Chapter 7

"Everything okay?" asked Don as Fin and Amanda came out of the trees. Fin nodded and Amanda walked past Don towards the motor home and Nick. "What the hell happened?" he asked Fin.

"Nick thought he heard something in the trees," he told Don. "Turned out to be a squirrel."

Don narrowed his eyes.

"And you expect me to believe that bullshit."

"Amanda is talking to him," said Fin.

Don nodded.

"Elliot and Olivia?"

"Let's just say they are putting their differences to one side and working on rebuilding their friendship amongst other things.

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"What the hell did you think you were doing?" Amanda asked Nick.

"Back off Amanda."

"Do you want kicked off the squad?"

Nick just glared at her. "I didn't do anything wrong," he told her grabbing a beer from the cooler.

"You fired your gun for no reason."

"I thought someone was there….."

"Bullshit," she interrupted him. "You were down that lake watching Olivia and Elliot and obviously saw something you didn't like….. Tell me I'm wrong."

"He was all over her," he said slamming down his bottle on the table. "For fucks sake he is back in her life a few days and she is falling for the crap he is feeding her. I won't have him hurting her again."

"Nick you can't stop them being together," she told him. "She is in love with him, and he loves her, it is so easy to see, and if you try to stop her or put Elliot in any danger she will hate you for it."

"I can't just sit back and see her get hurt again. Stabler isn't right for her."

"Well that isn't for you to decide, that is up to Olivia. All I know is for the first time since we started in the Unit she seems happy, and that is because of Stabler. You need to grow the hell up and get your head out your ass, before you not only ruin your friendship with Olivia but also lose your job."

Before Nick could reply to her she was out the door and slammed it shut behind her.

"Everything okay?" asked Don as she walked over to the RV.

She shrugged, "Guess we will find out in the morning when everyone has had a good night's sleep," she smiled.

"Do I need to be worried about Nick and his feelings on this job?"

Amanda smiled. "I'm sure he will be fine," she said.

"Yeah well I'm not willing to risk it. Fin, go and get Elliot and Olivia. Amanda get Nick out here," he said to them. They both looked at each and shrugged before heading off in different directions.

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Olivia rolled over onto her side and looked at the small clock beside the bed and saw it was just before 5am. She sat up and stretched as she sat on the edge of the bed. She couldn't believe she had slept so well.

A smile spread across her face as memories of the night before flooded through her head. She felt the bed moving and a small grunt from behind her.

"You cannot be getting up already," groaned Amanda. "It's far too early and we aren't moving out till at least eight.

"Once I'm awake that's it," said Olivia standing up and stretching again.

"Well close the door quietly on the way out," she mumbled turning over and closing her eyes.

Olivia grabbed her bag and left the room stepping straight into the bathroom and turning on the shower. She quickly stripped as she waited for the water to warm up before stepping under the spray and her thoughts going back to seven hours earlier.

They finally broke apart and panted for breath.

"We should head back up to the others," said Olivia and Elliot had nodded.

"It's starting to get a little cold in here anyway," he breathed against her lips as his hands skimmed down her sides and he took hold of her hands. "Come on," he smiled leading her out the water.

Olivia grinned and licked her lips as they left the water and her eyes went straight to his bare ass as he walked slightly ahead of her. She reached out as he stopped and ran a single finger down his back and over his ass cheeks before stepping up and right behind him, her front flush with his back and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"Everything okay?" he asked her and he felt her nod her head between his shoulder blades. "Are you still scared of me?"

"Yes," she said nodding and Elliot swallowed hard.

"But I thought…. The kiss and everything, I thought…"

Olivia smiled against his back and kissed it softly as she felt him tensing up.

"I'm scared Elliot, because that kiss… it was everything I hoped it would be and more. It wasn't awkward, it was perfect."

"So why are you scared still?"

"Because of how much I want you," she told him and Elliot smiled before turning to face her cupping her cheek.

"And you don't think I want you just as much?"

"Oh I can feel how much you want me," she chuckled as she felt his erection pushing against her stomach and Elliot laughed.

"What the hell do you expect, Benson? Your stood here almost naked."

Olivia looked into his eyes.

"And how do you think I'm feeling, you are naked," she said biting on her bottom lip as Elliot licked his lips. "I just….. I have tried to hold back these feelings and hide them for so long, but now, now I don't have to and I ….. God I don't know what I'm trying to say," she smiled at him.

