Olivia walked into the squad room later than usual. She had been so tired lately like she needed an extra 12 hours of sleep a day. She'd had to drag herself out of bed today and still arrived 15 minutes late.

"Hey Olivia",Amaro called out to her. They'd been working together for months, yet he still felt new to her.

"Hey Amaro" she called back. "Have you gotten far on your DD-5's from our last case." This last case had been hard on every one, a serial rapist had gotten to 6 girls all between the ages of 7 and 11. But they'd gotten him. Thank goodness. Olivia had been taken down by the case more than usual. She'd Had no one to talk it out with. She had always been able to talk to someone. Before they broke it off David was happy to be that person. And before that she'd had Elliot. Now she felt alone. In the seven weeks since she and David had broken up every case had gotten to her in some way.

"You okay Liv?" she faintly recognized Fin calling out to her.

"Yeah I'm totally fine I just missed some crucial hours of sleep last night." She smiled.

"Ah yes" laughed munch" you know"-

"No we don't know and we wouldn't like to know so just stop now." Fin interrupted as Olivia looked on in amusement and stifled a yawn. Olivia could barely keep her head from sinking onto her desk as she sat intent on finishing her DD-5's. It was only 11 and there were no new cases, which meant paperwork. And lots of it she could only remember one time she had ever been free of paperwork and that was with her old partner, Elliot. She was then struck with tons of memories of them together; with Gitano, on those memorable porch steps, the dozens of times she'd visited him in a hospital room...

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"Olivia, Olivia, wake up", Fin called to her. Olivia suddenly realized that she was not in the hospital or on porch steps but in fact she was in the cribs. She'd came up right around 11:30 and it was now an hour and a half later.

"You said to wake you later plus Munch and Amaro are back with lunch." Fin said to a still very tired Olivia.

"Okay", was Olivia's simple answer. She leaned up on the small cot quickly and was surprised by the forcefulness of the dizziness that hit her. She lay back down for a few more seconds to allow it to pass. She didn't think much of it the same thing had happened to her this morning maybe it was her lack of sleep that was getting to her she thought as she made her way down stairs. When she got there she realized how hungry she really was and made her way to the other detectives who were distributing food from munch's

desk.

When she got there the smell of onions on munch's sandwich overpowered her it was disgusting. She ran from the room covering her nose and mouth and got to the rest room just in time to vomit in the toilet instead of the squad room floor. After she had stopped she started to wonder why it had even began no one else seemed to be sick, she didn't even feel horrible so she excluded the stomach flu. Olivia was weighing other options in her head until she realized that she was sitting on the bathroom floor and all her co-workers had seen her run to the restroom covering her mouth and nose. She got up slowly so as not to affect her already weak stomach and sense of balance. She washed her hands and began to wonder what everyone was thinking about her fast paced and dramatic exit. She would find out soon enough she thought as she dried her hands and mentally prepared to face a room full of detectives who had just witnessed her...she struggled to find a word that accurately described the scene that had unfolded before them just minutes ago. She stepped into the squad room trying to calm her wandering mind. She felt as if she couldn't keep her thoughts from jumping around the room. She was glad to see her sandwich and a ginger ale on her desk and the food

absent from munch's. She mouthed a silent 'thanks' to Amaro and got to work on finishing her DD-5's so she would be able to leave work before 6:00 and receive the sleep she so desperately needed.

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When 5:30 came she looked up to find the room empty of everyone except her and Nick. "So Liv" Nick struggled to break the ice, "What was that earlier?"

Olivia took small sips of ginger ale and tried to collect her thoughts. Amaro noticed her discomfort and walked around his desk to sit on hers. The Truth was that not even Olivia was fully aware of the events that had taken place earlier, had it really only been 30 minutes ago...

"Look Nick", she started, "I'm not sure what happened earlier but I am sure of this, I am exausted." As she finished her sentence she grabbed her coat and shut down the computer. She shot Nick a look that dared him to interrupt her plan to go home and rest.

"Okay", Nick said catching her hint and not taking the risk. "I'll talk to you tomorrow", he uttered as she was walking away. Now it was Olivia's turn to understand nicks veiled threat. She paused for a half second as she took this in. She would have to be prepared tomorrow. She picked up speed and headed to catch a cab home.