So, after many years of mentally debating with myself over the subject, I decided to finally get a Fanfiction account! YAY FOR ME! I have been hooked on "Law and Order: SVU" for a while now, but I've only seen seasons 13-17, and this takes place not to far after "Heartfelt Passages". I apologize in advance if the characters or setting seems a bit off. Without further ado... I bring to you... "Saving The lost Ones,"
Things were a bit off at the precinct today. It was slow, no crimes had been reported and it was already 10:30 in the morning. She had read over the same line of the paperwork for the last fivteen minutes. She just couldn't seem to get her mind to work. Her brain felt like it was pulsing as she could feel the migraine coming rolled her eyes as she slammed the papers down on her desk, her hands reaching out to her throbbing head as she leaned back in her chair. She couldn't stand the boredom! She wanted so desperately to bust some perps, help out some victims, or ANYTHING, just not to be stuck in this black-hole!
Amanda Rollins opened her eyes back up to the sight of her fellow co-worker, Dominick "Sonny" Carisi, so desperately trying to get a candy bar out of the broken vending machine. She chuckled to herself slightly as the tall, slicked back haired man kicked the bottom of the machine. He suddenly smiled and bent down to receive his mid-morning treat. Her eyes wondered down to the picture on her desk. It was of her and her daughter, Jesse, sitting on the bench of a carousel, looking joyful as she remembers Sonny snapping that picture. He does have a talent for photography, that's for sure.
Carisi walked over to Amanda's desk and broke his Snickers bar in half. "Here ya go," He said in his New Jersey accent. Amanda mentally moaned at the sound of his voice.
She shook her hand."No, no thank you, I don't need it" She respectfully declines him.
He grins, showing off his white teeth as Amanda feels like her heart might explode. "Come on, you haven't eaten anything all morning! Take it! It might make you feel better." He suggested to her. He knew that she wasn't feeling herself this morning.
Reluctantly, she agreed, and took the offered half-candy bar. She broke a piece off and popped it in her mouth, tasting the chocolate, caramel, and peanut goodness. Carisi knew that Snickers were her favorite candy bar.
Carisi chuckled as he ran his hand through Amanda's blonde hair and went over to his desk. Amanda felt a warmth grow inside her as she thought about him. She had been in love with him for a while now, but she had to conceal it for the sake of her and Carisi's job. Sometimes though, she just couldn't help it. She loved him, and he loves Jesse with all his heart. He's like a father to her. One problem is... she doesn't know if he loves her back.
Olivia spent another night sleepless. Another night staring up at that same, dull ceiling, replaying those moments in her head. What could she have done differently? Why did it have to be this way? She thought she was finally starting to get over what happened to Dodds, but after her sudden, horrific break-up with Tucker, she found herself back in the same, almost endless loop of sadness. She knew that she couldn't keep this up. She had a son to take care of and a job to manage. She hoped and prayed that she could somehow stop feeling so guilty all the time.
"Mommy...Mommy...Ma!" She heard her toddler Noah chanting from his bedroom. She rolled over and picked up her phone. It was 10:30 a.m., but she wasn't going into work until 12:00 o'clock. She mentally slapped herself for not realizing the time.
Meanwhile, Noah was still chanting out for her. "It's okay Noah, Mommy is coming." She said as she got out of bed and slipped her robe on over her pajamas. She walked out of her bedroom and into her sons room. Noah sat up-right in his toddler bed, wearing a pair of blue pajamas while holding his prized teddy bear.
"Mommy!" Noah cried with joy as he saw his mother standing in the doorway.
"Hey my little man!" Olivia said with joy as she went over and picked up her son. She kissed him all over his face, causing the child to burst into laughter. That laugh meant so much to Olivia during these times. Just hearing that laugh or seeing that smile made Olivia's heart melt, and suddenly, it was like nothing else mattered anymore.
Olivia took a short moment to look at her son. She wished that she could keep that innocence inside him forever, but she knew that it was impossible. She prayed that the horrible things that people do and do to other people, that those things would never have to effect Noah ever again. He was just a baby before, he'll never remember what happened to his real mother and father. He'll never remember that moment Olivia rescued him from what could have been a tragic life. He was too young, to sweet and innocent, to have to go through that other life that could have happened.