Elliot moved his head slightly and kissed her lips softly. "We should get back up there," he told her.

"Yeah," she whispered back.

Elliot stepped away and bent over picking up the towel and handing it to Olivia and waited for her to dry herself. As she finished he reached out for the towel but Olivia shook her head and stepped towards him.

"Let me," she said reaching up with the towel and slowly drying his chest."Turn around."

Elliot done as she asked thank full to be facing away from as his cock became harder under her touch.

Olivia dropped the towel to the ground and placed her hands on his hips as she gently kissed his back moving across from one shoulder blade to the other, her lips barley touching him.

"Liv," he croaked out.

"Ssshhh," she said as she moved around him to his front her lips brushing over the tops of his arms.

"Shit," he moaned as she kissed her way over chest and gently licked his nipple before sucking it lightly into her mouth as her hand moved downwards over his muscled stomach. Elliot hissed as the back of her brushed against his cock. He moved quickly grabbing hold of her wrist.

Olivia let go of his nipple and looked up at him meeting his eyes.

"Let me take care of you?" she couldn't believe she had said that or how forward she was being with him.

"Liv…."

"El, you're never going to be able to relax like that, never mind get your jeans back on. Let me help you," she said pulling her wrist out of his grip and running her fingers lightly up the length of his cock."Let me help you relax," she said a little shocked at how forward she was being. But all she knew was she wanted no needed to touch him.

"Jesus Christ," he said closing his eyes as she took hold of him.

"Just relax," she said as her other hand cupped the back of his head and she pulled him down and kissed him passionately, as her hand began to move.

"Yo! Guys, Cragen wants' you!" said Fin from the tree line, where all he could see was the back of Olivia.

"You have got to be kidding me grunted Elliot as Olivia dropped her head to his shoulder and he felt her laughing. "I am going to fucking kill him."

"He said now," Fin told them.

Elliot looked over his shoulder and saw Fin stood there a huge grin on his face, before he turned away and headed back to the camp.

"Right now I don't know who I dislike the most," growled Elliot. "Nick or Fin."

Olivia looked down at his softening cock.

"You gonna be okay?" she asked him and Elliot nodded before they broke apart and picked up their clothes and got dressed, as Elliot carefully pulled on his jeans. Once dressed, Elliot took her hand and they walked in silence back to the camp area.

"If I'm honest," said Elliot as they entered the clearing and walked towards the others and the camp fire. "I'm quite glad we got interrupted," he told her.

Olivia turned her head to look at him. "What?... Why?" she asked thinking she had done something wrong.

"Because," he said lowering his voice and leaning into her. "The first time I cum with you, I want it to be buried deep inside you, not in your hand," he said leaving loose of her hand as she stopped walking and he carried on.

"Liv you okay?" asked Amanda.

"Erm yeah, I'm good," she said looking over at Elliot who was sitting in one of the camp chairs with a smug look on his face as Nick gave him a filthy look from across the fire.

Don read them all the riot act about getting on and to stop behaving like kids. He then decided that because of John's injuries he should travel with Elliot, Olivia and Amanda in the morning, so if needed he could lie down. Nick would go with him and Fin was still on the bike. After another quick discussion everyone went to bed leaving just Olivia and Elliot.

"You still staying up all night," she asked him.

"Yeah, one of us should, I will sleep once we get on the road."

"Okay," she smiled and looked over her shoulder towards the RV. "I should erm….. I should go and get some sleep."

"Yeah," he said walking around the fire and taking her hand. "Come on," he smiled. "I will walk you home."

Olivia laughed. "What all of the ten steps?"

"Hey, anything could happen in those ten steps," he laughed as they reached the door and they stood facing each.

"Made it here safely," she said quietly.

"Yeah….. I had a great time tonight," he smirked making her laugh.

"Me too, well apart from Nick and Fin interrupting every time we got to a good bit."

"It just means we still got those good bits to come," he told her.

Olivia looked away from his eyes and down to the floor.

"What?" he asked her, but she kept her eyes fixed to the dusty floor. "Liv, what is it?"

"I have dreamt of those good bits for so many years," she said her voice just above a whisper. "And when you left, I thought that's what it would always be, just a dream."

