Chapter 3: Finding Bryan
The next morning Olivia called Cragen bright and early. "Um, Captain, I'm not feeling real well, can I have today off?" she asked. "I assume Elliot told you about yesterday."
"Yes, he did," Cragen said.
"So is it okay if I have a day off, I have a really severe headache," Olivia told him.
"Of course, I'll see you tomorrow," Cragen said.
"Thank you," Olivia said.
Next Olivia dialed Bryan's phone number. She got the operator, "This phone has been disconnected."
Great, thought Olivia, he moved. The next thing she did out of desperation was call his parents who hated her.
"Hello," Bryan's dad answered.
"Hello, Mr. Piper, this is Olivia Benson . . . I don't know if you remember me or not but . . . "
"You're that idiotic cop girl that dated my son a few months ago," he broke in.
"Yes, by any chance do you know where he is?" Olivia asked him.
"He moved to Queens since he dumped you, said he couldn't bear to live in the same neighborhood as you, it hurt him too much," Mr. Piper said.
"Ooh . . . umm . . . do you know where he is right now, I really need to talk to him," Olivia said.
"He works at Star's Convenient Store, but I'd recommend you leave him alone, it'd just make him hurt if he saw you," Mr. Piper said.
"Okay, thanks," said Olivia.
Right after she hung up the phone she headed straight to Star's Convenient Store. She didn't care what Bryan's dad said.
When she entered the store she discovered it was being robbed.
"Halt! Police!" she yelled. She grabbed her id. Thank goodness she carried that and her gun around everywhere, even on her days off.
"Look, we weren't doing anything," said one of the boys.
"You call you and your gang stealing cigarettes and alcohol, which I highly doubt you are even of age to do, doing nothing?" asked Olivia. "Plus, you tied up to the cashier!"
She went and untied Bryan.
"Liv . . . who called the police?" asked Bryan.
"Nobody, I came here to see you," Olivia told him.'
The boys made a run for it. She began to chase them down. "No, you don't!" she yelled.
She managed to get the one with the cigarettes and the alcohol with him. However, the other three boys got away. Immediately she handcuffed him and put him in her car.
Next she called the cops to come and get him. Thank goodness she didn't have to call her department.
"Hello, Detective Benson, where's Stabler?" Officer Malachi asked her.
"Oh, I'm off today," said Olivia.
"Don't you live on the other side of the city?" asked Malachi.
"I just came by to see an old friend, do me a favor and don't mention this to anyone in my department," said Olivia.
"Sure, no problem," Malachi told her. "So, you say there were three other kids?"
"Yeah, they all ran way, I couldn't chase them all down on my own," Olivia told him.
"We'll start looking from them," Malachi said.
Olivia went back into Star's.
"So, Liv, why did you come to see me?" Bryan asked.
"There's something I need to tell you," she said.
"Wait, how'd you find me first?" asked Bryan.
"Your dad told me," she answered.
"Ooh," Bryan muttered.
"Bryan," she said, "I'm pregnant."
"What – it's not mine, is it?" asked Bryan.
"It is, it has to be," Olivia answered.
"But . . . how?" asked Bryan.
"Look, you're the only one I slept with in ages," Olivia told him.
"Get an abortion," said Bryan.
"No," Olivia said, "I can't and I won't."
"Why not, I'm not fit to be a dad, and you surely can't take care of a child on your own!" Bryan yelled. "You don't even have time for a boyfriend!"
"Look, I had time to conceive a child, I can have time to raise it as well," Olivia told him.
"Look at that partner of yours!" exclaimed Bryan. "If it were not for his wife those children would be lost and confused in this world. This baby won't even have grandparents!"
"You are your parents' only son, if I recall right just two months ago your mom kept telling you to settle down and have a family," Olivia said.
"Look! My parents hate you!" exclaimed Bryan. "I'm sure they will want no part in a child of yours!"
"But they would want part in a child of yours?" asked Olivia.
"Look, Olivia, please leave and don't come back," Bryan said.
She sighed, and left.