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AN: So, the response to last chapter was amazing except for the one Benson-hater. Quick question: if you can't stand her, why are you reading an E/O? Kay, now that that's over, thank you to everyone else who alerted/favorited/reviewed, you are all awesome! This chapter practically wrote itself. I put my fingers on the keyboard and these were the events that came out of it. I hope you like!
After their little outing to the park, it was time to get Alexis from the bus. Olivia waited at the corner with Andrew and Dallas contently napping in their stroller. The bus pulled up and three different children got off at the stop.
Alexis was the first off the bus followed by Alisa, the little girl from next door that was Alexis' best friend, and Julian, the little boy from down the street who was Alexis' other best friend. Alexis hugged her mother's legs and then she and her friends took off ahead of her.
Olivia wasn't sure what the other Olivia would do, but her instincts told her to call the children back to her. She felt something was off and knew that it was best to follow her gut.
"Lexi, you and your friends need to wait for me," Olivia said in a stern tone.
Alexis stopped as well as Alisa, but Julian kept going, not knowing that the girls had stopped. Olivia was about to call out to him, but before she could a van came screeching around the corner and stopped suddenly right next to Julian. Two figures jumped out and grabbed the boy before hopping back into the van and peeling out of there.
"Julian!" the girls yelled. Olivia knew she had to give chase, but she refused to leave the kids unattended. Instead she pulled out a piece of paper and a pen from the pocket of the stroller and wrote down what the van looked like as well as the figures. She and the girls hurried home to report Julian's kidnapping.
The new doctor, James Marrow, had decided that Olivia was well enough to send her home. Though Elliot had explained to him about her condition, he still questioned whether or not it was a good idea to discharge her because of her mental status. Elliot convinced him otherwise by threatening with malpractice suits and charges of unlawful detainment.
Not knowing which choice would be better, Elliot took Olivia home to her apartment. When he opened the door she looked around to see how her other self lived and she had to admit that they definitely lived completely different lives. She saw that the place was fairly clean which meant that either her alternate ego was a neat freak or was hardly home. She decided to go with the latter. Elliot had told her that she was a detective as was her alternate. That was another thing that they had in common. She would really like to meet her alternate one day, but more than anything she missed her other life and wanted to go back to it, her husband, and her children.
"Elliot, I can walk by myself," Olivia said annoyed with the coddling that he was doing.
"I know, but I want to make sure that if you fall that I can catch you," he replied. At least she wasn't that different from her alternate in the stubborn area.
She collapsed on the couch, tired from all the events had put her through. She just wanted to sleep and open her eyes to find herself in her life. Then, her stomach growled.
"I'm guessing that you're hungry?" Elliot asked. She nodded with her eyes still shut. "What do you want?"
"I don't know. Surprise me," she said. He nodded and went into the kitchen to find something for her to eat.
They got back to the house. Alexis and Alisa went into the living room together. Olivia left the boys in the stroller near the chair next to the phone and locked the wheels. She sat in the chair and called Elliot.
"Stabler," he answered. She took a deep breath and sighed. "Hello?"
"El, there's been a kidnapping," she said, "The kids are fine, but Julian, the little boy down the street, he was taken by two people."
"Liv, are you sure?" he asked slightly relieved that his own kids weren't the victims.
"I'm positive. It was a white ford E350 cargo van. I've got a partial plate. 9-tango-charlie-5, but that's all I could get. There were two men to grab Julian and the other was driving. One was black and the two others were white. All three were of average height and build, nothing distinguishing them from the rest of the population. God, this is all my fault!" Olivia said as she put her head in her hands.
"No, Liv, it's not. You couldn't have predicted this would happen. You did good in getting a description of the guys and the van. You've helped a lot. How are the kids?" Elliot asked.
"The boys are asleep and Lexi is in the living room with Alisa. They are both upset. I was glad that Andrew and Dallas were sleeping when this happened," Olivia replied, "Find him El. I'll never forgive myself if something bad happens to him."
"We'll do everything in our power," Elliot replied knowing that they would. When it came to a child, everyone dropped what they were doing to find them and bring them home. He knew that it wouldn't be any different with Julian.
"I'm going to call Maureen and get her to come watch the kids and then I'm going to help you find him," Olivia said.
"No, Liv, you're too attached to this. We've got it covered. Stay with the kids. Lexi must be extremely upset as well as Alisa and they need you," Elliot said.
"I can't do that knowing that Julian is out there and that there was something more I could be doing," she replied.
"Liv, this is your other life. I know that you're dedicated to your job in your world, but in this, my wife puts our children before everything. Now, I know that sounds harsh, but it's the truth. She would trust me to do my job and led this squad to bringing Julian home as safely and as quickly as possible. Please put that same trust in me yourself," he said.
She waited a moment and thought about what he just told her and he was right. She had no idea how the other Olivia would act in this situation, but she knew that her instincts told her she needed to work this, but there was some small part of her that was coming to light that made her not want to leave the children. She wanted Julian safe just as the other four in the house were. She sighed.
"Okay," she replied simply.
"Thank you. I'll call you if we get anything or if we find him," Elliot said.
"Okay, I'm going to go tell his mother," she said.
"No, let us handle it," Elliot said.
"I've got to tell her. I can't let her think that I didn't care that her little boy was taken and I did nothing to tell her what happened or to try to find him. I will stay here with the kids, but I've got to tell that woman what happened," she said.
"Okay, I understand. I'll call you later. I love-," he stopped. This wasn't his wife. He'd almost forgotten about that.
"I love you," she said simply, "I may not be your wife, but we are best friends and I can still say that."
"I love you too, bye," he said and hung up. She did as well.
She told Elliot she loved him. She couldn't believe it. At least she got the chance to say it to one of him because she was sure that she would never get to say it to the other. Now, she braced herself to go face Julian's mother and let her know what happened to her little boy. She hoped that Elliot was right and that he was going to bring him home.
AN: *Gasp* what will happen with Julian? Will they ever get back to their own worlds? Keep reading to find out! Leave a review, please and thank you!