Note: Sorry it took me so long for this chapter. ( I've had a busy week
with exit exams and all, so now that they are done with, here you go! And
FoxyWombat, Tessa is about 15 years old, which means Olivia has known her
about 6 years, which kind of coincides with the show, seeing as how it's in
the 5th season now. I'm trying to make it as though the story could
actually happen on the show. Thanks for your comments guys! Keep 'em
coming! Oh, and this chapter was partly inspired by "My Immortal" by
Evanessence, since that is a wonderful o/e song.
"It's alright, just start from the beginning." Olivia was trying to calm Tessa down. They had just finished the rape kit, which came back positive for seminal fluids. Tessa's expression told Olivia she was beyond scared.
"Well," Tessa managed between sobs, "I was walking home from my friend Sandra's house, and I was waiting for the crossing light to turn green. Then something was over my face..." she let out a breath she didn't even realize she was holding. "Then it went black... I remember waking up, I was in an alley... and someone was on top of me. I told him to stop, but he wouldn't listen! I couldn't even see his face..." She put her head in her hands and weeped softly. At that moment, there was a light rapping on the door, and Elliot slowly walked into the room. Tessa shot her head up almost immediately. He saw the despair on both of the women's faces, and walked behind where Olivia was sitting, resting his hands on her shoulders. This startled Olivia, but she didn't show it. "Tessa, this is my partner, Elliot Stabler."
"Hi," he said softly, so not to frighten the girl. She looked up at him with teary eyes, almost with a smile. "Hi..." was all she could get out. She looked at Olivia, and Olivia nodded, and looked at Elliot.
"Well, um... I'm gonna go get something to eat. You want anything?" he said to both women, trying to have a reason to leave the two to talk.
"No, I'm good, do you want anything Tessa?"
"Actually, some fruit sounds nice."
"Fruit?" Elliot almost laughed aloud. None of his children would ever ask him for FRUIT, of all things. "Sure!" he rushed out of the room on his new quest for a bowl of fruit.
"He seems nice" Tessa confessed. She in fact had seen him before. In front of Olivia's apartment. He actually had been there a couple of times. She saw how Olivia looked at him, and she thought it was cute. They would make the perfect couple.
"So.... You like him?" She knew Olivia would probably deflect the question and try to discuss the inevitable conversation they were going to have. She was surprised when Olivia seemed so casual about it.
"Yeah... I do" she said with a smile, which she quickly shook off. "After all, he is my partner... and my best friend." She lied through her teeth. She knew she had feelings for Elliot. She'd had a feeling since the day they met, but she wouldn't admit it, not even to herself.
"Yeah... sure" Tessa laughed.
"Alright, enough about that. I need you to think really hard Tessa, was there anything, anything at all, no matter how small or insignificant, that you can remember. A phrase, a smell, anything?"
Tessa seemed to be searching her mind, racking her brain for anything she could remember. "Yeah.... Yeah he smelled. He smelled kind of like... glue maybe? Yeah, like wet glue. I thought it was weird, and he had something on his hands. It looked like white flecks of something. Paint maybe... I'm not sure." Tessa sighed, wishing she could give her more. "I'm sorry that's not a lot, but that's all I remember."
"It's alright sweetheart, that is perfect. You did great." Olivia patted her shoulder, and walked out of the room, looking for Elliot. Just as she turned into the hall, Elliot came bounding down the hall with his hands full of assorted fruit. Olivia laughed aloud as she saw him drop an apple on the ground. He stared down at the ground, deciding whether or not to try and bend down, fearing of dropping the rest of the fruit. Olivia, laughing, walked over to him, bent down and picked up the apple, and placed it in his hands. "You know, I think one apple would have been fine," she said, with a big mocking grin on her face.
"Yeah yeah... well who knows? She could be allergic to apples." Olivia just shook her head, smiling at him as he walked into the room. She was glad that he was so happy, especially after the divorce. She was there for him the whole way through, and stuck by him when Kathy got partial custody, and he nearly broke down. She was glad she could be there for him, and she really didn't know how much that meant to him.
