The light blared through Olivia's eyelids as she slept causing her to wake up. She blinked a couple times, not used to such a bright light first thing in the morning. She frowned. Why was it light? This light anyway.
She normally woke for work early, much earlier by the looks of things. It was never this light.
She'd glanced at the clock on her bedside table and her eyes widened. She should have been there over an hour ago.
"Shit," she muttered.
She rushed through her morning routine; showing, dressing and getting coffee, all the while wondering how she managed to miss the alarm.
Before she stepped in the shower she looked around quickly for her phone, wanting to call the captain to let him know she was okay. The team all knew the dangers on the streets better than must and it was extremely rare for her to be late, normally being last to leave and one of the first to arrive in the morning. She looked in all the places she normally left and sighed. There was no sign of it anywhere and she was wasting time, so decided to carry on without doing so. She also checked her alarm clock was working, which it was. While doing so discovered the alarm had been turned off.
She undressed and stepped into the shower after changing the water to cool in hope to wake and refresh herself. Turning around to let the water run down her back she caught sight if something through the glass. Her phone. Last night can flooding back and she froze.
In the precinct the detectives where all sat at their desks worrying about what had happened to Olivia; where was she and way hadn't she called.
Amanda sighed as Olivia didn't answer again.
"Are we going to do anything about this except call?" she asked, knowing the extremes of danger she could be in at this point.
If she was, making calls was just wasting time, they should be looking for some indication of where she was. They should be at her apartment, asking neighbours. Not sat at their desks leaving pointless voicemail after pointless voicemail.
"If we don't hear anything in the next five minutes you and Fin can go over to her apartment, check it out, talk to her neighbours," Don answered, having left his office to see if any if his team had managed to get hold of her.
Amanda nodded, not exactly agreeing with the arrangement but going with what the captain orders were. She could tell by the looks in the others faces they weren't either. She dialled Olivia's number for another pointless time.
Olivia had managed to get herself out of the daze she had been in and continued, trying to push everything it the back of her mind, not wanting to waste anymore time.
She was now sat in the car just minutes away from the precinct, having forgotten the coffee, for she could put up with the crappy stuff they had at work.
Finally arriving she climbed out of her car after checking her make up in the mirror, rushed through the doors and into the lift, walking out of the lift just as Captain okay'd Amanda and Fin to go to her apartment.
As she rushed over to where they were stood they all turned around, relief flooding their faces as they saw her. Before anyone could ask her where she had been or what had happened, Cragen told her he wanted in a word in his office.
"Now, please detective," he said as he walked off.
She followed him over and closed the door once they were both inside, debating whether to stand or sit. He sat in his chair and turned to look at her.
"We were worried sick Olivia, where were you," he asked.
She walked over to his desk and took a seat in front of him while she started to explain.
"My alarm was turned off and I woke up late," she said, knowing how pathetic it sounded, like a school girl explaining why she was late.
"And you didn't think to call?"
"I've lost my mobile and our home phone has been disconnected," she again explained pathetically.
Cragen sighed. He knew something had been going on with Olivia but every time he asked she had denied everything, saying she was "just tired" or they usual "I'm fine".
He also knew he wasn't the only one to notice something was wrong, he had seen the looks the others had shared when she turned up in the state she did some mornings. A couple of the team had even come to him, asking if he knew what was going on. Nick asking if there was anything he should know about concerning his partner, anything that could affect her work. But like them he knew nothing.
"Is everything alright?" he asked her, knowing the answer already.
"Yeah, fine," she answered, a smile plastered on her face.
He nodded, not believing her, and let her leave the office.
There was something defiantly not right and he was determined to find out what it was. He just didn't realise what he was getting himself into.
A/N: Okay, so this is my first SVU fic, so I apologise if it isn't very good. I'm trying to get the characters right but I'm not exactly sure if it's working. Reviews are hugely appreciated, especially constructive criticism as I want to be able to write the best I can. Thanks for reading.