Once Alex is convinced Olivia is sound asleep, she gets up to fix herself something to eat.  She hasn’t eaten anything yet except the coffee she had over 3 hours ago because of Olivia’s sudden outburst.  She’d known it was coming.  Ever since Olivia had seen that box yesterday, Alex understood that she would soon be learning a lot more about Olivia ( Read more... )

Olivia manages to get up just before the alarm goes off.  She looks over at Alex, who is still sleeping peacefully and smiles.  Olivia turns the alarm off and makes her way into the kitchen to start the coffee.  While the coffee is brewing, she wanders back to the bedroom and drops a kiss lightly on Alex’s forehead.  Not many people are privy to ( Read more... )

Two weekends later, Elliot is in the middle of grunting and groaning with Fin, dragging Olivia’s couch downstairs.  “Christ, Liv! Why couldn’t you have a couch with wings? This thing is heavy!”

“What? A detective who passed his fitness tests can’t carry a simple couch?” Alex inquires.

“You try carryin’ a couch down 3 flights of stairs. It ( Read more... )

Alex and Olivia wake up the next morning, and as it is Sunday, they take their time waking up.  Olivia gets out of bed first and pads into the bathroom before heading to the kitchen to start the coffee.  She grabs the paper from outside of her door and spreads it out on the kitchen counter.  Alex wakes up to the smell of brewing coffee and inhales ( Read more... )

Alex and Olivia pass the next few days in anticipation for what is to come on Saturday night.  Alex has no clue what Olivia is planning, so she is even more excited than normal.  Olivia, however, is extremely nervous, so she tries to concentrate on work as much as possible.  She and Elliot have made some progress on the Castillo case and are ( Read more... )

Elliot pulls up in from of the apartment complex that Alex lives in.  Olivia gets out, thanks Elliot and heads to the door.  Olivia hits the buzzer for Alex’s apartment.

“Liv, is that you?”

“Yeah, hon.  Lemme up!”

“Haha, fine. Have patience, my friend.”

Alex hits the buzzer and Olivia pushes the door open.  She makes her way to the ( Read more... )

Elliot pulls into the space reserved for them in the Marriot parking lot.  “Let’s get this over with.  I wanna find this guy as soon as possible,” he says to Liv as they make their way to the front doors.

“Tell me about it.  That way I’ll have time to…” she stops mid sentence and glances sheepishly at Elliot.

“Spend time with Alex?” he ( Read more... )

Olivia pulls up to the stationhouse, parks her car, gets out, and locks it.  She walks briskly up the steps and into the 1-6.  Once she enters through the double doors, she is greeted with absolute chaos.  People are running all over the place.  It seems as if all the phones are ringing off the hook.  She spots Eliot talking to Cragen and picks her ( Read more... )

The sunlight streams through the window.  Olivia stirs and wonders why the sun is so bright.  She looks at the clock and almost falls out of bed when she sees it is 10am.  Alex isn’t next to her, so she runs out into the kitchen.  Alex is sitting at the kitchen counter, drinking a glass of orange juice and reading the paper.  When Alex hears the ( Read more... )

*tap, tap, tap* “Olivia, it’s me. Open up.”

Olivia registers the tapping and familiar voice from within the dark apartment, but doesn’t move to answer the door.  The tapping gets louder and before the neighbors wake up, she decides to get up.  She makes her way to the door and opens it. “What,” she says.

A familiar face stares back at her ( Read more... )