Title: What Happened?
Author: Requiem of a Dream
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters affiliated with SVU.
A/N: This is a sequel to Eight Steps to a Lonely Heart.
What Happened?Olivia walked into the locker room to see Elliot standing by his locker, still wearing the same clothes he had been yesterday.
"Did you forget to change this morning Stabler?" She asked as she hung her jacket up in her locker.
"No I slept here." He said taking off his shirt, tossing it in his locker, and pulling on the clean one he kept in there.
"You and Kathy on the outs?"
"We're getting divorced."
"What happened?" Olivia asked, closing her locker and leaning against it.
"I found out that not only was she still talking to that Mark guy she was seeing while we were separated; she was going out to lunch with him twice a week. When we decided to give it another try, she flat out told me I couldn't talk to any of the women I had dated while we were separated. I had to find out from Maureen and Kathleen that she was still seeing this guy, and that they know the baby is his."
"How do they know for sure?"
"They saw the positive pregnancy test a week before she and I slept together."
"What did you do?" She asked, knowing how her partner got when he was blatantly lied to.
"I confronted her. I told her that Maureen and Kathleen had seen her kissing that guy, and they had come to me about it. She accused me of having the kids spy on her for me and said that she was my wife and that I should trust her. I asked how I could trust her when she was lying to me about the paternity of the baby, and she blew her top. She accused me of cheating on her; she said that I was only doing this to cover my ass, that I was the one really having the affair." Olivia's brow furrowed; that last statement was pretty close to the truth.
"What'd you say?"
"I admitted to sleeping with you last week and she kicked me out of the house."
"El- -" Olivia started, but Elliot cut her off.
"No, I know."
She gave him a weak smile. She was happy that they had an understanding. That even though had slept together and admitted feelings for each other, nothing was going to happen; nothing could happen. They loved each other, but they weren't good for each other as anything more than friends.
"So what are you going to do?"
"I have to find an apartment and then move all of my stuff, again. At least this time I won't have Maureen and Kathleen blaming me for everything, and I think they'll make sure that Lizzie and Dickie understand that I'm not the one to blame."
"Well, Detective Stabler, I happen to have today's paper on me, so if it's slow maybe I'll help you find something." Olivia said picking up her purse and newspaper and heading out of the locker room. Elliot walked out after her and took a seat at his desk. Less than five minutes later Craigen stuck his head out of his office.
"Benson, Stabler, you've just caught a case. Site's in Central Park." The two detectives grabbed their things and headed out.
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