"Honey why don't you go and hang out with Elliot, and I'll get Fin and John to work with me" Mark suggested as he slowly let go of Olivia.
"No, we didn't even get the guy, plus I don't want to leave you now" Olivia said with her arms still around him.
"I'll be fine, go and take a couple of hours off with Elliot and I'll get John and Fin, its not a problem, plus we still don't have anything to give us a clue where Mitchum is. Go have fun" Mark said with a small smile.
"Are you sure?" Olivia asked looking up at him.
"Defiantly, you need some time to yourself" Mark said smiling and giving her a kiss.
"Thanks. I'm going to get Elliot" Olivia said softly as she returned the kiss. Mark smiled and let go of her. Olivia went out of the bathroom. Mark stood there for a couple of minutes staring at the mirror and finally went outside.
"Mark are you sure you want us to go?" Elliot asked as he saw Mark.
"Yea, I'm cool, go take a couple of hours off and I'll work with Fin and John" Mark said nodding.
"Ok…I'll meet you at the car" Elliot said looking at Olivia and left Bellevue.
"Call us if you find anything new, ok?" Olivia said as she gave him a kiss.
"I will. Have fun" Mark said as he returned the kiss. Olivia smiled and left. Mark went to the precinct to meet John and Fin. (A/N: I know they would never go, but for the sake of my story lets just say they did)
"Where are those two?" Cragen asked when Mark came in alone.
"I told them to take a couple of hours to hang out. I'm going to work with these two" Mark said pointing at John and Fin.
"This should be fun," John said smirking.
"Ok, did you get anything from the kid?" Cragen asked knowing Mark probably had a good reason for letting Elliot and Olivia get some time off.
"Yea, Omar killed his mom which is your victim, Alex was in the attic the whole time so he didn't see it but he defiantly heard the argument." Mark answered as he read notes that Elliot wrote down.
"Hey, uniforms think they spotted him, a building on 27th and 54th" Fin said as he hung up the phone.
"Lets go sit on him" Mark said and motioned for John to follow him. John nodded and got up and followed.
They sat in the car and watched the building on 27th and 54th waiting for their perp.
"I hated this part when I was in homicide" Mark said resting his head on the headrest.
"How come?" John asked as he looked around.
"Cause you start talking to the person next to you about things you normally wouldn't want to" Mark answered.
"Like what?" John asked.
"What are you interrogating me now?" Mark asked smiling and looking over at him.
"No, just making talk as we wait for this idiot" John answered smirking.
"Yea that's the part I hate, small talk becomes serious" Mark said as he looked at the building again.
"That's how serious talk begins, trust me I know I was married 4 times" John said smirking. Mark just chuckled. "What's with you? You seem very serious after coming back from Bellevue?" John asked looking at him.
"Bad memories came back, that's all" Mark answered shrugging.
"The kid's story got to you?" John asked.
"I had to talk to him about something that happened to me so he would open up about what happened today" Mark answered.
"What happened to you? You were also stuck in a attic?" John asked smirking as he looked back at the building.
"No, George said the kid needed to connect with someone so I told him how my parents died so he would talk about what happened" Mark said shrugging.
"How did your parents die?" John asked.
"Murder-Suicide" Mark answered looking at the building. John looked over at him "My dad killed my mom and then killed himself, here's the icing on the cake, in front of me" Mark said when he felt John's eyes on him.
"I'm sorry man, that sucks" John said sincerely.
"Thanks, it could officially be said that my childhood was ruined, I couldn't watch cartoons for the longest time cause I was watching that while the guns went off" Mark said with a smirk.
"You didn't miss anything with those cartoons, trust me," John said smiling. Mark smiled and nodded "My dad also committed suicide" John said as he looked at the building. Mark looked over at him "Icing on the cake is, I told him I hated his guts the night before" John said as he felt Mark's eyes on him.
"I'm sorry about that, that really sucks," Mark said sincerely.
"Thanks" John said as both of them turned to watch the building.
"That's what sucks about today's world, almost all the fathers I know are assholes" Mark said as he started tapping the wheel with his finger.
"What do you mean?" John asked looking at him.
