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Chapter 7

Elliot rubbed his eyes. Juggling between being in the hospital with Olivia and work had really worn him off. He was doing some paper work when his phone suddenly rang.

"Can I speak with detective Stabler please?"

"Yes speaking"

"Hi my name is Jennifer and I am calling from Mercy hospital. Dr Star asked me to inform you regarding Olivia Benson"

Elliot heard his heart pounding in his chest. This can't be good

"Is something wrong?"

"Dr Star said you should come immediately".

"I'm on my way".

He hanged up the phone. He felt paralyzed.

Cragen watched Elliot from the side.

"Elliot, is there something wrong?"

Elliot turned his head to face Cragen.

"It was a call from the hospital. Something is wrong with Olivia"

"Let's go" Cragen grabbed his coat.

The drive to the hospital seemed so long. Elliot sat on the passenger's seat and couldn't say a word. No, Please don't die on me now. I didn't get to confess my feelings to you.

Cragen felt the tension in the air. Olivia was very important to him.

"It's going to be fine Elliot"

Elliot didn't say a word.

They stormed into the hospital. Elliot went through to Olivia's room, just to find she wasn't there.

"No!" Elliot felt his heart racing.

Just then He saw Dr Star.

"Where is she?"

This time Dr star wasn't smiling. She looked at Elliot and took a breath.

"She is in ICU. She crashed 3 hours ago and we couldn't hold her stable. She is in a coma".

Cragens face went pale.

"What happened?"

"Well, Since Olivia had a major internal blood loss her body became very weak. At this stage any additional blood loss can cause the body to go into a state of shock. We believe she as experience another internal bleeding"

"What! I thought that was controlled already!" Elliot was on the verge of losing his temper.

"I'm really sorry Elliot, but this kind of problem can repeat itself if the person is very stressed".

Dr Star looked at Cragen. "Can I ask you if she was very stressed lately?"

Cragen Shook his head "We are all under stress, I guess that in Olivia's case it came to a boiling point"

"Can we see her?" Please, I just want to see that she is alive

"Follow me".

They walked through the hall into the ICU. Dr Star turned to face Elliot.

"She is in the second room on the left. Please try to be quiet as possible".

Elliot and Cragen entered the room. Olivia was lying peacefully between the white sheets. She looked paler than before.

"When I left her she was just fine" Elliot said. "She already couldn't wait to go back to work"

"You didn't do anything wrong Elliot, It's just the person she is…. We all know her"

"Do we Captain? How come we didn't notice this?" Elliot was starting to get more frustrated. He hated the fact that they work themselves to a point they actually get hurt physically and mentally.

Cragen shook his head. He knew Elliot was right. He worked some many years on the police force and saw too many cops getting sick due to stress. What can he say? What can he possibly say to sound reasonable enough to justify it?nothing.

"Elliot, I'm going to head back to the station. You are free to take a couple of days off and if you need more just let me know"

"Thanks, I really appreciate it" Elliot knew it wasn't a good time for having days off since everyone at the squad was working double shifts. But he knew that at the moment he needed to be next to Olivia when she wakes up.

Elliot pulled a chair and sat by Olivia's bed. Come on wake up! I need to know you are going to be fine.

Casey was walking down the hall to the ICU unit. Her heart was racing since Cragen called. Her best friend was in a coma. The only person she could speak to when something was bodering her. Thinking back she couldn't ignore how 2 weeks ago she told Olivia that she wasn't eating enough and that she looked too pail. This is not happening!

"Elliot?" Casey whispered.

"Hi"

"How is she?"

"She's in a coma, they don't know who much time it will take her to wake up. I need her to wake up Casey I really do" Elliot's eyes were starting to get glassy.

Casey touched Elliot's back slightly. "We all do Elliot"

"I need to tell her"

"Tell her what?"

Elliot shook his head.