Well, since I'm home sick today, I thought I would give you guys an extra update, because of how short Saturday's update was. Anyway, here's the next chapter, and I hope you like it!
Olivia was the one to kick in the door, aiming her weapon immediately at the man they had came to capture, trusting that Nick had his gun trained on the other man in the room. She said nothing a she walked over to Palmero, roughly tossing him to the ground and cuffing him. She looked up at the other man as she was pulling Palmero up to his feet, ignoring his threats,"What were you two up to?" she asked.
The man shrugged nervously,"We're, we're just old friends, having lunch to catch up," he said, obviously reciting what he had been told.
Olivia glanced down at the able, noticing the check,"No, he was paying you to rape someone," she corrected, holding up the check for five thousand dollars.
The man shook his head vigorously as Nick moved toward him, cuffing him as well,"No, no, no he was just paying off an old debt that he owed me," he tried to explain.
Olivia smirked,"Yeah, right," she said, pushing Palmero out of the room in front of her. They emerged outside and the two men were put into the back of a squad car,"I'm going to have a lot of fun torturing you in that interrogation room. Hope you got a lot of sleep last night, because I don't think you'll be getting any tonight," Olivia said as she closed the car door in Palmero's face. She turned, finding Nick and Cragen talking, Nick looked pretty upset,"What's going on?" she asked, taking the few steps to reach them.
Cragen sighed,"I just told Nick that he would be taking the interrogation with Fin," he said.
Olivia's eyes widened,"What?Why?" she asked, shocked. This was her case. She was assigned it, she worked it, and she collared the guy. This was her fucking case.
"Olivia, I think you know very well why I can't let you interrogate him," Cragen said.
Olivia rolled her eyes,"Cap, I managed to capture him without killing him, I think I can handle interrogating him," she said.
Cragen shook his head,"My decision is final. Nick, you are taking that interrogation with Fin. Olivia, Lizzie called for you. She said she had something to talk to you about. Go, drop off Nick at the station, and then head that way," he ordered.
Nick went to argue, but saw Olivia turning and storming towards the car, and decided to follow her instead,"Too fucking emotionally involved my ass," Olivia mumbled, getting in the driver's seat and slamming the door.
"Baby, pull over," Nick said softly, but sternly, after a few minutes of Olivia's fast and furious driving.
Olivia sighed heavily, but jerked the car off the road and into the back parking lot of a vacated building,"What?" she asked snappily, turning to face him once the car was in park. Nick's reply was a delicate kiss, a kiss that almost immediately caused Olivia to soften, calm down. She sighed when he pulled away,"I'm sorry, I don't mean to be snappy with you. It's not your fault. I knew deep down that I wouldn't be able to interrogate him, I guess I was just hoping Cragen would forget," she said with a soft chuckle.
Nick smiled, leaning in to kiss her again,"I know you want to be there, baby, but I promise, I'll knock him around a little, just for you," he said with a wink.
Olivia smiled,"My hero," she said, giving him a short, but heated kiss.
"Well, it's only fitting, considering that you are definitely my hero," Nick replied with a sweet smile once she pulled away.
Olivia rolled her eyes with a small laugh,"Whatever," she said playfully.
Nick kept his face serious, though,"No really, Liv. The way you are so gentle and compassionate with the victims, and then you suddenly, effortlessly turn into Badass Benson when you are interrogating the suspects. Not to mention how you can chase a perp longer than I can, probably. In your heels. You're amazing Liv, on the job and off," he said, slipping his fingers through hers.
Olivia smiled, looking down at their linked fingers,"I swear Nick, if you hadn't said that thing about wanting the first time we had sex to be special up in the cribs, I would probably throw you down in the back seat of this car right now," she said, looking back up into his eyes. She could see the lust in his eyes, and for a moment, she thought that he was going to tell her to do just that, but he didn't.
Nick cleared his throat, trying to get the images of that out of his head so he could focus, and regain his knowledge of the English language,"That, we, great, sounds, but, have, we, do, stuff," he stuttered out.
Olivia laughed at his mix up,"What?" she asked.
Nick took a deep breath,"That sounds great, but we have stuff to do," he clarified.
