Koji lied down right on Alex's lap. She was finally able to sit up, only to find herself pinned beneath a large dog.

"Are we dog sitting?" Alex tried to give Olivia the benefit of the doubt.

"I couldn't help myself," Olivia admitted. "I saw this commercial on dogs in the shelter, and I felt so sad. I had to rescue one."

"Well, he is cute," Alex offered before she tried to get up.

Koji, however, had other plans. He started licking Alex's face.

"Help me up Case!"

Casey had to on Koji's collar, so Alex could get on her two feet.

"He's a friendly boy."

"And his fur's so pretty," Olivia cooed. "He looks like Casey."

Casey was not amused, but Alex started guffawing. She was laughing so hard that she fell back onto her ass and Koji climbed back on top of her.

"He's definitely a natural redhead," Alex laughed as she and Koji rolled around the floor.

Casey pouted. "I do not look like that dog!"

"Casey, I'm sure Olivia meant it as a complement. He's so pretty."

Casey groaned. "Who's going to take care of him?" Alex and Casey had to work all day, and Olivia was about to enter her third trimester. She couldn't take care of the dog all day.

"I will. I took him for a walk today and …"

Right away, Alex and Casey started fussing. What if the dog started pulling and Olivia fell? What if there was a scuffle with another dog? What if …

Olivia folded her arms. "I'm pregnant not disabled."


When Alex and Casey wouldn't back down, Olivia had an idea.

"Why don't you bring him to work?"

"Come again," Casey questioned.

"Alex has her own office. Other ADA's have had dogs before, and then she doesn't' have to worry about me falling on ice while taking Koji for a walk."

Olivia was sure that this would shut them up.

Instead, Alex said "Okay."

"What?"

"I'll bring Koji to work with me during the day, and then I can walk him at lunch and in the afternoon."

Casey raised a brow. "You're going to walk him?"

"Yes. I grew up with dogs. It's not that hard."

"And you're going to take care of his poop?" Olivia questioned.

Almost instantaneously, Casey and Olivia started cracking up. They could not picture little Miss. Prada dealing with dog crap.

"You won't even deal with a clogged up drain," Olivia reminded her. "How are you going to take care of a dirty, stinky dog?"

Casey started guffawing.

Alex frowned before getting a bottle of shampoo and handing it to Casey. "You're going to give him a bath. Then he'll be clean."

Casey looked horrified.

"And you're going to help her!" Alex told Olivia.

"Don't you think that's dangerous in my …"

"Stuff it Olivia. You two are bathing him."

Casey shrugged. "How hard can it be?"


30 minutes later and Casey was cursing up a storm. She and Olivia were covered in soapsuds. Koji liked shaking in the bathtub, covering them both in his foamy mess.

"This damn dog!"

"It's not his fault," Olivia insisted before Koji jumped on her too. "Damn it!"

Alex enjoyed a laugh while her lovers washed Koji. She knew that there was a dog washing station downstairs which would have been much easier than using the bathtub. She could have told them but … what's the fun in that?

Once Koji was dry, he came out of the bathroom smelling like peaches. Casey and Olivia, on the other hand were a wet mess.

"Aw who's my pretty baby?" Alex started rubbing his fur. "Aw, he looks so good."

Casey flipped Alex off. "This was terrible!"

"But I thought you and Olivia were the ones good at all the dirty work?"

"Oh she is so evil," Olivia groaned.

Alex gave a sinister laugh before flopping on the couch.


The next day, Alex woke up to barking.

"Shut up Koji!" We're trying to sleep.

When he didn't "shut up," Alex dragged herself out of bed and went to see what he wanted.

The dog was holding his leash in his mouth.

"You have to go, don't you?"

"Ark!"

Alex sighed. "Let's go!"

She threw on some clothes and her running shoes. Alex often went running in the mornings anyway, but not so early.

"We should probably walk you right before bed."

Alex snapped his leash on and grabbed the poop bags.

Like most Irish settlers, Koji loved to run. He easily kept with Alex's pace and they got through the first three miles easily.

"And they thought I couldn't walk the dog."

It wasn't until Koji had to go that Alex went, "ugh!" I have to throw this away. When she was a child, the dog just went in the woods.

"This is so gross! This is so gross!" As soon as she could, she threw the bag into the trashcan.

"Hopefully you don't do that again until Casey walks you."


20 minutes later, they were back at the apartment. Koji was ready to eat.

Alex went to read the label on the dog food. "It says here that you get 3 scoops a day." She gave him 1 ½ now and he could have 1 ½ at dinner.

Koji wagged his tail.

"You are a cutie." And Casey does have a similar grin before she eats. The blonde still couldn't get over how mad Casey had gotten over Olivia's comment. It was too funny.

As it turns out, Alex's biggest problem with taking Koji to work wasn't his bowel movements; it was his ability to distract her team.

"Aw he's so cute!"

People would come to her office just to pet him. People kept feeding him. In the three days that she had him at work, he had been given enough food that it was spoiling his dinner. Why would he eat kibble when he could have chicken or roast beef?

The boss estimated that her office's productivity dropped at least 5%, and she didn't have 5% of anything to spare. There was only one thing for her to do.

Olivia was about to sink her teeth into her lunch when she heard panting.

"Is that?"

Alex came with Koji.

"Aw, are you here to visit me?"

"Well we were actually looking for the 1-2. I hear their new detective is pretty cute."

Olivia pouted.

"You know I came to see you." Alex kissed her on the cheek and then left her with the dog.

"What are you?"

"I'll pick you up later Honey. Be good Koji!"

"ARK!"


Before Olivia could protest, Alex was gone. Cragen was going to blow a gasket.

Of course, the guys loved having a dog.

"Aw he's so cute!" Munch cooed.

"He and Casey have the same color hair," Fin remarked.

Elliot warned Olivia. "Don't let my kids find out." They had been hounding him for a dog for years.

Everyone liked the dog except, "OLIVIA!"