omg guys i am soooooo sorry, last year got so insanely crazy that i totally forgot about my story. it was a really hard year for me, let's just say i was at rock bottom. but that doesn't give me an excuse for neglecting you of the story for almost a year. i did not intend for the last chapter to be its last. i just had no clue how to continue it and then i got wrapped up in a school play and yeah again i totally spaced. i only remembered about it when i was writing an essay about myself for English this year about myself. my teacher asked if we wrote outside of class and as you can tell the light bulb didn't just light up but it overheated and blew up. so after cleaning up the pieces and finishing that essay i wrote this chapter. I'm sorry if that it's so short but it's kinda of a little chapter to bring you and myself back into the story. i'm in the process of writing chapter 22 right now and I'm hoping to have a chapter out by the end of every month if i can. so i am again really sorry i neglected the story.
It's been about 4 months since I was kidnapped. I went through a number of different surgeries and I don't even know what they were on. All that's left is the cast on my leg and my arm. Everyone at school were so glad I'm even still alive and I got reminded at least once a day. Olivia became my legal guardian about 2 months ago. My father is in jail and they were able to catch the guys who put me in the ring. We still are waiting for the trial date on that case. I've gone to therapy with Dr. Wong, he's the only one besides Olivia that I have been able to talk to about what happened during those 6 days. I quit SVU for now, I'm gonna wait until I'm out of college to go back. I still help with some cases though like if they need me to talk to a victim or go undercover(that barely happens, actually it never has.) I'm not really complaining, I have enough baggage to unpack for now.
"Ness! You left your phone out here and it won't shut up!" Olivia called from the kitchen. That's not a bad wake up call.
"Give me a minute!" I replied as I climbed out of bed and slipped into my slipper boots.
"Let me guess, it's Mitch isn't it?" Olivia smiled while leaning on the counter as I grabbed my phone to check my new text. I just simply walked to the couch and texted back. "When is he going to ask you out already?"
"We're just friends, Liv. Nothing more." I told her not looking up from my phone.
"Sure then why do you keep singing love songs every time you stop chatting him on Facebook?" She just loves teasing me.
"Oh yeah then what about you and Elliot, I mean it's been what 14 years now?" I glanced over my shoulder just to watch her face. I always use Elliot as a rebuttal. It's the easiest counter attack. Anyone would take it.
"That is completely different." Olivia came over and sat next to my feet on the couch.
"You were crushed when he left after the shooting. I'm surprised you two went right back to the same sexually tense relationship."
"That is not our relationship. There is nothing sexual about it." Olivia started getting upset. I could tell, unlike the guys of the unit, I could tell way before they could. Girls have that ability obviously. I nudged her with my foot comfortingly.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"I was trying to comfort you the lazy way." I sat up straighter and I got a laugh out of her. If you can get a smile or laugh from her when it comes to her relationship with Elliot then you've accomplished your mission.
"Why do you always know how to break me from those thoughts before I can even step into those waters and drown?"
"Like everyone says, I'm a miniature you. I know how you think. And where did that metaphor come from?"
"I don't know it's 12:00 in the morning, I've been up since 6 two days ago. I'm kinda tired."
"Go to bed then, you're not needed until 8:30 tomorrow. You need at least 7 hours of sleep. Now go." I nagged while pushing her off of the couch.
"Alright I'm going! You better not stay up all night texting Mitch. I don't care if it's summer or not." Olivia mothered as she slowly retreated to her bedroom.
"Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure." I smiled. "Night Liv, love you."
"Love you too Ness." Olivia replied from her doorway and then shut the door.
So now might be the time I tell you about Mitch. He's my one of my best friends and probably knows the most about me. He knows about what happened and he never asks any questions, just offers to listen whenever I need it. He's pretty cute. Well he is to me at least and I guess that's all that matters, right? Of course it is. So yeah obviously I'm falling for him. Can you honestly blame me? I just hope he feels the same way. A girl can only dream.
please forgive me for having this chapter come so late but please review it and let me know if i lost my touch over the past year. thank you for being such good readers, i really enjoy having this story published online for anyone to read.