A/N OMG! I am so sorry it took me so long to update…with the holidays and now school and now in school I have midterms and I have to start thinking about what classes I want to sign up for in high school

A/2 Hokay…while on vacation I thought about how I ended the last chapter and I didn't like it at all. So I'm rewriting it now (the part where Elliot tells Olivia about his past)! Then on with chapter two. Anyway I wanted this to be a Christmas story, but Christmas is already over so just go with me on this. I'll put the dates in there so you'll be able to follow. Read and review please. Enjoy!

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Detection – To my best friend, you know me to well and you're one of the only ones who really knows me. Thank you for being there. All my adventures are with you from the roof to the train. This is to all of our adventures and what our adventure should have been! Love you babe!

When the tape ended Elliot looked over at Olivia who had tears in her eyes. Olivia had cried over cases before, but it was mostly when the vic died. When she saw the concern in Elliot's eyes she wiped her tears away.

"I can't believe these two girls are run aways and had to go through this. They seem so nice," Olivia said.

"Yea I know, I can't believe they are the famous Michelle and Amanda too," Elliot said.

"What was your childhood like?" Olivia asked venturing into an unspeakable topic before now.

"Um you know the usual two parents and two siblings in a house, the typical family," Elliot said trying to avoid the subject for his own good.

"Lots better than mine," Olivia heard herself saying.

"What was yours like?"

"Single mom, only child in an apartment," Olivia said. "Actually Elliot there is something you should probably know about my past, but if I tell you; you have to promise not to treat me any different and you can't tell anyone,"

"Okay I won't," Olivia took a deep breath and began.

"Cap knows this but I don't think anyone else does. My past is part of the reason why I went into Special Victims Unit. My mom, Serena, was in college when she was raped. They never found her attacker, my father. Obviously, she kept me. When I was born I looked too much like my father for her, so she started drinking. She became an addicted and when she was drunk I reminded her of him so she would hit me," Olivia said. She looked at Elliot who was trying to hold back tears. "Elliot it's okay to cry, it's not going to affect me at all."

"Only wimps cry," Elliot said quietly, but Olivia heard him.

"No they don't Elliot,"

"Yes they do! My dad said that if I cry I'm a wimp," Elliot said. "Once he helped me with a Civil War project and I moved one tree. He flipped out and knocked it out of hands ruining it. I started to cry because I hard worked so hard on it and he said only wimps cry. I couldn't stop so he took off his belt and whipped me with it. I haven't cried since."

"Elliot it's okay to cry, I do all the time," Olivia said.

"Yea I know,"

"You're the only one who will ever see it too,'

"So where is your mother now," Elliot asked trying to change the subject.

"She's in AA now, I talk to her sometimes," Olivia said, "Now lets et back to work," They finished working and started watching TV together till they fell asleep.

END OF CHAPTER ONE REWRITE!

NOW ON WITH CHAPTER TWO!

DECEMBER 18th

"Benson, Stabler, got anything new on our case," Their caption Don said as he walked out of his office. Olivia and Elliot had been assigned to the victims and Munch and Fin had gone to the scene.

"The girls names are Michelle or Basketball Joe and Amanda or Picasso," Olivia said.

"Michelle is 16 and Amanda is 15,"

"Michelle was plays basketball for Queens High,"

"Wait aren't your kids that age Elliot?" Don interrupted the two.

"Yep, they know them too. Michelle and Amanda hang out with Lizzie and Dicky at school," Elliot said.

"Okay now did you call the parents?"

"Their run aways caption, about a ago they ran away from their home," Olivia told him.

"Okay have you talked to missing persons yet?"

"Yep cap, but we don't know where they lived original so they are just starting with New York City," Elliot said.

"Wait how did they get into school then? How do they even survive? Do they look thin or anything?" Don asked them bombarding them with questions.

"We don't know how they got into school when we talked them last night we took everything in, but didn't process it in our heads. They had some people helping them get food and money and other stuff. They didn't look like run aways at all; both had regular clothing on and had clean hair," Elliot said.

"Okay did the ME find anything?"

"Nope, nothing. The rapists were as clean as could be,"

"Munch, Fin, the crime scene?"

"Not much there some trash cans that we might be able to get prints off of but nothing else," Fin replied.

"Okay well Olivia, Elliot go back to the hospital to talk to the girls," Don said and started to walk back into his office. Olivia got up and stopped him.

"Um Captain?" Olivia said.

"Yea Liv,"

"I was wondering if I could have a long lunch break, Michelle wanted to go get their stuff from their homes," Olivia said.

"Yeah try and get more information about them too okay?"

"Yep I'll try," Olivia walked out of the building to meet Elliot in the car. They drove to the hospital in silence. The walked up to the girls' door to find their doctor leaving.

"Hello Detectives,"

"Hello doctor, how are they?" Olivia asked.

"Michelle is doing just fine, Amanda is doing a little better. I can release them both in two days on the 20th, but I don't know who to release them to. We have no parents or legal guardians on record for them,"

"Umm well we will have to talk to our captain about it, but we can't release them to a group home we need them for the case still," Elliot said.

"Okay well call if you need anything," Doctor Stevens said as he began to walk away.

"Doctor, I need Michelle for something regarding the case, so I'll have to take her from the hospital is that okay?"

"Yes that's fine,"

INSIDE THE ROOM

"Amanda, what are we going to do?" Michelle asked suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Amanda asked confused.

