As Elliot walked out of the interrogation room and towards his desk, he saw someone walk out of Cragan's office. He hadn't been paying attention at first, but then he noticed it was Olivia. All of a sudden he became excited. He hadn't seen her in so long. For a fleeting second he had thought she was coming back to be his partner again, but that thought had been crushed as she turned and walked around the corner to leave the precinct. He was confused, but anger quickly swept that feeling away as he ran after Olivia's retreating figure.
"Liv! Liv, wait!" he yelled down the hall causing many heads to turn.
"What do you want?" she said in annoyance.
"I want to talk to you dammit!"
"Well, I've got nothing to say to you." She turned and started to walk away, but she was stopped as Elliot grabbed her arms and dragged her into the interrogation room.
"I've got plenty to say to you." He growled angrily before slamming the door shut.
"What the hell do you want?" she said, glaring at him.
"Where were you?"
"Don't play dumb. You know I was undercover."
"When are you coming back?"
"I don't know. When I'm ready."
"What do you mean when you're ready? You're back from wherever the hell you were, so why aren't you coming back yet?"
"Cause I don't want to come back!"
"Why the hell not?"
"Why do you care? You've already gone through, what, three new partners? Maybe you just aren't meant to have a partner. I mean all of your partners have left you. Even your wife is leaving you."
"Don't go there bitch. Don't try and make this my fault." She had hit a nerve and she knew it. The vain in Elliot's forehead looked like it was going to pop out of his head.
"See, it's not fun taking the blame is it?"
"Why can't you just drop it? This isn't my fault. Maybe I just need a partner who can do their job. Maybe I just need a partner who doesn't run away from their problems."
"You're my only problem, you sonofabitch."
Munch and Fin were standing outside the interrogation room in silence. The blinds were drawn on the window and the volume was turned up on the speakers.
"What's going on? Why are you guys just standing there?" Dani asked as she came up behind them.
"They're fighting." Munch explained as simply as possible.
"Well why are you just standing there? Shouldn't you guys be breaking them up? What if someone gets hurt?"
"They're fine. Liv can handle him. Plus, this is about the best it's gonna get. You let them fight now, or they'll just fight later. The entertainment part is just an added bonus." Fin said as he and Munch began to laugh.
"That's Olivia? Elliot's old partner?" they both nodded their heads, as Munch started to turn the volume up. "Oh, why don't you two grow up and stop acting like we're in high school!" Dani sighed in frustration as she walked past them and opened the door. "Oh, God! I'm so sorry!" Dani yelled, as she ran from the room.
Munch and Fin didn't know why Dani had run from the room like that. They walked over to the door and looked in the room. Olivia was sitting on the table and Elliot was standing in between her legs. I was obvious what they'd been doing.
"So that's why we couldn't hear anything. I thought the volume was turned off or something." Munch said with realization. Fin just shook his head and walked away.
