Disclaimer: I don't own Law and Order SVU or any characters associated with it. The song Your Ex-Lover is Dead is by STARS
Elliot walked into the Arizona heat. Though he missed New York, after he retired, there was nothing left for him there but memories. Lost in his own thoughts he almost didn't feel his phone ring.
"Stabler."
"Hey man its Jack. You know how my weddings' coming up?"
"Yeah, it's all you've been talking about. Am I finally going to meet her?"
"Maybe the maid of honor is in town and she's your type."
"I have a type?"
"C'mon man, you haven't dated anyone since you left New York. I'm starting to think you forgot how."
"Fine Jack, one date. Only one."
"Great, tonight at Chez Luna, seven o'clock, a double date with myself and my beautiful fiancé. Oh and the reservation is under my name."
"Goodbye Jack."
Elliot hung up the phone and sighed and got into his car. It was going to a long day.
Olivia Benson stepped out of the airport into the southwestern heat. How Alex had convinced her to fly down here she would never know. She grimaced as a large person flew into her screaming her nickname.
"Liv I'm so happy to see you! Thanks for coming down early. I have a surprise for you."
"Oh? You know how I feel about surprises."
"Well this one's really good. Are you ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
"I'm getting married and you're my maid of honor."
"What? When the hell were you going to tell me?"
"This is my way of telling you."
"Fine, I'll do it since I'm already here."
"Great this will be so much fun. Also before I forget, you and I have a double date tonight. I finally get to meet his best friend. And you get to go out with him, so dress nice."
Olivia glared at Alex but kept her composure. But it was useless, nothing was popping Alex's "perfect" plan.
"Well it could be fun to date again."
"Yay, I knew you'd see it my way eventually Liv. Now to find you something to wear."
It was going to be a long day.
Jack and Olivia were sitting at the table chatting and waiting until Alex arrived. She had run home to grab her memory book of their relationship.
Jack noticed Elliot as he walked into the restaurant, and took the break in the conversation to stand up and wave him over.
"Hey man there's someone I'd like you to meet."
"Well hello, my name is…"
Elliot stopped breathing as his date stood revealing none other than Olivia Benson.
"Aren't we past all these formalities El," she said coldly as she gazed at the man who not only abandoned her, but also broke her heart.
"Liv. I've…"
"Save it Elliot. I don't need to hear your sob story. We had something, and then you disappeared. You know Cragen led an investigation into where you went. He's gone now. I guess the stress of losing you was too much for him. Well you know, at first it was too much for me, but now I'm in a better place. I'm going to leave, but before I go, you should know," she opens her purse and extracts a picture of herself and a young girl about 3 or 4 years old. "She's yours. Not that you'd even care. Jack it was lovely to meet you. Take care of her."
And with that she turned on her heel and left.
Alex choose that moment to rush into the restaurant. She watched her best friend leave and ran over to her fiancé's table.
"What happened with Olivia? Oh hi Elliot."
She did a double take, took a step back and punched him in the face.
"That's for Olivia. Oh God Liv," she said running out the door to catch her friend.
"What the hell did you do to her Elliot?"
Elliot just stood there staring at the picture of the two girls. He loved them already.
"I have to find her," he whispered before taking his keys and running out to his car.
Olivia had never felt like this. It was like a piece of her had been ripped away, but in a way that allowed her to feel almost whole. As she wandered in the Arizona heat, she felt strangely at peace. She found herself at bus stop. She tried to remember when the pieces of her had split.
After the incident in the squad room she just wanted to go find Elliot and hide him for a while. They had begun their outside relationship a few years beforehand. Though she would miss him as a partner, she knew this would make their life together easier.
She knocked on his door to find it open. She entered to find the apartment wiped of any trace that Elliot had ever lived there. She immediately called Cragen who opened an investigation. She just sat in the apartment and cried.
A few hours later she received a call from Cragen to say that Elliot was in Arizona of what appeared to be his own free will.
She curled into a ball and sobbed herself to sleep on his floor.
She was woken from her remembrance by a familiar voice behind her.
"Liv. I'm…."
"You don't have to say anything."
And she boarded the bus to the airport.
She didn't look back again.
It's nothing but time and a face that you lose
I chose to feel it and you couldn't choose
I'll write you a postcard
I'll send you the news
From a house down the road from real love...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
Live through this, and you won't look back...
There's one thing I want to say, so I'll be brave
You were what I wanted
I gave what I gave
I'm not sorry I met you
I'm not sorry it's over
I'm not sorry there's nothing to save
I'm not sorry there's nothing to save...
Author's Note: This is my first published fanfiction.