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Chapter 9

Elliot pulled up at the nearest hospital and Olivia turned to her partner with an angry glare. "Why the hell have you driven me to the hospital. I'm fine, Elliot...Just...take me home."

Elliot sighed, sadly. He'd known Olivia long enough to know how much she hated hospital and how stubborn she was. "Liv, baby...you were raped...Please just...get a rape kit done. So we can put the bastard away." he practically pleaded with the beautiful brunette.

"Shut-up!" she told him. She didn't want to have to hear those words. She really didn't want to have to walk into a hospital in just a blanket and ask for a rape kit. If she had a rape kit done then she was definitely a victim and she didn't see how she would be able to look another victim in the eye. "I'll be fine." she said, meaning she had no intentions of going in.

"Olivia you have to go in. You need drugs and antibiotics and things." He said, he hated having to pressure her like this. Even more so when he saw her eyes fill with tears.

"Can't we just go back to the SVU and try to work on finding Rick. He's still out there El. We need to tell Cragen to send a team up to the hotel. Please." she begged him.

"Liv." he said simply.

"Elliot I'm not doing it, not yet!" she yelled at him.

"We need to get evidence as soon as possible." He clarified.

"Elliot we have 72 hours before the fluids in me are destroyed, so please can be just do this later." she begged.

"We've lost some of that time. What if it's too late and the DNA is the only thing that stops…" he was cut off as she climbed out of the car. He quickly unclipped his belt and jumped out after her. He ran after her. Pleased at least that she was heading towards the hospital doors.

"Liv you don't have to do this alone. I'll come in with you." he said taking her arm trying to get her to stop.

"Don't touch me!" she yelled at him, startling him and making him take a step back.

She saw the hurt on his face and it broke her heart even more than it was to see it. "I'm evidence." she told him before walking off.

She might not have wanted him to hold her hand but he was going to be waiting for her when she came out.

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Olivia lay on the hospital bed, lying in the hospital gown that the friendly doctor had given her.

"I'm going to start the rape kit now, Olivia. Are you ready?" Dr. Mary Knight asked, softly. She knew how to talk to victims.

Olivia nodded and stray tears managed to fall. Dr Knight had just started when Olivia began to freak out. "Stop!" she begged.

The doctor was confused. "What's wrong?"

"I...I need my partner in here with me," Olivia whispered, just loud enough for the doctor to hear.

Olivia had wanted to do it alone but she couldn't. She needed Elliot, her partner, the love of her life. She needed love and support right now more then anything. Mary nodded. "Ok, honey. What's his name?"

"Elliot Stabler, he'll most probably be sitting in the waiting room," she told her.

Dr Knight nodded and gave Olivia's hand a gentle squeeze. "Ok, I'll go get him now, honey."

"Thank you," Olivia whispered, sadly.

Dr Knight walked out of the hospital room and in to the waiting room. "Elliot Stabler?" she said to no one in particular.

Elliot stood up. "Yes?"

"Olivia would like you in the room with her while she has the rape kit done," She spoke softly, so the whole waiting room couldn't hear.

"Is she okay?" he asked her.

"You know her not me. I think she's hurting a lot more than she's letting on. Emotionally that is. I can fix up her physical pain but…" she began.

"I'll do the rest," Elliot said.

She nodded then he followed her out. He followed the doctor right into the small room where Olivia was. She was sat on the bed, with her legs pressed tightly against her body, as much as it hurt her to do so. As soon as she looked up and saw him, she burst into tears and held her arms out, an invitation for him to fill the gap they made.

He quickly walked over to her and held her close as she wrapped her arms around him and cried into his chest, leaving warm tear stains on his shirt. "It's okay Liv. I'm here," he said reassuringly.

He gently smoothed her hair as she continued to cry. "I need to get this done," Mary said.

Elliot reluctantly let go of her and sat down on a chair next to her.

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During the whole rape kit, Olivia was lying there in silence just looking in to Elliot's ocean blue eyes as he held her hand, in an attempt to comfort her as much as possible.

Elliot looked back down in to Olivia's beautiful coffee brown eyes, without a word. The detectives were talking to each other through their eyes.

'Oh Liv...I'm so sorry...It's all my fault,' Elliot thought to himself, not realizing that it showed in his eyes.

"El...don't blame yourself...None of it is your fault...Listen to me when I say this...That there was nothing you could do to prevent what happened back there in that horrible place," she assured him.

"But Liv --"

"No El... It was not your fault..." She was silent for a moment and was about to speak again but no words came out. She couldn't say it.

"What is it, Livvie?" Elliot asked as he watch her struggle with the words.

Olivia turned away so Elliot gently cupped her face and turned her beautiful face back to him. "What is it, honey? You can tell me anything," he spoke to her very softly.