Disclaimer: If I owned them, I would be living in New York, but sadly I live in Ohio. sniffle sniffle.

Summary: What do you know, another post Fault fic, but it does have a twist.

A/N: This is the first fic that I have ever posted, be nice. And now, on with the show! LOL!

" I want a new partner. " Det. Olivia Benson requested of her captain.

" Why, Olivia? " Cap answered.

" Because I...It's just really complicated. " I would like to avoid telling him the reason if at all possible.

" Well, so is splitting up my best team...talk. " Well, here goes; I hope I don't cry, at the very least.

" That's just it, Cap, he won't talk to me. Everytime I try, he either starts yelling or says something very under the belt. I can't take it anymore...You remember a few days before this when you asked me if I was alright after Elliot got done yelling at me for losing the Johanson file?...The real reason I was upset was because...he was scaring me."

" Olivia, you know he would never hurt you."

" That's not why he scared me...He scared me because the previous night...I had been raped by an old friend of mine who got mad and started yelling at me before he..." I tried, but I couldn't stop the sobbing. God, I hope this doesn't affect my job.

" Olivia, why didn't you report it? Nobody would have thought any less of you - "

" That's not what I was concerned about...You see, after it had happened I called Elliot...When he answered his phone, before I could say anything he said, ' Liv, I don't want to hear it. ' and he hung up. And it's not that I don't trust you guys, it's just...Elliot was my best friend and I felt that what happened was something I should tell my best friend, but since he's not with us I was planning on waiting till he joined us again. " I can't believe I just told him all that. lt's not that l don't trust him, I just didn't think l would actually tell him that.

" ...How about this: You take a week off, and I will see what I can do. Sound good to you? " Cragen asked.

" O.K. " Normally that is something I would never agree to, but I need to talk to Elliot.

" But on one condition, " Oy vey, " You have to file a police report- "

" What? Why? I mean what is going to happen when the brass finds out? "

" Is that why you didn't report it, Liv?" at her nod he continued, " Don't worry about them, l'll take care of it. Do you want me to take your statement, or do you want to wait and have one of the guys take it?"

That's like asking if you want me to wait for a boulder to run me over. " Would you mind taking it? I don't want to tell the guys till I absolutely have to."

" OK, take a seat and start talking."