Chapter 49

Melinda told Kat that she had been raped and she would help her through this. She even convinced her to see Dr. Hanover and she would go with her. "I know you have your own house, but I want you to stay with me at least over the weekend. Okay?" Kat agreed, "Olivia I'm okay, Melinda is here, please go check on Amanda. She needs you, I feel like I ruined her life with my mess. Liv I wish you knew her before. She's younger than me, but she was so independent. Not many kids can pull off what she did for so long. No she's so scared and timid now. I see a little bit of her old self, but she's so different. It makes me so sad, she was a badass. I really came here to fix it, fix our friendship. Please don't be upset with her. She didn't want to come, she felt bad lying. I'm actually surprised she pulled it off, because she doesn't lie well." Olivia smiled, "No she doesn't and I knew something was going on." Kat giggled.

Olivia went to check on Amanda. She was totally drained from the day. She met the doctor and nurse coming out, "She's good to go, the stitches will dissolve as it heals. I'm glad it happened here. Let me grab a scrub shirt for her." Olivia thanked them and went into the room. "Hey you ready to go home, I'm beat." Amanda was sitting on the edge of the bed. Her shirt was soaked with her blood. "Let me help you out of this shirt." Olivia helped her, but Amanda didn't say anything, "Hey look at me. I'm not mad at you." Amanda looked up finally, "I'm ugly Liv." Olivia laughed, "Nice so you aren't worried about me being mad, you're worried because you think you're ugly. What am I gonna do with you? Let's go home." They went to check on Melinda and Kat before leaving. Kat always had jokes, "Nice you have a fat lip, chicks dig injuries." Olivia rolled her eyes, "You good with her, so I can get this one home? Divide and conquer with these two."

On the way out they met Officer Dodds. "Officer thank you so much for helping these two tonight." Dodds shook his superior's hand, "Yes ma'am. We are like old friends, I was there the day she was looking for Dr. Warner." Amanda looked shocked, "Well thanks. Amanda say thank you and meet me in the car." Dodds grabbed some paper from his notebook, "When your friend feels up to it, will you give her my number." Amanda met Olivia in the car, she had been nice, but she wondered if something was coming. "Liv, I'm so sorry." Olivia leaned over and kissed her cheek, "I know you're sorry, so stop apologizing. Let's talk tomorrow and just move forward." Olivia moved closer to Amanda's face and said, "I am upset about one thing though." Amanda felt her body get hot because Olivia was in her space, "What's that Liv?" Olivia hovered over Amanda's mouth without touching it, "I can't kiss those sweet lips and we won't have sex until it's healed. I wouldn't want anything we do to reopen it." Olivia winked and kissed her cheek, moved back, and started driving them home.

They got home around 2:00 and went straight for the shower, "Liv your showering with me?" Olivia climbed in the shower pulling Amanda in with her, "Yes! Soap, water, wash, dry, and bed. Now!" Amanda washed up, "Are you sure you aren't mad?" Amanda rinsed and moved out of the way, "Amanda I'm dead tired, not mad, but if you aren't dried off, in that bed, and asleep in 5 minutes, I am gonna be mad and your butt will be my target. Go!" Amanda dried her body, changed in her pjs, brushed her teeth, and climbed into bed. She was almost asleep when she felt Olivia climb behind her, "I love you, sleep baby."

Luckily Olivia didn't have to work, but she was still on call. As long as Munch and Nick didn't need her or Fin. She could rest until Monday. She slept until 10:00 and woke up to Amanda laying on her chest. She carefully moved her onto her pillow and looked at her lip, she figured it would be sore today. She took a shower and left Amanda sleeping soundly. She wanted her to rest as long as she wanted. She knew once she woke up they needed to talk. Kat told Olivia everything that Amanda was too embarrassed to tell. She knew she was holding back, but she was going to have to start being honest about everything.

"Hey sleepyhead! How did you sleep?" Amanda sat down, "Good." Olivia felt Amanda's forehead, gave her a glass of water, and two pain pills. "That's in case your lip is hurting, the doctor wants you to use a straw to drink. What do you want for breakfast?" Amanda swallowed her pills, "Liv can I just have a banana smoothie." Olivia got up to make it, "So you want to get our talk over with or do you want to drag it out all day?" Olivia turned off the blender. "Here you go." Amanda took a deep breath, "Okay Liv let's talk." Olivia grabbed her phone and coffee, "Come on bring your smoothie into the living room." They sat together on the couch. "Okay I will go first. Amanda I asked you how you felt about me working more and you being here. You didn't tell me the truth. I thought you would be honest with me, which is why I asked you. Talk to me Amanda truthfully. Kat already told me but I want to hear it from you." Amanda stopped sipping, "I'm scared all the time if I'm not with you or someone I know and trust. I'm embarrassed because Liv I'm too old for it. When you asked me I lied to you, because I knew you wouldn't go for your promotion and I thought I could make myself okay. Olivia sighed, "If you had been honest with me, we could have worked through it. Amanda, if I make a choice to pick you and your well-being, let me make that choice. I don't like the lying. I'm never gonna know if you are telling me the truth. I need you to get this and really hear me, I don't care how bad you think it is, tell me the truth."