AN: I'm so sorry for the slow update! School blows, guys. Lol. I keep saying that. Sorry!


"Hey, El? Are you awake?"

Elliot's eyes were half-open, so Olivia couldn't really tell if he was awake or not.

He opened his eyes wider and grinned at her. She grinned back and kissed him eagerly.

"Good morning to you too," Elliot said, smiling widely.

She kissed him once more and gently pulled on his hand. He got up and walked with her into the hut's kitchen, where a couple take-out boxes were sitting on the counter.

"I got some breakfast this morning while you were asleep, and I also washed our clothes," she said.

Elliot nodded. "Thanks. Yum," he said, opening his box and getting silverware.

After breakfast, Elliot got a phone call from Cragen. Before answering, he confirmed the plan with Olivia.

"Do we want to stay here for a couple more days, or do we want to go home tonight?" he asked.

Olivia searched his eyes. "I...I don't know. We've already done a lot of the stuff there is to do, why don't we just leave tonight? I'm kind of starting to miss New York actually," she said.

Elliot nodded in agreement. He finally picked up the phone and talked to Cragen for a few minutes, telling him where he could land the helicopter tonight and making plans to meet him there with Gabriel.

When he got off of the phone, Elliot looked at Olivia for a minute.

"So this is our last day here," she said, staring at him.

"Yeah."

She grinned. "I'll miss it, but I also miss New York," she said.

"Me too," Elliot agreed. "So what do you want to do today until we get ready to leave?"

Olivia thought for a minute, and then went into the bedroom and brought out their map. She was staring at it as she walked into the kitchen and sat down beside Elliot.

"Well, we aren't far from Thunderball Grotto," she commented.

"What's that?" Elliot asked.

"It's a cave," she said.

His eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"I mean, it's not just a cave. It's a cave that has fish and...swimming pigs...?" Olivia said, staring at the map intently.

Elliot raised an eyebrow. "Um...Are you sure you're all right after last night? Maybe you swallowed too much sea water or something, Liv."

Olivia chuckled but shook her head. "No, look. The map says that it's known for swimming pigs, El," she insisted, pointing at the information bubble on the paper.

Elliot leaned in and looked at what she was indicating. Sure enough, it clearly stated: Underwater cave known for swimming pigs and many species of fish.

"Do you want to go?" Olivia asked.

He nodded. "Sure. But are you sure you're going to want to swim? I thought you were really hurting."

Olivia looked at him. "Yeah, I am...But I mean, it's our last day here, and..."

"But Liv, you know this is just going to be a lot of swimming," Elliot protested.

"Yeah, that's okay. I want to," she insisted.

"Are you sure this is a good idea? We could just go hang out on the beach or something. I've seen the way you're slumping around, barely even walking. You're exhausted, just admit it. I don't think we should go into high tides after what happened last night," he said.

Olivia thought about this for a long while and finally realized that he was right. She shouldn't do this. She would be so tired, she wouldn't even have the strength to climb into the helicopter when Cragen arrived. Maybe they should just relax on the beach like Elliot had suggested.

"Okay, I guess you're right. I'm pretty tired," Olivia finally relented.

Elliot nodded and went into the bedroom. He came out a minute later with his sandals and swim trunks on. Olivia grinned and went into the bedroom like he had, and came back out with her swimsuit on as well, with some clothes on over it.

Elliot took the lead, heading out of the hut and cutting through the shortcut onto the beach. Olivia followed him, the breeze hitting her and making her feel refreshed. She ran and caught up with Elliot, grabbing him around his torso playfully. He, not so playfully, hugged her close to him and kissed her shiny brown hair, which was fluttering and shining brightly in the sun.
They spent most of the day on the beach; it wasn't hard to spend time there. They made sand castles (well, they attmepted anyway), they swam, collected shells, and just hung out on the beach. It seemed like they could spend endless time on the beach, because of the beach's simple essence of happiness, relaxation, and beauty.

