Olivia walked into the bullpen at seven am on the dot. She sat at her desk and sipped at the shake she had bought at the cafe beside her apartment.
"Benson! Did you settle in at the apartment?" Jefferson asked coming from the Captain's office.
"I did! Forgot where I was when I woke up though but only for a moment." She laughed as Jefferson sat in his desk opposite hers.
She went into her purse and took out the photos she had bought with her from home. There was one of her and Cragen at her engagement party, where he was kissing her on the cheek and she was laughing, one of her and Elliot and their kids, one of herself with Elliot and one of herself, Elliot, Casey, Alex, Cragen, Munch and Fin. She placed them on her desk and smiled, it finally looked a little more like her desk now.
"Making yourself at home there Olivia?" Jefferson laughed.
"Well I'm going to be here a while so why not." Olivia shrugged.
Jefferson flashed her a smile as she switched on the computer, a log in had been made for her and when she logged in she changed the password before beginning to write up the details of the interrogation for the ADA.
"Who's the ADA?" Olivia asked as she took another sip of her shake.
"Kym Greyleck."
Olivia almost choked on her shake which didn't go unnoticed by Jefferson.
"You have history?" He asked as she wiped the shake from around her mouth.
"Yeah." Olivia said. "She was once the ADA for Manhattan SVU."
"Oh well she any good?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" Olivia asked not understanding what he was asking her.
"This is her first case for us, so we have no idea if she's any good." He shrugged.
"Oh yeah, she's tough and doesn't take any crap." Olivia smiled thinking back to some of the cases she had seen Kym try. "She's not quiet Alex and Casey though." She added glancing down at the photo of her friends.
"Who are they?" He asked and Olivia let out a weak laugh.
"They're the ADA's at Manhattan SVU, they're amazing they both worked with us separately before but now they're a team and I've seen them work some amazing cases together and side by side." Olivia explained.
"Ah right, they your friends?" Jefferson asked seeing Olivia's eyes transfixed on the photographs.
"Yeah, they were bridesmaids at my wedding, they're my best friends." Olivia smiled turning back to look at him instead of the photos.
"Bet you're missing everyone back home right?" He said his voice dipping as Thompson and Rowland entered the room.
"Yeah I am." She sighed turning back to her computer.
She spent her hour before meeting the shrink typing up her notes from the interrogations of the previous day. At ten to the hour she made her way down to the office and knocked on the door.
"Hello." Doctor Victor Morris smiled opening the door.
"Hi Detective Olivia Benson." She smiled extending her hand.
He shook it and then opened the door wide for her to enter.
"Take a seat." He said pointing to a large white leather couch.
Olivia nervously made her way over and sat down. She rested her hands on her stomach and tried to make herself as comfortable as she could as Victor Morris sat down in the white leather arm chair opposite.
"Please make yourself comfortable, put your feet up on the couch, whatever!" He smiled and Olivia did as she did with Huang and pulled her legs up beside her and leant on the arm of the couch.
"So do you understand why Captain Meyers has asked you to come and speak with me?" He asked smiling, his teeth perfectly straight and bright white.
"I think so. I mean, I think he just wants to make sure that I can get through this case as in mentally handle this case considering I'm expecting a child and far away from home." She said playing with her short nails.
"Ok, so obviously I've had a look at your jacket ..."
"Oh great." Olivia mumbled thinking he wouldn't hear but he had and flashed her yet another smile.
"Something bothering you about that?" He asked her.
"Yeah, how come you get to see my jacket?" She asked her eyebrows raise to show that she was annoyed.
"It bothers you that I've seen your jacket?" He asked.
"Yes it pisses me off." She replied.
"Why?"
"Because had you spoken to me first then looked at my jacket you would know a little more about the type of person I am not just the fact that I'm a great detective who can throw a punch." She spat, she'd always hated shrinks and Huang was the only one she had ever gotten along with.
"I don't think you're a great detective with a temper Detective Benson. I think you're a strong individual who loves her job and her family." He said softly in a voice not indifference to that Huang used when shrinking her.
"Basically you've read the notes on my conversations with Agent George Huang." Olivia said flashing him a brilliant smile trying to annoy him.
"Yes I have as a matter of fact read Doctor Huang's notes as well as the rest of your file Detective." He said.
"First call me Olivia, second ... start shrinking me so I can get back to work." She said in a slight in a bitchy manner.
"Ok. Let's begin with the bombing that happened at your son's school three months ago." He said.
"Ok what do you want to know?" She asked rubbing her stomach gently.
"Why don't you tell me what your feelings about that matter now?" He asked.
"My feelings now? I haven't really thought about it in a while, I mean I adopted my youngest son, I got engaged and then got married, I've been a little preoccupied." Olivia replied.
"Ok, the same with the shooting? You were shot the day after weren't you?" He asked.
