Chapter 4: Telling Her Partner
A/N: I hope you like this chapter. It almost made me cry though.
The next morning came far too quickly. Olivia just didn't want to get about of bed. After hitting her alarm clock three times she decided she better get up. It was already a quarter after five. She was going to be late for work if she didn't hurry up. If she were late to work then everyone would begin to suspect something was up. They probably already suspected something was up. She had taken a day off in ages. Olivia couldn't even remember the last day she took a day off from work.
After getting ready Olivia slowly drove to work. It was rather unusual how the traffic was as bad as usual. Was it a holiday and she missed it? No, it wasn't. She just was later than usual. All the early morning people had passed. The next shift of cars won't start until 7:00 A.M.
When she arrived at work she slowly walked into the squad room. Normally she was 15 minutes early at least. Today she was arriving just on time. Hopefully the guys didn't notice.
"Morning, Liv," Fin said.
"Look who decided to show up," smirked Munch.
"Hey, Olivia," Elliot said.
Uh-oh, did he suspect something? Did Malachi mention anything to him? They were pretty good buds. Often they went for drinks. Olivia thought.
"Uh, hey Elliot," she said quickly.
"So you were still yesterday?" Elliot asked her.
Oh crap! Olivia thought. "Uh, yeah, I just had a headache, but I'm fine now. I just didn't want to take any chances fainting on the job again," Olivia told him.
"So did you go anywhere?" he asked.
"What's it to you?" she told him. Then she decided to change the subject, "Are there any leads in the Williams Case?"
"Melanie had been having an affair with a man who was also married," John said.
"Is he a suspect?" asked Olivia.
"No, DNA didn't match, I think this one is going down an empty road," Fin said.
"Unless the perp has done it before and we can link him to another case," Olivia said.
"You and Elliot go do that," Cragen said walking into the room.
"Sure," Olivia said.
"Hey, Liv, look at this," Elliot said shortly after they had begun looking.
"What?" she asked him.
"There are three cases with the exact same scenario, they were all murdered and raped, all of them had crosses around their necks, and all three of them had chains missing from the crosses," Elliot told her.
"When are the dates?" Olivia asked.
"January 2000, February 2002, and August 2004," said Elliot.
"Seems like he strikes every 2 years," Olivia commented.
"And we're going to stop him this time," Elliot said.
"Yes, we are," said Olivia.
"Okay, what's really going on?" Elliot asked changing the subject.
"Nothing," Olivia said.
"Then how come you were in Star's Convenient Store yesterday when you were supposed to be sick?" Elliot asked her.
"I went for Tylenol, and who told you that?" asked Olivia.
"First of all, Star's is on the opposite side of town from where you live," said Elliot, "and Ivan Malachi told me last night when we went out for drinks, he said you were seeing and old friend."
"OK, Elliot, I can't lie to you anymore," Olivia said taking a deep breath, "I'm pregnant."
"Oh my goodness, Liv, you have got to tell Cragen, it's far too dangerous for you to be chasing perps and stuff!" exclaimed Elliot.
"I know I have to tell him, I'm just waiting for the right time," Olivia said to him.
"That better be soon," Elliot ordered. "So what were you really doing yesterday?"
"I was talking to the baby's father," Olivia said.
"Ooh," Elliot said.
"He wants me to have an abortion, but I'm not, it's my child that I'm going to raise," Olivia said. "My mother made a choice to keep me, and if I had to name one good thing about my mother it would be she taught me to choose life over abortion."
"Good choice, and I'm sure Maureen, Kathleen, and Elizabeth will be glad to help you," Elliot assured her.
"Thank you, Elliot," Olivia said.
"No problem, I'm here for you," said Elliot. He hugged her. "You're like a sister to me, and an aunt to my kids."