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Elliot walked into the squad room surprisingly only an hour late. Damn traffic. He couldn't help but curse for what seemed like the tenth time just that morning. He wondered over to his desk and practically slammed his coffee cup down and proceeded to take his coat off.

"Rough morning?" Munch asked casually, leaning back into his chair. Stabler gave him his best glare that had little effect on the veteran detective.

"Ya think?" He spat. Elliot quickly snatched his now empty mug and was about to make his way towards the half empty coffee pot when his eyes caught sight of his partners desk and noticed something was off…it was empty. "Hey guys where's Liv?"

Munch shrugged and sipped his own coffee. "Oh yeah, she called earlier, said she needed to take care of something before she came in." Fin explained without taking his eyes off of his computer screen. Sour mood quickly disappearing, Elliot's curiosity was peaked. "Oh, did she say what it was?" Elliot sat down in his chair, attempting to act as nonchalant as possible.

"Nah, just said she would be in as soon as she could." Fin answered. The large man suddenly stopped in mid type and looked up at Elliot. "Why do you ask?"

"Just wondering."

"If you say so."

Seconds ticked by, "It's just she didn't call to tell me she was going to be late, she called the precinct." Which was unlike his partner.

"Man, you are reading way too much into this." Fin laughed and turned back to his work.

Elliot shook his head, "Think about it man, Olivia wouldn't-"

"Olivia wouldn't do what?" A female voice presented itself, cutting Elliot off mid-sentence.

"You better watch it Liv, I think you made Elliot over there a little jealous with your disappearing act this morning." Fin joked, loving the look that washed over Elliot's face.

Without commenting, Olivia made her way towards her desk, slipped off her coat and draped it over the back of her chair, then sat down and begun ruffling through various papers. To anyone else her actions would have looked completely normal, like any other day, but to her partner the slight smile he saw on her lips gave her away.

After a few moments Olivia could still feel Elliot's eyes on her, she tried to ignore it but was failing miserably. "What do you want Elliot?" She asked, still making various notes the report laid out in front of her.

"Nothing." He said, leaning back in his chair, throwing his hands behind his head, yet still not taking his eyes off his partner.

"Then why are you looking at me like that?"

"Like what, this is how I always look at you." Olivia lifted an eyebrow as if to say yeah right.

"El, don't make me beat it out of you."

Sitting back up in his chair, Elliot asked softly, "Why didn't you call me this morning to tell me you were going to be late?"

She was about to bust his balls for acting like such a child over something so small but her comment died on her lips. A surprised look washed over her face as the detective realized her partner actually looked a little hurt. "I-I'm sorry El, I guess I just wasn't really thinking."

She attempted an apology, but when in reality she purposely didn't call him because as much as she loved her partner he could be a little nosey at times, and this time she didn't want to tell him where she was…

Flashback:

With one hand occupied with a rather full paper bag, Olivia used her hip to push open the door to enter the apartment building, she swiftly made her way to the front desk where a young man greeted her with a smile, apparently recognizing her from when she was here just a few weeks ago.

"Can I help you Detective?" He said with a toothy smile.

"Yes, could you make sure Dr. Hall gets this?" She asked placing the paper bag on the counter.

"Of course. But are you sure you don't want to give it to her yourself, she just got back from her morning jog a few minutes ago."

"No, that's ok, I have to get to work." Olivia explained.

"Of course. I will make sure Dr. Hall gets this right away."

"Thank you very much." And with that Olivia turned and walked out the door. Walking towards the precinct the brunette detective could not help but smile.

End flashback.

"Liv, hello? Have you heard a work I just said?" Elliot asked, waving his hand in front of her face.

Snapping back to reality, Olivia looked up at her partner. "Don't worry so much El." And with that she got up and headed towards the coffee pot, leaving Elliot with his unanswered questions.

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The four detectives passed the rest of the day with mostly paper work, at one point Munch and Fin got called out but with in a few hours were right back at there desks.

It looked as if they were going to get out of here at a decent time, which was a very rare concept. When seven rolled around Elliot laid his pen down and looked up at his partner. "Well, I think I am done for tonight."

"Alright El, I'll see you tomorrow." His partner said as she continued to scribble.

