Being True to Herself
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Alex Cabot was the ADA for Special Victims Unit. She had a life already designed for her since childhood. She agreed to this life until Detective Olivia Benson walked into her life. Now she is prepared to take the biggest gamble of her life and ask the brunette detective out. She is going to go against everything she was ever brought up to believe and go for everything she should never want.
This is a companion piece to Being True to Herself. ALthough you do not need to read it before reading this one.
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- Part 1 of Being True to Herself
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Three weeks prior Alex had finally found the courage to ask Olivia out. Then she did what any respectable person would do plan a date right? No instead she avoided her for three weeks. Not because she was cruel or mean but because she was scared. Then Olivia showed up to her office with lunch and when she should have been mad she was kind and understanding.
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- Part 2 of Being True to Herself
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It is the morning of their date and Alex is trying to figure out what to wear that night. So she begins to question Olivia, through texts, to find out what she liked her in.
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- Part 3 of Being True to Herself
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Who was this woman? The woman standing in the hallway of the courthouse sending flirty suggestive texts to one Detective Olivia Benson. At no point in Alex's life had she ever outright flirted or sent provocative texts to anyone. Not one to any man she had dated. Not even to her secret girlfriend in college. But here she stood sending texts like Maybe I want you begging. Who was she.
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- Part 4 of Being True to Herself
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Alex had spent the day teasing and taunting the detective who had captured her. Now it was time to change and meet her at her apartment. For what Alex could only hope was the first of many dates.
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- Part 5 of Being True to Herself
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Its the night following their date and Alex has suffered through another set up by her mother. Once she made it home she text the one person she wanted to see and hear from. Olivia.
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- Part 6 of Being True to Herself
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Alex arrived to the precinct to speak to Olivia but instead of finding her she learns that her mother passed away that morning. Even though Olivia was determined to do it on her own Alex was just as determined to be there for and with the woman that she loves.
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- Part 7 of Being True to Herself
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It is now Thanksgiving and Alex is leaving Olivia to have dinner with her mother. She is torn between wanting to stay with Olivia for their first holiday together and going to her mothers. She is still scared to let her mother know she is gay and with Olivia.
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- Part 8 of Being True to Herself
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Alex is now at her mothers for Thanksgiving dinner. The woman she loves is waiting at home, her home, for her. While having dinner with her mother, who is once again talking about a nice man she found for her daughter, she is texting Liv. The woman she loves but terrified to tell her mother about.
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- Part 9 of Being True to Herself
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Alex is on another date set up by her mother. She texts Olivia to save her who decides to tell her it would be rude. Through a series of texts following that she learns that Olivia is unsure exactly where she stands when it comes to Alex. Alex thought these dates she went on were harmless until that text came through. She leaves the date immediately and heads straight to Olivia.
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- Part 10 of Being True to Herself
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It is now Christmas for our favorite ladies. Alex must once again prepare to spend the holidays with her mother while the woman she loves sits at home.
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- Part 11 of Being True to Herself
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Alex has made it to her mother's for Christmas dinner. Her mother shocks her when she remembers Alex telling her about her 'friend' at Thanksgiving who lost her mother. For a brief moment Alex wonders if she can tell her mother the truth about who Olivia is.
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- Part 12 of Being True to Herself
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It is now Valentines Day. Their first one as a couple and Alex is trying to find the perfect gift. But she leaves the store defeated because she couldn't find the perfect gift. Until she sees something and she realizes what she could give Olivia for Valentines day. A gift that is as much for her as it is for Olivia.
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- Part 13 of Being True to Herself
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Alex took a deep breath and slowly exhaled as she stood in front of her mother’s brownstone.
She was about to walk through that door and destroy every dream her mother had ever had for her.
Since she was a child, Alex had been told exactly what her future was supposed to look like. She was supposed to find a nice man. Marry him. Have children. Build a respectable family and live the life expected of a Cabot daughter.
That was the dream her mother had carefully constructed for her.
Except it had never been Alex’s dream.
She had known since she was a teenager she was Gay. Now she had to step foot in her childhood home and tell her mother.
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- Part 14 of Being True to Herself
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Alex has finally told her mother the truth. She has told her that she was gay and with Olivia. Her mother has asked to meet Olivia. Now they are meeting for the first time.
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- Part 15 of Being True to Herself
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Alex's has come out to her mother and she has met Olivia. But the one thing Olivia knows is that once the shock wears off feelngs can change. She goes to Alex's mother asking her to please take it out on her. Don't make Alex choose between the woman she loves and the woman who raised her.
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- Part 16 of Being True to Herself
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Alex has hung up with her mother from a very interesting conversation. One she wasn't sure she fully grasped yet herself. Olivia had gone to see her mother. Not to ask for acceptance. Not to ask for approval. To ask her if she had changed her mind how she felt about Alex-her and Alex- out on her. Please don't make her choose. It was actions like this that made her fall completely and totally in love with the detective.
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- Part 17 of Being True to Herself
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While assisting with arresting a rape suspect Olivia is shot. Cragen has been tasked with letting Alex know who is currently stuck in court.
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- Part 18 of Being True to Herself
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Olivia has survived the surgery. When she wakes up Alex is there. Holding her hand.
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- Part 19 of Being True to Herself
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It is time for the Cabot Family Reunion and Alex is bringing Olivia. She is bringing the woman she loves to meet the rest of her family. But one particular family member isn't too fond of Alex's new love interest, simply because its a woman. Alex steps forward and fights not only for Olivia but for her ability to live her life for her and no one else.
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- Part 20 of Being True to Herself