raised an eyebrow. "You want ketchup?" Evan nodded. William got up and got it for him from the fridge. "Anything else?" Evan looked around for a second and then shook his head. Evan grabbed the big ketchup bottle and went to pour it into his plate but ended up squirting it on his shirt.

"Damn." William took the bottle from him.

"Sowwy."

"It's ok." William took a napkin and wiped the excess ketchup off his shirt. "I'll wash that and you can wear one of my shirts until this one dry's ok?" Evan nodded and raised his arms for William to take his shirt off. William did so and threw his shirt in the washer. He grabbed one of his clean shirts and pulled it over Evan. It looked like a dress on him.

"We're still going to the zoo right?" Evan asked and stabbed his eggs. He went to put the whole egg in his mouth but William quickly stopped him.

"Whoa, can't do that." William panicked and put the egg down. "I should probably cut this for you." He shook his head at himself amazed at how horrible of a father he was. He knew nothing about children. He cut the egg for him and poured the ketchup on the side. "And yeah, we're still going to go to the zoo, why do you ask?"

"Because every time I go with mommy, we always have to leave early cause her work calls."

"How about we stay until they kick us out huh?" William smiled and gave him his plate back.

Evan smiled widely and nodded. "We can see the monkeys, they're funny."

"Totally. Hey, Aunt Casey told me you have trouble falling asleep at night, what's with that?"

"I don't know. I just can't sleep."

"You know, I have the same problem as you."

"Weally?" Evan looked up at him with big eyes.

"Yeah"

"I always thought it was stupid." He shrugged.

"Well it's not your fault."

"I guess."

"It's not. A lot of people have it."

"I'm always tired."

"You can always nap."

"I hate naps."

"Me too, but then you won't be as tired."

Evan nodded. "I'll try and nap. Ben always plays a game with me to see who can fall asleep the fastest. He always loses." He let out a big laugh.

William couldn't help but smile at his son laughing. "What kind of game?"

"I lay on one couch, he lays on the other. We turn off the TV and have to close our eyes and keep quiet. Who falls asleep first wins."

"So you always fall asleep first?"

"No. I'm just quieter. He talks a lot."

William smirked and nodded. "I agree."

"He's funny though. He makes mommy laugh a lot."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, I like it when he's around, he gets me out of trouble with her. She starts yelling, he makes her laugh. It's a win, win."

"You're a smart little kid aren't you?"

"Yup. Aunt Casey always says I have a smart ass."

William looked at him. "I don't think you should even know that word Evan."

"I don't tell mommy. Mommy always gives Aunt Casey a mean look when she says bad things. It's funny." Evan stated in a giggle and imitated Olivia's mean look.

This caused William to laugh hysterically recognizing the look. "Does mommy know you know how to do that look?"

"Are you crazy?" Evan threw his arms into the air. "No way, I only showed Aunt Casey and Ben the look. They laughed as much you."

William shook his head amusingly knowing he got Olivia's sense of humor. Olivia loved to imitate people. Especially him because he was so serious. "C'mon eat your breakfast, we have a long day ahead of us."


Casey stormed into her office angrily. Adam followed with a smile. "What's the problem love?"

"You are." She answered.

He closed the door behind him. "What I do?"

"You come in here, all suave in your nice suit, take me to lunch and then flirt with the waitress."

Adam looked around and then at his suit. "Do you not like black?"

"You flirted with the waitress!"

"Got you free refills didn't I?" He flashed his extremely sexy smile.

"No, you got free refills." She took off her jacket and threw it on her chair. "You are such a player."

Adam shook his head. "No I'm not."

"You're a flirt!"

"Make up your mind darling, I'm a player, I'm a flirt. So hard to keep up with you sometimes."

Casey crossed her arms on her chest and glared at him. "Out."

"C'mon sugar, it's not a big deal."

"How would you feel if I flirted with other guys in front of you?"

He let out a laugh. "I wouldn't care; I know they have no chance to be with you."

"You don't know that."

"Of course I do." He walked over to her. "You're sexy." He whispered and played with her hair. Casey slapped his hand. "You know, feistiness just turns me on."

"Adam, leave."

"But you're hot." He moved closer to her and gently placed kisses on her neck.

He quickly hit Casey's spot. She looked at the clock. "Stop, I have court in thirty minutes."

He moved his lips closer to her ear. "I can make you come in twenty."

Casey gulped. "No." She slapped his chest. "I'm mad at you."

He grabbed the back of her neck. "Shut up." He pulled her closer and started kissing her. Casey moaned in his mouth. He was seductive and she couldn't resist him.

He gently pushed their bodies onto her table. Casey knew this wasn't the appropriate place to fool around but he always found a way to make her weak in the knees. She pulled his blazer off him and pushed it to the ground. She wasn't sure if it was his charm, sexy smile, or smooth lines. Maybe all of it.

Her leg moved up his leg and stayed at his waist. She breathed hard against his lips as she felt him get harder against her. He wrapped her other leg around him. She quickly felt his bulge against her middle. She contained her moans. "Quick" She whispered.

He let out a chuckle and unzipped his pants. He hiked up her skirt and pushed into her. She quickly covered her mouth to keep quiet.

He was still moving inside of her when they heard Casey's door open. Both looked up at the sound and spotted Judge Donnelly standing there. Casey pushed Adam off her and pulled her skirt down.

Adam quickly turned his back to the judge to fix himself. He tucked his shirt in his pants.

Casey gulped and fixed her hair as she faced the judge. "Uh., your honor, hi."

Donnelly raised her eyebrow at the two. "I'll pretend I never saw that counselor."

"Thank you." Casey practically whispered as she blushed. She looked over at Adam. "I'll see you tonight."

Adam grabbed his blazer from the ground and quickly kissed Casey on the cheek. "Bye." He started walking toward the door but stopped. "Nice to meet you" He put out his hand to the judge.

"Liz." She shook his hand.

"Adam." He shook her hand and smiled. "Good day ladies." He pulled on his blazer and left the office.

Donnelly just looked at Casey. "Does he work here?"

"No."

"Cop?"

"A marine."

"Cute. My chambers, ten minutes, fix your lipstick." With that, the judge turned around and left the office.

Casey let out a deep breath of relief and started fixing her make-up.


Olivia tilted her head back and enjoyed the water coming down her hair. It relaxed her.

"Did you know the ant is the strongest animal on the planet?"

Olivia jumped at the voice and slid the door open. Ben was just standing there. "What?"

"It can lift ten times more than its own body weight, which makes it the strongest animal on the planet." He answered. "Can I join you? I'm sort of stinky."

Olivia smirked and nodded. She closed the door and waited. He got completely naked and went into the shower.

"Why do you shower with such hot water?" He turned the knob and cooled the water down.

Olivia shrugged and wrapped her arms around his neck. She examined his cut on his eye. "He kicked your ass."

"Ouch, way to bruise a guys ego."

She smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek. She pulled him closer and rested her head on his chest. "Can we just forget what I said?"

He put a finger under her chin and lifted her head to look at him. "Why would you want to do that?" She shrugged. "Did you mean it?" She put her head down again and nodded. "Well you ran off so fast, you didn't let me finish my side of the conversation."

"Look I know it's soon-"

"I love you too." He cut her off. "God, you talk too much, you know that?"

She smiled and looked up at him. "Really?"

"Yeah, you're such a motor mouth."

She let out a laugh. "You know what I mean."

"No, I just want to get in your pants, so I'd thought I tell you I love you." He rolled his eyes. "Of course really, I wouldn't say it unless I meant it. Especially with your commitment issues."

Olivia feigned hurt. "I do not have commitment issues."

"Sometimes I wonder if you're a man…you have more muscle then me, you're scared of love, you're not scared of murderers, you like guns." He raised his eyebrow. "You're not a tranny are you?" She slapped his chest. "Hey, I didn't say I'd stop sleeping with you. I'll sleep with William if his blow jobs are as good as yours."

She grabbed his privates and squeezed. "I'll twist."

"Oh god." He quickly became red in the face. "No, no. Please. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. You're a lovely female with original female body parts. Let go, please." She let go. He quickly turned the knob to cold water and let out a sigh. "This is how I know you're a man, you know what hurts."

She playfully slapped him across the cheek but accidently hit his cut.

"Fuck!" he grabbed his eye and rested his forehead on the tile.

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry." She stroked the back of his wet hair. "Baby are you ok? I'm so sorry."

"I was just teasing"

"Baby I didn't mean to. I'm so sorry." She kissed his shoulder. "I'm sorry. Put it under cold water." She moved his face under the water. It bled a little but then stopped. "Are you ok?"

He nodded. "Yeah. But I deserve a blow job for that."

"You wish."

He shrugged. "It was worth a shot."

She gave him a kiss on the lips. "I'm sorry."

"I know you are, it's ok." He returned the kiss. "It'll train me for my next fight with William." Olivia raised an eyebrow at him. "I'm kidding."

"I don't want you guys fighting."

"I didn't hit him back did I?"

"Well I know you…you talk a lot."

"Whose side are you on?"

"No ones. I don't want there to be sides. No sides."

He took her hands off him and left the shower.

"Where are you going?"

"I don't want to talk to you right now."

"Ben c'mon."

He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist. He picked up his clothes from the floor. "You think this is easy for me? Just have your ex stroll back into your life and I should just be fine with it? I'm not fine with it."

"I know this is weird right now-"

"No, it's weird for you. I know how madly in love you were with him. I fucking know that Olivia!"

"Don't make this into something it isn't Ben."

"I know exactly what it is." He whispered. "You hardly ever have a good thing going for you; you had a handful of boyfriends that stuck around after they found out what you do for a living and how rarely you spend time with them."

"Stop." She whispered.

"I stuck around! He stuck around! You're keeping me around because you're too selfish to let me go!"

"Stop it! Just stop!" She went out of the shower and turned off the water. "Stop saying things you don't mean just because you're threatened by him. I don't want to let you go because I love you."

"You still love him." He whispered. "I can tell by the look in your eyes this morning, you hate it when I come into your room without knocking, he strolled right in and you didn't say a word."

