A/N: Sorry this chapter took longer then expected to post via my muse was preoccupied after Paternity! OMG what an amazing episode! Can we say EMMY for Marish or what??? Oh and that HUG! My GOD that HUG! It is all i can think about! I have some great ideas that i am working with, so hopefully soon i will have a post ep fic about it!

Thank God for DVR, as i have been rewinding that hug like it was my job! Thanks to Jamie for letting me babble and analyze the hell out of the thing!

Chapter 4

Elliot paced back and forth; he didn't know what to do with himself. Olivia had been in the Women's room for over and hour now. He contemplated going in, but after remembering the week's events he decided against it. He wasn't going to embarrass himself any more; so he just knocked on the door, "Liv? You okay in there?" He called out.

Inside Olivia was curled up in a ball. She had taken a shower but when she got out all she could do was cry. She wrapped an oversize towel around her and fell to the floor. Why did White have to take the only true person that loved her? Her only family! And when was he going to stop? He knew all about Olivia's feelings for Elliot via her journals, was he going to go after Elliot as well? She couldn't take it, she rocked back and forth.

Elliot knocked harder, "Liv?"

"Just go away, Elliot!" She half yelled half sobbed.

Elliot hung his head, and slowly opened the door, "You know I can't do that, Olivia." He said softly as he made his way over to her. The scene before him broke his heart. Even though she was clad in only her towel he didn't let that stop him from going over and comforting her.

"Please just leave me alone, Elliot." She pleaded.

Elliot ignored her and took a seat next to her on the floor. He draped his arm around her and she leaned into his shoulder and cried.

Time stood still as they both sat there on the floor. Olivia cried on Elliot's shoulder until she fell asleep from pure exhaustion. Elliot swept the hair out of her eyes and placed a kiss on her forehead. He swiftly picked her up in his arms and carried out to the cribs. She stirred a little bit as they walked, but didn't wake up, just clung to him.

He placed her on the cot making sure she was completely covered, as she was still in only her towel. Without even realizing it he placed a kiss on her forehead and ran his hands through her damp hair.

He went back to the Women's room, collected her clothes and placed them in her locker. He then sat down on the cot next to her and watched her sleep.

EOEOEOEO

"…and no one knows about it?" Cragen said on the phone as he passed by Munch and Fin.

"My father built it last year with his bare hands as a retirement gift for my mother. So no, only he and my uncles know about it."

"And we wouldn't be disrupting them?"

"They're not planning on moving there for another couple of years, so no."

"I don't know what to say." Cragen said as he took a seat in his chair.

"Well that's the first."

Cragen laughed, "Thank you Casey. I'll have to clear it first, but I think this could work and keep Olivia safe."

"That's all that matters. I'm late for court, so I'm going to let you go. Call me and let me know when you get everything figured out." Casey said.

"Will do, and Case?"

"Yeah, Cap?"

"Thanks again." He said and hung up.

EOEOEOEO

When Olivia woke up it took her a minute or so to remember where she was. She looked under the sheets to find her self wrapped in a towel. Her face immediately blushed when she realized that Elliot probably had carried her like that.

She looked over to her right and saw him sleeping soundly. She couldn't help but stare at him and his beautiful face. How did she ever get so lucky to have a partner like him? She was lost in thought when she heard the door open and Cragen walk in.

"Hey." He said softly.

She smiled shyly and wrapped herself protectively in the blankets, making sure she wasn't exposed, "Hey."

"How are you feeling?"

Olivia ran her hands through her hair, "I don't know." She said honestly.

Cragen looked at her for a minute, she looked tired and scared. It broke his heart, and all he wanted to do was keep her close to him, but he knew that he couldn't. While Elliot and Olivia were sleeping a box of dead roses spray painted black came for Olivia. There was a card that said, "Come out, come out where ever you are."

"You're not safe here anymore, Olivia." He said as he put his head down.

Olivia shook her head not understanding, "What do you mean?"

Cragen sighed, "It means that in a couple of hours you will be relocating."

"Witness Protection?" She asked stunned.

"Sort of…you're just going to hang out and lay low until we get him."

"Where?"

"Arizona; but it will only be for a little while. We're going to get him, Liv."

Olivia sat back and exhaled, she looked over at Elliot and frowned, she was going to miss him.

"He's going too." Cragen said knowing what she was thinking.

"Huh?"

"Elliot is going too."

"No, no that is not a good idea." Olivia protested.

"You still need protection, Olivia."

"Not him. He has a baby on the way! And a family who will miss him, and... And---I can't do that to him, I won'tdo that to him." She said not taking her eyes off his sleeping form.

"He's going to insist that he goes." Cragen warned.

"Yeah he is, which is why you will have to hurry up and make arrangements for someone else to accompany me before he finds out."

"You know him all to well." Cragen said with a smile, "Alright, come down when you're ready."

"Will do."

EOEOEOEO

When Olivia was fully dressed she crept back into the crib to see if Elliot was still sleeping.

"Hey." He said softly, scaring the hell out of her.

