CHAPTER 1:
When Olivia came into the squad room, she saw John Munch and Fin Tutuola arguing about one of their "theories." Olivia just sat down and ignored them. Munch and Fin came over to her desk.
"What, no 'good morning'? No smart remarks?" Munch asked.
"Oh, I'm just really tired this morning," she replied. Munch gave her a weird look.
"What?" she said.
Just then, Elliot walked in. Munch and Fin walked away and Elliot walked up to the coffee table.
"It sure is quiet, no arguments today?" Elliot said, looking over at Munch and Fin. Olivia walked up to him.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" she asked him.
"Sure." The two detectives went upstairs.
"I think John and Fin should know that we're dating." Olivia said. "I hate keeping it from them."
"Me too," Elliot replied. "Plus I have a feeling they already know." They both smiled.
"But we can't tell the captain, we don't want to be put in separate units," Olivia warned. "I want to tell him too, but-"
"Yeah, I know." Elliot replied. He sighed. "Now we tell John and Fin. Agreed?" Elliot stretched out his arm.
"Agreed," Olivia said giggling as they shook hands.
When they walked back downstairs they both had beg smiles on their faces.
"You two look like those scary clowns without the make-up and goofy hair," Munch said.
"What's so scary about clowns?" Fin asked.
Olivia snapped her fingers in front of their faces knowing that they were getting into another "argument".
"We have something important to tell you…" she said.
"You and Elliot have been going out for a couple of months and you finally decided to tell us," Munch and Fin said together.
Elliot and Olivia gave them a weird look.
"We rehearsed it while you guys were upstairs," Fin said.
"You guys can't tell the captain though," Olivia said.
"Yeah, yeah. The whole 'separate unit' thing," Munch said. "Don't worry, we're very secretive." He smirked.
"Congratulations!" Fin yelled while hugging Olivia first and Elliot next.
"Congratulations about what?" Captain Don Cragen asked, coming out of his office.
"Very smooth," Munch whispered to Fin.
"Um… John finally got his room cleaned," Fin said nervously.
"Oh, ok…" Cragen said slowly as he walked up to another worker and started talking to them.
"What was that?" Elliot whispered to Fin. "I couldn't think of what to say," he shrugged his shoulders. "I'll keep it on the DL."
"Good," Olivia whispered. "I thought you two were supposed to be 'very secretive'."
"I am, but my partner needs some training," John said.
Elliot and Olivia laughed as they waked towards their desks.
"I have a new case for you four," Cragen said as he walked up to his four best detectives. "An 8-year-old girl named Jessie Reiss was kidnapped and possibly raped but escaped early this morning."
"Is she ok?" Olivia asked.
"She's in the hospital with a fractured wrist. She is awake now and I want you and Elliot to talk to her," Cragen replied. "John, Fin, you go talk to the parents."
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Elliot and Olivia walked into the hospital and walked into Jessie's room, John and Fin were outside talking to Jen and Matt, Jessie's parents.
"Hi, my name's Olivia," the detective said smiling as she sat next Jessie's bed. "This is my friend, Elliot. We want to ask you some questions, is that ok?"
Jessie nodded her head 'yes'.
"Jessie, can you describe the man that took you?" Jessie suddenly got nervous. "Jessie, honey, he won't hurt you again. What does he look like?" Olivia asked. "What color were his eyes and hair?"
"Um… his hair was really light like mine and his eyes were like yours," she said timidly.
"Did he have any scars, tattoos, or did he smell a certain way?"
"He had a zig zag scrape on his arm and he smelled funny," the little girl replied.
"What do you mean he smelled funny?"
"Kind of like when Mommy and Daddy drank out of those bottles."
"Jessie, what happened when he took you?"
"I was playing outside and he told me had some toys in his car. I didn't mean to, I was really bored. I'm sorry."
"Honey, no one's mad at you, what happened when you got into the car?" Olivia said.
"He took me to this really big house and let me sleep in a really pretty room. With pink flowers on the walls. But at night he came in m room and started touching me down there. I told him to stop but he told me to shut up. In the morning he locked me in but I opened the window and climbed out." Jessie began to cry.
"It's ok, sweatheart," Olivia told her, hugging her. "It's ok."
Elliot was amazed at how ell Olivia handled kids. She was always gentle with kids. He admired that.
"I want my mom," Jessie told Olivia.
"Ok, we'll go get your parents," Olivia said as she stood up. Both Elliot and Olivia walked the door.
Jen turned away from Munch and Fin. "Did she say who did it?" she asked Olivia.
"She said that when she was playing outside someone was staring at her in his car. Did you notice anyone?" Olivia asked.
"I noticed a car, but every time I looked over, nobody was in it," Jen replied. "Is she ok?"
"She wants you in there with her," Elliot said. Jen and Matt went into Jessie's room.
Olivia turned to Munch and Fin. "Did you guys find out anything?"
"No, not much. Except that the car they saw outside was a black van." Munch replied.
"Did they see a license plate?" Elliot asked.
"It was a New Hampshire license plate, and it starts with an A." Fin replied.
"So we're looking for a man with blonde hair and brown eyes with a black van," Olivia said.
"Don't forget the A," Elliot said. Olivia laughed. "Let's get back to the squad room," she said when she saw that Munch and Fin started to leave.
As they walked, Elliot held Olivia's hand. "Come on you two lovebirds," Munch said smirking as he looked back at them.
"You know you're just jealous, John," Elliot said smiling.
"Yeah, I'd trade you Olivia for this goon," Munch said pointing to Fin. Olivia started laughing. "I think I'm gonna stick with Elliot," she said.
"I would too," John said. "Oh I feel so loved" Fin said sarcastically.
"You know we love you," Olivia said. She went over to Fin and gave him a big hug.
"Hey! Where's my hug?" Elliot said. Olivia laughed. She went over to Elliot and kissed him. "That's a lot better."
Munch rolled his eyes. "You want a hug too?" Olivia asked playfully. "Oh no," Munch said backing away from her. She laughed and started chasing him around the parking lot.
Elliot grabbed Olivia and smiled. "Hey, stop chasing older men."
Olivia started laughing hysterically. "I'm not the hugging type," Munch said smiling.
"Say you're sorry…"Elliot told Olivia. "Sorry," she said laughing still , bowing down her head in false shame.
They walked towards their car. "See you in 10 minutes," Eliot told Munch and Fin. "Maybe we should just go home," Fin said smiling. "Haha," Olivia said sarcastically as she shut the door.
When they left, Munch told Fin: "I'm really happy for those 2."
"Yeah, we need to fin you a woman," Fin said smiling. "Maybe she'd approve of my theories."
They both started laughing as they got in the car. "Did you know-"
"Don't even start," Fin said.
