Olivia exited the elevator, turned left, and walked three doors down. She stared at "7G," as she got up the nerve to knock on the door. She was supposed to be meeting Alex at the park for a jog in half an hour, and then they were going to grab brunch at this hole in the wall restaurant the blonde had been raving about. While walking to the park, Olivia decided she would surprise Alex by swinging by to pick her up. When she made this decision, Olivia felt confident the blonde would be excited to see her, but now she found herself anxious. She raised her hand to knock on the door, but put it back down. When Olivia had pressed the button to be buzzed up, the door opened immediately. Alex never came on the intercom. The two ladies were supposed to be meeting at the park, so it was highly unlikely that the attorney was expecting her budding love interest to show up early… at her apartment. Olivia's mind began to go into overdrive. Maybe Alex was expecting someone else. Who would Alex be expecting at 8:00 am on a Saturday morning? She was just about to turn around and leave, when a woman who lived in "7H" opened the door wearing a dark cream pea coat and blood red heals; her hair was pulled into a curled up do, and her makeup was flawless accenting the woman's high cheek bones. She was startled by Olivia's presence, and the brunette had to act quickly to keep this woman from reacting to the strange woman standing in her hall way. Olivia knocked on the door.

The door flew open. "Jason, it took you forever to get up the stairs! Your daughter…" Alex stopped stunned to see the detective standing in her door way. Both women looked at each other. The world stopped spinning. All Olivia heard was "Jason" and "your daughter." Feeling as if the floor had been pulled out from under her, the brunette turned quickly on her heels headed for the stair way. There was no way she would be able to wait for the elevator. Feeling humiliated and hurt, Olivia tried to keep the tears from falling, realizing how stupid she had been to assume that Alex actually wanted anything other than friendship. The attorney had been flirting with Olivia, she was sure of it. And Alex had been the one to push to get together for more than drinks with the squad after a case.

"Mommy, who is that?" A blonde blue eyed little girl appeared behind Alex looking out into the hall way.

"Amelia, go back inside." Alex said as she closed the door stepping into the hall way intent on catching the detective. "Olivia, wait!"

The detective whipped back around glaring at the attorney, who stopped in her tracks.

"Olivia, please come in, and let me explain."

"Let you explain? Why should I let you explain?" Her voice was rising and she didn't care. She was hurt, and she wanted to make sure Alex knew it. "Alex we have been working together for over a year, we have been friends for a while now, and we have been doing whatever it is we are doing for almost two months. Never once in any of that time did you ever think to mention that you had a kid? Didn't you trust us? Why would you keep something that big from us?" from me? The older woman was burning a hole through Alex's soul. It was starting to physically hurt the woman to look at the brunette.

"No, it's not that. It's just…"

"Just?" Olivia responded angrily when Alex didn't finish her sentence. "You know what, Alex forget it. I'm glad I came here, because now I know the truth." Finally breaking her intense stare Olivia turned once again to leave. She need to get out of there. Reflexively, Alex reach out to grab the detective's arm, and immediately regretted doing so as Olivia had her pinned against the wall with her arm twisted behind her back so quickly Alex didn't even register it happening. At that precise moment, a tall blond man exited the elevator and turned to witness the scene.

"What the hell? Get off of her!" He yelled causing three doors to open, including the 7G.

"Daddy? Mommy?" Amelia looked as if she was going to cry, and a split second later she burst into full on sobbing. "Mommy! Mommy!"

Olivia let go of Alex as if she had been holding hot coals. She backed away from the attorney feeling as if she was going to be sick. She never wanted to hurt Alex, and she could believe that she had attacked the woman in front of her daughter. Amelia ran to Alex jumping in her arms, while the man Olivia presumed to be Jason ushered them both inside. The two other residents that had come out still stood with their doors open watching and waiting for an indication of their next move. One man wearing boxers and a wife beater held a phone in his hand poised to call security if he needed to. Olivia was glued to the spot trying to understand what was happening in front of her.

Alex came out of the apartment again and addressed the audience in the hall way, "We're fine. You all can go back to your own business. Olivia…" Olivia shook her head and looked at Alex. Both women looked as if they were going to cry. "Alex, I…"

"Stop, please come inside. We can talk there."

Olivia shook her head no. "I should just"

"No, I don't want you to go. I want you to come inside. I want to explain everything to you." Still having not moved, Olivia turned looked over her head at the stair well. "Please, Olivia."

As much as she wanted to leave and get as far away from Alex as possible, she wanted to stay. She had so many questions that she wanted answers to, and the only way she was going to get those answers was if she stayed and talked to the blonde.

"Ok." Olivia followed Alex into her apartment, and into the living room.

"Just take a seat on the couch, and give me a minute ok?"

"Alex, I'm sorry."

Alex nodded, "We'll talk in a few minutes. I need to check on my daughter."

