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Elliot reached over and pulled her close. "Liv. We don't have to define it. I love you." He hugged her tightly. "I don't know what I did in a previous life to deserve you because I know I haven't done anything in this life. I am the luckiest son of a bitch alive."

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Olivia stretched up and placed a kiss on his cheek.

"Yes, you are." She said, laughing lightly.

Elliot shook his head and started to say something when Olivia's phone rang again. She was still holding it in her hand, so she looked at the screen. She groaned when she saw it was Fin. She knew she had to answer it. She hit the answer button on the phone and moved it to her ear.

"Benson."

"Liv? What the hell? Are you OK? Where the hell have you been?" Fin shot questions at her, not giving her time to answer.

"I'm fine. I'm sorry. I didn't want to talk to anyone so I turned my phone off."

"That's bullshit. I went to your apartment. I pounded on your door forever. You weren't there. Where the hell did you go?" Elliot could hear Fin's voice coming through the phone as he yelled at Olivia. He couldn't quite make out the words, but he could tell that Fin was pissed.

Olivia sighed. "Fin. I went to a hotel. I just wanted to be alone and I didn't want anyone tracking me down." She felt bad lying to her friend, but she didn't want to tell anyone that she had gone to Elliot's. It wouldn't take much for people to put two and two together, especially since there were a fair amount of people that already thought they were sleeping together. Plus, Fin wasn't a big fan of Elliot's in the first place.

"Bullshit Liv. I'm not buying it. And you never turn your phone off." His voice was a little calmer now. "Just tell me that you're really OK."

"I'm really OK. And I am REALLY sorry that I worried you. I wasn't thinking." She said.

"Don't ever pull that shit again." Said Fin. "I worry about you baby girl."

Olivia smiled. "I promise. See you at the house, OK?"

"K." Fin hung up.

Elliot looked at Olivia. "Sounds like that went well." He said with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah." said Olivia with a heavy sigh. "He's not buying what I told him, but he's not going to push it any further. I wish I could have thought of something better."

She was still holding her phone in her hand, and knew she had to get a hold of Casey too. She opened up her text messaging, and pulled up Casey's last text. She texted her a quick message.

"Sorry I didn't pick up. I'm fine. C u later." She hit send, knowing Casey would track her down today and try to pry information out of her.

As she shut her phone, she saw that it was already almost 6.

"Shit El. We have to get going." She started to move off the couch, but Elliot pulled her back. He pulled her onto his lap and peeled the blanket back slowly from her shoulders, placing small kisses along her collarbone. He let the blanket drop and brought a hand up to massage her breast. His lips captured hers and Olivia parted her lips, allowing Elliot to deepen the kiss. Elliot's hand started to slide slowly down her stomach, but Olivia reached up and stopped his hand before he could go any farther. She broke the kiss.

"El."

"C'mon Liv. Can't we just be a little late?" he said, looking at her with a pleading look on his face.

"Oh no. Don't make me the bad guy here. You don't think I want to stay? You don't think I would love to spend the day in bed with you?" she pushed herself down on his lap, pushing on his erection and eliciting a moan from Elliot.

'That's not helping Liv." he said.

Olivia got a sultry look on her face. She leaned in and whispered in his ear. "Tell you what. You get up now, get me coffee and get me home…be a good boy today at work, and I promise I will make it up to you tonight." She licked his earlobe and left a trail of kisses down his neck, and then pulled herself up and off his lap.

Elliot smiled. He loved this sexy side of Olivia and he was anxious to see what she had in mind later tonight. Hopefully it was something he hadn't even begun to imagine…

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Olivia walked into the station house around 730. She carried a cup of coffee for her and one for Elliot. She saw that Elliot was sitting at his desk, and he looked up as she set the coffee on his desk.

"Morning El." She said, walking back to her desk.

Elliot leaned back in his chair. "Morning Liv. Thanks for the coffee."

"No problem." Said Liv, as she sat down at her desk and got settled. She looked over at Munch and Fin. "Good morning guys."

"Good morning Olivia." said Munch, not looking up from the file he was reading. Fin just nodded his head at her. So she guessed he was still a little pissed off. She knew he would get over it, and that he wouldn't push her for more information. His anger had just peaked because he was worried about her, and now that he knew she was OK, he would let it go.

Olivia got her computer powered up and started to check her email when Casey walked into the squad room. She said hi to everyone and then walked right up to Olivia.

