Olivia Benson's Apartment – Friday night

Olivia had been lying in her bed for almost two hours trying to go to sleep. She looked at the clock beside her nightstand. "Crap," she thought, "it's 2:30 and I have to work tomorrow even though it's Saturday. Come on, I need sleep." She had been thinking about Elliot and what he had said that he had felt for her as she told him how she had felt for him. Deep down, Olivia knew at that moment that Elliot was not only her partner and best friend, but her soul mate and that she loved him more than as a friend. She smiled and finally drifted off to sleep, looking forward at what was to come the next day when she saw Elliot.

SVU Squad Room – Saturday morning

"Good morning, Liv," said a familiar voice.

Olivia looked up from her computer to her partner, "well, good morning to you too." She smiled at him and noticed his tired eyes, "You look tired?"

"Yeah, I couldn't really sleep last night," said Elliot, "It's just been all these thoughts about Kathy giving up custody of the kids and going off with that stupid son of a gun boyfriend of hers. That was a reason why I had been questioning our marriage for several months now."

"Also," he continued in a whispering tone so Munch and Fin wouldn't give them suspicious looks, "I was thinking about you and our friendship."

Olivia looks at Elliot, who was beginning to feel his cheeks turn red. "I couldn't sleep either," she said.

Their discussion was interrupted by a slam of a door followed by Cragen.

"OK, we got a rape-murder on 15th and Central," barks Cragen, "and there is a bomb tied to the victim's body."

"Oh no," says Munch, "is Bomb Squad there yet?"

"They arrived first on scene, but those are the only details I have as of right. Stabler, Benson, go to the scene, here's the directions to the location," Cragen hands Elliot a piece of paper and turns to Munch and Fin as Elliot and Olivia are leaving. "You guys go and talk to anyone who may have knew the victim." They both nodded and walked out of the precinct.

15th Street & Central-Saturday afternoon

"You guys are from Homicide?" asks an officer, pointing at Elliot and Olivia.

"Special Victims," says Elliot, with a smile. He flashes his badge, "I'm Detective Stabler, this is my partner, Detective Benson," gesturing to Olivia.

"What do we have?" Olivia asks the officer.

"Let's see, 28-year-old female, name is Heather Milligan. She was raped and beaten to death. She would have blown up too if the bomb was set to go off after the perp committed the crime."

Elliot goes over to the body with the bomb. He leaned in closer and saw a note in front of the bomb.

"Hey guys," he calls over the group from Bomb Squad, "we have a note on the bomb!"

One of the detectives from the Bomb Squad unit goes over to Elliot and carefully picks up the note. "We checked the bomb and it was off," he tells Elliot, "I don't think it will explode with the note tied to it." He hands the paper to Elliot and he opens it up, reads it, and is utterly shocked at what it says.

"Olivia," he said, "you may need to read this. It sounds familiar from the stalker case we worked on a few years ago where the guy stalked the victims and then killed them."

She takes the paper from her partner and reads it, it says:

Detectives, I see that you have probably seen my handiwork. I stalked this girl for several days before it was time to kill her. Yes, I'm back. Since I've been out of prison, I have been stalking more women and killing them as well as planting bombs on their body. Det. Benson, I'd like to pay you a visit this afternoon at the park around 4:00 to show you my new bombs. You'll know where I am. See you there Olivia. Your Secret Admirer.

Olivia begins to feel the blood boiling inside her.

"This guy is psycho. Don't let him get to you, Liv," replied Elliot.

"I have to do this. It's Richard White. I did it before and I should go and see what he wants this time."

"Olivia, don't do this... "

She brushes him off and says, "We should go back to the precinct and let Cragen know what's going on with the case."

Elliot hesitates, but he follows her back to the car. She was always so strong and she put herself in danger and used herself as bait to catch criminals in these types of situations, but he always feared the worst. What if she didn't get out alive, he thought?

SVU Squad Room- 3:15pm

The four detectives tell their stories to Cragen about the Milligan case.

"So, has the bomb been removed from the victim's body yet?" asked Cragen, sitting back in his chair in his office.

"Bomb Squad removed it after we left," said Elliot.

Cragen turns to Munch and Fin, "Did you interview any of Ms. Milligan's family and friends?"

"We talked to a couple of her friends," replied Munch, "and they didn't know of anyone that would have wanted her dead, but one of them mentioned that Heather had told her that someone had been stalking her, but didn't know the name. Both of them didn't know of anyone who made homemade bombs either."

"OK," said Cragen, "see if you can find her parents so we can tell them the news about their daughter."

Fin nodded and said, "OK, Cap," and he and Munch walked out, leaving Elliot and Olivia in Cragen's office.

"Cap, do you remember the Richard White case that we investigated about four years ago?" asked Olivia. "The one where he stalked his victims days before he killed them."

"Yeah, he was the one that knew everything about your mother."

"He's out of prison and I think he may have killed Heather Milligan and tied the bomb on her body."

"What makes you think that?" asked Cragen.

"Because of this note that was tied to the bomb at the scene," said Elliot, handing Cragen a piece of paper.