Olivia looked down at the ground, and Alex took that to mean that the brunette would not walk out on her. Alex heading down the narrow hallway and disappeared.

Alex opened the first door on the right, finding her daughter in the arms of her father, not crying any more but the child was still visibly shaken from what she had witnessed. Upon hearing Alex close the door, the little girl crawled out of her father's lap and walked over to her mother, who quickly gathered her in her arms before sitting down in the glider rocker in the corner of the room. Playing with Amelia's long silkly hair, Alex took a deep breath before she looked at the man in the room. She knew she was about to be grilled, but she also knew that Jason would not want to upset Amelia any more that she already was.

"Alex, who is that woman, and why in the world did she have you pinned against the wall?" His voice was calm, which for some reason surprised Alex. She knew that he was a deeply compassionate man who was very rational; except, when it came to his daughter. But she guessed that since Amelia had clearly not been privy to the entire incident, he could channel his amazing strength.

"That is one of the detectives I work with. Her name is Olivia Benson."

He just stared at her. "Ok, are you going to answer my other question?"

"We have been seeing each other for over a month, and I have yet to tell her about you or Amelia. I think she was feeling confused and hurt. When she tried to leave, I grabbed her elbow, and well, she reacted, as you saw."

"Alex, is she like that all the time?"

"What? No! Jason, she is one of the most genuine, supportive, caring people I know. She has never done anything like that before."

He stared at her in disbelief.

"Ok well, Amelia, honey, you have to be at practice in about 45 minutes, and we are already running behind. Considering what just happened, now is probably not the best time for introductions. So I think it would be best if she waited in the Kitchen, while Amelia and I get ready to go." He left no room for discussion, and Alex knew arguing with him would get her nowhere right now. So she kissed the top of her daughter head pulling her close.

"Hey Amy G, I'm going to let you and Daddy get your things together ok."

"Mommy, I don't want that lady to hurt you."

"Hey, baby, you don't have to worry about that ok? Remember, how I told you that the people mommy works with protect mommies and their kids from bad people who hurt them?"

"Yes."

"Well that means that they aren't going to hurt mommy either."

"But mommy, she was hurting you!"

"No, Amy G, she wasn't. Baby girl, I need you to trust mommy, okay? Will you do that for me?"

The little girl gazed into blue eyes before she nodded. "Okay."

"Okay, big hug…" the girl wrapped her arms tightly around her mother's neck who snaked around the child's waist "big kiss" the little girl turned to kiss her mother's lips before she let go. "Okay. I love you Amy G."

"I love you more." The little girl said with that crooked smiled she got from her daddy's genes.

"No, I love you more."

"Well, I love you the most!"

"I love you the most times ten!"

"I love you the mostest!"

"No I love you the mostest!"

"I love you the mostest times infinity!"

Alex grabbed the little girl and began to tickle her as the room filled with giggles. Jason watched on as his daughter played with her mother and smiled. That sound make his whole world turn; in fact, he lived for that sound. "Ok June bug, it's time to get ready."

"Ok daddy" She said between giggles. "Mommy, let me… go"

"Magic words?" Alex asked as she continued to tickle her daughter.

"Pleeeeeeeeaseeee?"

Alex stopped tickling Amelia as she slid off her lap to gather her things. Alex stood up to exit the room, "Just give me 2 minutes before you head out. Ok?" Jason nodded, and Alex exited the room.

She shut the door behind her and took a deep breathe praying that Olivia hadn't left the apartment. She walked back down the hall way to find the brunette not where she left her. For a split second she thought she was going to cry, until she noticed that the detective now stood looking out of the window. Alex took a second to admire how beautiful Olivia really was, and could help the good feeling she had when looking at the stunning police officer.

"Hey" she said just loud enough for Olivia to hear her.

Olivia turned around to face the blonde her arms folded across her body, trying to shield herself physically from any kind of contact the attorney might try and initiate. Alex could tell that the detective did not want to be touched or comforted.

"Can we go into the kitchen please?"

"Oh… uh yeah." Olivia followed Alex into the kitchen. The attorney leaned up against the counter while Olivia stood awkwardly next to the island. Neither woman knew what to do or say, and both were locked in their own heads. Alex heard her daughter's door open and that high pitch giggle come through the archway. She stepped into the entry way separating kitchen and living room to say good bye as her daughter left with her father.

Amelia stopped to hug her mother wrapping her arms tightly around her waist. "I love you mommy; I'll miss you; I can't wait to see you on Friday night; don't watch Monk without me; ok?" Alex smiled down at the beautiful little girl. "Ok Amy G, be good and work hard."

The little girl let go and followed her father to the door. As Jason opened the door to leave he looked back at Alex, "Take care, see you on Friday."

"Bye Jason." Alex said as the pair left her apartment. He shut the door, and Alex went to lock it behind him needing a few seconds before she faced Olivia for what was sure to be one of the hardest conversations she would ever have.