Around 5 Nick woke up drenched in his sweat. He changed his clothes and went for jog. Amanda woke fifteen minutes later to see Nick gone. Amanda was frantic as she saw no note. Nothing to tell her where he went. If only Amanda knew he went for a jog.

"Where the hell were you?!" Amanda screamed.

"I went for a jog and why are you yelling," Nick glanced at his phone. "at 6 in the morning?"

"Because when I got up you were gone and I was worried. You didn't even leave a note as usual." Amanda responded.

"Well, now you know I was on a jog for about an hour." Nick said while removing his shoes.

It baffled Amanda that his answers were simple. As if he knew this was gonna happen. She left him in the living room and decided that she's was going to work early. He seemed to becoming more and more distant as the days continued. It was now bothering Amanda and then she wonder, "What if he wanted to break up with her?" It made her blood ran cold. She emerged from the bedroom ready to leave. Putting on her shoes she spied Nick making a cup of tea. Walking towards him she gave one quick kiss and left.

While driving she was trying to figure out what exactly happened this morning. Are they fighting? It's confusing because the other isn't really talking let alone sleeping. Why was she stressing over Nick and he didn't seem to care. Maybe they needed a break from each other. She'll talk to him after work on Monday if anything hadn't changed. It was Friday he had three days to change his ways.

By Saturday they finally solved the case. Even leaving the slightest evidence could screw you up. They all went to the Surf Bar; this bar was pretty popular since opening up last year December. Amanda had called Nick to see if he wanted to join, but his phone went start to voicemail. She had about two beers and left, while Olivia said they didn't need to be at work tomorrow.

When she entered her apartment to go walk Frannie she noticed something odd. Nick had been there earlier because he's drawer with clothes was now full with clothes. Amanda was about to walk Frannie when she saw his note. He wanted the next two nights alone to himself. Needed time to prepare himself for work Monday. It shocked Amanda to know that Nick was in fact paying attention when she mumbled Olivia's message. If he needed time she gonna give him his time.

Monday came around and then it was time to meet up at the bar. Nick was already there. They had just picked up the case and it was already a mess. AJ Martin was being accused of beating his wife, but Paula Martin didn't want to press charges. Amanda felt like they were invading the privacy of the Martin's, but no one backed her up. Calhoun, the Martin's lawyer, brought up Nick's record without saying his name. It was a pretty brutal case and it hadn't even got to the ugly part yet. Nick entered the bar when she was on her third round; she was on the verge of being buzzed.

"Hey." Nick said, taking a seat next to her at the bar.

"Hey." Amanda responded back.

"I started without you." Amanda said after a moment of silence.

"I went to the gym first. What's she having, please." Nick simply replied.

"And a refill please. You can make it neat this time." Nick said after awhile.

"You okay?" Nick asked her, noticing her demeanor.

"That was rough." She responded distantly.

"Well, Calhoun's just doing her job." Nick said.

"Yeah, but she had no right to go after to you like that." Amanda said.

"She's got a point though." She also added.

"Yeah, what is that point?" Nick asked.

"That it's a private- private matter between Paula Martin and her husband." Amanda started.

"I just think we're over reacting," Nick tried reasoning.

"Amanda he hit her, right? End of story. Cheers." Nick said, clearly annoyed.

"Wait, so we get to decide what's best for her? That's infantilizing. That's…that's us making her the victim all over again." Amanda started saying.

"All right, just take it easy." Nick said, trying to stop this conversation.

"You counting my drinks now? Saint Nick?" Amanda slurred.

After that the conversation went downhill. At some point while she was trying to prove she kept pushing him to get his reaction. Maybe she was trying to get him to hit her, she honestly didn't know. What finally seemed forever he snapped. He payed for the shots, made a comment and stole Amanda's last shot. At first Amanda wasn't embarrassed, but the more it sucked in the more she felt embarrassed.

When she reached her apartment for the night she finally hit the bed. Just removing a few articles of clothing leaving her in a tank-top and underwear. She definitely was gonna regret drinking in the morning if Olivia was gonna call in early, but as now they were all supposed to be at work by 11. She put a water bottle, Tylenol and a bucket next to her. Her sober self would be grateful.

Nick on the other hand went straight home. He wasn't angry anymore, but more upset that the fact Amanda thought he was gonna hit her. He wasn't anything like his dad; putting his hands on the people he loved the most. He didn't know how to feel about Amanda, but he definitely saw a different side of her he didn't like. This side of her more on the edge and her sassy self turned into a ignorant person, sadly. Nick may have not been himself, but he wasn't being rude.

When her alarm clock went off she groaned. Calling his name out and then hearing silence reminded her of last night's altercation with Nick. At the moment she couldn't think straight; she was now regretting her hangover. Glancing at the clock she had less than hour till work. Amanda got up and went to bathroom to get ready. She was done with twenty minutes to spare, so she grabbed her keys, dropped Frannie off at her neighbors and left for work.

Nick was already working when Amanda came in. She said hey and he responded barely above a whisper. He didn't do his usual glances at Amanda or anything he usually does towards her. Olivia had sent them both to interrogate a witness on another they had. Amanda was gonna ask if he was ok. It was the only time they had alone.

"Nick, last night I was wrong and-" Nick cut Amanda off.

"Could you not talk about last night while we're working?" Nick asked coldly.

Amanda never brought it up after his response. The day went on smoothly after their small "chat". He left for home at ten while her and Fin were still working on a case. Fin took this as his time to give a small talk about sleeping with coworkers and not mixing work with home.

"Listen," Fin started.

"I'm listening." Amanda told him.

"I've learned two things in my 15 years here at SVU. One is you can't take this job home with you." Fin paused.

"I'm working on that." Amanda mumbled.

"Two you can't take anyone from this job home with you." Fin said.

"Right." Amanda replied quietly.

"I just want you to take care of yourself, okay?" Fin finally asked.

"I hear you, Fin." Amanda finally responded.

tbc…

A/N: I added Spousal Privilege into the episode if you hadn't known the episodes name. This episode was basically the end of rollaro, but I'm not ready to end 24 Hours just yet! There are a few more things I want to do with this chapter before I ended it. From now 'till the end of this story I'll add bits of pieces to a chapter. Not every chapter but most. I updated closely because I might not be able to update later. Not really sure, but consider yourself lucky because I NEVER update twice in a week.