Olivia caught a case on Valentine's Day morning. She worked through the entire day skipping lunch. A little after Nick's wife showed up Alex and Calvin walked in. Cragen sees them through his glass window in his office. Cragen finishes handing out orders and waves Alex and Calvin into his office. Olivia, Fin and Amanda all turn around to see who he told to come in.
Alex let's Calvin walk in first and comes in behind him.
"Captain" Alex says in greeting.
Calvin was dressed up in a nice button up with a nice jacket and jeans. Alex had her hair curled in princess curls, a dark purple dress that was low cut , a beautiful amethyst stone necklace that hung just above her breasts and her coat tied at her waist. Olivia couldn't take her eyes off Alex and how beautiful she looked.
Fin whistled at her.
"You're looking nice tonight Cabot" He tells her kindly.
"Thank you" Alex says back smiling.
"We won't keep you long from your date counselor. " Amanda promises.
Everyone in the room grins a bit at that comment.
"Oh this isn't my case, Casey is actually the one you're waiting for" Alex says.
"Then why?" Amanda asks
"Calvin and I wanted to know if Olivia had an hour to spare to grab dinner with us" Alex said , her eyes finally landing on Olivia.
"She's all yours counselor" Cragen tells her before Olivia can say anything.
"Ready?" Alex questioned.
"Yea, let me just grab my coat" Olivia says and Alex and Calvin follow her out to her desk.
Amanda pointed over her shoulder at them.
"How is that okay?" Amanda asked, confused.
"Don't worry about it detective, we have it handled" Cragen says.
Olivia, Calvin and Alex arrive at a little Italian restaurant. This was the first date Olivia and Alex had all those years ago. Olivia's heart throbbed at the memory of them bright eyed and bushy tailed.
"How'd you get reservations? When I called they were booked out for a month?" Olivia asked once they got seated.
"I called the first week of January to make sure we had a spot, I know this is your favorite pasta restaurant" Alex commented back smiling at her.
Olivia reached over and squeezed Alex's hand.
They put their drink orders in and Calvin went to the bathroom. Olivia took the time to appreciate Alex's beauty
"Is that necklace new?" Olivia questioned, having not seen it before.
Alex reached up and held it for a second.
"It is, since both your and Calvin's birthdays are in February I wanted something that held both of you close to me." Alex told her excitedly.
Olivia swooned at that.
"I can't believe we will have a fourteen year old this weekend" Olivia says, shaking her head.
"I told him this dinner is for both of you and when he gets back, he can decide on something fun to do" Alex tells her.
"That sounds great Alex" Olivia said grinning.
Calvin comes back frowning at the menu.
"What made us come here? The menu isn't even in English" He says back appalled.
Olivia and Alex give out a hearty laugh.
"We can get you one that's in English" Alex says, still laughing.
"No it's okay, I'll just get the spaghetti and meatballs" He grins at them.
The waiter comes back and takes their orders.
"You know this is where Olivia took me for our first date, she wanted to show off her Italian" Alex tells him smiling at them.
"Really!?" Calvin asked, looking over at Olivia.
"Yea, it was just a little hole in the wall restaurant back then" Olivia says nodding in agreement.
They eat and make small conversation.
Alex takes him home that night with her so Olivia can go back to work. Alex gets caught up on a case on Friday so Olivia drops him off at the airport on Friday and they pick him up on Sunday.
On the way back to the city from the airport they ask him what he wants to do for his belated birthday.
"Can we go bowling and get nachos?" He asks excitedly.
"Definitely" Alex tells him.
Olivia heads towards the bowling alley. They play a few games, taking breaks to eat greasy pizza and nachos. They share a pitcher of pop.
They head home after a couple hours worn out.
When they get home Alex and Olivia give him his birthday gift. It's a phone so he can keep in contact with both of them. He hugs them and goes to shower before bed. Alex and Olivia each get showered and ready for bed.
Olivia's week starts with a baby being abandoned at a church and her brother needing her help. Olivia was shocked to see him to say the least. He needed a lawyer but Alex was due in court all week so she couldn't ask her. Olivia asked Haden to help but it's a different court system than criminal court and he couldn't.
Olivia gets Ellis to help out and when she slips about asking Haden first she covers it by the case they previously worked on.
Olivia works the investigation while being there for her brother. Ellis went to court and helped by getting them visitation while family court continued their investigation. Simon didn't help himself when he and his fiancée took the kids away from their foster home and tried to run.
Ellis got the charges decreased from kidnapping to custodial interference. Simon's fiancée worked out a deal with her lawyer to get full custody while he did sixty days in jail and three years of supervised visitation. It was the best deal that he was going to get.
Olivia showed up to Alex's apartment that night.
Alex opened the door looking her up and down, Olivia looked worn down and exhausted.
"Rough week?" Alex asked, sitting on the couch sipping on her wine.
"I have a niece" Olivia says suddenly.
