AUTHOR: Toonmili
STORY: The Reunion
SUMMARY: Some one from Olivia's past is stalking her; the only question left is who.
DISCLAIMER: The characters of Law and Order SVU do not belong to me.
Olivia walked up the stairs to her apartment. It was way after three in the morning and all she wanted to do was sleep. The last perpetrator was a tough one. Stabler almost had to beat a confession out of him but they finally got it and she got to go home.
When she walked up to her door she wasn't expecting to find bouquet of flowers but she did. She picked it up and carried it inside. She was too tired to deal with it just then and she assumed it was from the date that she blew off on account of the case that she was working on. She put the flowers on the kitchen counter and went to her bed with out changing.
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Elliot was tired. What was it about the holidays that made people so desperate that so many cases would come their way? The worst part about it was the fact that some of them were dead cases, just lonely people looking for someone to talk to, even if it was the police. The thing about New York is that it's so big it could leave a lot of people feeling small.
Despite of his state he found himself waiting for word of a next case that would inevitably come. He really didn't need to be there. He got to go home the same time Olivia did but he couldn't stay at home for too long. He had to keep his mind busy to keep it off what he didn't want to think about. If given the chance he would sit and think about how his life got to where it is and he knew the answer. If only he could close his eyes for just one second and manage not to get depressed then he'd sleep but he couldn't.
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The flowing afternoon after a much-needed shower, Olivia decided to check up on her flowers. She hoped they didn't start to wilt. She looked at the bouquet of white flowers and looked for the card. " To Olivia" was the only thing on the card. What was weird about it was that it was typed. From what she knew she could tell that it was typed with a typewriter with a pretty used up ribbon.
"Probably a writer, pretty old fashion." She said to herself. Form the moment the words left her mouth she regretted it. She was investigating her date. Every time she had a date with a guy the first thing she would think about was running his name through the system, to see what she came up with but she didn't. She never told Elliot much about her dates because she knew he would check up on it. It couldn't hurt but she really didn't want her work to start affecting her personal life to the point where it was impossible to have one.
She decided to leave it at that. If a guy was leaving her flowers, there was no harm in that. What she needed to do was get down to the station and help her partner.
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She walked to desk and caught Elliot dozing off. " Rise and shine," she said to make her presence known.
Elliot opened his eyes slowly. " You're here already?"
" It's six o'clock in the afternoon, how long have you been sleeping."
" If I was I didn't realize."
She sat back and looked at him. He looked pretty bad these days. She could tell he wasn't sleeping well. She knew if she asked him he would say the same thing he said before, "I'm fine". She skipped it and went right to business. " Anything?"
"Yeah a 15 year old girl is raped, she tells her mother, the mother doesn't believe her," he stated.
" So do you think we got a case here. Did you question the girl?"
He sighed. " No, she's dead. She told her mother yesterday that she was depressed and she felt like killing her self, her mother told her to go right head. Guess what?"
" She did." It never ceases to shock Olivia how reckless people could be with children. " Do we have anything on the potential rapist?"
" Yeah, her little brother was sure that she told her it was a guy named Mark who did it, the victim's 25-year-old boyfriend. But what I'm really interested it is getting the mother. People like that don't deserve to have children."
She knew that he took these cases very seriously. He cared a lot about his children and he assumed that other people cared about theirs and when that didn't prove to be true, which was often, he would all worked up about it. " Well the law says that a parent can be held legally responsible for her child committing suicide. This is clearly a case where this will apply. From what I heard she was the outcry witness, she was the victim's mother and she didn't report the rape until she was dead. I'm pretty sure that's enough to put her away for sometime."
" Alex thinks so as well." He picked up a pencil and began to twirl it between his fingers. " The good news is, where're cleared for the afternoon. I guess the pervs are retreating their claws."
" Hey, I think I'm goanna stop by a restaurant to have dinner. Wanna come?"
" Nah, I'll just stay here a while then head home."
She nodded, and then picked up her bag. " Catch you tomorrow. And try to get some sleep."
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After having dinner Olivia walked outside and was greeted by a cold gust of wind. She knew she would take forever to get a cab.
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About a half an hour later she found herself still waiting. She needed to call a cab. She took her cell phone out her purse and found the battery was dead.
" Shit," she mumbled. She hated asking favors so she decided to walk. Her apartment wasn't very far from where she was.
***
By the time she got home she was freezing her ass off. The first thing that greeted her at the door was a small Box. She took it inside and left it on the kitchen counter and went inside. After changing she came back and devoted her attention to her box. She shook it to see if it was a bomb then opened it. It appeared to be wedding ring. Now she started to worry. She was pretty sure she didn't have a serious relationship with anyone so why would she get it. She looked at the note. " Will you marry me Olivia."
She picked up the phone and found herself dialing Elliot's number. She just wanted to know what he thought of it. " Hey it, liv."
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"Yeah"
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" I got some flowers yesterday from someone I don't think I know now today I get a wedding ring."
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" That's a bit of stretch, the person must be a little off. Do you think someone is following you or watching you?"
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" Well it's either the person lives in my building or was determined enough to get in here without clearance.
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" I'm on my way out of the station, I'll stop by." He knew she would object so he hung up before she got a chance to.
About half an hour later Elliot showed up at her apartment and she buzzed him in. By the time he got there she had already confirmed the authenticity of the ring, it was definitely a real a diamond.
" So you didn't think something was up when you saw your name was typed?" Elliot asked almost laughing.
She didn't like the idea that he was questioning her skills as a good detective. " I thought it was a bit odd but it's no reason to go on a paranoia trip."
" Yeah well now you know there's a reason to be paranoid. Far all we know this guy could be another ex-con who's out to get you."
" By giving me expensive gifts?" It didn't make much sense.
" Yeah well he's goanna want something from you in return for taking the ring."
" Hey, who said I took it. I don't want it."
" Well he asked you to marry him and you took the ring into your apartment he could be seeing that as you accepting his offer."
Olivia let out a deep sigh. " Exactly what I needed. A phantom fiancé."
NOTE: Okay this is my first shot at a SVU fan fiction. Please review and be honest and feel free to make suggestions and tell me 'bout my mistakes.