"So where would you like to go and eat honey?" Elliot asked after handing her her morphine pill then driving off "throwback at three starts now here on kiss FM with the 1958 classic ain't we got fun," the dishjocky could be heard saying over the radio as the tune started playing through the speakers and Olivia's face went white.

"Liv? Honey? Where do you wanna stop at? I'm fixing to pass a chick filet," Elliot said a little louder trying to get her attention as his eyes were completely focused on the road.

Olivia continued to only hear the song in her head as she flashed back to the moment Lewis was pulled over by the cop "one sound, one move and he's dead understand?" she heard in her head.

Elliot once again getting no response frowned slightly as he gently tapped her shoulder "Liv?"

Olivia flinched away from the touch which she thought had come from Lewis in her current state as she curled as close to the passenger door as she could as Elliot's heart broke "I'm sorry baby I wasn't trying to scare you," he said softly.

Elliot's voice still didn't register with her as she was only hearing the song and Lewis's voice in her head on a terrifying loop as she said nothing, just breathed rapidly and trembled uncontrollably with tears streaming silently down her cheeks and Elliot ended up pulling over and turning the truck off.

Once he was safely parked in the chick filet parking lot he quickly turned his attention to her to try to assess what was wrong as tears streamed down his face when he fully saw the extent of her terror what went wrong? What caused this? He wondered to himself as he quietly got out of the truck and walked around to her side as he slowly opened her door and kneeled down on the ground "Olivia baby your safe, it's just El your safe I won't hurt you sweetheart."

Olivia's eyes darted around as they were still filled with terror and her body was tensing slightly, preparing to use the opportunity of the open door to make a run for it "baby please don't run," Elliot pleaded softly recognizing the signs of her fight or flight response kicking in "your just with me baby, only me I'd never hurt you."

Olivia's mind fought with itself as the flashback tried to fade as her eyes continued to dart around franticly "baby can you try and look at me?" he asked in as soft of a voice as he could muster.

It took her a minute but her eyes finally managed to lock with his "E-E-El? I-Is that you?" she asked in a voice so low and shaky that it was barely audible.

"It's me sweetheart, only me your safe I promise," he confirmed softly as his hands were up in a nonthreatening gesture and he made sure his tattoos were visible too as Olivia nodded several times in relief then flung herself into his arms.

Elliot caught her gently and cradled her in his arms there on the ground as he rubbed her back and stroked her hair "your safe sweetheart, your safe I'm sorry I scared you love, I'm so sorry," he said softly.

Olivia was quiet for a few minutes while she got her breathing under control as once her tears dried she shook her head slightly "I-it wasn't you El I-it was the song."

"What do you mean the song?" he asked softly as he was confused at how a song could cause her that much terror.

"L-Lewis sang the song while I was in the car r-right before he killed the patrol officer," Olivia said through a small shudder.

Elliot just nodded slightly and pulled her closer to him "I'm so sorry baby, so so sorry you're safe now, you're safe now he'll never take you again."

"I-I trust you El..," she said as after another couple minutes she started to pull away slightly "g-get me somewhere where you can hold me like this again please p-people are starting to stare."

"They can stare all they want my love we aren't doing anything wrong I'll stay like this for as long as you need me to."

She nodded slightly but then shook her head when she saw a teen taking pictures of them as Elliot gave her an understanding nod and slowly stood from off the ground "do you just wanna go through the drive through here?" he asked softly.

"G-Get what ever you want El I'm not hungry right now."

"Baby are you sure? You were hungry at the precinct earlier."

Olivia nodded slightly "I'm sure El maybe I'll be hungry again for dinner get something for yourself though I don't want you to be hungry."

He nodded slightly "okay only if your sure," he said as he gently helped her back into the truck and loosely buckled her seatbelt "you alright for me to walk around to my side?"

Olivia nodded slightly as Elliot nodded, shut her door gently then quickly walked around the truck and got in on his side.

Once he was seated he quickly changed the radio station to one he knew never played that song as he held her hand gently "I don't feel right not getting you something to eat too sweetheart are you sure you don't want anything?"

Olivia thought for a minute "I could maybe eat a few fries depending on where you decided you wanted to go."

He nodded "I figured I'd just grab a sandwich here then drive you straight to Cragen's so I can hold you again like you asked."

