AUTHOR'S NOTE: SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG EVERYBODY BUT, NOW I HAVE AN EXTRA LONG CHUNK FOR YOU GUYS TO READ. THIS IS WAS AN INTERESTING PART FOR ME TO WRITE SO I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT. I ALSO HOPE YOU LIVID FANS DON'T HATE ME ONCE YOU FINISH READING. ENJOY
Chapter 9: I Won't Rest Until You're Mine
Things with the Belvedere case were pretty solid and so Cragen decided the Calloway interview could wait until morning. He sent the SVU gang home for the night at eight thirty. Olivia knew that David would be waiting for her to call. Just as she was opening her car door she felt a hand on her shoulder. Olivia pulled out her gun and spun around in one quick movement.
"Woah! Calm down! It's just me." David said as he threw his hands in the air.
"David, are you crazy? You can't sneak up on an armed cop like that." Olivia sighed and returned her gun to its holster. As she gave him a kiss all the memories of her afternoon and the previous evening with Elliot came flooding back. She pulled away.
"What's wrong?" He asked when he noticed her hesitation.
"What? Nothing. I am fine. Should we get something to eat?" She changed the subject as quickly as she could.
"Yeah, sure I know a great little bistro around the corner." David replied skeptically.
"How about we go back to my place and order Chinese instead?" Olivia just wanted to put on her yoga pants, throw her hair in a ponytail and veg-out in from of the television.
"Oh, I like that idea." David winked. They both climbed into Olivia's car. She immediately turned on the radio in an attempt to lessen the conversation. She knew that if David found out about Elliot it would be over for good and she didn't know if she was ready for this to end.
"Liv, is there something going on with you?" David said as he turned down the nearly blaring radio.
"No, what makes you think that?"
"Well, we have been dating for five months now and I have never heard you play the radio in the car, which leads me to believe you are avoiding a conversation."
"I just… I had a long a day and I am not in the mood to talk." Olivia lied to him. She hated having to lie to anyone, especially to David.
"Pull over. We need to talk whether you feel like talking or not we need to talk." David took a stern tone with her for the second time in the past thirteen hours. She pulled over and turned the car off.
"What is it that we must talk about right this minute?" She asked sarcastically. There was a long silence betwixt them.
"I saw you and Elliot today… In the car. I am not sure what to say except why?" David said after a while. Olivia rubbed her hands together and looked down. Her eyes looked sad but, she didn't cry. She bit the inside of her cheek.
"I…" She stopped, tucked her hair behind her hair and turned to face him. "He is him and I am me. We have been us for thirteen years. It is hard to explain." She tried to explain but, when she looked into David's eyes all she saw was confusion. She looked at the engagement ring he had given her earlier that morning. Engaged and unengaged all in the course of a day that must be a new record she thought to herself as she wiggled the ring off her finger. She looked at it for a second and then put it in David's hand.
"What is this for?" He asked looking at the ring as if it were from another planet.
"I am giving it back. We are done. I cheated on you twice today. What's more is I can't promise it won't happen again. I can't truly be free to love someone unless I give this thing with El a try."
David looked sad at first but, then he began to laugh.
"What's so funny?" Olivia asked genuinely confused.
"Do you remember when I asked you out?" he asked still laughing. Olivia nodded carefully. "And you said you didn't commit well and we could never be in a relationship for an extended time." She nodded again. "And then I said you and Elliot had been partners for thirteen years so obviously you could commit. It is ironic now." At that point he was laughing hysterically.
Olivia looked at him silently. She had never seen anything so crazy in her life. And she thought she had seen it all. Finally he stopped laughing. He kissed her forehead and got out of the car, leaving Olivia alone to wonder if she had just made the biggest mistake of her life.
Chapter 10: I Would Lie and Say That You're Not On My Mind
It was 3:30 in the morning when Olivia finally gave up on getting any sleep that night. Her mind had been racing all night. She replayed her and David's relationship in her head over and over again trying to figure out what was missing.
She grabbed her coat and decided to go for a walk. The night was brisk but, not exactly cold. In fact, it had been one of the warmest January's the city had ever seen. It seemed to be at the peak of darkness as she wandered the streets without aim. Even after nearly two decades of being an officer, Olivia still trusted and loved the city of New York.