"My dad was an asshole, your dad for doing that to you, Olivia's father, Jenny's biological father, that kid's father today, Alex never even met his dad. Just makes you wonder if there are good father's out there. " Mark said shrugging.
"There is. You're an awesome dad and Elliot also." John said smirking.
"Thanks man, but what kind of dad am I when I left for two years" Mark said as he rested his head on the headrest and stared at the building.
"Don't even worry about that, you're a good dad and you're a good husband. Olivia was a mess when you weren't around; she changed the day you showed up. Seriously, I knew her before you guys met and she was completely different after she met you and when she married you she became very happy, when she found out she was pregnant with James she was bouncing off the walls happy " John said looking at him.
"Thanks man, I appreciate that," Mark said sincerely looking at him.
"Sure, I tell people I have a nice side but they don't listen. But don't tell them I'm capable of being nice cause it will ruin my sarcasm" John said smirking.
"You got it" Mark said smiling as they turned to look at the building again.
Olivia and Elliot just started playing mini golf.
"How come you never told me how Mark lost his parents?" Elliot asked he hit the ball.
"I don't know, it never came up," Olivia answered shrugging.
"You guys talk about it a lot?" Elliot asked.
"No, he doesn't like to talk about it that much, he gets pretty calm and depressed after talking about it, he isn't his usual hyper self" Olivia said smirking as she went to hit the ball.
"Mark knows how not to be hyper, that's interesting" Elliot said smiling.
"Yea it's not so fun, he doesn't make jokes or anything, he's just calm and collect. How's the whole thing with the kids going? " Olivia asked.
"Good, I get to see them on Saturdays and Wednesday's. Thanks for hanging out with me today" Elliot said as he hit the ball.
"No problem," Olivia said smiling. Her phone rang.
"They probably got something," Elliot said as he looked up.
"Benson" Olivia answered, "Yes this is their mother…are they ok? Ok, I'll be right there" Olivia said as she hung up her phone.
"What's wrong?" Elliot asked knowing it was concerning James and Jenny.
"James got in a fight with some kid cause the kid made fun of Jenny for being adopted" Olivia answered as she put the her stick down and went outside. Elliot followed.
"Are they ok?" Elliot asked as he threw her the car keys.
"Yea, they're fine but James beat the crap out of the kid" Olivia said as she got in the car. Elliot followed and got in.
"Well Mark is going to be proud" Elliot said smiling. Olivia smirked and rolled her eyes as she drove toward their school.
They got to the school and Olivia headed for the principals office and Elliot followed her.
"Mrs. Benson?" A woman asked as she walked down the hallway. Olivia and Elliot stopped and turned around.
"Yea," Olivia answered.
"All three kids are in the principals office, follow me," The women said and started walking down the hall, Elliot and Olivia followed.
They went in the office, they saw Jenny sitting in a chair, James was looking angry sitting next to her, another boy who was bigger then James was sitting across from them, he had a black eye and his lip was bleeding.
"Are you their mother?" A woman asked pointing to Jenny and James.
"Yes I am. Who are you?" Olivia asked holding out her hand.
"Your son hurt my baby," The women yelled ignoring Olivia's hand. Olivia pulled her hand back and looked at Elliot who at the same time looked at her.
"Well I think there was a reason why my son hurt your baby" Olivia said getting annoyed by the women instantly.
"My Matt would never do anything to anyone" The women said smugly.
"Your son is an asshole," James yelled with his arms crossed on his chest and staring at the boy.
"James, cool it" Olivia said giving him a look. James said nothing and kept staring at the boy who was trying to avoid his stare.
"See, your son is out of his mind," The women yelled at Olivia.
"Don't speak about my son, this is between me and you" Olivia said coldly trying to keep calm.
A couple of boys who looked older then James came into the office.
"Damn dude, she's hot" One boy said smiling and looking at Olivia.
"Man I would like to tap that ass" Another one said looking at Olivia. James jumped out his seat and punched one in the stomach and punched the other one in the face. Elliot quickly grabbed him and pulled him out of the office.
"Stupid son of bitch" One boy groaned as he got up. Both of the boys got up and quickly ran out the door before they got in trouble by the principal.
"See how your son bullies kids," The women yelled at Olivia.
