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"Abrianna, have you seen my shoes?" asked Casey, peeking under her bed. A five year-old girl with long blonde hair and dark green eyes walked into her mother's room. She was wearing blue pajamas and carrying Casey's shoes.

"I found them, Mommy." Abrianna handed over the shoes.. Casey pulled herself up from her awkward position and took the pair of shoes. She was wearing a white pin tuck camisole and purple plaid madras shorts.

"Thanks, Abrie. I've got your outfit for the barbeque." What she meant was the Stabler Fourth of July Barbeque. Casey grabbed a bag from on top of her dresser, and took the clothes out.

There was a red camisole with butterflies and cut-off white denim shorts. Abrianna picked up the clothes.

"They're pretty!" she exclaimed. Casey chuckled.

"I'm glad you like it, go get changed and put on your red sneakers (converse) while I get you some breakfast." Abrianna nodded, took her clothes, and ran out of the bedroom to change.

Casey noticed how Abrianna looked a little like her father, Michael. He was never allowed to be a part of her or her daughter's life. When she got pregnant at eighteen, it wasn't 

Michael who had to miss part of school, change diapers, support a child, and miss out on half his life. It was her.

Casey shook her head and walked into the kitchen to start making the pancakes. After a couple of minutes, Abrianna walked into the kitchen with a comb, brush and two hair ties.

"Mommy, can I please have piggy tails?" she asked. Casey smiled and nodded.

"Sure thing, let me just finish the pancakes." Abrianna nodded and took a seat at the kitchen table. When the pancakes were finished, Casey slid them onto two plates and started on Abrianna's hair while her daughter ate.

When Abrianna's hair was finished, Casey took a seat and started eating breakfast, too. She glanced at the clock.

"We're going to leave in half an hour." Abrianna scrunched up her nose.

"How long is that?"

"One episode of Dora the Explorer." Abrianna nodded.

"But why are we leaving so early?" she asked after taking a bite of her pancakes.

"Because I'm going to help Elliot set up and you can play with Eli." Abrianna's eyes lit up at the thought of playing with her best friend.

"I can give Eli his present!" she exclaimed. Casey raised an eyebrow.

"What present?"

"The picture I drew in school of me and him. My teacher said it was really good." Casey smiled.

"That is good! Well, Picasso, why don't you go get whatever you're taking and put it in your backpack." Abrianna slid out of her seat and ran to her room. Casey stood up and started to wash the dishes.

When she was done, she grabbed her purse, keys, and guided Abrianna out of the house. Casey unlocked the door to her silver Land Cruiser and strapped Abrianna in. Casey got into the driver's seat, turned on the DVD player for Abrianna, and drove off.

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Elliot was hosing down a cooler with Eli when his gate opened. Abrianna came running in with Casey a couple feet behind.

"UNCLE ELLIOT!!" screamed Abrianna. Elliot turned off the hose and placed it on the grass.

"Abrie!" Elliot caught Abrianna as she flew towards him and picked her up.

"How's my favorite god-daughter doing?" He asked while hugging her.

"She's good." Replied Abrianna through her giggles. Elliot set her down and she ran over to Eli. The two kids went inside to play. Casey walked over to Elliot and gave him a quick hug.

"I'm ready to help, what needs to be done?" Elliot gestured to the cooler.

"We need to clean the cooler; there are some sponges and soap over there." Casey bent down and picked up the bottle of soap and the rags. She tossed a rag to Elliot and opened the bottle of soap.

"Squirt some in the corners and around on the sides." Instructed Elliot.

"Okay." Casey did as he said, bending down. Elliot couldn't help but stare. 'No! You're a married man, look away.'

"That's enough, Case." Elliot said, tapping her shoulder. Casey spun around.

"What….oh my god!" she covered her mouth with her hand. Elliot's shirt was covered in soap. Some even got on his face. Casey tried to hold it in, but she burst out laughing.

"Oh, so you think this is funny, do you?" asked Elliot playfully. Through her laughing, all Casey could do was nod. The next thing she knew, she was being sprayed by the hose.

"AHHHH!! THAT'S COLD ELLIOT!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!" she screamed.

"Revenge is sweet!" he yelled. Casey tackled Elliot to the ground trying to grab the hose. When she got it, she started to soak him.

"That's payback, Detective!" she yelled over the roaring of the water. Casey started to shriek when Elliot hoisted her over his shoulder and started to spin her around.

"Stop it! I'm getting dizzy!" Elliot laughed.

"That's not my problem, Counselor." Was his reply in sing-song voice.

"Uncle Elliot! What are you doing to Mommy?" Elliot turned around to see a very confused Abrianna and the rest of his family.

"Nothing, just air-drying her is all." Casey burst out laughing at the joke while Abrianna got more and more confused. Elliot set down Casey onto the grass. Eli came running over.

"Aunt Casey! Aunt Casey!" he shouted.

"Eli! Eli!" Casey knelt down and held out her arms which Eli was about to fly into, but stopped. Casey furrowed her eyebrows.

"What? Do I have cooties or something?" Eli shook his head.

"No, you're just all wet." Casey shrugged.

"Did Abrianna give you her present?" Eli nodded his head.

"It's drawn really good."

"You mean well?" Eli shook his head.

