A/N: hey guys I finally updated, between midterms and the "lets get all this work before spring break" stunt. So here it is. this may be the end, I may do another chapter, but no matter what the saga of Olivia will continue eventually, as soon as my muse comes up with another story. Read, review, enjoy. Don't hesitate to let me know if there is something you want to see, I may try to weave it into one of the sections.
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Falling up

3.

/Saturday Evening/

"Did we get a match on those finger prints?"

"Um," John Munch picked up a file from his desk, "Yeah they matched with a Bart Williams, he is in the system for attempted assault, the charges were dropped however, so nothing came of it."

"Bart Williams? Wasn't Bart one of the names that Mic Reese gave in his statement?"

"Let me check boss," Munch picked up another folder from his desk. "Yes, he didn't give a last name."

"Okay John why don't you go talk to him."

"Alright," Munch picked up his coat and exited the building.

Olivia came into the precinct as Munch was leaving.

"What do we have so far?"

"Well we have a suspect."

"Really? Who?"

"John and I found the drug containers, eye droppers, they tested positive, matching Mic and Maureen's drug screens. We got a fingerprint, matches one Bart Williams. John is out talking with him right now."

"Wow, I missed a lot while I was at the hospital. Here is Maureen's statement." She handed Cragen the typed up sheet. HE skimmed it.

"Looks like we are pretty set."

Olivia sat down to start getting the paper work for the case on the go and ready for what hoped to be a successful end.

After about an hour and a half Olivia's phone rang.

"Benson."

"Olivia, I think we got him, we need a warrant to bring him in."

"Alright you stay with him, I'll see what we can do."

Olivia hung up the phone and knocked on Cragen's door. She entered after he called out.

"Cap, John needs a warrant, the kid won't come in."

"I'll call Alex and see if she can get one."

Olivia nodded and went back to her desk, Alex had dropped her off at the precinct then headed over to her office to do some work and be at the court house incase they needed fanything from there.

Half hour later Alex came into the office.

"Judge Peterson hates to be bothered on Saturday night, whether or not he is on call." Alex hands Olivia the warrant.

Alex watched Olivia fly out of the precinct and smiled, this is what Olivia was made to do, protect the innocent, fight for what was right.

/Sunday Morning/

Munch slowly got up and glided into the observation room. He had just spent the last five hours interrogating Bart Williams. They got a confession out of him. Apparently Bart just wanted to play games with the two of them, innocent fun. Drugging people was not just innocent fun. As he entered the room he was met with the grins of three people, Cragen, Alex and Olivia.

"Good job John, we should have this wrapped up in no time." Alex grinned, success was a great thing.

Olivia's phone went off, while they were trying to plan out the next steps.

"Benson….Hi Maureen, is everything okay?…….. Okay, yeah I'll meet you, sure… yeah… I'll be right there."

"Is everything okay with Maureen?" Cragen asked as Olivia shut her phone

"Yeah, she's okay she just wants to talk."

Olivia clipped the phone back to her belt and turned toward Alex as Cragen went to help start processing Williams.

"She wants us both there." Olivia simply stated.

"Okay, let's go." Alex and Olivia exited the precinct and headed toward the diner that Maureen had asked them to come.

/Marly's Diner/

Olivia walked into the diner; it was a relatively new place, with an old pub feeling to it. It was a place a lot of students and staff from Hudson liked to grab some food and get work done. It was not that crowded being so early on a Sunday. Olivia found Maureen in the back at a booth, her homework book open in front of her. She seemed engrossed in reading the text as Olivia and Alex approached her.

"Maureen? We're here." Olivia gently said.

Maureen visibly jumped in her seat as Olivia spoke. She looked up with a sheepish grin.

"Sorry you startled me. This is actually an interesting class I'm reading for."

"What class is it?" Alex asked as she, then Olivia slid into the other side of the booth.

"Um Forensic Psychology actually. We just hit the chapter on interrogating suspects and how a Psychologist helps in the process."

"Sounds interesting, you didn't call us over to help with homework did you, because I think Huang would have been a better call for that." Olivia said with a grin.

