i had fun writing this chapter. i like the over dramatic/dorky junk- so enjoy and tell me if i should continue! lol
Chapter 4
Olivia was in the bathroom with Jeffries still. She felt like she had done something so unimaginable that should she be punished. But she couldn't help but feel that she did something that felt so right, which made her feel even worse inside.
"It's ok Olivia" Jeffries told her. Jeffries and Olivia had never really gotten to know each other, but being a woman Jeffries understood. Elliot came into the bathroom startling Jeffries.
"Can I talk to her alone?" he asked. Jeffries looked at Olivia and she nodded.
"Liv… What happened out there was just… it was stupid" he told her as walked over to her.
"Both of us have been under a lot of stress and we just did something that was unexpected and ridiculous."
"You think it was ridiculous?" she asked.
"Well I mean… did you think it was?" he wondered. She turned around and looked up at him. He looked so curious and in tune with her. She couldn't help herself. She put her hands on his cheeks and brought him closer to her. It wasn't a very romantic setting around them but that didn't matter. Elliot wrapped his arms around her and held her closer then before. She pulled her lips away from his for a moment. She just wanted to be so close to him. She hugged him tighter as she rested her head on his shoulder. Elliot took in a deep breath. She could feel his body push up against hers.
"Elliot…" she sighed.
"Yeah?"
"What do I say?" she asked looking back into his eyes.
"Just tell her… the truth." He shrugged.
"Did you tell her the truth, about us I mean?" she asked him wondering.
"I didn't know what the truth was. Now I do. And I would have told her exactly what I know now if I knew it then"
"What do you know?" she asked.
"I'm not going to tell you. You need to figure out what you feel- and believe me, I'm sure you'll find out quickly" he smiled softly. She nodded as she leaned in and kissed him once again.
Olivia headed into the interrogation room to meet with the woman.
"Olivia Benson?" the woman questioned as she came in.
"Yeah." Olivia said quietly as she sat down in the same chair Elliot had only a few minutes before.
"I'm Julie Moore, I'm just going to ask you some questions ok?" Olivia nodded.
"Why did you pick law enforcement, and how did you get into Special Victims Unit?"
"My mom was raped, and I popped out a few months later. I got into law enforcement not only to find out who my dad was but to help other women who felt like they were trapped because they were raped."
"So SVU was the precinct you had in mind… your whole life?"
"Pretty much" Olivia looked down at her hands. No matter how many times she talked about her mom and what happened, it always affected her.
"So lets say something happened, and you couldn't work at SVU or as a cop any more. What would you do?"
"I—" Olivia couldn't think of any thing.
"I don't know" she looked up at the woman with watery eyes. Julie nodded and made a note on her paper.
"I'm going to ask you some questions about your work space. Like your partner, do you trust him with your life?" Olivia couldn't help but smile.
"I trust him with my life just like he trusts me with his"
"What if I told you he didn't trust you?"
"I know that wouldn't be true. We've gone through so much together that its hard to imagine that he didn't trust me."
"Have you ever thought about what would happen if something bad were to occur to your partner?"
"Like what?" Olivia asked.
"If he were shot, or not able to work as a cop any more"
"as a cop you go into everyday saying to yourself 'I'll help and be there for you the next day' you never go into your job saying 'I'm writing my will'" Olivia tried to make clear. Julie frowned at first but understood.
"Just one more question. Are you at all attracted to your partner?"
"Am I what?"
"Attracted to your partner. More then you're allowed to."
"On the record, of course not. I trust him with my life, but he's not the center of my life." Julie nodded.
"Well I think that's enough chit chat for now" Julie smiled.
"Okay" Olivia nodded.
"Thank you" Julie stood and shook hands with her. Olivia was heading to the door when Julie called out.
"Olivia?"
"Yeah?" she turned back around.
"What about off the record?"
"Off the record? I'm not sure yet- but he is more then just a partner"