"Don't stay here all night." Elliot stated, throwing his coat over his shoulders and grabbing a few folders from his desk.

"Yes dad." She grinned and with that he left.

About five minutes later, Olivia looked up from the folder and noticed she was the only one in pen. Sighing, she figured she was at a good stopping point for the day. Glancing at the clock she realized that it was actually still early, and the thought of going home and taking a nice hot bath was extremely tempting to the detective that she stopped what she was doing and went to grab her coat.

As she was slipping her arm into her jacket she hear light foot steps coming towards her. "Do you ever leave this place at a decent time?" Came a cool, crisp voice. Olivia swung her head up to meet deep, hazel, green eyes of a certain doctor, and couldn't help the fluttering feeling she felt in the pit of her stomach.

"What are you talking about?" Olivia asked, stealing a quick glance at the clock, "This is early for me." Sidney chuckled and made her way closer to the detective's desk, and stuffing her hands in her pants pockets and slightly dropping her head.

Olivia took this time to glance over the doctor. She was wearing simple, yet very tight blue jeans, that showed off her tone legs, a black jacket left opened reveling a dark grey button up shirt with the top few unbuttoned, teasing the eye.

Sidney glanced up and Olivia quickly tore her eyes away from the gorgeous woman standing in front of her, hoping that she did not just get caught checking the good doctor out.

"I um, I wanted to thank you, for the package you dropped off at my apartment today." Sidney finally said, interrupting the silent spell that had suddenly came over the two women.

Olivia grinned, and walked around to the side of her desk, perching her hip half way on top, "Your welcome, I just figured since you were going to be so busy doing nothing all day those may help a little bit."

"Oh they did trust me." Sidney agreed, the appreciation showing in her eyes. Imagine her surprise when her doorman knocked on her door this morning carrying a paper bag that the good detective dropped off. Sidney nearly laughed out loud when she pulled out the note that was attached to the bag.

Hope these help with your very busy day.

-Olivia

She reached inside the bag and pulled out multiple DVD's, one of every type you could possibly think of; comedy, action, horror, and even romance. Along with the movies there were a few bags of popcorn, and even bags of candy.

"Well I'm glad you enjoyed them." Olivia answered giving the doctor a bright smile. Sidney found herself once again mesmerized by Olivia, and held her gaze feeling an electric heat pass through them.

Olivia was also experiencing the same phenomena, she knew this was dangerous territory. She was attracted to Sidney, there was no doubt about that but there was a small, yet nagging voice in the back of her mind that kept reminding her that this woman was straight, I men she had a husband at one point.

"Well, I just came by to say thanks, that was very…sweet." Sidney finally was able to say, slapping Olivia out of her internal debate.

Sidney turned to go and without even thinking Olivia pushed herself off of the desk. "Wait." She spit out, grabbing Sidney's shoulder lightly. Sidney stopped immediately and looked down at the hand that felt hot, even through her clothing.

Olivia's mind finally caught up with her and realized what she was doing. snatching her hand away as if someone had set it on fire, the detective suddenly found herself somewhat speechless.

Oh for crying out loud Benson! Get a grip on yourself will you!

"I was just getting ready to head out and grab a bite to eat…care to join me?"

Slightly disappointed with the lack of contact, Sidney agreed non the less. "Alright Detective, lead the way."

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Trying to stifle the yawn that threatened to spill out of her mouth, Sidney reached into her locker to grab her stethoscope, gently hanging it around her neck.

"I think having all that time off has spoiled you rotten there doctor." She didn't need to turn around to know who had come into the locker room without her knowing.

"Good morning to you to T.J." Sidney greeted her friend, while shutting her locker shut and turned towards him.

"Oh my god! There it is again! That look! No wonder you're so tired this morning." T.J. gushed, following her out of the locker room and onto the E.R. floor.

"You have the mind of 12 year old you know that right?"

"That may be, but it comes in handy at times like these." He explained, following her to the nurses station while she grabbed her charts she needed for today.

"It's not what you think my dear friend." She thanked the nurse and headed towards the elevator. She hit the "up" button twice, her friends gaze on her not going unnoticed.

"I had a late dinner with Olivia." She explained as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. The fact was she was the one that kept the pair out longer last night than probably necessary, she just couldn't bring herself to say goodnight to the striking woman…and it wasn't as if Olivia put much effort into turning in early either.

The elevator doors swung open, Sidney squeezed herself into the overcrowded cart.

"Wait, you mean Detective Benson?" He asked in a very surprised tone.

Sidney smiled just as the elevator doors began to close. "This conversation is so not even close to being over!" T.J. yelled through the closing doors.

The day passed quickly for Sidney, not only was she beyond thrilled to be back at work, but there was a certain New York Detective who she couldn't seem to get off her mind…not that she minded.

"Is there someone here for George Davidson?" Sidney asked walking into the waiting area.

"Yes, I'm Diane Davidson, how is my husband?" A small petite woman stepped forward. Sidney smiled at the young woman attempting to calm her nervous. The doctor led her to a semi secluded corner of the rather crowded waiting room and sat the woman down next to her.

"Mrs. Davidson your husband is doing just fine, we were able to do finish the procedure with no major problems."

"Oh thank god." The woman sobbed. Sidney calmly gave the woman accurate details on the surgery and told her what she should expect regarding her husbands recovery.

"Can I see him?"

"Of course, he's right down the hall past the nurses station. I'm sure he would love to see you." Sidney said encouragingly.

Mrs. Davidson quickly gathered up her purse, thanked Sidney one last time and headed towards her husbands room.

Sidney also made her way towards the nurses station to sign the last few papers and then she was going to head on home for much needed sleep.

"There you go Susie."

"Thanks Dr. Hall. You heading home?" The short haired nurse asked, filing away the report in it's proper place.

"You bet. I've got a bottle of wine and a nice hot bath waiting up for me."

"Ha-ha! Have a good night doctor." Sidney waved at the nurse and turned towards the elevator when the door suddenly rushed open.

"That surgery room better be prepped and ready to go!" A gurney was pushed out with T.J. on top of the patient applying pressure on the wounds and barking out order.

Sidney snapped into action, running towards her friend. "What do we got?" She asked whipping her stethoscope from her neck.

"Two GSW's to the chest, heart beat is erratic, and blood pressure is dropping. We barley got the bleeding under control." T.J. quickly rattled of, making sure to keep the pressure up.

"Ok, lets get him into surgery-." Sidney glanced around T.J. and nearly collapsed on the floor when she stared at a very pale and familiar face. She looked up at T.J. "It's Detective Stabler."

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Three hours, twenty-seven minutes, and exactly twenty-two seconds later Sidney walked out of the surgical room, her face unreadable. She made a quick stop to discard her blood covered scrubs and headed towards the waiting room, but before she pushed open the door she took a deep breath. You can do this, it's all apart of the job.

Without any more hesitation Sidney walked into the waiting room, there were cops all around the room, some in uniform and some in plain clothes. Nothing like an audience. "Is there someone here for Elliot Stabler?" All eyes turned towards the doctor.

"Yes, I'm Kathy Stabler." A middle aged blond woman stepped forward with puffy, red eyes, and a small child seated next to her. "P-please, is my husband is he…is he alive?" She asked in a shaky voice.

Sidney opened her mouth to give the standard speech she gave many family members, but for some reason she knew this was more personal than she would care to admit.

"Yes, he is alive." Around the room sighs of relief could be heard as cops turned to one another with smiles on their faces. I wish that was all there was to it.

"Detective Stabler was shot twice in the chest, one hitting one of his lungs and the other nicking the main artery connected to his heart." Kathy let out sob, her hand covering her mouth. "We were able to stop the bleeding, and remove the bullet that was near his lung, but he was too unstable to retrieve the one near his heart."

"S-so what's that mean?"

"Your husbands going to need heart surgery, Mrs. Stabler, as soon as he is more stabilized." Kathy sank into the nearest chair next to what Sidney assumed to be her son. "I will keep you posted as soon as anything changes."

"C-can I see him." Normally Sidney would have not allowed it, but something stopped her.

"Just you, and only for a few minutes."

Sidney walked Kathy Stabler to her husbands room and opened the door. Elliot had tubes coming out of him like weeds in the spring.

