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Chapter 10:

Jealousy :

The next day, both Olivia and Amanda were waken up around 6 am by a call from Captain Cragen asking them to go to Bellevue Hospital, where a very young unidentified victim was being treated after being found wandering in the streets, naked and heavily drugged.

"I see Cragen called you too." Stepping out off her car, Amanda immediately spotted Olivia who was standing next to hers, visibly waiting for her.

"Yeah, the victim is a little girl, no more than 14 year old, so he probably thought it'd be better to send us. How did you sleep?" After her heart breaking confession and finally admitting her feelings to Amanda, Olivia had left the blonde's appartement, relieved but anxious with no precise idea of how to proceed from there.

"Well, so it looks like the guys are already on another case, will be okay working with me?" Just before Olivia left the previous night, the two women had agreed on taking things slow, on giving Olivia time to reflect on her confession and make peace with her feelings. Unfortunately, as they walked towards the ER, Amanda who could smell Olivia's perfume, was struggling with the almost visceral desire to pin her to a wall and kiss her. That need she had was slowly taking over her reason and desire to take things slow and she did not know how long she would be able to refrain herself for.

"Don't worry about it. Now that we've talked, I don't feel that discomfort between us so I think we should be fine. " Being the observent Detective that she was, Olivia knew how frustrating waiting was for the younger Detective and she was truly flattered that Amanda considered her worthy of the wait and effort they were both investing in making this relationship work.

"Alright, Alicia? What are you doing here? Are you the one that found her?" Approaching the room where the victim was kept in, Amanda immediately spotted a fellow officer in uniform, standing outside the room.

"Hey, Amanda. Yes, my partner and I found her about two hours. My shift finished at 6, but she was in such a bad shape that I didn't want to leave until you guys got here. Plus your Captain told me he was sending you so I figured, we could catch up a bit." Officer Alicia Riley was a thirty year old police officer, who has been in the force for seven years. She and Amanda had met six months ago in Central where they were both training for the marathon with the same group and they had been friends ever since.

"So what can you tell us about the victim? " Olivia asked, taking a step towards the young officer, positioning herself between her and Amanda, not allowing the blonde to respond.

"Well, we found her at 4.45 am a couple of blocks from here. She was wandering in the street, naked and seemed highly sedated so my partner and I drove her here. The Doctor said that considering the low temperature when we found her, she couldn't have been wandering for more than a few minutes or she would have suffered from hypothermia which wasn't the case. CSU and uniforms are canvassing the area as we speak and the rape kit and blood samples are already at your lab and she is now sleeping." A bit straddled by Olivia's aggressiveness, the young Officer still managed to give her report, hoping she had done everything by the book.

"She's lucky that you found her, a few more minutes and she probably would have died of hypothermia. Hey Liv, how about you go talk to the Doctor who treated her?" Taking a step towards Olivia, Amanda reached out for the brunette's left arm, hoping that by sending her away, she would avoid a clash between her and Alicia.

"Yeah. Check with CSU to see if they retraced her steps and if they managed to find where she was dropped off." As she slowly stepped away, Olivia could feel the anger gradually filling her up. Her jaw was tensed, her pulse was rising and her throat was making an almost inaudible groan. Without knowing how, her most primal instincts perceived the younger officer as a threat.

"Damn, what's wrong with her?" Almost shivering as she watched Olivia walking away, Alicia was shocked, offended even that the Detective would be so agressive and completely unprofessional with her, especially after she had rescued this girl from death.

"Yeah, she gets a little grumpy when she doesn't get her beauty sleep." Amanda replied smiling through grin teeth. Never in the year she had worked with Olivia had she witnessed her being rude with a fellow officer like that.

A few minutes later, after consulting with the ER attending that had treated the little girl, Olivia walked back to her room, only to find Amanda and Alicia chatting. Alicia was leaning against the wall and she was too far to hear what they were talking about she could see her flirting with Amanda. Unfortunately for Olivia, Amanda seemed to be rather friendly as well and while her hands were shoved in her pocket, Olivia could tell that Amanda was appreciating the conversation and from where she was standing could spot a large smile on the blonde's face.

"Amanda, we're leaving. Officer, thanks for the help. We will be back once the victim wakes up." Passing next to the two women, expecting Amanda to follow her, Olivia did not even bother looking at the officer. She needed to get the hell out of there before something bad happened.

"Is everything okay? You look tensed." Trying to keep up with Olivia's pace, Amanda had a feeling that there was something on the brunette's mind and that making her tell her about it would be harder than getting a confession from their unsub.

"Yeah, I'm fine. So our victim was raped multiple times both vaginally and anally over the span of several days. She had ligature marks on both her wrists and ankle and several needle marks on her neck." Walking towards the parking lot, Olivia did her best to avoid eye contact, not that she was ashamed of her behaviour, quite the oposite actually but she was enraged at Amanda's and did not want to cause a scene.

"He really did a number on her. Good news though, CSU found her clothes and a back pack a couple of blocks from where she was found, so we should be able to ID."

"So she was kidnapped, raped, tortured, then the perp took her out of where ever he was keeping her, took her clothes off, and left her wander in the street hoping the cold would kill her? Just when I thought this day couldn't get any worse." Picturing what that bastard had done to that innocent child, Olivia's rage was suddenly redirected towards him.