"Liv. I need to talk to you about the Nelson case. Can we go upstairs and talk?" She was referring to the open conference area that was at the top of the stairs. Olivia really did not want to talk to Casey…she hadn't had time to put a story together.

"I'm kind of busy Casey. Can we do it later?" asked Olivia, daring to glance quickly over at Elliot. He was pretending that he wasn't paying attention, but she knew he was.

Casey grabbed Olivia's arm. "No. It really can't wait." Olivia was surprised, but allowed Casey to pull her up from her chair and lead her upstairs. Once they reached the table and sat down, Olivia looked at Casey and could tell she was upset. Olivia sighed. It seems like she had made everyone mad.

"Spill it. And it better be good because I was really worried about you. Fin went to your apartment and you weren't there, and I didn't dare tell him that I thought you were at Elliot's. But I wasn't sure and then when I couldn't reach you…I thought maybe you were 'indisposed' but damnit, I was worried about you. So tell me all the details and I might forgive you." Casey said all of this in a rush, reminding Olivia of her previous conversation with Fin.

"Casey. I'm sorry I didn't answer my phone. I was at Elliot's but it's not what you think." Olivia felt bad for lying yet again. "Oh what tangled webs we weave" she thought to herself, as she realized she was telling Casey a different story than Fin. Which was probably fine because she was pretty sure they wouldn't compare notes.

Casey stared at Olivia, trying to gauge if she was telling the truth. Olivia held her stare for a few seconds, and then looked away, staring at the table. Casey decided to try a different tactic.

"So Matt tore out of the bar after you. Did he catch up with you?" she asked.

"Yeah. He caught up with me. He was angry when he found me at Elliot's." Olivia's mind went back to how Matt had blurted out her secret to Elliot. She had been angry at the time, but in hindsight, it was probably OK. She didn't know if she would have had the guts to tell him herself. "He accused me of lying to him when I told him that Elliot and I weren't involved."

"Well, you kind of did." Said Casey.

Olivia looked up at Casey, startled. "Casey, Elliot and I are not involved. We've had this conversation. I really did want to try to make things work with Matt. But I really don't think he wanted the grown up Olivia. All's we talked about was the past. He couldn't handle the fact that I was a cop; he always made light of it. But it's a big part of who I am. He wouldn't have been happy with me. And it wasn't fair to him to keep things going when.." she stopped, realizing she had almost told Casey that she was in love with someone else. She mentally berated herself for not watching her words.

But Casey picked up on it. "When what?" she asked.

"Nothing. It just wasn't going to work. And on top of that, he got physical with me when I told him to leave. Then Elliot dragged him off me and it just got ugly from there." Olivia dragged her hand through her hair, remembering the events of the previous night. Then her mind strayed to the other events and she felt a small smile play across her face before she could stop it.

"Liv. I'm sorry about Matt. He seemed like a nice guy. I can't believe he did that." Casey caught the smile on Olivia's face. "But I think there's more to the story. Now spill it because you owe me for making me worried sick last night."

Olivia shook her head. "There's nothing to tell." She looked back down at the table. She didn't know how long she was going to be able to keep it all in, especially if Casey kept pressuring her. She was actually itching to tell Casey…if for no other reason than to make it real. She still had a hard time believing last night had really happened.

"Most of the time, you're a good liar." said Casey. "But I'm not buying it. For one thing, you stormed out of that bar like you were on a mission. I know you were at Elliot's. And even if you were there and everything was purely plutonic, you would have had your phone on you. The Olivia I know is surgically attached to her phone. So for some reason, you weren't near your phone….all night."

Olivia didn't say anything.

"OK. If you slept with Elliot…say nothing." said Casey with a chuckle. As the words came out, Elliot trudged up the stairs, interrupting them.

"Everything OK up here?" Olivia breathed a sigh of relief. She had to get out of this conversation with Casey because she was two seconds away from telling her everything that happened.

"Yes." Said Olivia, standing up quickly.

"We got a call." said Elliot. "We have to go."

"Ok" said Olivia. She looked at Casey. "Duty calls."

"We're not done talking" said Casey. "I will catch up with you later." She watched as Olivia walked past Elliot. Elliot put his hand on the small of her back and followed her down the stairs. "Nothing happened my ass" said Casey to herself, smiling.