He smiled at her, she returned the smile shyly. "Would you like some champagne? He asked holding up the bottle of champagne while she typed.
"Yea just a half glass" she replied sending the e-mail. "Crap!" she exclaimed. Elliot raised an eyebrow at her outburst.
"What's
the matter?" he asked handing her the bubbly liquid.
"I
can't send the e-mail." she replied accepting the glass.
"Thanks" closing the laptop she opened her suit-case to
unpack.
"Just try again later, I'm going to have a look
around." he said placing the glass on the small table and
walking out the door.
Olivia packed her things into the drawers to
the right and left the ones on the left side for him. Sitting on the
bed she wondered how on earth she was going to get through the next
seven days living in the same room with Elliot.
Elliot walked
the grounds taking note of emergency exits and hidden passages. There
was no sign of anything out of the ordinary just people hugging,
kissing and showing there affection to each other. Smiling he stared
at an elderly couple who was feeding strawberries to each other.
Finally he wondered back to his room.
Turning the knob he
entered the room slowly, a smile spread across his lips as he watched
his partner of eight years move to infectious music of socca playing
on the radio. Softly he knocked the door and she jumped.
"You
didn't see right?" she said suddenly going still and reaching to
turn off the radio.
"Only if you didn't want me to" he
said still smiling, color flushed to her cheeks.
"I didn't
want you to see." she said taking another sip of the drink he
offered her earlier.
"Then I didn't." he said picking up
his case and emptying the contents on the bed.
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Two days had passed and nothing seemed out of the normal except for the waitress who kept watching their every move. The table was set a romantic dinner for couples under the stars. For a moment she forgot she was on duty and relaxed. Elliot did the same. The voice of Sean Paul rang out and Elliot asked. "May I have this dance?" Smiling she gave him an answer and they danced the night away. She relaxed against him and he just held her while they swayed to the seductive voices of the Backstreet Boys.
"I had fun tonight El." Olivia said
as they walked back to their room.
"I'm glad you did it's
been awhile since I danced like that." he confessed and opened
the door and she got in, "What's this?" Olivia asked as she
picked up a piece of paper.
"El,
listen to this; I know who you are,
and why you are here meet me at the pool tonight at two. The
Waitress" she read then looked
up at Elliot.
"Okay so we'll meet her" Elliot said
shrugging his shoulders like it was no big deal.
"What if
it's a trap?" Olivia asked suddenly concerned.
"Come on
Liv, I've got your back and you've got mine. We'll be alright."
Elliot assured her by pulling her into a hug.
Olivia stood by
the pool side while Elliot stayed unseen protecting her. A shadow
emerged from behind the staircase approaching Olivia.
Olivia stood
still and tried to relax while the shadow got close, then it stopped.
"Detective Benson." the waitress called and Olivia spun
around to face her. "I'm Natasha Space, you probably don't
remember me. I was seventeen, seven years ago when you arrested my
dad beating the crap out me and raping me. I know why you're here. I
was the one who sent the letter to the police."
Olivia turned
to face her, not really sure what to say, so she said nothing. "You
aren't going to catch him this way, he only uses his girls on couples
who get engaged on board or the ones who get married here. I hope I
have helped but I have to go." she said and hurried down the
corridor. Elliot walked out to meet her and they walked hand in hand
back to their room.
"Liv you okay?" he asked when they
were safely inside and she was still quiet.
"Yea." she
said with a sigh and walked into the bathroom to brush her teeth.
"Move over." Elliot said grabbing his brush. Olivia
looked at him shook her head then moved over. "Tomorrow we step
it up a notch, what type of ring do you want?" he asked raising
brows.
"I want gold with diamond" Olivia said giving him
a wink.