Olivia woke up and looked over at her clock that read: 6:15 am. She looked over to her other side and saw Mark sleeping. Last night was amazing. They went to dinner and then they came back to her place for a nightcap.

She really likes Mark but, her whole heart wasn't in this relationship. Her heart is with Elliot but, he's married with children and they were just partners. At least that's what they keep telling themselves.

She got up and went in the bathroom to shower. She finished half an hour later and came out to get dressed. Mark was already up, talking on the phone.

She got dressed in dark jeans and a v-neck blue sweater that was Elliot's favorite on her. Mark finished talking on the phone and got up. "I have to go to work to check on one of my patients. You need a lift to work?" He asked as he started putting his shirt on.

"No. Thanks though." She started putting on her makeup.

"No problem. I got to go babe. I'll call you later, maybe we could have lunch." He leaned down and kissed her.

"Ok babe. If I don't answer my cell just call my work line ok?"

"You got it. See ya beautiful." He kissed her again and then left.

Olivia finished her makeup and then quickly blow dried her hair. She grabbed her holster and badge and then headed out the door. She stopped at her favorite cafe and got a cup of tea for herself and a cup of coffee for Elliot along with two muffins.

She arrived at the precinct 15 minutes later. "Hey guys," she said and the guys just waved and got back to work.

"Hey Liv," Elliot said. She handed him his coffee and muffin and set her tea and muffin on her desk. "Thanks. I didn't have time for breakfast this morning," he said.

"Another fight with Kathy?" She asked.

"Something like that. So how was your night with Mark?" He asked and cringed when he said Mark's name. Thankfully, Olivia didn't notice.

"It was great, actually."

"You two are getting pretty serious then?" He asked.

"I guess you could say that," she said. The truth was that Mark was getting serious about their relationship. Olivia, on the other hand, wants one man and that man isn't Mark. I mean, sure Mark's smart, handsome, and gentleman but she was not in love with him,

She doesn't think she could ever be in love with someone else other than Elliot.

He nodded and got back to work. When Olivia and Mark started dating, he didn't think it would last this long. It's only been two months but Olivia usually didn't give any other guy that much time so she must like Mark a lot.

Elliot was miserable at home. He loves his children but Kathy was a different story. She was always breathing down his back and fighting with him about every little thing. He was sick of it. He would have to talk to Kathy after work and get things settled to where they both can be happy.

A couple hours later...

It was around lunchtime and Olivia called Mark to see if they were still on. "Hey baby...still up for lunch?...why not?...oh no babe, that's okay...don't worry about it...ok bye." She hung up and looked up to see Elliot staring at her.

"He can't make it?" Elliot asked.

She shook her head. "There was a huge car accident and they have a lot of patients so he can't leave," she said sadly.

"How about I take you out then? I'll take you to that new place we always wanted to try."

"I guess so."

"You guess so? I'm not good enough now that you have Mark?" He teased.

"I didn't mean it like that. I was just looking forward to having lunch with him. You're second best, don't worry," she teased back.

"Yeah yeah, Benson. C'mon." They both got up and headed to lunch.

They arrived at the little pub and sat down. The waitress took their orders and said that she'll be right back.

"So what did you and Kathy fight about this time?" Olivia asked.

"It was stupid. It's nothing," he brushed it off so she knew something was up.

"Elliot, talk to me. What's going on?" She asked, concerned.

"Uh I'm just not happy anymore. Ever since I went back home, she's been fighting with me about the smallest things. I just don't know how much more I can take before I snap at her."

"Did you try talking to her?"

"Last night, I went home early and she thought that wasn't good enough. I took her out for dinner and tried to talk to her but she wouldn't stop fighting me. She kept accusing me of ridiculous things and going on about how I spend all my time at work when I should be with my family."

The waitress came with their food. "Enjoy."

"Thank you," they both said.

"What does accuse you of?" Olivia asked. She knew that Kathy always accuses him of having an affair with her. He never admitted it but she overheard one of their recent arguments and that was all the proof she needed.

"It's about you. That I'm apparently having an affair with you," he said quietly.