"My son is protective, he doesn't bully kids, are you blind or something?" Olivia yelled getting very pissed at the women.
"Ladies, please calm down," A man said coming out of another room. Olivia knew he was the principal.
"I want to press charges against that boy," The women said angrily.
"For what? For defending himself and his sister? Let me get the cops for you" Olivia said smiling politely and flashing her badge.
"Just cause you're a cop you think you own this place" The women yelled at her.
"Your so ignorant" Jenny mumbled staring at the women.
"You better not be talking to me little girl" The women said and pointing a finger at Jenny.
"Excuse me?" Olivia said raising an eyebrow.
"You better shut your daughter up…" The women said but Olivia cut her off.
"Are you threatening her?" Olivia yelled.
"Ladies can we just calm down?" The principal tried again, getting in between the two angry mothers.
Elliot heard Olivia yell so he left James outside and came back into the office.
"Are you a cop?" The women asked looking at him.
"Yes I am" Elliot answered looking confused.
"Good, I want that boy arrested for assaulting my son" The women said angrily.
"Um…I don't think that's necessary," Elliot said looking at the women then Olivia and then at the principal.
"Mom, please its not a big deal I'm fine" Matt pleaded looking up at his mother.
"Shut up" The women yelled at him. Matt got quiet and just looked at the floor.
"See, your son is fine stop being such a bitch," Jenny muttered.
"Jenny," Olivia warned giving her a look. Jenny said nothing and stared at the ground.
"I'm pressing charges against your son," The women said angrily looking at Olivia.
"I'll lie, he didn't do anything, it was my fault" Matt said looking up at his mother. The women swung her hand at him, Olivia grabbed her wrist and just stared at her, the women just stared back at her.
"Mr. Phelps can I just go back to class please?" Matt pleaded looking at his principal.
"Um…Why don't you go and hang out in the nurses office for a while ok?" The principal said still looking at Olivia and the women angrily stare at each other. Matt got off his seat and went to another room.
"Jenny go outside and join James" Elliot said. Jenny got off her seat and left the office.
"You swing your hand at your son again, I will personally arrest you" Olivia threatened in a low voice as she let go of the women's wrist.
"Go ahead and try it," The women said angrily. Olivia could smell the alcohol off her breath. The women just walked away and left the office. "Stupid kids" They heard her mumble when she saw Jenny and James outside the office.
"Go to hell!" James yelled as the women walked down the hall.
"You two" Olivia said and motioned for them to come over to her. They walked into the office and looked up at her. "You guys ok?" Olivia asked looking at them.
"Were fine" Jenny answered.
"Ok. Mr. Phelps is it ok if I pull them out of school early?" Olivia asked looking at the principal.
"Yea it's fine, just sign a paper and they're all yours for the day" The principal said and went behind the counter to get a paper.
"I'll take them to the car" Elliot said as he opened the door to the office. Olivia just nodded.
"Jenny?" Matt said coming out of the room.
"Yea?" Jenny asked turning around.
"Sorry about what I said" Matt said looking at the ground.
"Its ok" Jenny said and went out of the office.
"James" Olivia said looking at him.
"Sorry for hitting you" James said looking at Matt.
"Its ok" Matt said still looking at the ground. James said nothing and followed Jenny outside. Elliot smirked and followed them.
"Mrs. Benson?" Matt said looking at Olivia sign the papers.
"Yea?" Olivia asked turning around as she put the pen down.
"Thanks for not letting my mom hit me, she was drunk she didn't know what she was saying" Matt said looking at the ground. Olivia walked over to him and kneeled down by him.
"Your welcome honey. If your mom tries to hit you again, call this number ok?" Olivia said pulling out her card "I'm going to write my cell number on the back, and if you need it just call ok?" Olivia said writing her number on the back and handing it to him.
"Ok, thanks" Matt said quietly and looked at the card.
"Sure, bye Matt" Olivia said smiling and got up and walked out of the office.
Elliot was sitting in the driver's seat and waiting for Olivia, Jenny and James were in the back seat. Olivia came out of the school and got in the car next to Elliot.
"Everything ok?" Elliot asked as he started up the car.
"Yea. Lets take them to Kristen's and go back to the precinct" Olivia answered and then looked in the rearview mirror at James and Jenny "You two are grounded," She said.
"But Mom…" James whined.
"No but mom, your lucky the school didn't suspend you, I don't want any of those words out of your mouths again, understand?" Olivia said turning to look at them.
"Yes" Both of them mumbled in unison and looked at the ground.
Elliot looked at Olivia who was trying not to smile since she was proud of both of them. Elliot smirked and returned his eyes on the road.
"How long are we grounded for?" Jenny asked.
"We'll leave that up to dad," Olivia answered knowing Mark wouldn't go hard on them.
They dropped the kids off at Kristen's house and went back to the precinct, as they were about to go in the building, Mark and John pulled over and had a man in the back seat.
"What are you two doing here?" John asked as he came out of the car.
"We came to work, why didn't you guys call us?" Elliot asked looking at the man in the backseat knowing it was their perp. The man was bald and very built and was at least 6'5 tall.
"We were just about to, after we got our friend in an interrogation room and took a few punches at him" Mark said smirking as he opened the door and pulled the man out.
"You just threatened me. He just threatened me. You heard him threaten me, what are you going to do about it? " The man said looking at everyone.
"We consider that cop talk for talking" Elliot said smiling as he and John took the perp and led him inside the building.
"I have some news for you" Olivia said looking at Mark as he closed the door.
"What's that?" Mark asked turning around to look at her.
"James's school called and he got in fight with this kid cause he said something about Jenny being adopted. I think you will be happy to know that he beat the crap out of the kid," Olivia answered smiling as they walked up the steps.
"I am happy to know that. You went to the school already?" Mark asked smirking.
"Yea, we'll talk about it later, lets go finish this case" Olivia said as they walked to the squad room. Mark just nodded.
"I called your AD and he said to interrogate him here and see what he says" Cragen said looking at Mark when they came in.
"Ok, lets go take a swing at him" Mark said smirking.
"Please don't hurt him," Cragen said rolling his eyes.
"Who said anything about hurting him?" Mark said smiling as he walked to the interrogation room. Olivia smiled and followed.
Elliot and Fin were talking to Omar in the interrogation room. Mark and Olivia just stood behind the mirror and watched.
"Hey guys" Someone behind them said both of them turned around at the same time.
"Hey Novak" Mark said smiling when he saw Casey walking toward them.
"What are you doing here?" Casey asked looking at him.
"I'm working on this case with them" Mark answered and looked back at the mirror.
"Well yuppie" Casey said smiling as she got on the other side of him to look through the mirror.
"I'm going to go talk to him, want to join me?" Mark asked looking at Olivia.
"Sure" Olivia said as she tapped on the mirror. Fin and Elliot got off their chairs and came outside.
"Lois and Clark want to take a turn," Casey teased as Elliot closed the door behind him. Mark and Olivia just rolled their eyes and went toward the door.
"At least superman gets laid unlike the ADA" Mark teased and quickly went into the interrogation room before Casey could say anything. Casey just glared at him and rolled her eyes.
"So Omar, you had to rape her and kill her," Olivia said as she sat down across the Perp. Mark leaned on the wall behind her.
"I didn't kill or rape anyone," Omar said angrily glaring at her.
"Really? Cause your DNA on her says you did" Olivia said with a smirk.
"We had sex, I didn't rape her" Omar said crossing his arms on his chest.
"Who in their right mind would have sex with you?" Mark asked as he sat on the table next to Omar.
"Maybe you would" Omar said smiling at Olivia and pulled his chair back and rocked it back and fort. Mark put his leg on the chair right by Omar's privates and roughly pulled it back on the ground. Omar just glared at him and quickly moved back so he didn't kick him.
"So Omar how did that money get in you attic with your victims blood" Mark asked smirking still holding his leg in close counters.
"Don't ask me," Omar said glaring at him.
"Who should we ask?" Olivia asked looking at him.
"I want my lawyer" Omar said glancing at Olivia and Mark.
"Wow you really are a pussy, why don't you want to talk to us, afraid of something?" Mark asked smiling and moved his leg closer to scare him.
"No, I'm certainly not afraid of your fagot ass" Omar said quickly getting off the chair.
