Chapter 4: The Change

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Olivia tapped on her tea cup impatiently. She looked over at Grant who was on his laptop. She tapped louder making him stop typing and looked over at her.

"Do you need something Olivia?" He said looking over his glasses.

It's been over a week since he told her she could have her divorce but he had made absolutely no effort to get it done. In fact he's been acting more like a husband and father since he agreed. Which is great on the father part but it was a little too late for him to start acting like a husband now.

She shrugged her shoulders looking into her tea. "No I'm just getting ready to go to the station and dropping the kids off at your moms."

He nodded and looked back at his screen. She rolled her eyes and jumped off the bed.

"Liv."

She looked back before exiting the room.

"I think we should start seeing other people."

She left the room without responding.

He wasn't hitting her when they first got married but he sure wasn't the perfect husband. After he bought his own business he seemed to act different. She felt like she had just become a friend he occasional slept with. She suddenly thought back to the last time she had sex, it was almost a year. 'wow.' She thought to herself.

She pulled into her parking spot and put her head back into her seat. She couldn't do this shit anymore. She was sexual frustrated and she was even more frustrated with her husband. She knew today should be a long and exhausting day. She jumped as Elliot tapped on her window. She rolled her eyes. He opened her door.

"You okay?" He asked.

"Yeah Elliot. Move." She snapped.

He moved and walked with her into the squad room not saying a word. He just occasionally looked at her.

Olivia was snappy all day. It seemed everything annoyed her. It was around dinner when Elliot finally said something to her before she was about to leave.

"Are you okay? You seem pissed off today…" He asked looking at his shoes.

"Oh you know I just got the okay from my husband to date other people. So which means he's screwing other people and then coming home to me. I think the part I'm most pissed about is he's having sex and I'm not. So no I am not okay."

He just looked at her without saying anything. She closed her eyes tight and exhaled.

"I just actually blurted that out didn't I?" She laughed at herself.

"Yes you did and just because he wants to see other people does not mean he is sleeping with other people automatically.

"Ehhh, I think it does. Hey you want to have a late dinner? I'll stop at the store and pick it up and meet you at your place?"

"It's a date." He winked.

"Funny." She responded and exited then squad room.

She knocked lightly on the door with her free hand. He opened it greeting her.

She didn't even text or call Grant to let him know she was going to be late. They weren't really together anymore anyways. She did however stop by Grant's mothers to see the kids which made her day a little better. Grant told his mother about everything that was going on which surprised Olivia because she didn't think the divorce was going to actually happen but it was in the works. She always thought it was a plus that he told his mother he was seeing someone else because now the marriage was officially over in Olivia's mind. Once you start sleeping with someone other than your own wife it's over.

Elliot snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Liv…Olivia…Benson!" He yelled.

She blinked and looked up at him. "Oh yeah sorry, what?"

He raised an eyebrow and started chopping onions. "What's going on up there?" He asked pointing to her head.

"Oh nothing. I was just running over stuff in my head." She lied.

She didn't need to explain about her problems or anything like that. She was trying to get away from them that was the point of having dinner with Elliot.

"So how are Grant and the kids?" He asked not looking at her.

"Elliot please not Grant. We can talk about the kids, we can talk about the weather or the football game but not Grant. Because you know how he is. You know what's going on so small talk about something else." She said rubbing the back of her neck.

He moved over to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You aren't the easiest person to talk to Olivia."

She looked up into his eyes and felt him getting closer to her. He placed his hands on her hips pulling her closer, his eyes never left hers. He moved his face so it was only inches from hers. She could feel his breath on her.

"El what are we doing? We shouldn't do this." She said.

He cupped her face and nodded. He ran his tongue over her bottom lip smirking. They both jumped as the smoke alarm started going off.

"I better go. I mean it's late. The kids…Grant." She looked away.

"Olivia…"

She raised a hand to him and shook her head. She quickly walked out and went to her car. She smacked her forehead.

'What the hell was that Benson?' She thought to herself.

She drove home quickly after picking up the kids.

"Grant!" She yelled as she entered the house.

She placed Vera on the floor and walked upstairs to their room.

"Gran-." She opened their door and seen him and a blonde in bed.

She closed her eyes tight and tried to calm herself.

"Get your fucking clothes on and get out both of you." She yelled.

"Olivia…listen…"

"No you don't get to talk anymore. This is why you agreed to the divorce and the beatings. It all makes sense now. You've been sleeping with some slut. Was it for our whole marriage?" She said as her voice cracked.

She may not be in love with him anymore but she once was. He was the man of her dreams before and to think he was sleeping with someone else the whole time destroyed her.

"I'm sorry Olivia. I really am."

"Go." She yelled louder.

After Grant got his stuff and left she placed the kids at the table and started cooking them supper. She thought back to her and Elliot in the kitchen and what almost happened. Why was she thinking about her best friend and partner? She was quickly shaken from her thoughts by a child pulling on her pants.

"Mommy can we have chicken nuggets again?" Kaden asked with the puppy dog face.

"Honey you can't have chicken nuggets every night. You need to try other things."

He crossed his arms and pouted.

"Fine! But if I can't have chicken I want Elliot to come over and visit me!" He said stomping his feet.

She rolled her eyes and dialed Elliot's number. She was calling more for herself then anything…

Okay. So Grant's not gone forever of course he'll be back. So I have more family moments coming and maybe some EO smut. I'm not exactly sure. Reviews! (: