Chapter 7
Olivia came in the door soon after, and he got up off the couch quickly to greet her.
"Hi" he smiled.
"Hi?" she said a little confused.
"So what did you want?" she asked ready to go back out.
"What?" he frowned.
"Oh. Why don't you go get something nicer on" he smiled as he came to her side. She frowned, having no idea what he was talking about.
"Come on" he said.
"Elliot…"
"I owe you a dinner" he told her.
"You owed me lunch remember"
"I missed lunch, let me take you out to dinner" he smiled. How could she say no to his smile. She took in a deep breath, knowing she should say no.
"Go get dressed. I made reservations" he told her. She couldn't help but smile as she went off to her room. As she looked through her closet to pick what to wear, all excited and happy, she realized this was Elliot. This was Elliot Stabler. Her partner, her friend. Was this a date? Was this less…. Or more? She took longer then she thought she would but soon came out of her room. Elliot had fallen asleep on the couch, still pretty exhausted and she went to her kitchen. She accidentally dropped a cup and he woke up.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you" she said as she picked up the three pieces the cup splattered into.
"No no no. I'm glad you did." He got up and came over to her. She looked great. She had a short and quite tight black dress on and black high heels. He didn't realize that he had been staring when she broke his train of thought.
"Elliot" she said.
"Oh yeah" he said.
"Let's go" he told her as he waited for her to walk out first. She walked out of the apartment, turning back to lock it after he stepped out.
They got to the restaurant soon and she was impressed by his taste.
"Nice place" she said as they sat down at a booth.
"It's one of my favorites" he told her. The waiter came by and gave them their menus, and after a few minutes they both ordered. Olivia turned to Elliot with a smile and he looked back at her.
"What?" he asked.
"Nothing." She looked away.
"Liv, thanks for letting me stay at your place." He told her.
"No problem Elliot- stop thanking me for that" she told him. He smiled again. Neither of them knew what to say, although they both had something important to state.
"So… how are Dickie and Lizzie?" Olivia asked.
"I really don't know" he told her and she looked away again.
"Yeah. I forgot. Sorry" she told him. Before he had anything to say their food came.
"That was quick" she smiled. The waiter put their plates where they were suppose to go, making Olivia sit closer to her partner.
"Ma'am. Sir" the waited set the plates down as he bowed a little.
"Thank you" Olivia smiled. Elliot nodded referring to the same thing.
"Mmm! This is great!" Olivia ate a piece of her salmon. Elliot smiled.
"Let me try a piece. I've never gotten the salmon" he told her turning to her. She frowned a little.
"Let me have a piece" he told her again as she stabbed a little on her fork. She went to put it on his plate when he wrapped his hand around hers. He moved her arm closer to him as he ate the piece off the fork. She wasn't use to sharing her food- and started to smile as he chewed it trying to determine if he liked it. He kept chewing it and her smile grew wider.
"Oh cut it out!" she knocked him a little as she went back to her food. He grinned.
"No it is good though" he told her cutting up his steak.
"Want a taste?" he asked holding his fork up. She thought for a second.
"No thanks" she said and he shrugged, plopping the piece into his own mouth. Why had she said no? What was stopping her? Not just from eating the steak either.
They both were finishing up when she noticed that he had some sauce on his chin. She smiled as she looked away.
"What?" he asked facing her, finished with his food. She tried to point but he didn't get it. She pulled her napkin out of her lap and wiped away the sauce on his chin. She let her thumb rub against his chin a little, and he watched her carefully. She finally looked up at him, and pulled her hand away.
"There you go" she smiled as she turned back to finish her salmon.
All too soon they were in the car again getting ready to end the night. Olivia started to drive to his place and he noticed they weren't going to her place.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"You got to go home" she told him.
"What?" he asked confused.
"Elliot. You know that. You got to work things out with Kathy" she told him. He let out a sigh. He didn't want to go home. He wanted to go with Olivia. He wanted to go to her place, that was his home. He wanted to be with her, not Kathy. He wanted to crawl in bed with her, and wake up next to her in the morning…
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea" he told her.