Disclaimer: do you think I’d be writing fanfic if I owned the show? Not mine… it all belongs to Dick Wolf and NBC.

AN: I can’t believe I’m finally getting around to posting this… I blame my laziness! Hehehe! Please read and Review, I’d love to know your thoughts on what I have so far on the story. I want to thank my beta reader Tori for beta-ing this for me, Love ya! And, I think I’m done here…. Read on! ENJOY!

Pairings:

EO- duh!

Alex/Munch

Melinda/Fin

Casey/Chester

Chapter 1: Late

Olivia, Casey, Elliot, Munch, Fin, and Cragen all stood in front of the dry erase board in silence, looking at all the information they had gathered on the Lawrence case. They had just hit a wall and were stuck pretty badly. Olivia was the first one to break the silence that had overwhelmed them for a good fifteen minutes.

“If Jefferson Michaels’ DNA was found inside of Catherin, and she says was raped; yet Michaels claims he’s never as so much as touched her and he’s alibied by Catherin’s husband…. Who do we--? ” Olivia abruptly stopped what she was about say and quickly covered her mouth.

She ran out of the squad room and towards the restrooms colliding into Chester on the way out. Chester cocked his head in suspicion, but continued walking towards the group that now stood in confusion.

“Isn’t it like the sixth time she’s done that today?” Chester asked in confusion also, as he passed a cup of coffee over to Casey.

“Really? Do you want me to go check if she’s ok?” Casey asked, finding it weird that Olivia was still here if she was so sick.

“Yeah Casey go check on her…. Elliot my office… NOW!” Cragen said as he retreated to his office… looking very pissed off.

Casey gave Elliot a questioning look but he just shrugged not knowing what the hell was going on, and followed Cragen to his office. While everyone else went back to they’re desks, Casey headed over to the bathroom to check on Olivia. When she walked into the restroom, she heard someone heaving and was quickly guided to the stall that was clearly designated for invalided people. She knocked on it, and Liv was able to stand long enough to open the door and return to her position over the toilet throwing up all the contents she had once eaten.

Casey ran to Olivia’s side and held her hair back as she rubbed soothing circles on the small of her back. After about five minutes, Olivia was finally done.

“Thanks, Case… but you didn’t have to stay here with me.” Olivia said in a raspy voice as she pressed her back onto the cold, tiled wall and closed her eyes.

“What kind of a friend would I be if I didn’t…; Liv, Chester said it was like the sixth time today you came in here sick, Liv what’s wrong?” Casey asked worried about her friend’s well being.

Olivia looked away and lied “Nothing’s wrong….”

“You’re lying to me Olivia Benson… You should at least go to the doctor or go home early today…”

“No Casey, there’s no need to.” Olivia protested.

“You are so going to tell Alex, Mel, and I what’s wrong tomorrow night. And what do you mean there’s no need to! Look at yourself!” Casey said as she got off the floor, helping Olivia up as well.

"And what makes you think that I'll tell you guys? I'm not going Case, that's final!"

“We’ll see… and fine whatever, don’t go.” Casey said as she led Olivia out to where the sink was so that she could wash her face and mouth.

Olivia just smiled knowing that if she said anything else, questions would arise. She washed her face and mouth and dried them and then walked out of the bathroom with Casey by her side. When they entered the squad room, Elliot had already come out of the Captain’s office and quickly ran to Olivia he saw her walk in.

“Hey baby, you okay?” Elliot asked in a hushed tone, as he rubbed her forearms.

“Yeah, I’ll be fine.” She replied and gave him a weak smile as she sat down at her desk.

“Liv, maybe you should go home and get some rest?” Elliot said in a concerned voice.

“There really is no need for that El, I’m jus fine!” she said as if trying to convince him. But Elliot didn’t buy not one bit of it.

Right then, Casey who had started talking to Chester when she came in said “Well guys, I have four piles of paperwork sitting on my desk with my name written all over them, and I gotta get them done before Adam has my ass and my Job! Bye-bye!” She said as she walked out of the squad room.

“Bye Case!” all five detectives said in unison.

After fifteen minutes, Olivia was finally able to get back to work… only to be interrupted by receiving an instant message on Yahoo!

AdakickassNovak- Liv, I seriously think you should go to the doctor’s….

LivlovesEl- Casey, did you come online just to start nagging me?

AdakickassNovak- Maybe… But I also wanted to know what movies to bring for tomorrow night….

