"Thank you Doctor" Cragen ended and went back to his seat, next to Elliot.
"So... What did he said? Elliot asked intrigued.
"She had blurred vision when she got here. Now... now the nurses have to remove the bandages to check her out again, but… Maybe… She probably won't see anything when they take her bandages off"
Elliot couldn't say a word
"They will give her a kind of daily routine, exercises, pills... she could go home, but we know she has nobody, so she will have to stay here"
"It's not permanent, is it?" Elliot said looking nowhere in particular.
"They don't know it yet"
"It's my fault, I sent her to the basement; I should have known that Salomon could be there, I should have gone down stairs with her, it's all my fault"
"Stop blaming yourself Elliot"
"...It could have been a gun, in that case… "
"Enough Stabler" Cragen said and Elliot finally stopped himself.
"She knows it?" Elliot asked trying to calm himself down
"No, the doctor will tell her as soon as he…"
" When? I don't see him around"
"Because he is looking for a psychologist, Olivia will need one"
"What Olivia needs is the truth, right now, and they are playing around"
"It takes time Elliot"
"No! She thinks she…" He made a pause and inhaled "She has the right to know what is going on and I'll tell her"
Elliot tried to stand up but Cragen stopped him, but when the old man looked at Elliot in the eye he knew he had to let him tell her. Quickly Elliot came into the room. Olivia felt the door and lifted her head from her pillow. The sadness hit hard Elliot's chest when he saw her with the bandages.
"Ches?" She asked
"Nope, it's Elliot" He replied closing the door.
Well, it was not Chester, her male nurse, her scented male nurse, but it was Elliot, her partner, her arrogant and impossible not to love, partner.
"Oh" She blushed, confirming Elliot's suspicions…. She likes the male nurse or at least she likes male nurse's perfume.
He smiled "How are you doing Liv?"
"I'm fine, I'm just playing blind man's bluff" - She said playfully
"Hum... Are you hungry? Need me to get you something?" He said taking seat next to her.
"No El, I'm fine... "
The silence occupied the room, he could not move his eyes away from her
"Actually yes, I need you to tell me what is the weather like today" She broke up the silence
He did a half smile "Well, let me see" He stood and walked near the window. It was cloudy, it was a cold and damp day. Her favorite. He smiled through the window.
"And?..." She asked
He turned around to look at her "Cloudy, cold and wet... Your favorite"
She smiled "Thank you weatherman, now I can deduce that my hair looks like a mess"
He chuckled "You hair looks great" He was not talking about that moment he was talking about all the 14 years, her hair had always looked great, In curls, limp, long, short, loose, tied... It was like he was not there in the room, it was like he was in an empty room watching all the moments he had spent with her, and in all of these moments she had always looked gorgeous.
"Can you get me a mirror" She said quickly with a serious tone just to check Elliot's attention. She heard Elliot moving around the room looking for the useless mirror. Five seconds, and Elliot realized what he was doing, he stopped and took a deep breathe then he looked at her again. There she was, genuinely smiling.
"Do you think I'm laughing? Do you think it's funny Olivia?" He got mad
"El it's just..." She started
"Don't!" He yelled
"You don't have to react like that Elliot, I'm the blind, not you"
"God, shut up Olivia! You don't know what are you saying"
"Don't you dare to talk me like that Stabler, first you are nice with me and then you get mad and yell at me, what's wrong with you?" She said shaking her head
"No. What's wrong with you Olivia?! You have bandages in your eyes, you can't see, you're in a hospital, you hate hospitals, and you are acting like nothing is going on…"
"El I'm fine I was attacked before, I will see again in a few days and I will back to work it's not big deal… "She replied shaking her head
"Maybe it is big deal" he mumbled.
She didn't understand that phrase "What do you mean?" she asked disconcerted
He did not answered
"Elliot, what do you mean by "maybe it is"
She had no answer.
"Stabler what the hell is going on" She yelled at him.
He closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them again "Maybe… just maybe… when they… He stopped, took a deep breath and started again "You probably won't see anything when they take your bandage off"
Stunned, she tilted her head to one side "What do you mean I won't see anything?"
"The first analysis…" The lack of oxygen stopped him.
"Come on Elliot can you finish a fucking phrase without hesitate?" She said angrily
"The first analysis did not show good results, they have to check you out again" He confessed
She didn't say a word, and after a few seconds she started to laugh.
"Stop it Olivia" He couldn't understand why she was laughing. She laid her head on the pillow without stopping to laugh.
"Stop it now Benson" He said seriously. But she did not stop.
After a few seconds he approached her and sat on the bed next to her. Her laugh became more softly. He placed his hands on her cheeks and with a soft tone he said "Stop" one more time, immediately she leaned on him and pressed her face against his shoulder, he put his arms around her. The laugh stopped. As much as she tried no to cry he could hear her sob anyway.
"Everything it's goin…" Elliot started
"No, don't say it" She said as she pulled herself back
He was going to say something but the sound of the door opening stopped him. They both turned their heads to the door.
"Olivia it's me, Doctor Pullman, I'm with your psychologist"
"Hello Olivia I'm Anna Voguest, I will help you in this"
Olivia lay on the bed "Yeah... whatever..."
All were silent for a moment. "Elliot we need talk to Olivia privately" The doctor said.
He turned his head to Olivia, hoping that she ask him to stay, but she didn't.
"Elli…" The doctor started again
"I know, I heard you the first time" He responded frustrated, he stood and walked out the room slamming the door behind him.
To be continued... Maybe (?...
Well that's my first Chapter, I would really appreciate your opinions... And if I have any mistake please let me know I'm learning English and now that I think I really don't know what I'm doing, I mean, I've never wrote before, I barely know English and I'm posting this?... in English?... Well whatever... Regards from Argentina (: