A/N: I only on the non recognizable SVU characters(Rebecca, Coach Hill, Danny and the man in the black truck, and all the doctors in the hospital.) The recognizable ones aren't mine, they belong to Dick Wolf and NBC…
PREVIOUSLY:
"He verbally threatened her. Like she said, she was too scared to fight back because she didn't want to die. In her case, she made the right decision. She protected herself from any further harm." Olivia says to the angry woman.
"Danny was gonna take me to Subway to get a sandwich, we were going to meet some of the other girls there and celebrate. But this is were I ended up, do you think I wanted this mom???" Becca says.
"We're still moving." is all Lauren can reply as she storms out the door followed by a slightly angry Detective Benson.
"I'm not leaving. I don't care what she says. Even if that means I have to come stay with you. I'm graduating from Manhattan." "She doesn't care that I wasn't asking for this, I don't know why." Becca cries to Coach Hill.
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OUTSIDE REBECCA STEVENS' ER ROOM
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL
12:50am
Lauren is steamed as she slams Becca's door shut hard enough to make the blinds rattle in recoil. "Why the hell did she let herself get raped AGAIN?!?!" she yells at Detective Benson.
"Lauren, how many times am I going to have to tell you, SHE DID NOT DESERVE THIS OR LET ANYONE HURT HER!!??" Olivia answers.
Just then Elliot walks up carrying a blue and orange letterman jacket. "Olivia, I could hear that all the way down the hall."
She turns at him and just glares.
"What are you doing with my daughter's letter jacket?" Mrs. Stevens angrily questions Elliot.
"Danny gave it to me. He said he thought Becca might want it, and I have her cell phone, wallet, keys, and iPod." Elliot answers.
"Where is he?? Did he hurt my daughter?" Lauren asks.
"I let him go home. He's not a suspect in this case, he's a witness. He was nice enough to give me her things so she would have them." the man answers.
"Give them to me." the woman orders and Elliot calmly hands over the jacket and other items.
He looks at Olivia and then in the widow at Rebecca, his best friend's daughter holding onto his own daughter's volleyball coach and sighs.
"Have we got any new leads yet?" Olivia asks her partner.
"Not yet. CSU found some hairs and blood at the scene and they're sending it to the lab." "Danny said that he thinks he know who might have hurt her but he's not exactly sure if the guy he thinks actually did it." Elliot answers.
"DAMN! JACKSON!!" The mother yells.
"Mrs. Stevens, calm down. Can you tell us who Jackson is?" Olivia asks.
"THAT SLUT'S EX BOYFRIEND!!! She dated him before she started dating Danny. And that Damned boy beat her and raped her once already, then she told this crazy coach who tried to make her press charges on the boy, but I didn't want her to. Then she made up this story that I constantly yelled at her and beat her so she could stay with the coach for a few days." Mrs. Stevens angrily replies.
"Lauren, your daughter is not a slut just because she was raped. We don't know if it's Jackson yet. We'll definitely talk to him and see what he has to say about the previous attack and where he was tonight." Elliot says.
As he is finishing his sentence Dr. Jenkins comes back with Rebecca's release papers.
"She's ready to go home. All you have to do is sign these. I have a pair of sweatpants that she can have if she doesn't have anything else to wear. And I only had a large sweatshirt and I thought it would be a little big on her, but since I saw she had on a coat, she'd be okay." She says to the group of adults.
"Give me that clipboard, I'm taking her home. She's done with you guys for the night. And good luck getting to talk to her again, because my lawyer won't let you." Lauren says.
Olivia gets scared at this comment and walks into Rebecca's room.
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REBECCA STEVENS' ROOM
MERCY GENERAL HOSPITAL
1:00am.
Olivia calmly walks in and sees Rebecca has drifted off into a light sleep because her eyes quickly open up at the sound of the door.
"Well? What happened?" Coach Hill sleepily asks.
"Her mother wants to take her home. She's signing the release papers now. I was quick enough to get this from the doctor and my partner brought these from your boyfriend." She says kindly handing over a pair of grey sweatpants, a blue and orange letter jacket, a cell phone, wallet, car keys, and an iPod.
"Olivia, do something, I don't want to go home with her tonight. Please!" Rebecca says.
Olivia looks at Coach Hill and Shelby says, "I can take her. We have room at our house, she's stayed with us before. We only have a son that's 6 years younger than she is. He knows that when she's with us that something bad happened and he leaves her alone."
"Come with me and lets see what we can do." Olivia says.
"Sugar, I'll be right back, don't worry. I'm going to make sure that I can take you to my house." Shelby calmly says leaving Rebecca to lean back on the bed and close her eyes.
The two women walk outside to find two more women and a man standing around the door of the room.
Coach Hill immediately asks, "Is there a possibility that I could take Becca with me and let her stay with me for the rest of these early morning hours and bring her either to the station or home later?"
"I don't see why not." Elliot says. Olivia smiles at him but the mother frowns.