He reads it and looks at Olivia. "This guy is making bombs and he wants to show one to you."

"I know this is a very risky situation, but I have to go meet him at Central Park in less than a hour." Olivia looks at her watch and says, "we better get backup just incase the bomb blows up while he is showing it to me."

"We're definitely getting backup," said Cragen. "This guy could be more dangerous now than he was a few years ago."

Central Park – 4:00pm

Olivia sat at the same bench that she was at only four years ago when she met this guy. She was starting to get nervous as she looked at Elliot, who was standing at a far distance next to the police van. Maybe he decided not to come, she thought, and I can just go home and forget about this whole day.

About that time, he came and stood in front of Olivia and smiled at her, which made her feel physically sick to her stomach.

"Long time no see, Olivia," said Richard. He still looked the same, his same psychotic self.

"Yeah, same here."

"I have my bomb over there if you want to see it," he gestures to a nearby car.

"Elliot, Munch, Fin, and Cragen were in the van listening to the conversation between Olivia and Richard. "Don't go with him, Liv," Elliot says to himself.

Around that time, they hear a loud boom of a bomb going off. Oh gosh, please let it not be Olivia, they all thought as they ran out of the van to see what was happening. The nearby car was on fire, but there was no sign of Richard, and Olivia was found lying on the grass trying to take cover.

Elliot runs over to Olivia, "Are you OK?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, but he got in the car and it...went off," said Olivia.

"We're getting an ambulance out here to check you out and make sure that everything is OK," said Fin.

About an hour later, Olivia was sitting in the back of the ambulance bus being checked out by a paramedic. She only had a few bruises from where she fell on the ground after the car blew up. Thank god for no broken bones, she thought. Meanwhile, Cragen had sent Elliot and Fin back to the precinct to write their reports of the case. Elliot had insisted on staying there with Olivia, but Cragen had told him she would be in good hands and that Munch had offered to take her home.

SVU Squad Room – 7:30pm

"Well I'm headed out for the night," said Fin, standing up from his desk and grabbing his jacket, "Good night Elliot."

"See you later, Fin," said Elliot.

After Fin left, the squad room was quiet and Elliot began to think about Olivia and what she had went through that day with Richard White. What if she would have been killed, he thought. He could have lost her and he needed to go see her and act out on his feelings for her before it could be too late. The kids were all at their friends' house at a sleepover, so Elliot decided that this would be the perfect chance to go see Olivia. He grabbed his jacket and drove to her apartment.

Olivia Benson's Apartment – 8:30pm

Olivia was sitting on the couch flipping channels on TV. She had changed from her work clothes and was wearing a red ¾-sleeved shirt and flannel pajama pants. She was about to snooze on the couch when she heard a knock at the door.

"Hi," Elliot greeted to her.

"Hi," she greeted back, "do you want to come in?"

"Sure," Olivia let him in and closed the door.

"Thanks for looking out for me today. I honestly don't know what I would do without you, Elliot. You're just...great."

Elliot paused and looked at her before he began to speak. "Seeing you out there in the line of duty today, I thought that this would be the last time that I would see you alive because I was thinking that you were in the car when the bomb went off. Seriously, I don't know what I would have done if I lost you."

"But I'm right here, Elliot, I'm not going anywhere."

At that moment, they made eye contact and were completely lost in each other. Tension began to build up as they stared at each other for the longest time to see which one would make the first move. Suddenly, the sparks flew and Elliot leaned in and kissed Olivia. She wrapped her arms around him as they explored with their tongues, tasting each other. They started walking backwards and Elliot had Olivia pinned against the door, finding a spot on her neck that drove her crazy and where hands were roaming to each other's side to feel the heated skin as Elliot broke their kiss and they were both breathing rapidly. Olivia managed to pull Elliot's shirt out from under his pants and over his head as he bent down and pulled up her shirt to blow kisses on her stomach, wrapping his arms around her waist. She absolutely loved this feeling and was running her fingers through his hair and held his head in her hands. He came back to her level and they kissed again and Olivia turned around from the door to face Elliot and pulled off her shirt and took Elliot back in her arms, reveling in the feel of his body pressing against hers. They moved into the bedroom where Elliot laid Olivia on the bed. She scooted up to make room for Elliot and he was on top of her and she made a quick move to undo his belt and strip off his pants and boxers, smiling mischievously at him. He responded with the same to her by undoing her bra and removing the straps from her shoulders and her underwear as she wrapped her legs around him and her hands were moving up the back of his shoulders with her fingers kneading the skin while his were roaming her legs. Olivia tightened her grip on Elliot's shoulders when he guided himself inside her as they moved together with a fast pace. They kissed passionately as their tongues explored each other again and Elliot placing his mouth against her chest. He then rolled off to lie next to Olivia, who was shuddering as her orgasm washed over her and gathered her into his arms and they fell asleep. They had just crossed that line between their friendship and Elliot loved every minute of it. He knew Olivia would feel the same way as she slept next to him. But what would happen next?