Olivia nodded, still chuckling,"Ok," she said, giving him another kiss before taking the car out of park and pulling back out onto the road. Olivia kept one hand on the steering wheel and the other one entwined with Nick's. When she pulled into a parking spot at the precinct, turning to see the sad expression on Nick's face. Olivia gave him a reassuring smile,"Don't worry about me, I'm fine Nick, really. I'm going to go talk to Lizzie and then I'll be back to do some paper work. I'm still a little pissed that I don't get to be in there with you, but at least you get to," she said with a shrug.
Nick nodded, looking around before leaning in to give her three quick kisses,"Alright, I'll see you later," he said, getting out of the car. "Hey," he said before closing the door,"If Stabler tries anything, punch him for me, alright?" he said with a wink.
Olivia chuckled,"Will do," she said, letting him close the door and walk inside, before she pulled out of the parking lot.
Olivia was at the house within 30 minutes, and she headed up to the door, knocking twice,"Hey Liv, thanks for coming," Elliot answered, stepping aside to let her in.
Olivia nodded,"No problem, is Lizzie up in her room?" she asked curiously.
Elliot nodded,"Yep," he said, and before he could say anything else, she was headed up the stairs. He sighed, this might be harder than he thought.
"Lizzie, honey, it's Olivia, can I come in?" Olivia asked, knocking on her bedroom door.
"Yeah," Lizzie responded quietly.
Olivia opened the door, finding Lizzie curled up in a ball on her bed, eyes red and puffy, and tears sliding down her cheeks,"Awh, honey," she said softly, closing the door behind her, and making her way to the bed, sitting down on the edge of it.
"I had another nightmare," Lizzie said softly.
"You poor thing," Olivia said, gently brushing the hair back from the blonde's face,"Well, I have good news for you," she added after a moment.
"Did you catch him?" Lizzie asked hopefully, with a sniffle.
Olivia smiled warmly and nodded,"Yeah, honey, we caught him," she confirmed.
Lizzie had sat up, and wrapped her arms tightly around Olivia in seconds,"Thank you Livvie. Thank you so much," she said into Olivia's hair.
Olivia smiled, rubbing her back in soothing circles,"You don't need to thank me, sweetie. It was my pleasure," she replied. Lizzie pulled away with a yawn,"Do you think you'll be able to sleep better now?" Olivia asked.
Lizzie shrugged, laying her head back down on the pillow,"Will you lay with me unitl I fall asleep?" she asked softly.
Olivia smiled,"Sure honey," she said, kicking her shoes off before bringing her feet up onto the bed. Olivia leaned back against the headboard, choosing to sit up instead of lay down, and let Lizzie snuggle up to her.
"You're the best, Liv. I love you," Lizzie mumbled groggily, already half asleep.
Olivia's heart melted,"I love you too, sweetie," she replied.
It didn't take Lizzie long to fall asleep, and once Olivia was sure she was asleep, she waited a few minutes, then slid out of her embrace, slowly, making sure not to wake her. The teenager whined a bit, but Olivia simply tucked her in, kissing her forehead and slipping on her shoes again, before walking down the stairs.
"How did it go?" Elliot asked once she made it to the bottom of the stairs.
Olivia nodded,"Good, I told her that we caught the guy, she thanked me, I laid with her for a few minutes, and she's back asleep now," she said, heading for the front door.
Elliot stepped in between her and the door,"You caught him?" he asked.
Olivia nodded,"Yeah," she said simply.
"Will you tell me who it was now?" Elliot asked.
Olivia sighed,"Victor Palmero, we-" she started to explain.
"Arrested him for public indecency," Elliot finished for her.
Olivia nodded,"Yep, now, I really have to get back to the station. I have a mountain of paper work to do, and I'd like to get it done so I can leave at a reasonable hour, because Nick promised to take me out when we finished this case," she said, stepping around him and out the door. Elliot sighed, watching her drive off, a tear rolling down his cheek, maybe he really had lost her.
Well, what'd ya think?
Up next, Olivia and Nick's date! As well as, another visit with Lizzie! And, someone tells Cragen about Nick and Olivia!
