A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Well, for those of you who are reading my other fanfiction, "Something More", I found it very hard to be busy writing two fan fictions at the same time as well as trying to fit in homework and studying for tests. So, once I get done this story, which only has 2 more chapters left (after you read this one, of course)...and I promise you the ending is not only surprising but really good. So as soon as I get this story done, I will continue with my second chapter of "Something More" (I'm halfway through it but haven't finished it yet…like I said I can't really fit in the time right now). And also, there will most likely be a sequel to "For What It's Worth"!

Chapter Eighteen: All Along She Knew

"You better not be doing this just to change to subject from MySpace to, your, uh, friend." stated Elliot, surprise by what his daughter had said.

"No, Dad, I swear, it's serious. My friend, well I think she's in some great danger."

"Well, how about you start off by telling me why you think she is."

"So I have this friend. Well, I wouldn't exactly call her my friend; she's just someone who's nice. But she always seems so depressed. The thing is, Dad, she's pregnant. And I know that something, well, had to have happened to her, if you know what I mean. But, I haven't heard from her for about a week, or maybe a little less than that. I just don't know where she could be. And she can't be giving birth now, because she's not due yet. But I'm so afraid that the person who could have given her that baby kidnapped her. I'm just not sure, but I'm so scared for her. She doesn't really have any friends, and I just hate to see something like that happen to her."

"If you don't mind me asking, why was she depressed?"

"Well, first of all, it was because of the baby, obviously. But there are other things that I'm sure she's not too happy about. I'm just aware of what they could be. She basically keeps things to herself."

"But, why might you think she keeps everything to herself?"

"I'm not that sure, but she hardly talks about anything. She hardly ever talks about her mom, and she has never mentioned a dad. And if and when she does talk about her mom, it's always the negative side of her. See, teens these days always try to put their parents down. They don't ever listen to what they tell them, and they break their curfew and all the rules in the house. And then they come out and say how "bad" their parents are treating them because they can't do certain things. But that's just not who that girl is. She's practically afraid of her mom. And, to tell you the truth, I don't think I'd even consider her mom a "mother". From what I've heard from her, she doesn't even act like one at all. She seems like she's a complete stranger to her daughter. And the way my friend tells it, well, she just seems so neglectful. And, actually, sometimes she comes to school with bruises on her legs, or even scars."

"So she's never mentioned a father, ever?"

"Nope. I don't know who he is or where he is. He could have abandoned her and her mom when she was a baby or have just left when she was younger, or they could have gotten a divorce some time ago, or-" Elizabeth, said, pausing for a second.

"Or what?"

"I've never actually thought of it today, but maybe her mother was, well, raped. But I don't know; it just came to mind. But I'm also worried about who could be the father, and what could have happened to her."

"Can you tell me her name? Because that could help me out a little bit."

"Yeah. Kelly. Kelly Como."

It took a matter of seconds before Elliot figured out that Kelly Como was the young girl that Olivia had been questioning for the past few days. He remembered seeing that scared look on her face as he watched her on the stretcher going into the ambulance with the EMTs and Olivia. He could see the sacredness through her eyes. He could see that she was begging for help inside, like screaming in silence. But now he just listened to his own daughter tell him that she knew her. That she knew something was wrong. And all he needed to do now was go and talk to Kelly himself, something he'd never done. In cases like these, it was usually left to Olivia to persuade the traumatized victims into talking about what happened and if they could help with catching the person that assaulted them. But he thought that the only way to maybe feel Kelly comfortable, after all that she had been through, was to bring Lizzie along with him to the hospital. First he needed to go and apologize to Olivia and tell her what was going on. He didn't really mean all the things he said in the first place; it was just Elliot's natural reaction to when he's all upset and, well, pissed off.

"Lizzie, there's a favor I'd like to ask. But first I need to go do something."

"Captain, where's Liv?" asked Elliot to his Captain, Captain Donald Cragen.

"She's gone for the time being; went out with Casey to get a cup of coffee. After she informed me what happened between you and her, she felt she needed to go and take a break. Elliot, if you keep acting out like that, I'm afraid that I might need to send you on vacation, or I I have to, reassign you to a different squad." he briefly explained, without a single hesitation.

"But, Captain, what happened had nothing to do with what we deal with. Don't you people understand? Why can't I just have another life that deals with the issues of my family without others barging into it?"

