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In the past six months Elliot Stabler had became one of the top officers in his department. He had just received news that there was an opening at the Manhattan SVU. He happily accepted it, but couldn't help thinking 'Olivia would be so proud.'

One morning seven months after he'd last seen Olivia, he was sitting at his desk when he saw somebody familiar standing in the squad room doorway.

"Alexandra Cabot! What in the HELL are you doing in MY new squad room?!" Elliot had a huge grin on his face.

"Well Det. Stabler, I do believe you should show me some respect seeing as I'm YOUR Assistant District Attorney!" Alex grinned to show she was only kidding, and walked up to give Elliot a friendly hug.

"Hey. How are you holding up?" She asked, softly.

Elliot sighed. "Fine, I guess. I miss Olivia though."

Alex rubbed his arm in a friendly matter. "She'll come home. When things get tough, she leaves for a while but always come home. Home is where her heart is."

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Three hours away in Albany, Olivia Benson was pacing the floor of her apartment. It was her day off, and all she wanted to do was call and beg Elliot to come and get her. She needed to be saved, and she hated that. She hated feeling like she needed to lean on someone. She grabbed her cell phone and went down in her contacts, stopping on Elliot's name. She nearly pressed the call button but ended up canceling it. Olivia was shaking. She hated feeling alone, like no-one loved her.

She decided she needed to leave again. This time she would move home. She picked up her phone and called her Captain. She asked for a transfer, hoping there was an opening in the Special Victims Unit. Really anything but Narcotics was okay with her.

Olivia packed her things and sold her apartment before heading home to Manhattan.

She pulled up in front of her old apartment and got out the car, inhaling the stale air of home. Olivia Benson was finally home. She now just had to see Elliot and hope he would forgive her.

First she called Alex and Casey. She invited them over to help her get settled. They talked for hours. They had missed almost a year of each other's lives, so they had a lot of catching up to do.

"So Liv, I work with Elliot. You should visit the precinct with me one day. He really misses you." Alex informed her best friend.

Olivia took a deep breath, trying to think of how to answer that.

Tears formed in her beautiful eyes as she nodded. "Yeah, let's do that." She owed it to Elliot.

"Ok. Come with me tomorrow morning. I need to go grab some files from him anyway. We better go now. I'll pick you up at eight, so be ready. Dress nicely." Alex said with a smile before she and Casey each gave her a hug.

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That night Olivia couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned but nothing felt right. She got up and took a soothing bath with lavender oil, hoping it could calm her down. She got out, finally sleepy, and went to bed. She slept until 6 AM, when she got up and debated on what to wear.

Olivia looked through her boxes that she hadn't unpacked yet. She was throwing clothes all over the place, trying to look for something nice to wear. She debated on a silky red halter neck dress or a long black skirt and a white halter neck top.

She decided on the skirt, since the dress pretty much said 'do me now' and she quickly dressed before doing her hair and make up.

Alex arrived at 7:45 to see an anxious Olivia.

"I can't do this, Lex...What am I supposed to say to him!?"

"Livvie, he doesn't hate you. He misses you. Let's go, huh?"

Olivia nodded and locked her apartment door behind her. The car ride to the precinct was an uncomfortable silence until Alex spoke up.

"Olivia?"

"Yes?" She asked not looking at her friend.

"I've never seen you this quiet..."

"I'm just nervous. I really don't think I can do this Alex. Maybe tomorrow?" Olivia attempted to bargain.

"NO. Olivia Marie Benson, you are gonna march your ass up there and you are gonna talk to him. You owe him an explanation, and you know it." Alex knew she was being rough, but she also knew her best friend. She knew Liv just needed a good push in the right direction.

Olivia sighed and nodded. "You're right, Lex... you're right. I'm such a screw up...such a freaking screw up!" She started cursing at herself, leaving Alex shocked since she'd never heard Olivia talk like that about herself.

"No, no, Livvie!! That's not what I was saying at all!! I just know you miss him, and I know he misses you! Please, just talk to him?" Alex was pleading at this point. It was something she wasn't particularly fond of, but desperate times, called for desperate measures.

Olivia took a deep breath. "Ok..."

"Ok." Alex replied as she continued to drive closer and closer to the precinct.

When they arrived they walked in to the building and up to the squad room. Alex walked in while Olivia waited outside for a moment.

"Elliot?"

Elliot looked up at Alex. "Yeah?"

"Could y-you um-follow me? Just right h-here...out the do-door." Alex was stuttering, a nervous habit she detested.

Elliot looked at Alex like she was nuts, but he complied. He walked out the door behind Alex and his breathe caught in his throat.

"Olivia?"