A/N: How Great is this? I'm posting a new chapter for my birthday! It's your lucky day everybody! This is my gift to you!
"Sam," Olivia smiled. It was Sam. Her Sam. She was standing only a few feet away from her. Amanda stood behind her. Olivia looked back into her grayish-blue eyes. They were so beautiful. She was beautiful. When she looked at her entire face she noticed something. She wasn't smiling back at her. She didn't do anything. She just stared at her. Olivia's smile slowly faded away.
"Hi," Sam said. One word? After 8 years? Something was wrong, but Olivia couldn't see it.
"Hi," Olivia tried smiling again. She took a few steps forward. Maybe Sam would come running into her arms longing for her, but she didn't. Maybe she would smile back at her, but she didn't. All she did was take a few steps back.
"Where's Zoey?" She asked not looking at Olivia anymore, but at her two sisters that were sleeping on the chairs in the hallway.
"Sam. Zoey went into cardiac shock. They had to pull her into surgery," Olivia reached out and put her hand on Sam's shoulder. Sam pulled away.
"How could this happen again? Why now? After all these years, he came back to hurt someone else in this family," Olivia knew Sam was upset, but she didn't show it. She showed anger. She also showed disappointment and Olivia knew why. She knew why Sam wouldn't come near her. It was because of her. She hadn't gotten the bastard who raped her eight years ago and now he raped Zoey. She could see how Sam would think this was her fault. "This ruined my family before and now it will ruin it again," She started to walk towards Lucy and Arielle. "Not that things were even better," She mumbled. Sam sat down next to Lucy. She nudged her and Lucy sat up. Olivia walked over to Amanda. She wanted to give them some space. It was the least she could do.
"It'll be ok Liv. Don't worry. It's been 8 years. You just need to give her sometime," Amanda put her hand on Olivia's shoulder. So many questions and thoughts ran through Olivia's mind. There were too many to just try and concentrate on one. She tried to lean back in he chair and rest. She hadn't slept since the day before. There had been a huge case on this serial rapist. Nick and Olivia had just finished filling out their paperwork when all of this happened. Sam popped into her head again. Her young face those many years ago huddled into her chest. Her high pitched voice crying out for Olivia to help her. To save her from her father and from her rapist. She helped her get away from an abusive home. Once they had more evidence of the abuse Elliot and her had arrested Joseph Barnes, their father. He beat everyone in the family. He didn't give a crap about them. Olivia's mind went back to when they put Joseph in the holding cell.
Elliot un-cuffed him and shut the cell door. Olivia took one last look at the scumbag before heading back into the squad room. She was almost to her desk when she heard Elliot's voice.
"You know. You have to have no heart or soul to beat on those innocent kids. So why? Why did you do it?" Elliot had asked the dirtbag. His hands most likely in fists. He held them back in his pockets. Olivia stepped a few feet closer to the two, but not to close. She listened for the abuser to come back with a response. She had been wondering the same thing.
"Everyone needs a hobby. Right?" He smiled at Elliot and then moved his gaze to Olivia. He winked at her. Olivia did not return his gaze. Instead she looked at Elliot. She could tell he was fighting not to throw this guy through a wall or out a window. He looked like he was about to pull his hands out of his pockets, but he took a deep breath and walked away.
It gave Olivia some satisfaction to know that someone that was hurting Sam and her family was behind bars. One down and one to go. That's the only way she could think of it. Why eight years later? Why now? Why did he wait so long to come back? Sam's rape was past the statute of limitations. Zoey was there only hope. And now they wouldn't have any evidence to help find the bastard. Thinking about all of this was going to kill her. It wasn't healthy to do this to herself. Finally something was able to distract her from her thoughts. A man walked over by them. His blonde hair kept neatly under a blue scrub cap with fish on it. He was still in scrubs. They were light blue and fortunately did not have blood on them.
"Are you Zoey Barnes's mother?" He asked Olivia. Olivia sat up straight and looked at him.
"Um…No. Her oldest sister and guardian is over there," Olivia pointed to Lucy who was shifting her gaze between Olivia and the doctor. Her face looked worried as if the worst possible scenario kept running through her head over and over again. "I am Detective Olivia Benson and this is my partner Detective Amanda Rollins. We are the ones investigating Zoey's rape."
"Oh I see. I'm Doctor Lance Walter," He said shaking he two detectives hands. "I was the doctor who performed Zoey's surgery," Olivia looked over to Lucy and signaled her to come join them.
"What…What's going on?" Lucy asked rubbing her hands together.
"Lucy, this is Doctor Lance Walter. He was the doctor who took Zoey into surgery," Olivia said.
"Hi Lucy. Do you mind if we go talk in private? The detectives can come if you like," Lucy nodded and the three of them followed the doctor into a small conference area. All the walls were Glass except for he wall that was connected to the hallway. An wooden oval table was placed in the center of the room along with chairs placed around it. "Please take a seat," Doctor Walter said gesturing his hand toward one of the chairs placed at the end of the table. Olivia, Amanda and Lucy took a seat towards the center of the table. Doctor Walter sat at the head of the table.
"Is Zoey ok? What happened? I mean what caused this?" Lucy was speaking fast again. She just needed answers not these suspenseful moments.
"Zoey is just fine," All three of them took a big sigh of relief. "She will have to be monitored for now. I assume one of the nurses told you what happened?" The three of them nodded simultaneously. "Well, Zoey had a severe heart attack which caused the Cardiogenic shock. What this all means is that her heart became too damaged from her heart attack that it could not pump blood to the rest of her organs in her body,"Doctor Walter continued to ramble on about some more medical stuff. Olivia could tell Lucy was a bit lost. All this medical talk. It would confuse anyone. Lucy just nodded her head gasping a few times when Doctor Walter would say something shocking that she understood.
"But…How did the heart attack occur?" Lucy asked finally being able to speak.
"Zoey had what is called a Coronary Artery Spasm. It cuts off the blood flow throughout the artery. most of the time we cannot tell what causes these spasms. Usually it is drugs or cigarettes, but in this case we can assume it was the emotional stress from the rape." Doctor Walter replied answering her question. Everyone fell silence. the hospital sounded as if nothing was going on. Nothing, but their discussion about Zoey. Nobody said anything for a while. Olivia assumed Doctor Walter was giving them time to take it all in. she turned to Amanda. Her eyes were staring out to the glass. Olivia followed her gaze to the lobby of the hospital. Nurses were sipping tea and coffee. Chatting with one another. Some answered phones and were reading files. Not many people were here. Just a few people sleeping on the chairs in the waiting room along with the nurses and doctors. It was almost peaceful down there. As if nothing was happening. That everything was fine. Well it wasn't. Nothing was fine. She thought she could get her family back. Almost like someone gave her a second chance, but instead the girls didn't want to talk to her let alone associate with her and Zoey was in this god forsaken hospital going through many painful surgeries. Olivia jumped when she felt a hand on her knee. She turned her head around and found Amanda staring at her with her shimmering blue eyes. Her face looked worried, but Olivia was only looking at the beauty that was in front of her. A blonde hair fell from her ponytail and hung in front of her left cheek, which were becoming redder as Olivia kept staring at her.
"ahem ahem," A cough made by Doctor Walter interrupted her thoughts. Her first happy thought. Her first thought that gave her a feeling of joy and excitement. Amanda pulled her hands away and turned to face Doctor Walter. Lucy looked at the two strangely, but turned her focus back to Doctor Walter. " Zoey is in ICU right now. You can see her later this afternoon. She is still resting," With that Doctor Walter stood up and gestured his hand toward the door. Olivia, Amanda and Lucy stood up as well and headed out the door. All that could run through Olivia's mind at the moment was her brief encounter with Amanda. Now that she was more focused on it she could feel the butterflies in her stomach as she walked beside her. Amanda's face had looked like one of a model on a magazine. She could only wonder if Amanda had felt the same way Olivia was. It couldn't be. Amanda was much younger than her and she wasn't even sure if she was a lesbian. If she was ok maybe she had a shot, but if not forget about it. It's hard enough coming out of the closet as a teenager, but as an adult. Olivia had gone through that rough patch as a freshman in college. It was hard, but she made it through ok. Before they knew it they were back with Sam and Arielle. Lucy rushed over to them right away to tell them exactly what Doctor Walter had just told the three of them.
"We can take you girls home if you like? You should get some sleep and come back later," Amanda suggested to them.
"Thank you," Lucy said wrapping an arm around Arielle and disappearing around the corner. Amanda hurried on after them. Sam didn't budge. Neither did Olivia. They just stood there in silence. No talking. No moving. No eye contact. Olivia looked at her. She was not the same girl she remembered. She wasn't cheerful. She wasn't trying to entertain everyone. She wasn't trying to do anything. Sam caught her gaze. A few seconds that's all. Just a few seconds of communication through their eyes. Then Sam disappeared around the corner as well, leaving Olivia alone.
A/N: Thank you for reading! I better see many reviews on this! Well because I love reviews and also that would be an awesome birthday gift. So If you read this you better review it! I'm watching you! I know when you don't review! So do it :)…or else. :) Just kidding! Or am I? Anyways… In all seriousness now What do you think of Amanda and Olivia? What do you think is going to happen with them? Do you think Amanda feels the same towards Olivia? What do you want to see happen with them? Do you like the whole thing with Olivia and Sam? What do you think will happen between them? If you don't know what to say in a review besides "Good story!" or "Update soon please!" Then answer these questions! Love you all! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!