A/N: I did fix the character tags, even thought they were just complaining it was a Bensidy story, and thought it was just a dumb concept. I'm not going to talk about it anymore. Not a whole lot of action or anythig quite yet in this chapter.
Amanda and Nick walked across the college campus next morning. They stopped when they saw the man they were looking for and walked towards him.
"Kyle Hartman." Nick said as they walked towards him.
"And you are?"
Nick and Amanda flashed their badges. "Police. We need to ask you a few questions."
The young man shared a look with his group of friends before standing up. They walked over away from the crowd.
"Do you know her?" Amanda asked, showing a picture of Lizzie to him.
"Yeah, that's Lizzie, we're good friends. Why, did something happen to her?"
"She was assaulted at the party this past Thursday night. When was the last time you saw her that night?"
Kyle had shown no surprise or shock when he heard this. "Probably around eleven. We were all hanging out. I think we were the only two sober enough to walk. She said she wasn't feeling good and said she was leaving. That's the last time I saw her."
Nick wasn't buying it. "Was there anyone acting strangely around her that you noticed?"
Kyle kind of laughed a little. "Like I said, everyone was nuts. It was hard to tell who was drunk or acting off."
Amanda's phone started to ring. She picked it up and answered it. "Rollins."
Nick looked at Kyle. "Don't leave the area."
Kyle turned and walked back to his group of friends.
"Okay thanks got it." Amanda hung up her phone. "That was Fin, DNA came back from the lab."
"Who's the match?"
"The DNA matched Brad Jacobs." Amanda said, glancing back over at Kyle. "Hey Kyle!" She yelled over to him.
Kyle looked back over at them, looking annoyed.
Amanda motioned for him to come back over. He quickly ran back over. "What do you want now?"
"Do you know Brad Jacobs?" Amanda pulled his picture up.
He nodded. "Yeah, he's kind of a jerk. We have a couple classes together that's it. Normally he's the person to get totally wasted at a party, but he had like nothing to drink."
"Have you seen him today, or at all?" Nick asked.
"I haven't seen him, but try the football field. They practice like crazy on Saturdays."
"Hey Liv." Lizzie said, sitting on the edge of her hospital bed.
"Hey Lizzie, are they letting you out of this place?" Olivia asked, sitting in a chair opposite the bed.
Lizzie nodded. "Yeah, thank God. I hate hospitals."
She's definitely her father's daughter. Olivia thought to herself. "How are you feeling?"
Lizzie had a blank look on her face. "Better, did you catch the perv who did this yet?"
"Do you know Brad Jacobs?" Olivia showed her a picture of him.
"The king of the football team." Lizzie rolled her eyes. "He's already gotten like a million offers from professional teams. We have a couple classes together. He's hit on me a couple times, even though he has a girlfriend. Did he do this?"
Olivia nodded her head. "Is there any reason he'd want to hurt you?"
"My roommate was sleeping with him, she told me for some resson. She's pregnant now. I was going to tell his girlfriend, Brianna, because I think she deserves to know. I hate that people cheat on each other. He found out somehow and confronted me one day after class. Said if Brianna found out, he'd know how and that it'd be a big mistake."
"Did she find out?" Olivia asked, thinking she already knew that answer.
Lizzie nodded. "I don't know how, I didn't tell her. But he got real pissed at me too. A couple weeks ago he slammed me against the wall. He screamed at me, saying he'd kill me. I thought he was being ridiculous, I don't think they were into each other that much anyway."
Olivia checked her phone after it buzzed. "He sounds like a dangerous person. Why didn't you say anything to anyone?"
"He's just a jerk, he gets high a lot too. He's on crack half the time, but still manages to stay on the football team."
Barba got the warrant for his arrest, Rollins and Amaro picking him up now. Olivia's text from Fin read. "Okay Lizzie, I've got to go. You've been a big help, this gives us a motive. We have his DNA. Hopefully this doesn't make it to trial so you won't have to testify if it doesn't."
Lizzie gave her a half smile. "I hope I don't have too."
Olivia stood up to leave. "Are you going to be okay?"
Lizzie nodded.
"Take care of yourself." Olivia walked out of the room down to her car parked in the parking lot. Before getting in she got out her phone.
Are you okay after last night? Olivia sent to Elliot.
Nick and Amanda walked onto the football field, seeing the football players rung drills. They saw Brad sitting on the bench on the opposite side.
"Brad Jacobs." Amanda yelled to get his attention.
They both flashed their badges as they walked closer to him.
"What do you want?" He asked, standing up.
"We need to ask you a few questions." Nick said to him.
"About?"
"Elizabeth Stabler." Amanda said.
As soon as she said that, he took off running the opposite direction.
"He's running!" Amanda yelled as they started after him. He was running towards the entrance to the locker room. He disappeared into the dark tunnel. They both drew their guns and followed. They saw him disappear behind a door.
Nick caught it before it could close. He took off after Brad and tackled him to the ground.
Amanda ran up behind him. "You alright?"
"Fine." Nick said as he cuffed him. He pulled him off the ground. "Let's go."
"Dude I just ran because I had a joint in my pocket." Brad said.
Fin was the only one in the room with him. "As soon as they mentioned Elizabeth's name you took off like a bat out of hell. Why would you do that if you didn't assault her?"
"I don't have to answer your questions, I want to talk to my lawyer.."
Olivia and Barba were watching on the other side.
"There's no way he's getting out if this. We have motive and his DNA." Barba said. "This shouldn't make it to trial."
"Good, that means Lizzie won't have to testify." Olivis watched as Fin walked out of the room.
"This guys going down." Fin said walking away from them.
Olivia walked away from the window back to her office. Right after she got in her phone started ringing. She picked it up and saw it was Elliot.
"Elliot are you doing alright?"
"As great as I'll ever be. Look, we need to talk things over. Last night was rough."
Olivia sighed and leaned against the wall. "Where do you want to talk at?"
"Just meet me at the Starbucks around the corner from the precinct at like eight."
"I will if I'm off that early. Oh, and just to let you know, we caught the guy who attacked Lizzie. He's not going anywhere for a while."
"Thank you."
"No Stabler, thank DNA. I'll see you later." She hung up her phone. As if last night wasn't bad enough, hopefully they'll be able to work things out. She still couldn't believe some of the things he had said.
"Liv, I mean that I love you. I always have." It played through her mind again. They had been really close, but she never had romantic feelings for him. She pushed the thought from her brain, hoping it wouldn't resurface.
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