Alex was totally run down. Her day had been non stop cases and court appearances; this, coupled with her earlier exchange with Olivia, had made Alex just wish for the day to be over all ready.

As soon as the clock ticked over to five Alex was out of her office, briefcase in hand, and heading to the car park without looking back. One thing that had made the day better was the arrival of Casey.

In the busy days before she was due to start work, Alex had meant to tell Olivia about her new colleague but didn't actually get round to it. She knew now that her oversight had caused problems. She knew as soon as she saw Olivia talking to casey in the squad room that morning, the expression evident on Olivia's face was definitely one of territorial focus.

Alex had left Elliot pretty much mid sentence and nearly jogged across the room to try and diffuse this situation before it erupted.

Their following exchange had brought to light the fears that Alex had had ever since She and Olivia had a falling out over casey the last time. It was blatantly obvious that Olivia still had problems with casey. Alex could not understand why she was this bothered by their friendship unless she didn't trust her.

It was half past five by the time Alex made it home. She quickly checked her messages hoping for one from Olivia but was sadly disappointed. Finally she gave in to temptation and retrieved her laptop to try and find out about Olivia's flight details. When she had left her in that cramped little office, Olivia hadnt really given her any information to work with.

Ten minutes of searching and she finally whittled it down to the 12:30 to Boston. Alex's brow furrowed at this new information, did she not distinctly remember asking Olivia to call her? She was definitely mad now and did not hesitate to punch Olivia's number aggressively into her cell. It rang for almost a minute before someone answered.

"Hello?", Alex recognised Olivia's voice instantly and the lack of emotion in it spurred her anger on further.

"Just wanted to make sure you got there okay. Have fun", Alex knew she was being childish but Olivia had really pushed her today.

"Wait Alex, don't go", finally Alex sensed an emotion in Olivia's voice and it caused her to pause before hanging up.

"What Olivia?", Alex tried to sound as pissed off as possible without shouting.

"I'm sorry for not calling you, I had to go straight to the precinct when I got here and I've been dealing with this pain in the ass detective all afternoon", Alex could definitely hear music in the background and loud voices; it sounded like she was at a bar.

"Did you decide to try and soften her up with a drink?", Alex made her sarcasm evident.

"What? Oh, no I picked up the witness and she was hungry so we're getting food"

"Okay, when are you coming home?", Alex wasn't exactly enthusiastic about seeing her but was also conflicted by the illogical feeling of loneliness.

"Well I should be back first thing, we're getting a flight at five in the morning"

"I guess I'll probably see you tomorrow then", Alex sighed; she really didn't want to have any kind of discussion about what had happened. She was exhausted.

"What is wrong Alex?", Alex had to hold back a laugh at her ridiculous question.

"If you have to ask that Olivia I really don't have the energy to get into this right now", Alex wished she had just put the phone down.

"Okay okay. I know what's wrong. I am sorry about earlier I over reacted. I was having an awful morning"

"I am tired of your excuses Olivia. Just stop. Why do you have such a big problem with casey?", Alex was done tiptoeing around the issue. There was a long pause before Olivia replied.

"Err, nothing I just get a weird vibe from her I'm not fond of"

"Is that really the best you can do? When are you going to actually start saying what you think? I'm so tired of this", Alex held her head in her hand. She was close to giving up.

"You didn't see the way she looked at you", Olivia spoke at a near whisper.

"How did she look? Like she was pleased to see me? She's new to the city and I'm the only one she knows but instead of being decent and welcoming her into the department you label her as some sort of threat", Alex was out of breath when she finished but felt some relief in finally having it all out.

"I've met her type before. She likes you Alex and you're too blind to see it", Olivia sounded mad as well now; this situation was beginning to escalate.

"Her type! Are you really that paranoid?! Don't come round in the morning I really don't want to see you at the minute. Have fun with your witness", Alex abruptly hung up the phone and was unsurprised by the fact Olivia made no attempt to contact her.

She slowly dragged herself to bed and curled up between the cold sheets, she regretted getting angry now but it needed to be said. Olivia's side of the bed was empty and cold and Alex wanted nothing more than for Olivia to curl up next to her. She needed comfort from her, Alex knew this argument was bad; she just hoped Olivia listened to her.

As soon as Olivia realised Alex had hung up on her she felt a great weight bear down on her shoulders. She had not realised she had messed up that bad until now. Why was she being so ridiculous? Olivia knew she shouldn't feel this way but couldn't help it. She trusted Alex completely but she didn't trust other people, this was the thing Alex didn't understand. Tomorrow was going to be very difficult, she was going to have to come up with a pretty impressive plan to get out of this one.

Luckily the witness she was supposed to be escorting was still sat where she had left her. It had been revealed the witness was meant to be testifying against the same suspected gang boss who Olivia had had a fair few run ins with, including most recently with ties to the drug dealer Alex saved her from.

The memory stung as it came back to her, sometimes she forgot everything they had been through together. She had a sudden realisation as she watched the witness devour a steak; none of this petty stuff mattered. Olivia was so in love with Alex and she was an idiot to put what they had at risk.

An idea came to Olivia then, she repressed a smile. This situation needed a grand gesture and a whole load of grovelling to set things right and that's exactly what Alex would get.

Please review! someone reviewed saying this story is going off track but its going to come full circle and i thought I would deal with some plain old relationship issues in the mean time, hope that's okay with everyone.