Reinventing the Wheel
Chapter 10
A/N: I never write fics this long, it's kind of killing me. Reviews greatly appreciated.
Cragen, Munch, and Fin all stopped mid-rant and angrily came towards Olivia like an angry mob.
"Where the hell did you go?" Fin yelled.
"Why didn't you wait for Fin?" Cragen followed.
"Are you trying to give me a heart attack?" Elliot finished.
Olivia stared up into the three sets of angry eyes glaring down at her and burst into a fit of laughter catching the guys by surprise.
"What the hell is so funny?" Elliot asked, still angry.
"You guys," she said in between laughs, "You're so mad."
They all exchanged puzzled looks.
"We had no idea where you were!" Elliot responded.
Olivia's laughter died down and she tried to catch her breath, "I'm sorry I'm laughing. I know you were worried."
"Damn right we were worried," Fin replied. "Stabler was ready to kill me."
"I was," Elliot admitted.
"Thanks for brining her back Melinda," Cragen said.
"No problem, you might want to consider a lojack device." She responded.
"I'm attaching one to her chair tomorrow," Elliot replied, only half joking.
Olivia dozed off several times on the ride to her apartment. When they arrived she immediately went into her bedroom to change into her pajamas and walked into the living room to join Elliot.
"Will you please stop walking around in front of me? You're making me nervous," he pleaded with her as he rushed to her side to escort her to the couch.
"I've been stuck in that damn chair all day I just wanted to stretch my legs." She whined as he sat her down on the couch.
"I don't think you should be working this case," he stated bluntly as he sat down next to her.
"Elliot I'm too tired to argue with you about this." She responded with a yawn.
"That's my point, it's too much for you."
"No it's not," she protested as she laid down and put her head in his lap. "It feels good to be tired from work rather than from the pain meds."
"Well at least let me do all the running around. You can deal with the victim and the paperwork but any legwork is mine. I just don't want you over exerting yourself. The more you rest the faster you'll get better and then we can go back to normal…"
He looked down at her for her response and found that she was fast asleep and hadn't heard a single word he had said. He let out a deep sigh and turned the TV on, she was resting so comfortably he didn't want to wake her by moving.
Several hours later Elliot was fast asleep along with Olivia on the couch. Olivia's phone rang cutting through the silence of the apartment waking them both up. She moved to get up to get it but Elliot restrained her.
"I'll get it, stay here." He ordered her.
He returned from her bedroom with the phone and handed it to her, "Who the hell is calling you so late?"
She checked the caller ID, "It's my rape victim Halle."
He gave her a look, she ignored it.
"Benson," she answered the phone, trying to sound awake. "Hi Halle, what's wrong?...Of course you did the right thing by reporting it…yes it is rape, you weren't able to consent sweetie it doesn't matter if you don't remember…we'll get the lab results tomorrow morning, I'll call you…of course it was okay to call me, anytime….goodnight."
She hung up the phone and let it drop to the floor.
"You need to put yourself first for a change, not the victims." Elliot lectured her.
"I can put us both first," she replied groggily.
"How?" He questioned her.
"Well when she needs me I'll talk to her and help her and then when I need me I'll take care of me." She rambled.
"You're not making any sense," he replied.
"Well its two o'clock in the god damn morning and I'm on vicodin El you try making any sense."
"Just go back to sleep Liv."
"I'm on it." She replied as she flopped her head back down and immediately fell asleep.
A/N: Sorry it's short, if anyone has any suggestions I'm open to them. Obviously I want to end with Olivia being able to walk again but is there anything you'd want to see before we get to that (aside from solving the case)?