"We can't stay for the case you know that,"

"Well we can't run either, it's a crime, you remember we used to watch all those crime shows at home before we left,"

"Yeah I remember, but I don't wanna go home, life will just get worser there," Michelle said.

"Michelle I know, but we can't leave it's a crime,"

"Amanda come on we could go to the west to a real beach, like you wanted," Michelle pleaded.

"Michelle,"

"Amanda, if we don't we would have to tell them our real-" Michelle was cut off by the door opening. Elliot and Olivia walked in. They hoped they hadn't heard anything. Michelle looked over at Amanda and mouthed later.

"Okay Michelle, we can go, ready?"

"Um yeah can I talk to Amanda alone for a minute?"

"Yeah go ahead meet me outside your room,"

"Okay," Elliot and Olivia left and Michelle started talking again, "Amanda listen, we could be charged with perjury if we stay, just think about it okay? Where should I go?"

"Okay umm just go to the main spot we don't have anything of importance at the others. Don't tell anyone that we got raped okay? Well tell B and D and say good bye to everyone for me too,"

"Will do be back soon have fun with Elliot," Michelle said and walked out. "Lets go." Her and Olivia walked out to the car. It was just a regular car. They got in and Michelle directed her in the direction of their "home". They sat in silence for a while till Olivia started talking.

"So you play basketball?"

"Yep, I love it, though it is a connection to my past life, it was something I couldn't give up," Michelle explained.

"So why did you leave home?"

"That's a story for another day," Michelle replied, "Okay so when we get there follow my lead, you are not a cop and are not to report anything today okay?"

"Yeah,"

"You probably won't like how we were living, but trust me it is ten times better than how I was living before," Michelle continued, "You are a umm a umm social worker that figured out we were run aways and our taking us, got it?" Michelle said her persona changing to tougher more demanding more leading. "Oh and these two guys Bryan and Danny, they helped us out a lot, Bryan looks like Detective Stabler a lot. They are super nice, especially Danny." Michelle changed back into the girl Olivia had met nice, funny and outgoing.

"Yeah okay, so how long have you known Amanda?"

"Oh me and A go way back, we've been friends since kindergarten but got really close in 8th grade when both of our lives got real tough, after that well life got worse and worse for me and su casa mi casa after a while,"

"Oh that's cool," They had arrived at the ally where the girls had lived. Michelle walked through the ally to a big open area filled with make shift tents and huts. People were sitting around playing cards and looked when they heard people coming. The air was filled with M's and Yo Joe's. Michelle smiled at them and said hey back. Two guys walked up to Michelle, on a little taller, one a little shorter but basically the same height. The taller one looked remarkably like Elliot just like the two girls had said. Michelle hugged both and then addressed the whole group.

"Hey everyone, me and A are out. We got caught, group home for us, A couldn't come so she says bye," the air was filled with no ways, really and oh my gawds. People came up to her and hugged her and said bye. After all the good byes were done Michelle walked over to a medium sized hut and the two guys followed her. Michelle went inside and quickly got their stuff and popped back out. Olivia took some of her stuff while she started talking to her two guy friends.

"Hey B D I gotta talk to you,"

"Sure whats up?" Michelle led them away from the group.

"Guy A wanted me to tell you guys why we really are leaving, the other night we got raped. Amanda is in the hospital with broken ribs that's why should couldn't be here," Michelle explained getting a little misty.

"Oh my gosh, are you okay though," the tall, Elliot clone of them said.

"Yea concussion that's all," Michelle said with a smile, the other guy was just standing there, in shock it seemed.

"Good, well umm I guess this is good-bye,"

"Yea I guess," Suddenly B-Man was called out and he had to leave. They hugged and he walked away. Michelle turned to her other friend.

"D I'm okay Amanda's going to be okay," she said taking his face in his hands.

"I know I'm just its just,"

"D listen to me, look at me, I am fine, I just have to leave," her friend looked at her and then placed his hands over hers and kissed her. At first Michelle was shocked then kissed him back, then stopped him. "D we can't I'm leaving I'll never see you again."

"M I'll come visit you where ever you go,"

"No D we can't we just can't,"

"M come on, I've liked you since we first met,"

"You never did anything, and I like you to but you were always with another girl,"

"You were always with another guy,"

"D we can't," Michelle said started to cry even more. She walked away over to Olivia who unlocked the car and drove away once they were in. Michelle silently cried staring out the window. Olivia wasn't sure what was wrong, she was just being really quiet. The girls had a small amount of stuff, there was one bag, a duffel bag. They hit mid-day traffic and were stuck for a while.

"Hey you okay?" Olivia asked. Michelle turned around to face Olivia and Olivia saw she was crying. She wasn't sure if it was because she was leaving a place she had known for so long or because of Danny. Michelle pulled her legs up on to the chair her heels just on the edge and rested her chin on her knees.

"I really liked him, I really like him. He was always with someone else and I always tried to get over him by going out with other guys at school usually I like those guys too," Michelle said she voice shaking. Olivia grabbed some tissues and handed them to Michelle who gratefully accepted them. She wiped her face.

"Hey its going to be okay? Listen why don't we go visit two of my friends who help me get over guys?"

"I'm not going to see a shrink," Michelle said.

"No not a shrink, I think you'll like them, their names are Ben and Jerry," Olivia said smiling slightly. Michelle smiled.

"Yeah you know I think I've met them before," Michelle said.