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A/N: Sorry for the wait!

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Olivia's POV

As I walked out of the precinct, I considered what Fin had told me... Could Elliot actually have any feelings for me? Other than platonic? I drove to the hospital on autopilot... the thought that Elliot might even possibly have feelings for me making my heart soar. However, who am I kidding, me wouldn't want me... no one would.

The walk up to the hospital from my parking spot seemed to go on forever, I almost want to run in there and find Elliot just to be sure he really did survive that terrible night.

"Ma'am? Can I help you?" The elderly looking nurse asks rousing me from my thoughts. It must not have taken me as long to get here as I thought.

"Which room is Det. Elliot Stabler in? I'm his partner Det. Olivia Benson." I said flashing my badge. I know most of the nurses here, but she must be new...

"Room 410 in the west wing, ma'am."

"Please, Olivia." might as well be friendly, if she really is new we will be running into each other quite a bit. "Thank you." I say as I head in that direction.

When I entered Elliot's room, the first thing I noticed was his light snoring, as if he were just resting... as if nothing had ever happened.

I'm not sure how long I had just stood there watching him sleep, but when the door opened, I jumped about a mile.

"Oh, I'm sorry Olivia. I'll just-"

"It's ok, Maureen. I'll let you visit with him, I've been here long enough. Besides, I'm on call and since I'm in here, I can't have my phone on so I might have to go to work. I'll talk to you later." Might as well lie and play the work card, she needs her time with her dad.

I almost made it to the door when Maureen caught me by my upper arm, surprising me to death.

"Olivia, it's ok, I didn't mean to run you off. I just thought you'd want some time with dad.-"

"It's fine, you hardly ever get to spend any time with him, don't worry about me. I'll see him later-"

"Liv! Could you let me finish a thought please?" Maureen said with a laugh. So she's really not upset with me? I was under the impression she blamed me for El not being around so much when she was growing up. "As I was saying, I just thought you and daddy were having some personal time when I first came in, but now I see he's sleeping so I was wondering if I could talk to you?"

Talk about catching me off guard! "Uh... ummm... ye-yeah of course, Maureen, what's going on?"

"Well, ummm, I just wanted to say... thank you for saving dad. He told us all about it, and I must say I highly doubt that it would have turned out nearly as well if dad had been the one that had to kiss Stuckey!" Maureen laughed, "I mean seriously, could you see dad kissing him?"

"Haha, yeah I was actually just thinking about that earlier, but your dad would have been able to figure something out. The only reason I even did that was to distract him, make him trust me. If the situation were reversed, your dad could have shown they were connected by sharing a common hatred like I did, although since that fell through, I had no choice but to go with the seductress angle. Your dad would have probably got him with the common hatred angle, he plays it well, and sometimes he even convinces me."

"Liv, you know dad doesn't really hate you, right?"

"It's hard to be sure sometimes. And besides, I was supposed to go with him to that lab, and if I had, maybe it would have turned out differently..."

"So... he never told you???" Maureen's eyes grew wide as she asked.

"Told me... what?" I ask cautiously. What could she possibly be talking about?

"Uh, ok not my place to say, but when dad wakes ask him about the conversation we had last week and tell him if he isn't honest I'll set you straight." Maureen said as she left.

Ok so that was really wierd... What isn't he telling me? Could it be he wants a new partner? It was my fault things turned out the way they did...

"Liv? Liv. Olivia!?" OMG!!! I must have dozed off, but how that's possible in these stupid hospital chairs I'll never know!

"Huh? What was that?"

"Have you been here all night?" Elliot asked totally confusing me.

"What? All night?" I looked around taking in my surroundings. The sun is bright and there is a blanket on me... I must have stayed the night! "Uhhh... well it sure looks that way..." I started to say when a yawn and need to stretch caught me off guard.

"When did you get here?" Elliot asked with a smirk.