Olivia gave him a slight nod "what about Izzabella though? You told Carl you'd meat him somewhere?" she asked through a yawn.

He nodded slightly "shit," he said through a sigh "l-let me think," he said as they inched a little further in the line they were in to order the food "m-maybe once Cragen gets there I can leave for just long enough to pick her up then come straight back? Or I can just ask Carl to drop her off."

Olivia sighed slightly and tapped her head unsure as Elliot rubbed her hand gently "don't stress on it right now baby I'm sure Izzabella's just fine with Carl and Maureen, we'll get her before her bedtime somehow I promise but right now I'm more concerned about what you need."

Olivia nodded slightly "I just feel so physically and mentally exhausted from today it's like I have no more energy left to give."

He nodded slightly "was it to much? The press conference, the afternoon at the precinct and me having to pretty much be a corrections officer for a while there? B-Because I was afraid it all might end up being to much."

She sighed slightly "I-I really don't know b-but I was pretty much fine until the end of the press conference, that's when I started feeling a little off kilter then I think the flashback sent me the rest of the way downhill."

Elliot nodded slightly "we'll be at Cragen's soon my love," he said softly as he ordered 3 chicken sandwiches and 2 large fries when it was finally their turn as he still held her hand gently.

"Are you gonna be able to eat all that?" Olivia asked once they pulled away shocked at the order.

Elliot chuckled and smiled "ohh it's not all for me I got you and Cragen some food too, didn't wanna have to make an elaborate dinner."

"Gotcha," Liv said with a slight smile understanding that that was code for I wanna cuddle with you instead of spend hours in the kitchen tonight as they rode in a comfortable silence the rest of the way to Cragen's house as I don't wanna miss a thing by Arrow-smith and Way Down by Elvis Presley played on the car radio.

"Isn't Elvis amazing?" Elliot asked after parking and shutting the truck off.

Olivia smiled slightly "he's pretty good yes."

"Aw come on he's amazing, he's the king of rocking roll!" he said cheerfully as he pulled the keys out then walked around to her side of the truck.

Olivia smiled as she stepped out "I'm sorry but the Beatles are better."

Elliot shook his head "nope Elvis all the way."

Olivia shook her head "Beatles."

"Elvis."

"Beatles."

"Elvis."

Olivia chuckled "Beatles."

Elliot chuckled and tickled her carefully as they were now standing on the porch by the door "Elvis."

Olivia went from chuckling slightly to full blown laughing now "El quit it! And Beatles."

He smiled "I'll quit it once you give, Elvis," he said as he used one hand to quickly unlock the door as he then picked her up and carried her inside bridal style with the bag of food hanging on his wrist while continuing to tickle her gently as he was mindful of the injuries she still had.

"B-B-Beatles," she said through hysterical laughter.

Elliot managed to get the door closed with his foot as he plopped down on to the couch with her and kept right on tickling her "you'll give baby I know you will," he said with a knowing smile.

"Y-You wanna bet?" she said through her laughter as her smile was big and bright "Beatles."

They continued their playful banter for a few more minutes before the laughter started to cause Olivia's ribs to start to hurt "q-quit it El q-quit it," she said again through her chuckles as Elliot nodded and immediately stopped, recognizing her plea as serious "you alright sweetheart?" he asked softly ending their fun debate.

"Mmhmm," Olivia said with a smile as she stretched out slightly "t-thank you for lifting my spirits El I needed to not be serious for a few minutes."

Elliot nodded with a smile "anytime baby," he said as he grabbed one of the containers of fries and put it between them as they each ate a few "I'm gonna go put the rest of this food in the refrigerator for later then run out and grab our bag from the truck," he said once they were through as he stood from the couch.

Olivia nodded her head slightly and yawned as she made herself a bit more comfortable on the couch as Elliot smiled then quickly went about doing the two things he needed to do.

Elliot was back in the living room again with in five minutes as he found Olivia almost asleep on the couch as he quietly sat down on the end near her feet, not wanting to move her since it seemed she had found a comfortable position to rest in as he quietly downloaded the Walmart app and began ordering them a few groceries.

Once he finished with that he then opened his My Spectrum app and canceled their internet service as after that he went on to the website of Queen's utilities where he payed their power and water bills "your thumb is flying," Olivia said with a smile as she had been laying there quietly watching him.