"Mommy! Me want Ereoes!" Noah chanted, referring to Cheerios.
Olivia was snapped out of her trance. "Huh? Oh, of course baby. Let's go and get some Cheerios." She walked them both into the kitchen and sat Noah down in his highchair to spill out some Cheerios. She also cut him up some banana's to go along with it.
"Tank oo Mommy." Noah said as he put a Cheerio in his mouth.
Olivia smiled and ruffled the little boys hair. "You're so welcome, my love." She whispered as she kissed him on the cheek. Her heartfelt moment was interupted by the sound of her phone going off. She rolled her eyes and answered it, not even bothering to check the number.
"Benson," She said in her professional work tone.
"Liv," It was Fin on the phone. "We just got a call from a disturbed neighbor. Says they heard screaming and things breaking coming from down the hall."
"An Apartment building?" Olivia asked as she watched Noah eat is breakfast.
"Yeah," Fin replied. "and this isn't the first time this has happened, just the first time being reported. Address is 608 Liberty Lane, Apartment number 117"
"Okay, send Rollins and Carisi down to check on what's going on down there. I'll come in early today just in case this gets out of hand real quick." Olivia stated.
"Liv, you don't have to do that." Fin protested, knowing that she was spending the morning time with Noah.
"But I need to, Fin. What if sometimes goes wrong?" Olivia responded.
Fin sighed, knowing he was going to lose this battle. "Alright then. I'll see you when you come in." With that, he hung up the phone.
Oliva sighed as well, a tiny bit disapointed she couldn't spend this morning with Noah. "I guess I'll go and call Lucy."
"Okay, Mrs. Harper," Carisi said to the elderly lady who called to complain. She had met them on the steps of the apartment buidling. "So what exactly did you hear coming from the room?" They began to walk back up the starirs.
"Well," Mrs. Harper explained."I was watching my daytime soap-opheras, then suddenly, I heard someone scream. I didn't think anything off it at first, because I hear it all the time from those two...!"
"Those two? What do you mean by that, Mrs. Harper?" Amanda asked.
"Those two! The Rosenberry's! Richard Rosenberry and his daughter live there. I don't know much about them, but I hear the mother's an alcoholic. The girl hasn't seen her in years!" Mrs. Harper exagerated. She continued with her story. "Anyway, I heard the girl screaming that she hated her father, he would scream back that she was a brat, just horrible stuff. Then I suddenly heard a crash and something broke. That's when I called."
"Why have you never called before?" Amanda questioned suspiciously.
"I was too frightened to!" She defended, placing her hand over her heart. "and I thought it was just simple spats that sometimes got out of control! I never thought it would get physically violent!"
"Don't worry, Mrs. Harper, it's quite alright." Carisi tried to calm her down.
The three adults made it to the third floor. Mrs. Harper turned and walked over to her door. "I hope you all can get them under control. I don't know if my poor Marty can take anymore of it." She said worrisome.
"We'll try our best, Mrs. Harper, thank you for calling." Carisi thanked as Mrs. Harper turned back into her apartment.
Carisi and Amanda both looked at eachother before turning and walking towards the apartment down the hall. They both had a strange feeling about what was going on. The whole situation didn't settle right with either of them. They reached the door as Carisi knocked on the door, and taking a deep breath.
They waited a while and no one came to the door. Carisi knocked again before hearing a muffled "I'm coming!" from inside. They heard a couple locks unlocking before the door opened up. A teenage girl, like Mrs. Harper said, was standing there. She had really short blue jean shorts on, a quarter length sleeve cream colored top that had drips of blood on it. She had a rag over her nose, that she quickly took off once she saw Amanda and Carisi standing there, revealing her nosebleed.
"Umm, who are you people?" She asked nervously.
Amanda spoke first. "I'm Detective Rollins, and this is Detective Carisi," She gestered towards him.
"What are you doing here? You shouldn't be here! You should go." She tried to close the door, but Carisi stopped it.
"Hey, woah woah, hold on a second." He said. "We just need to ask you a few questions. Okay, what's your name?"
