Olivia sighed as she watched Alex and Casey walk into the squad room hand-in-hand. She turned her head towards her computer as to not stare. She was happy for them but…
"Liv," El said from behind his computer.
She snapped back and looked around her computer at him. "Yeah El?"
"Can we talk?" He said in his most serious voice.
She gulped. Does he know? Did he see me staring? SHIT! "Ok," she said with a smile that anyone could look right through as fake.
They walked back to the hall and sat on the window sill.
She looked at him with sad eyes for a moment.
He looked deep into her eyes and smiled. "Which one?" He laughed at her.
She laughed as well making her become calmer. She looked away from him for a minute and looked at the door to the squad room. They were both standing there in plain view. "I don't know. I have liked Alex for a long time. When she left for WPP I didn't know what to do with myself. I was a mess for weeks. I never thought I would care about someone like that again. Then when Casey came and I got used to her being around instead of Alex I began to fall for her too."
Elliot laughed at her. He knew what it was to like to people at once. He loved Kathy for so long and then Olivia came into his life. When she came out to him for the first time he was a little heartbroken but he did get over her. When Kathy left him he re-fell for Olivia even though he knew she would probably never love him like that. "I understand how you feel Liv. It is a complicated thing, love. Now that Alex is home you don't know what to do. Now that she and Casey are together it is even more troubling."
Olivia shook her head. "You can't understand El. You have only ever been with one woman besides your one night thing with Dani," she teased. "Don't bother with it. They are together and I am happy for them," she smiled, this time weakly.
Elliot turned away as to not show Olivia the sadness in his eyes. He wanted to tell her how he felt about her. How he felt since the moment she stepped into the squad room. "Liv," he called to her before she walked back into the squad room.
"Yeah El?" She said turning back to him.
"I have loved someone else," he admitted.
She smiled. "Me?"
He nodded and began to blush a little.
"I know you have always liked me. That's was why Kathy was always jealous that you spent so much time with me and not so much at home," she smiled teasing him again. "Don't tell Casey or Alex about what I said, ok."
He nodded again with a serious look on his face this time.
They both walked back into the squad room and went back to their desk.