Title: Fallin' In Love Again

Author: Ebony-Jayne

Notes: Mollie is missing…

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the show or the storylines on the show. I do, however, own the characters that I make up so please don't steal them. Any resemblance to anyone or anyplace is a coincidence.

L&O: SVU

Chapter Four: Missing

"Olivia! Slow down and tell me what is going on," Elliot tried to shake off the last remnants of sleep. He couldn't deal with the frantic Olivia on the other end of the phone while he was still half asleep. He glanced at his watch. 1:30AM.

"Elliot, Mollie is gone. The window is open and she's gone. There's a note on her desk that says goodbye," Olivia's voice cracked.

"I'm coming over there now," Elliot hung up on her. He scrambled around trying to put on his pants and shirt and find his keys. He cursed at the realization that he couldn't do all three things at once and temporarily abandoned the search for his keys. A few minutes later he was flying out the door.

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Olivia paced as she waited for Elliot to arrive. She figured Mollie couldn't be far away but she was a little girl out in the dark in the middle of the night. God only knew what kind of filth could be lurking out there, waiting… She shook that thought out of her head when she heard a car in the driveway. She opened the door before Elliot even had a chance to knock.

"Oh my god Elliot! I don't know where she is! We had a fight and she ran away. Oh god. I hope that nothing's happened to her. I'll never forgive myself-," she was cut off when Elliot swept her into a tight hug.

"Look, you can't think about that ok? I'm going to call the rest of the squad and get some cops out looking for her. She can't have gone far. Do you have any idea where she might be trying to go?" Elliot asked, tenderly wiping the tears off of his partners cheeks.

"No. I…I don't know," Olivia sobbed.

"I'm going to make some phone calls ok," Elliot told her.

"Ok," Olivia replied.

"I want you to sit down and think of anywhere you think she might try to run to," He told her gently.

"Ok," Olivia repeated, taking a seat on the couch and running her hands through her hair.

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Casey was sound asleep when she heard a knock on the door. She frowned wanting desperately to ignore it, but she couldn't because it was probably Elsie, the mother of the guy who lived in the apartment under her. Elsie had Alzheimer's and had a tendency to wander during the night. There was another knock. This one louder.

"I'm coming," she called out. She grabbed her dressing gown and wrapped it around her self. She opened the door and was surprised when a pair of little arms was thrown, with force, around her waist.

"Uh," Casey looked at the uniformed cop standing in the hallway.

"I found her wandering in Queens. I asked her what she was doing and she said she was looking for her Auntie Casey. She had a photo and she knew your address," he told her.

"Thanks so much," Casey nudged Mollie. "What do you say?" she prompted.

"Thank-you Officer Jordan," she replied dutifully.

"No problem. Good night," the Officer replied.

"Good night. Thanks again," Casey said as she pulled Mollie inside and locked the door.

"Mollie what were you doing out in the middle of the night?" Casey asked.

"Mommy and I had a fight," Mollie's big brown eyes filled with tears.

"Ok. Well you wait right here and I'm going to call your mommy and tell her where you are," Casey yawned as she picked up the phone and dialed Olivia's number.

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Olivia was wracking her brain when the phone rang.

"Hello," she greeted.

"Liv? It's Casey. Something of yours just made it's way to my apartment," Casey told her.

"Oh my god! Is she ok? How the hell did she get all of the way to Manhattan?" Olivia asked, her voice cracking as tears of sheer relief rolled down her cheeks.

"An Officer Jordan found her wandering in Queens. She gave him my name and address and showed him a photo. So he gave her a lift to my place. She's absolutely fine Liv. Cold and wet but fine," Casey told her.

"Oh thank god," Olivia sighed. "Hang on, I have to tell Elliot," she put her hand over the receiver. "Elliot!" she called out.

"What's wrong?" he asked sticking his head into the room.

"Nothing's wrong. Mollie's at Casey's apartment. An Officer found her wandering around and she gave him Casey's address," Olivia told him with a watery smile.

"Oh thank god," Elliot sighed in relief. "I'll let the guys know."

"You there Casey?" Olivia said into the phone.

"Of course," Casey replied.

"I'm coming to get her," Olivia told her.

"Uh, why don't you wait until the morning? She's sound asleep on my couch. I'll have a good talk to her in the morning and then I'll bring her home," Casey told her.

"Well, um, ok," Olivia was a little upset by that. she wanted to see her baby to make sure she was ok.

"Liv, she's totally fine. You know I'll take good care of her," Casey said, as if reading Olivia's mind.

"Ok. Uh, I'll see you in the morning then," Olivia told her.

"Ok, night," Casey replied.

"Night," Olivia hung up the phone.

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Elliot came back into the room just as Olivia hung up the phone. She took one look at him and burst into tears.

"I was so scared. I was terrified of what might have happened to her. I thought I'd feel better when I knew that she was ok. But I don't. Now all I can think about is what might have happened if that cop hadn't found her when he did," she sobbed. Elliot sighed and sat down beside his partner on the couch. After a few seconds contemplation he put his arm around her. He was surprised when she turned into him, hanging on tightly and burying her face in his shoulder. "I was so scared Elliot. So, so scared…," she mumbled into his shoulder.

"I know you were Liv. I know you were," he whispered back. He turned his head and planted a kiss on the top of Olivia's. "Are we going to get her?" he asked.

"No. Casey's going to bring her home in the morning after they have one of their special Auntie-niece talks," Olivia mumbled sleepily. Elliot realized that the adrenaline was wearing off and Olivia was about to fall asleep in his arms. He rubbed her back for a while until her breathing evened out and she relaxed totally against him. He decided to hold her for a while longer to let her fall into a deeper sleep so that he could carry her to bed. He took the opportunity to memorise the way she felt in his arms, the way she smelled and the lulling sound of her breathing. He knew he shouldn't but he just couldn't help himself. He was falling for her. Hard.

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Well tell me what you think! I figured since they're never going to hook them up on the show I might as well! Mandi- I wasn't going to pair them up but i'm going to just for you because you were very nice to me after I made you wait for so long! Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed.