Affairs of the Heart

Disclaimer: I don't own them they belong to Dick Wolf

Summary: See previos chapters

A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed. I checked my e-mail today and was extremley excited when I saw all the mail I had! I hope you like the way I decided to take this story! Let me know!

Bad News

"Where is she?" Matt called, as he rushed into the hospital ward.

"She's in her room, sleeping." Cragen said, rising from his chair to meet the man.

"I knew something was wrong when she didn't call this morning. What happened to her?" Matt asked, distraught.

"She was attacked." Elliot said, coming out of Olivia's room.

"Oh God, when?" Matt asked, covering his mouth with one hand, and holding his head with the other. All the color drained from his face.

"Last night." Cragen answered. "Matt, can you tell us what happened last night?" He asked.

Matt sat in a chair, not sure if his knees could still support him. "I took Liv out for dinner." He began. "We danced a little, and then I took her home. She told me that she didn't need me to walk her up to her apartment, so I just left. I should have insisted, I'm so sorry." Matt finished, looking up towards Cragen.

"This isn't your fault Matt, you couldn't have known." Cragen comforted, as he placed a comforting hand on Matt's shoulder.

"She never made it up to her apartment. She must have been attacked outside." Elliot said quietly.

"How do you know that?" Cragen asked, turning to face his detective.

"Liv and I haven't been getting along to well lately. I went over to her apartment to talk to her. I ended up waiting outside of her apartment, and I fell asleep. She never came home." He explained.

"Okay." Cragen answered. "It looks like we're just gonna have to wait until Benson wakes up to figure out what happened." Cragen concluded with a sigh. "I'm getting coffee, anybody want?" He offered as he began to walk down the hall.

The two men shook their heads no, before Cragen got into the elevator.

Elliot took this chance to strike. He turned to corner Matt against the wall. "If I find out that you had anything to do with this, so help me, I will personally make you regret the day you were born." He threatened through clenched teeth.

"Detective Stabler, why would I hurt her?" Matt asked calmly.

"You were the last man to see her before the attack." Elliot answered.

"And you just put yourself at the scene." Matt answered cockily. Elliot couldn't think of anything else to say. He backed off, and returned to Olivia's room in defeat.

1:00 a.m.

Olivia began to stir in her bed. She forced her eyes to flutter open. When they finally adjusted to the light, she looked around the room to get her bearings. It wasn't long before she recognized the room to be a hospital room.

She quickly caught view of Elliot's sleeping form. He had fallen asleep in the chair next to her bed, and his head had fallen forward, and was now resting next to her side. Olivia carefully removed her hand from his, and gently stroked Elliot's face with it.

This gently touch woke him, and he looked up to see Olivia smiling down at him.

"Hey." He managed, rubbing his eyes, and straightening himself in the chair.

"Hey." Olivia answered. "How long have you been there?"

Elliot looked at his watch. "About…17 hours." He answered.

Olivia couldn't believe that he had sat with her that long. She did the math quickly in her head, and realized that he hadn't left her since she passed outthe morning before.

"How you feeling?" He asked.

"I'm okay. My head hurts, and my body's a little sore though. What happened?" She answered.

"We were hoping that you could tell us." Elliot said. "Hang on though, lemme get the cap, he'll wanna take your statement."

Elliot left the room for a brief moment, and then returned with Cragen. "Hey Liv.' He greeted. "How areyou feeling?"

"I'm doing okay Don, thanks." Olivia smiled.

"Liv, do you remember what happened to you?" Her captain asked.

"Well..." Olivia began. "Matt and I went to dinner. He asked me to dance. Then he…he kissed me. I just ended a relationship, and I just wasn't ready to start a new one, so I asked him to take me home. He did, and then he said goodnight. I watched him turn the corner, and then I went to open my door. Then… I felt a sharp pain in my head, and I fell backwards. Then I blacked out." Olivia said, relaying her memories of the night before to the men in her room.

"When I got up this morning, I was in the alley next to my building. I cleaned my self up, and left the bloody paper towels in my bathroom. I was going to compare the DNA on them later." Olivia continued.

"How do you know there will be a match?" Cragen questioned.

"Well, my purse was gone this morning, I figured that maybe I was mugged. If the perp's a repeat offender, his DNA may be on file." She explained.

"Okay, I'll send Munch and Fin over to collect the paper towels later. We'll run the DNA through the system." Cragen said. "I just have one more question." He began. "Were you…sexually active at all last night?" He asked cautiously.

"No, why?" Olivia asked, concern building in her voice. "What aren't you telling me?" Olivia began looking from person to person in her room to try to find an answer.

"Livia," Elliot began, taking her hand. "The doctor found seamen when he did your exam." He finally said, breaking the news to her. "Are you sure that you didn't sleep with anyone last night?"

"Oh God." Olivia just gasped, pacing a hand over her mouth. "I was… raped, wasn't I?"

"I'm so sorry Olivia." Cragen said, trying to comfort his detective. She collapsed into sobs, and for the first time since the breakup, she allowed Elliot to hold her. She needed his strong arms right now. She hated that she was allowing Elliot and her boss to see her like this, but she couldn't help it. Olivia never thought that this would happen to her. She soon allowed herself to fall asleep in Elliot's comforting arms.

TBC... The plot will thicken in the next chapter so read on! And don't forget to tell me what you think!