"Decisions"

NOT A DICK WOLF STORY! NO AFFILIATION WITH DICK WOLF OR NBC IN ANY WAY!

Chapter 1

It is late and the SVU team has finally gotten to get home to their own beds for once in a long time. Olivia went to the coffee shop with Fin. Elliot headed home to talk to Kathy. The chaos with the serial killer "wanna be" was enough for all of them.

In the midst of her shower, Olivia hears the doorbell ring. She rushes to dry off and answer the door. She flings the door open, but no one is there. Confused, she shuts the door, locks it, and heads back to the shower. The phone rings just as she reaches the bathroom. She runs to the phone and answers.

Olivia: "Benson!"

Elliot: "Liv, are you at home yet?"

Olivia: "Oh..Elliot?...Yea, I was in the shower. Is everything alright?"

Elliot: "Just needed to talk to you about some things? Care if I swing over?"

Olivia: "No, I'll get dressed. See ya in a bit?"

Elliot: "Ok."

Olivia is concerned. It is 1:00am and Elliot was headed home the last time that they spoke. She is getting dressed. As she pulls on her pants, the doorbell rings.

(Door opens)

Elliot is standing there with a strange, confused look on his face. Olivia motions for him to come inside, then closes the door behind him just as he steps in. She leans her back against the door and just stares at him as he looks at the floor. Elliot searches for words.

Olivia: "Elliot?"

Elliot: "Sorry Liv…I…you mind if I sit down?"

Olivia: "No, go ahead."

Olivia sits on the chair facing him. He stares at the floor for a few seconds and then looks up at her and stares for a few minutes longer. Olivia just wonders what is going on for him to act this way.

Olivia: "El…are you alright?? You are not yourself. Did this case get to you?"

Elliot: "You know…I think it did. In some way, they all did, but this one has really shaken me."

Olivia: "I don't understand. If anyone should be stressed and overwhelmed about this case…Shouldn't I be?"

Elliot: "Yea I guess you should. I tried to talk to Kathy about it too. She just went out of control. She started throwing allegations at me, blaming me for stuff I haven't done, so, I just left. You were the next stop.

Olivia: "What was so different about this case?"

Elliot: "I felt so scared with this case, Liv. I told her that."

Olivia: "I am scared in a lot of cases. But this one was like a personal vendetta to me…not you?"

Elliot: "I know that." (hangs his head, looks at the floor)

Olivia: "Why did she lose control like that? What did she have to be upset about?"

Elliot: " I guess it was what I said. Things are so new still…starting over..I should not have said what I said."

Olivia: "What did you say??"

Elliot: "She started the accusations and didn't give me time to explain anything. She said she could see right through me. Not to even try to lie to her."

Olivia: "About what??"

Elliot: "She said that she could tell that I had feelings that would never leave me."

Olivia stood up from her chair. Walked into the kitchen and got a glass of water for Elliot.

Olivia: (from the kitchen) "What feelings, Elliot? What was so bad, that she could not understand??"

Elliot: "Liv…" (pauses…stands up..walks over to the barstool and sits to face her in the kitchen.) "she said she could see right through me. Has she always known?"

Olivia just looks at him with baffled look on her face. She sets his water in front of him. The phone rings again in the middle of their conversation.

Olivia: "Benson!"

Kathy: "Olivia…have you seen Elliot? I figure he would run straight to your place." (very angry tone)

Olivia: "Well, Kathy, Not since we left the precinct…Everything ok?"

Phone slams in Olivia's ear.

Olivia: "What the hell was that about?"

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