Chapter 7
The next day, the SVU team is at the station talking about a rape case that happened a few days ago. They talk about how the rapist was arrested and is now in jail. They already went to court and he was found guilty of rape. Now, the rape victim has decided to move to another state to move on with her life. Amanda and Reese agree with Olivia as she talks about the rape victim.
"Good thing I moved to New York to be away from Patton." Amanda says.
"Me too." Reese replies.
Soon, it's time for the team to leave and Olivia goes into the bathroom to change into her yoga clothes. A few minutes later, Olivia comes out of the bathroom and Reese goes into the bathroom to change into her yoga clothes. Fin and Doom leave the station to go home while Amanda packs up to go to yoga. She grabs her things and her gym bag so that she can change into her yoga clothes. Carisi sees Amanda getting her gym bag and she tells him that she's going to take a yoga class with Reese. She makes her way to the bathroom and he follows her. Amanda enters the bathroom and Carisi stands by the bathroom door.
"You want me to change in front of you?" Amanda asks.
"No. You're engaged and are about to get married in two weeks." Carisi responds.
Amanda and Carisi talk about what he, Fin and Doom are doing for Declan's bachelor party and he tells her that they're going to Gotham Comedy Club for a dinner and a comedy show. Amanda tells him that she's sure that Declan would like that. She tells him that Olivia, Reese and Bella are taking her somewhere for her bachelorette party, but she doesn't know where yet. Reese comes out of the stall wearing her yoga clothes and she looks in the mirror before leaving the bathroom.
"Hi, Reese." Carisi says.
"Hi, Sonny. You're aware this is the women's restroom?" Reese asks.
"Yes, ma'am." Carisi responds.
"Good. I'll call you tonight." Reese tells Carisi.
Reese leaves the bathroom and Amanda chuckles. Carisi wonders what Amanda is laughing at. She sees that Reese left the bathroom and that she needs to change into her yoga clothes so that she can go to yoga. She grabs her yoga bag and gets ready to change in the stall in the bathroom.
"Dude. You called her ma'am. She's never going to sleep with you now." Amanda tells Carisi about Reese.
Amanda goes into the bathroom stall and locks the door. Carisi looks into the mirror and thinks about what Amanda just said to him before she went in the stall. He leaves the bathroom and he gets ready to go home. A few minutes later, Amanda comes out of the stall and she is wearing her yoga clothes. She comes out of the bathroom and she enters the squad room to see Olivia and Reese waiting for her.
"Ready to go to yoga, Amanda?" Reese asks.
"Yeah. Let's go." Amanda responds.
Olivia, Amanda and Reese leave the station and they get in the car and start driving to The Willow Pilates and Yoga. As the three women drive, Amanda gets a text message from Kim who's on her way to the yoga place and she gets the same text message from Bella. A few minutes later, they arrive at The Willow Pilates and Yoga and they see Kim and Bella waiting for them outside and they're wearing their yoga clothes. Erin Lindsay, Emily Johnson, Emily's sister Bianca, Lindsay, Gina and Teresa Carisi, Callie, Justina and Cynthia Mancheno Amaro come to yoga as well.
"I hope you don't mind, but I asked some friends to come to yoga with us." Amanda says.
"And I asked my sisters to come too." Bella replies.
"Nice. The more people, the better." Reese responds.
The girls go inside of The Willow Pilates and Yoga and they see what the place looks like. As they look inside and it looks homey. Amanda says that she and her friends are here to do some yoga and the receptionist confirms that Amanda and her friends are here for yoga and she shows them the yoga room. Reese sees her yoga instructor named Leah and introduces her to her friends.
"My friend Amanda is getting married in two weeks and her bachelorette party is next weekend so I thought that I take her to a yoga class." Reese tells Leah.
"Well, Amanda, I think you're going to enjoy this yoga class. This is a way to help you relax before your wedding. When are you getting married?" Leah asks.
"June 15th. It's two weeks away." Amanda replies.
Leah takes the girls to their spots and they decide to all be together in the front while doing yoga. Amanda, Kim, Reese, Olivia, Bella, Gina, Teresa, Erin, Emily, Bianca, Callie, Lindsay, Justina and Cynthia put their gym bags away in cubbies, set up their yoga mats on the floor and they take off their flip flops. As the yoga instructor is about to begin, they sit on their yoga mats and they're ready to start their yoga class.
"Today, we're going to work on relaxation while doing yoga. We're going to work on down dog, the tree pose and we're going to be doing other poses that are easy to do." Leah says.
Amanda, Kim, Reese, Olivia, Bella, Gina, Teresa, Erin, Emily, Bianca, Callie, Lindsay, Justina and Cynthia stand in tadasana, place your hands in a prayer position and set an intention, inhale and raise their prayer hands into an upward salute, exhale and hinge into standing forward bend, inhale and extend their spines into standing half forward bend, exhale and push their hips towards the sky as they step each foot back until their bodies are in the shape of a "V" for downward facing dog and they cycle back through this vinyasa and return to mountain pose. The instructor sees that they're doing the downward facing dog pose and they move on the tree pose. As they're doing the tree pose, they're relaxed and calm. Leah shows them other yoga poses that are good to relax and good to do at home. An hour later, they yoga class is over and they pack up to go home. Amanda tells Reese that she had a lot of fun doing yoga with her and the other girls agree too.