This just came to me while I was sitting, staring off into space so it will probably suck!
DISCLAIMER: I would love to own them. Sigh.
"How come I don't have a daddy?"
That simple question made Olivia's heart tighten every time she heard it. She was hearing it a lot more now that her daughter had started preschool. If everyone else had a mommy and a daddy, then why didn't Paige?
But how do you explain to a four year old that mommy had run away after she found out that she had gotten pregnant? You don't.
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Elliot groaned as the alarm went off. Another day, another case. Another shocked rape victim or another sobbing murder victim's mother. He missed Olivia. It wasn't the same getting up and going into the station to have his new partner, Tracey Redding, flirt and ogle him every time he sneezed. Where the hell did you go Liv?
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Olivia dropped Paige off at preschool and then went to her new job as a secretary. She hated her job. It was like desk duty all day, every day. There was no 'field work'. It was all, "Doctor Dietz's office, please hold. All day, every day.
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Elliot slumped in his chair and stared at the picture of the team at the Christmas Party the last year Olivia had been there. Tracey was watching him intently, he didn't know why and frankly, it creeped him out. He didn't know what went wrong. One day, they had been having sex and then a month later he came into work to find Detective Redding at her desk.
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"Doctor Dietz's office, please hold."
"Wait!"
"Ma'am, I have other calls coming in, I really need you to hold."
"Is this Olivia Benson?"
"Yes? Why?"
"Paige walked away from recess about five minutes ago and we can't find her, so if you could please come down here?"
"I'm on my way!"
Olivia burst through the door into the exam room, where Dr. Dietz was taking a teenage girls' blood pressure.
"My daughter went missing and I need to get down there!"
"Go, I'll have Cindy fill in for you."
Cindy was a nurse around Olivia's age and she had three kids: Jack, Sadie, and Maddie. Sadie and Paige were best friends and Cindy was Olivia's best friend.
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"Excuse me?"
Elliot looked down to see a little girl, around three or four, standing in the middle of the squad room.
"Hi sweetie! What do you need?"
"I'm looking for my daddy."
"Where is your mommy?"
"Work."
"Does she know where you are?"
"I am s'posed to be at preschool!"
"What's your name?"
"Paige."
"I'm Elliot. Here come and sit on my chair."
"K."
"You're looking for your daddy?"
"Yeah."
"What's his name?"
"I don't know."
"What does he look like?"
"I don't know."
"Doesn't he live with you?"
"No," the little girl violently shook her head. Her brown ponytail slapped her flushed cheeks in the process.
"How do you know he's here?"
"Mommy said that he works at Special something and I think this building said Special on it."
"Very good, Paige!"
"Where is my daddy?"
"Can you tell me what your last name is?"
"Mommy said I'm not allowed to tell strangers."
"Well, your mommy is right. But I'm a police officer and you can trust me."
"Mommy was a police officer too!"
"What is your mommy's name?"
"Mommy?"
"What color hair does your mommy have?"
"Brown."
"Can you trust me enough to tell me your last name?"
"Stabler."
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"What the hell happened?"
"She just walked away from the playground!"
"And you let her?"
"We thought she was going over to the fence."
"Where did she go after that?"
"Towards the subway."
Olivia sprinted across the street towards the subway terminal, even though she wasn't in Manhattan, she was glad she was still in New York City. She ran up to the security guard who was strolling up and down the platform.
"Hey! Excuse me?"
"Can I help you ma'am?"
"Did you see a little girl come through here? About half an hour ago? She is four years old and she has brown hair?"
"As a matter of fact, I did. I asked her where she was going because she looked lost. She said she was meeting her daddy in Manhattan and that her mommy had dropped her off here. I showed her the Manhattan train and she got on."
"You don't let a four year old on the subway by herself!"
"She knew where she was going!"
"If she dies or gets molested I am personally blaming you!"
Olivia hopped onto the subway train headed into Manhattan and prayed.
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"Stabler?"
"That's what I said Mister."
"Paige Stabler?"
"Paige Alexis Benson Stabler."
"Holy shit,"
"HEY! You said an icky word!"
"I'm sorry honey! Why don't you sit here and color and I'll be back in a second ok?"
Paige spun in the chair a few times before settling in and scribbling on a piece of paper.
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"Captain?"
"Elliot?"
"We have a slight problem."
"Just when I thought this job was getting easy."
"See that little girl out there?"
"Yeah?"
"That is Paige Alexis Benson Stabler."
"Oh. Well I can see where that might be a problem."
"Might? This little girl shows up here asking for her daddy and saying that her mommy thinks she is at school! What the hell is Olivia doing!?"
"Olivia probably doesn't know she is here, Elliot. Go out and sit with her and I'll try to get a hold of Liv."
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Olivia ran up the stairs of the 1-6. She was freaking out. She hadn't felt this panicked since the day she went into labor and the nurse asked where the father was. Boy had that pissed me off. If she remembers correctly, the nurse had to take a short trip to the ER.
"And one day, Mommy made me cookies and they were yummy. Then I made them and they weren't."
Olivia relaxed as she heard her little girl's voice coming through the door of the precinct.
"Mommy! I found Daddy!"
Olivia looked up to see Elliot standing in the door with Paige tugging on his hand.
"Olivia,"
"Don't start with me Elliot. Come on Paige."
"What about Daddy?"
"We'll see him later."
"No now!"
The toddler kicked and screamed as Olivia carried her out of the precinct, leaving Elliot to stare after them wondering if this whole day had really happened in the first place.
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