Episode 5: The Death Of Forgiveness

Kathy walked into Liv's hospital room and found her lover talking to her Mother, Serena, Kathy had known about the tension between Olivia and her Mother, but now it seemed, to Kathy at least that for the moment the two Benson women were just happy to still have each other.

Not wanting to startle Olivia or her Mother, Kathy cleared her throat softly,

two pairs of chocolate-hued eyes turned and focused squarely on the blonde.

Olivia smiled affectionately at the blonde woman that now took up residence in Liv's thoughts and in her heart, Serena stood and extends her right hand to Kathy,

"Serena Benson, nice to meet you." the older woman says,

"Kathy Stabler, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Benson," Kathy replies,

"It's so nice to meet one of Olivia's girlfriends that I can actually talk to," Serena says, smiling at Kathy.

Kathy sighed inwardly, secretly grateful that Olivia's Mother was supporting Olivia's choice to date whomever she pleases.

"Well, it was nice meeting you, Kathy, but I'm going to head home now," Serena says before looking back at Olivia with a warm, caring smile.

Once Serena was gone Kathy sat down in the chair Serena had occupied, the blonde then gently takes Liv's right hand in her left and kisses it gently,

"Liv, were you and Alex Cabot-?" she asked,

"Yes, and I thought that she was my true love," Olivia said, dropping her gaze and sighing heavily,

"Then she started seeing El behind your back?" Kathy inquired, finishing her lover's sentence for her.

"Yeah, pretty much, and Alex would always try to rub salt in the wound, not even caring that she..." Liv says, trailing off as tears welled up in her brown eyes, Kathy leaned over and hugged her girlfriend tenderly dropping a quick kiss onto Olivia's lips.

"Well, you don't have to worry about Alex or Elliot anymore, because you have me now and I'm not going anywhere," Kathy says with determination in her eyes,

"Oh, Kathy, thank you so much." Liv said before pulling her blonde lover into a gentle, albeit passionate kiss.

Back at the station, after returning from Mercy Hospital, Regina and Fin interrogate Chase in interview room three, Munch reads Chase his rights again before leaving the room, followed by a uniformed Patrol Officer.

Cragen stood behind the one-way mirror and watched Regina and Fin as they interrogated Chase,

Just then ADA Casey Novak came in and joined Cragen.

"Come to enjoy the show, Counselor?" Cragen asks.

The redhead doesn't answer, she simply glares through the mirror at the walking pile of scum that nearly killed Liv,

"You're in a heap of trouble, Mr. Hopkins." Regina says.

"I don't know what you mean, baby." Chase says smugly.

Fin slams his right hand, which is clenched into a fist down onto the table hard.

"Don't disrespect my partner!" Fin yells.

"Thank you, Detective Tutuola," Regina says before turning a steely gaze to Chase.

"You raped a ten year old girl that was placed in your charge." Fin said.

"And you shot a teammate of ours, you'd better hope that she survives." Regina adds.

"That sounds oddly like a threat, Detective." a woman's voice said, causing Regina and Fin to turn and face the owner of the voice. A tall blonde woman wearing a green power suit and black high heels entered the room.

"What do you want, Allenbee?" Regina hissed, not even making an effort to hide the disdain she held for the arrogant Defense Attorney.

"To speak with my client." the blonde answered.

Chase smiled as Fin and Regina left the interview room.

"Who called The Barbie?" Regina asked Don and Casey.

"Chase's girlfriend, Melody Saunders." Munch said as he entered the room.

"All right, Rubi won't definitely let us anywhere near the girlfriend now." Cragen says.

"Counselor, do you think that Melody loves Chase enough to accept him being a child molester as well as lie for him?" Regina asked Casey,

"She could indeed Officer Jansen, and if she does arrest her and bring her in for a hard interview."

"Yes ma'am." Regina says.

"This interview is over." the older of the two men says.

"Who are you?" Regina asked.

"I am Henry Michaels if you must know, Officer." the snobbish man said, looking down his nose at Regina.

"My parents and I want my Cousin released and this whole ugly matter forgotten." the younger man demanded.

"Just a minute, Chase Hopkins isn't going anywhere except a federal lockup." Munch announced as he entered the room flanked by two FBI Agents.

"Who are these people?" Janet asked her husband.

"FBI ma'am, we're here to take Chase Hopkins into our custody, he is a serial rapist and murderer." the male Agent said.

"What? Where's your-?" Rubi began to say, but was cut off by Munch putting a thick file down on the table.

"Three victims, three different states, two murders, all of the victims had your client's semen inside them. Chase Hopkins strangled Fiona Jackson and Jasmine Dallas so they wouldn't identify him." John said, glaring at Chase.

"You all will be sorry for doing this." Darren says.

"Are you making threats to police officers and federal agents?" Agent Tamara Bullock asked Darren.

"Just think of it as a friendly warning, Agent." Darren says with a sinister smile.