She nodded. "Mark accused me of the same thing the other day," she said, equally as quiet.

"They really trust us huh?" Elliot said, sarcastically.

She smiled and shook her head. "You want some?" She held up her tuna sandwich. He smiled and took her half and gave her half of his. They always split their food half and half.

"Since Mark's probably working all night, how about I take you out to dinner?" She asked. She thought that she could make up for yesterday and not being able to go to dinner with him.

"How about I pick up some food and we go to your place?" He asked. He rather be alone with her than out around a whole bunch of people.

"Plotting something to make Kathy even more jealous?" She teased.

He smiled. "Something like that," he teased back. "I just like it when it's just us two," he added.

"Ok then." She blushed and smiled.

They finished their lunch and went back to work. A couple hours later, they all got to go home. Fin and Munch already left. Elliot and Olivia were in the locker room grabbing their stuff.

Elliot's phone started ringing. "Stabler...yeah Kathy...um yeah I just got off right now...uh I already made dinner plans so I won't be home...we'll talk later...fine bye." He slammed the phone shut.

Olivia turned to look at him. "You should probably go home and be with your family. We could do this another time."

"No that's fine. I rather be with you than Kathy."

"Well go spend time with your kids,"she suggested.

"Liv, my children are never home anyways. I'm not cool enough for them." He laughed.

She smiled back and nodded. "Go talk to your wife. Take her out and show her that you still appreciate her. We could always do this tomorrow ok?"

"I'm going to go talk to Kathy about something and then I'll be at your house by 8. Don't even think about arguing with me Benson," he teased.

"Fine but, I think you should be with you wife."

"I think you should stop thinking." He laughed.

She playfully slapped him in the chest. "I'm leaving."

She got home around 7 pm and took a quick shower.

Elliot got home at 7:20 pm since he live in Queens. He walked in and saw Kathy on the couch.

"Elliot, I thought you weren't coming home now," she said annoyed.

"I just came to talk to you."

"About what?"

"About this marriage."

"Well you never have time for this marriage so what it there to talk about?"

"And that's why I'm ending it. I'm done trying to please you. I'm done trying to convince you that I'm not having an affair. I don't need my own wife fighting with me every chance she gets."

She glared at him. "You know what, fine. Leave. I don't need you anymore! I don't need a husband that loves another woman!" She yelled.

"You know what Kathy, you're right. I do love Olivia but she's happy with her boyfriend so I'm not going to mess that up."

"Oh please, you're probably going to go over there and screw her," she said, angrily.

"I never had sex with her Kathy but, of course you don't believe that so I'm done trying to convince you," he said then stormed out of the house.

He got in his car and drove to Olivia's favorite Chinese restaurant. He got them some food and headed to Olivia's apartment.

Olivia got up, hearing a knock at the door. She opened it and saw Elliot standing there.

"Hey, come in." She led him in the kitchen. They got plates and some beers and sat on the couch in the living room.

Olivia sensed that Elliot was mad. "You okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine. I talked to Kathy and I'm done."

"What do you mean, you're done?"

"I told her that I want a divorce. I'm done dealing with her crap. I'm not going to do it anymore."

Olivia's jaw dropped. "Elliot, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Liv, I have never been this sure about anything in my life."

"What about your kids?"

"I'll still see them but, I don't want to see Kathy anymore."

"I'm sorry. Maybe you guys can at least be civil about this whole divorce thing." She felt really bad for him. She didn't want to see him hurt.

He just shrugged, not wanting to talk about it anymore. All of a sudden, Olivia's phone started ringing. She looked at the screen and it read: Mark.

"Hey babe...still working?...no I'm fine, Elliot's over and we're having dinner...um ok...bye." She hung up and stared at her phone. As soon as Mark heard that Elliot was there, he got mad and said that he had to get back to work.

"Everything ok?" Elliot asked.

She nodded. "Yeah, let's eat."

Elliot knew that there was something wrong by the look on her face. "Liv what did he say?"

"Nothing. Nothing, let's just forget it."

He nodded and they started eating.