Elliot put his fingers under her chin and lifted her head so she was looking into his eyes again.

"I had those dreams as well," he told her. "And I never thought they would come true, but here we are Liv. I know we still have things to talk about and we have a lot going on right now….. But I am here and I'm not planning on going anywhere. I swear to you."

Olivia nodded but didn't speak.

"I know I don't have a right to ask this Liv after what happened, but you need to trust me and believe me. After that kiss in the lake," he smiled. "There is no way I could leave you again," he said cupping her cheek. "Liv…I….. I…..lo…."

Olivia put a finger to his lips stopping him from finishing the sentence. She pushed up onto her toes and kissed him softly.

"The first time I hear those words," she smiled at him. "Is when your buried deep inside me," she told him kissing his lips once more before turning away from him and stepping inside the RV, closing the door behind her, leaving Elliot rooted to the spot staring at the closed door.

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"What time is it?" asked Elliot yawning as he came out the bedroom dressed in only a pair of long shorts.

"Almost 6pm," said Amanda looking up from the book she was reading. "And stay back there out of sight," she warned him as he went walk past her.

"I guess the last few days caught up with me. Where's Liv and John?" he asked looking around.

"We stopped for gas and they have popped to the store to get a few things."

Elliot nodded and took a bottle of water from the fridge and sat down opposite Amanda.

"So we still planning on driving all through the night?" he asked her.

"That's the plan. Olivia got some sleep earlier so she will drive the first part. We are going to wait here for Don and Nick. John says he feels a lot better so he is going to jump in with Don."

"Great, just what we need Mr PMT," mumbled Elliot making Amanda smile.

"Give him a break, he isn't a bad guy," she said closing her book.

"He fired his gun for no reason. He has done nothing but be a pain in the ass since we met up."

"Oh and you have been a ray of sunshine this full time," she said as she stood up.

"Yeah well I had my reasons," he sighed.

"And so does Nick."

Elliot just looked at her.

"Look, when we joined the unit Olivia was still raw from your departure. She didn't want to accept that you had left. She gave both me and Nick a hard time and wouldn't accept Nick as her Partner. It took her quite a while to trust him. Nick is just looking out for her. He doesn't want his partner getting hurt again."

"And you're sure that's all it is?"

Amanda took a soda from the fridge and sat back down.

"I'm not stupid Amanda; I have seen the way he looks at her. It's the same way I used to look at her."

"Look he just cares for her…."

"More than a partner should?"

Amanda sighed. "I don't know….Maybe. But he has never said anything to anyone, and does it really matter…."

"I'm gonna kill the little fucker," he said standing up and beginning to pace.

"And what do you think that will achieve?"

"I don't care but it will make me feel a lot better."

Amanda stood up right in front of him."Look I get your pissed at him. Firing his gun last night was a stupid ass thing to do. But he was there for Olivia when you weren't. He has helped her to get back on track again, so give the guy a break. Are you trying to tell me you don't understand what he is going through? Yes he has feeling for her, feelings I'm sure he couldn't help getting. But he has to sit back and watch her fall into your arms the minute you are back in her life. Just think how hard it must be for him, to watch her with you."

Elliot stared Amanda in the eyes as he let out a hard breath.

"Just give him a chance. He is a good guy who just happens to have fallen for a woman he can't have and who doesn't want him. Just ease off on him."

Elliot sighed. "Fine, but if he tries any stupid shit again I will hurt him," he said as the door to the RV opened and Olivia climbed in. She looked at Elliot and Amanda stood toe to toe.

"Everything okay?" she asked as the door slammed behind her and she stood with her arms full of bags.

"Yeah everything is fine…. Right Stabler?"

"Yeah, it's fine," he said his eyes locking on Olivia's.

"Good to hear," said Olivia. "Nick has just popped to the store, to get a few things then we can be on our way again. We are going to drive through the night and Fin is going ahead to find somewhere to rest up tomorrow night."

Elliot and Amanda nodded as Olivia looked between them. Elliot moved around Amanda and stepped towards her. "Here give me those," he said taking the bags from her and turning to put them on the bench.

"Thanks," she said as Amanda walked towards the front of the RV and climbed into the driver's seat getting ready to leave as soon as Nick joined them. Olivia reached into one of the bags and pulled out a cheap new cell phone. "Here," she said handing it to him. "Go call your kids," she smiled at him. "Let them know your okay."