Elliot chuckled slightly "I thought you were asleep sweetheart," he said softly as he gently positioned her feet in his lap.

She shook her head slightly "I was in between sleep at one point but I couldn't quite drift off, don't mind me though I just didn't realize you were that good with technology."

Elliot smiled a bit and gently massaged her lower legs "the apps and sites are pretty selfexplanatory so that helps, I ordered us some groceries for tomorrow night they should be here soon."

Olivia nodded "sounds great El what did you buy?"

He smiled "some pre-made chocolate chip cookies for tonight, the stuff for me to make chicken parm tomorrow, the stuff for seizer salads and every thing I'll need to make you another chocolate cheese cake."

Olivia's mouth watered slightly "mmm El your the best..." she said as she raised up and scooted a bit closer to him "once I can use my arm again I want you to teach me how to cook."

"Your a great cook baby I don't need to teach you anything."

Olivia sighed "I'm an okay cook, your a great cook and I wanna learn your recipes."

Elliot nodded "I'll teach you baby but you're a better cook than you give yourself credit for."

Olivia nodded with a smile taking her win as Elliot's phone rang and he sighed "it's Maureen," he said as Olivia nodded "Stabler," he answered.

"Hey dad it's me, sorry to bother you but me and Carl are working on the drywall in your bedroom and Izzabella's really upset because the game she was playing on the computer won't load anymore, I tried resetting the modem but that didn't help, can I call tech support?"

Elliot sighed "don't bother calling tech support Mo I canceled our internet service a few minutes ago."

Maureen frowned "why'd you do that?"

"Money honey, we don't have the money to keep it on right now and I refuse to let it run past due and ruin our credit."

"Dad your credit score was 845 last time we checked it together, I doubt one late internet bill would have hurt that to much."

He sighed "maybe it wouldn't but I just didn't wanna take the chance, the cable's still on though so Izzabella can watch anything on there that she wants so long as it's age appropriate."

Maureen nodded slightly "alright then thanks dad, are you guys still gonna meet Carl later?"

"Probably so I'll be in touch."

"Okay dad, love you," she said as she hung up and Elliot sighed "I take it Izzabella didn't take it well?" Olivia enquired.

Elliot shook his head "she didn't, I get it I do but it's almost summer and like we said the other night we need a new bedroom suit."

Olivia nodded "your right we do, E-El when we get the new one would you be alright with not having a headboard? Or at least not one with the metal rails?"

Elliot nodded "whatever makes you feel safe baby," he said softly as she nodded "would you maybe wanna soak in a hot bath with me?" she asked.

Elliot nodded "sure that sounds great honey," he said with a smile as they stood up and headed towards the bathroom.

Once the water was started Elliot gently helped her remove her clothes and climb in as he quickly removed his then climbed in behind her as she leaned against him and he leaned against the back of the tub "this water feels so nice," Olivia said with a smile.

Elliot nodded "it sure does, I think I might shave once we're out," he said noticing that he was starting to grow a goatee.

Olivia nodded "I think you look handsome either way, have we got two raisers? I've got to try and shave my legs."

He smiled "thanks honey and yeah I think we do."

Olivia nodded and smiled slightly as once the tub was full they turned the water off as as she got more comfortable leaning against him her eyes grew heavy "uh I think I better raise up before I fall asleep," she said as she did so quickly while yawning.

Elliot rubbed her back gently "your tired sweetheart if you fall asleep it's okay I'm right here."

She shook her head quickly "I can't fall asleep in the water my head could fall under, no," she shook her head adamantly "no I'm staying awake."

Elliot continued rubbing her back gently "I understand baby, you know I'd never let that happen though right? Because this is the second time you've worried about it."

She sighed slightly "I-I know El I just had a traumatic experience with falling asleep in the water when I was a little girl and sometimes I think about it."

Elliot nodded "you wanna tell me about it?" he asked softly.

Olivia sighed slightly and carefully turned around in the water to face him "it happened when I was eleven. I had been at school all day then had spent the whole evening volunteering with key club so when I got home I was dead on my feet."