LivlovesEl- Movies… ummm… bring ‘13 Going On 30’ and ‘Because I said so’ and idk bring something funny! Oh and I am not going to the doctor, I have no need to…

AdakickassNovak- alright, I’ll see what I can do about funny movies… but I still think you should totally go

LivlovesEl- I’m not going and that’s final!!

AdakickassNovak- Fine, whatever. Well, I’m going to try and finish at least most of this paperwork, and see if I can make it to tonight’s date

LivlovesEl- Date!? With who?!

AdakickassNovak- I’m not telling…gotta go, bye-bye!

LivlovesEl- You’ll be telling by tomorrow night!! Ok, bye.

AdakickassNovak- Bye

LivlovesEl- Bye!!

As soon as her away sign came on, Olivia tried to get back to her paperwork, but her mind seemed to be racing with other thoughts. ‘Now that I think about, maybe I should go see a doctor… I’m late.’

“Hey Liv?” Elliot asked.

But Olivia didn’t answer back; she seemed to be very spaced out. Elliot called out her name again but she still didn’t respond; he was beginning to get worried. Elliot stood up from his desk and went to kneel down next to her and put his hands on her knees as support, and then looked up at her. Was she in some kind of trance or something?

“Liv? Olivia!?” Elliot said firmly, while snapping his fingers in front of her face.

“Huh? I’m sorry, El. I just feel so out of it right now. What was it that you said?” Olivia asked clearly feeling very disoriented.

“Ummm… Nothing; why don’t you go upstairs to the cribs and take a small nap?” Elliot replied looking at Olivia’s chocolate brown eyes, which were small, indicating just how tired she was.

Liv was way too tired to protest or argue with Elliot, so she nodded. As she stood up, Elliot stood up as well, she looked over at Munch, Fin and Chester, but those three were so into their work that they hadn’t heard the conversation…or so she thought.

“I’ll call you if anything… k?” Elliot said as he sat down in his chair again.

“Alright.” Liv replied as she went up the stairs.

She entered the crib knowing that she was going to be able to get absolutely no sleep, but she tried anyway. She slipped into one of the bottom the bottom bunks and closed her eyes. Soon, the detective was off to Dreamland.

It felt to her as if she had only been sleeping for five minutes (in reality two hours), when Fin came to wake her. “Come on baby girl, we got ourselves a perp to catch.” He said as he gently shook her.

Olivia fidgeted and then rolled over. Fin sighed and shook her shoulder yet again. She groaned and turned around to face Fin and open her eyes and saw him. “What?” She asked as she sat up on the bed.

“Our boy Jefferson Michaels is on the run… we were able to track him just as he took a little girl named Nina hostage at the subway… he’s at a warehouse down on Amsterdam; come on.” This instantly made Olivia wide awake. Fin began to walk out of the room but stopped at the sound of Olivia voice as she got up off the bed.

“So he was our guy all along…. But how did he go from rape to kidnap?... Ok, let me just get my gun and my vest on and I’ll meet you guys at the garage.” Fin nodded as he and Olivia walked out of the room together… she headed to her locker and he to the car where Munch and Chester were. Elliot was in a separate car waiting on Liv.

As soon as she had gotten her vest and her gun and were each secured in their proper places, she ran outside and hopped into her and Elliot’s car, where Elliot had been waiting oh so very patiently! “Let’s go catch this bastard!” She said as she got her seat belt on.

Elliot just smiled, and signaled Fin to go ahead. Soon, police sirens polluted the streets of Manhattan. When they reached Amsterdam, where the warehouse was located, there were two other squad cars that were there incase any extra help was needed to catch this guy. Elliot, Olivia, Cragen, Fin, Munch and Lake, all stood around the hood of one of the cars with a map of the warehouse, and making plans of who was going where.

“Elliot, you’re taking the right hand corner door. Liv you’re going inside along with Chester. Fin and Munch will cover around back.” Cragen directed. They all nodded and all went to there assigned posts.

Olivia and Chester ran towards the door of the warehouse, only to find that it had a master lock on it. “We need a crowbar over here!” Benson yelled to one of the uniformed officers.

One of them ran over with the tool and broke the lock. He ran back and Chester opened the door. They nodded to each other in agreement and they went in. Olivia then whispered over to Ches “Hey, I’ll cover the upstairs. You take down.” “Okay.” Chester replied as he headed downstairs.