"Liv…"

"Once you have called them we will get rid of it. Let them know you will call them when you can and not to worry."

"Thank you," he smiled taking the phone from her. "I will go in there," he said pointing to the bedroom.

"Say hi from me," she told him as he disappeared through the door.

Olivia put the rest of the shopping away and climbed into the passenger seat just as Nick came back from the store.

"You ready to go," Amanda asked him and Nick nodded. Neither her nor Olivia spoke as Nick put away the stuff he had bought from the store as Amanda pulled away and onto the highway.

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Olivia looked towards the bedroom door; it had been almost an hour since Elliot had gone in there to call the kids. Her and Amanda had chatted quietly as they drove whilst Nick sat at the table in silence.

"I'm going to check on Elliot," she told Amanda standing up.

"He's a big boy Olivia, what do you think is going to happen to him in the bedroom," said Nick as she walked to the back of the RV.

Olivia sighed and stopped in front of Nick.

"What the hell is your problem?" she asked him.

Nick shrugged. "I don't have a problem."

"So why you being such a Dick all the time, this job is hard enough without you adding more stress to it."

"Look I don't like the guy alright, and nothing any of you say will change my mind on that."

"Erm…Guys," said Amanda. "I hate to interrupt your little one on one time back there, but we might have a slight problem," she said slowing down slightly.

Olivia and Nick stepped towards the front and looked out the window. A gang of bikers were parked outside a truck stop.

"Just keep driving," said Olivia as Nick climbed into the passenger seat. She turned and moved quickly to the bedroom knocking once on the door before opening it.

"El stay in here," she told him. Elliot turned to her his eyes red and his cheeks wet with tears and nodded.

"Sure," he said not even asking why. Olivia looked to the front as they drove past the truck stop and bikers.

"I will be back in a minute," she told him, and he nodded as she closed the door and went back to the front. "Well?" she asked them as they all looked in the rear view mirrors, the bikers still at the truck stop and disappearing into the distance.

"They had the same patch on the jackets as Stabler's tattoo," said Nick.

"It looks like his gang has caught up with us," said Amanda.

"Shit," said Olivia as they rounded a bend and they lost sight of the gang. "Just keep driving," she said to Amanda. "They didn't seem interested in us as we drove past."

"But they are on the same route as we are, that cannot be a coincidence," said Amanda. "There were loads of different roads we could have taken. And we haven't been in contact with anybody else not even the FEDS. "

"I know," said Olivia, just as puzzled as to how they would know the route they were taking. Not once had they taken a direct route. "Just keep going it doesn't like they are following us….Nick you stay up here with Amanda and keep a look out. Check the map and look for a turn off so we can deviate slightly, make sure their not following us. I need to check on Elliot."

She ignored the look Nick gave her and went to the back of the RV. She didn't knock on the door this time and walked straight in closing the door behind her. Elliot was sitting on the edge of the bed his head in his hands. Olivia sat down next to him and reached out taking hold of his hand.

"What happened?" she asked him. "Is there something wrong at home…..with the kids?"

Elliot shook his head. "No…. Their….Their all great," he sniffed wiping his eyes.

"So why the tears?"

"I don't know, I guess it was hearing their voices. They sounded so happy to hear from me, especially when I told them I was coming home, for good."

Olivia smiled. "And you didn't expect that?"

"I just figured they would have been angry with me still for leaving like I did, I mean I never really explained everything properly to them, and when I used to call them it was always short and brief just to let them know I was okay, never what I was doing and where."

"They are your kids El; of course they are going to be happy no matter what has happened. They just want their dad home….."

"And it helps when less than 30 minutes before I spoke to them somebody else had called them," he said giving her a sideway glance and a small smile.

"Which one told you?"

"Kathleen let it slip," he said turning to face her.

"I should have known," she chuckled. "She has never been any good at keeping her mouth shut."

"Thanks," he said putting his fingers under her chin and lifting her head.

"You don't need to thank me El. I just wanted your kids to know exactly what had happened and what is happening. And I know you; you wouldn't have told them everything."

"You know me so well," he said leaning forward and capturing her lips softly.

"Not nearly as well as I would like to," she smirked against his lips making him smile.

"Well maybe we should do something about that," he said as he pushed her back on the bed and they both rolled slightly as the RV turned off the main route. "I thought we were staying on the highway for a while to make up lost time?"

