A/N: Okay so this take's place about a year after Eli was born. AGES HAVE BEEN CHANGED! Elliot and Kathy are 33, Olivia 32, Maureen 15, Kathleen 13, Lizzie and Dickie 9, and Eli 1. Olivia still helped deliver Eli, and she and Elliot have still been partners for 10 years. First SVU story, enjoy and REVIEW! =)

Chapter 1:

Didn't See That One Coming

Olivia's POV:

I was finally starting to fall asleep; this week had been filled with case after tough case. Pictures of the victims flashed through my minds making sleep difficult, and it would be the fist time I slept since Monday.

My plan for sleep was apparently not going to happen. Suddenly my apartment buzzer went off and wouldn't stop.

I groaned, "Coming," I called knowing whoever it was couldn't hear me. "Who is it?"

"Elliot," The voice said and my brows furrowed. "Can I come up, please?"

Please? Since when does Elliot John Stabler say please? "Sure El, I buzz you up." I say my plan for sleep completely out of my head now.

I looked in the mirror by my door while I waited for Elliot to reach my apartment. I tried to fix my hair and straighten out the black tank top and sweats I wore to bed wondering if I should change.

Suddenly there is a knock at the door and Elliot is yelling, "Liv?"

"Coming El," I call taking one last quick look in the mirror and opening the door, he looked like hell. "Elliot what happened?"

His gaze is down and his wet clothes drip all over the corridor floor. He has an overnight bag over his shoulder and looks like he just discovered that Munch was right and the world is ending.

"El?" I try again when he doesn't answer. "Come on in, El." I say as I lead him to the couch taking off his wet jacket and going to throw it in the dryer. I put on a pot of coffee and head back into the living room finding him in the same position, sitting on the couch staring at the wall. I sit next to him and grab his hand, "Talk to me El."

He finally looks at me and his anguish is heartbreaking, "I caught Kathy cheating, with Eli's real father…" My mouth dropped open.

Elliot's POV:

I ran a hand over my face as I unlocked the door, it had been a long week but I was finally home.

Kathy and I were fighting less but the spark was still gone, but my kids were amazing as ever. Maureen had gotten straight A's again, Kathleen made the soccer team, Lizzie and Dickie won the third grade Science fair, and Eli was doing something new everyday.

I smiled at the thought of the almost weekend, tomorrow was Friday and we had the weekend off. It would be the perfect weekend to spend with my kids.

I entered the house and heard an out of place sound, moaning. I took out my gun and quietly headed up the stairs. The sound was coming from the master bedroom and within a second I had the door was open, and I wished I had left it closed.

Frozen on the bed were my wife Kathy, and some guy I didn't know, both naked and shocked.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?" I yell as Kathy scrambled out of bed throwing on a robe and the man sinks under the covers.

"ELLIOT! You said you weren't coming home tonight!"

"We closed the case early, GOD KATHY! THE KIDS ARE RIGHT DOWN THE HALL!"

"YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT ELLIOT? I'M THE ONE ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF THEM!"

"DON'T YOU DARE TURN THIS AROUND ON ME, YOU'RE THE ONE IN BED WITH SOME STRANGER! WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS KATHY, WE HAVE FIVE CHILDREN TOGETHER!"

"Four," She says quietly.

"Four?" I ask confused, "Four what?"

"Children," She says taking a deep breathe. "Elliot this is Eli's biological father Elijah Martin."

I feel like I've been hit in the gut hard, "What?"

"Don't make me say it again." She sighs annoyed.

"You LIED to me?" She nods and my head spins I grab my bag from the closet and quickly fill it with some clothes. "I want a divorce." I say as I walk out of the room for good.

"Elliot? ELLIOT!" I hear here frantic calls after me but I keep walking, she crossed a line and there was no going back.

I got in my car and started driving, but that led to thinking. Was he always there when I worked late? Did the kids know? Could Eli tell?

Eli. That his a nerve, his youngest son how could she do this to him? He noticed where he was and smiled, of course he would end up here.

He parked and grabbed his bag from the back of the car. He headed to the front of the building and pressed the buzzer waiting and soon he heard his favorite angelic voice.

"Who is it?"

Olivia's POV:

I listened as Elliot told his night's events my heart breaking for him and my urge to smack Kathy growing. When he was done we were quiet for a moment until he spoke, "Can I stay here tonight?"

I smiled at him and hugged him close, "Stay as long as you need, the guest bedroom is down the hall."

He got up and started down the hall before turning to look at me once more, "Thanks for always being here, Liv."

I smiled, "Always have, always will El." I say as he smiles and heads into the room exhausted, emotionally and physically. What a week…