Alex remained in a hunched over position until Olivia took the stool next to her and ordered a beer. The bartender served her before scurrying off. Alex sat up fully, she still couldn't bring herself to look at Liv. Olivia had quickly drained her beer bottle before gesturing for another, it wasn't until she was half way through her second she finally spoke causing Alex to jump.

"Why did you leave the house Alex?", Olivia didn't sound particularly mad.

"I had to get away, sorry", Alex was in a pretty childish mood but her alcohol hazed mind didn't feel like changing anything.

"You could have told me where you were going, I was hunting all over the place for you. I was worried about you", this definitely made Alex mad and she couldn't help but lash out.

"Well now you know how it feels", Alex almost sneered at Olivia. Finally glancing at her she could see what she had said was a bad idea by the exasperated look on Olivia's face.

"Why would you even bring that up?! It's ancient history", Olivia gestured wildly with her hands and the anger rose in her voice.

"Maybe it's ancient history to you but I find it quite relevant", Alex narrowed her eyes and shook her head to emphasise her point.

"What? because of what I said earlier? I was trying to be honest with you!", Olivia turned towards her and placed a hand on Alex's arm. Alex couldn't be sure if this was to comfort her or make sure she was paying attention.

"Yeah, thanks for that", Alex downed her drink and pulled away from her grasp before gesturing for another. The bartender was there in minutes to top up her glass.

"Alex, please listen. I wasn't trying to hurt you. I'm really sorry if I did", Olivia sounded genuinely saddened as she spoke.

"Hey don't worry about it, I'm used to it Olivia", Alex patted Olivia on the back as she spoke in an overly sarcastic manner.

"Are you saying all this because you're drunk?", Olivia was almost whispering as she spoke.

"Drunk words speak sober thoughts", for effect Alex tapped a finger on her temple as she spoke.

"I'm not talking to you like this, I'm going home", Olivia threw some money down on the bar and headed for the door.

"That's right. Do what you do best and run away", Alex didn't watch her leave. She felt like she was finally addressing all the pent up emotions she had been holding in since Olivia had come back into her life.

She had no intention of following her home. There was still half a bottle of whiskey for her to get through...

Olivia returned to an empty house so she didn't really hold back her angry when she let herself in. As soon as she shut the door she slung her keys across the hall and launched into a tirade of swearing and shouting. No one could hear her of course but she had to get it out, she was overwhelmed with anger and frustration.

Did Alex really think all those things? Well she hadn't pulled these emotions from nowhere. Obviously there was something still telling her that Olivia was always going to turn out to be unreliable and hurt her in the end. Maybe she was right.

Olivia grabbed a glass of water and took a seat in the kitchen. She had been back half an hour before she realised she had just left a rather intoxicated Alex half way across the city. She immediately retrieved her keys from behind the hall table and went to leave. She didn't quite make it to the door before her phone rang. It was Elliot.

"What's up Elliot?", Olivia carried on out of the house towards her car.

"Do you know where Alex is?", she heard the worry in his voice immediately and stopped dead.

"She's at a bar across town, I'm heading there now to pick her up. What's happened?", Olivia was starting to panic.

"We've had reports of an attempted rape, one of the officers on scene said the victim was an ADA", Olivia was in her car and speeding off seconds later. Why had she left her there?

Five minutes and a whole lot of traffic violations later Olivia rounded the corner onto the same block as the bar, she was immediately confronted with flashing lights. Olivia left the car open and unlocked and sprinted under the tape, only stopping for a second to aggressively shove her badge in a young patrol officers face to identify herself. She spotted Elliot immediately he was walking quickly towards the ambulance. She frantically searched for Alex in the crowd. It wasn't until Elliot reached the ambulance and the doors swung open that she finally spotted her. Olivia was frozen to the spot, routed there by guilt and fear. From her position she couldn't see if Alex was okay or even conscious. It took all of her strength to finally put one foot in front of the other but she soon broke out into a run, nothing was going to stop her from being with Alex; not the vast array of people in her way as she crossed the street or even her fear of marriage...