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Elliot smiled and completely turned to face her. "You heard me?"
Olivia nodded. "I wasn't asleep yet."
"So I see you're keeping secrets from me already?" Olivia asked, jokingly as Elliot turned into the kitchen.
She knew they could still hear each other as long as the door was kept open, which Elliot made sure it was. "Only the big ones." Elliot yelled back as he turned off the stove and started putting the finishing touches on the pasta.
Elliot had confined Olivia to her couch, he told her if she got up he would have the food all to himself and leave her. Olivia, of course, didn't want that but pretended like she didn't care. She knew that Elliot was only kidding, he would never leave her in her condition. Olivia rolled her eyes and tried to get into a comfortable eating position on the couch. Elliot came out with two steaming hot bowls of spaghetti on a tray.
Olivia smiled at him as he placed the tray closer to her than to himself and they waited for it to cool down until they began eating. Olivia wanted to itch her wounds so badly, they were bothering the hell out of her. She tried to take her mind off of it by enjoying the meal Elliot so kindly made for her but it was no use. She ate the meal in silence, trying her hardest not to itch them because she knew it would hurt.
Elliot noticed her discomfort. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Olivia said, as she shook her head. "They're just really itchy."
Elliot nodded. "I thought you were in pain."
"I wish." Olivia scoffed. "At least I can take something for pain, I can't take anything for itch."
Elliot smiled, put their empty bowls on the table, and wrapped his arm around her shoulder pulling her closer to him. "It'll get better."
Olivia half-nodded and leaned into him as best as she could. She rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. "I love you, Livvie." Elliot said, as soon as she closed her eyes.
Olivia opened her eyes and smiled at him, trying hard not to laugh. "I love you too, El."
"What no Ellie?" Elliot asked, making a fake hurt expression.
Olivia couldn't stop her laughter this time but the pain wasn't as bad as she was expecting. "Well excuse me, I guess I'll call you Ellie from now on."
Elliot nodded. "Good, you better."
Olivia rolled her eyes and smiled at him. She kissed him and put her head back on his shoulder. "I really do love you, Olivia ."
Olivia nodded against his shoulder. "I know you do. I really do love you too, Elliot."
Olivia kept her eyes closed but she couldn't sleep. She kept wondering if it was too soon after Chris to start seeing Elliot. Some people might consider what they've been doing the past couple of weeks as seeing each other but it wasn't as formal as boyfriend/girlfriend. She felt Elliot sigh and shake his head and she wondered what he was thinking about. "What?" she whispered, not wanting to disrupt the quiet air in the apartment.
"Just thinking." he said, slightly shaking his head.
"About what?"
"You."
Olivia opened her eyes and rolled them. "Is this going to turn into a game of twenty questions? Because I'm really bad at that game."
Elliot laughed and shook his head. "No, I was just thinking about how I should've checked into his file so much earlier. It just never crossed my mind. You were happy so I pretended to be happy."
Olivia stopped him with a quick kiss on his lips. "El, stop. You did the right thing, and it's better later than never, right?"
Elliot half-nodded. "Do you want to hear a story?"
Elliot nodded and she pulled away from his shoulder to tell him. "When you came in on my wedding day, the first time, and you were watching me from the doorway it felt like I was going to marry you. It felt like you were trying to sneak a peek at your bride before I walked down the aisle. It was only in that moment, Elliot, that one single moment did I feel completely at ease. I felt like I was doing the right thing. But, of course, I remembered it wasn't you I was marrying it was Chris. While I was happy about marrying Chris, it didn't give me the same feeling of ease as when I thought it was you who I'd be meeting at that alter. That scared me. It was in that one moment when I thought I was making the biggest mistake of my life."
Elliot kissed her forehead and pulled her as close to him as he could without hurting her. "Don't worry, Livvie if I have anything to say about it the next time you walk down that aisle, you'll be meeting me at that altar."
Olivia smiled against his chest. "Promise, Ellie?"
"Promise, Livvie."
