Stumbling Into Darkness: By branbran0206
Chapter 2: Lost Time
His cobalt eyes were gazing at her in a fixed stare, there was no longer any malice behind them and he was smiling at her the warmth of his smile made her feel as if she were being warmed by the sun. It felt good to be in his presence without all the previous tension it was like it had all been forgotten.
"Liv I just wanted to say that I know why you left… I understand now."
"I am so sorry if I ever hurt you El I just need to get away I needed a break. It was all becoming just too much to handle."
He smiles even wider if possible and pulls her into a cozy hug, she finally feels at home as she inhales his special scent and finds total comfort and solitude in his arms. She was forgiven and everything was ok except for that banging somewhere in the distance what the hell was that?
The dream dissipated as she was brought back with a loud banging, she gathered her crumpled form from off the couch and made her way to the door while trying to unclog her brain. What day is it, what time is it she thought as she unchained the door? The opened door revealed a very worried looking Casey Novak; the redheaded D.A stepped past her and into the apartment. Still unsure of what was going on Olivia slowly closed the door and turned to face her friend.
"Olivia what the hell is going on with you? First I hear that you have taken a leave of absence from criminal cases and the Elliot calls me frantic about you!"
The only words she heard were Elliot and frantic the rest was just background noise, so did that mean he cared, he wasn't mad anymore? Maybe they could talk and she could explain what happened. She still hadn't said anything to Casey as she rushed to her bedroom and began getting dressed her mind racing. Maybe Elliot would like to go for coffee at that place he liked so much and there they could sit and talk and maybe even play catch up it had been months. She was buttoning her blouse and looking for shoes when Casey cleared her throat to let her know that she was still waiting to talk.
"I've got to go and talk to Elliot and explain why I left, I…I wanted to do it yesterday but I didn't have the nerve to even knock on the door."
She laughed and nervously ran her hand through her hair she noticed the startled look on the D.A's face and began to get even more nervous.
"Olivia Elliot called me a week ago…. He told me about you just standing outside of his building, he waited for you to go in and knock…but you never did…..but that was a week ago today."
No she was confused it couldn't have been a week ago because it happened yesterday, she remembered it was yesterday. Her throat was constricting and her chest felt tight the days she couldn't remember the days everything was a jumbled mess in her head she needed to sit down.
"Liv you are just having a rough patch right now, its going to get better I promise."
But she didn't hear the words that were coming out of the redhead's mouth; she didn't hear anything but the blood pounding in her ears.
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