This is the sequel to 'You're My Best Friend.' Hope you enjoy. Please R&R. It motivates me to write more.

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Lu78, where did you see it going?
I hate to think I'm misleading you all :(

Italics are thoughts.

I don't own these characters I just love the show.


The next few days went by easy for Olivia and Elliot. They decided to not tell anyone about the engagement just yet, so she kept her ring at home. As much as she wanted to wear it and show it off, she knew it was best to wait. Before they knew it, it was Saturday, Olivia's 30th birthday. Elliot woke her up with a kiss and made her a big breakfast then headed to work. Olivia had to be in court first thing for a recent case against a man who molested three women. Great way to start a day, she thought. But Elliot was glad to get her away from the station so he could finalize everything for her party.

Everything was set, and all his paperwork was done. As he was leaving to get ready to take Liv out for dinner, Casey showed up.

"Hey, Elliot, can I talk to you a sec?"

"Sure, what is it?" She pulled him aside where nobody could hear them. She knew they wanted to keep the engagement a secret.

"I wanted to talk to you about the other night. Are you guys ok?"

"Yeah, we're great. I had said something I shouldn't have, and we got into a fight. But we're ok."

"She told me. You know, about the baby." She whispered when she said 'baby'.

"Oh." Elliot suddenly realized she probably also told Casey about what he had said that night. "We worked it out, you know. Everything's fine."

"Congratulations, Elliot. On the baby and the engagement." Casey smiled letting him know she knew everything was fine. "But if you ever hurt her, I'm going to have to kill you." She laughed, half joking. "But I thought you weren't going to give her the ring until tonight?"

"It just seemed right to do it then. We'll announce it tonight." With that, Casey hugged him and congratulated him again, and let him go get ready.

"You ready yet, Liv?" Elliot asked impatiently from the living room. "We have reservations and need to get there soon."

"Okay, I'm ready." She called, walking into the living room. As soon as Elliot looked at her, he was glad she took all the time she did. She looked beautiful, wearing a strapless black dress that hugged her curves and flowed into an A-line skirt. Her shiny brown hair barely swept over the tops of her shoulders, and she had diamond earrings that glistened in the light like her deep brown eyes did.

"Wow. Livy, you look great." He swallowed hard, trying to contain himself. "Maybe we should stay in tonight." He smiled slyly.

"No way, mister! This is the last time I can wear this before the baby is born. We're going out." She linked her arm through his, and they headed out.

Elliot took her to a quiet romantic little restaurant near central park. They had a great dinner and enjoyed each other's company, telling stories, laughing, and kissing. "Ready to get outta here?" He said after handing the waiter the signed credit card receipt. She nodded and they were out.

"Elliot, thank you so much for tonight. I had a great time. I'm glad you talked me into this."

"Baby, the night is just starting." He said as a horse and carriage pulled up. "C'mon. Let's ride through the park."

"Oh, Elliot." She tilted her head slightly in awe as he took her hand to help her in the carriage. "I thought I said only dinner?"

"I know. But did you honestly think that was all I was going to do?"

"No." She smiled, and kissed him. "I love you so much, Elliot Stabler."

"Hey… you're wearing your ring." Elliot smiled. He hated that she couldn't wear it, but he wanted them to announce it at the party.

"I figured we'd only be together, and I wanted tonight to be special. And this is special."

After a peaceful ride through the park, the couple headed back to the apartment. Elliot made a point to make her laugh loudly so the people inside could hear them coming down the hall. He put the key in the door and fumbled loudly. She stepped inside before him, turning the lights on and immediately hearing a loud, "SURPRISE!"

Olivia stood shocked. Looking around she saw all her friends. Cragen, Munch, Fin, Casey, others that worked in the station with her, and people she knew in the academy. She never realized how many people she knew, and how many people loved her.

She smiled widely and turned to Elliot, "Oh my gosh. This is for me!"

He nodded assuring it indeed was all for her, "Happy Birthday, Olivia." He said in her ear when she hugged him. "This is a birthday party all for you."

She pulled back and looked into his eyes, "Thank you." She said quietly to him, forming tears in her eyes and smiling. He rubbed her back as she turned to her guests.

"WOW!" She laughed. "I've never… wow, thank you all so much!"

"Happy Birthday, Olivia!" Alex came up and hugged her.

"ALEX? Oh my gosh, I thought I'd never see you again!"

"I know! I got out! All the guys involved either died or ratted each other out in exchange for deals, so, here I am! Elliot called me when he found out and asked me to come tonight. I wouldn't miss it for the world."

"I can't believe all this."

Everyone mingled and talked for a couple hours and Olivia opened the presents that people brought for her. When she was all done, she pulled Elliot into the kitchen to talk to him a moment. "Hey, El? When should we tell everyone? I mean, tonight would be perfect since everyone is here, right?"

"Yeah. Let's do it now." He held her left hand as they walked back into the living room together where all the guests were. "Excuse me, everyone! We have something we'd like to tell you." He said over the crowd, turning down the stereo a bit. Everyone got quiet. They had agreed to tell them both pieces of information. He continued, "Olivia and I have decided to get married." He held her hand up so they could see the ring on her finger. Everyone gasped in surprise, and then clapped. Elliot looked over at Olivia who was smiling and taking it all in. God, she looks beautiful.

"….AND!" She continued. "I'm pregnant." A collective awe filled the room followed by more clapping and some whistling. The rest of the night people were coming up and congratulating them. By 2 am, the guests were gone, with the exception of a few who were helping to clean up. By 2:45, the place was empty and clean.

"Finally, I have you all to myself." Elliot pulled Olivia to him, smiling. The faint smell of champagne lingered on his breath, but she leaned to kiss him anyway, pulling him closer to her by the front of his shirt. He grabbed her hips and held them against his own, deepening the intensity of their kiss.


Olivia woke to the sound of her phone ringing. She looked over at the clock – four am? She let out a frustrated sigh since she had just fallen asleep, rubbed her eyes and answered the phone. "Benson?… Who is this?… yeah, I'll be right there."

"Who was that, babe?" Elliot asked half asleep.

"It was Fin. He got a call and Munch isn't available. I'll see you later at the station."

"You want me to go?"

"No, it's ok. I got it. Go back to sleep." Olivia got dressed quickly and headed out the door to meet Fin at the scene. When she got there, the sun was threatening to rise, but it was still dark out. There were no cars, paramedics – nothing to make it look like a crime scene at all. "Fin…" She said aloud, a little mad for giving her the wrong address. She pulled her phone out to call him to verify the address again, but before he could answer, she felt a hard metal object push against her head. She went to reach for her gun

"Don't move. If you touch that gun, I will shoot you."

"Take my money, just let me go." She dropped her phone.

"I don't want your money, bitch. I want you."

Olivia turned around slowly with her hands up, and he allowed it. She couldn't see his features because it was a little dark still, but she could make out his height and build. He stood there, angry, pointing a gun at her face. She quickly grabbed his wrist and twisted it, and kneed him in the groin. He doubled over and fell to his knees. Olivia started to run, but felt a hard sharp pain in her calf after hearing a loud popping sound. She immediately lost her footing and fell to the ground. The man came up and stood over her, she could see his features more clearly now. He tied his jacket tightly around the wound to stop the bleeding.

"See what you made me do, bitch!" He grunted before hitting her over the head with the handle of his gun to knock her out. His phone rang, and he picked it up, immediately reminding him of her phone. "Yeah… yeah, I got her. I'm on my way." He stood over the phone for a moment before crushing it under his foot.


SVU Squad Room, 9 am

Munch and Fin were already at their desks when Elliot sat down at his. "Hey Fin, where's Liv?"

"I don't know, haven't seen her since the party last night." Fin shrugged.

"What do you mean? She got a call from you at 4am asking her to come to a crime scene cause Munch couldn't make it."

"I got no calls." Munch said, looking at Fin.

"I was sleeping like a baby at 4am. In fact, my phone was off." He looked at his phone and noticed he had a voicemail. " I got a voicemail. I didn't even hear it ring.

"Then where the hell is she?" Elliot stood angry walking to Cragen's office. "You see Olivia come in this morning?"

"No. I haven't seen her since last night. Great party by the way."

"She got a call at 4am saying it was Fin, needed her to meet him at a crime scene cause Munch couldn't make it. Fin says he was sleeping at 4am, never made the call."

"Hey Elliot! You gotta listen to this." Fin said hurrying over to Elliot.


Olivia woke handcuffed to a bed. Her first thought was the she had been raped, but she didn't feel any different, and her pants were still on. She looked around the dark, almost empty room and saw nobody, but heard voiced outside the room. She wondered what the hell had happened, what Fin set her up to. She heard footsteps come closer to her room and almost pretended like she was unconscious still, but they came into the room too quickly.

"Oh, good. You're awake."

"Who are you?"

"You don't remember me? Oh, sweetheart, we got a lot of catching up to do. You put me away ten years ago for raping that stupid little bitch that ratted me out! Well guess what? I'm out." He flashed an evil smile. "And you're going to pay just like that little bitch did."

"Kevin Baxter. I didn't put you away, the jury did. You did more than rape that girl, you raped and murdered three women. And if you're going to kill me, why didn't you just let your buddy leave me to bleed to death after he shot me?"

"I want you to suffer like I suffered for the last ten years." He whispered into her ear. She cringed when she felt his hot breath on her neck.

"Go to hell." For that, he slapped her in the face.

"Watch your mouth, you stupid bitch! It'll only make you suffer more. Besides, you don't want to look all beaten up when you meet my friend. He's been wanting to meet you for a long time." He grinned and left the room.


Elliot heard Olivia briefly try to negotiate with the man, then he heard struggling, grunting, and then a gunshot. He knew Olivia was on the wrong side of the barrel otherwise she'd be in, but he didn't think she was dead. He could hear the man yell at Olivia. It broke his heart to know that he wasn't there to help her. All he could do now is find her.

"Elliot, we had Olivia's cell phone traced to this area. No calls were made since then. You and Fin got check it out." Cragen handed Elliot a piece of paper with an address on it. Elliot raced over and got there as quick as possible. He jumped out of the car and started searching for any clues he could find. He looked for blood because he knew she had been shot. When he reached the sidewalk, he saw her phone crushed into three pieces. When he picked it up, he looked up and down the cement both ways and saw blood about ten feet away.

"Fin! Look at this." He ran his finger over it and felt that it wasn't quite dry. Fin took a cotton swab for a sample and placed it into an evidence bag. Fin searched the street for anything more while Elliot looked closer to where he was kneeling to find something, anything. He noticed something shiny about two feet away in a small crack between the building and the sidewalk. When he picked it up, his heart caught in his throat.


Longest chapter I think I've written so far… 5 pages! Hope you enjoy, please R&R. :)