"About 7:30pm... yesterday apparently... you were sleeping, then Maureen came in for a bit an--, oh yeah! I sat down for a minute. I was going to leave if you didn't wake up within half an hour cause I was exhausted. I must have fallen asleep. What time is it?" I've gotta get to work, HELLO!!! New case!

"About 8am. Why? I heard Cregan gave us both 2 weeks off." Uh oh now El is all curious... Uhhh... wish I could take that time off now and just stay here but I took that case so I've got to see it through.

"I didn't take any time off and I have really got to get moving because I caught a case yesterday around 11ish or noon, so I'll see you later." I got up and straightened up my shirt and hair a bit and was almost out the door when El's voice stopped me.

"Is it a high priority case?"

"The vic doesn't remember anything from that night, because she had been drunk, other than a guy that was hitting on her at her own engagement party... which was three months ago... she didn't even realize she had been raped till she found out she was pregnant."

"Is it possible both parties were drunk? It wouldn't be rape and you could take the day off... and stay here with me." He said that last part so softly I barely caught it, and if I hadn't seen his mouth moving I wouldn't have believed it! Elliot asked me to stay the day with him!!! Why had I been so stubborn and turned down those two weeks off?!

"She's sure he wasn't drunk and, El, as much as I would like to take the day off, I've gotta find this guy." Awkward silent staring ensued for a few minutes until I broke the ice again, "You won't believe what the vic has decided to do with the baby."

"Well, I guess, if it's something you don't think I'd believe, she wants to keep it?"

"Yeah, she was really sweet about it too. She said that she didn't see the point in blaming the actions of a parent on an innocent child."

"She's one smart cookie."

"But, El, she's a sophomore in college and hardly keeping her head above water, she can't possibly believe she's actually going to be able to finish college."

"You never know, there are tons of scholarships out there now-a-days for single moms."

"OK, well I've got to get to work-- speaking of." Saved by the pink panther ring tone alerting me that Cregan is calling me.

"Benson."

"Liv, we caught a break in your case last night. Same MO as another only that time he left his DNA, but it wasn't untill just recently was he put into the system. Darren McMarks. Fin picked him up earlier this morning and is interrogating him now."

"OK, that's great, I'll be in--"

"You will do no such thing. I know about the little stay in the hospital last night so either you take at least a week of vacation time or I will make it a weeks unpaid suspension. Understood?"

"How did you find out?"

"Nurse Regina gave me a call when she found you last night in the chair by his bedside. Don't worry about the case it's being handled. I'll call you if we need you, but you need to take some time to take care of yourself."

"Yes, sir."

"See you later, Liv."

"Bye." Well that was an unexpected turn of events...

"What did the cap say?"

"That I am on leave for a week like it or not... and my case is basically solved...", you know... now would be a good time to bring up the whole `he didn't tell you?!` thing...

"Ummm... El?"

"Yeah, Livvy?"

"Last night when Maureen was here we were talking... and she told me to tell you to quote ask him about the conversation we had last week and tell him if he isn't honest I'll set you straight. You wouldn't happen to know what she's talking about would you?"

"Ummm... I'd rather talk to you about that later this afternoon, after I get out of this damned bed. Is that ok with you?"

Uh oh, I think I hit a nerve. This may not be so good. "Sure... so whats on the agenda for today?"

"Getting the heck out of dodge and into something that doesn't show my ass," DARN IT!!! LOL!!!, "and then I was thnking maybe we could grab a bite to eat somewhere."

"That sounds good, when do you get out?"

"I think they said 1pm... do you think I could sweet talk you into dropping by my appartment and grabbing me a change of clothes? Pretty please?" Elliot asked with a laugh.

"Course. I need a change and a shower too, so I'll go do that now so I can get back here at noon..."

"Why noon?"

"Just in case. That way if I hit traffic I've got plenty of time to spare and I won't have to illegally turn on my siren." I joked back.

"Ok, so where would you like to grab lunch?"

"Its up to you sicky!" I said with an insurpressable grin.

"Well then Olive Garden it is!"