Olivia stepped into Cragen's office, she wasn't sure what to do about the whole situation. Thankfully she was able to stop herself from talking when she noticed he was on the phone. Once he was done she came more into the room.
"What's up?" Cragen wondered.
"There's some thing weird going on, Cragen, this case is odd…" Olivia wasn't sure how to put it, it just felt odd. Cragen nodded, seemingly knowingly, "Elliot's gone down to the school, Munch is with the girl, Fin is with the perp."
"What do you want me to do?"
"Go down to the school to meet Elliot, but first stop by Warner's."
Olivia walked into Warner's office and sat down in one of the chairs. She waited for a few minutes when Warner popped her head in, "come with me."
Olivia followed as they walked down a hallway.
"What's Cragen told you?"
Olivia frowned for a second, then realizing Warner wasn't informed that Olivia was told already, "Oh, I know Shaw's my father."
Warner nodded, stopping in the hallway and pulling Olivia quietly to the side.
"Shaw is five years older then you."
Olivia frowned for awhile, "what are you saying?"
"Olivia, Shaw's not your father, he's your brother."
Just as before, Olivia's mouth dropped open. "But- Cragen- he said…" Warner shrugged her shoulders.
"Olivia, Shaw isn't your step brother, either. Your mother and the same man she claimed raped her when you were born, are the parents of Derek Shaw."
"That…" Olivia laughed, "that doesn't make any sense… my mom never talked about a son."
Warner again shrugged, "I guess there's more to your family history then you know."
Olivia stepped onto the steps of the school, meeting with Elliot. He put his hand softly on her arm, "how you doing?"
"Fine. What's going on?" she wondered pulling herself away from his reach. Elliot, after a pause, informed her of what was happening.
Olivia nodded after he was done, "so when will we meet with the principle?"
"Well, currently she's with a student's family, but she said she'd be right with us once she was done. She'll show us the grounds, introduce us to Mary-Jane's teachers and friends, ya know."
Olivia nodded again then sat on the steps of the school entrance. Elliot looked around, making sure the principle wasn't coming yet before he sat next to her.
"Olivia… I know this is hard," he looked down at the steps while he talked into his lap, "but I want you to know-"
"He's not my father…" Olivia blurted, Elliot turned with a frown, "he's my brother. My mom had another child, five years before me," she managed to tell before the principle appeared behind them.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. Det. Benson and Stabler?" the principle asked, Olivia nodded. Elliot got up a second later, just trying to take in all the surprising information was difficult, he couldn't imagine how Olivia was feeling.
"This is Mary-Jane's English class, her and Ms. Malcolm get along very well, she'd be the best one to talk to," the principle informed the detectives outside the English classroom. Olivia walked in first, Elliot following.
The class was still in session so the two walked to the back of the room. Leaning against the wall they listened while the teacher announced a few things. One student stood and began sharpening his pencil next to Olivia.
He glanced up at her a few times, but it wasn't until he was almost done sharpening his pencil did he make a very inappropriate comment towards Olivia. She looked at him surprised while Elliot grabbed the student by the collar roughly.
"You don't talk to her like that, you understand!" Elliot shouted, while the class emptied. Olivia tried to stop Elliot from harming the boy and finally he let go of the highschooler.
"Say your sorry," Elliot spoke through his teeth.
The boy smiled at Elliot then at Olivia, "sorry," the boy's eyes looked up and down at Olivia. If it weren't for Olivia, though, Elliot would have gone after the boy again.
All she had to do was simply stand in front of him, and just for support she put her hand against his chest, "that's not necessary Elliot," she whispered.
Elliot tilted his head down, looking her directly in the eyes, he knew she was hurting, and he couldn't do anything about it.
The detectives stood over Ms. Malcolm's desk while they questioned her about Mary-Jane.
"Did she seem at all different in the last few weeks? Notice any emotional changes or even clothing changes?" Olivia asked.
"She was different, about two weeks ago. But I thought it was just teenage change. I didn't know if anything else was going on."
"The principle says that you two are pretty close for teacher and student, is that true?"
"Yeah, I mean, Mary-Jane's gone through a lot. Her mother died, and for a long time her father wasn't around. I was going to adopt her, it was almost for sure, when her long lost father came around. Claimed her. She didn't seem real happy about it. Lately, though, we've been talking less."
"Her mother died?" Olivia frowned, as well as Elliot.
"Yeah. About four or five months ago, now. I tried to make sure we continued to stay close."
Olivia and Elliot walked out of the school, to walk the grounds around the school.
"It doesn't make sense Elliot…" Olivia stepped down the steps and they continued around the south side of the school.
"Olivia…" Elliot stopped her like she had, by stepping in front of her, "I want you to know, that no matter what, I'm going to have your back. I'm not going to let anything happen to you, I'll protect you. I trust you."
Olivia smiled small, "I appreciate that Elliot, but some of this I have to do on my own."
TBC