A/N: /shrugs/ I think we've all been woken up by phone calls in the middle of the night.
Phone Call
By Melissa
A cell phone began to ring incessantly.
Maybe if the owner ignored it, it would stop. She knew she had to answer, she just didn't want to. It couldn't be anything good. It never was.
"Is that mine or yours?" a groggy voice asks.
"Mine," an equally tired voice responded.
"Good."
The tall detective gave her bedmate an elbow in the ribs for that comment.
"Benson."
"Hey, Liv. Sorry to interrupt your beauty rest."
"What's up, El?"
"Rape with a double homicide. Looks like our boy has been at his old tricks again."
Olivia sighed. They had been tracking this particular scum bag for a little while now. He liked to have an audience to his sick little games, before killing them both.
"Where?"
"Central Park. I was just about to call Cabot to update her."
"I'll tell her. See you in 30 minutes."
She hung up the phone and nudged the lump lying next to her again. "Elliot says it looks like our guy again."
"Great."
Olivia's head hit her pillow as she snoozed for a few more minutes.
Then the silence was broken by another ringing cell phone, this one different from the first.
A pale arm reached out from under the covers and grabbed the offending object off the nightstand.
"Cabot."
"Hey Alex."
"Hi Elliot. What's up?"
"Oh, I just spoke to Olivia. Would you mind telling her that she isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer at 2 in the morning?" Elliot couldn't resist the urge to bust balls. He didn't get to do it very often.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, when I called her a few minutes ago, I was about to call you. But she said she would tell you, which to me means you are there with her." You could hear his grin through the phone. "Somehow, I don't think you guys are doing witness prep at this ungodly hour."
Alex gulped audibly.
"Don't worry, Counselor. I think it is great. Tell my partner to get out of bed and down here, won't you?"
He then hung up his phone. Alex stared at hers in disbelief.
She then reached behind her head, picked up her pillow and began hitting Olivia with it.
Their secret romance wasn't such a secret anymore.