"No, no I'm all set with this one. I just wanted to find out how everything was going with the case and I wanted to let you know I'm okay." Maureen looked down at her drink intent on getting the perfect straw angle for her cola.

"Well the case is going alright, we have a lot of good evidence, we even have a suspect. The trial will have a preliminary Monday morning then a court date will be set from there." Alex spoke up.

A waiter came over to see if they needed anything. Olivia ordered a coffee and Alex decided on a hot tea. After the waiter left, Olivia took a moment to observe Maureen. She was still fiddling with the straw, not really paying attention to what Alex had said a few minutes ago.

"Maureen, is there anything else you want to talk about?" Olivia asked sensitively

Maureen paused in her straw work, and looked up at Olivia with tears in her eyes.

"Honey, what's wrong."

"I…" Maureen couldn't finish as the tears turned into light sobs.

"Hey, what ever it is you can tell us."

Maureen tried to take a deep breath and continue.

"My…um, history p..p..professor, Dr. Ronslaw, h..h..e he tired… to…#Cough Sob#… to… he said.. in his office… he…"

Olivia turned to look at Alex they both had very worried expressions on their faces. The waiter was headed toward the table with the drinks. Alex waved them away as Olivia tried to calm Maureen.

"It'll be okay, you can tell us, we can help."

"He… tired to come on to me… he tried to touch me… he said that I needed help on my grade. I tried to forget it happened and then when this whole thing at the party happened I thought what if he had… what if something worse happened." Maureen spit out as fast as she could before she lost her nerve.

Olivia and Alex had tears in their eyes. She was hurting so badly.

They sat there for a few minutes.

"I just don't know what to do anymore." Maureen closed her book and got up and hurriedly left the diner.

Olivia thought about going after her, but decided she would just call Maureen in a little while. Olivia understood the need to just get away for a few minutes before loosing it all.

The waiter saw Maureen leave and ran after her, but couldn't get to her fast enough. As he came over to get her drink glass and basket from her food, he grumbled about informing the police.

"Sir, I've got it." Alex held out a ten-dollar bill. They were still sitting there.

"Thank you Ma'am. Do you need change?"

"No."

"Thank you." The bill was only four-fifty so he got a nice percentage of a tip. One of the reason's the college students like this place was because they could afford it.

/Sunday night/

She and Alex had been up late talking to Maureen. The case was a stall until this morning when court was open again. She had called Maureen about an hour after the talk in the diner, she had agreed to come to dinner at Olivia's. Alex stayed late, returning to her apartment after 1 in the morning. Maureen ended up crashing on the couch. She felt so at ease talking with Olivia.

/Monday Morning/

Olivia sat at her desk staring at her computer screen she was deciding if she would do a search on Dr. Ronslaw. It was early and not many people were around. Maureen was still asleep on her couch, her class wasn't till later in the day. Everyone else was still not in yet, except Cragen who had come in the same time she had.

Olivia typed in the name Charles Ronslaw, she had gotten his full name from Alex after they had left the diner. Nothing came up on the search other then his PhD credentials and his site on the college database. She ran his name through all the appropriate engines. A hit came up; a sealed juvenile record and another hit for a dropped charge, in Arizona, a community college student. So he wasn't that clean, great.

"Hey wait a minute! What the hell are you doing?"

Olivia jumped and whipped around to face a seething Elliot.

"Elliot what are you doing here. I thought Cragen gave you the day off?"

"I declined Olivia, you should know what that is."

"Elliot…"

"Olivia why are you doing a search on Dr. Ronslaw. That's one of Maureen's favorite teachers."

"Why are you looking over my shoulder?"

"Well how else am I to know anything. You won't talk to me anymore."

Olivia now stood to face him better.

"I don't answer to you. I answer to the victim."

"I'm your partner."

"Not in this case your not."

"THE VICTIM IS MY DAUGHTER."

"Exactly."

"What does Dr. Ronslaw have to do with this case." Elliot threw his arm out in a gesture toward the computer.

"Elliot this isn't your case."

"Yeah well you seem to know more about my own daughter then I do. I don't even know where she was last night."

"Elliot she doesn't live at your house anymore."

"Yeah but she always calls to say hi." Eliot sat heavily down at his desk.

Olivia's phone rang.

"Benson."

"Hi Olivia"

"Is everything okay."

"Yeah, I just woke up and saw your note. Sorry I just wanted to know where a towel was so I could take a shower."

"Oh yeah sorry about that, haven't done laundry in a while I guess I forgot the towels weren't under the sink. Look in the closet in the hall top shelf there should be some extra ones there."

"Um… yeah I see it thanks."

"No problem kiddo, anything else."

"Yeah. Are you with my Dad? I called home to talk to him and mom said he went to work."

"He is sitting right across from me."

"Is he mad?"

"Pretty much. Want to talk to him?"

"Yeah just for a second if you don't mind."

"No it's okay."

Olivia tossed her phone to her partner, who was staring at her, drumming his fingers on top of a folder.

"El, its you daughter."

"Maureen?" Elliot said into the phone.

"Daddy…"

"What is it sweetheart?"

"Just don't say anything yet. I want to talk to you today, in a few hours at Marly's."

"Okay I'll see you at 11."

"Okay." Maureen hung up before he could say anything else.

"What is he hiding." Elliot chucked Olivia's phone back across the desks.

"Elliot you need to calm down." Olivia caught the phone and gingerly clipped it back to her belt so that it wouldn't meet it's demise.

"No Olivia, I won't calm down. Is she at your place. Why is she at your place?"

"She needed to talk. She stayed too late to go back to the dorms."

"She could have talked to me."

"She felt more comfortable talking to me and Alex was letting her know how things would go from here on out with the trials and stuff."

"Alex? She was there last night too."

"Yes she was."

"So the rumors are true then. Jesus Liv why won't you talk to me anymore about anything."

"El my personal life is none of your business and not up for discussion."

"Neither is my personal life. Maureen is my daughter making her my business, she is a part of my life, all my kids are and it's not right when I don't know why they hurt."

Elliot threw himself out of his chair, whipped up his coat and exited the precinct.

Olivia just watched him go and placed her head in her hands. She looked up when she heard footsteps stop at her desk. Cragen stood looking down at her.

"He gone?"

"Yeah."

"Good he shouldn't be here today. What was that all about."

Olivia filled Cragen in on the new information on the professor. He replied with a grunt.

"I'll pass this on to Fin to work out. I want to finish up and get all the paper work to Alex. Then I want you to do what you need to so that your head is still in this game. You can partner up with Fin in the morning."

/Late Monday Afternoon/

Olivia looked at the black leather chair; it seemed to be mocking her. She sighed and sank into it.

She had called Dr. Mays when she dropped off the paperwork that Alex had needed for the preliminary hearing at 11. So she made an appointment to see Dr. Mays at 4 pm. In the mean time she had gone home to tidy up from last night. When she got home there was a note from Maureen thanking her for the talk and a place to sleep the previous night. She had done the dished and folded the blankets from the couch. So Olivia took a nap on the couch, it was the best nap she had in a long time. She smiled thinking about it.

"So Olivia what can I do for you today." Dr. Mays said as she entered the room, drawing Olivia out of her thoughts.

"Well Cap wants my head in the game, he doesn't think its there."

"Well what do you think?" Dr. Mays asked pulling her chair around to sit infront of Olivia .

"I'm not sure really. I'm frustrated about the whole situation really."

"Well why don't you fill me in on the situation and we can see from there."

"Well It all started…." Olivia filled Dr. Mays in on what had happened with Maureen and how Elliot and Kathy were treating her. How Elliot had dragged Alex into it. How he was placing a lot of pressure on her.

"Olivia you're doing your job. Usually Elliot is doing the job with you, and now he can't. He can't do this part, he needs to be a parent right now. But he knows that he can help. But he can't stand to see his child hurting. It hurts him that she won't talk to him, that he comes to you. And you use to share with him, what was on your mind, how you were doing, when you were pissed off at him. Now your not, you can't betray your victim's trust."

"I tried to tell him that. Maureen called for him today so maybe she is ready to talk. Last night she mentioned it a little. Maybe Alex and I were able to feed her some strength to talk to her father, now that we know everything will be okay."

