Elliot woke up to an empty bed. He got up, put his slippers on and looked around the house. "What are you doing up so early" he spun around to see Liv sitting at the counter,staring at him.

"Oh, I was just looking for you" she looked back at her work. " any thing on the case?" He tried to sound as interested as her. Of course he was interested in his work, it was just hard to care as much as Liv did. " just that the victim had a distinct tattoo on her arm that 2 other girls in new york city have." " well that's something"

As they walked into the bullpen they were not surprised to see it full of chaos. Fin talking nervously on the phone, Captain Cragen yelling at some poor new kid who was clearly overwhelmed, and just people running everywhere.

Yet all of that seemed to fade away, and all Liv could see was a young girl sitting at the far end of the bullpen. Liv walked over to her, and looked in the young girls eyes. She couldn't have been more than 16. She had blue innocent eyes, and long blonde hair. As she looked she felt cragen grab her arm and pull her into his office. "Okay lieutenant, sorry about all of the hustle and bustle, everybody's finally piecing together the case, thanks to you." "but anyway, I don't have much for you today. Just if you could talk to that girl out there, she asked to speak with someone and has been waiting there." " did she say anything about why she's here?" "nope" Cragen left her with that.

Liv shut the door to her office and sat down, looking at the young girl across from her. " so, I'm Olivia Benson, and i'm here to help you with whatever you need. What's your name?" "Sophie" she said in an almost whisper. "Ok, and why did you come in here today?" The young girl looked up and croaked " well, I don't want to make a big deal out of it in case i'm being dramatic, but my dad has been… well… innapropriate with me lately." Liv's heart fell as she knew what the girl was saying. "Ok, can you tell me what specifically?" " well, it started with making just weird comments, like saying I looked good in my jeans, or that I was lookin' good. But then one day he slapped my butt as we were walking out the door. And it just kept going, he'd "accidentally" bump into me and hit my boob." Liv sat there a moment. "Ok, and tell me, did he ever try to rape you?" As she said it she realized she could have said it in a bit nicer way. "No, but if we don't do something I think he will." Liv thought her next words carefully. "So what was it that made you think today was the day you had to come here?" "well, last night he hit my butt, and my mom saw. And she just sat there. He did it again, and still she did nothing. I knew I had to come in because if something happens and she doesn't do anything, who knows what he will do."

Liv knew what to do, she'd seen things like this a million times in her career. "Ok, well what we are going to is first file a restraining order, so that he can't go near you until we figure out what the permanent solution will be" Sophie looked at the officer, and said with a tear welling up in her eye " Am I going to have to go to foster care? I am close with the rest of my family, I can't not see them." Liv's eyes welled up a bit too. " no, no we will make sure you have a place to stay that you will be comfortable in, and you will see your family."

Liv knew as she was saying it that she had no idea how she'd be able to do that. And then it popped like a bubble in her mind. She led the girl over to the breakroom and had her sit there while she went to talk to Cragen. "Sir, I talked to her. And I was wondering what the rules are about fostering a victim." She was ready to hear him say god are you out of your mind? But he didn't. Instead he looked up at her, breathed in, and said " If you get consent from a family member, and the child chooses that option, it is fine." Liv stared blankly at him, wondering how he'd just said yes. "Ok, thank you captain."

Sophie was ecstatic over hearing that she would be staying in her hometown, and be with the people she loved. There was just one thing, Liv didn't really ask Elliot what he thought about it...