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The meeting was going well. Amanda had a lot on her mind and she was glad to have the chance to talk about it.

"Most of the time I feel like I'm doing better" she said "I'm trying, but I'm scared. I mean, an addiction is forever, I'm always going to be an addict, and I don't know how to handle it. If I had a drinking problem then I'm not supposed to drink. But where is the line between gambling and making decisions, choosing. I remember having high cards and I still chose to go on. What if I can stop gambling on games but not on my life?"

Amanda knew she had a reckless side. She put herself in danger at work more than once. And even though it was for good reasons, it was still a gamble. Like this case, being alone with a dangerous suspect, was that a gamble?

The thought was still on her mind as she made her way to homicide. This was part of her job, and she loved being a detective, she was good at it and she knew she made a difference. But she also knew she must be careful. She can't relapse again.

Weiss was at his desk when she came in. he smiled at her and got up.

"Thanks for coming Rollins" he said.

"Sure, no problem, you wanted me to fill some paperwork?"

"Oh, well, we can do that later, I actually called you because the captain wanted to have a word with you"

Amanda followed him to the captain's office. He was looking at some file but put it down when he saw them.

"Rollins, thank you for coming, sit down" he gestured at the chair.

"How can I help captain?" she asked.

"I wanted to thank you for your help. You did a great job and if it wasn't for you then we might have not been able to arrest the guy"

"It was my pleasure" she smiled.

"I don't know if you know this, but detective Harris is retiring soon" Amanda nodded and he continued "how would you like to replace him?"

Amanda stood at Nick's door. They didn't spend a lot of time there because she felt a bit awkward with it being the house he once shared with his ex wife. But right now she really needed to see him.

The captain told her she needed to make a decision soon, very soon. And she was confused. She though about what she said at the meeting. Did it feel like a gamble?

Nick opened the door and smiled at her "hey" he said and let her in "how was the meeting?"

"It was okay, you had that thing at Gil's school right? The concert?"

"It was nice, you know how these things are" he smiled at her and she shook her head.

"Not really" she said with a smile.

He could see she had something on her mind and she smiled when he asked her what's going on.

"After the meeting I had to go to homicide, they said I had to fill some paperwork"

"It couldn't wait till tomorrow?" He interrupted.

"Turns out it's not why they asked me there" she ignored his tone, which was bit on the doubtful side "they offered me a job"

"What?"

"Harris is retiring and they offered me to transfer there, to replace him"

"Leave SVU?" he asked and she nodded "I don't know what to say"

"Yeah, that's what I said. I really wanted to tell you before I even think about it"

Nick wasn't sure what to say, a part of him was happy for her but a part of him was scared, he wasn't sure why though.

"You're a good detective so I'm not surprised they offered it to you" he said with a smile "what are you thinking?" he asked when she started pacing around the room a bit.

She looked at him and sat down on the couch. He joined her and sat close to her.

"I'm kind of scared of making a decision" she said quietly and looked at him with a nervous expression.

"What do you mean?"

She shrugged "I don't know, I mean, it's an exciting offer, but…" she wasn't sure how to say it.

He didn't push her, he could see something was going on so he gave her time and just took her hand and squeezed it gently, it worked because she looked at him and just said it.

"I'm afraid it's a gamble"

"But it isn't" the words came out of him without even thinking about it, when she didn't say anything he kept talking "Amanda, you can't just not make any decisions because you don't know what the outcome will be"

He was right, and she wasn't talking about every decision. Her mind drifted to one incident, she didn't tell Nick about it, even though it had everything to do with him. She basically blackmail Wilkes's wife. Wasn't that a gamble? It could have gone completely different.

"No, you're right" she said. And then she just told him about it. How she chatted with Wilkes and how she went to talk to his wife.

Nick was shocked, he had no idea, all of this time he wondered what made Wilkes change his mind. Suddenly he understood what Amanda was talking about.

"Amanda, I don't know what to say, the only thing that comes to mind is that you saved me, and it's true, I don't know if I would have made it if…" she smiled at him "you know" he continued "if you'd ask me if you should do it I would have said no way, and it was dangerous and you could have been in so much trouble if it didn't work. But Amanda…" he grubbed both of her hands and looked into her eyes "I trust you, you can tell the difference, and I promise you won't have to bail me out ever again" he kissed her, and she didn't care who's house it used to be.

When Amanda woke up in the morning she felt calm. She kissed Nick's back and he mumbled something so she just moved to his neck till he turned around and kissed her lips.

But they had to get out of bed at some point even though it was Saturday. He drove her to her place and they spent most of the day there.

"I think I'm going to take it" Amanda said, they were having dinner while watching something on TV.

"What?" he asked, not sure what she was talking about.

"The job, move to homicide, I think it will be good for me. Some sort of a fresh start, and it could be good for us" she smiled "if we don't work together we don't have to hide this"

"I don't want to hide this" he smiled, he liked the thought of being a normal couple, not having to worry if someone sees them together.

"Neither do I" she said and kissed him.

Nick was right, she thought, this didn't seem like a gamble. It felt like the right thing to do. Everything felt in place. And she felt like everything was going to be alright.

-The end-

Thank you for reading the story.

I hope I was able to show Amanda's pain which lead to her behavior in "Gambler's fallacy". I was surprised so many people hated her so much after that.

And I hope the Nick-Amanda relationship thing made sense. That's how I think they got together. And I hope they aren't planning to do something bad with that next season. If Nick hurts her I'm going to write a fanfic where he dies a slow and painful death .

Please tell me what you thought about the story, I'd really appreciate it.

I'm wandering whether I should write a sequel. Let me know if you'd like that.