Home soon
Kathy's house - 4:00 p.m.
"I didn't know you would be here" Kathy told Elliot. He came in and walked straight to the guest's room (his room). Kathy closed the door and walked behind him.
"Did Casey win the case?" She asked, breaking the silence.
"Yes… 35 years in prison"
"Oh.. That's great" She exclaimed. "I bought chicken for dinner, I know you like it"
"Okay... thanks" He said, not paying much attention to her and taking a shirt from his almost empty closet.
"You're welcome" She replied whispering
"I'll be here at seven... bye" He barely touched her when he left a kiss on her cheek, Kathy didn't move, she stood there in the room looking the closet, looking at Elliot's baggage. He closed the door behind him, got into his car and drove till the precinct.
An empty hall - Hospital - 4:20 p.m.
"Okay, nobody comes here, it's perfect to do it" Chester told Olivia while he helped her to walk.
"Okay... I can do it" Olivia said.
"Well, I'm going to walk a few meters away from you and then you can start"
Chester took a few steps backward. Olivia breathed deeply and started to walk (slowly).
"What did I told you about your arms, Olivia?" Chester said to her out loud.
"I'm not going to walk like a resurrected mummy"
"So a resurrected mummy?" He said between laugh. "Well, you should, unless you want to eat a wall"
"Impossible, I got this" She answered without noticing the wall in front of her. She made a few more steps.
"I told you" Chester mumbled after seeing Olivia hitting the wall with her head. He ran towards her.
"Argh…" she grabbed her forehead with her hands.
"Let me see…" "You're fine. Fortunately, you weren't running"
"You should have told me to stop." She exclaimed
"I told you, Miss. "I got it" He said joking
"Whatever, okay, I'm ready to do it again" She said firmly
"Stubborn" he whispered, standing in front of her
"I'm blind not deaf" She said walking like a "resurrected mummy" this time.
"Okay, walk towards me"
"When do you think I…." She said, inching "You know… go home"
"Soon"
"Are you moving? " Olivia asked him
"Yes, how do you notice that?"
"I'm detective"
….
"Okay, that was a lie, I just can hear you moving"
Chester laughed "You'll be at home soon Olivia, you're doing great"
She smiled.
Precinct – 5:30 p.m.
"The only way to catch him is make him confess." Casey said.
"I spent an hour trying" Elliot replied "And Fin is not doing much difference"
"Because Grant knows all the tricks, you have to find his weak point, like you did with Salomon"
"I'll try but I..." He started
"Elliot, if we don't put this man behind bars... "
"I know... don't listen to me... I'll do it."
On her way out of the precinct, Casey met with Munch.
"Munch I need a favor" She said walking with him
"Tell me"
"Elliot is distracted and I really need to get a confession, please you have to get one before tomorrow, Fin is trying hard and I know you two will do a great work together "
"Don't worry, it's done"
"Okay... thank you" Casey said smiling.
"Oh, and Fin… Elliot is a bit irritable" She added
"Small detail" He ended, joking.
Kathy's house – 7.30 p.m.
Elliot knocked the door. "It's me Kathy"
Kathy opened the door and Elliot came in.
"I thought you said you will be here at seven" Kathy said as she closed the door.
"Don't do this" Elliot thought. Immediately, Kathy apologized
"I'm sorry I didn't mean it"
"It's okay" Elliot replied.
They both walked into the kitchen and sat to eat. Kathy broke the silence (like always)
"I think you should buy a new suitcase. You can put your things on the closet till you get a new one..."
Elliot didn't say a word
"Even if you need more space we can share my closet"
"Stop there Kathy"
Now, she didn't say a word. Elliot knew she will get upset in any second and he didn't want to argue with her, so he continued her game.
"I really appreciate it, Kathy." He said finishing his plate
"Do you want more?" She said taking his plate
"No, I'm full, thank you"
"So... help you with your suitcase?" She asked
"No, Kathy, no today"
"But..." She started. Elliot could not take it anymore
"Kathy I'm moving"
She froze "What?..."
"I found an apartment today, I'm leaving tomorrow morning" He said calmed.
"That's... Why you didn't tell me?"
"I'm doing it now"
"Why? I mean, we were doing fine these days, we are fine, we were starting again, we have no fights any more…"
"Kathy you know that's not true, you knew I would leave any time, we talked about it, we are not together anymore."
"You're such a bastard, you can't do this Elliot, you can't make me think we are going to be together and then just go away" Kathy said, losing control.
"I didn't make you think that, you did it, by yourself" He said as he walked towards the door
"Where are you going now?" She yelled
"See you Kathy" He said and closed the door behind him. Elliot drove till the hospital, and walked straight to Olivia's room.
Elliot saw Olivia through the window, she was laughing and that's made him smile (unconsciously) then he saw her talking, he approached to the window and could see Chester sitting on the foot of the bed, they were sharing the dinner, talking and laughing.
Elliot decided to wait in the hall until he leaves. Five minutes passed and Elliot was more nervous, thinking on why the hell he doesn't leave the room, he lost the patience and got into the room.
"Oh I didn't know you were having dinner" He lied. "I'll be back later"
"No, you can stay Elliot. I'm done here" Chester told Elliot before he could leave the room.
"See you tomorrow Liv" Chester said and left the room
"See you Chess" She replied smiling.
Elliot closed the door behind Chester.
"What was that?" He asked
"What was what?" She asked without stopping to smile
"Liv, Chess"
"We became friends, he's really nice..."
"Oh I see... "He said as he sat next to Olivia
"What are you doing here?" She asked and took a sip of her juice
"I came to talk"
"... Talk about what?" Olivia asked disconcerted
"About what happened to you. I had no time to tell you how much I'm sorry and..."
"No, El" She stopped him
"Yes Liv, we both know it was my fault. I sent you there alone ..."
After a few seconds Olivia stopped listening. All she did was think in all the moments that they had spent together and inevitably, she wanted to cry, but she couldn't because of the damn pills. She left her thoughts and heard that Elliot was still talking.
"El, stop. Salomon did this to me, not you. It's not your fault and even if it were I will never blame you and of course I will never want a new partner..." She tried to "pacify the weather" "...So shut up Stabler" She finished with a smile
He felt happy "Just one more thing"
"Okay..."
"I found an apartment, I'll move tomorrow"
It took her a few seconds to react "Wow... I mean... That's..."
"It's great" He added
"Are you happy?" She asked
"Of course I am".
To be continued ...
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