Olivia put her things together and got up from her desk. "See you all tomorrow she said waving top everyone except Elliot.

Elliot sat at his desk chewing on the end of his pen pondering what had happened. He snapped! He yelled at his best friend for something so stupid that even he wanted to slap himself! He had no idea why he did what he did. He made a fool of himself. He wanted to call for her. Tell her that he was sorry for saying what he had said to her. He didn't mean it! She was his best friend. He was just looking out for her. Or was it something else? Did he care about Olivia more than even he realized?

Casey walked in and went right over Chester. She sat in his lap and smiled as he raised his head up to kiss her. "Hi," she said proudly as he stroked her leg.

"Hi," he smiled back.

"So what's up?" She asked looking at Elliot who looked more pale than usual.

Chester laughed and shook his head. "Olivia is going out with some Attorney guy and Elliot snapped out on her for it," he explained.

"Which Attorney guy?" Casey asked a little cautiously, almost knowingly, of whose name Chester was going to put out there.

"Trevor, I think was his name," he said scratching his head. "She has a picture of him on her computer. They are standing together at a picnic or something. I thought it seemed cute," he shrugged.

Casey laughed out loud. She looked at Elliot and shook her head. "Trevor Langan! Ha ha ha! Well that just goes to show that opposites do attract! Polar opposites for that matter!" She continued to laugh.

Elliot continued to chew on his pen. He didn't know how to respond to that. Then he said something that none of them would really expect: "Well maybe I like her and I don't want to see her with the scum of the earth like that! You know?"

Casey got up from Chester's lap. Don walked out of his office after hearing the racket of their conversation. Fin and John turned away from their computers to listen in to what was going on more closely.

"So what?" Elliot shouted. "Liv and I have known each other for 9 years now! We have been partners, and best friends. We have seen each other through everything no matter what! I like her, all right! I have liked her since the moment we met!"

They all shook their heads in amazement. They weren't sure how to react. This was Elliot and Olivia they were talking about. They were two of New York's best Detectives, together or apart, but especially together. They had a thing that no other pair in the department had.

Don went over to Elliot and put a hand on his shoulder. "You know that it would never work because of your partnership, right?"

Elliot stood up instantly. "If I were to get her to be mine then I would quit!" He proclaimed as he went over to the coat rack and picked his jacket up.

John put his hand out to Fin and Fin put a twenty in his palm.

"Huh?" Casey said pulling back.

"I said if it was Elliot who had the secret crush on Olivia I win. If Olivia liked Elliot like that then Fin would have won," John explained with a laugh.

Don shook his head and went back into his office.

Casey sighed and gave a look of degust to the men. "You two are sick!" She exclaimed to them.

They just laughed her of and went back to doing what they were doing.