Olivia took her gun out of its holster and went upstairs, and heard a cry of a child. She tried to follow the sound but it was a little to faint for the human ear. “Nina, honey! Can you hear me!? Bang on something if you can!” Olivia screamed, hoping that she would soon find her.

Nina banged on something really hard, making it sound throughout the whole floor; Olivia was able to follow this sound to a room. She shook the knob only to find that it was locked… and to find that it also had another lock that made it impossible to open without the key or breaking the door down. This was exactly what Olivia did. She took a head start and then ran to the door, ramming her shoulder into it.

She felt something in shoulder snap as she did so and the pain of it all began to run its course through her body. At first she was so close to screaming in agony but decided against it when she found that she had opened the door, and that little Nina was pressed against the wall crying with her legs up to her chest hugging them rocking herself back and forth. Olivia ran towards her and said quietly not wanting to startle the girl. “Hi, my name’s Olivia, are you hurt anywhere?”

Nina shook her head no and Olivia took out her walkie-talkie out to page Cragen. “Captain, I have Nina now, but I was not able to find Jefferson Michaels.”

Nina cringed at the sound of his name, and Olivia noticed this. ‘This bastard did something to her!’ she thought and then heard Cragen reply to what she had just said. “Chester just caught Michaels; you can bring Nina out now.” Olivia nodded “Yes Capt.”

Olivia bent over to pick up Nina, though her left shoulder was very well dislocated. She shifted Nina to her right side, though Nina couldn’t have weighed no more than fifty pounds, which was pretty light for a ten year old girl. As Olivia walked down the stairs was when she really began to feel the pain from her dislocated shoulder. But, she gritted her teeth and pulled through it, until she stepped outside, into the blinding light of the sun hitting her eyes.

Nina tried to jump off of Olivia’s arms the moment she saw that her older sister was there. But Liv didn’t let her, instead she led her to an ambulance where a paramedic was there waiting with a gurney.

Olivia set Nina down on it and then said in an drained and heavy breathing voice “Nina, I’m gonna need you to tell me everything that he said to you or did to you while you were with him as we drive you over to the hospital to have the doctor’s check you over, ok honey?”

Nina nodded and then asked “What about my sister?”

Olivia could sense the terror and fear in this girl’s eyes and voice, so she replied gently “She’ll be at the hospital, don’t worry, she or I won’t leave your side, ok?”

“Yes….” Nina replied just a tad more hesitant than before.

“We ready to go?” asked the paramedic who’s name was Bob in a thick southern accent.

“Yes we’re ready, I’m riding.” Olivia answered to his unasked question.

‘I’ll just have to call the Captain at the hospital; and I’m pretty sure that Elliot is picking me up at the hospital anyway, after I have Nina’s statement and her rape kit.’ Olivia thought, and then began to ask Nina the necessary questions she would need for her report, DD5 and her statement. Just like planned, on their way to the hospital Olivia had gotten Nina’s full statement. So by the time they got to the hospital Nina got her rape kit done and was reunited with her sister.

Olivia was in the waiting room, waiting for the doctor to give her the rape kit that had been conducted. As the doctor came out of the double doors with a manila envelope at hand, Olivia stood up as well but kept her left arm firmly in place to her side, afraid that if she moved it the pain would be to intense for her to handle quietly.

When the doctor got to Olivia, he gave her the envelope and said “Here you go detective, and if you don’t mind me asking what is wrong with your shoulder?”

‘They should seriously think about changing your names from doctors to psychics’ Olivia thought sarcastically. She tried to make up a quick lie before the doctor would even think of asking her if she wanted to be examined. “Oh, that, yeah it’s fine, thank you for the kit.” She replied quickly and walked outside and got in the car where Elliot had been waiting to take her to drop off the rape kit at the morgue.

“Baby you okay? No nausea or anything?” Elliot asked wanting to make sure she was alright after they’re little adrenaline rush.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” She replied as she got her seatbelt on wincing she bit her bottom lips as it came into contact with her arm when she had to lift it to get her seatbelt in.

Elliot quickly took notice of his partner/girlfriend’s change in facial expression. ‘Did she get hurt and not tell me anything? Why?’ Elliot thought and then asked “Liv, did you get hurt?”

Olivia looked away and said “No Elliot I didn’t get hurt.”

Elliot went to tap her left shoulder and Olivia flinched before he even touched her. “Why didn’t you tell me anything?”

“Because it’s nothing Elliot… plus, you’d end up dragging me to the doctor’s office for no reason!” She replied looking out the window.