"Jesus!" She yelped and jumped 20 feet.

Elliot was quick to his feet, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He said as he placed his arms around her.

"It's ok." She said pulling back, "Uh…look Elliot, I wanted to say thank you for everything you have done for me. You mean the world to me, and--"

Elliot held up a finger to her lips, "Why are you talking as if you are leaving me?"

She didn't say anything, but her eyes…they said everything.

"You're leaving." He said.

"In a couple of hours."

"I'm coming with you." He said firmly.

"No, Elliot, you're not."

"Yes I am."

"Elliot," She said softly taking his hand and leading him on the cots so they could both sit, "You have a family, Elliot. They need you, not me. I'll be fine."

"You'll be alone." He said cupping her jaw.

"I'm always alone." She whispered not even realizing what she had said.

"I'm not leaving you." He protested.

"What about your baby, Elliot? You're going to miss the birth of your child so you can baby-sit me? I don' think so. I couldn't live with myself if you did."

"We're going to find him before then. I'm not leaving you." he said as he began to think about it more. The mere thought of not seeing her everyday broke his heart in two.

"Cragen already set it up. I'm sorry Elliot but this is goodbye."

"No, I'm coming."

Olivia shrugged and rolled her eyes, "I'm sorry, Elliot." She said letting go of his hand and walking away and down the stairs.

Elliot was right on top of her heels though, "I'm going with her." He told Don when he reached his office.

"Yes." Don said.

"What?!" Olivia yelled, "That is not what we discussed! He can't come!"

Don looked at Olivia and then Elliot, "This just arrived for you." He said handing an envelope to Elliot. He opened it up and pulled out a photo. He and Olivia both starred at the picture. It was one that Olivia had framed in her apartment. It was from last summer. Taken in the park during a softball game. Olivia and Elliot were smiling at the camera, their cheeks touching and pearly whites showing. White had ripped Olivia out of the photo, and only Elliot remained smiling. "Flip it over," Don instructed, 'ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO', White had written on the back.

He had also enclosed a page of Olivia's journal; Elliot took it out and began reading before he even realized what it was: He could live with out me for a million days and never fall apart. I don't see him for one day and my heart breaks into a million pieces. Cragen told me we were too close, but it's not WE, it is I. I am too close; he could give a rat's ass, and that is probably the most pathetic thing of it all.

Once Olivia recognized the paper from her journal she snatched it out of Elliot's hands, and read it. "That mother fucker!" Olivia screamed, "It's me he wants! Why can't we just use me as bait? This has gone far enough. I can't put the people I love in jeopardy anymore!"

"Olivia, calm down." Cragen ordered, "This isn't your fault. You're not doing this. Do you understand that?" She just shrugged, "Think of this as a vacation, a well deserved vacation." Cragen said trying to make light of the situation.

"I'm not going to be able to go to Simon's funeral." She said weakly, and tears began to fill her eyes. She took a step back and collapsed in the chair, "This isn't fair." She said and she lifted her hands up to her face to hide her spilled tears.

Elliot looked at Don, who got the hint and walked out of his office leaving Elliot alone with her, "Liv…Liv, honey look at me." He said as he sat in the chair next to her and grabbed her hand and laced it in his, "We're going to get him, this will all be over soon."

Olivia looked over at him, "Yeah, everyone keeps saying that." She said withdrawing her hand and storming out of Cragen's office.

EOEOEOEOEO

Elliot didn't know what to do, he was in shock. He kept rereading the passage from Olivia's journal over and over. He couldn't believe that she thought that about him. How could she think that he didn't give a damn? Had he been thatstand offish? He didn't mean to be. All those times he hadto push her away; he didn't do it because he was mad at her, or didn't like her. The exact opposite actually. He had to act that way because he WAS in love with her.

He walked out of Cragen's office and saw Olivia sitting at her desk, "You're not coming, Elliot." She said when he sat down at his desk.

"It's not your decision, Olivia." He said.

"I'm not going to let you miss the birth of your child." She said as she ran her hands through her hair.

"I don't trust anyone else to protect you." Elliot said honestly.

"I don't want anyone else I care about to die for me." She says angrily. He knows this is killing her, he knows this. Olivia is a strong person who can't stand to have people watch over her. She has always been so independent and so stubborn that Elliot wasn't sure how much help Olivia was going to take.

"Elliot!" He heard Cragen call from the hall; he was running, actually running. Elliot got up and when to see what was going on.

"Kathy just went into labor!" Cragen said beaming, "Come on! I got a car ready for you!" Don yelled, and a smile erupted on his face.

Elliot turned back to look at Olivia, "Congratulations, Elliot." she said with a smile, and Elliot knew that even through her fake smile and cheerfulness that she was happy for him, and he couldn't feel more guilty than having something incredibly amazing happen to him on the day that was so tragic for her.

Before Elliot left he asked Don if he could wait to transfer Olivia until he came back, adding that he was still going with her, "I'll do what I can, Elliot." Don said patting him on the back.