"You a homophobe?" Mark asked getting off the table and getting in his face. Omar quickly moved to the mirror.
"I want my lawyer, NOW!" Omar yelled staring at the mirror. Mark looked at Olivia and jerked his head toward the door. Olivia nodded and headed for the door, Mark followed, before he left out of the interrogation room his came close to Omar's face.
"You raped and killed a women, you left a child without a family. You really are a pussy and fag, your lawyer wont be able to help you when your in Riker's getting gang raped" Mark said in a low voice angrily. Omar grabbed Mark by the shirt angrily and threw him at the mirror.
Fin, Elliot, Casey and Olivia quickly moved as Mark flew out the mirror toward them and all the glass shattered. Fin and Elliot ran into the room, Casey ran to get someone to help them since the guy was huge. Olivia kneeled down by Mark.
"Honey don't move, are you ok?" Olivia asked placing a hand on his chest.
"What the hell happened?" Mark groaned placing his hand on the back of his head and then taking it off when he felt something wet and knew it was blood.
"He threw you out the mirror" Olivia said as she took off his tie and placed it on the back off his head to stop the bleeding. A couple of officers ran past them to help calm down Omar which Elliot and Fin were still trying to handcuff.
"Olivia go to the hospital with him" Cragen said as he walked by them and helped the guys in the interrogation room.
"No, I'm fine" Mark groaned as he slowly sat up and took the tie and held the back of his head.
"Let me see" Olivia said going behind him to look at the wound. "Mark you need stitches, c'mon I'm taking you to the doctor" Olivia said taking his hand to help him up. Mark got up and groaned since his back was in pain from flying out of a window.
"Your shirt is soaked in blood," Olivia said looking at the back of his shirt as they walked out into the squad room.
"Are you ok?" Casey asked as they came out.
"He needs stitches, I'm going to take him to the hospital, I'll be back" Olivia said grabbing her car keys. Casey just nodded.
They sat in the doctor's office half an hour later. Mark sitting on a table with his shirt off and only a white tank top he always wore under his dress shirt and Olivia on a chair across from him.
"Ok, Mr. Anderson…" The doctor said as he came in the room but Olivia's giggling cut him off. The doctor just looked at her.
"Don't mind her, she laughs anytime someone calls me Mr. Anderson, cause it reminds her of the matrix" Mark said rolling his eyes.
"Sorry" Olivia said shrugging and smiling.
"Just call me Mark, not Neo" Mark said to the doctor and smiled at Olivia.
"Ok, Mark, well we need to give you shots against infections cause you put your tie on the open wound and we don't want to take any chances" The doctor said pulling out a needle.
"I'll take my chances, lets just finish the stitching shall we?" Mark asked with a small smirk.
"We need to put a shot there so it doesn't get infected before we close it completely," The doctor said going behind him with the needle.
"No, its cool, we don't need to, my tie was clean don't worry" Mark said moving away. Olivia smiled and got up and sat next to him.
"Don't mind him, he's afraid of needles, just give him the shot" Olivia said smiling and taking Mark's hand.
"I'm not afraid of needles, I just don't like people poking medal stuff in my skin" Mark whined glancing at the needle.
"You call yourself a federal agent, I gave birth and I wasn't that whiny," Olivia said smiling and nodded at the doctor to give him the shot while she talked to him.
"It was your biological reason that you gave birth and I didn't, plus your tuff…Son of a bitch!" Mark yelled as he felt the needle and jumped out of his seat, Olivia grabbed his hand and pulled him down next to her.
"You want me to sing to you?" Olivia teased as she held his hand.
"Shut up, you don't have Frankenstein shoving a sharp medal in the back of your head" Mark said as he closed his eyes and held her hand tighter.
"Don't squeeze my hand too much babe," Olivia said smiling as she watched the doctor put the needle by his cut again.
Mark felt it go in and by accident squeezed her hand more then he wanted to, Olivia punched him on the shoulder in reaction to the pain, Mark quickly let go of her hand and gripped the table he was sitting on.
"All done" The doctor said smiling and pulling away the needle.
"Don't smile at me," Mark said looking at the doctor. The doctor just looked at him and then at Olivia.
"Thank you doctor. Are we going to finish stitching his wound now?" Olivia asked smiling at the doctor.