“Damn right I am! Let’s go! I’m taking you in whether you want to or not!” Elliot said as he switched gears and started towards the direction of her private doctor.

“Elliot no! There’s nothing wrong with me I’m fine!” Olivia shouted and swiftly turned to look at Elliot, and held back a scream at the quick movement of her shoulder.

Elliot rolled his eyes “Sure, whatever, I’m still taking you. We’re like five minutes away. And anyway, now you can find out why you’ve been throwing up more than a pregnant woman going through morning sickness.”

Olivia just looked at him and said nothing. She already knew that she wasn’t going to win this fight, and that Elliot did have a point. She began to look out the window as they both drove in comfortable silence and soon found herself drifting off; Only to have the shrilling sound of her cell phone ringing.

She groaned and picked up her phone, answering in her usual tone “Benson.”

“Olivia, its Cragen, where are you and Elliot at right now?” He replied.

“Detective Stabler here, is dragging me to the doctor’s office… what do you need Capt.?” Olivia replied back, while sending Elliot a glare and he just gave her one of his shit-eating grins in return.

“Good! I don’t need anything actually. It’s 4:30pm now, and it’s been a long day, since we got our guy and the arraignment isn’t till tomorrow, you and the rest of the squad could have the rest of the day off.” Cragen said.

“Thank you Capt.! I’ll tell Stabler. Ok…bye.” Olivia said and then hung up. Elliot gave her a questioning look.

“He gave us the rest of the day to ourselves.” She replied.

“Oh. Uhhh….Do you want to go to dinner tonight?” he asked with another one of his infamous smiles and wiggling his eyebrows.

“What are you thinking Elliot Stabler?” she asked laughing.

“You’ll just have to wait and see…. We’re here!” he replied as he parked the car in the closest space he could find.

Olivia’s mood suddenly changed, from happy and laughing to stubborn and mad. “I’m not going! I refuse to leave the car!!”

Elliot just shrugged and got out of the car. When he exited, Liv had a smile of triumph, happy that she had gotten her way…. Until she saw Elliot on her side of the car. He reached over and opened her door. “Elliot!! I said I wasn’t going!! And I’m not going!! That’s final!” Olivia said as she crossed her right arm over her chest.

Elliot had to admit, Olivia really could be as stubborn as a mule that’s standing in the middle of a street about to be hit by a car and still won’t budge! “Liv!! Please!! For your own sake! I am begging you to come!!” Olivia shook her head no. “Olivia Marie Benson!! You have two choices: Either you get out and walk there yourself, or I’ll carry you there!”

Again Olivia shook her head no. Elliot shrugs and walked closer to her. His hand reached over to the belt buckle and he unbuckled her seat belt and took it off. Then he put his arm around the back of her neck and the other around her legs and he lifted her out of the car and shifted her to make it more comfy for him to carry her. “Elliot put me down!!” Olivia struggled to get down.

Elliot asked “Are you planning to cooperate?” Olivia shook her head and he said “Well looks like you are going to be carried.” Elliot pulled one of his legs back and shut the door with it. Olivia then just gave up on trying to get down and leaned into Elliot’s chest, though her shoulder was protesting different!

And with that Elliot proceeded walking to the entrance of the doctor’s office, carrying Olivia in bridal style, Elliot thought ‘I can’t wait to carry Liv like this when she really is my bride.’

Just as Elliot neared the door, someone was coming out also. Elliot didn’t look up at them because he had been asking Olivia something. But then he heard a “Dad?”

Elliot looked up to see both his daughters, Maureen and Kathleen. After Kathy had decided to give up all custodial rights over all four kids, and run off with some random John Doe (he had an actual name, but Elliot just hadn’t cared enough to remember), Elliot was granted full custody of his kids.

“Oh, hey girls!” Elliot replied when he saw he daughters and gave them a kiss on their foreheads, and squishing Olivia as he did so.

Olivia then spoke up “Ok Elliot, You’ve proven your point… you can be jus as stubborn as I am… can you please put me down?!” Elliot smiled then nodded and let Olivia down carefully.

Maureen and Kathleen laughed at Elliot and Olivia and Kathleen said “You two are like worse than a married couple! What are you guys doing here anyway?”

Olivia replies with a small laugh “You guys don’t even know half of it…. Your father here is dragging me in because I haven’t been feeling well the past few days, and while looking for a little girl today, I ended up damaging me shoulder.”

