"Come on Liv, you can do better than that" Elliot was trash talking her as they played a game of basketball on the court by her apartment.
"Shut up and watch me kick your ass" she teased him back as she dribbled around him and shot the basket, watching it swish.
She raised her arms up and did a victory dance in front of him. He started laughing and picked her up, slinging her over his shoulder
"Elliot! I'm going to kill you! Put me down!" she punched the back of his shoulder and felt him throw her down onto the ground. He fell down beside her laughing.
"I'm glad we're hanging out again" he admitted, his face only an inch from hers.
"Yeah, me too" she smiled, relaxing against him
"How's Brian?" he asked, hoping that he sounded sincere. He didn't want to test the waters when things were going so well between them.
"He's fine. He really hates being a uni. We're a good couple" she was skating around the real answer. The real answer was that Brian was upset that she was hanging out with Elliot again, that his re-entrance into her life had thrown the balance of their relationship completely off. He wouldn't say that he felt threatened by Elliot, but she knew he did.
"It's cool that you don't want to tell me the truth" Elliot looked away from her, jabbing her in the arm.
"What do you want me to say? He's afraid of me hanging out with you again" she had laid it all out there.
"He shouldn't be so insecure" Elliot stated.
"Yeah…" she was careful with what she said next. She was questioning everything in her life and she didn't want to burn any bridges quite yet.
"Come on, let's go get dinner" he jumped up and pulled her to her feet.
She held onto his forearms, the two of them locked into one of their famous stare downs
"El, I'm still mad at you for treating me like crap for years…but you're my best friend, always" she whispered this, afraid of how much emotion she was conveying; completely putting herself at risk again.
"I'm so sorry Liv, you didn't deserve it. I'll never treat you that way again, I swear to God" he was so sincere, she hadn't heard him be this open with her since after Gitano.
"Let's go eat, your treat" she winked and pulled him out into the sidewalk.
"How's Elliot?" Gemma asked her with a smile on her face.
"Stop it. I'm glad to have my best friend back" Olivia shot back
"Okay, we'll go with that for now" Gemma tipped her glass back, successfully evading Olivia's death glare
"I have a boyfriend…" Olivia said more to herself than anyone else.
"It's just never the right time…until it is" Gemma spoke cryptically to her
"I'm supposed to be at your precinct in the morning, let me stay over at your place?"
"What for? Of course you can" Olivia changed her tone when she realized how that sounded
"Your guess is as good as mine, let's go, all the creeps are coming in" she cast a wary glance at the two guys who had just entered in and were eyeing them up.
