When they got up to Olivia's apartment, Elliot sat down on the couch while Olivia got them both a glass of wine.

"So what movie do you want to watch?" she asked him while she was in the kitchen.

"I don't know. What's a good one?"

"I was thinking The Notebook. I love Nicholas Sparks movies!"

"Sounds good!"

They sat down on the couch as they watched the movie. About ten minutes into the movie, Liv moved closer to him and laid her head on his shoulder. She had begun to close her eyes and fall asleep.

Elliot thought that she was sleeping when he whispered to himself, "I love you."

He had probably thought that she didn't hear him, but she heard him perfectly clear. She smiled a little but still pretended that she was sleeping.

Olivia woke up the next morning in her bed. At first she wondered how she had gotten there, but then she realized that Elliot must've put her there. She got up slowly and began to search for Elliot. She didn't know if he had stayed or not. When she got to the kitchen, she found a note on the counter top.

Liv,

I left after you fell asleep. When you wake up, meet me at the coffee shop on 42nd street.

-El

As soon as she read this, she ran to her room to get showered and dressed. She couldn't wait to see Elliot.

In the car, she decided that she was going to tell Elliot what she had always thought about him. This made her nervous, but she knew that she wouldn't be able to hold herself back from it for much longer, so she made up her mind and wouldn't let herself change it.

*At the coffee shop*

She walked into the coffee shop and immediately saw Elliot sitting at a table for two, waiting for her.

"Hey. How did you sleep?" he asked her.

"Great. Thanks El…for umm…bringing me to my bed last night." What she really wanted to thank him for was finally making the first move on her. She knew that it was going to happen someday, but she didn't want to be the one to tell him her feelings first.

"So what's up?" she asked him.

"Nothing. I just really wanted to see you."

"El, can I tell you something?"

"Anything Liv, you know that."

"Well, you already told me your true feelings for me, but I never got a chance to tell you how I really feel about you."

"Go ahead!" he said. He was actually a bit nervous about what she would say.

"For the past two years, I have thought about you everyday. It made me happy, just up until I would realize that you were gone. That is when I would become sadder than I was before I thought about you. I took one step forward and two steps back everyday. After awhile I realized how lonely and empty my life felt without you, and that's when I discovered that I was in love with you, and have been since I first met you." She didn't mean to tell him that she loved him, that part just slipped out.

"I love you too, Liv." He said quietly, but he wasn't lying. He leaned in and kissed her. She put her hand to his cheek, and he ran his fingers through her hair.

They stayed at the coffee much longer than Olivia had thought. The couple had gotten so caught up in their conversations that she didn't even realize that she was supposed to be at work a half an hour ago!

She had finally noticed this when she took out her phone to look at a text message that she had received from Fin that asked her where she was.

"I have to go to work, El. I'm late already. Maybe later you want to go out?"

"Sure. Text me what time you want me to meet you."

Unexpectedly, she leaned in for another, more passionate kiss. After a few seconds, she pushed him away and said, "I love you," and walked out of the coffee shop.

*Back at the precinct*

Olivia walked into the station, happier than usual, but this time, she did a better job holding in her excitement. She didn't feel like answering any questions about it from anyone.

"So where were you this morning?"

"I just overslept," she lied, "I forgot to set my alarm last night"

"Olivia, my office." Captain Cragen said to her.

Olivia walked into the captain's office and sat down.

"How was your date last night?" he asked her.

"It was great! Thanks again for letting me go home early."

"I'm happy that you found someone that you really like, but you need to make sure that he doesn't interfere with your job."

"I'm really sorry about that, captain. It won't happen again."

"Good. You may go back to work. We just got another case on a 14 year old who was raped and murdered a few hours ago."

"I'm on it." She said as she exited his office.

"So what do we got?" she asked her partner Nick Amaro.

"14 year old Sierra Holden. Her foster parents her this morning. They said that they haven't noticed anybody suspicious watching Sarah lately."

"Alright. I'll check if she has lived in any other foster homes."

After her long day at work, she was finally on her way home at around 8 o'clock. She had almost forgotten about her not-so-official date with Elliot, until she checked her phone and saw the missed calls and text messages from him. When she checked the times on all of them, it had said that the last time he texted her was at 6.

This made her contemplate whether she should call him or not, considering he was expecting her so much earlier. She gave it some thought, until she decided to text him instead of calling him.