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Lunch had finally come and Olivia decided to go see Casey.
"Liv, you want to go out for lunch?" Elliot spoke, looking up from his paperwork.
"Can't." Olivia said simply as she grabbed her coat before walking out.
Elliot just shrugged and continued with his paperwork.
Olivia knocked on Casey's office door and waited for an answer.
"Come in." The young ADA called out.
Olivia opened the door and walked in. "Casey."
Casey stopped what she was doing and looked up at the brunette detective.
"What's up, Liv." Casey asked, trying to pretend that nothing had happened the day before.
Olivia sat in one of the seats in front of Casey's desk. "Case, we need to talk about yesterday."
"What about yesterday?" She asked.
"Casey, you're my best friend for heaven sakes. I don't want to lose you because of some revealed secret."
"But you don't feel the same, Olivia." Casey replied, raising her voice a little.
"I'm sorry but I dont, but that shouldn't destroy our friendship." Olivia replied, also raising her voice a little.
Casey picked up her pen and began writing. "We're not having this conversation right now."
"Why not?" Olivia asked, getting frustrated.
"Because I'm not ready to." Casey replied, not looking up at Olivia.
"Fine. When you're ready let me know." Olivia replied before getting up and walking out.
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Olivia walked back in to the squad room to find that Elliot had gone on a new case with Fin and she sighed in relief.
Elliot returned about an hour later and decided to finish his paperwork in silence, taking occasional glaces at his silent partner.
Seven pm finally came and Elliot had finally finished up the paperwork.
"Liv, do you need a lift home?" He asked as he stood and grabbed his coat.
"No thanks." She replied, simply without looking up at Elliot.
"Ok. Night." He replied before walking out.
An hour and a half later, Cragen walked out of his office to go home and walked up to Olivia.
"Don't stay too late." He spoke softly.
Olivia nodded. "Night."
"Night." He said and walked out.
Olivia was lost in thought when her desk phone began to ring, startling her.
"Detective Olivia Benson, Special Victims." She answered the phone, professionally.
"Liv, go home. You're working too hard." Elliot said over the phone.
Olivia rubbed her forehead. "I'm fine. Leave me alone." She said and hung up before Elliot had a chance to respond.
She looked up at the clock, it was 12:36am and she was exhausted so she decided to go up to cribs for a few hours sleep.
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Elliot walked in to the squad room at 1:17am to find it empty so he walked upstairs in to cribs and smiled when he found Olivia curled up on a bed, asleep.
"Liv, wake up. Go home." He spoke softly as he gently shook her awake.
Olivia's chocolate brown eyes fluttered open and saw Elliot so she just rolled over away from him. "Go away." She muttered with her eyes now closed again.
"'Livia, I'm worried about you. You're working too hard and you've completely shut yourself off from me."
Olivia sat up, swinging her legs over the side of the bed and looked at him. "You know what, El? I'm fine. Don't worry about me." She smiled sadly as she got off the bed and walked away in to the women's restroom.
Elliot followed her in to women's restroom to find Olivia leaning against the sink. She looked in to the mirror to see Elliot standing behind her.
"What the fuck are you doing in here?!" She asked in anger before walking in to a stall and locking herself in.
Elliot sighed and leaned against the wall. "Liv, please don't shut me out."
"Elliot, I need to use the bathroom, could you please leave? I don't partically want you listening."
Elliot shrugged and walked out but just waited outside for her.
He heard a toilet flush after about two minutes but Olivia didn't emerge from the restroom for another five minutes.
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Olivia walked out of the restroom to find Elliot leaning against the wall, waiting for her.
"Would you stop worrying about me, Elliot." Olivia said with her arms folded on her chest.
"Olivia..." He tried to get her to listen to him.
"No, go home to your wife and children, Elliot. I don't need your sympathy and I don't need you." She stated, simply before storming back in to the squad room, where she collected her purse and keys.
She had to get away from Elliot for a while. Olivia was finding it hard to work with the man she loved and knowing that she couldn't have him, since he was with Kathy and they had a newborn son.
Elliot grabbed her wrist to stop her from walking away from him. "Liv..."
Olivia snatched her wrist away and took a deep breath to keep her anger at bay.
"Let me go, Elliot. Let's go back to the way things were." She spoke softly but avoided eye contact.
"Liv, I can't just forget that you have feelings for me." He spoke softly as he looked in to her chocolate brown eyes.
Olivia looked back in to his cerulean blue eyes and ran a shaky, olive toned hand through her soft, brown hair. "Elliot, just forget about it and me."
Elliot's eyes opened wide with shock. "What?! Forget about you? What the hell do you mean by that?"
"I've got to go, Elliot. I'll see you in a few hours." She said before rushing out, leaving Elliot standing that trying to figure out what she meant.