Elliot nodded and kept his gaze on her listening attentively as Olivia sighed slightly again "when I walked into the house I found mom on the couch drunk as ever and on the verge of passing out so I went over to her to try and get her to move to her bed. She tried to stand but then ended up vomiting all over me and when I say all over me I mean all over me."

Elliot frowned "I'm sorry that happened to you sweetheart she should have been being your parent not the other way around."

Olivia nodded slightly agreeing with his statement "did she sober up and make it to her bed?" Elliot asked.

Olivia sighed "I wish, she fell out on the floor and I used all my strength to pick her up and put her back on the couch then I went to my bathroom to clean myself up, god you should have seen my hair El," she said in a slight chuckle.

"I can imagine," he said softly as he gently stroked her cheek "I've always admired how good and patient with your mother you were even with everything she put you through."

Olivia's cheek leaned further into his hand "it was hard a lot of the time it really was but at the end of the day she was my mother and you only get one mother."

"That's true we do and no matter what they do to piss us off or hurt our feelings we always forgive them and we never stop loving them."

Olivia nodded slightly "mmhmm and as bad of a mother as she was I still mis her terribly now that she's gone."

He nodded "I know you do baby," he said softly as he gently wiped the single tear from her eye.

Olivia sniffled slightly but composed herself quickly "so anyway I got myself into the bathroom and into the tub, I had my water so nice, warm and comfortable like ours is now and I figured I'd just lay back for a few minutes, that that wouldn't hurt anything then the next thing I knew I woke up gasping for breath because my nose and mouth was under water... I-I was so close to drowning that night El and that's why I'm so cautious about it now."

Elliot nodded as he pulled her close to him "I'm so sorry that happened to you sweetheart I can't imagine how terrified you must have felt in that moment..."

Olivia nodded "it was a quick sort of terrified, I jerked my head up as soon as I noticed then my heart rate just skyrocketed."

Elliot nodded as he rubbed her back "did you tell your mother? Get checked out at the ER?"

She sighed slightly "I told her the next morning but I didn't get checked out no, when I told her she just told me I should have been more careful and not fallen asleep in the water."

Elliot glared slightly "you know if I could give her a peace of my mind for saying that to you I would right?"

Olivia nodded "yeah I know you would El but it's in the past, I forgave her for it a long time ago I only told you about it so you'd understand where my fear of that happening comes from."

Elliot nodded his head slightly "I understand baby and I'm glad you felt comfortable telling me," he said as he gently turned her around and helped her settle back on his chest as he put a little more hot water in and they relaxed for a while longer.

Olivia did fall asleep once or twice for extremely short bits of time but Elliot kept her steady as after around 45 minutes he chuckled slightly "my hands are getting wrinkled," he said.

"Mine too," she said with a slight smile "you ready to get out?"

"Only if you are we can stay in here for as long as you need."

She smiled slightly "I'm almost ready does Cragen have a shower head? I need to try and wash my hair."

Elliot smiled "he does but let me?" he asked softly.

"I might fall asleep if I let you you know how relaxed you make me," she cautioned.

Elliot smiled "that'll be okay," he said softly as she nodded slightly and he got to work on it.

Before to awful long he had finished with her hair as the gentle massaging of her scalp almost had her dosing lightly as they both got out after that, deciding to forgo shaving for the time being "you wanna lie down for a little while?" he asked softly as he dried her off.

She nodded through a yawn "are you gonna lie down too?"

"Not right away sweetheart but soon," he said as as he was drying her right arm he stopped noticing a little red spot "does this hurt?" he asked gently touching it.

"It's just a little tender that's all, it's probably a bug bite or one of the spots where Lewis pricked me," she said as she shivered slightly.

Elliot nodded as he then noticed her shivering as he wrapped his towel around her too then helped her to the guest bedroom as her shivering didn't stop "honey are you okay?" he asked becoming worried as it wasn't the least bit cold out.

She nodded slightly "mmhmm I just feel a little cold, tired and strange."

"Strange how?" he asked as he helped her dress into her pajamas.

"I donno El I guess shaky is the right word for it? It's probably nothing don't worry."

Elliot frowned slightly but nodded his head anyway as he helped her get under the covers then gave her a slightly longer kiss on the forehead than normal she might have a slight fever but if she does it's low grade, he thought to himself as he sighed slightly "I'm just gonna see if the groceries are here yet and if they are put them away then I'll be right back alright?"

Olivia nodded slightly "take your time El," she said half asleep as he nodded , quickly got dressed then quietly stepped out.

The groceries had in fact arrived when Elliot went out to check for them as it took him around 15 minutes to get them in the fridge and the cookies in the oven what to do about Izzabella, what to do he thought to himself as he sighed when his phone rang "Stabler," he answered.

"Hey Elliot it's Don, I thought I'd let you know I'm on my way home, I have Izzabella's gifts that I forgot to give you guys earlier and also a few things from the crime lab that they finished processing."

Elliot sighed and nodded "sounds great, I ordered a few things from the grocery store and had them delivered here, I hope that was okay."

Cragen nodded "yes of course it is, and ohh there's one more thing you should know before we hang up, Fin and Munch will be coming behind me, we had already planned this night to drink and play cards before Lewis even happened, I forgot about it until John reminded me."

Elliot nodded "I see thanks for the heads up, somethings not right with Liv so I don't know how much we'll hang but I put cookies in the oven a few minutes ago so desserts covered, all you'll have to worry about is Fin and Munch's dinner."

Cragen nodded "I told Fin to stop by Joes pizza and get that for us on his way there."

"Mmm their pizza is the best, I'm gonna go captain, see you shortly."

"Sounds great, bye Elliot," Cragen said before hanging up as Elliot made his way back into the guest room with Liv as he gently cuddled in beside her.

Olivia stayed sound asleep as he smiled and took the opportunity to look at his text messages as he had messages from Kathleen and Lizzie.

Kathleen, 4:13 PM: Are you and Liv coming back to grandma's tonight? She asked me to find out for her, love you.

Elliot, 5:42 PM: We're not Katie it's just to chaotic over there for us to handle and Liv's starting to talk about wanting to go home plus we have appointments tomorrow, he sent as he then clicked over to Lizzie's message.

Lizzie, 4:56 PM: Hi daddy, I'm flying home tomorrow night and would love to eat lunch with you guys before I leave.

Elliot: We can try and work something out honey, I'm glad you flew to Nu York, I know I didn't spend a lot of time with you but I loved seeing you and your energy brightened our days, he sent as he then put his phone down and sighed letting his mind wander.

When it was time to he carefully eased out of the bed and took the cookies out as he then went straight back to Olivia's side god I hope she's not getting sick, he thought to himself as he climbed back into the bed.

At around 6:30 her eyes fluttered open "El your really here," she murmured groggily.

Elliot chuckled then slightly smiled "no place I'd rather be than beside you beautiful how are you feeling?"

"Still a little tired, I don't know why," she sighed "but I need to get up I'm hungry."

He nodded "Fin and Munch are here so you know, I made cookies for us all to have for dessert and for dinner we still have our sandwiches, there's pizza from Joe's and Cragen has some chicken noodle soup I can make you if your wanting something light," he said softly.

"They all sound so good..." Olivia said through a sigh as she stretched slightly.

Elliot smiled and nodded "mmhmm I think I'm gonna have a slice of pizza and eat my sandwich in the morning."

She nodded slightly "I'll do the same," she said as she got up, washed her face the best she could then headed into the kitchen.

"Liv... It's so good to see you Liv you look..."

"Exhausted," Munch finished for Fin "no actually you look drugged did Stabler give you something good?"

She shook her head "El would never," she said groggily as she grabbed herself a cookie and ate it.

Munch chuckled and smiled "I was just messing with you Liv but seriously are you okay?"

She nodded slightly "mmhmm just still tired," she said as Elliot gently took her good elbow and guided her to the seat next to his "let me know if you want more food baby," he said softly as he started to eat his.

Olivia nodded slightly as she ended up eating two pieces of pizza then another cookie as once she was finished she took her plate to the garbage "the cookies were amazing El, so was the pizza."

Elliot smiled "I'm glad you liked them sweetheart," he said as Fin nodded "they were definitely delicious Elliot.

"Thank you Fin," Elliot said as he nodded "you want a beer Elliot?"

"No thank you," he said as Fin nodded "Liv would you like a beer?"

She shook her head "I can't I'm on morphine thank you though."

Fin nodded as Olivia and Elliot smiled and headed to the love seat together as they watched America's got talent while Cragen, Munch and Fin drank.

