DISCLAIMER: Dick Wolf owns the characters and the fantasies are purely my own.
New story time. All right, I wanted to write a story of younger Elliot/Olivia. It has Casey as a secondary/main character, as usual.
Summary: Elliot, Olivia, and Casey are all students at Columbia University. One day, Olivia and Elliot meet. So now we're going to trace their trials and tribulations. Not to mention Casey on the side, I wrote in her schizophrenic ex-fiance. This story isn't going to be pure fluff. I smell angst.
Thank you to SVUlover because she helped with this fic so far an she's amazing! Thanks Jen!
Anywho, I want your guys reviews on if I should continue or not. Plus, I love love love suggestions :)
Olivia walked down the halls to her room. She heard voices shouting behind some doors, and other doors contained pure silence. Olivia approached her own door and heard voices inside.
"GET THE HELL OUT!" Olivia heard a woman shout. It was Casey, her roommate. Some people say you will never be friends with your college roommate but Casey and Olivia were the opposite. Since they met on the first day of freshman year, they'd done everything together.
"What if I don't wanna?" Olivia heard a familiar voice, it was Charlie, Casey's boyfriend. Lately, they'd been fighting more and more.
"Screw you Charlie. Get outta here before Olivia gets back." Casey was shouting even louder than before. Olivia took that as her cue to come in.
"Hey Casey. Hello Charlie." Olivia smiled and put her books down on her desk.
"I'll see you later Case." Charlie walked over to Casey and their lips met in a passion-infused kiss. Olivia looked down at her feet awkwardly. She heard footsteps and looked up. Charlie was on his way out the door and Casey was now sitting on her bed.
"What was that about?" Olivia walked over to her twin size bed and faced Casey.
"We were just talking and than he started freaking out. I have no idea what's up with him lately, he's been acting really strange." Casey sighed heavily and squeezed a stuffed animal.
Charlie and Casey had been dating since the summer before freshman year. Their relationship had seemed unshakable up until a few months ago. Charlie started acting different and Casey had no clue how to deal with him anymore. Everyday, she got more sick of it but she stayed around.
"I promise I'm only going to ask this once and even now I don't want to ask it but as your friend I have to." Olivia's tone had changed so she sounded completely serious.
"Whatever Liv. You're going to ask either way." Casey rolled her eyes and turned so she was looking straight ahead and not at Olivia.
Olivia sighed heavily. "Has he hit you?"
"Where did that come from Liv?" Casey had quickly turned so she was facing Olivia again. "We fight sometimes so suddenly he hits me? What the hell?"
"That's not an answer." Olivia said calmly from her bed.
"I don't have to answer you." Casey stood up and stormed out of the room. Olivia stood up to go after her but decided it was better to let her cool off a bit before they talked again.
Olivia sighed heavily and walked over to her desk. She pulled her laptop out of her bag and plugged it into the wall. She logged into her e-mail account and there was nothing new. She didn't have any work to do so she shut her computer back down and left the room.
Olivia walked down the halls and observed the noises. A few people she recognized from the public bathroom mumbled a hello and Olivia smiled in response. She reached the doors to the outside and pushed them open. The wind was a bit cold and Olivia squeezed her sweatshirt tighter on her body. She wondered around campus mindlessly.
Olivia felt someone bump into her. "I'm so sorry! I wasn't paying attention." Olivia quickly bent down and began to gather up the books. After the two had gathered all the books, Olivia stood up and looked at the person's face.
It was a man she'd never met before. "I'm sorry. I should have watched where I was going." He was cute he had blue eyes and a nice body. Olivia suddenly felt very uncomfortable as she felt his eyes burning on her skin.
"It's fine. I don't think I've ever met you before..." The man smiled, he had a great smile, his teeth were perfect. "I'm Elliot." Elliot stuck his hand towards Olivia.
"I'm Olivia. Nice to meet you in this awkward way." Olivia smiled and shook his hand back.
Elliot laughed. Olivia felt as though the ice had been broken. "So where are you headed to?"
"I'm going to my dorm." Elliot said, he motioned for her to keep walking. "It's freezing out, are you headed home?"
Olivia nodded. "Yeah, I live in Whitter Hall." The two walked side by side and continued to make small talk.
"Me too. I've never seen you around, I live on the second floor in a single. How about you? Where are you at?" Elliot asked.
"I live on the third floor with my friend Casey." Olivia squeezed her arms as she talked. The wind was blowing and lowering the temperature. Olivia just wanted to get inside the dorm.