The woman nearly ran to his side, she gently picked up his hand and the tears began to flow. Sidney, suddenly feeling uncomfortable quietly left the room.

"Dr. Hall?" Sidney jumped at the close proximity of the voice.

"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you." Sidney recognized the older man as Captain Cregan.

"No, it's fine you just startled me is all."

"He's going to be ok isn't he?" Sidney recognized the look in the man's eyes, she had seen it too many times to count. He wasn't asking as a worried boss, but as a family member.

Instead of sugar coating it, Sidney gave him the raw honest truth. "He's lucky to be alive right now." The older man didn't say anything, he barley moved, making Sidney question if he had even heard what she had just told him.

"I um, I was wondering if you could do me a favor, and um check on Olivia?" The request was a shock to the young doctor. She knew Olivia hadn't been in the waiting room…was she hurt? "She wasn't hurt or anything, but one of the nurses gave a her a change of clothes and sent her to a room to change and hasn't come out since." Cregan explained.

Relieved that Olivia was at least physically ok Sidney agreed to go and check on her.

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She softly knocked on the door, just in case she was in the middle of changing, but heard nothing. Deciding that she had waited long enough Sidney gently pushed open the door and walked into the dimly lit room. "Olivia?" She called out softly in case she didn't hear her come in. She saw a figure seated on the exam table, head down and unmoving. "Olivia?" She called out again, but still got no response. Sidney walked farther into the room, when her eyes became accustomed to the light she could see the dried blood that covered the detectives clothes. Fearing the Captain had been mistaken and Olivia was actually hurt she rushed over to her, grabbing her shoulder gently.

"Not mine." Came the extremely quiet explanation from Olivia. Now that Sidney was closer she could see the blood was not only on Olivia's clothes but it covered her hands, and patched on her face.

Without a word Sidney walked over to the near by sink, ran a clean towel under the luke-warm water and quickly returned to Olivia. She began wiping Olivia's hands, then her arms, noticing that the woman hadn't moved, hadn't said anything. It was starting to worry the doctor a little bit, she had least thought that Olivia would have asked about Elliot, but she chose not to push her to talk.

After wringing out the washcloth, Sidney once again stood in front of Olivia, she tenderly out her fingers under her chin, bringing the Olivia's up towards hers, and what she saw nearly made her drop the towel she was holding. The normally deep chocolate eyes that Sidney had grown fond of no longer held the confidence, and somewhat sweet look but a lost look, a pained look.

Pushing her own feelings aside Sidney began to wipe the deep crimson from the pale face that she held in her had. She had just finished and was about to turn back to the sink when she felt a hand grasp her wrist, keeping her planted where she stood.

She looked up at Olivia, and for the first time since she walked into the room, made eye contact. The look Olivia was giving Sidney was unmistakable, without words she was asking the question, did Elliot live? Sidney didn't even have to verbally speak the answer, Olivia knew by the look in her eyes.

Sidney assumed Olivia would release her wrist and let her continue, but that was not the case. Instead pf being released she felt a tug on her wrist, bringing her body closer to the woman on the table. And before she knew it, Sidney was standing in between Olivia's legs, she could feel the rise and fall of her chest, but she didn't dare look away form the woman's face which was now only inches away from her own.

Painfully slow, Olivia brought her face closer and closer until her soft velvet lips met Sidney's. At first the kiss was light, and short, a quick peck. But as soon as it ended and Olivia pulled away, she dove right back in, this time the kiss was anything but gentle. Olivia thrust her tongue out towards Sidney's lips, the doctor just as eager opened her mouth for Olivia. As soon as she felt Olivia's tongue collide with her own she let out a deep throaty moan.

Before she could fully enjoy the feeling of Olivia's mouth, she felt two strong hands grasp her hips and move her forwards, bringing their bodies even closer. Sidney, finally snapping into gear brought her hands up behind Olivia's head bringing the detective even closer, enjoying the moan she heard.

Somewhere in the back of her mind Sidney knew this was not the time nor the place, but an even bigger part knew that Olivia just needed the contact, needed the interaction and at the moment…she would be glad to give it to her.

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