Olivia slowly drifted to sleep in Elliot's arms and had an amazingly deep sleep.
XOXOXOXO
Olivia woke up the next morning to noise. It was Casey walking through the living room. "Casey?" Olivia asked groggily. "What are you doing here?"
Casey walked over to them, being mindful of Elliot who was still sleeping. "I came to check on you." she whispered, sitting on the edge of the coffee table. "How are you feeling?"
"It's itchy." Olivia said, having to fight the urge to scratch at her stitches. "And they hurt."
Casey immediately jumped up. "Do you need your medication? I can get it for you."
Olivia half-nodded and pointed over to the bottle on the other side of the coffee table. Casey reached over and grabbed it, taking out one big pill. She walked into the kitchen, still holding the pill to get Olivia a bottle of water. Olivia watched her as she walked back over. "I could've taken it without water." Olivia said matter-of-factly.
Casey shrugged. "You need to keep hydrated anyway."
Olivia rolled her eyes and swallowed the pill and the water. "You sound like Elliot."
"We just want to make sure you're as comfortable as possible." Casey said, taking the water bottle from Olivia and putting the cap back on.
"This wasn't your fault, Casey." Olivia said when the silence became too much between the two of them.
Casey nodded. "Yes, it was. If I wasn't such a jerk to you, you wouldn't have ran out and you wouldn't have gotten into the cab. If you never got into the cab then you would've never been in the accident and you wouldn't be lying here in pain."
Casey looked like she was on the verge of tears. "Case, stop it. Come here."
Olivia detached herself from Elliot and was surprised when he didn't wake up. She leaned forward as best as she could and gave Casey the best hug she could manage. Casey was cautious to hug Olivia because she didn't want to hurt her anymore. Olivia felt her hesitance. "I'm not going to break, Case."
Casey managed a smile. "I know, you never do."
Olivia noted the second meaning to her words and shook her head. "I did."
Casey furrowed her brow and Olivia continued. "In the park with Elliot, when I thought I was pregnant, I started crying harder than I've ever cried in my life and it felt like everything was being released from me. I finally broke."
Olivia's words were soft and gentle but Casey could tell she was angry at herself for breaking. "Don't be mad at yourself, Liv. It was bound to happen eventually, no one's that strong. Not even you."
Olivia nodded. She knew, especially after her wedding day, that she couldn't handle everything that was thrown at her. She couldn't be so tough all the time, she needed someone there for her at all times. She looked back at Elliot, who was still sleeping, and smiled. He was her rock and their relationship was sturdier than ever. He was the one she could go to and the one who would always be there when she broke. Together they would explore this new 'breaking' thing and work through it like they always did.
Olivia got up and Casey hovered around her, as if she was a child learning how to walk. "Casey, seriously I'm fine."
Casey nodded ans stepped back, but she still followed her around just in case. Olivia went to the bathroom and brushed her teeth, noticing there was another toothbrush in the holder. It was Elliot's. Olivia smiled as she brushed her teeth, it was almost like their declaration of their relationship. She stared at it for several minutes and then turned to leave.
Casey was standing outside the door waiting. Elliot came running out looking panicked. When he saw Casey and Olivia he visibly calmed down. Olivia giggled slightly. "Don't worry so much, babe. I'm strong."
Elliot nodded and scoffed. "I know, I know."
Olivia smiled at him and kissed him. "I'm ok."
Elliot nodded and walked into the kitchen to get something to drink. Olivia smiled and turned to face Casey. Casey was about to say something to her but her phone rang and cut her off. It was Liz. She needed Casey for a meeting and there were no excuses for not going. Casey said good-bye to Olivia and Elliot and rushed out.
Olivia walked into the kitchen and hugged Elliot from behind and he rubbed her arms when they were wrapped around his torso. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
Elliot smiled. "It's hard not to."
Olivia furrowed her brow and Elliot explained. "Well, I have this amazingly beautiful woman with me and thousands of men who want her, how could I not be scared?"
Olivia giggled, happy that she took her pill. "Well, you don't have to worry. I don't want them."
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