A/N: So, this is kind of a 'spin off' of my Alex/Casey college series. For those of you who have read it, the setting is exactly the same. For those of you who haven't read it, don't worry, you won't be lost at all. Unlike the Alex/Casey series, this one strictly focuses on EO with Alex, Casey, Abbie, and Serena as Olivia's friends.

Olivia Benson woke up to the sound of an incoming text message from the guy she had met last night. It simply read, "I'm looking forward to tonight."

She had agreed to go out with him tonight, but she started to wonder if she had made the right decision. She had a couple of boyfriends in high school and one since she started college, but she had met them all in school, which was familiar territory. Last night was the first time she had flirted with a guy at a club, let alone given one her number. She knew nothing about this guy other than his name was Elliot, he was gorgeous, and the only reason he was at a club was because of a close friend's bachelor party and not because he liked to party.

Olivia wanted to text him back, but she wasn't sure what to say. She didn't want to come off as being too eager. Then again, she didn't want to be so nonchalant about seeing him that he'd feel as if she wasn't interested. Also, he didn't ask her a question so she wasn't sure if a response was necessary. What if he wasn't expecting a response and responding to him would make Elliot thing she was one of those clingy girls who had to receive a text every 5 minutes? They had never clarified whether or not this was a date or just hanging out. They also hadn't decided where they were going to go or what they were going to do. She had no idea if she should wear a dress or jeans and a t-shirt. She didn't want him to think she was trying too hard, but she didn't want him to think she wasn't trying at all.

Thinking about what could happen tonight became too overwhelming for Olivia, so she laid back down on her bed and tried in vain to relax. The past 24 hours kept replaying in her head and she couldn't believe everything that had happened to her. It started out as a normal day in her sorority house. She had gotten up early to eat breakfast with her friends, but that changed when her boyfriend Jeremy called her and told her they had to talk. Whenever Jeremy said they had to talk, nothing good came out of it, so Olivia approached with caution. She set out on a 20-minute walk from her sorority house to his fraternity house, not knowing what was in store for her.

When she arrived at the Pi Beta Xi house, she saw Jeremy sitting on the couch with his arm wrapped around a girl from Olivia's rival sorority. As soon as Jeremy noticed Olivia standing in the entryway, he got up to talk to her, but she no longer had an interest in anything he had to say.

She approached the doorway and was about to exit, when he finally caught up to her.

"I didn't mean for you to see me with her," Jeremy insisted. "I wanted to talk to you but she showed up and I couldn't be rude."

"You've always been quite the gentleman," Olivia said sarcastically.

"I want to see other people," Jeremy finally told her, even though it had been obvious to Olivia since the moment she had walked into his frat house.

Olivia was furious with him. They had been a couple ever since the fall of their freshman year and they were now approaching the end of their sophomore year. It may not have seemed like a long time, but relationships tended to move faster in college. They helped each other survive the brutal pledge process, they spent every night together, and he even took Olivia home with him to Seattle to meet his parents over the holidays, but all of that started changing a couple of weeks ago. He stopped asking her to spend the night and whenever she would call him he'd cut the conversation short because he was out with 'the guys.' Now it all made sense to Olivia.

There were so many things she wanted to tell Jeremy, but she knew there was no point. He had a random girl in his frat house and nothing she could say would phase him. Instead, she hurried back to her sorority house and told her roommate Bridget everything that had happened. Bridget was a sweet girl, but she didn't believe in the healing process. She suggested that they go on a manhunt that night and Olivia had no choice but to give in. They called their best friend Alex Cabot to join them even though she was a married woman and she wasn't even attracted to guys. Alex's wife, Casey Novak, had an event with her sorority that night, which meant Alex was free to go out with them.

Bridget and Alex kept suggesting different guys to Olivia when they were at the club, but Olivia was far from interested in finding her next boyfriend or even a new guy to hang out with. All she really wanted was to spend time with her friends. That is, until she saw Elliot. She had been dancing with Alex until he politely asked if he could cut in. Olivia gave her a pleading look and Alex and Bridget left the dance floor so as not to embarrass her. The music was too loud for them to talk and she wasn't the type of girl to grind on a guy who wasn't her boyfriend, let alone one she had just met. The four minutes that they spent dancing with each other were awkward, so Olivia was relieved when he escorted her over to the bar and bought her a Shirley Temple.

Neither of them were 21, so instead of alcohol, Olivia sipped her Shirley Temple and Elliot ordered a Coke. She offered to pay for her drink, but he refused to let her. Instead, he told her they could call it even if she gave him her phone number. Olivia refused at first, but Elliot insisted he wasn't the type of guy who picked up on a lot of girls. There was something about him that Olivia found trustworthy so she grabbed his phone from on top of the bar and entered her contact information in it. They engaged in small talk for a few minutes until she noticed her friends were starting to get antsy.

"I have to go," Olivia told him. "My friends are waiting for me."

"It was nice meeting you," he told her. "I'm Elliot Stabler. I don't think I caught your name."

"It's in your contact list," Olivia teased. "Try to find me."

Less than five minutes after that, Olivia received a text from him asking if he could see her tomorrow night. She simply responded, "Yes" and the moment she got back home, they started arranging the time and where he should pick her up.

Now there were only seven hours until she was going to see him again. She was starting to become more excited with each passing moment even though she still had no idea how to respond to that text message.