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EOEOEOEOEOEO

Elliot stood up as the Captain walked in and looked at the door, expecting to see Olivia trailing behind him. He was somewhat disappointed when the Captain shut the door behind him. There was a part of him that really needed to see her, so maybe he could glean what she might have already told him. But part of him was relieved; he didn't know if he could handle her anger along with the Captain's.

"Cap'n." he said cautiously, wanting to test his mood.

Cragen strode across the room and stood in front of the table with his arms crossed. "Sit down."

Elliot sat down. "Cap'n, I can explain…"

"Shut up." said Cragen.

Elliot stopped talking and looked up at Cragen. He could tell the older man was trying to decide what to say next. He waited, thinking about what he was going to tell him. He didn't want to tell him everything that had happened, but he had no idea what Olivia, or anyone else, might have already told him. And he didn't want to get caught in a lie.

"You are in a pile of shit." Cragen finally said, shaking his head.

"Cap'n…" said Elliot.

"I said shut up." Cragen was angry. One of his best detectives was sitting here in front of him and could lose everything…over something he was certain would boil down to a case of Elliot going off half-cocked. Acting on emotion and rage instead of common sense.

Cragen paced back and forth a few times, trying to calm himself. He stopped back in front of Elliot.

"If I ask you what happened, are you going to tell me the truth?" he asked.

Elliot looked back at him. "Have you talked to Olivia?"

"Damnit Elliot. I'm asking you." He punctuated his remark by point a finger at Elliot. "You're the one locked up here. So quit playing games. This is serious. I need you to tell me what happened so I can try to fix this. I can't have you two fabricating a story to cover for one another. I have let the two of you get away with that way too much because…well, for many reasons. But this time you went too far. You could go to jail, lose your job, your pension. Everything. So think very carefully before you open your mouth, because it needs to be the truth.

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Olivia held her breath as she listened to the Captain. She could hear what they were saying through the speaker. She knew how serious this was, and she knew that Elliot was going to have to tell the Captain what happened.

She ran her hand through her hair, exasperated that she couldn't talk to Elliot. She wanted to tell him to go ahead and tell the Captain. Hell, everyone else in the squad room had heard; she was already humiliated. She knew he would try to glaze over the facts to try to spare her and that wasn't going to help him.

"You OK?" Olivia jumped when she heard the voice next to her. She had been so engrossed in watching the scene play out in front of her that she had forgotten about Officer Kendall. Damn. She wanted to hear what Elliot told the Captain but she didn't need for Kendall to hear all of the embarrassing details.

"Umm. What Detective Stabler is going to tell the Captain is a little private. Is there any way that you could wait outside?" she asked.

Kendall considered her for a moment, and then nodded. "Sure." He turned around and walked out of the small anteroom. "I'll be right out here." He said before he was out of the room.

Olivia sighed, happy that he had agreed. She turned her attention back to the interrogation room, and saw that Cragen had taken a seat across from Elliot.

EOEOEOEOEO

Elliot's mind was racing, trying to sort through everything that happened. He looked up at the window, wondering if Olivia was out there watching. He decided to take another shot.

"Is Olivia here?"

Cragen sighed. "Worry about your own ass here Elliot."

With that comment, Elliot knew that Olivia was there. She was probably watching them right now. He wanted to see her.

"Cap'n. This involves her, so she should…"

"No shit. I know it involves her. It always involves her." Cragen shook his head. "Let me be clear Detective. I am losing my patience." He paused. "Correction. I am way past losing my patience. You're the one being arrested. I want to hear this from you."

Elliot scrubbed his hands over his face. He took a deep breath. He stood up and started pacing.

"OK. We went to Casey's engagement party. Liv's the maid of honor, you know. So when we got there, Casey introduced us to Jack Spencer. He's the best man." He stopped pacing and put his arms out on the table, leaning over towards the Captain. "Guy's a real ass. He was hassling Olivia all night at the party."

"And by hassling you mean…?"

"You know. Looking at her and talking to her and stuff." He shook his head, knowing how lame that sounded. "I know how that sounds but the guy was saying things that were…" he struggled to find the right words. "Inappropriate."

"Inappropriate." The Captain mimicked him.

"You weren't there. He was just…rude. I know it sounds stupid but the guy had a real hard-on when it came to Olivia and me." Elliot looked down at the table.

"Elliot, I was there. And I spent a large part of the evening with Olivia. I didn't see anyone bothering her."

"Well, I talked to him at the bar and he was talking about her and…the guy was a grade A prick." Elliot sat down hard in the chair. "He was insulting."

