Tuesday Morning

Elliot's alarm clock woke him up as per norm early Tuesday morning, what was different was the body his arm was draped around. She turned the alarm off (seeing as it was on the right side of the bed) and turned around in his arms, facing his chest, yawning.

"Morning." He said kissing her. "Sleep well?"

"Mmm," she purred, "Best night of sleep in my life."

"Well," he sighed, "We'd better get up."

She buried her face into his chest, "No, no, no. Let's go back to sleep. Take a day off."

"Don't you think it'd look a little bit strange if neither of us came to work, on the same day?"

It was her turn to sigh, "I guess you're right. We should get up."

"Wanna share the shower?"

Grinning she said, "Now, that's a sure fire way to get a girl outta bed."

Although Olivia tried not to she couldn't help but smile the whole day, and the looks Elliot kept giving her weren't helping much.

At around 3 o'clock Munch had grown impatient. "Olivia, why the hell are you smiling so much?"

"Am I smiling?" She said, feigning innocence.

"Yes, you are. And, you knew that. Now, why?"

She decided to play dumb, "Why, what?"

Much was getting annoyed, "Why are you smiling so much?"

"Is there something wrong with my smiling, Munch?"

"No, but you hardly ever smile, especially while at work. I'm just a bit curious as to why today you're beaming as if you won the lottery."

Her smile only grew, "No reason."

Munch sighed, "Well, if I'm not going to get a straight answer out of you, why bother asking?"

"I don't know Munch, why?"

"It was a rhetorical question, Liv."

"Yes, I knew that." She smiled.

Munch rolled his eyes and looked back down at what he had been previously working on. Olivia and Elliot shared a look, after checking to make sure that nobody was looking. Each smiling widely. Then, they too went back to work.

At 4:26 the Captain came out of his office, "Benson, Stabler. My office."

Elliot and Olivia got up from their chairs and went into the Captain's office. They sat down and waited for whatever the Captain was going to say.

"4 year old walked into a free clinic this morning, covered in contusions and abrasions. She doesn't know who her parents are, where she lives, or even what her name is. She's pretty banged up." He gave them the address of the clinic and sent them off.

"You've gotta stop that." Elliot said as soon as they walked out of the station.

"Stop what?"

"That 'just got laid' smile you've been wearing all day."

She laughed, "The 'just got laid' smile, Elliot?"

"Yes, that smile."

"I can't help it. I kinda did just get laid."

"Munch has already noticed, it's only a matter of time before he figures out why you're smiling."

"You think he'd tell the Captain?"

Elliot shook his head, "No. But, I could deal without his inquires."

"El, this is Munch we're talking about, he's got nothing but inquires and smart-ass remarks."

Elliot laughed, "That's true."

"So? Tonight? Your place or mine?"

"Neither."

"The station house then? Oh, kinky. Me likes."

More laughter from Elliot, "No, not the station house either."

Olivia pouted, "There goes my night."

"Kathleen's going to be home. I can't let her getting suspicious, asking why I'm letting her stay with her friend last night's going to be enough questions for me, thank you very much."

"But, it was worth it."

"Oh, yeah. Definitely worth it."

She blew on her nails, then rubbed them against her shirt. "Well, I try."

They pulled up in front of the free clinic, shared a quick kiss, then got out and went into the clinic.

Olivia tossed and turned in bed all night, she couldn't find a comfortable spot, no matter how hard she tried. It got to the point where she--in desperateness--picked up her phone and dialed the familiar number, even if it was already 2:33 in the morning.

He picked up on the third ring.

"This isn't going to work." She said automatically, not giving him the chance to yell that it was too early for anybody to be calling him or his daughter. Definitely not his daughter.

"Liv?" He questioned. "What's not going to work?"

"I can't sleep alone anymore. It's impossible. I've tried everything I can think of, every position known to man. I even tried sleeping on a pillow, it's not working."

"I know how you feel, I've not slept either."

"What are we going to do, then?"

"You could come over."

"What happens if Kathleen finds out? I mean, I know she wouldn't tell Kathy, but what if it accidentally slipped? You know Kathy blames me, anyway. If she found out it'd just be fuel to the fire. She'd surely tell the Captain, he'd be forced to either make you leave, or make me leave. It's not been a long enough time to prove our work hasn't been effected."

"At the risk of sounding really clichéish, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it."

Olivia sighed, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

She smiled through her sleepiness, "I'll be over in 15. I'll use my key."

"Alright, Liv. Bye."

"Bye, El. Love you."

"I love you, too." Then he hung up. Olivia jumped out of her bed, searched around her room for something to wear to work the next day, grabbed her car keys and left the apartment.

Elliot was awake when she slipped under the covers, he snaked his arm around her waist and she snuggled up close to him. He heard a sigh of content as she turned to face him.

"What took you so long?" He whispered.

She yawned, "It's only been 20 minutes."

"You said 15 on the phone."

Although it was too dark to tell, he knew she was smiling. "Next time I'll try to be more precise, ok?"

"Ok. So, can't sleep without me, eh?

"So it would seem. You too, huh? Can't sleep without me?"

"So it would seem."

She snuggled closer, and yawned again. "Goodnight, El."

He placed a kiss on her forehead, "Night, Liv."

a/n: ugh, I did not like this chapter. Oh well, It's been a while since I got my last chapter out, so, this'll have to do. Anyway, for the good news, I got my permit on Friday. Yea for me. And, went on a shopping spree today…so all in all, my weekend was good. So, anyway, I'd understand if I got flames for this chapter, but, please don't send them!! Lol, anyway, the next chapter will be better, I promise. And, it might even be the last one. Not sure yet. If it isn't there's only like 2 or 3 more left. That I'm sure of.