"I was in the arm, and I recovered quite quickly." Olivia replied.
"Do you still get pain in it?" he asked.
"No."
"Never?"
"Never."
"Ok, what about when you punched the person involved in abusing your son. What do you remember going through your mind at that point?" He asked.
"I remember wanting to make him pay, I shouldn't have hit him but God it made me feel good." Olivia laughed nervously.
"Have you thought about it recently?" He asked.
"I think about it every time I come across a case that involves a child being abused in any way that son of a bitch hurt my boy and instead of being done for it he gets done for something else, so it made me far more determined to get some kids some justice." Olivia gritted her teeth.
"Ok."
"Ok?"
"Yeah Ok." He smiled at her. "How are you faring up being away from your Husband, he is also your partner isn't he?"
"I miss him a lot but I've been sat at a desk since I had a threatened miscarriage and he's been working with other people and so I'm not that bothered, I missed him when I was alone in bed last night and remembered back to being in my apartment in Manhattan and feeling like I had no one to love me and no one to love in return but then I just looked at the picture on the cover of my phone and remembered that back in Manhattan I have a family who I love and who love me too." Olivia smiled.
"Ok, I want you to promise me if you get lonely or homesick or just stressed that you'll come and see me." Victor Morris smiled.
"Ok." Olivia said. "I promise." She added looking him in the eye.
"Alright, well I am happy for you to work this case. Go on get to work." He smiled and Olivia nodded and got to her feet.
"Thanks." She said and she rushed out of the door.
She made her way back to her desk as she had half an hour before she met with one of the victims.
"Benson." The Captain said as he came over to her. She swung her chair around and looked at him.
"Yes Captain?" She asked.
"I want you prepared to meet these victims. We need information out of them, where they were, how they moved, did they see places they passed, signs where they were stopped the people they came into contact with. The lot." He said.
"Yes Cap." She said.
"Ok, you sure you're alright with this?" He asked.
"Absolutely, I've done it more times than I'd like to have." She said.
"Ok the kids will arrive her in a bit they'll wait in the meeting room. Then you'll speak to them one by one in the kids room myself and Victor will be observing and there will be two video tapes around the room. One pointed at you and one pointed at the girl, we don't need to know what happened just where and who alright?" He said.
"Yes sir, I'm ready for this don't worry. I've memorised each case by heart I know what to ask and I know how to get the answers alright?" She said feeling a bit annoyed that he was questioning her ability.
"I know, I don't doubt that Benson or apparently it's Stabler now?" He smirked.
"Nope still Benson on the job, the husband's my partner and we can't be Stabler and Stabler." She laughed at the thought of herself and Elliot introducing themselves as Stabler and Stabler.
"Alright. The girls will be here in about twenty minutes." He said before rushing off.
Olivia sat back in her chair and closed her eyes taking the time to mentally prepare herself for the challenge that lay ahead of her.
"Olivia?" A voice asked softly behind her.
"Yeah?" She said without moving.
"I got you a strawberry shake." Jefferson laughed as her eyes burst open.
"You did?" She asked turning to face him and seeing him holding a cup.
"I did." He smiled handing it to her.
"You got this from ..."
"I did, I saw you had one from that Cafe this morning and I was going past and I thought that you'd appreciate it." He smiled as she took a large slurp.
"I do thank you." She smiled.
As Olivia sipped her shake she saw four young girls walk in with two uniformed officers. She took a deep breath and realised that she was in over her head.
"Well whilst you go and bust a hotel, think of me." She said to Jefferson who was now grabbing his coat.
"Will do. I would say have fun but it wouldn't be suitable in the current situation." He said glancing nervously towards the meeting room.
"No but I can say it to you so have fun ripping up a hotel!" She winked at him as she head off to the kids room to wait for the first child.
The kids room was bright red. There was a couch, a small table filled with paper and crayons. In the corner was a large box filled with toys and bears and dolls. Olivia stood for a moment debating between the couch and the table. She went over to the toy box and pulled out a fluffy white teddy bear and took it over to the couch and sat down. Her breathing was slightly laboured as she tried to calm her nerves. A uniformed officer came in and turned the camera's on.
"Detective Benson would you like something to drink?" He asked her gently.
"Yes, could I get a glass of water?" She asked as she felt her mouth becoming dry by the second.
"I'll be right back, The Captain says that the first child will be Jasmine Mitchell." He said before turning around and leaving.
Olivia's mind went into overdrive. Jasmine Mitchell age seven found after being missing for sixteen days. She bounced her legs and stroked her stomach as she tried to keep herself cool. Hi I'm Olivia what's your name? Always the first question. Always. The officer returned and handed her the glass of water and she sipped it before placing it on the table. She gave him a curt nod and he left her and she knew she had seconds before the first child walked into that room.
Olivia interviews abused children next, have tried to keep the details clean, I don't want to give myself or anyone else nightmares!