"Looks like it. I will meet you at the station, alright?" Amanda replied, biting her lower lip. She wanted, needed to reach out to Olivia and try to calm her down but as she looked into the brunette's eye, all could she could see was the rage and decided against an approach. The two of them were going to work on that case together and the more professional things remained the more likely they would be to stay focus and find their perp.

Half an hour later, Olivia and Amanda arrived at the station and were immediately greeted by Captain Cragen.

"Our victim name is Felicia Suarez, thanks to the picture officer Riley sent us, I was able to find the missing person's repport her parents filed 4 days ago . Here the adress, you two go notify them, DNA from the rape kit and blood analysis should be ready when you get back." Cragen said, handing the piece of paper containing the adress and information on their victim to Olivia.

The victim name was Felicia Suarez, she was fourteen years old and lived in a cosy apartment on the upper east side with her parents and two brothers. The shock of seeing the two Detectives knocking on her door was so intense that the mother fainted and it took almost half an hour for her to emerge and when she finally did, she immediately started crying as her husband reassure her that her daughter was alive and well.

Interviewing the parents, Amanda and Olivia learned that the little girl had been seen for the last time, thursday as her mother dropped her off to school. Not seeing her in her class that day, her music teacher immediately notified the head master who called the parents who immediately realized that their daughter had been taken. An hour later, the cops were at the school interrogating every single teacher and class mate. Unfortunately because SVU was swamped that day, the case was given to another team and they had spent the past four days trying to find her.

A few minutes after leaving the parents home, Olivia received a call from the ER Doctor who had treated Felicia, telling her that the little girl was awake and responsive. Without a word to her partner, Olivia decided to drive back to the hospital, hoping Felicia could tell them what had happened and maybe identify the perp.

The ride back to the hospital was as uncomfortable as the one to the parents' house was. Olivia was driving, her hands alost sealed to the steering wheel, her eyes were fixated on the road and the tension between her and Amanda was so intense that the blonde did not dare saying a word.

"Okay, Liv. You need to talk to me right now and tell me what in hell is going on with you today." Stepping out of the car as they finally arrived in from of the hospital, Amanda, against her better judgment, decided to confront Olivia knowing she wouldn't be able to focus on their investigation until things were sorted out.

"Nothing." Shaking her head as she took as few steps towards the entrance door, Olivia had to fight her rage, she couldn't get that image of Amanda flirting with that woman out off her head.

"No, I know you and there is obviously something wrong. Liv, come on ta;l me. Everything was fine when we met this morning." Amanda replied, positioning herself between Liv and the door.

"Look, if you have a problem with me how about you ask Cragen to transfer your friend to SVU? I'm sure she'd love to work with you." Amanda's right hand was on her chest, and that pushy attitude only brought more anger to Olivia's heart.

"Oh my god, is this what this is all about? You're jealous of Alicia because we were friendly with each other earlier?" And just like that, it hit her : Olivia was jealous of her friend. Shaking her head to snap herself from that thought, Amanda didn't know if she should be flattered or mad at the brunette.

"Come on, you were more than friendly, you were flirting with her, but hey, joke's on me. I shouldn't have trusted you when you said you'd wait for me. A girl like you has needs, right?" Turning her back on Amanda as soon as the words had slipped through her lips, Olivia brought her right hand to her forehead and tried to take long, deep breath.

"Oh Liv. There is nothing going on between me and Alicia. We met a while back through our running group, she's a friend, nothing more. I was completely sincere last night. I'm willing to wait for you because you are worth it and there is not a woman on this planet that could ever make me doubt my feelings or renounce to us." Amanda didn't care they were in a public parking lot, she grabbed Olivia's shoulder, forcing her to face her and then snaked her arms around her waist. She needed for Olivia to feel her, to feel her love, her warmth and her sincerity.

"I'm sorry. I...I guess I still have trouble believing that I'm worth the trouble. Can you forgive me?" Olivia's forehead was now pressing against Amanda's, and she could almost feel her breath on her face.

"Of course, I can but you're gonna have to work for it. So how about you take me out once we close this case?" Hell with waiting. What Olivia needed right now was reassurance, she needed something concrete, not just a promise and the only way Amanda could give her that was by being with her.

"It's a date." Sighing, Olivia slowly tightened her grip around Amanda's waist, not caring if anyone saw them. Was she ready to take Amanda on their first official date? Probably not, but the simple thought of losing her to someone else because she was too scared to act on her feelings was like an electroshock to her, actually it was the kick in the ass she needed to man up and take that scary first step towards what she knew could be the beginning of something amazing.

Hey guys! I know a couple of you were against seeing jealous Olivia making an appearance but I think this was the perfect kick in the butt Olivia needed to grow a pair and take things to the next level.

For those who are disappointed because they were expecting something more intense, dont worry, possessive and jealous Olivia will be back and in a much more extreme way, but for now, I just needed something to trigger Olivia's courage.

Do you think it's too soon for them to go out on a first date? Can Olivia handle what ever might happen during that date?

I'm open to ideas on where Olivia should take her because I absolutely have no ideas!