"Damn arsonist again" Elliot mumbled as him and Olivia quickly got out of the squad car and walked toward the building engulfed with fire. It was their 3rd victim that this perp set their house on fire.
There was fire trucks everywhere and fireman running around the house and getting equipment from the truck. Some of them were holding a hose and trying to calm the fire. The newscasters were there already and getting every shot of the burning house.
"Detective Benson and Stabler" Olivia said showing her badge to a fireman. "Did you get everyone out?"
"A child is still inside, one of our guys is getting her," The head fireman answered. "Jason what's your status?" he asked into the talkie-walkie.
The talkie-walkie crackled with an answer "I'm in a burning house Cap what do you think?"
The captain rolled his eyes and pressed button again "Are you close to the girl?"
"I'm-" They heard an extremely loud noise over the radio.
"Jason? Jason come in," The captain ordered frequently into the radio.
"Fell threw a floor I'm ok" The voice answered. Olivia kept listening to the voice and it sounded extremely familiar to her but she couldn't place it.
One of the windows on the house exploded. Everyone bent down and covered their heads, as the fire got even bigger.
They heard the top floor window brake and all the glass fall to the ground.
Olivia and Elliot both looked intensely trying to find their 7-year old victim. Out of the window came a fireman with the little girl in his arms. He sat on the windowsill and pulled himself up on the rooftop with the little girl. He took off his oxygen tank from his back and looked at his captain.
"Everyone move back!" The captain yelled. Everyone moved back as they were ordered. The fireman on the rooftop dropped the oxygen tank from the rooftop to the ground. The tank spun in fast circles from the pressure.
The fireman held the girl close to his chest and ran over the rooftop and jumped on the neighbor's rooftop. He slightly slid and now was holding by one hand on the edge and the other girl in one hand.
Everyone gasped and got quiet watching. The fireman pulled the girl up and put her on the rooftop since she was already unconscious.
"C'mon man!" Another fireman yelled up watching him still dangle from the building. The fireman pulled himself up onto the rooftop and rested on his back and breathed hard.
A fireman ran up the stairs from the fire truck and took the girl. The fireman got up from the building rooftop and walked down the stairs where his colleagues quickly met him.
The paramedic put the girl in the ambulance and put an oxygen mask on her face. Olivia and Elliot stood there for a couple of seconds hoping the girl would take a breath. Her small chest slowly expanded and she started to cough.
"Detectives I would like you to meet the man who got your victim" The captain said coming over to them with the fireman following with his head down and wiping the sweat off his face and not looking up.
Elliot and Olivia turned around to see the man. The man took off his helmet and finally looked up. He quickly looked at Olivia and kept looking at her.
A small smile crept on Olivia's face "Jason"
Jason smiled a little "Olivia"
Elliot looked back and forth at the two "You know each other?"
Olivia kept smiling at the blue eyes looking back at her "High school"
Jason had baby blue eyes and was tall and very built since he was a fireman. His face was dirty from the ashes and sweat was running down his neck.
"Reilly c'mon!" A fireman yelled as he was about to get in the truck.
"C'mon we need to go" The captain said putting his arm around Jason.
"Hey stop by our firehouse so we can catch up" Jason said smiling looking at Olivia.
"Sure will," She answered grinning and got in the ambulance with the girl. Jason nodded and went to his fire truck as the ambulance rode off.
FlashbackOlivia grabbed her books and put them in her backpack getting ready for her first day of being a junior in high school. She looked at her mom and she was still passed out on her bed from being drunk last night.
She slowly walked to her room and shook her "Mom I'm going to school"
"Whatever" Her mom mumbled and turned to the other side.
Olivia rolled her eyes frustrated and put her backpack over her shoulder and went out of the house.
She walked down the hall of her high school all by herself like always since she always kept to herself. She found her new locker and held some of her books pressed to her chest.
She looked over at a crowd of boys that were the popular ones. Some were jocks, some good looking and some were good looking jocks. Olivia noticed one of them was looking back at her with a small smile. Jason Reilly.
She quickly looked away becoming very embarrassed since he was the good-looking jock. He had spiky hair and dressed in an extremely very nicely all the time. He had the baby blue eyes and a smile that made all the girls droll over him including Olivia.
A group of popular girls walked past her. Olivia hated them since they were preppy and very mean to everyone.
"Look it's the girl that doesn't talk" One commented looking at Olivia. Olivia said nothing since she was too frustrated with her mom from that morning. She ignored them and put her books inside her locker.
The girls got even more annoyed seeing that Olivia was ignoring them. One smirked and on purpose bumped into Olivia with the ice tea she had in her hand. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't see you there"
Olivia jumped from the cold running down her white t-shirt. Olivia's face burned bright red with anger and embarrassment seeing that her bra was visible now.
The girls giggled evilly and one on purpose took the books from her locker and let them drop to the floor. They all laughed and walked away.
Olivia felt tears coming to her but she held them back as she crossed her arms on her chest trying to cover her visible bra.
"Don't let them get to you," A voice behind her said. She turned around and was face to face with the most popular and cutest boy in school. Jason Reilly.
He bent down and picked up her books and placed them neatly in her locker. Olivia just watched him in shock that he was speaking to her or was this close to her.
"Your Olivia Benson right?" Jason asked taking off his sweater and only leaving a white tank top under.
Olivia said nothing and nodded still in shock and tried not to look at his muscles.
"I'm Jason-"
"I know who you are" She cut him off still keeping her arms crossed on her chest.
"Oh ok, well we have English together and if you want you can have my sweater for the rest of the day" he offered holding out his sweater to her.
"It's ok, you need it cause the teachers wont let you be in a tank top all day"
"Take it I insist I have other shirts" He offered still holding out his sweater and pulled out his football uniform from his backpack "They cant say anything its school colors"
Olivia smiled a little and took his sweater "Thank you"
"No problem. I was wondering if you would like to go out on a date with me maybe sometimes when you're free. Or if you have a boyfriend already then you know we can just hang out if you want"
Olivia looked at him and felt like she was being played a trick on cause the popular boys went with the popular girls and that's the way it was.
She handed him his sweater back "I don't really need your sweater I'll find something to wear"
"What? No, look I'm sorry that was way to forward of me I didn't mean to scare you or anything I just wanted to get to know you that's all" He said sort of nervously as he shoved his hands in his pockets.
"I need to get to class," Olivia said with a shy smirk as she closed her locker and pulled on his sweater over his shirt "Thank you again." She walked away from him and went to her first class. She smiled smelling his cologne on the sweater.
End Flashback
Olivia and Elliot sat in the waiting room to see how the girl was doing.
"You guys were friends in high school?" Elliot asked looking over at her.
"He was my boyfriend" Olivia answered with a small smirk.
Elliot just nodded. "How long?"
"Our junior and senior year"
Elliot looked over at her "Was he your-"
"Yea" Olivia answered knowing what he was going to ask. If she lost her virginity to Jason.
Elliot just nodded and they kept quiet the rest of the time.
Olivia got home around 8 that night. She ate dinner and sat and watched a movie for a little while. She got up and dug through her closet and found her senior yearbook.
She looked through it and smiled seeing her and Jason hugging each other in a picture where they got voted 'Cutest Couple'
She looked to the back and found where Jason signed it. She grinned and read it.
To my dear Olivia: You are the greatest girlfriend and best friend any guy can ever wish for. You always say that I'm popular and you're the dork but that's not true. You are extremely beautiful, smart and caring. I love you so much and I hope you stay my girlfriend forever. I hope you become a cop like you always wanted and then you can kick my ass. Love you a lot your boyfriend Jason.
She smiled remembering that he left her a rose inside after he wrote that and then gave her the yearbook back.
She lay down in bed and started to regret braking up with him when they were about to go to college. He insisted that it wouldn't matter that they wouldn't see each other everyday but she wasn't up for a long distance relationship at the time especially since she was going to go to a police academy and he wasn't sure what he was going to do with his life since he got a full paid scholarship for football.
Jason walked into his house and was quickly greeted by his 5-year old son, Josh.
"Daddy, daddy" He yelled and jumped into his arms. Jason took him and lifted him up in the air.
His 14-year old daughter, Andrea, came out of her room.
"Hi sweetie" Jason said smiling. Andrea just waved and went back to her room. Jason said nothing and put Josh on the ground by his toys and went to his room to find his wife.
He came in and she was lying in bed reading a book.
"Hi Sweetheart" He said taking off his NYFD t-shirt he had on. She didn't respond "Liz what's wrong?"
"I saw my husband hanging from a building today," She answered flipping a page of her book.
Jason let out deep breath knowing that Liz wanted him to get a safer job but he loved his job too much. He unzipped his jeans and sat on the edge of the bed and took them off only staying in his boxers "I'm not having this conversation again"
"Do you even think about us?" Liz snapped looking up at him.
"Oh my god I can't believe your saying that, of course I do, you know that." He snapped back. "How did we get married in the first place? You got pregnant with Andrea and we got married, don't tell me I don't think about you"
"So it doesn't bother you that I worry every night if you will come home? I saw you on T.V. jumping from one building to another from the rooftop."
He let out a deep breath and walked over to her as he was pulling on a t-shirt "I'm sorry but I'm not giving up my job"
Liz said nothing and turned to the other side. Jason gave her a kiss on the cheek and went to his closet and dug threw it and find his senior yearbook.
He left the room and went into the living room and sat on the couch and watched Josh playing with his toys. He opened the book and flipped to the back where Olivia signed it.
To my favorite person in the world: You made high school more fun these last two years then my whole life. I am so glad you were there for me when I needed you especially during gym class. I hope that you are my boyfriend forever and that we stay like this forever. Your one and only girlfriend, Olivia.
Jason smiled and shook his head remembering that she broke up with him two days later after she wrote that.
The next day Olivia and Elliot were sitting and doing some paperwork.
"You want to go get some lunch?" Elliot asked looking up.
Olivia looked up at him "Oh. About that, I was wondering about going to see Jason during our lunch break cause we haven't seen each other since high school ended"
"Oh, ok well I'll just get Fin or John to go with me"
"Ok, thanks" Olivia said as she closed her file. "I'll see you later" She grabbed her jacket and walked out of the squad room.
Jason was shooting pool with some of his fellow firemen since they didn't have any calls yet. He was dressed in the navy blue NYFD t-shirt like always and wearing beige fireman pants with the red suspenders hanging down.
"Do your wives give you a hard time about the job?" He asked as he hit the ball.
"Divorced" One answered.
"Girlfriend"
"Single" The last one answered.
Jason rolled his eyes and took a sip of water from a water bottle.
Olivia walked into the firehouse and quickly got smiles from the men and some winks. She ignored them all and went to the captain's office.
"Detective how can I help you?"
"I'm looking for Jason, is he here?" Olivia asked.
The captain nodded and got off his chair and went in the doorway "Reilly!"
Jason turned around and put his pool stick down and headed to the captain's office. He walked in and spotted Olivia and smiled. "Hey"
"I have my lunch break now so if you wanted-"
"I'd love that" Jason cut her off with a smile. Olivia smirked and nodded looking at his clothing and immediately finding him very sexy. "Cap were going to be at the diner across the street"
His captain nodded and went back to work. Jason put his hand on Olivia's back and led her out of the office and then out of the firehouse.
They went in the diner across the street and sat down at a booth across from each other.
"You look so different" Jason said grinning.
"Good or bad different?" She asked smirking.
"Very good"
"Thank you"
The waitress came to their table and recognized Jason right away "Your usual?"
"Of course" Jason answered with a small smile.
"You?" She asked looking at Olivia.
"I'll have what his having" Olivia answered knowing her and Jason always loved the same food. The waitress nodded and walked away.
"Are you married?" Jason asked playing with a sugar packet in front of him.
"No, too busy with the job and most guys don't like to date a woman who works in SVU"
"SVU? Just like you always wanted. That's great"
"What about you?"
"Yea, Married with two kids"
Olivia tried to keep her smile but it wasn't working since she wanted to date him again. "That's great"
"Yea, Josh is 5 and Andrea is 14"
"Got pictures?"
"Of course" He answered as he pulled out his wallet from his back pocket and handed it to her.
Olivia opened it and found a picture of a little boy with blonde hair and big blue eyes and a big smile. She guessed the blonde hair was from his wife since Jason had dark brown hair but knew that the eyes and the smile were defiantly from Jason.
The girl had long dark brown hair and brown eyes. This time Olivia knew that it was the other way around. She got Jason's hair and her mothers eyes.
"Got a picture of your wife?" Olivia asked looking up at him.
"Flip" Jason instructed smirking.
Olivia smiled and flipped the picture and found Jason and a woman hugging each other. The woman had blonde hair and brown eyes and was shorter then Jason.
"Her name is Liz" Jason said as the waitress brought their food.
"How long have you guys been married?" Olivia asked closing his wallet and handing it back to him. Olivia looked at the food and it was a hamburger and fries just like she liked with a coke on the side.
"14 years"
Olivia looked up at him with a small smile.
Jason shrugged "I got her pregnant so we got married"
Olivia nodded and took a fry from her plate.
FlashbackOlivia walked out of her last class still wearing Jason's sweater. Her books were pressed up against her chest and quietly walking to her locker.
She got to her locker and spotted Jason sitting on the floor waiting.
"I'll just put my books in my locker and give you your sweater"
Jason got off the floor and leaned on the locker next to hers "Do you have a boyfriend?"
Olivia looked over at him as she opened her locker "I…um…no"
"Will you let me take you out on one date please?"
"Don't you have a girlfriend, I mean how could you not?" Olivia said and then quickly started blushing realizing what came out of her mouth.
Jason smiled "I don't have a girlfriend. Unless you want to be my girlfriend"
Olivia started blushing even more "I hardly know you"
"Exactly, that's why I think we should hang out so we get to know each other"
"If this is some dumb joke or some bet with your friends to see if you can date the dork then please just leave me alone"
"No. It's nothing like that I swear and you're not a dork. I have been watching you since freshman year and I never got the courage to ask you out since your so pretty but I'm doing it now since I don't want to regret it in the future."
Olivia just kept looking at him "You think I'm pretty?"
Jason started to blush "Yea"
They heard some noise down the hall and both turned around to see what was going on. Some of the jocks were picking on a small freshman boy.
Olivia just shook her head and couldn't stand it anymore. It was enough that they picked on other kids but when the kid was younger she just couldn't stand and watch it.
She walked past Jason and went to the crowd of jocks "Why don't you guys just leave him alone"
The jocks looked up at her "Keep walking sweetheart"
"Just leave him alone, he's not bothering you"
One smirked and took the books from the freshman and threw them in the garbage. "Want to be a hero? There you go"
"You call yourself a man? What kind of man picks on a kid smaller then him."
The popular girls walked over to her and this freaked Olivia out since they tormented her all the time and always got the best of her even when she didn't want to.
"How's that ice tea doing?"
Olivia said nothing and just stood there.
The jock snickered "Sweetheart you cant change anything. You and what geek army will stand up to us?"
"This army" Olivia heard a voice behind her. She turned around and found Jason standing there with his arms crossed on his chest.
"Reilly what the hell you doing?" The jock asked looking at his teammate.
Jason said nothing and took the freshman's book from the garbage and handed it to him and put his arm around the freshman and led him away from the jocks.
"You taking her side?" One of the popular girls said looking at Jason.
"Yea" Jason answered standing by Olivia.
All of his friends looked at him and walked away.
Olivia looked over at Jason "Looks like you keep saving me"
Jason smiled a little "Go on a date with me please?"
Olivia smiled a little and nodded.
End Flashback
"Thanks for lunch" Olivia said as they walked out of the diner together.
"It was my pleasure" Jason said with a small smile. "We need to hang out more"
"Here's my card, give me a call sometimes" Olivia said handing him her card. "My cell is on the back"
"You got it" Jason said putting it in the pocket of his fireman pants.
He walked her over to her car. "It was nice seeing you again Olivia"
"It was nice seeing you again too Jason" She said grinning as she unlocked her door.
The heard a loud noise from the firehouse. "I have to go" Jason said quickly as he pulled on his suspenders and ran to the firehouse.
A couple of seconds later the sirens of the fire truck were heard and the truck sped out into the street. Jason waved at Olivia and she smiled and waved back and got in her car totally regretting letting him go from her life. She needed and wanted him back.