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Hi everyone! I'm a new writer this is my very first fanfiction! I didn't mean to publish it, I didn't even mean to write it but I have it in my head for a while now and I really needed to write it down to be able to think about something else (like my exams for example T.T).

About the story - This is nothing really original, just some EO cute stuffs, at least it's what I meant to do but I somehow took another direction. So this story is about the EO friendship which is evolving. The middle name thing is a thread that will guide the story but won't always be in the foreground even if the story begins and ends with it. Also you need to know there won't be exclusively funny and light chapters. Sometimes, the characters will go through "darker" moments which will help them to evolve and think differently.

About the writing - I'm sorry about my writing my mother tongue is absolutely not English but after reading a few fanfictions in English I realized that some jokes or feelings are better expressed in English than in French so I decided to try writing in English (could you imagine that the nicknames Liv and El don't even exist in French? Translation is killing the show….)

Please don't hesitate reviewing and telling me everything I did wrong like the syntax, the conjugation, the spelling, etc. so that I can do better on the next stories.

I hope you'll like it nevertheless.

I don't own anything except an imagination that makes me sometimes imagine things that come from nowhere…

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The middle name

Chapter 1 – Liar

Wednesday morning

The squad room was quieter than usual in the 16th precinct. Captain Cragen's detectives just solved a hard rape/murder case the previous day after 6 days of investigation and only a few hours' sleep, and they had spent the night doing their paperwork. No one called them since, so they had for once, no open case. It was now 10 in the morning and they were all tired so they decided to have a break. Fin was out, buying breakfast and decent coffee (no way for them to drink Munch's coffee) while John and Elliot were chatting, sit on John's desk. Olivia was focused on her computer screen, ungracefully slumped in her chair, dreaming about holidays. Oh God she needed holydays right now.

"You know John, there's a reason if I never told you my middle name" Elliot says, serious. "I don't want you guys to laugh at me!"

"Come on!" John insists. "You know my middle name. Every soul in that damn squad knows my middle name! Give me something Stabler!"

"Well… alright alright, it's Joe…" answers Elliot rubbing his neck in discomfort.

Olivia's eyes were still focused on her screen, but her ears were lost in her co-workers conversation. She laughs internally at Elliot's answer and thinks 'liar'. Then Elliot turns his head to Olivia.

"What?" Elliot asks.

At the same time, Fin was coming back to the squad room. He put the breakfast on a free desk, took a seat next to Munch and watched Olivia and Elliot. He felt that something funny was about to happen. Distraction at least!

Olivia doesn't answer, and then she feels Elliot staring at her, waiting for her to say something. She turns her head to her partner, still lost in her mind, finally realizing he was talking to her.

"What 'what' ?" Olivia asks.

"What did you just say?" Elliot frowns.

Olivia suddenly understands that she was probably thinking aloud. She smiles at him and answers "I called you a liar."

Fin smiles and whispers to John's ear "Five bucks on Benson"

John smiles back, nods, and whispers "Don't be so confident. Stabler can be like a dog on his bone."

Elliot crosses his arms and asks Olivia "What do you mean?"

Olivia grins at him. "Well I know your middle name and it's not Joe, you little liar" she teases.

Elliot raises an eyebrow "How come do you know my middle name?"

"Well, I'm a detective, remember?" Olivia answers straight, a large grin on her face.

Elliot blinks and asks half shocked but not that much: "You read my file?"

Olivia gives him an unconvincing offended look. "I wouldn't dare!"

Elliot frowns, not believing her at all. "How then?"

Olivia smirks. "Let's say that it was on Cragen's desk one day, and it kinda opened itself under my eyes… probably the wind."

Elliot raises an eyebrow. "There's no window in Cragen's office" he states.

Olivia proud of herself smiles mockingly. "Oh, really?"

Elliot watches Olivia, mouth opened in disbelief. He slowly walks to his chair, sits and crosses his arms. The two partners stare at each other for a while, and then Olivia returns to her screen, pretending to be busy now. Elliot, still looking at his partner thinks 'this woman as nerves sometimes'. Fin and Munch were eyes and ears wide open at their favorite show, both hoping that their champion would win the round. For them, Elliot and Olivia were like a telenovela.

After a while, Elliot asks Olivia "Why did you do that?"

"I told you I didn't. It did itself." Olivia answers innocently eyes still on her screen. "But to answer your question, I'm your partner. That's the kind of thing I have to know. It's important" She adds looking at him, a serious look on her face.

"Why that?" Elliot asks, curious.

"You never know. It could be useful one day if you piss me off. I keep that in my mind. That's my secret weapon!" Olivia says playfully.

Elliot points his finger at her, pretending to be angry. "You'll…"

But then Cragen walks in the squad room and interrupts the conversation. "If you're done with your paperwork, you can go home. You have the rest of the day off. Get some sleep. You've earned it, you did a great job... And you all look like zombies."

"Ok Cap. I'm over here. I'm going home" Olivia says quickly, not needed to be told twice. She turns her computer off, impatient to get some sleep, grabs her coat and stands up.

Elliot still on his chair provokes her. "You'll pay it back Benson!"

Olivia starts walking out, laughing. "I don't think so Stabler!"

"Why that?" Elliot asks.

Olivia still walking out, answers not even turning back at him. "I have no middle name!"

She enters the elevator smiling, pleased with herself. Pissing her partner off was her favorite game, especially after long hours of paperwork. She loves that puzzled look on his face when she surprises him like this. She loves the way he tries to overpower her at her own game but usually fails. Sometimes it just felt so good to know she could embarrass him anytime. Back to the squad room, Elliot was stunned in his chair, thinking frustrated about a way to make Olivia pay back.

Fin smiles hard and put a hand on his partner's shoulder. "Gimme money!"

"Shut up" sulks Munch, giving him 5 dollars.