A/N: Olivia meets the neighbor, the case with Cassidy, and asking Cragen for the same week off sparks some rumors. How will they clear them up? And who does the clearing up?

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"Elliot," the stunning redhead who opened the door said brightly. Then she noticed Olivia. "Woah, who is she? And is she a gift?"

Elliot chuckled. "No, Lisa, this is Olivia," he said, making sure his arm was firmly wrapped around her waist.

"Ah," Lisa said, smirking. "The infamous Olivia Benson. Elliot, you lied to me."

Elliot furrowed his brow and pursed his lips. "About what?" he asked, "When?"

Lisa narrowed her eyes. "You said she was gorgeous, you lied. She is...beyond gorgeous," she said, trailing her eyes up and down Olivia's body. "She is a stone-cold fox."

"Uh, thank you?" Olivia aid, more of a question, as her left hand moved to Elliot's chest.

Lisa laughed. "Oh, it was definitely a compliment. What brings the two of you over here at midnight?" she asked, smirking. "You finally coming over to share..."

"No," Elliot interrupted with a laugh, trying not to growl. Olivia was running her nails of her other hand up and down his back, and it was driving him crazy. "Can you go over and watch the kids? We got a call and..."

"Yeah," Lisa said, stopping him. She reached over and grabbed her jacket off of a hook, and stepped out onto the stoop with them. She then turned her gaze back toward Olivia and licked her lips. "And instead of paying me, you could always just let me spend a night with your, uh, partner."

"Okay," Olivia said, wide-eyed and eager to leave, "We gotta go, El."

Elliot and Lisa laughed at her sudden attempt to leave, and Elliot kissed her, slow and deep, as Lisa watched. "Don't let her get to you," he whispered, kissing her again. "She's harmless."

Olivia smirked against her lips. "Who?" she said, kissing him again.

Elliot chuckled, knowing she meant that she'd forgotten all about Lisa, and he took her hand. "Thanks, Lisa," he said to the redhead who was walking toward his house as they walked toward the car.

"Anytime," Lisa said, smirking. "But next time, I get to babysit Benson."

Elliot laughed and rolled his eyes, saw the look on Olivia's face, and got into the car. He knew that if anyone was going to babysit Olivia, it was him.

"What have we got?" Olivia asked, walking up to Cassidy and snapping on a latex glove.

Cassidy turned, smiling at the sound of her voice, and he said, "Sixteen-year-old." He stepped closer to her, taking a deep breath and getting a good dose of her lavender-vanilla scent, and something else he couldn't quite place. "Raped and murdered, thrown out like yesterday's trash." He pointed to the body, lying in a pile of black, plastic garbage bags.

"Jesus," Olivia mumbled.

Cassidy took another deep breath, getting closer to her. "Olivia, are you wearing...cologne?"

Olivia smirked. She smelled like Elliot. "No," she said, shaking her head. "But he is, and I've been with him all day," she said, jutting her thumb to her right.

"Stabler!" Cassidy yelped. "What the hell are you doing here?"

Elliot folded his arms and cleared his throat. "Liv called, said we had a case."

Cassidy turned back to Olivia and spat, "Christ, you couldn't just work this one with me? Leave him out of it for once?"

"He's my partner," Olivia said. "Unless Cragen sends us to different places, I'm obligated to call..."

Cassidy leaned into her and lowered his voice. "I wanted to spend some time alone with you, Olivia. Work the case, go home, have a drink or two, maybe..."

"Yeah, that's not gonna happen," Olivia said, rolling her eyes, walking toward the medical examiner.

Cassidy sped up to catch up to her and asked, "Why not? I thought we were doing pretty good, Liv."

"First off, you don't call me 'Liv,' got it?" Olivia demanded, glaring at him. She watched his eyes flicker and he nodded. "Secondly, we had one night, that's it. All I wanted it to be, it wasn't personal, it wasn't the start of beautiful relationship, it was just one night. Get over it."

"Wow," Cassidy said, shocked, but then he smirked. "You really enjoy playing these games don't you? Pretending you don't want me? Making me chase you?"