"Is that what this is about? Knocking? Don't knock, I don't care."

"This isn't about knocking, this is about closure."

"Ben." She took his hands. "I'm always going to love him…he gave me something that I always wanted. A child. William is a part of Evan, I can't just start hating William…because I see so much of him in Evan. I love my son."

"I know you do."

"Then what don't you understand?" She whispered. He put his head down. She picked it up again. "Tell me."

"Where do I fit into all this? Before it was simple, now I just feel like I'm in the way."

"You're not in the way baby."

"Sure feels like it. I'm getting in the way of a happy family."

"Stop it. You make me happy; you make me happy more than anyone ever in my life. Even William."

He nodded. "Ok. I'm sorry for yelling at you."

She wrapped her arms around his neck. "You could never be a cop…you're too nice."

"Are you trying to offend me? Cause it's working."

"Too nice and you have no muscles."

"Oh I'll show you muscles." He picked her up and let her wrap her legs around his waist. He carried her out of the bathroom and into her room. He slammed the door shut behind them and they fell on the bed.


William found his old key he had from Olivia's apartment. He figured she was either out on a date with Ben or already asleep. He held Evan in one arm as he slept on his shoulder. He unlocked the door and went in quietly.

He gently closed the door and carried his son to his room. He gently put him down, took off his shoes and covered him with a blanket. He kissed him on the head and left his room.

The light in the bathroom was still on. He knew Olivia had very bad habits when she was sick. He went in the bathroom and spotted her clothes all over the floor. He picked them up and threw them in the hamper. He did the same with the wet towels on the floor.

William noticed Olivia's door was closed. He was sure she went to sleep. He decided to check on her before he left.

Without knocking, he went into the bedroom and quickly stopped. Ben was on top of her with only a blanket around their waist as they had sex. He was kissing her neck and Olivia was exploring his back with her hands.

Both looked up seeing the door open.

"Sorry." William quickly backed out and closed the door. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath to control his jealousy and anger building up.


"Fuck." Olivia mumbled. "Stop." She ordered.

"Fuck? Or stop? Pick one." He teased and slowed down.

"This means Evan is home."

Ben nodded knowing what that meant. "Which means it's time for me to go." He pulled out of her and laid down by her. Olivia never let him spend the night when Evan was in the apartment. "Shit."

"I'm sorry." She sat up and got up to get dressed. Ben grabbed a pillow and covered his face. He let out a groan.

"Another time baby."

"When? Next week when I finally get to see you again?"

"C'mon, don't be mad just cause you didn't get to unload." Olivia smirked and pulled on her shirt.

Ben sat up and stared at her. He pointed to his erection still showing through the blanket. "You tell him that. That's all he wants. Poor bastard can't even do his job. What if you were him? You would be mad too."

Olivia let out a laugh as she pulled on her jeans. "You're the only dick around here."

"Oh that's so clever detective." He fell back on the bed again and groaned into the pillow.

Olivia gave him a kiss on the head. "Get dressed and get going."

He mumbled into the pillow. "I'm not your whore detective Benson. I have rights."

"Sure you do." She slapped his butt and left the room.

William was leaning on the counter top waiting. "Feeling better I'm guessing?"

Olivia rolled her eyes. "Yeah."

"Look, you don't have to lie to me. If you want to spend time with your boyfriend, just tell me, you don't have to fake sick."

"I didn't fake sick. It was just one of those flu's where I had to puke it out. Which I did this morning." She answered. "Where's Evan?"

"Sleeping."

Olivia looked at the clock, it was only nine. "What do you mean he is sleeping? He never falls asleep this early."

"We had a talk about his sleeping issue, he just needs to control his breathing when he is about to fall asleep. I have the same thing. Once he slows down his breathing, he gets sleepy."

"That's it?"

William shrugged. "Yup"

Ben came out of the bedroom dressed and tucking in his shirt. He glanced at William and then Olivia. "Are you going to be ok? I have to get going, my boss just called, there's a story in Brooklyn I have to cover."

Olivia nodded. "I'll be fine, you can get going."

Ben nodded and gave her a kiss. "Call me tomorrow? Or text?"

"One of those, yeah." She smiled and returned the kiss. "Bye."

"Bye." Ben headed to the door. "Goodnight Will."

"It's William." He corrected.

Ben rolled his eyes and saluted him. "Yes sir." He left the apartment and closed the door behind him.

Olivia shook her head at William. "Why are you so mean?"

"How am I being mean?"

"You know exactly how you're being mean, he's trying to be nice to you even after you sucker punched him this morning and you still have to be an asshole."

"I don't need this from you Olivia."

"Apparently you do, ever since you came back you're this complete asshole. I can't talk to you without starting a fight."

"Whatever."

"Don't say that, you know I hate that word." She warned.

"Look…I…I need to talk to you. But not here. Not with Evan in the next room."

"Why not?"

"Because…I'm scared he will wake up and hear about all the killings I had to see over there. I'm going crazy. I'm having nightmares every night. I need to talk to you."

Olivia nodded. "I'll call Don…he should be getting off of work soon." She went to her room to call her captain to spend the night with Evan.