Her mind began to wander and Olivia barely noticed the sound of footsteps behind her. She attempted to look at the person following her without seeming too suspicious. Soon the steps got closer and then closer still until the person was right behind her, breathing down her neck. She whipped around and attempted to defend herself. When she failed the assailant grabbed her by the throat and pinned her to the ground. He hit her head repeatedly against the gray concrete until she was floating in and out of consciousness. She kicked her legs and tried to scream but, he pinned her legs with his knees and muffled her screams with his hand. He pulled her into the dark alley next to her grocery store. He whipped a knife out of his pocket and held it to her throat.
"If you scream one more time I will kill you. I am not kidding I have nothing left to live for I don't need to keep you alive." He whispered aggressively in her ear. As he pulled her jeans off she thought of every single piece of DNA she could get from him. She scratched his arms with all of her power causing him to bleed all over her shirt. He forced himself inside of her quickly. She took solace in knowing he wasn't wearing a condom. This guy wanted to be caught and she was going to get him. All she needed to do was survive. When he was finished he cut the knife in a zig-zag across her cheek.
"Why? Why are you doing this to me?" Olivia cried as he stood over her weak body.
"Because this is how cheating whores should be treated." He said.
At that moment she realized she knew her rapist. The man she had loved and whose feelings she worked every day to protect. She gaged at the thought of his innocent looking face.
"David?" She whispered as tears poured down her face and mixed with her blood.
He kicked her on to her stomach and told her to count to 300 before moving. He ripped her t-shirt off and shoved it into a plastic bag. There went the only DNA evidence she had. When Olivia refused to begin counting he kicked her in between the ribs causing her to gasp for air. Once she caught her breath she began to count crying with every word. She stopped at one hundred and used the garbage can next to her to stand up. She immediately fell back down. As she lay in the alley covered in blood, she looked up and saw the sun begin to rise and she wondered if anyone would even notice she was gone.
It was at that point that she used all of her strength to stand. She limped the three blocks back to her apartment. She dragged her weak body up the multiple flights of stairs and inside the door. The bathroom was the same pale shade of white it had always been however, it seemed so much brighter. The light began to sting her barely open eyes. She took off what was left of her clothing and stood staring at her running shower. Nobody would believe her if she said her boyfriend, an assistant District Attorney for the state of New York, raped her. She had no evidence, no witnesses, nothing. She stepped into the shower and cried as she let the water run over her body. Soon she fell to the ground sobbing uncontrollably. She felt a piercing pain in her side and winced as she stood. Olivia knew she could never tell anyone about what happened that night but, she also knew that at least one of her ribs was broken. She finished showering, got dressed and headed for the hospital thinking of the perfect story to tell the doctor the entire ride to Mercy General.
Chapter 12: She Dreamed of Paradise Every Time She Closed Her Eyes
Elliot awoke late that day and immediately called Olivia's cell. When she didn't answer he left a message.
"Liv, come on I know you want to talk to me. We need to talk about us. I love you and that is never going to change. I guess we can talk at work." He smiled when he hung up. He loved how stubborn she was.
Elliot drove to work as quickly as he could. He couldn't wait to see her. When he walked into the precinct he saw her sitting at her desk. Her face was cover in bruises and she had four stiches in her forehead. Her left arm was in a hot pink cast. Elliot was about to run over and give her a hug when somebody grabbed him by the arm.
After a huge struggle he found himself in Cragen's office.
"What happened to her?" Elliot asked when he finally caught his breath.
"She told me she fell down her apartment stairs while carrying some things to her car." Cragen said skeptically.
"No, look at her! You don't get those kinds of injuries from falling down the stairs. She is lying!" Elliot said in a stern whisper.
"Stabler, I know that but, we can't make her talk. She is obviously protecting someone or too proud to admit something else happened." He said trying to calm Elliot down. "I trust you to figure out what happened and as soon as possible. She needs some she can trust to confide in. I am also requiring everyone in the precinct to be evaluated by Huang. Maybe something will come out there."
"Yeah. Okay but, what do I say to her. She will not like it if I treat her like a victim."
"No, she won't. So just pretend nothing happened. Don't even mention it at first. Let her bring it up in her own time."
Elliot nodded and took a deep breath before walking back towards his desk.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey." She said smiling at him. She seemed fine which was a scary thing for Liv to seem.