The girl swallowed nervously. "My name's Delaney, Delaney Rosenberry."
Amanda nodded sympethically. "Okay, okay that's good. Delaney, sweetie how old are you?"
Delaney started to feel more comfortable with their questions. "I'm fourteen. I'll be fifteen in November."
Carisi tried not to show his shock. Delaney wasn't very tall, but her body seemed fully developed and her face looked older. If Carisi didn't know, he would have suspected that she was near her twenties. He was dumbfounded, and started to understand a little more how guys who are caught with underage girls are baffled when they find out they're underage.
"So, Delaney," Carisi said slowly. "How did you get that nosebleed?"
Out of the blue, a loud yell abrupted from the inside of the apartment. "DELANEY? WHO IS AT THE DOOR?" Amanda and Carisi both noticed Delaney's body tense up again. They glaced at eachother, prepairing for the worst.
"No one Dad, just business people trying to sell stuff." Delaney yelled back. She turned back to the two Detectives. "I'm sorry, but I really have to go."
"Now, just wait a second, Delaney," Carisi again stopped her second attempt to escape. "How'd you get that nosebleed?"
Delaney looked at the floor, and they both noticed. She tooked two deep breathes and said, "I get nosebleeds sometimes. It has to do with the atmosphere; I'm not really sure how it works." She blinked a couple times and rubbed the back of her head. They both knew she was lying, and so did she.
Carisi shook his head "Come on now, sweetie, don't lie to us-"
"I'm not lying!" Delaney quickly defended. "I get nosebleeds, IT HAPPENS! It's been like that since I was little!" Her body was started to feel warm with anger. She hated getting angry, but it was the only way she knew how to stop it. She couldn't risk it.
"Calm down, we just have a few more questions." Amanda said calmly. "Now, what were you and you're father fighting about?"
Delaney balled her fist together, trying to add to her anger. She blew out her nose to blow some of the anger out. "We just yelled at each other. We were arguing over curfue times. That's...all!" Some of her hair got in her face and she pulled her hair back behind her ear.
Carisi noticed that her knuckles were purple, and he grabbed her hand. "What happened to your fist?" He asked worryingly. He then noticed the more bruises up her arm, and a scar that looks like it came from a cut. Amanda looked down and noticed she had bruises and scars on her legs as well.
Delaney quickly pulled her hand away from the Detective. She was feeling threatened by them, and it made her feel insecure about her wounds. "Nothing is going on! Do you not have anything better to do? Leave me alone for goodness sakes!" Her third attempt at escaping was a sucess, for Carisi wasn't quick enough. Both Detectives heard her lock the doors back again, and began to really worry about why she was so secretive. They both turned around and began walking down the stairs.
"Did you see how she tensed up when she heard her dad's voice?" Carisi asked Amanda.
"Yes, and I don't like what's going on." Amanda stated.
"It was like she turned into a completly different person when we started asking much deeper questions." Carisi said.
"Well, she must be bipolar or something." Amanda concluded.
"Or scared out of her mind?" Carisi suggested as they walked out the front door of the building. "I mean the second she heard her father's voice, she shut down on us." He shook his head. "I hope when I have kids, they're never afraid of me. I wouldn't know what I would do if they weren't alright and was to scared to tell me."
Amanda wanted to ask if he thought of Jesse as his child, but quickly disregarded that thought. "Well, we better start investigating. Mrs. Harper said his name was..." She thought for a moment. "Richard Rosenberry...let's go see if his name is in the System."
They both started walking towards the car as Carisi put his arm around Amanda. She started to feel the same warm feeling she did earlier, and smiled.
Love it? Hate it? How about those Rollisi moments? Leave me a review to let me know! Also, I appologize if the text seems a bit off. I typed this all up on notepad before I realized I had wordpad, which is 100x times better (I have microsoft office, but I have to renew my subcripton and I don't have the money right now.) I'm not sure when my next update will be, but it will be soon. Also, sorry for all you Tuckson shippers out there. I just don't really like it, but don't worry, Liv won't be single for long. ;) Thank you for reading!
~PrettyFlower99