After they finished taking Tessa's statement, the two drove to the only spot to go to. The only place any evidence might be found. The alleyway...
"It's alright, just start from the beginning." Olivia was trying to calm Tessa down. They had just finished the rape kit, which came back positive for seminal fluids. Tessa's expression told Olivia she was beyond scared.
"Well," Tessa managed between sobs, "I was walking home from my friend Sandra's house, and I was waiting for the crossing light to turn green. Then something was over my face..." she let out a breath she didn't even realize she was holding. "Then it went black... I remember waking up, I was in an alley... and someone was on top of me. I told him to stop, but he wouldn't listen! I couldn't even see his face..." She put her head in her hands and weeped softly. At that moment, there was a light rapping on the door, and Elliot slowly walked into the room. Tessa shot her head up almost immediately. He saw the despair on both of the women's faces, and walked behind where Olivia was sitting, resting his hands on her shoulders. This startled Olivia, but she didn't show it. "Tessa, this is my partner, Elliot Stabler."
"Hi," he said softly, so not to frighten the girl. She looked up at him with teary eyes, almost with a smile. "Hi..." was all she could get out. She looked at Olivia, and Olivia nodded, and looked at Elliot.
"Well, um... I'm gonna go get something to eat. You want anything?" he said to both women, trying to have a reason to leave the two to talk.
"No, I'm good, do you want anything Tessa?"
"Actually, some fruit sounds nice."
"Fruit?" Elliot almost laughed aloud. None of his children would ever ask him for FRUIT, of all things. "Sure!" he rushed out of the room on his new quest for a bowl of fruit.
"He seems nice" Tessa confessed. She in fact had seen him before. In front of Olivia's apartment. He actually had been there a couple of times. She saw how Olivia looked at him, and she thought it was cute. They would make the perfect couple.
"So.... You like him?" She knew Olivia would probably deflect the question and try to discuss the inevitable conversation they were going to have. She was surprised when Olivia seemed so casual about it.
"Yeah... I do" she said with a smile, which she quickly shook off. "After all, he is my partner... and my best friend." She lied through her teeth. She knew she had feelings for Elliot. She'd had a feeling since the day they met, but she wouldn't admit it, not even to herself.
"Yeah... sure" Tessa laughed.
"Alright, enough about that. I need you to think really hard Tessa, was there anything, anything at all, no matter how small or insignificant, that you can remember. A phrase, a smell, anything?"
Tessa seemed to be searching her mind, racking her brain for anything she could remember. "Yeah.... Yeah he smelled. He smelled kind of like... glue maybe? Yeah, like wet glue. I thought it was weird, and he had something on his hands. It looked like white flecks of something. Paint maybe... I'm not sure." Tessa sighed, wishing she could give her more. "I'm sorry that's not a lot, but that's all I remember."
"It's alright sweetheart, that is perfect. You did great." Olivia patted her shoulder, and walked out of the room, looking for Elliot. Just as she turned into the hall, Elliot came bounding down the hall with his hands full of assorted fruit. Olivia laughed aloud as she saw him drop an apple on the ground. He stared down at the ground, deciding whether or not to try and bend down, fearing of dropping the rest of the fruit. Olivia, laughing, walked over to him, bent down and picked up the apple, and placed it in his hands. "You know, I think one apple would have been fine," she said, with a big mocking grin on her face.
"Yeah yeah... well who knows? She could be allergic to apples." Olivia just shook her head, smiling at him as he walked into the room. She was glad that he was so happy, especially after the divorce. She was there for him the whole way through, and stuck by him when Kathy got partial custody, and he nearly broke down. She was glad she could be there for him, and she really didn't know how much that meant to him.
After they finished taking Tessa's statement, the two drove to the only spot to go to. The only place any evidence might be found. The alleyway...