“Oh! Wow! Ummm… I hope everything’s ok Liv! Kath and I actually have to get going now… Liz and Dickie came out of school and they have a dentist appoint today anyway. So dad, I’m going to get going with that… what do you want me to make for dinner?” Maureen said acting all grown up.

“Uhh… how about you guys order out tonight? It’s just easier… and Liv might have dinner with us tonight, so set an extra plate…. And tell the twins to please behave!” Elliot said smiling at his seventeen and fifteen year old daughters.

“Ok… well we’re going now… Bye Dad, bye Liv! See you tonight!” Maureen and Kathleen said and each leaned in and gave Olivia and Elliot a kiss on their cheek.

“Bye girls!” They said in unison.

They watched the girls walk into their car and drive away. Elliot turned to Olivia with a shit eating grin plastered on his face purposely. Olivia looked at him and just rolled her eyes. She turned to the door of the doctor’s office and walked in, holding the door open for Elliot.

“Are you planning on coming in today Elliot?” Olivia asked impatiently.

“A tad testy today, are we?” Elliot asked as he walked in, Olivia didn’t respond and just walked to the receptionist’s desk.

Elliot looked around the quiet and empty waiting room. There was only a woman sitting on a chair reading a parenting magazine, so he took a seat two chairs away from her. Olivia then smiling turned around from the receptionist’s desk. “What did she say, babe?” Elliot asked.

“She will be right with me, just have to wait like five minutes or so.” Olivia replied standing in front of him and with her right hand holding his left, as she kept her left shoulder in place like before.

“Ok, do you want me to stay? Come sit…” Elliot said in a whisper and patting the chair next to him.

“Yes, I want you to stay with me. I don’t want to be alone.” She said as she sat down and a tear came out of her eyes.

‘Am I missing something here?’ Elliot thought and reached over to wipe the tears with his thumbs. “I’m not going anywhere sweetie, as long as you want me here, I’ll be here.” As he took her into his arms.

“Sorry El. I don’t know I’ve been pretty emotional lately. Like last night, I was watching TV and I saw a commercial and I started crying and I couldn’t stop!” she pouted her eyes watering again.

Elliot let out a small laugh and just as he said something the nurse came out “Olivia Benson?”

Olivia looked up and got up, still holding Elliot’s hand they followed the nurse into a small room filled some really weird looking machines and pictures and all those things that doctors usually used. “Okay, so if you’ll just put this gown on, Doctor Michaels will be in, in a moment.”

Olivia quickly changed and then Elliot and the doctor both entered together and were very engaged in a conversation about ‘Football?’ Olivia thought as she sat on the examination table.

“But did you see that throw Eli Manning did in the second quarter? It was just crazy!” Elliot exclaimed.

Dr. Lisa Michaels nodded and replied “Yeah my husband and I were watching it, now he went crazy by the last quarter, but I was kinda routing more for the Patriots.”

“THE PATRIOTS! But how?!” Elliot said scratching the back of his head.

“They have a better team” she said nodding sadly.

They continued to talk and Olivia just sat there watching the whole display… had they completely forgotten about her? Olivia cleared her throat to make herself be known in the room. Both Elliot and Dr. Michaels turned to Liv and she said “Sorry Ms. Benson, but Detective Stabler here got me started on the discussion of football.”

“It’s ok; He tends to have that effect on people…”

“Alright then, well, let’s get started. When you came in you said something about hurting your left shoulder out on the job today?” Dr Michaels said and Olivia nodded. “Ok, let me take a look then.”

She went to Olivia’s left side and slowly lifted her sleeve to not cause any further damage to her shoulder. She put her hand gently on the nerve of the shoulder and Olivia flinched. “Sorry.” The doctor said.

Dr. Michaels continued to examine her shoulder and Elliot got up from the uncomfortable plastic chair and went to stand next to Olivia and hold her hand.

“Well, it’s not dislocated just a small muscle spasm. You’ll be fine by Monday, but I suggest taking the day off tomorrow, ok?” Lisa recommended.

Before Olivia could open her mouth to protest, but Elliot responded for her “Don’t worry doctor she’ll be taking tomorrow and the weekend off too.”

“Ok, that’s even better!” Dr. Michaels said leaving no room for Olivia to again object against Elliot and the doctor, whom were making her decisions without her!

“Well Olivia, you came at the right time for your yearly check up, so we’re just going to go draw some blood, and then we’ll continue.” Olivia nodded and she and Lisa walked to the blood lab, leaving Elliot alone in the room with his thoughts.