Affairs of the Heart
Disclaimer: I don't own them. They belong to Dick Wolfe, and I am jealous.
Summary: Olivia and Elliot break up, but will ELliot be able to handle her new guy, andmore importantly, what will happen when Olivia faces her biggest dilema yet?
A/N:Thanks to the people who reviewed. I hope all the people who like my series enjoy this just as much. If you do I would love you guys to tell me in a review! For the people who didn't read the series, I hope you like this anyway! Enjoy!
This chapter starts out with the case from chapter2!
A New Guy or an Old Friend?
"We're running the DNA sample that you so, unwillingly, gave us right now Mr. West. If you don't think it's gonna match the sample you left in your girlfriend, then you're stupider than I thought." Olivia said to the Dylan West, the young man sitting across the interrogation table from her.
She and Elliot had picked him up shortly after talking to the victim's mother, and discovering that he was the deceased boyfriend.
They had gotten a court order for his DNA after he refused to give it willingly, and then he called a lawyer.
Now Dylan and Trevor Langon were sitting on one end of the cold, steel table, and Olivia and Casey Novak were sitting on the other end. Elliot had opted to lean against the two-way mirror.
"No need to be rude detective." Langon interjected. Olivia didn't know why, but she hated this lawyer more than any of the others she was forced to deal with.
"Why don't you just confess now?" Elliot asked from where he was standing.
"Why? Just cause you and this little Bitch want me to? I don't think so. You don't scare me honey." Dylan said across the table.
"Hey, hey, hey," Elliot called "You keep that up and we'll arrest you right now for harassing an officer."
"Detective, don't make idol threats." Langon answered.
Olivia threw Elliot the coldest look he had ever seen, so he decided to back off.
Casey finally noticed how cold the two were being towards each other. It was strange for them to be this way.
It was then that Casey remembered something Olivia had told her and Alex one night that they had all gone out for dinner. She confided that she was falling hard for Elliot, and that it scared her.Casey and Alex had told her that Elliot would never hurt her, but Casey guessed that Olivia hadn't listened.
Cragen suddenly emerged from the hallway. "DNA's a match Mr. West." He said. "We also found the little tape you made of yourself raping your girlfriend. Detectives, arrest Mr., West for rape and facilitation in his girlfriend's death."
"I just have one question for you Dylan. Why would you save a tape of you committing rape?" Elliot asked as Olivia got ready to arrest the man.
"She liked it." Dylan said smugly.
"Yeah, well I bet your new girlfriend in Rikers will like you just as much." Olivia answered as she tightened the handcuffs. "Dylan West, you are under arrest for the rape and facilitation in the death of Morgan Stevens. You have the right to remain silent….." Olivia read him the rest of his rights as she led him to booking.
After handing Dylan off to a guard Olivia turned on Elliot. "What the hell were you trying to pull in there?" She demanded in a chilling whisper.
"What do you mean?" Elliot asked defensively.
"Telling West that you were going to arrest him for harassing me?" She informed him.
"Liv, he was talking to you like you were a piece pf trash." He said, defending himself.
"Yea well, El, you lost the right to defend me when our 'fling' ended." She answered coldly, leaving Elliot alone in the hallway and heading back to her desk.
When she returned to her desk she noticed a man standing over it looking at her pictures.
"May I help you?" She asked in an accusing tone.
"Yeah, I was looking for Officer Olivia Benson, or is it Detective, now?" The man asked, smiling.
Olivia's face lit up with recognition. "Matt?" She asked, a little unsure of herself.
"Hey Liv." He answered, confirming her question. His smiling widening.
Elliot grew confused. Who was this guy? More importantly, why was he so jealous of him?
Olivia smiled, and gave the man a warm hug. Elliot could feel his jealousy rising. Olivia noticed it, and seemed to take joy out of it.
"Wow, it's been a while." She said, ending the embrace. "How have you been?"
"Good, and you?" He asked.
"I've been great. What brings you back to the city? I though that you were never coming back after moving to Detroit." Olivia answered.
"Well, I got a job to take some pictures of the 'Big Apple'. I figured that I would drop in while I was here, and here I am!" Matt answered.
"Well, I'm glad you did." Olivia smiled.
Suddenly Munch interrupted the two by clearing his throat. "You gonna introduce us to your friend Benson?" He asked.
"Oh, yeah, sorry guys." Olivia apologized. "This is Matt. We dated for a little while after I got out of the academy. He's a photographer." Olivia explained. "Matt, this is Detective John Munch, and Detective Odafin Tutola, my coworkers, and Elliot Stabler, my partner."
"Hi guys." Matt said, shaking each of there hands, and flashing them what Elliot though was one of the fakest smiles he had ever seen. Matt had deep green eyes that Elliot immediately couldn't trust. Olivia noticed, and decided to separate the two.
"Matt, why don't we grab some lunch?" She offered, taking hold of his arm. She didn't want to eat with Elliot anyway.
"Sounds good." Matt answered. "It was nice meeting you all." He took Olivia's coat form her chair, and helped her into it.
"I'll be back soon." Olivia said. "My phone's on if you need me." With that Matt led her out with his hand on the small of her back.
TBC... I think that I'll posta few chapterstoday, since there wasn't much going on in this chapter. It was a transition form the case to the real plot of the story.