"We were, however we just passed a load of your old gang at the last truck stop…."

Elliot sat upright.

"What the hell do you mean, we just passed them. Liv we are hundreds of miles away from their town, they don't normally ever ride out this far, and how would they know which route we are on."

"I don't know. We drove past them, checked in the mirrors and they didn't follow. I told Nick to find another route and take it just in case."

Elliot stood up and ran his fingers through his short hair.

"How the hell do they know the route we are on?" he asked out loud as he leant against the wall.

"I don't know. We haven't been in touch with the FEDS, we have been using throw away cell phones, fake ID's and swapping vehicles," she said as Elliot just looked down at her. "We have been as careful as we could have been."

"Unless one of us hasn't?"

Olivia just stared at him. "What you saying one of us has been giving info to the gang," she snapped angry that he could think that. Elliot just shrugged.

"How else would they know where we are?"

"You really think one of us would do that?"

"Look all I know is that gang, is a long way from home. On a road that is miles off any normal route you would take if driving back to New York. So if you have any other explanation on how they know where we are, then tell me."

Olivia sighed and ran her hand over her face. "I just can't see any of this squad doing such a thing," she told him.

Elliot sat down next to her and took her hand. "Liv when I asked for you guys to come and help me I only meant Don, John and Fin," Olivia looked at him hurt when he missed her name. "You know why I didn't want you here at first," he smiled kissing her softly. "But I didn't ask for Amaro or Amanda, I didn't know them."

"El you can't really think it's one of them? I know you don't know them, but I do and I trust them."

Elliot was just about to answer when the roar of motorbikes from behind the RV could be heard.

They both jumped up and ran from the room to the front standing behind Amanda and Nick and looking into the rear view mirrors.

"How many can you see?" asked Olivia.

"About 5 or 6," said Amanda. "Some are right behind the RV so I can't see them."

"Just keep driving," she told her.

"If any come up the side of the RV swerve into them," Elliot told her. "Don't think twice about it." Amanda nodded as Elliot and Olivia both grabbed their guns.

"If we turned off our route how the hell did they know which way we went?" asked Olivia looking towards Nick and Amanda.

"There were only two more routes we could have taken," said Nick. "There isn't many of them maybe they split up, each group taking a road."

Elliot leant forward and looked into the mirrors again, just in time to see the front two bikers raise their weapons.

"Shit!" he said just as they fired the shot taking out the mirror making the others jump. "Amanda, when I say slam on the brakes on," he told her moving forward and under the dash pulling open the fuse box. He found the fuse for the brake lights and took it out. "Okay every one hold one…..Now!" he told her and she hit the brakes.

They heard the screeching of brakes and felt the RV jerk as bikes hit the rear of the RV.

"Hit the gas," he told her. Amanda done as he said and as he pulled away they saw 2 bikes crashed on the road behind him. "Two down four to go," grinned Elliot looking at Olivia as the other four bikes picked their speed back up and closed the gap again. Shots ringing out from behind as they riders fired at the RV.

"Time to fire back I guess," said Elliot going to the nearest window and opening it. Olivia copied him on the other side, as Nick kept a look out in the mirror. They both began firing blindly behind them, hoping they would hit something.

Nick glanced across and into the far mirror just in time to see one of the bikes riding up the side.

"Amanda to the right!" he shouted. She looked in the mirror and quickly turned the wheel slamming into the bike. The bike shot off the road crashing into the trees.

"Jesus fucking Christ!" she gasped as she regained control of the RV.

Elliot quickly reloaded and carried on firing.

"It's no good!" shouted Nick. "They have dropped back behind the RV."

"Should I brake again?" asked Amanda.

"It won't do any good," said Elliot pulling his arm back in. "They will be expecting it."

Suddenly there was a loud bang followed by another straight away and Amanda lost control of the RV.

"Shit!" yelled Olivia as she was threw across RV.

"Hang on!" yelled Elliot as the RV began to go sideways down the road due to the tyres that had been shot out by the last two riders. There was another loud bang just before the RV flipped and rolled once fully before skidding down the road on its side.

On a roll with this one and have half the next Chapter already done.

Next chapter of Ice Cold Heart is in hand but it takes me a little longer to write as the storyline is a little more complicated lol.