"Yea, this won't talk long," The doctor said as pulled out the equipment.
"Stupid son of a bitch throwing me out that window, I should have kicked him in the balls when I had the chance, I hate this, I hate this," Mark mumbled holding Olivia's hand again with his eyes closed. Olivia smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Your such a baby" Olivia whispered smiling as she wrapped a hand around his waist and rested her chin on his shoulder.
"Shut up" Mark mumbled with his eyes closed. Olivia smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"What do you want now?" Mark teased smiling as he opened his eyes.
"Oh you need to ground the kids today, James for fighting and Jenny for cursing at the boys mom" Olivia told him.
"Why do I need to ground them?" Mark asked looking at her.
"Cause you'll go easier on them," Olivia answered.
"Why ground them at all then?"
"Cause I don't want them to think they can get away with it cause the school didn't suspend James" Olivia answered.
"How come?"
"I got in it with the boys mom and I don't think the principal wanted it to get more viscous then yelling"
"You got in it with another mom?" Mark asked smiling. Olivia smirked and nodded "I always miss the good things" Mark said smirking, Olivia smiled and rolled her eyes.
"All done" The doctor said as he stitched the last part of his cut.
"Thanks" Mark said as he got off the table and shook the doctors hand. "Sorry about calling you Frankenstein" Mark said shrugging.
"No problem. I'm going to go write your prescription for the pain relievers and I'll send the nurse to give it to you cause I have another patient waiting" The doctor said smiling and went out the door.
"You want to go home?" Olivia asked as she grabbed his bloody shirt from the table.
"Just to get a shirt and then we'll head back to the precinct" Mark answered as he wrapped his arms around waist.
"You sure? Cause I cant even imagine how your head is hurting now," Olivia asked looking up at him.
"Hurts like a bitch, but I want to finish this case" Mark answered as he gave her a kiss.
"Ok. Love you" Olivia said returning the kiss.
"You too" He said smiling as he let go of her and grabbed his blazer. Olivia grabbed her jacket and pulled it on as he put on his blazer.
"You look so hot with a white tank top and blazer," Olivia said smiling and looking at his abs that were pressing against his shirt.
"Really?" Mark asked with a seductive smile. Olivia smiled and nodded "We are in a doctors office and we do have a table, if you know what I mean" Mark said smiling and winking at her.
"I know what you mean but not going to happen" Olivia said smiling. Mark smiled rolled his eyes.
"Excuse me, I have a prescription for Mark Anderson" A woman said coming into the room.
"Right here" Mark said walking over to the nurse. The nurse handed him the paper and looked at him up and down and smiled. Olivia saw the nurse checking out her husband and said nothing.
"I'm Jill Cooper," The nurse said holding out her hand.
"Mark Anderson, nice to meet you Jill Cooper" Mark said smiling and shaking her hand. Olivia just rolled her eyes cause she knew Mark liked to get her jealous when someone hit on him in front of her. "So know any good restaurants?" Mark asked with a charming smile. The nurse smiled even more.
"I do, how about the one you always take your wife to?" Olivia said on purpose.
"Your married?" The nurse asked looking at him.
"Don't mind my partner, she likes to talk a lot" Mark said smiling still trying to get Olivia jealous.
"Is that doctor that came in earlier single?" Olivia asked smiling trying to get Mark jealous.
"Oh, um…I think he is married" The nurse answered glancing back and forth at Mark and Olivia.
"Poor guy, being married sucks, trust me I know" Mark said smiling.
"Excuse me I have to check on some patients" The nurse said and quickly left the room. Mark burst out laughing. Olivia went over to him and slapped him on the shoulder, which made him laugh harder.
"You're a jerk," Olivia said smiling.
"Poor nurse who thought I was sexy" Mark said smiling.
"Don't flatter yourself," Olivia said smiling as she wrapped an arm around his waist.
"Your lucky your married to such a wanted man" Mark said smiling as he put his arm around her shoulders and opened the door for her.
"You're a dork. Lets go get you a clean shirt and finish the case," She said smiling as they walked to the front doors of the hospital. Mark nodded and gave her a kiss. She smiled and returned the kiss.