Help Me Help You

Disclaimer: I don't own them.

Author: Purity85

Summary: Takes place a few months after "Weak" as if Elliot has basically frozen Olivia out of his personal life. He thinks he can't talk to her about his divorce because he blames her and because he wants to be with her as more than a friend or a partner if you get my drift. Things get more complicated when they have to go undercover. Thoughts are in italics.

Author's Note: I am SO sorry about the lack of updates. I've had writer's block and some personal issues as of late. But here's the next part and I will have more up soon. Thank you all for the reviews. : )

Part Five

Olivia woke up with her arms empty and Elliot was no longer in the room. She heard the shower running and realized that was where he was. She glanced at the clock and realized it was 2:30 in the afternoon. I've never slept that good in my life. She thought as she stood up to stretch. She smiled to herself as she heard Elliot singing in the shower. I wonder if I should go join him… better not. I'll make breakfast. She went into his kitchen and started to make breakfast for the two of them.

In the shower Elliot was singing Poison's Cherry Pie and thinking about Olivia. I've never slept that good in my life. He smiled. She really is perfect for me in every way. I hope this case is over today because I can't wait any longer. He finished up his shower and got dressed in sweatpants and a wife beater to go cook Olivia breakfast but he found her already handling that. She met him at the entrance to the kitchen with a cup of coffee and a soft chaste kiss. "Good Afternoon, Detective Stabler." She said with a smile.

He stood there in shock for a moment just staring at her. He took a sip of the coffee and swore it was the best he'd ever tasted. He smiled at her, "I love this, things are going so well… don't you want it to stay this way?"

She looked at him trying to find the part of him that was kidding and even though she couldn't see it. She smiled at him, "We can define this after this case is shut, okay? Your divorce isn't even final yet." She mumbled the second part rolling her eyes and finishing up the bacon. "Okay food's ready, help yourself." She said bringing her own plate over to his table and sitting down.

He heard what she mumbled and he looked at her puzzled but decided to let it slide. He grabbed himself some pancakes, bacon, fruit, and a glass of juice. He took a place at the table next to his beautiful partner. He started to devour the amazing smelling food that he had in front of him. When he had his first taste and realized that somehow the food in front of him tasted better than it smelled. He was overcome by how good it was and in complete amazement of Olivia so he reached over and grabbed the seat of her chair and pulled her to him for a kiss. He captured her lips and gripped the side of her head unrelentingly.

She returned his passionate gesture wholeheartedly and climbed into his lap never breaking their kiss. Finally they parted their lips and Olivia's traveled down his neck, "Let's go back to bed Elliot…" She moaned into his ear.

"You don't have to ask me twice." He said standing up and scooping Olivia into his arms and carrying her back into his bedroom. He tentatively laid her on the bed and positioned himself lying above her. He ran his fingertips slowly up the outside of her silky bare thigh and under the t-shirt she'd stolen from him. He bypassed her underwear for now and worked his way up to her bare breasts which he'd become much more familiar with as of late. She arched her back under his touch and nipped at his lips for a kiss. He obliged her giving her a soft kiss as he worked her nipple between his thumb and forefinger. She wriggled underneath him and wrapped her legs around him to pull him closer.

She deepened their kiss and squeezed he legs tighter around him. She kissed down his neck and nibbled under his ear, and then she moaned, "I want you so much." She bucked her hips against him. He pushed her shirt off to reveal her captivating body again. He started to kiss his way down her neck to her breasts when the phone started ringing.

"Ugh…" He groaned starting to climb off of her to answer the phone but she stopped him by using all the force she had to flip him over so that she was on top.

"No more interruptions Elliot." She said with a smile followed by a passionate kiss as she rode him slowly. She reached down in between them letting her hand wander into his sweatpants and wrap around his shaft.

He moaned excitedly smiling up at her like a crazy person. "You're am….ama…amazing!" He screeched as her nails raked against his most sensitive area.

She shrugged her shoulders as if to indicate that she already knew that as she reluctantly moved her hand away from his shaft. She gripped the side of his sweatpants and pulled them down to his ankles revealing his full package for her viewing pleasure. She started kissing up the inside of his thigh when her ministrations were interrupted by an all too familiar voice coming through the answering machine.

"Hey El, it's me…Kathy. I… need to talk to you. I…uh… I'm having second thoughts… I miss you… Please call me." Kathy sounded almost desperate on the other end of the phone.

When Olivia heard the other woman's voice she stopped what she was doing, climbed off of her partner. I knew this was too good to be true. She thought to herself shaking her head as she put her clothes back on. She couldn't bring herself to look at Elliot.

Elliot pulled his pants back on and stood to catch up with his partner. He walked over to her and reached out his hand to touch her elbow trying to get her to look at him but she pulled her arm away as if his touch burned her. "Liv…" He sighed almost groaning.

"Don't worry about me Stabler, just go call your wife. I'll see you tonight so that we can wrap up this case." She said walking into the living room where her shoes were. She started to pull her shoes on when Elliot sat down beside her.

"She's not my wife anymore." He sighed.

"Legally she is." Olivia said still unable to bring herself to look at him she was so embarrassed.

"Not for long." Elliot explained touching Olivia's kneecap lightly.

She lightly let her fingers caress the back of his hand against her better judgment. "Elliot, you owe it to yourself and your kids to give your marriage another shot." She said standing up and looking at him for the first time.

He stood up to look her straight in the eyes, "I owe it to myself and to you to give us a shot. Please don't give up on us."

She bit down on her bottom lip and tried to hold her tears in with all of her might because she knew what she needed to do. "There is no 'us'. Call your wife back and I will see you later at the club." And with that she left her partner and rushed out of the apartment. She walked to her own apartment crying softly to herself the whole way.

Elliot stood there in shock for several minutes staring at the door Olivia had used to walk out of his apartment and his life. He practically collapsed onto the couch with his head in his hands knowing that he needed to call Kathy back out of respect for the mother of his children. He picked up the phone and dialed the familiar number after two rings his soon to be ex-wife answered the phone.

"Hello?" She asked sounding hopeful on the other end of the line.

"Hey Kath… it's me." He said trying not to sound too upset. "What did you want to talk about?"

She swallowed hard on the other end of the phone, "I want you to come home Elliot. I miss you and the kids miss you, you should just come home."

Now it was Elliot's turn to swallow hard, swallow his tears. "No Kathy." He sighed. "You left me and then you filed for divorce. I'm signing the papers on Friday. It's over and it's for the best that it's over. You know it's the truth."

Kathy sighed knowing that he was right, "Why didn't you answer the phone earlier? I know you couldn't have possibly still been asleep." She prodded.

"That's not really any of your business anymore Kathy." Elliot said.

Kathy accepted this and smiled on her end of the line, "We're still going to be friends aren't we El?"

"Yes." Elliot said happy to be at a normal place with his ex-wife.

"Then I should tell you something… the only reason I called you this morning is because Maureen told me that you are dating Olivia." Kathy confessed.

"She told you about last night?" Elliot asked nervously.

Kathy laughed, "She spared me the details, she just told me that you two are involved now and I got jealous."

"Well, good news there might not be anything left to be jealous of." Elliot admitted.

Kathy laughed again.

"Thanks for the sympathy." Elliot growled on his end of the phone.

Kathy stifled her laughter, "Sorry… it's just the idea that you and Olivia are over is ridiculous. You two won't ever be over." She said with an underlying bitterness in her voice. "It's one of the main reasons I left." She explained.

"Yeah I guess." Elliot said unsure of himself.

"Just talk to her Elliot, you've always been able to talk to her about anything and now you need to talk to her about this." Kathy explained.

"You're right. I guess I should call her." Elliot said.

"You do that, it was nice talking to you." Kathy said

"You too, thanks for the advice." Elliot said with a smile and hung up.

Elliot dialed Olivia's number quickly and when she answered he was the first to speak, "Olivia."

"Elliot." She replied in an apathetic tone.

He sighed, "I talked to Kathy."

"That's nice. When are you moving home?" She asked.

"I'm not. She only called this morning because she was…" Elliot started to explain but he was cut off by his partner's cold words.

"Elliot… I can't listen to this right now. I need to concentrate on the case and so do you. We need to get this finished up… right now all I want is for all of this to be over." She said and with that she hung up the phone leaving her partner crushed for the second time that day.

TBC….sooner this time I promise. Please review.