Married to a Stranger
Disclaimer: Not Mine
Summary: See chapter 1
A/N: ENJOY!
Here We Go
Elliot and Olivia were on their way to the precinct the next morning after they dropped Erika off at Kathy's. Olivia noticed that Elliot seemed oddly quiet.
When they pulled into the precinct parking lot she decided to find out what the problem was.
"Something wrong?" She asked
"No, why?" Elliot responded, as he took the key out of the ignition. He was a little taken back by the question.
"You seem quiet." Olivia answered.
"It's nothing." Elliot said. Olivia knew right away that he was lying.
"Yeah, when you say that, it means that it's something." Olivia answered, not letting him get away that easily.
"Alright." Elliot said with a sigh, knowing that he wasn't going to win this one. "This morning, I was taking out the trash, and the bag broke." He began.
"And that made you this upset?" Olivia asked with a slight laugh.
"No. A pregnancy test box fell out." He said, looking at Olivia.
Olivia's face fell, and she looked away. "Oh shit." She thought.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked taking Olivia's hand. "Was it positive?" He added.
"No, no it was negative." Olivia began. "And, it wasn't mine." She said under her breath. She knew that she had to tell Elliot about Elizabeth, she was his daughter, after all. She had called Kathy last night, and knew that it was only a matter of time before Elliot found out.
"Then whose was it?" Elliot asked.
"El… she came to me, she was hysterical, and she was so terrified." Olivia began.
"Wait, who was, when?" Elliot asked.
"Lizzie. Yesterday." Olivia revealed, looking to her hands.
"What, wait, my Lizzie?" Elliot asked, flabbergasted.
"Yes." Olivia answered honestly.
"Why didn't you tell me? Elizabeth is my daughter Olivia, not yours." Elliot yelled.
"Yeah, and what would you have done if you had known Elliot? She begged me not to tell you." Olivia countered, matching Elliot's tone. Although there was some hurt in her voice. Elliot knew how much Olivia loved his kids.
"She's 16 Olivia! You don't listen to a 16 year old girl when she tells you not to tell her father something!" Elliot answered.
"Okay, so now you know, what will you do now? She isn't pregnant, and I talked to her about holding off on having sex again. She told me that she would." Olivia countered again. "If I had told you yesterday you wouldhave just yelled at her for sleeping with Paul! I had a pregnancy scare when I was a kid, Elliot. Trust me when I tell you that she was terrified, the last thing that she needed was to have her father yell at her, and tell her how disappointed he was with her." Olivia finished.
"I wouldn't have been disappointed wit her." Elliot answered, in a more subdued tone.
"Oh bull Elliot. You've made it clear to all your kids that having premarital sex is not acceptable." Olivia argued.
"Because I played that game Liv. I got married at 19. I never had the chance to be a young carefree adult. Now, I got 4 great kids, and about 17 years of a happy marriage out of it, but now I'm 43, divorced, and realized that I spent 20 years of my life with a woman who wasn't you." He defended, while at the same time trying to get out of all the shit he was in with his wife..
"Well I talked to her. She told me that it would be a while before she has sex again." Olivia smiled. "I called Kathy, and told her. She knows what to be on the look out for." She finished, taking Elliot's hand once again. "She's still your little girl you know. This doesn't change anything."
"I know, I just, she's too young." Elliot said, looking out into space.
The two were interrupted by a banging on the window. Elliot and Olivia turned to see Cragen standing outside of their car.
"You two coming in?" Cragen asked.
"Yeah, yeah we're coming." Elliot said, getting out of the car, and making his way into the precinct.
"Good morning Detectives." Steve smiled. "I was afraid that you were going to stand me up at the alter Mrs. Sutten." He joked to Olivia. Elliot just cringed. "Let's head to our new home, shall we?" He smiled. "Now, we think that someone in the town may be behind the murder, so we'll have to make fast friends." He finished.
"Let's go." Olivia smiled.
"I'll drive up with Detective Benson, to keep our cover. Elliot you're gonna follow us with my partner, Jimmy. He'll take you to our precinct."
Elliot didn't really like the driving arrangements, but Olivia shot him a warning look, so he decided to keep his mouth shut, and followed Jimmy out to the car.
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In the car:
"So, Olivia, I noticed your rings. Are they for the assignment, or are you really a married woman?" Steve asked once he and Olivia were in the car.
"Oh, I'm married." Olivia smiled, looking down at her rings. "Four years." She added, looking at Steve.
"Any kids?" He asked.
"Yeah, I have a four year old daughter, and four step kids; ages 16 to 24." Olivia answered. "What about you?"
"I'm not married, no kids to speak of." He answered. "I'm hoping to find the right woman some day though."
"You'll find her, don't worry." Olivia smiled.
"So, how does your husband feel about you choosing such a dangerous profession?" Steve asked.
"Well, we met while I was already working at SVU, so since he's known me, I've been a detective. It's as much a part of my life as he is. He knew that he would just have to except the fact that my job is dangerous when he married me." Olivia answered.
"How does he feel about you spending so much time away from him, pretending to be another man's wife?" Steve asked, hoping that they had fought over it, and he could stir up some anger she had towards her husband.
"Well, that he wasn't too thrilled about." Olivia smiled. "That's part of the reason why he's coming with us."
"What?" Steve asked, confused.
"I guess I should just tell you now. My maiden name is Benson; my married name is Stabler. They just call me Benson to avoid confussion. I married my partner." Olivia confessed.
Steve was shocked. When he first saw Olivia he thought that she was breath taking. He had fully planned on spending at least a week alone with this woman, and was hoping he'd get a little closer to her. Now her husband was going to be tagging along!
"What, you too get married because he got you pregnant?" Steve asked slyly. He had done the math; Olivia said that she had a four year old daughter, and that she had also been married for four years.
"No, actually Elliot proposed before he knew that Erika was his daughter." Olivia explained angrily. She was annoyed at his comment, and felt the need to defend her relationship.
"I was attacked, and we all assumed that the baby was the perp's, but we were wrong." Olivia explained. She didn't want Steve to think that she was a slut, and couldn't keep track of her sexual partners.
"I'm sorry." Steve offered. Olivia just turned and stared out her window. She was finished with this conversation. The two continued to "their" house in silence. Olivia knew that this was going to be a long assignment.
TBC... I hope that these chapters make up for the time I was gone. Don't forget to review, they make me so happy!