"All right Agents, he's all yours." Fin says before handing Tamara the file. "

"Good luck, Agent." John says.

Tamara gives John a slight nod.

"We may need you all to testify about the Beverly Ross case."

"We'll be here when you need us, Agent." Cragen says,

Tamara and her partner Leon Jameson escort Chase out of the station, Regina was walking past Tamara, Chase, and Agent Jameson. Tamara glanced over at Regina and was instantly taken aback by Regina's beauty.

Regina looked up at the female Agent and gives her a warm smile.

Tamara glances at Leon.

Hang on, Leon. " Tamara says.

"OK." Leon replied.

Tamara then jogs over to Regina, smiling the entire time.

"Morning Officer."

"Morning Agent, is there something I can do for you?" Regina asked.

"I'm Tamara Bullock and I just wanted to come over and tell you that my heart skipped a beat when I saw you and I'd like to give you my number." Tamara said.

"Okay." Regina said before pulling out her phone and handing it to Tamara, the ebony Agent then programmed her number into Regina's phone. Then Regina did the same with Tamara's phone.

"I'll call you sometime." Tamara says with a shy smile.

"Can't wait to hear from you, cutie." Regina flirted, giving Tamara a wink before going back into the station.

Alex gently knocks on Olivia's room door, Kathy answers it. She sighs heavily when she see the other blonde,

"What do you want?" Kathy practically spat at the ADA,

"I need to talk to Liv, Kathy."

"I don't think she wants to talk to you, Ms. Cabot, I mean you did break her heart when you started sleeping with my soon to be Ex-Husband behind her back," Kathy said.

Kathy's words cut Alex like a sword, she hadn't realized how much she actually missed Olivia, her scent that would permeate throughout their bedroom after making love, the feel of Liv's strong, protective arms wrapping around Alex whenever they slept or if the blonde was afraid. Alex had thrown all of that away when she cheated on Liv with Elliot, now Alex hoped that she could at least try to salvage the friendship that she had with the brunette,

Kathy looked back at Olivia, and then back at Alex.

"Come in," Kathy said, hoping she wasn't about to regret this.

"Liv, Alex wants to talk to you, I'll just..." Kathy says.

"Stay." Olivia says softly, almost pleadingly.

Kathy walks over to stand beside her girlfriend and takes her right hand and squeezes it for support,

"Liv, I-"

"First off, Counselor, you're no longer allowed to address me like that, Detective Benson is adequate," Olivia said, the anger in her voice matched the intensity in her brown eyes.

Alex was stunned, was this really happening?

"Please, D-Detective Benson, let me explain,"

"Explain? What's there to explain: I was madly and stupidly in love with you and all you did was toy with me until I was of no further use to you and you just tossed me aside like I was nothing!"

"Detective Benson," Alex says sadly, "I know that I hurt you and I am humbly asking you to forgive me and give me... give us another chance," Alex pleads, her cerulean eyes full of tears.

"I tend to forget how good you are at acting, Alex." Olivia says, not impressed in the least by Alex's performance, neither is Kathy.

"Are we still friends, at least, Detective?" Alex asked.

"No, we are no longer friends, Ms. Cabot, we are co-workers, nothing more. The only interactions we will have from now on will be strictly work-related, no more socializing outside of work at any time. Our friendship, just like my friendship with Detective Stabler is dead and can never be salvaged, now, please leave." the brunette hissed.

Hearing the very words that Alex thought she'd never in a million years thought she'd hear from Olivia Benson destroyed her, tears welled up in Alex's eyes and she turned and left the hospital room,

The next day, Kathy and Doctor Chen are walking with Olivia to a physical therapy session, ever since Olivia's surgery, Susan has been impressed with the rate of Liv's healing, but before she can be released she has to be evaluated by Doctor Nancy Mitarashi,

As they neared the Gym Susan began getting nervous, both Liv and Kathy could see it plain as day,

Kathy and Susan watch as Nancy put Liv through her paces, the whole time Susan watched Nancy and swooned over the other woman,

"Hey, you're in love with her, aren't you?" Kathy whispered to Susan,

"From the first the day I ever laid eyes on her," Susan said.

"Have you told her how you feel?" the blonde inquired,

"Heavens no, we're co-workers, not to mention both women. I-I couldn't ask Nancy to risk her career as well as mine just because..."

"You love her." Kathy said, finishing the Doctor's sentence,

"Yes, I love her." Susan says for the first time.

"Show her, write a letter to her, pour all of your feelings into it, write a second for yourself, keep it close to your heart." Kathy says,

"Did you do that for Detective Benson?" Susan asks,

"Yeah, I actually wrote seven letters to Olivia," Kathy says blushing.

Olivia and Nancy finished the therapy session and made their way over to Susan and Kathy.

"Hey Kathy babe, what's up?" Liv asked.

"I came to pick you up." the blonde said before leaning over and gently kissing the brunette.

Both Nancy and Susan blushed as they watched the tender moment.