Author's Note: Thank you guys for all of the amazing reviews! I love reading them and it makes me feel so great that you guys like my writing! So what does Elliot have to say to Olivia? What made him come back? Will he consider returning to SVU? What are Nick and Fin's reactions like? Read and find out!
Nick saw Olivia running towards the cribs. He knew it was best to let her go alone, so he didn't follow her, but he noticed Elliot start to catch up to her. He blocked Elliot, even thought he was twice his size, but he knew it was best for her.
"I can't let you go in there. You hurt her enough already." He said to the big, tall man with blue eyes.
"Look, I don't know who the hell you are, but get out of my way!" Elliot said back to him as he pushed Nick to the side and walked towards the door to the cribs.
Nick looked at Fin with a 'what-should-I-do' face, and then back at Elliot.
As Elliot opened the door slowly and walked inside the room with all of the beds, he found her sitting with her head in her hands, crying hysterically without making a sound. She was always good at hiding her true emotions.
He walked towards her and sat down next to her on the bed as he wrapped his arm around her. He pulled her into his chest and she continued to cry while she wrapped an arm around him. Elliot noticed how hard she was holding him, as if she thought he was going to disappear if she didn't.
Elliot never remembered her ever being this sad, even after her mother died. He knew that he would never forgive himself, because it was his fault that she was that sad. Just seeing her cry like that brought him to tears himself, and he let a tear roll down his cheek.
"I missed you so much," she said softly, almost a whisper, into his chest.
"I missed you, too. You have no idea," he said, his voice almost cracking.
They sat in silence for a few minutes, wrapped up in each other's embrace, while they started to calm down.
Back in the squad room, Nick asked Fin, "What do you think is going on in there?"
"Either they are punchin' each other or making out." He said with a small chuckle.
"They were, like, a thing?" He asked him with a hint of confusion in his voice.
"No, but they always had feeling for each other that went deeper than partners or friends. Everyone knew it, you could tell by the way they looked at each other. The silent conversations they used to have with their eyes, it was creepy man! I mean they could just look into each other's eyes and they knew exactly what the other one was thinking. They always had some sort of connection to each other that no one else had, but they would never tell each other how they truly felt, in fear that it would ruin their friendship and partnership," Fin explained.
"Then why did Stabler leave her in the first place, if they were so inseperable?" Nick asked, almost sarcastically with a bit of jealousy mixed in. He knew that their partnership would never be as strong as the one that she had with Elliot, and now he knew why. She was in love with him.
"He left after he shot a teenage girl, who came into the precinct and started shooting like a psycho maniac. He didn't mean to kill her, but after he did, he never forgave himself, and he was almost positive that Baby-Girl wouldn't either. But I think that he hurt her more by leaving than what he did to that girl."
After Olivia started to calm down, she looked up into his eyes. The big, perfect blue eyes that she had thought about everyday for the past two years. He was wearing a solid black t-shirt and a pair of jeans.
"How could you do that to me? How could you leave me like that?" she asked softly, as if she was talking to herself.
"I thought that you would be better off without me." He said, not able to come up with anything else to say.
"You thought wrong," she said, softer than the original question. They sat there for a few more minutes in silence, until it was broken by Olivia's voice.
"Why did you come? What made you come here?"
"After I left, my whole life started to fall apart without you, so I started drinking and smoking to try and numb the pain a bit. By the time that I realized that it wasn't working, I tried to stop, but I couldn't. I stopped paying attention to my wife and kids, because every time I looked at them I thought of you. Eventually, Kathy told me that they couldn't take it anymore, so she left me. I also found out, while we were going through the divorce, that Eli isn't mine. She got full custody of the kids because she convinced the judge that I was an unfit parent, and as soon as the divorce was final, she went to go live with Eli's real father, who lives in California. I coudnt take the pain and lonlyness aymore, so I drank until I fell asleep, and kept drinking as soon as I got up. One night, after a long day of drinking, I decided that I had nothing to live for anymore. I was right about to pull the trigger, but there was this voice in my head saying 'Stop, you are not worthless. You mean something to me, and I need you. Don't do this to yourself, to me'. I realized that it was your voice, and I made the decision to get help with my drinking and smoking problems. I promised myself that the day that I was a hundred percent sober and I pulled my life back together, I would come to see you, so here I am."
"Thank you," was all she could say before she fell back into his chest in tears.
He pulled her into him tighter and rubbed circles on her back with his hand.
She pulled away and looked into his eyes, which were now red and puffy as well.
"Never leave me, ever again."
"I won't. I promise."
Author's Note: So what did you guys think? Do you think I should continue? What will Nick think about Elliot? Will they tell each other their true feelings, FINALLY? Was it too sappy and emotional? REVIEW!