"Maybe. What about Alex. Elliot seemed upset about you two?"

"More upset that he didn't know, that I didn't tell him what was up with me. But I couldn't, I couldn't understand it myself, how could I talk to him about it, have him understand when I was so lost and confused about everything myself."

"Maybe you can talk to him now. He kind of knows now."

"Maybe."

"Is everything else going okay. Have you been sleeping alright."

"Yeah, I guess so."

"Are the nightmares still haunting you?"

"They have calmed down. I don't wake up in a sweat as often, not in the last two weeks anyway."

"That's good to hear."

"I guess."

"Is there anything else you want to talk about."

"No I don't think so."

"Well don't hesitate to call me."

"I haven't, I won't."

"Alright, do we want to keep your appointment, its on Wednesday or do we want to just go four weeks from here."

"Let's just go from here."

"Okay I'll see you in four weeks then."

"Okay."

Olivia left the office, she's not sure she really felt any better but if going to see Dr. Mays would let her come in to work the next day she'd do it.

As she re-entered her apartment the phone was ringing. She rushed to the table in the living room to answer it.

"Hello."

"Olivia?"

"Yes, Elliot?"

"Yeah, look Liv, I just called to see if everything is still alright with us."

"I don't know El, is it?" Olivia sat heavily onto the couch.

"Maureen talked to me today. I guess I can see why she needed to wait to talk to Kathy and me. She is talking to Kathy tonight. Then we are all sitting down together tomorrow while the kids are at school and working some stuff out."

"Sounds good Elliot." She needed him to apologize to her, but at least this was a start.

"I'm really sorry, how I treated you. I just thought you not being a parent you couldn't understand how we feel and that I would get special treatment because I'm your partner. But you did the right thing, I'll see that soon I guess. You're a good Cop Olivia, you are, don't let anyone, especially me tell you anything less."

"Thanks El."

"Apology accepted?" Elliot asked hopefully.

"Almost."

"I'm sorry about dragging your personal life into this. I had no right to use that."

"Apology accepted."

"You want to come to dinner tomorrow night."

"Wow, dinner on a work night, what are we to do."

"Eat." Elliot said with a laugh

"Sure I'll come, what time?" Olivia replied with a laugh, she was glad that everything was going to be okay with her and Elliot, she wasn't sure what she would do with out having a friend in the Stabler family.

"7, bring Alex if she is free."

"Alright, who is cooking?"

"Me, Kathy has to work the1 to 5 shift she is taking a half day."

"Uh oh should we have pizza on standby." Olivia laughed.

"Very funny partner. I can cook. So you guys will be there?"

"Yeah see you tomorrow night."

"We'll talk more tomorrow."

"I wouldn't expect anything less."

"Bye

"Bye"

Olivia hit the talk button and cuddled further in the couch. She and Elliot still had some stuff they needed to work out. She was sure Kathy would want to talk to her in length. But she knew one thing, she would always be there when the Stabler kids needed to talk.

She sighed and started dialing the phone again. It was picked up on the third ring.

"Hello."

"Alex"

"Hey, everything go okay today."

"Yeah, Elliot invited us to dinner tomorrow night."

"Um, is that such a good idea."

"Maureen talked to him today and she is talking to Kathy now. So we are on better terms."

"That's great, I'm glad she was able to talk… What time is dinner?"

"7, Elliot is cooking."

"Oh yum." Alex said seriously.

"You've had Elliot's cooking?"

"Yeah, before I left with WP he you and I to dinner but you couldn't come for some reason, it was a long time ago, he can only make spaghetti and meatballs and garlic bread but his meatballs are from scratch, as is his sauce, its fantastic."

"I though he was Irish?"

"Doesn't matter the man can cook incredible Italian."

"Cool."

"You up for a run in the morning, I can come over at 5."

"Yeah that would be great."

"See you tomorrow."

"Definitely."

Once again Olivia hit the talk button and went into the kitchen in search of Dinner. Then she was going to call Fin to see about the case then go to bed and read. It had just been one of those weekends and what a Monday. She needed to stop having these adventurous weekends so close together.

End