"No, I mean good." He said, as if talking to a little kid. Casey chuckled, ruffled his hair, and stood up. She walked 

over to the rest of the Stabler kids. Lizzie and Dickie were now 14 and Kathleen was 17. Maureen is 21, and in college.

"Hey guys! How's it going?" She got a mixed reply of "Good!", "Awesome!", and "Could be better." (Dickie).

"That's great, hi Kathy" Kathy smiled her 'uncomfortable-stiff-smile.

"Hi Casey, thank you so much for helping out." Casey smiled back.

"No problem." She turned towards Kathleen "What size are you?" she asked.

"In women's I'm a small, why?"

"I need to borrow some clothes and you're my size." Kathleen nodded and gestured for Casey to follow her to her room.

Casey shifted through draws and pulled out the only things that looked half decent to her. Every single item of clothing was from Abercrombie, or Abercrombie and Fitch.

"Geez, Kat, like Abercrombie much?" Kathleen laughed.

"Yeah, it's my life." Casey went into the bathroom and pulled on a blue Lilly tee-shirt, and white Tracy shorts. Casey opened the door and came face-to-face with Kathleen who was holding a blow-dryer, brush, and comb. Casey took them.

"You're a sweetie." Kathleen smirked.

"I've been called that." Casey dried her hair and left it down. It reached her lower back . It looked like a red waterfall to her in the mirror. 'When was the last time I got a hair cut?' she wondered to herself. She quickly combed it one last time and walked back into Kathleen's room, who was reading a magazine on her bed.

"Wow, Casey, you look like you could be in high school. You should do undercover work." said Kathleen in astonishment.

"Yeah, right!" laughed Casey, placing Kathleen's hair items back in their place.

"No, I'm serious! You can put your clothes in the dryer. Its two doors down on your left from here." Casey nodded.

"Okay, I'll be right back." She said and walked down the hallway to the laundry room. After she had put the dryer on, she walked back into Kathleen's room.

"I'm all done!" she announced. Kathleen stood up and together they walked downstairs. They met up with Elliot who had changed into dry clothes as well.

"Wow, Case, I didn't really see you as an Abercrombie type of person." Commented Elliot with a smirk. Casey covered Kathleen's ears with her hands.

"Fuck off." Elliot just laughed as Kathleen removed Casey's hands from her ears.

"What's so funny?" she questioned.

"I'll tell you when you're older." Said Elliot. Casey leaned towards Kathleen and whispered "I'll tell you tonight." Kathleen giggled and nodded.

The three walked outside and started to fix up the rest of the yard while Eli and Abrianna played with each other.

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Everyone (Munch, Fin, Melinda, and Cragen) arrived close to the same time, so all the adults and teenagers were seated at the table on the patio, while Eli and Abrianna continued to play with each other.

"Casey, aren't you already past the Abercrombie phase by now? It's not exactly 'lawyer material'." Questioned Munch, using his fingers to emphasize her point.

Casey simply shrugged "My clothes were wet and I needed a new outfit." Melinda and Olivia gave questioning stares so she mouthed 'I'll explain later' to them.

Abrianna came running over in a hurry panting out of breath. She clung to the arm rest on her mother's chair and looked up.

"Mommy, Eli and I found a dragon fly in the bushes and it real pretty. Can it be my pet?" Casey wrinkled her nose in disgust.

"Sorry, Abrie, no can do." Abrianna pouted.

"How come?" she demanded with her arms crossed. Casey sighed.

"Because I hate bugs, for one thing, and I don't think a firefly would be very happy living indoors." Abrianna nodded her head and shrugged.

"I gave it my best shot." And with that, she ran towards Eli.

"How come your daughter is so easy to negotiate with, and I have them?" asked Elliot, gesturing towards Kathleen and Lizzie.

"We're not hard to persuade, as long as we like It." protested Lizzie, feigning hurt.

"…But whatever you like, I don't." countered Elliot. Kathleen and Lizzie rolled their eyes, but out of amusement.

Suddenly, Casey was hit by a stream of water. She shot up out of her seat and glared at Eli, and Abrianna, who were hiding water guns behind their backs.

"Sorry Aunt Casey!" called Eli sheepishly. Casey smirked, walked over to them, and started to squirt them with a water gun she had grabbed from a pile of Eli's toys.

The two kids started to laugh as she joined in, and soon, she was too. After a couple of minutes, Casey was pinned to the ground by Eli and Abrianna and soaking wet.

"Okay! I surrender…" she said in between laughs. They let her go, and she stood up, squeezing water out of her hair, deliberately wetting Abrianna.

"Mommy! You surrendered!" Casey waved it off with her hand.

"So what?!" She walked back to the patio and was greeted by laughing adults. Elliot handed her a towel from a safe distance.

"Wow, Counselor, twice in one day. How do you do it?" In one quick motion, Casey wrapped her arms around Elliot, rubbing her arms all over him. She stepped back to admire her work and was impressed.

"A little something like that." She replied, handing the towel to Elliot. "I'm going to go get changed, again." She said with a smile. Elliot smirked.

"I'm going to go get changed, too…again." As the two walked into the house, Kathy couldn't help but get the feeling that Casey and Elliot had been flirting. 'That bitch…'

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