Olivia scoffed and grew irritated. "I'm not pretending!" she yelled, alerting Elliot and Melinda Warner to what was going on. They had a little audience now. "I don't want you, I want you to stop fucking chasing me! I'm seeing someone!"

Cassidy's face fell, he went completely white, and he said, "Who?"

Olivia sighed. "No one you know," she lied. "And you're not gonna meet him, so don't even ask."

"Has Elliot met him?" Cassidy asked, bitterly.

Elliot, standing behind him, said, "No, I haven't. If she won't introduce him to me, then she's definitely not..."

"Shut up, Stabler," Cassidy barked. He looked at Olivia, shook his head, and said, "This isn't over. Not by a long shot." He walked toward Melinda, with an obvious chip on his shoulder.

"He took that well," Elliot said, with a smug grin.

Olivia chuckled. "You do know this means now you can't kiss..."

"Couldn't anyway, Liv," Elliot interrupted. "Too risky." He nudged her with his elbow and they walked toward Melinda and Cassidy, wanting to get this over with fast.

Olivia and Elliot walked out of the interrogation room, both fuming, and Elliot was rubbing his knuckles.

"Damn it, Stabler," Olivia yelled. "You don't think!"

"Oh, right, like I was the only one getting pissed off in there, Benson?" Elliot hit back. "You were about to hit something yourself, so don't give me that 'control your temper' shit," he yelled.

"You dented the goddamned table, Elliot!" Olivia threw at him, her arms flying. "You scared the shit out of him, and now he wants his lawyer, and his mommy!"

Elliot smirked evilly at her. "And you trying to seduce a confession out him was working? You were giving him a heart-attack," he said with a clenched jaw.

"Hey!" Cragen yelled. "Do you two need a time out?"

Munch laughed, shaking his head. "Hey, Cap, you know they always get like this after a particularly tense interrogation. They need to blow off a little steam."

Cassidy smirked. "Only tonight, apparently, Benson's gonna go home and blow off steam with her mystery boyfriend instead of hanging out here in the gym with the punching bag. Or me."

"Oh, fuck you, Cassidy," Olivia yelled.

"Already did that, Benson," Cassidy said harshly.

Elliot, still pissed off from the interrogation, walked over to him and lifted him up by the collar. "If you ever, ever, talk to her or about her like that again, I will kill you."

Cragen's voice boomed through the air, "Stabler! Put him down! Now!"

Elliot growled and bared his teeth, like a wolf would, and he saw Cassidy's eyes widen, he saw the fear in Cassidy's eyes and he smirked, dropping him into the chair. "You're damn lucky Cragen stopped me."

"Benson," Cragen said, looking at Olivia, angry, "My office! Now!"

Olivia closed her eyes, then opened them, looking at Elliot. She shook her head and bit her lip as she followed Cragen into his office.

Elliot looked back down at Cassidy and said, "If you just cost her her job, I swear to God, no one will find your body." He ran over to the office door, and without knocking, he walked in. "Cap," he said, "Cassidy was just talking out of his ass! Olivia would never..."

"Stabler, please," Cragen spat, "I'm not an idiot. I know what's going on with my detectives. Cassidy's having a problem letting go. This is all on him. Besides, I only called her in here because I just got request forms from both of you." He held up two sheets of paper and cleared his throat. "Why do you both need next week off?"

"Oh, uh..." Olivia stammered, then she stopped talking, folding her arms

Cragen looked at her and said, "You know, when I got these, my first thought was that I had a horrible problem on my hands, that you two were starting something..."

Elliot ran a hand down his face and broke into his captain's speech. "I'm taking my kids to Disneyland," he said.

"California?" Cragen asked.

"Uh, yeah," Elliot said, nodding. "We've already done everything at Disneyworld, they've been to Universal eight times, I think they're sick of Florida. We just...we need to get away, Cap."

Cragen tilted his head. "What's going on with you, Elliot?"