After being at the beach all day, it was 5:00 p.m. when Elliot and Olivia went back to their tiki hut. They both took showers and got ready to meet Cragen. When exiting their hut, Olivia turned and looked at Elliot.

"We need to go get Gabriel from the ship's security," she said.

Elliot nodded. "The ship isn't far from here, I remember how to get there," he said.

They started walking and arrived at the ship quickly, going in and getting straight to the security office. They picked up Gabriel without any complications, aside from him glaring at Elliot and looking at Olivia with "pervert" written in his eyes. Elliot was somewhat sickened and tried to keep Gabriel from seeing Olivia much.

They both walked with Gabriel to an open area used to land planes. It wasn't far from the ship, thankfully, because it would have really been unfortunate to have to walk very far when holding Gabriel. After they got there, Olivia looked around. It was really just an open, blank concrete area where she knew Cragen would be landing soon.

After about ten minutes of standing around with Gabriel, the obnoxiously loud sound of the helicopter approached their anxious ears, getting louder and louder as it lowered to the ground next to them. When it landed, Cragen stepped out carefully and met up with Elliot and Olivia.

They shoved Gabriel into the helicopter, which was a specially-made helicopter for instances like this, which involved prisoners. There was a small seat in the back with bars around it; it was basically like a cop car except...well, it wasn't a car.

Olivia could tell that Cragen was glad to see them. He tried not to show it, but she could see that look on his face, in his eyes, that revealed his happiness.

"It's been awhile," he said.

Elliot chuckled and climbed into the helicopter. Cragen paid close attention when he held out his hand and Olivia grabbed it, getting pulled into the helicopter. He watched as Elliot got Olivia inside and put a hand around her waist protectively. What was going on here? Were they usually like this?

Olivia quickly noticed Cragen looking at them and she slapped Elliot's hand off of her. Cragen shook his head subtlely and climbed into the helicopter as well, sitting in the front next to the driver.

The ride back to New York wasn't short by any means, whether they were in a helicopter or not. It was hours. Cragen fell asleep by the time they were about halfway there, which was a relief to Olivia. She turned to Elliot, who was starting to doze off but was still somewhat conscious. He looked so handsome with his eyes halfway shut like that, looking all sleepy. She couldn't help but grin. She put her hand on his neck and kissed him gently. He opened his eyes further and smiled at her, kissing her back. He took notice of Cragen, who was sound asleep. Good, he thought.

Olivia kissed him once more and then looked at him seriously. "El, I can barely go a couple hours without coming onto you," she said.

Elliot grinned. "Me too," he agreed.

Olivia saw that he didn't understand what she was saying. "My point is...How are we going to work together like this? I can't hide it all the time, Elliot. I want you all the time."

He looked at her sympathetically. "We do most of our work alone. It'll be fine, Liv. When we're catching perps, going to interview victims, stuff like that...we're always alone. We can do what we want," he said, holding her around the waist and patting her thigh.

She thought about it for a minute and realized he was right. They were always together, and they were alone a lot. It would be fine. They would live together anyway, so...wait, they'd live together, right?

"So, um..."

"What?" Elliot asked, looking at her intensely, knowing she was going to say something significant.

"Well, I...I have an idea, but you know, if you don't think it's-"

"Try me, Liv," he interrupted, smiling at her.

She stared at him for a minute, drawing a breath and releasing it when she spoke so her words came out a sigh. "I want to go home with you every night."

Elliot laughed. "I hope you do, 'cause you're going to," he said, grinning. "My apartment or yours?"

She furrowed her eyebrows. "I don't know," she said. "Yours would probably be better...too many people know where I live."

He nodded. "Okay," he agreed, kissing her once.

They talked a little longer, but eventually Olivia fell asleep. She had a long and peaceful sleep on Elliot's shoulder, and when she awoke, they were in New York.

Finally. They were home.


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