"Did she manipulate some kind of story again this time?" Lauren asks
"No. I've learned from experience as a mother myself and from knowing your daughter for eight years that when your angry at your child for something they couldn't control, it's useless, and it makes them feel like they've done something wrong when they haven't." Shelby says.
"Well, she let that boy hurt her two years ago, and she got hurt again tonight." Lauren says, "She obviously is doing something she shouldn't be."
"I'm not going to go around in circles with you Lauren, I want to take your daughter, and she doesn't want to go home, she's told Detective Benson that. I'll bring her home when she's ready. I did two years ago didn't I?" Shelby tells the woman.
Olivia then says, "Lauren, your daughter has expressed her fear of going home to you multiple times tonight. I think for her safety, it's best that she goes with Shelby. I want Shelby to bring her to the station around noon so we can get her statement, and then we can see what happens from there, if it all goes well, you can take her."
Elliot looks at Olivia and realizes she's afraid that Rebecca is going through some of the things she did and is getting worried. "Mrs. Stevens, We're not officially taking your daughter away from you. We're just protecting her. I know you won't do anything to hurt her but since she's expressed her fears, we have to make sure she's going to be okay."
"Damn, Elliot. You've known Jon since he was in the marines! You know he wouldn't hurt Becca and neither would I. Are you going to let a crazy sixteen year old convince you to let her stay with someone else?" Lauren snaps.
Just then Becca comes out of her room because Dr. Jenkins came in and unhooked all the monitors and said she could leave.
"Hey sugar, we're about to leave." Shelby says as she wraps her arm around the teen.
Elliot gets a good look at his best friends daughter for the first time tonight, she's wearing a pair of baggy grey sweatpants, a blue and orange letter jacket and a pair of volleyball tennis shoes. Her brunette hair is up in a disheveled sweaty bun and she has a good sized bandage on the left side of her forehead by her eyebrow.
Becca gives her mom the 'I hate you' stare and looks at Olivia who says, "We're letting you go with your coach tonight, but she's going to have to bring you to the station by noon so we can get your statement and then we have to let you go back home."
"No, Olivia, don't make me go back home." Becca says as the nurse comes in with a wheelchair, "She's not walking out of here, it's hospital policy."
Shelby then helps Becca into the wheelchair and says, "Look sweetheart, it's one in the morning, I know you've got to be tired. We're going to do what Olivia says and when we're at the station later, I'll talk to someone about you getting to stay with me longer okay?"
Lauren glares at Shelby and Elliot says, "Lets all leave, Lauren, I know you don't want this to happen but we're only trying to do what's best for Becca…"
"Best for Becca??? That crazy woman always thinks she knows what's best for MY DAUGHTER! Just because she had her sister before she coached Becca doesn't mean she knows what's best for my child!!" Lauren yells pointing at Shelby.
Becca who is now sitting in the wheelchair feels helpless and small but she still shakes her head no and puts her hand up in the air trying to find Shelby's.
"MOM, shut up and go home. I don't want to be with you right now. LEAVE ME ALONE!!" Becca yells.
Elliot sees that Becca truly is afraid of her mother and intervenes, "Lauren, let's go before I have to arrest you. You'll see your daughter later, after she's had time to get some sleep. By then maybe she'll change her mind." as he begins to force the woman towards the door.
Shelby, who is holding Becca's hand looks at Olivia and sighs, "God, I hated that woman when I had her older daughter Brittany. But for some reason she didn't have these issues with her, it was just Becca, because she played on my junior varsity for 2 years while her sister was still here and she had these same issues."
Olivia smiles at the teen who is struggling to keep her eyes open and says, 'Let's go. I know you've got to be tired. Get some rest and I'll see you around noon."
Becca nods in agreement and yawns. Olivia pushes the chair while Shelby walks along side her, still holding Becca's hand while the nurse is on the other side.
Once they get to the parking lot, they see Elliot waiting for Olivia because she left her car at the scene and he gets out, "I thought you might need a ride back, Fin took your car back to the station."
"Thanks El." She yawns and gets in.
The nurse helps Shelby get Becca from the wheelchair into her car and smiles, "I hope everything turns out okay, I heard part of your argument and it broke my heart that her mother had to be that way."
"I'll work things out, Becca trusts me and she knows I'll do what's right." Shelby says, "Thanks for everything."
The nurse pushes the empty wheelchair back into the ER and Shelby gets into her car and notices Becca is already asleep. She decides to let her sleep and turns off her radio.
She texts her husband, "I've got Becca, get the guest bedroom ready. I'm going to give her something to eat and then she's going straight to bed. Tell Bradley to go ahead and go to bed, I'll come see him later."
After pressing send, she drives off. Silently praying things will turn out the way she wants them to.
A/N: I know this chapter is so long! I just didn't want to leave any cliffhangers because I didn't know when I would be able to update again! I hope yall are enjoying this story. It's my favorite that I have written. Next up is the scene at the house, and then they go to the precinct where there's some big E/O drama. Concrete Angel will be up soon!!
