The next day at the precinct, Olivia was walking down the hallway headed over to take care of some things at the ME's office when she overheard two uniformed officers talking. "Wow, that Elliot Stabler he just can't keep his hands of his partners can he?" the one said to the other.
The other one laughed, "No kidding. I mean everyone thought there was something going on between him and Benson. Then she left and they paired him up with that Dani Beck that went back to the Queens unit. I heard that she left for more reasons than she gave everyone. It seems that Stabler kept coming on to her."
Olivia instantly turned around and head back the way that she had just came. She needed to talk to Elliot. He had told her that he hadn't seen anyone other than her since he and Kathy had separated and divorced. She hoped that what she had just overheard had been idle gossip between two of the uniformed officers. Then she thought about it, Elliot had acted really strange when she came back from Oregon. She had just thought that he had been really upset with her and that had caused his strange behavior. Now she was beginning to wonder if his behavior had had more to do with him being upset with Dani Beck for leaving him behind. To be left by three women in a short period of time, now that would be an upset to any man's ego.
When she reached her desk, Elliot looked up and smiled. "Wow, back from visiting Melinda so soon, Liv?"
"Olivia, Elliot. Please call me Olivia"
"Olivia?" questions forming in Elliot's eyes. "What's wrong"
"I think we need to go up to the cribs and talk for a minute, Elliot. I just overheard something and I hope it isn't true. So I will let you come clean with me"
Elliot could tell that Olivia was really pissed at him; he just wished that he knew what he had done to change the look on her face from one of love to one of utter disgust and hatred. He was getting the look that Olivia usually reserved for perps. When they reached the cribs and shut the door she turned on him.
"So did you have a relationship with Dani Beck while I was gone?" Olivia asked.
"No." Elliot said. "Where did all this come from all of a sudden"
"Again Elliot I am going to ask you, did you have a relationship with Dani Beck?" Olivia asked. She knew she was acting like a jealous bitch but she couldn't help it.
"I just said no, Olivia. Now where is this coming from? I kissed her, once but that was it and it meant nothing"
"What?!" Olivia shouted at him. Then she lowered her voice. "I don't know if I can forgive you Elliot. You told me that you hadn't had a relationship with anyone else while I was gone. Well I think kissing someone would fall into that "relationship" category"
Olivia was so upset that she turned on her heal and went out the door of the cribs, leaving Elliot standing there with a dumbfounded look on his face.
Olivia stormed back through the prescient, grabbing her coat on the way. She stopped at Captain Cragen's office. "Cap"
"Yes Olivia?" Don asked one of his best detectives. He could tell that she was upset about something and she hoped that something wasn't her partner Elliot.
"Is it alright if I take off out of here for a while"
"Sure. Can I ask why though"
"I just need to get out for a while. All this paper work and stuff is kind of driving me crazy right now. I just want to take a walk in the park and then I'll be back"
"Alright, take off for a while. Will Elliot be joining you on this walk in the park"
"No." Olivia said and walked away.
John and Fin were setting at their desk, and watched Olivia walk out the door. When Elliot came back in from the cribs, they looked at him and then at each other.
"Don't say a word you two." Elliot said.
"What?" Fin said. "We ain't sayin' nothin' man"
Elliot went back to his desk and sat down with a sigh. He looked across at Olivia's desk. He knew that she was pissed off right now and he hoped that some time to cool off would solve things, but he was thinking that he going over and saying he was sorry was not going to solve this particular problem.
Ok folks you know the drill here too. R&R You know that you want to. This will be all finished soon, prolly two more chapters.
