Disclaimer: I tried to talk Dick into letting me just talk to them, and he said no, MAN!!!

A/N: Sorry it took so long to get the first couple of chapters up, but since you had to wait, here it chapter 2!!!

She's Dead

It had been two years since the fight with Meredith had happened. In that time, Elliot moved to Olivia's house and was fortunate enough to wave off any questions about Meredith's allegations without having to go into too much detail. The Marshalls were hesitant when Elliot told them he wanted to move in with Liv, but Elliot told them that he was only informing them because he had to. Eventually they gave in and didn't have any problems with it.

He was still teaching kindergarten, but now his boys were in eighth grade and second grade. Luke still rode home with Elliot everyday and never did return to afterschool. Meredith still taught at the same school and would give Elliot trouble every now and then. Yesterday had been one of those days. The two had gotten in a fight and yelled at each other in front of the rest of the teachers at the staff meeting. Later, Elliot had stormed out of the meeting, got Luke and went home. He played with his boys and cuddled with Olivia, and his mood improved dramatically. Until this morning…

He walked into school with Luke like any other day when one of the fourth grade teachers, Jackson Knight, who was also a friend of Elliot's, stopped him in the hall.

"Brad!"

Elliot stopped and turned around. He smiled when he was Jackson, "Hey Jackson, what's up?"

"Did you hear?"

"Hear what?"

"Meredith was killed last night."

Elliot's eyes went wide, "WHAT?"

"Yeah. Someone found her body in the park this morning. Raped, murdered, and then buried in a shallow grave near the back end of the park."

"Wow, wow," was all he could say.

"I just thought I would tell you. I mean I know that you weren't on speaking terms and you guys got into it last night pretty good, but I thought you would like to know."

"Thanks," he started to walk toward his classroom.

"Oh, Brad!"

"Yeah," he turned back around.

"The cops have already been here this morning asking questions. Be ready, I think Mrs. Morris told them about the fight yesterday."

Elliot rolled his eyes, "Thanks."

Elliot walked into his class and called Liv.

"Stabler"

"Hey, it's me."

"Hey, what's up? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah…no…I don't know," he said as he sat down at his desk.

"What is it El? You know I can tell when something is wrong and something is wrong, so spill."

"Um, you don't happen to have any new cases on your desk this morning do you?"

"No, but Daniels did. He got back from a trip last night and had a new one on his desk when he came in. Why?"

"The vic…the vic is Meredith."

"Meredith? Like psycho-bitch, tried to take you away form me, Meredith?"

Elliot chuckled, "Yeah. Jackson just told me. What I didn't tell you last night was that we got in a fight at the staff meeting yesterday. A bad one, and Jackson said that the cops were here already and that one of the secretaries had mentioned the fight to them already."

Olivia gasped, "Oh. Um, well, if they talk to you, tell them the truth. You were with me last night."

"I know and I will, but you and I both know that it isn't that easy."

"You're right. If they come and talk to you and bring you down here, call me and I will see if Mrs. Ruth (a/n: old lady who lives next to Liv and El, and watched the boys sometimes) can pick Luke up."

"Okay. I will," he said as he looked up at the noise at his door. He saw to detectives standing there, "Well, what do you know, they are here now. Go ahead and call her, I love you and I'll see ya later."

"Okay. Good Luck baby. I love you too."

"Bye."

"Bye."

Elliot hung up the phone and motioned for the detectives to come in, "How may I help you gentlemen?"

"Are you Brad Jones?"

"Yes."

"Do you know a Meredith Edwards?"

"Yes, I was sorry to hear about what happened. Mr. Knight told me when I arrived."

The detectives nodded. The second one then spoke up, "Do you think you could answer a few questions for us?"

"Sure, hang on a minute and we will go out into the hall." Elliot turned to his classroom, that was steadily filling with students, "Guys, I am going to talk to these nice people outside, I want everyone to color a picture of your dream from last night."

"Okay," came a staggered cry from the room.

Elliot motioned for the detectives to step outside.

"Okay. Now what can I help you with?"

"We were told by a…Mrs. Morris…that you and Meredith had a fight yesterday. What was that about?"

Elliot nodded, "We did. He had an argument over something trivial at the staff meeting. She has been asking me out for seven years and I have told her 'no' every time, but she just wont listen. She likes to pick fights with me."

"Where did you go when you left the staff meeting yesterday?"

