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After the rest of the business day, Alex went to get ready with the help of Abbie. Abbie sat on her bed looking through a magazine on Alex's night stand. "So what are you doing."

"I have to get ready to go to a dinner." Alex informed her as she was in her closet. "I thought I asked you to help me."

Abbie put the magazine down to assist Alex in the closet. "Who are you going dinner with? Trevor?"

"No, actually." Alex placed her blazer on the hanger, "With a work associate."

Abbie with her southern twang, "Yeah, which work associate do you care about getting all dolled up?" Abbie made her way to the closet.

"I'm not getting dolled up." Alex tried to deny the observation.

"Al, are you trying to tell me. That you are concerned enough about your colleagues that you have been looking at your clothes for thirty minutes." Abbie stated as she pulled out Alex's favorite seductress outfit. A red dress with one long sleeve that showed every curve Alex could have. "Here you go."

Alex blushed at the dress choice and thinking it would be nice to wear in front of Olivia, "Haha, no I can't wear that." she took the dress out of Abbie's hand hang it back up. "What about these two." She pointed out a white shirt with a pencil skirt.

"Don't you get tired of wearing courtroom clothes. AH." Abbie smiled, pulling out a purple tank, V neck top that fell just above the knee. "This one and you can't argue." Abbie pushed the dress in Alex's hands, and walked out of the closet.

Alex rolled her eyes to put the dress on. She agreed that it was a good dress. She did love the satin feeling to the dress and how it looked on her. "Okay is it classy enough." She questioned her friend.

Abbie looked at her dressed up friend with a black and purple marking on her trapezius. "Can talk about who maimed you first." Abbie was trying to hold in her laughter.

Alex held her lower neck, "I rather not talk about it." She walked into the bathroom.

Abbie knew that a hickey on the respected ADA was a juicy story. "No, we so are." She leaned on the frame of the bathroom door. "I know that Trevor didn't do that." Because she never saw a mark like that on Alex.

Alex began to put cover the hickey up. "What's your point?"

"Alex do you think I was born yesterday." Abbie questioned the nervous blonde.

"No Abbie I don't think you were." Alex snapped out of frustration.

Abbie sat on the counter of Alex's his and her sink. "It just hurts that you can't trust your best friend, on who gave you so much pleasure that you allowed them to give you that enormous thing." Abbie understand why Alex was being so secretive towards her.

"Abbie!" Alex looked at her confidant she has known since law school.

Abbie gave Alex a look, "Seriously, what's going on?"

Alex was getting a headache of avoiding the truth, "Olivia."

"I knew it." Abbie smiled.

Alex quickly put her hand up,"Can you not start that again?"

Abbie calmed her ego down, seeing Alex in distress. "When did it happen?"

"Last night."

"Are you two a thing now?"

"No, we aren't. We didn't mean to it just happened." Alex confessed.

Abbie cocked her brow, "So this work associate, would it be a detective?"

"We are just going to dinner, that's all." Alex reminded her.

Olivia walked into a casual Japanese restaurant to see Alex in a powder blue button down with a pair of black slacks, "I see you had time to change." Olivia observed wearing the same outfit.

"Yeah," Alex shyly responded, and knew the dress Abbie picked out wasn't the best choice for the dinner they were going to have.

"I do like that color," Olivia smiled sitting down in her chair, and took a sip of the water in front of her place. "You know I've lived in New York my whole life and I have never been here."

"The office ordered from here one day and I fell in love with their teriyaki chicken." Alex smiled thinking about the food she was about to eat.

"That's a good recommendation."

There was an awkward silence between the girls as they sipped their water, and order their food. They wanted to talk to each other but didn't know how to say the things. They were relieved that Olivia said to eat at public place, they wanted to relive the previous night. They survived the dinner with small talk.

"So do you really regret last night?" Alex ended the silent.

Olivia knew that was coming, "Yes." Olivia's answer still didn't change. She saw Alex's face sink down to stare at the table. Olivia quickly took Alex's hand. "Alex, I like you a lot.' Olivia confessed, "I haven't felt connected with anyone like when I'm with you." Alex looked back up to Liv. "Last night." she sighed out. "It was great, I've been wanted to kiss you since our first walk together. I don't know what it is you have on me."

All the words Alex heard were what she felt as well. "I know, exactly how you feel, but this is where you tell me you but..." Alex stabbed.

Olivia didn't want to sound like the bad guy, especially to Alex. "But all those feelings we were able to hide, and now we know how we felt…" She wasn't going to lie to Alex, "And now all I want to do is have you in my arms like last night, because I know it's a possibility now. So yes I regret that it happened, because if it didn't we could still live in our fantasies."

Alex wasn't heartbroken with the confession Olivia gave to her. She paid for their meal, and they walked outside. They needed the fresh air with the intense confession. They started to stroll to Liv's car. "I know this is stupid,I don't know what to do about us?" Alex questioned.

Their hands kept brushing against each other after each stride. Olivia grunted with having the same frustration, "I am the wrong person to ask."

"I know," Alex laughed out leaning her back against Olivia's car.

Olivia position herself next to Alex, "As long as we both work SVU…"

"I know."

Olivia saw the frustrated blonde who was hardly speaking. She could see the whole situation was bothering Alex as much as her. Olivia tapped her side to get the blue eyes respond to her. "But I couldn't ask you to put your career on halt for a relationship."

Alex knew leaving SVU was out of the question, "Who says I can't file appeals?" Alex hated the sound of that.

Olivia tucked Alex's blonde hair behind her ear. "Uh District Attorney Alexandra Cabot said that." Olivia's caressed her cheek, "Say the woman who broke up with someone to keep a 4.0 in law school."

Alex smiled knowing everything Olivia was saying was true. She hooked her index finger through one of Olivia's belt loops. "People can change." Alex was losing her breath being close to Liv.

"Alex, I don't want you to change, I like your stubborn, hard ass self." Olivia quickly answered for Alex. She was a strong independant woman and to sacrifice a possible advancement for the start of a relationship.

"Is that suppose to be a compliment?" She smiled even though Olivia was pointing out her flaws.

Olivia's hand slowly moved down Alex's cheek to play with the bottom of Alex's shirt. "No actually it wasn't. It is me saying I still enjoy being around you even if you can be a pain." She teased staring at Alex's lips.

"Detective you aren't any better."

Liv leaned forward,"Trust me, I know." Alex chuckled at Liv's comment. Alex began a small kiss. Olivia wanted to continue but they were out in public. She slowly turned her head away from the kiss, "This is not helping." Liv moaned out.

"I know," Alex scooched away from Olivia. "So us pretending?"

"Yeah, it's gonna be hard as hell but it's the best solution."

Alex couldn't stop watch Olivia's lips move, and wasn't good at hiding feelings, "Can you give me a ride home, and" She took step back into her spot. "After the ride home we can start this whole pretending like nothing is between us thing?" Alex bit her lip and having her big eyes staring in her Liv's eyes.

Olivia was intrigued by the offer, "Deal, but no more hickeys." She commanded.

Alex laughed at the comment, "Right back at you."

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