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Chapter 10: It was Time

Olivia hadn't gotten used to not being partnered with Elliot. It had been three months since he resigned and she got rid of every new partner within one case. She preferred to work alone. She was grateful that she got to go home to Elliot every night.

She was driving home when she thought of the case they just cracked. She needed Elliot by her today. Not some rookie cop or Mike Sandoval. She needed Elliot.


It was 1 o'clock in the afternoon when Olivia was assigned the case on Broadway and 52nd Street. She got off her car and met up with her temporary partner, Mike Sandoval.

"What have we got, Sandoval?"

"Dead woman beaten. Name is Sandra Hewitt. Her daughter Candy Hewitt was found behind the dumpster."

"Dead?"

He nodded his head silently.

She moved over to John and looked at him, "Can you go interview? Im going to the Medical Examiners to find out how this woman died. All I know is that it wasn't simple."

He nodded and let her go. She was like his little sister. She was going farther into a dark world every day she wasn't working with Elliot. He thought of how long she was going to be able to stay on the job after he passed away. He then looked at Mike Sandoval, her temporary partner at the moment, and motioned him to work with Fin.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon when Olivia made her way to the Medical Examiners office. Melinda met her quickly. "You were right. Sandra's death was far more complicated. Apparently, she was poisoned with arsenic. She was dying already. Her stab wound was post mortem. Whoever did this to her had a grudge and since she was already dead, they took it out on the dead body."

"What about the daughter?"

"Now that this the interesting part. I was first thinking the mother did it while she was insane, but look..." She pointed to her stomach and wrists. "All of these wounds were self inflicted."

"She did this to herself?"

Melinda nodded.

"Out of guilt for killing her mother, she killed herself. How old was she?"

"Only eight years old."

Olivia swallowed and covered both bodies. She felt like she was going to throw up on anything at that moment. Melinda turned her and Olivia vomited her breakfast and dinner the night before in the waste tub.

After she threw up, she looked at the examiner who gave her a sad smile. She leaned in and whispered to her, "Olivia, the results were positive."

Olivia nodded and wiped off her faces. She quickly rinsed her mouth out with Listerine Melinda gave her and she nodded. "Im going to the station. Can you call if anything else turns up?"

"Yes, of course. And Olivia."

Olivia turned around and looked at the medical examiner with broken eyes. Instead of saying anything, Melinda only nodded and let her go on her way.

Olivia walked into the station to be met by Captain Cragen, John and Fin at seven-thirty. "Go home," Cragen said looking at her seriously.

"No, I need to finish this file. The case is solved. We just have to fill out the paper work."

"Yes us," John said motioning to him and Fin. "Not you."

"What's going on here?" She said eying all three men carefully.

"Olivia, you are exhausted. Just go home and be with Elliot. Take a couple days off."

She frowned and then looked up at her Captain. "Okay, let me get my stuff."

It was nine o'clock when she pulled up in front of her apartment. She got off the car and made her way to the door. She smiled when she opened the door and saw Elliot laid out on the couch. She got scared however, because he didn't make the small noises he made when he slept. She ran to him and kneeled in front of him. His eyes shot open only to meet hers in tears. "Liv, what's going on?"

"Don't scare me like that!" She said hitting him in the chest. He looked at her confused and she cried into his chest. "I thought you left me."

"Shhh..." he said into her hair. "Its okay. Shhh..."

She took a deep breath and looked into his eyes. "What did you do today?"

"I actually slept. Caught a little of that funny TV show Reba on Lifetime, Television for Women..." She laughed and held him closer. He always knew just what to say to make her smile. "John, Don and Fin called me today." She suddenly stiffened at looked into his eyes. "They told me something threw you off. Care to tell me what that is?"

She cried and held him close. "Today was so hard today, Elliot. I needed you with me. I missed you. You always got me through the tough ones."

"Shhh..." he said into her hair. "Its okay."

"Make me forget," she whispered turning to him. "Make me forget it all."

He knew what she meant as he leaned down and captured her lips with his own. He held her close and kissed away her hurt and pain. He stopped and took her hand. He led her to the bedroom and placed her on the bed.

He pushed her down softly on the bed, caressing her with kisses while disrobing her. Soon they were both naked under the sheets with her beneath him. "Elliot," she moaned, needed him inside her. He shook his head and kissed his way down her torso to her slick folds. His tongue thrust inside her as she moaned in ecstasy. She bucked against him as her head was twisting on the pillow. "El, El, God, El. Never stop. I love you, Elliot!" She came quickly in his mouth and she pressed against his head in pleasure. He smiled and kissed her with sticky kisses until he met her lips. "I love you," he whispered kissing her body. "I love all of you. I love you, Olivia. Forever my love."

She cried happy tears as she kissed his body. She nodded and looked back to him, "Forever, baby." She sank herself onto his shaft as she gasped in pleasure. He wanted to take it slow and easy. He wanted her to remember everything. To feel. To memorize. They came together as she screamed in pleasure and he grunted his release.

They laid together in the sea of sheets and simply stared at each other. Memorizing every little detail. Elliot's skin grew more pale, but Olivia kissed his muscles. "I don't know if you know this," she said fingering his chest hair, "But I loved you the moment I landed on top of you eight years ago."

He laughed and kissed her again. "I loved you before then."

"Really?" She said playfully kissing his neck.

"Yep, your file was in Cragen's office. I saw your picture and fell in love with you that second."

She laughed and snuggled into him. "You are so full of shit."

"But you love me anyway," he said kissing her deeply. "But in all seriousness, Olivia. I do love you. You are the best thing that has happened to me. You are my love, forever."

"I know. I'll love you forever."

She kissed him deeply and fell asleep in his embraces at eleven-thirty that night.

Elliot looked at his angel in his arms as she slept. He felt her warm silky skin that meshed perfectly with his. He looked at her and tears gathered in his eyes as he whispered sadly, "Im sorry I won't be there to rock with you in our rocking chairs when we grow old. Im sorry we never had the chance to name our children together. Im sorry you didn't sit beside me at our kid's weddings. Im sorry you are going to live without me so soon, my Olivia."

A tear escaped his eyes and he smiled. "But you will never really be alone. I am here. I will live with you and in your heart forever. Just don't forget me, baby. I will love you forever. Even after death."

He kissed her lips softly as she slept. She only snuggled closer to him. "My Olivia," he said kissing the crown of her head. "Goodnight my love. I love you."

Elliot passed away in her arms at twelve-twelve.

Olivia woke up to the alarm clock at seven o'clock that morning. "El, will you turn that off please, its on your side."

Nothing.

She opened her eyes and she was in his grasp, but his arms were limp. His skin was pale. His wasn't breathing. His heart wasn't beating. He was gone.

"No," she moaned as she held his naked body against hers, "No, baby no!"

She took a labored breath and held him tighter, "I love you, El. Come back to me. Come back. I love you."

She sobbed as she held him. The tears didn't subside, but she didn't make a sound. She laid him next to her and she kissed his lips once more. "I'll love you until the day I die, my Elliot. Forever."