"I picked up my step-son, and we went home. I spent the rest of the evening with my family."

"And do you have an adult that can corroborate that?"

"Yes. I believe you know her, Olivia Stabler."

The detectives looked at each other and nodded, "We do, but we still need you to come down to the station until we can get this straightened out."

"Okay, but can I get my class covered and tell my step-son that the neighbor is coming to pick him up today, first?"

"Sure."

Elliot went back into his class, called the office and had a substitute come down right away. He packed his things then ventured to Mr. Hayes class to talk to Luke.

He knocked on the door and opened it slightly, "Mr. Hayes?"

"Yes, Mr. Jones?"

"Can I talk to Luke for a second?"

"Sure. Luke please go outside and talk to Mr. Jones."

Luke got out of his seat and went to his father.

"Hey buddy," he greeted. He was crouched down so he could be at Luke's level.

"Hey, what's up?"

"You see those two people right there?" he motioned to the detectives, when Luke nodded he continues, "Well, they work with mommy, and I have to go with them and talk for a while, but mommy called Mrs. Ruth and she is going to pick you up today. Okay?"

Luke nodded, "Okay, but what did you do? Were you bad? Mommy works with bad people."

Elliot smiled, "No son, I wasn't bad, I just have to go talk to them for a while. I just wanted to come tell you that Mrs. Ruth is gonna pick you up and not to look for me."

"Okay. Bye!" Luke hugged Elliot and went back into the class.

"Bye." Elliot turned to the detectives, "Okay, I am ready now."

Elliot walked into the precinct and smiled when he saw a picture of the boys on Olivia's desk. He knew that she wanted to put his up there too, but it was to risky, with all the scum that came in and out of there everyday. He broke away from the detectives and wrapped his arms around Olivia's neck from behind.

"Hey baby," he said, kissing her neck.

She smiled and turned around, "Hey," she returned the kiss, but on his lips.

The two detectives that brought him in looked at one another, "I guess he was telling the truth when he said they were together," one whispered to the other.

"Yeah, I think he was."

Olivia stood up and Elliot moved his arms from around her neck to her waist. She looked at her colleagues, "Well, I would introduce you, but it looks like you have already met."

Elliot smiled, "We have. Now, I think I need to go with them, so I don't get arrested or something," he said, pretending he didn't know anything about the law.

"Okay."

Elliot followed the detectives into an interview room. As Olivia watched him go, some movement near the door of the bullpen caught her eye. She turned and her jaw dropped at what she saw.

John and Fin stopped in their tracks. No one could say anything.

Finally Olivia, spoke up, "John, Fin, what are you guys doing here?"

"Well, we could ask you the same thing Liv," John quipped.

"I work here, what is your excuse."

"We were sent by Cragen after a couple of your boys came up and told us our perp may be here," Fin answered.

Olivia smiled, "Well, it is good to see you." She walked over the to two men and brought them into familiar hugs. As she was releasing John and hugging Fin, Detective Daniels exited the interview room he had just put Elliot in and walked over to Olivia.

"Well, Olivia, looks like you are quite the popular girl today."

Olivia smiled, "I guess so. I worked with John and Fin in Manhattan."

"Oh, that's right. I knew the name Captain Cragen sounded familiar."

"Yup. He was my boss."

"John, Fin, I would like you guys to interview the man in that room," he pointed to the one Elliot was in, "I think he may be connected with this string of rapes and murders. He thinks he is in here to talk about a co-worker of his that was killed last night, after getting into a fight with him, but if you can get a confession out of him, then that would be great. He isn't under arrest, so try to go easy one him."

Olivia's eyes went wide when she noticed where John and Fin were headed, "NO! They can't interview him. Let me do it, I'll get him to tell you all he knows."

Wayne looked at Olivia, "You know I can't do that. He is your boyfriend or husband or whatever you guys call each other. You can't interview him."

"Boyfriend? Husband? Liv, did you forget to mention something to us? Now we have to interview him, make sure he is right for our girl."

Olivia closed her eyes and shook her head, "Can I at least watch?"

"Sure."

John and Fin made their way to the interview room and opened the door, "Okay, Mr. Jones, we need to ask you a few questions," John said without looking at the man in the room.

Elliot's head was on the table and he looked up at the familiar voice. His eyes got wide, "Oh My God!"

Fin and Munch looked up to see what had their suspect excited and dropped everything they were holding, "Oh Man!" they said in unison.