"Oh that's cool. Do you ever go to parties on campus?" Elliot rubbed his hands together and blew on them in an attempt to generate some heat.
"Sometimes, since I turned twenty-one I spend more time in clubs and bars. Frat parties are no longer my scene." Olivia laughed at the thought of all the nights when Casey and her were freshman and they went out. They weren't all positive memories but something they both looked back on and laughed.
"Yeah, I always go to that new club... Pure. It's pretty nice, have you ever been there?" Elliot asked quickly, they were only three hundred feet away from the dormitory.
"No. I've heard about it though. Casey goes there with her boyfriend sometimes." Olivia said. She didn't want to go back inside to her empty dorm room and wait for Casey to come home and blow up on her again.
"You should go up there sometime. Maybe we could go together." Elliot said nervously. Olivia paused before answering. "Sorry, I was way too forward." Elliot spoke quickly, his walking pace also sped up.
"No, that'd be nice. Do you have a cell phone?" Olivia smiled politely.
"Um yeah hold on." Elliot pulled his phone out of his jeans pocket. He handed it to Olivia. "Do you wanna put your number in here?"
Olivia took the phone and entered her number. "Here you go." Olivia handed him his phone back. They had arrived at the door. Elliot pulled the door open. "Go right ahead." Olivia walked in front of Elliot and entered the dorm.
They walked over to the elevator and pushed the button. They continued on with small talk until the elevator arrived. No one else got on and they both pushed their floor numbers. The elevator was at the second floor before they knew it.
"Well, this is my stop." Elliot said as he stepped forward.
"Seems like it." Olivia smiled at Elliot who was stepping out of the elevator.
"I'll text you later or something and we'll set up at a dat...I mean time." The door began to close but Olivia hit the open button.
"Okay, I'll see you later. It was nice meeting you." Olivia smiled warmly.
"You too, bye." Elliot stood outside the doors until they closed, this time Olivia didn't hit the open button but instead continued up to her dorm room. The doors opened on the third floor and Olivia floated off. She felt as though she was on cloud nine. Olivia continued down the hall to her dorm room. She stuck the key into the lock and turned it. Casey still wasn't home and Olivia frowned. She couldn't wait to tell Casey about Elliot but it seemed she was going to have to wait.
Olivia walked over to her bed and laid down. She shut her eyes for a few minutes until she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. She pulled it out and saw she had a text message from an unknown number. She opened the phone and read the text message.
I know this sounds weird but I couldnt stop thinkin about u. What u doin? Elliot
Olivia seemed to explode internally. She had hoped he'd contact her and the sooner the better. Some people would have thought it was kind of creepy but she thought it was cute. She decided to wait five minutes so he didn't think she was just sitting around waiting. After five minutes, she texted him back.
Nothin. Just sittin here. What about u?
Olivia read the text three times and hesitated before sending it. While she waiting for the text message, she felt as though she going to burst. She wanted him to text back... and quickly. She felt her phone vibrate on her leg and looked down. On the outside, she saw Elliot's name and flipped it open.
Same thing. Wanna get a coffee or just come chill? My room #s 224. Come down or somethin.
Olivia smiled. She wanted to go really bad but her and Casey had established a rule about going to people's rooms. If you didn't know them, you couldn't go. It was good rule after Olivia decided to go up to a frat boy's room to 'play video games', if it hadn't been for Casey, Olivia would have been in a dangerous situation. But under the circumstances, Olivia decided to screw Casey and go anyway. She sent Casey a quick text saying she was going to see some girlfriends on campus, not completely truthful, but somewhat. Olivia than replied to Elliot's text.
Ill be there in fifteen minutes. See u there!
Olivia hit the send button than ran over to the mirror. She starred at herself briefly before she took her hair out of the ponytail. She quickly brushed it and straightened out the kink that the hair tie had left. Olivia grabbed a make up brush and began to work on her face. When she looked down at her cell phone she realized she'd already wasted twenty minutes and hadn't even changed her clothes. Olivia quickly threw the make up down and threw a hoodie on with some jeans. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She looked nice but still casual. She grabbed her keys and cell phone and left her dorm room.
She hurried down the hall and decided to take the stairs. Olivia figured some exercise would help her calm her nerves. She reached the bottom of the stairs and felt her cell phone vibrating. The outside said 'New text message from Casey.' Olivia flipped her phone open and read the message.
Do what u want. ill be with charlie. maybe home l8r who knows.
Olivia sighed. She wasn't comfortable with Casey staying overnight alone with Charlie, who lived off campus in his own apartment. He had a few parties over the years but that was usually the only time Olivia ever went to his place. She decided not to text back and continued on to Elliot's room.
