Author's Note: OK, if ya'll haven't noticed yet, this MY version of the season finale. They totally fucked it up. El would never have been that pissed about Lake, because it makes no sense that he would have told them about his case, because he didn't know them that well. Why would he just tell them about it? Not to mention, even if Elliot would have gotten angry, he never would have dumped Fin's phone like that. And Fin never would have asked for a transfer. He and Elliot just would have had a fight after not speaking to each other for awhile. And Casey NEVER would have done that to win a case. She has always done whatever she could, but she would never have done something that would have caused her to be suspended. And no one really cares about Lake, that's why I didn't even know his fucking name on the show until I looked Adam Beach up. So ha!

Chapter Three

Huang walked into Olivia's room, looking around in awe. She was so peaceful. He never would have imagined something like this would have happened to her. He had been surprised to hear that Olivia was pregnant. That was a nice little development. He was interested to see how Elliot was going to handle that. He was sure that he knew, but he was wondering how he was dealing with the information. He took Olivia's hand. ''Hello, Olivia. It's George Huang. I'm here to see you, to see how you're doing. Dr. Taylor says that you're doing a little better. He says that there's some brain activity that wasn't there before. This is after Elliot came to see you. I'm just wondering if we can talk about Elliot for a bit. I want to see how you respond to that.''

He pulled out a notebook, to write down what happened when he brought up a particular topic. He was going to record if there was any changes in her at all. ''So, they're going to make Elliot have a psych evaluation because they're worried about his mental state. They don't think he's crazy, they just want to see how he's handling the fact that you're pregnant. They want to make sure that he's dealing with it like he should be.'' He paused, to look at Olivia more closely. See if there were any physical changes. He was pleasantly surprised to see her eyelids fluttering.

''I myself have not spoken to him yet, Liv, but after we're done here, I will be talking to him. Fin asked me if I would do the evaluation, since Elliot knows me and will talk to me easier than he would someone else. I have to say, I am interested to see how he's doing. I know how long you have been waiting to be together, and I can't imagine that this is easy for either of you. I am sure that you would rather just be at home with him, celebrating your good fortune, than be wherever it is you are right now. I want that for you, too. But you've got to keep responding, because then maybe you'll wake up.'' He paused again, to see if she had done anything in response to that. He was rewarded with her hand moving up and down.

Delighted, he left the room telling her that he would be right back. He had them page Dr. Taylor, and was glad when he arrived as quickly as he could. ''Dave, I'm pleasantly surprised. She's responding when you mention anything about Elliot. Even just his name seems to have results. So after I speak to him, I'm going to suggest that he speak to her again.''

Dr. Taylor seemed to be a little relieved. ''That is very good news, George. I am behind that plan one hundred percent.'' Sastified with George's plan, he headed off down the hall.

Huang told Olivia where he was going, and headed off to Elliot's room. He was looking exasperated. Casey was telling him that he had to be patient. ''Hello, Elliot. I am here to do your psych evaluation.'' He said, entering the room.

Elliot looked pissed. ''My WHAT?'' He asked loudly, setting a glare on Casey. ''Why didn't you or Fin tell me about this?'' He asked, and Huang was glad that he wasn't Fin or Casey.

Casey said, ''We weren't sure how to tell you. Fin decided that he would see if Huang could give it to you, since you know him already. The hospital isn't going to release you until you have been evaluated. They want to make sure that you're going to be able to handle the situation.'' She had chosen her words carefully.

Elliot rolled his eyes. ''OK, whatever. I will do whatever I can to make sure that I can be there for Liv.'' That was all he said, and Huang was pleasantly surprised.

Huang asked Casey if it was alright he speak with Elliot alone, and got out the notebook again. He asked, ''So, let's start with how you feel today.''

Elliot seemed to hesitate. ''I guess I'm OK. I am worried a lot about Liv. I want her to wake up, because it's not just her anymore. She's carrying my child. Plus, I feel this ache inside that isn't going to go away until I can hold her in my arms again.''

Huang didn't expect such an honest answer. ''And how do long do you plan to wait before you make a decision about Liv and the baby?'' He wanted to make sure that Elliot understood the gravity of the situation.

Elliot sighed. ''I haven't really thought about it yet. I know that it's something that may have to be dealt with. I understand how serious it is.'' He looked at Huang. ''George, you've known me for a really long time. Do you really think that this is something that I can't handle? I mean, seriously?'' He paused. ''Can I see Livvy now? I know you've talked to her. I want to try to talk to her again.''

George looked into his crystal clear blue eyes and saw a man who was suffering, but clearly all there. He would be able to handle this. He said, ''Well, let me tell you that I think she's going to wake up. I was talking to her about you, and that got me some responses. I want you to talk to her and I want to see what she does. Will that be alright with you if I observe?''

Elliot didn't care, not if it could help Livvy. ''Of course. Anything that is going to help Livvy I am all for.'' He added, ''I would really like to see her in some actual clothes. Did Fin go to get me something to wear?''

Speaking of the devil, he stuck his head into the room. ''El, I have yo' something to wear.'' He stopped speaking at the looks on El and Huang's faces. ''What? I thought you might need something to wear other than that hospital gown.'' He was bewildered as Elliot started to laugh. It felt so good to let it loose.

After he had calmed down, Huang and Fin left the room so he could get dressed. He pulled on the jeans which just happened to be his favorites and yanked the NYPD tee shirt over his head. He had a beginning with Liv, he wanted a middle. He wanted it all. He just couldn't lose her now. He wiped tears away from his face and carefully headed into the hall. He didn't want to be sad while he was talking to Livvy.

Casey was with Fin and Huang when he reached the waiting room. She was holding Elliot's discharge papers. ''I'm working on getting you officially discharged. The only problem with that is, you won't be able to stay here 24/7 with Liv.'' She told him.

Elliot looked at her. ''I can't? I bet you I can. Dr. Taylor and that one nurse are scared of me. I bet you I will get around those visiting hour rules. You underestimate my power of intimidation, Case.'' He winked at her.

Casey laughed and shook her head. ''You're right, Stabler. Anyway, I'm going to have Fin finish this because I have to get back and help Munch. He thinks he's got Lake ready to crack. Munch is very scary when you really get him pissed off.'' She said.

Fin took the papers from Casey and kissed her cheek before she gave El a tight hug and took off, carrying her briefcase. He said, ''Go and see yo' woman, El.'' He sat down and got to work finishing the paperwork.

Elliot grinned and headed off to ICU. When they got there, nurses were in Liv's room. He panicked and entered, ignoring a nurse telling him he had to leave. He sat down and grabbed Liv's hand. He was amazed to discover she was grabbing back. ''Liv.'' He said, squeezing tightly.

Dr. Taylor was in the room, too, ordering the nurses around and looking at Liv's chart. ''Elliot, I think maybe your girlfriend is trying to wake up. We were coming in to check on her, and the machines were going crazy.''

Elliot carefully turned his girlfriend's face in his direction. He got very close to her ear and whispered, ''I'm not finished loving you. You have to wake up. I want to love you for the rest of our lives. Please, wake up, Liv.'' He kissed her as deeply as he could, and amazingly, he felt her kissing back.

Olivia took a deep breath when he pulled back, and opened her eyes. She was surprised to find herself in a hospital, surrounded by doctors. She ignored all that and concentrated on Elliot's hand gripping hers. ''What happened?'' She asked, looking into his deep blue eyes.

Elliot smiled through his tears as he pressed a kiss to her forehead. ''I love you so much, baby.'' He avoided telling her what happened. He wasn't sure right now was the right time to tell her everything.

Olivia was getting flashes coming back to her. ''Was I stabbed? Were we in my apartment? Did Lake call?'' She asked, and after a moment, added, ''And you better be straight with me, Elliot Stabler. I will hurt you.''

Elliot couldn't keep the tears from streaming down his face as he buried his head in her neck. He was so glad to have her back. He held her to him for a moment, and then came up for air. He turned to Dr. Taylor. ''So what does this mean? Is the baby going to be OK?''

Olivia's eyes widened at that, but she watched Dr. Taylor's face. He seemed to be confused that she had awakened. She was still holding onto Elliot's hand, and she felt it squeeze hers. ''We have a baby?'' She asked, drawing his attention to her.

Dr. Taylor finally smiled. ''Yes, Olivia, you do. I think that it should be fine, I want to run a couple of tests to be sure. I'm going to keep you overnight for observation. You gave us quite a scare, young lady.'' He told her.

Olivia turned to meet Elliot's eyes. His blue orbs were still sparkling with tears. She kissed him on the lips and put her hand on his face. ''You didn't lose me, I'm still here.'' She said, feeling tears filling her own eyes. She added, ''I'm not finished loving you.'' This made them both cry harder, and she sat up in the bed and wrapped her arms around him.

Fin had come to see how Olivia was, and ran into the nurses and doctors leaving the room, to give the couple some room. Fin watched in the window. They looked so happy and relieved. He pulled out his cell phone to call Munch. ''Hey, John, it's Fin. Liv woke up. Isn't that great?''

Meanwhile, Dect. Chester Lake was sneaking out of the Manhattan SVU precinct, carrying a yellow envelope. He was going to meet Harris and his partner. He was taking them something that they had asked for. He was trying to keep them from attacking Olivia again. Harris had called his cell phone. He had sounded really angry that Elliot had been with Olivia at her apartment. He had kept saying that Olivia was his and no one else's. He wanted Lake to bring him all the information on Elliot he could give him. Lake of course, had done nothing of the sort. There was nothing in the envelope. He just wanted Harris to think that there was.

He reached his car and started it up. He was heading to an abandoned warehouse by the docks. Harris and his partner were hiding out there. He had also been instructed to bring them food. This, he had done. There were some sandwhiches and a couple of cans of Coke. He reached the building in about twenty-five minutes, and carefully got out of his car. He really hoped that they wouldn't take his badge for this. He could and probably would get in a lot of trouble if he lived through it.

Lake knocked twice on the door, and after a moment or two, he was let in by Merritt Rook, Harris' mystery partner. Lake handed over the sandwhiches, but clutched onto the empty folder. ''Where's Harris?'' He asked nervously.

Rook looked Lake over. He had been hearing about this young detective, mostly from Harris, so he knew it was mostly bullshit. Harris liked to talk a big game, but there was no intelligence behind any of his plans. That's why Rook had decided to team with him. He had heard of Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler through the prison system, and wanted to see if he could beat them at their own game. He figured that they must be very good detectives, every prisoner he met that had been incarcerated because of them really seemed to want them dead. Now he answered Lake's question. ''Harris is right over there. He wants to talk to you.'' He knew Harris was planning to kill Lake. He had advised him against it, because sooner or later, someone would notice that Lake was gone, but there was no arguing with Harris. He fancied himself in charge. He wasn't, but he thought he was.

Lake took one last look at Rook and headed farther into the warehouse. He saw Harris standing there, holding a gun. Lake immediately dropped the envelope and pulled his own gun. ''What are you doing, Harris? I thought you wanted to talk?'' He asked.

Harris grinned sadistically at him. ''I want to kill you. I know you didn't bring me that information on Stabler like I thought you would. I had Merritt here asking around. He found out that you're a bit scared of Stabler. He also was able to get me the information I needed, so you're useless to me.'' He walked closer. ''Merritt, go start up that car we've got out back. We're changing hideouts again. I don't want to stay here with a dead body.'' Before Lake could react, Harris shot him twice, once in the heart, and once in the head. He looked at Meritt, who was a little rattled, but he had known it was coming, so he wasn't surprised. Harris said, ''I wanted to make sure he was dead.'' He pulled Lake's gun out of his hand and they headed off to the car.