Around 8 o'clock or so Munch and Fin left for home and Cragen walked into the living room to join Olivia and Elliot "what in the world is that man doing?" he asked looking at the tv as the man in question was covering his entire head in scotch tape.

"Being an idiot," Elliot said simply as Olivia nodded through her chuckles "what the hell is he thinking? How does he think that's even a talent?"

Elliot smiled "I think he just wants his five minutes of fame Liv," he said as he heard his phone ring "Stabler," he said answering.

"Hey Elliot it's Carl, we're in Manhattan, just finished eating dinner at planet Hollywood and we were wondering where you guys are so we can drop Izzabella off? I wanna take Maureen dancing since it's our last night here, your drywall is finished."

Elliot nodded slightly "I understand really I hope you guys have a great time tonight, thank you for getting it done so fast, sorry I didn't get in touch earlier we're at captain Cragen's house."

Carl shook his head "it's not a problem really Mr. Stabler I know you guys have a lot going on, we let her pack a couple of her favorite books, toys and outfits before we left for dinner and she's already pretty much asleep in the back seat."

Elliot nodded "that's great, you guys remember the address from the other day right?"

Carl nodded "yes sir Maureen does."

Elliot nodded "alright we'll see you soon Carl, thank you guys for looking after her today."

"It wasn't a problem Mr. Stabler, see you soon," he said as he ended the call and Elliot focused back on the show.

In the next 20 minutes or so Elliot, Olivia and Cragen watched some pretty weird auditions including a man attempting to stuff 15 gram crackers into his mouth at once, a guy straddling a bicycle on stage and 2 elderly women attempting to do some pretty horrible voice impressions as before they knew it Maureen and Carl arrived with Izzabella and Elliot told Carl where to lay her down.

"Do I owe you guys anything Mo?" Elliot asked while Carl was in the other room.

"You don't dad I promise if we were in your situation you'd help us no question and I know that."

Elliot nodded "that's true we would," he said as he stood up and walked over to hug her "I appreciate every thing you guys have done for us this week honey so much and it was really good to see you."

"It's been good to see you again too dad I'm just sad it had to be for these circumstances."

Elliot nodded "so am I sweetheart maybe next time we see each other it'll be for better reasons."

She nodded "it will be I'm sure of it," she said with a slight smile as she handed him his debit card back.

"Thank you Mo," Elliot said as he took it back with a smile and Carl walked out of the bedroom "Izzabella is tucked in on the bed next to the wall like you asked, she never woke up either."

Elliot nodded "good thanks so much Carl."

"No problem Mr. Stabler," he said as after Maureen gave Olivia a gentle hug they left Cragen's house arm and arm.

When the America's got talent ended at 9 Cragen smiled slightly "well I think I'm gonna turn in for the night guys, feel free though to stay up as long as you like and help yourselves to anything you want or need."

Elliot nodded his head "thank you for everything captain me and Olivia appreciate you letting us stay here more than you know."

He nodded "it's not a problem Elliot really Eileen is still out of town visiting family and it isn't like you guys are loud or anything."

Elliot chuckled slightly and smiled "very true, sleep well captain."

"You too Elliot, goodnight Liv," he said but he got no response as Olivia was already dozing on Elliot's shoulder as he smiled to himself and headed to bed as Elliot carried Olivia to bed a few minutes later.

As soon as Elliot's head hit the pillow he fell into a deep sleep as Liv's head stayed on his chest through the night and Izzabella's head ended up on his shoulder as he kept an arm protectively around both of them.

At around 5 AM Cragen woke up as after he started the coffee he peaked in to check on them as he smiled at the sight he saw and quietly took a picture with his phone Elliot protecting his girls even in sleep he sent to Munch and Fin.

Munch: they look so adorable... Elliot will kill you though if he finds out you photographed that.

Fin: Right? Me and Elliot have always had our little issues but I can't deny he's a good man, he'd die for either one of them.

Cragen: he absolutely would, missing you around the squad room Fin.

Fin: I know captain you told me that last night too lol. For what it's worth I'm missing working too.

Munch: We'll have you back on the 6th partner.

Fin: You got that right, later guys. As Cragen smiled and quietly tiptoed out of the bedroom.