Elliot looked at Olivia, then sighed. "Kathy left," he said. "She left last night. I'm taking my kids as far away from home as we can get, so they can..."

"Wow," Cragen said, interrupting him. "I'm sorry, Elliot. And I'm assuming Olivia knew already?"

Olivia and Elliot nodded. "She was, uh, there," Elliot said. "She knows."

Cragen nodded, pressing his lips together. "Okay, so I'm only going to ask this question once, and then I'm gonna forget the answer and approve your time off, but I need to know." He looked at Olivia sternly. "Are you going with them? You need the week off because you're going with him and his kids to the happiest fucking place on Earth?"

Olivia glanced at Elliot, who was looking away from her and staring at something on the wall. "Yeah," she said. "They just lost their mother, and you know I'm close to..."

Cragen held up a hand. "If anyone asks, Benson, you're at a convention in Chicago." He leaned over with a pen, signing both forms, and when he straightened up he said, "This is just a friendly vacation, right? There's nothing else I need to know about you two? I'm not gonna have another Cassidy on my hands?"

Elliot chuckled. "No, Cap. I swear, I will not become Cassidy. There's absolutely no danger of that happening." He smiled at Olivia, who smiled back at him, and he knew the only reason he wouldn't become like Cassidy was because he had no intention of letting Olivia go.

"Okay," Cragen said. "You're both leaving on Friday. I expect you back here the following Saturday. Don't give me any shit about being too jet-lagged to do your damned jobs, either."

Olivia laughed and nodded. "Okay," she said.

"Thanks, jefe," Elliot said, shaking his captain's hand.

"Get out of here before I change my mind," Cragen said, folding his arms. He watched them leave and shook his head. "Lord, help me," he mumbled, running a hand down his face. "What have they done?"

Elliot opened the door to his house, trying to be quiet, his hand firmly gripping Olivia's. They closed the door behind them and looked around the living room, then Elliot turned to her and pulled her close. He nuzzled her nose for a moment, then kissed her, pulling her tight, making it slow and deep, loving her.

"Wow," a voice behind them said. "You two sure know how to make people jealous."

Elliot pulled away from Olivia, turned his head, and said, "Who exactly are you jealous of, Lisa?"

Lisa slipped her jacket on, then made her way toward the door, snaking behind Olivia. She ran her hand up and down Olivia's arm, and looked at Elliot. "You," she said. "You are one lucky son of a bitch, Elliot. You have no idea what I've been thinking about since you introdiced me to her."

"All right, Lisa," Elliot said, rolling her eyes. "You've made your point." He laughed and tugged Olivia away from Lisa. "How are the kids?"

"Sleeping," Lisa said, chuckling. "They had pasta for dinner. Have you two eaten?"

"Yeah," Elliot said. "We're good."

Lisa nodded and put her hand on the door. "Good night, guys. It was definitely a pleasure to meet you, Detective Benson."

"You can call me Olivia," Olivia said with a smile. "Thanks for watching the kids."

Lisa nodded again as she left, then Olivia looked up at Elliot. "Your lesbian neighbor likes me."

"I knew she would," Elliot said with a smirk, kissing her. "She also knows that if she tries anything, I'll hurt her. We've, uh, talked about you. A lot."

Olivia tilted her head. "Really?" she asked, smirking. "What did you tell her about me?"

Elliot grabbed her hand again and led her up the stairs. "How much I wanted you, how incredible you are," he said. He stopped outside the bedroom door and said, "How much I was falling in love with you."

"Oh," Olivia said with a soft smile and bright eyes. "I love you, too, El."

Elliot kissed her. "I know you do," he said. "Stay here for a second, I'm gonna change."

"The couch?" Olivia asked, raising an eyebrow.

Elliot nodded. "Tomorrow, I'm getting a new bed." He smiled at her and walked into the bedroom, leaving Olivia to wonder what exactly was going to happen in Disneyland, and trying to contain her excitement.

A/N: The flight to Disneyland, a phone call with Serena, and a surprise in California! Coming up, if you review, and want it. Leave a message here, or on Twitter. TMG212