"And did Olivia think he was insulting? Or was it just that you didn't like the attention he was paying her?"

Elliot's head snapped up. He couldn't believe the Captain was calling him out on that. He didn't say anything.

"She was drunk Captain. He took advantage of her. He…" Elliot couldn't even complete the sentence.

Cragen was trying to read between the lines. There was something Elliot wasn't telling him but he knew it had to be serious for Elliot to be so upset.

"Elliot. Are you telling me that Olivia was sexually assaulted by this guy?" Cragen stood up, now visibly upset himself.

Elliot didn't say anything.

"Elliot, tell me what the hell is going on. If Olivia was assaulted then we can arrest him. Why would you go off half-cocked and attack him? I know that you want to defend Liv, but now he'll get off…"

"Cap'n." Elliot interrupted. "That's not what happened."

Cragen sat down. He considered what Elliot said and could see the look of distress on Elliot's face.

"So…you're saying it was consensual."

Elliot nodded, as much as it pained him to admit it.

Cragen sighed heavily. "OK, now you need to tell me what the hell is really going on. Because I still don't understand what drove you to go after this guy. There have been other guys…Olivia dates. Unless the two of you…?"

"No." said Elliot quietly. "No."

"Then tell me."

"This guy was pushing me all night at the party. Making rude comments about Olivia. Asking why I wasn't sleeping with her…stuff like that. And he was goading Olivia too. He pushed her…she was drunk and she made a bad choice. She regretted it. She didn't tell me about it, but on Monday, I got an envelope at the precinct."

Cragen thought back to Monday morning at the precinct, and the yelling and chaos in the squad room. "The underwear I saw on your desk?"

Elliot nodded. "Not only did he take advantage of her at the party, but he humiliated her. And the thing is that I don't really think he gives two shits about her, or if this was just a game to him." Elliot paused. "Like he wanted to prove to me that he could sleep with her when I…" Again, he couldn't finish his sentence.

Cragen nodded. "And?"

"I was upset. I was angry that she…she…" he shook his head, mental images popping back into his head. "I was mad because there's no law against being an asshole and this guy had crossed the line."

"So you went to see him?"

"I knew I shouldn't but I couldn't stop myself. I wasn't even sure what I was going to do. I was pretty calm by the time I got to his office…but as soon as I saw him, I just lost it." Elliot shook his head.

Cragen sighed. He knew that Elliot wasn't completely rational when it came to Olivia, and it didn't surprise him that he had acted out to protect her.

"Tell me what happened when you got there." Cragen said.

Elliot relayed the sequence of events from the time he got to the building until the NYPC cop entered the office.

"Hold it." said Cragen. "Are you telling me that you punched the guy twice and NYPD was already there?"

Elliot nodded.

"How long had you been there?"

Elliot thought about it a minute. "Well, I flashed my badge at the guard downstairs. A couple of minutes up to the offices and talking to the receptionist. Then I waited about 5 minutes because he has someone in his office. So less than ten minutes?"

"But up until you punched him the first time, there wasn't any trouble? No reason for anyone to think anything was going to happen?"

Elliot shook his head. "No. I didn't say why I was there. I figured they would think I was there to talk to him about something."

"So it would have been less than 2 minutes for the NYPD to show up after you punched him the first time?"

Elliot nodded. "I guess that would be about right."

"That doesn't make any sense. How would they get there so fast unless they were already there?"

"I don't know." said Elliot.

"Well, that's definitely something we need to figure out. If they hadn't been there, you probably wouldn't have been arrested."

"I don't about know that." Elliot said softly.

"Why?"

"Because I don't know if I would have stopped." Said Elliot, dropping his head back into his hands.

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Olivia teared up on the other side of the glass after hearing what Elliot said. It was her fault that he was in this mess. She had slept with Jack, knowing how Elliot would feel about it. She had just assumed he would never find out. Or had she? There was a part of her that wanted Elliot to know. She wanted to make him jealous; try to force him to tell her how he felt. And it had worked. But at what cost? What had she done?

Her phone vibrated in her pocket and she pulled it out. She saw she had a text message from Casey. "Talking to Jack now. Be in touch soon."

She quickly texted back. "Where r u?""

"In my office. Call you soon." Casey texted back.

Olivia looked up at Elliot and Cragen through the window. She really wanted to talk to Elliot, but she also wanted to confront Jack. She had to convince him to drop the charges. She made a quick decision, and rushed out, passing Kendall as she walked into the squad room.

"Hey!" said Kendall. "Where are you going?"

"Tell my Captain that something came up and that I will be in touch." She said, not stopping as she walked out and headed out to catch a cab to Casey's office.