Okay, by much request, here is chapter two! Please enjoy, and don't forget to review, cause I love hearing from ya'll!
This chapter is for my CI reviewers: Confused, Secret Phoenix 679, rainy angellz, Animaltalker, Spaceape, LostLove05, and my SVU reviewers: onetreefan, HKitty9013, SVUgurl4life, AnaDry, WuHaoNi, LivNel4ever, and SVU is my life! Ya'll rock!
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Elliot took a deep breath before walking onto the stage, smiling shakily as he accepted the microphone from Deakins.
"Next, I'm very proud to introduce one of my own lead detectives, and a very good friend. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Detective Elliot Stabler singing Nobody Knows It But Me."
The lights went down, and a spotlight was shone on him as he lifted the microphone to his mouth.
"Yeah. Wish I told her how I felt. Maybe she'd be here right now. But instead…"
I pretend that I'm glad you went away
These four walls close in more every day
And I'm dying inside
And nobody knows it but me
Like a clown I put on a show
The pain is real even if nobody knows
And I'm crying inside
And nobody knows it but me
He took a deep breath to keep the tears at bay. Right now, he was singing his heart out, and the one who needed to hear it the most wasn't even there.
Why didn't I say the things I needed to say?
How could I let my angel get away?
Now my world is just a-tumblin' down
I can say it so clearly, but you're nowhere around
The nights are so lonely the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missing you
And nobody knows it but me
Olivia slipped in through the door, smiling when she realized that she hadn't missed his performance. As quietly and carefully as she could, she made her way to the front of the audience and found a seat.
I carry smile when I'm broken in two
And I'm nobody without someone like you
I'm trembling inside
And nobody knows it but me
I lie awake, it's a quarter past three
I'm screaming at night if I thought you'd hear me
Yeah, my heart is calling you
And nobody knows it but me
I'm sorry, Liv, he thought as he continued to sing. I never meant those things. I'm such an idiot. I love you. He looked around the room again, and his heart nearly stopped as his eyes fell on the table right in front of the stage, causing him to nearly drop his microphone.
Liv? he thought, his cerulean eyes locking with her chocolate brown ones. She smiled sweetly at him and nodded confidently, and he sang with even more passion than when he had started.
How blue can I get?
You could ask my heart
But like a jigsaw puzzle
It's been torn all apart
Billion words couldn't say
Just how I feel
A million years from now you know
I'll be loving you still
The nights are so lonely the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missing you
And nobody knows it but me
As she watched her partner sing, it felt like he was singing only to her. It was almost as if the rest of the world had melted away, and they were the only two people left on earth. As if the fight that they had fought had never happened, and they were in as much love as the day he had asked her for a first date.
I'm sorry, El, she mouthed, her heart racing when he nodded and smiled at her, that famous grin that he could make her do anything with. He gave her a wink and continued to sing, and she leaned her elbows on his knees and watched him with loving eyes.
Tomorrow morning, I'll hit a dusty road
Gonna find you wherever, ever you might go
And I'm gonna load my heart
And hope you come back to me
Suddenly he motioned for her to come up, and she shook her head furiously.
"No, El!" she muttered, but a spotlight was shone on her, and the crowd began to clap, so she stood up and made her way onto the stage. Deakins strolled out onto the stage with a chair and placed it in front of Elliot, then walked back behind the curtains.
Elliot gave her puppy dog eyes, and she sighed and sat in the chair, smiling as he knelt in front of her and began to serenade her.
The nights are so lonely the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missing you
And nobody knows it but me
The nights are so lonely the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missing you
And nobody knows it but me
The nights are so lonely the days are so sad
And I just keep thinking about the love that we had
And I'm missing you
And nobody knows it but me
As the last few notes of the song faded out, Elliot laid the microphone on the floor and took Olivia into his arms.
"I love you, Olivia," he whispered into her ear, and he felt her grin.
"Love you, too, Stabler."
The crowd cheered and clapped as they stood up and shared a brief kiss before walking hand in hand off of the stage. Cragen and Deakins watched them go, and they nodded knowingly at each other.
"Ladies and gentlemen, Elliot Stabler!" Cragen said, and the crowd continued to cheer for another minute before coming to a stop.
"Next up on tonight's amazing list of talent, Bobby Goren will be singing One In A Million You, so stick around!" Deakins announced.
TBC...
A/N: Okay, peeps. What do ya'll think? Next up, Bobby Goren, so don't go anywhere!