"No one talks to me like that, Stabler. We care about your family dearly, and so did Olivia. She went all the way out to Queens to do the right thing. If she wouldn't have done what she did, then Elizabeth could have put herself in the most dangerous position she's ever been on."

"I know that, Captain. But that was something that I think I should have dealt with. I care for Olivia and all and I respect her position, but sometimes she can get a little to close to my family. Kathy and I may not be together any more, but I don't think that gives Olivia the right to portray my daughter's mother. Kathy is her mother, not Liv."

"She wasn't trying to take the role of Kathy for even one second. It was Lizzie that she was most concerned about and Lizzie only. It was her safety that she was worrying about ever since she found her MySpace. And in my opinion, if I was in Olivia's shoes right now, I would have probably done the same thing."

"On behalf of what you're saying, I agree. That's the main reason why I came here; to apologize to Liv. Lizzie's in the car, so I was hoping to get this done and over with so we can head up to the hospital. It seems that Kelly and us have some business to take care of, which includes talking to her. Lizzie told me some things about her, and that she's been worrying sick for almost the past week. To me, it appears that she really cares about that girl, even though Lizzie doesn't exactly define her as a close friend."

"What did she say, exactly?"

"She told me that Kelly would always seem depressed during school hours, and that she wouldn't talk much. She would keep everything to herself and hardly ever talked about Rhonda, according to Lizzie. But I think this is the only time that I will deem my daughter's honesty. As of an hour ago, I haven't fully earned any of Lizzie's trust, after that stupid MySpace of hers. But I most certainly believe all that she's told me about Kelly, mostly because she's the one that brought up the discussion about her in the first place."

"If that was my daughter, I would trust her so-called honesty about Kelly, but not the MySpace, no matter what kind of excuse she would try to make up for having it. But do believe your daughter, Elliot. She has to be telling the truth. Let me tell you something, kids these days don't usually tell the truth to their parents about something like MySpace, but they will about something like what Elizabeth said about Kelly."

"I know that."

"But it seems to me that you don't."

"Well, it looks like you came just in time," Cragen said to Elliot after taking a quick glance out his office window and noticing that Olivia had returned.

"See you later, Cap," Elliot responded, as he opened the door to go and talk to Olivia.

"Olivia, I'm so sorry." Elliot greeted to her as he went near his desk.

"No, Elliot, I should be the one to apologize. I really shouldn't' have gone and talked to your daughter without your permission, especially something like that. If there's anyone to blame, it should be me."

"Liv, you are wrong. This is my whole fault, and I'm the one that needs to apologize. The way I acted was just completely not right. I shouldn't have done that. Sometimes when I get angry at the smallest things, I end up taking it out on the innocent people. I am so sorry, Liv."

"No, it's my fault."

"Children, children, children. Will you just stop with this nonsense? Are you going to keep blaming it on yourselves for the next hour or two or will you just shut up?" Fin said from a far distance, which made Munch crack up a little bit. Despite what they said, Liv and Elliot tried to ignore them for a few seconds.

"Okay, they're right; we should just stop, even though this is my entire fault. Anyways, after you left, Lizzie and I had one of those "talks", which fortunately lead her to delete her MySpace, although she had no choice anyways. Then, she started talking to me about this girl at school who was pregnant. She said that she was so worried because the girl hadn't been to school for a long time, and she wasn't even due yet so she couldn't have had the baby. And then she says that this girl had an abusive mom, even though she couldn't prove it, she kind of made that conculsion, but a very accurate one. And do you want to know who that girl was?"

"Who?" asked Olivia, without even contributing a second of her time to realize it could have been Kelly that Elliot was talking about.

"Kelly Como."

"So Lizzie knew her?"

"From what she's told me, yes. And Lizzie also mentioned that they weren't that much of close friends, but close enough to know all that information about her. And right now Lizzie is in the car waiting, because I was going to go to the hospital with Lizzie, but since Kelly might seem only familiar with you, then would you mind going with us? That's only if you want to, of course."

"I guess so." Even though Olivia didn't feel like walking into her hospital room for what would seem like the millionth time, she didn't refuse to go. Maybe since she knows Lizzie very well, then she can possibly open up about things she might not have told me yet, said that voice in Olivia's mind once again.

Olivia, Elliot, and Lizzie were standing outside of Kelly's hospital room, waiting for the doctor to leave so that they could go in and talk to her. Then once the doctor came out, they all walked in, but they all seemed a little awkward this time.

"Lizzie? Is that really you?" questioned Kelly, surprised by who had just walked in.