A/N: So right of the bat I'm going to tell you all about my concert. It was sad because it's our last concert of the year and for the seniors in our class it is the last concert ever at the school. My chorale teacher gave us a speech before we went out there and it almost made us cry. She was telling us how we were the best group she had ever had the privilege of teaching and even though she wasn't at her best this year we made it better for her. Than she went out and half way through the concert gave another speech to the audience that almost made me cry again. It was a wonderful evening. And I can't lie, we rocked the house. Sorry to all you orchestra and band people but the chorus were the ones to bring down the house.

As always, Enjoy!

Chapter Five

Dinner with Elliot

Olivia followed Elliot into his apartment fifteen minutes after they left the station. When she walked in she immediately could tell that he was a bachelor from the way his apartment was kept. She watched as Elliot picked up some of the garbage and clothes that were scattered around.

"I'm sorry about the mess," Elliot told her, "I haven't had much time to clean around here the last week."

Olivia just smiled and nodded her head. She knew what it was like when the only hours that were given for down time were spent sleeping. The only way Olivia was able to keep her own apartment clean was she never had the time to make the mess. Although if anyone went into her fridge she probably would have to clean out the week old containers of take out.

"It's alright," She told him, "I think it comes with the job."

Elliot cracked a smile and Olivia couldn't help but have hers brighten a bit. Elliot motioned for her to sit down on the couch before he went back to the front door were he had dropped the bag of Chinese food they had picked up before coming here. Elliot handed Olivia her wonton soup and chicken and broccoli. He took out his boneless spare ribs with Chinese rice and egg drop soup. The first couple of minutes of dinner were eaten in relative silence. It was Olivia's small fit of laughter that broke the silence of the room. Elliot looked at her strangely, but couldn't help himself and joined Olivia with laughter of his own.

"What are you laughing about?" Elliot asked between his own fits.

"I was just thinking about the look Daddy gave us when we left," replied Olivia.

Elliot and Olivia's laughter turned into a full out bursts of laughter. They had to put their food on the table so they didn't risk dropping it all over Elliot's floor. After a few seconds the laughing ceased and Elliot found himself missing Olivia's laughter. So he pretended to reach for the remote that sat next to Olivia. When Olivia was least expecting it he started to tickle her sides. She began laughing once more as she tried to push his hands away. He pulled away and jumped to his feet when she went for him. He dashed across the room. When he turned around to taunt her she pounced on him. Elliot felt like he was a teenager all over again. The "Tickle Wars" lasted a couple minutes before they collapsed on the floor in exhaustion. Elliot rested on his back with his hands under his head. Olivia's head rested on Elliot's stomach. She hadn't had this much fun in so long. Her life had been so consumed by her job for so long that this kind of fun was rare. And when she did have fun it was with her close friends from the precinct she used to work at. This was new to her because she was starting to like Elliot. They lay there in comfortable silence until a pounding on the door sent them jumping away from each other. Elliot opened the door and found a worried Cragen on the other side.

"What's wrong Daddy?" Olivia asked.

Cragen usually melted when she called him Daddy, but he was here to deliver some horrible news.

"The Alphabet Rapist just got to letter L," Cragen said grimly.

Olivia knew it had to be bad enough if Cragen was coming to tell them in person instead of calling them on the phone. She wracked her brain for professions of the government that started with the letter L. The only two that popped into her head were Lawyer and a Law Enforcer.

"How many more people can this guy kill?" Elliot exclaimed.

"He didn't kill them yet. He just left this note on my door," Cragen replied.

Olivia took the note from Cragen before Elliot could. It was sealed in a plastic evidence bag. She read it carefully and read it a second time to make sure what she read was what she actually read.

"Shit," exclaimed Olivia.

Elliot took the note from her. Olivia watched him read over it slowly and knew that he would have the same reaction the note as she did. She reread the note as every word was in her memory for anytime she needed it. It had been written in big read letters. It read:

Tick Tock

Time runs out

Can you save her?

Tick Tock

I'll give you a hint

She's tall snobbish lawyer

Her hair is blonde

Tick Tock Tick Tock

Faster, Faster

Time is running out

Olivia felt her stomach do another flip in her stomach. She saw that Elliot was having the same reaction as her. Even though Cragen had seen the note and probably had awhile to digest it, she could still see his fear and worry.

"We need to warn Alex," exclaimed Elliot.

Olivia had only started so she had not yet been introduced to Alex yet. But she knew that if they didn't hurry she might not get to.

A/N: So I forgot to thank everyone for reviewing, so I'll say it now. Thanks so much. This morning I went to school and I was mad that I had to go to school. But than I saw all of your reviews and it was like I had drunk a shot of caffeine. I was all better and ready for a day of torture in the way school is.

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