"Congratulations" Alex says confused.
"This week has been one disaster after another. Simon, my brother-" Olivia starts
"I know who is he, Liv" Alex cuts her off
Olivia nods once.
"Right, well we have been in and out of court with Ellis this week trying to fight for him to get his daughter back. All he wants is to be a good dad so he kidnapped them from the foster home. Simon's fiancée worked out a deal to get full custody and he only has to serve sixty days in jail and three years of supervised visits." Olivia tells her pacing.
"Sounds like Ellis got him a good deal. It could have been a lot worse" Alex says, from the couch watching Olivia pace.
"I really thought he could do it this time" Olivia quips biting her lip and shaking her head.
"You want to believe in people, it's who you are" Alex says with a soft tone.
Alex stands up and holds on to Olivia's shoulders making her stop pacing.
"It's why I love you" Alex tells her leaning in and capturing her lips.
They lay there for a while in silence with the TV on for background noise until they fall asleep.
Alex wakes up to her phone ringing. She reached out on the coffee table to grab it, answering it sleepily.
"Cabot" Alex answers, burrowing into Olivia's arms further.
"Hi Miss Cabot, this is Denise, Jack McCoy's Assistant" Denise tells Alex way to perky for a Saturday morning.
Alex sits up pulling herself from Olivia's arms. Olivia mumbles but stays asleep as Alex walks into the next room.
"Yes?" Alex questioned her.
"Mr. McCoy wants to set up a meeting time with you when you get back from your training in Albany." Denise tells her.
"Okay, how about next Sunday when I get back to the city, the afternoon work?" Alex asked
"It looks like he is free, I'll let him know" Denise says and hangs up.
Alex stares at her phone confused for a second then starts coffee. Alex drinks her coffee and changes into work out clothes to go for a run. She leaves a note on the counter for Olivia when she wakes up.
Olivia wakes up not long after Alex leaves. Olivia groaned and stretched out on the couch blinking. She sat up rubbing her eyes. She smelled coffee and made her way to the kitchen. She grabbed a cup from the cabinet and saw Alex's cup in the sink. She poured herself a cup and saw the note on the counter and picked it up taking a sip.
"Liv,
I'm going on a run
Love,
Alex"
Olivia grinned, she loved these small gestures.
Olivia started on breakfast making french toast and sausage. Olivia put on Pandora on her phone and softly sang along to the songs. Olivia was just finishing cooking when the front door opened. Oliva looked up and over to see Alex coming in.
"Good morning" Olivia greets her.
"Good morning, this smells good" Alex says walking up behind her wrapping her arms around Olivia's waist kissing her cheek.
"It just got done too" Olivia says, turning off the stove and turning around.
"Perfect timing" Alex grins playfully.
"As always" Olivia says back leaning in, capturing Alex's lips for a kiss.
Alex's stomach grumbled and she pulled back.
"Let's get you fed" Olivia chuckles, handing Alex a plate.
Alex grabbed a cup and put orange juice in it before sitting down and starting to eat.
They eat in silence just enjoying the food.
When they are done Alex clears the dishes and casually sits on Olivia's lap. Olivia wraps her arms around Alex holding her in place.
"I had an interesting call this morning" Alex tells her.
"Hmm?" Olivia asks
"Jack McCoy wants to meet with me next week when I get back from Albany" Alex tells her.
"Albany?" Olivia questioned, confused.
"Yea, remember I told you I leave tomorrow for a week for training in Albany?" Alex questioned back.
Olivia nods slowly vaguely remembering that.
"Right, so what does he want to meet about?" Olivia asked
"No clue, but I feel sweaty so let me go shower and you can tell me what you want to do today" Alex shrugged giving Olivia a peck trying to stand up.
"Umph" Alex says, getting pulled back down on Olivia's lap.
Olivia keeps her grip on Alex pulling her back down. She grins at Alex's cute confused face.
"Another option is, we get you even more sweaty." Olivia says, giving her a sly smile.
Alex's face quickly turned into a grin and held on tighter to Olivia leaning in to kiss her soundly slightly tugging on her hair. Olivia groans into the kiss standing up and taking them to Alex's bedroom.
On Sunday Alex leaves early to head to Albany. Olivia picks up Calvin at the airport and heads to her apartment. She already had a bag packed with his school clothes for the week. When they get into the apartment Olivia brings over take out menus to the couch and hands them to Calvin.
"It's just you and me tonight so you get to choose where we eat" Olivia tells him.
"Where's Alex?" Calvin asked.
"She's upstate doing her yearly training courses" Olivia replied, turning on the TV.
Calvin nods and looks over the menus
"Can we get Chinese?" Calvin asked after a few minutes.
"Absolutely" Olivia says and grabs her phone to put in the order.
They finish the night calling Alex and telling her to have a good week. Calvin and Olivia watch a show and he reads them a chapter of his book before bed.
