Brian and Olivia released each other and stood in silence. Sherri cleared her throat, "I see you know each other well." Brian nodded his head in response while Olivia stood frozen. "Well, I think I'll go and meet the rest of the squad," Sherri stated calmly and left Olivia and Brian alone.
Olivia blinked a few times, opened her mouth then closed it again. "It's been awhile," Olivia was finally able to say.
"Yeah, forever," he responded and then waited in silence. "So, how are things around here?"
"The same as always," she replied. "Well, except Elliot and Kathy divorced."
Brian's eyes widened, "Really, poor guy, it had to be hard on him. He tried so hard to juggle work and a family; I don't know how he did it. I couldn't even keep my fish alive when I was working here."
They laughed and caught each other's eye. He is so beautiful, Olivia thought to herself. No, I won't do this to him, not again.
"I really just came by to say hello to everyone. I want to say hi to Cragen before I go," he said and hugged her again. "It was really nice to see you; maybe we can get together again."
"Yeah," she said as they parted. She walked over to her desk where Sherri was sitting talking to Elliot. "What are you guys up to?" she said jokingly.
"Oh, just figuring out how we're going to take over the world," Sherri answered. "We decided that melting the polar ice caps so that they flood the entire world would be our best bet."
"Okay, just let me know about a week before you do it so I can buy a houseboat," Olivia said smiling.
"Really, we were talking about Dr. Huang," Sherri stated. "I was supposed to meet up with him to see if we could talk about me maybe interning for him."
"Yeah, you mentioned that to me earlier didn't you?" Olivia mused.
Sherri nodded her head, "Yep, he said if he gets a chance tonight he'd see me, but if not, I have a meeting with him tomorrow, after my job interview."
"Job interview?" Olivia asked puzzled. "You didn't say anything about a job interview."
"Well, a friend of mine lives around here," Sherri began, "and she set up an interview with the manager of the bar she works at."
"Do you know where this bar is?" Elliot interjected slightly concerned.
"No, she mentioned the address, but I can't remember it. She's just going to pick me up and take me there," Sherri replied.
"What are you going to do there?" Fin asked, he and Munch had been listening in on their conversation.
"Mainly bartending and performing on weekends," she answered.
"Are you going to be a stripper?" Olivia exclaimed incredulously.
Sherri shook her head and laughed, "No, of course not. On weekends they have a music review and I'm auditioning for it. It's not a strip club; it's more like an old-fashioned lounge club. Come to think of it I believe the club's name is 'The Starlight Lounge.'"
"I've been there before, it's a tasteful place," Fin stated.
Olivia opened her mouth to say something more when suddenly the doors to the squad room burst open. A girl stumbled in, her petite figure swayed as if drunk, her hair was matted and her clothes were soaked with blood.
Everyone stood up and ran up to the girl, she shook and cringed whenever someone tried to touch her. Olivia stepped forward and stated, "Why don't you follow me, okay?" The girl nodded and Olivia turned to Sherri, "I think you better come with us."
Sherri agreed and they headed toward one of the interrogation rooms. Elliot tried to follow them, but Olivia stopped him, "We have this under control."
Olivia snapped the door shut and the girl jumped. "I'm Detective Benson and this is Dr. Myers." The girl looked at both of them in terror and nodded her head. "So, what's your name?" Olivia asked.
"Cameron Jameson," the girl said to the floor.
"So, Cameron what brings you here?" Sherri questioned taking a seat next to Cameron, making sure that she wasn't sitting to close.
Cameron suddenly fell into hiccupping sobs, her body was shaking, she turned to Sherri, "I killed him."
"Killed who?" Sherri asked softly.
"He made me do it. He kept hitting me, I had been cooking and I turned and stabbed him. I stabbed him in the neck. He hit the floor and started gurgling. It reminded me of the time he strangled me and raped me at the same time. I got revenge, I cut off his penis and stuffed it up his ass," Cameron said quickly. Her sobs changed to laughter then back to sobs and then began to linger somewhere in between.
"Okay, we understand, but you need to tell us the man's name," Olivia comforted.
"Franklin Reese," Cameron stated and stopped crying.
Sherri stood up and went over to the corner bringing Olivia with her, "Look Liv, I think you should go find this guy with Elliot and I'll stay here with Cameron. I think she might snap soon."
Olivia's eyes furrowed, "Why do you think that?"
"She keeps clawing at her arms, and has scars down her wrists. It looks like she might have tried to commit suicide at least once, it's best if she isn't left alone."
Olivia looked over at the girl and saw that Sherri was correct, the gril was clawing at the skin on her arms and there were huge purple scars down the veins of her wrists. "Okay, but I'm sending Dr. Huang here as soon as possible."
"Good, because she needs ore than one person to talk with her," Sherri stated and walked back to the girl, Olivia followed.
"Cameron, can you tell us where this happened?" Olivia asked.
She nodded, "Thirty third and West Carmichael, building 34898, apartment B8." Olivia thanked her and stepped out of the interrogation room, Elliot was already waiting for her.
"Let's go," he said and they exited the squad room and stepped into the chilly night. They slid into Elliot's car and sped away into the night.
Author's Note: Okay I'm really trying, any suggestions would be appreciated. I don't like writing dialogue so that might be lacking a little. I don't own these characters they belong to Dick Wolf.
