"this maybe the night that my dreams might let me know, that all the stars are closer."
special victims unit is no joke. but, when ella meets sonny, her world turns in a way she never expected it to.
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i walked through the streets of manhattan as first day jitters fluttered in my stomach.
as i reached the building that i needed to be at, i took a deep breath.
i took the elevator upstairs and walked into the squad room. no one was in yet besides the sergeant, who was in her office.
i knocked at her door as she looked up from a case file she was reading.
"you must be my new detective. you're early."
"well, first day just wanted to make sure i was on time."
"shut the door, have a seat." sergeant benson says as i do what she asks. "welcome to special victims unit detective."
"ella russo, sarge. it's a pleasure to work under your command." i say introducing myself as i shook her hand.
"well, ella, from what i saw last week and what i've heard about you, you're going to make an great addition to our squad."
"thank you sergeant."
"right, okay. well, i'm not gonna lie this job is tough. we deal with a lot of victims and a lot deal this type of trauma differently."
"i'm ready."
"good i'm glad to hear that." she smiles before she asks me why i wanted to transfer to special victims and stuff like that. nothing to do with my past, thank goodness.
as we were talking, one of the detective knocked at the office door and came in. i recognized him in an instant.
detective carisi.
"sergeant, we just got a call- oh sorry."
"no, no it's fine. you remember detective russo?"
"yes i do, nice to see you again detective."
"likewise." i respond.
"what do we got?"
"we got a girl named ashley smith, eighteen years old. she's at mercy hospital right now. she's claiming she went to a party last night and one of the boys there pushed her too far and raped her. fin and rollins are already there. rollins said that they just started the rape kit." carisi says.
"alright, thanks carisi. we'll wait for them to report back." he nods as he looks at me again before shutting the door.
"this job never gets easier." sergeant benson says.
"it never does." i reply.
"why don't you go to the squad room and see what you can find about the vic?"
"you got it sarge." i say getting up as she shows me to my desk.
i sit down and i start working.
"so, what made you transfer to special victims?" carisi asks as i looked away from my computer.
"nick amaro kept trying to get me to join from homicide for the longest time. finally decided it was time to join up." i say.
"well, since it looks like we'll be very close so let me reintroduce myself, i'm dominick carisi jr., but everyone calls me sonny."
"ella russo."
"italian, huh? where ya from?"
"why does it matter?"
"because you have some sort of new york accent, but i can't tell if it's staten island or queens."
"well you have staten island accent but i'm not asking now am i?"
he laughs.
"fair point. but we'll get to know each other, i know we will."
"okay carisi, whatever you say." i say laughing a bit as i continue to search for any information on the victim as he goes onto his computer to help.
he was right, we were going to get to know each other quite well.