Olivia pushed the door open and walked down the hallway which was almost identical to the one leading to her dorm. She counted down the numbers 230, 229, 228, 227, 226, 225. She reached 224 and was instantly nervous and debated turning around. Almost subconsciously she found herself walking down and knocking on Elliot's door. Olivia heard rustling on the other side of the door and than Elliot appeared in front of her.
"Hey. I was starting to think you were blowing me off." Elliot smiled. Olivia looked down at her watch, it had been nearly forty minutes since she texted Elliot.
"Sorry, I tried to look nice for you." Olivia smiled.
"You do. Come in, than we can go out for coffee or something." Elliot motioned for Olivia to come in. Olivia walked passed him and her arm brushed against him, she felt an intense tingle go up her arm.
Elliot smiled as he took her scent. She smelled like vanilla and he loved it. It was out of character for him to invite a stranger to his dorm room but something about Olivia made him feel like he'd know her his entire life, and not just for the past hour.
"I just gotta straighten up a bit, my roommate's a bit anal." Olivia laughed as she starred at the few books on his bookshelf. There were criminal justice books and some psychology.
"What are you majoring in?" Olivia asked without taking her eyes off the books.
"Criminal justice with a double major in psychology." Elliot said, he was straightening up some books on his desk.
"No way! Me too! How haven't we met each other before?" Olivia turned around and laughed.
"No clue, what year are you?" Elliot asked. He looked up from his books to look at Olivia.
"I'm a junior." Olivia said as she continued to survey the tiny room.
"Oh. I'm a senior." Elliot said. He walked over to where Olivia was.
"That's awesome." Olivia began to feel a bit uncomfortable as Elliot moved closer. "So how about that coffee?" Olivia asked awkwardly.
"Uhh... right. Let's go. You drink Starbucks right?" Elliot questioned.
"Of course. I'm a college student. Eighty percent of my money is blown at Starbucks." Olivia smiled.
"Dumb question. Sorry." Elliot looked down. Olivia felt bad because he looked embarrassed.
"Don't be. You were just being polite. You're all right." Olivia said politely.
"Okay, let me grab a sweatshirt and we'll go." Elliot walked to his closet and pulled out a Columbia sweatshirt. He pulled it over his head and straightened it out. "All right. Let's go."
Olivia smiled and opened the door. She held it open and Elliot followed close behind. "Which Starbucks do you go to?" Elliot asked.
"The one on Fullerton." Olivia said. "But it doesn't really matter, there's one on every block."
Elliot laughed. "That's very true." The two continued to make awkward small talk the entire walk to the store. At times the conversation would stop, and they would both laugh uncomfortably.
Elliot opened the door and motioned for Olivia to go in front of him. Olivia exploded inside at the thought of how much of a gentleman he was. It seemed impossible to find a guy who wasn't hell bent on sleeping with you from the get go. "Thanks." Olivia said softly. She walked into the little establishment and looked at the tables. She looked to her right and saw the back of Casey's head. Olivia turned around quickly and pushed Elliot out of the store before Casey could see them.
"What was that about?" Elliot questioned. His face was scrunched up, he was obviously confused.
"Sorry, I told my roommate, Casey, that I was on campus with a couple girlfriends." Olivia said quickly.
"Oh..." Elliot seemed disappointed.
"No! It's not like that, we got in a fight. Long story short, I really don't want her to ruin our dat... plans." Olivia said. She felt a cheeks turn a light shade of pink.
"I understand. Don't worry about it... like you said, there's a Starbucks on every corner." Elliot laughed and Olivia joined it.
The two walked two blocks to the next Starbucks. They walked in, the store was nearly empty and Elliot smiled. "What do you want?" Olivia told him her order and reached into her pocket to get money.
"Don't worry about it. I'll get it." Elliot smiled.
Olivia frowned. "No, let me give you money." Elliot laughed.
"It's not a debate, I'm paying for you. If it makes you feel better, you can pay next time." Elliot smiled.
Olivia sighed heavily and put her hands on the table. "Fine." Olivia pouted quietly. If she didn't pay for herself, she felt like she was on a date.
Elliot walked away to order and get their coffee. Olivia pulled her phone out of her jeans pocket which was flashing. Olivia opened it up to see a text message from Casey.
Where r u? i thought i saw u at starbucks.
Olivia sighed a typed a quick reply saying she was still on campus. She felt bad about lying. Casey had been her best friend for three years and now she was lying to her about a guy she'd known less than three hours. Where had her head gone?
