This update is late coming! I've gotten so wrapped up at work and school. So I hope you guys really like this one because I've had a major writer's block ALL week. I have all week off school this week so I'll try to update depending on my work schedule. So enjoy!
Olivia was blinking herself awake. She felt someone's arms around her and she sensed it was Elliot. She turned around and smiled, "Good morning baby." Elliot's back was still turned to her. The body began to turn and Olivia heard a familiar voice. "Hello again Olivia." It was Jonathan's face starring back at her. Olivia started to scream.
Olivia bolted up awake and looked around the room. She was covered in cold sweat but she was still in Casey's hospital room. John's head was resting on Casey's pelvis. She looked down and saw Elliot asleep next to her. I guess it was just a nightmare. Olivia sighed at the thought. She quietly crawled out of bed and walked to the bathroom.
Olivia walked in and locked the door behind her. She used the toilet and the got up to wash her hands. She flipped the faucet on and looked up at herself in the mirror. Her black eyes were almost completely gone; she could hardly notice them herself. She noticed how much more aged she looked. She looked and felt as though she'd aged ten years in the last couple of days.
She finished washing her hands and put her head down. Olivia knew everyone else had to be sick and tired of fighting off Jonathan because she sure as hell knew she was tired of it. She wished she could just get away from all of this, for her sake, and everyone else's. It wasn't fair to anyone involved.
Olivia looked in the mirror one last time and walked out the door. She stopped and glanced at John and Casey who were still asleep on each other. Casey was happy with John and Olivia was happy for her. Olivia's active mind began to run every which way when she thought about John and Casey but she was brought back to focus when she saw Elliot. He was lying alone and his eyebrows were furrowed. He must have been having a bad dream but he would never admit it. His pride was definitely his downfall. Olivia tiptoed over to Elliot lightly kissed the side of his head. Elliot stirred slightly but didn't wake up.
Olivia starred at him and with tears in her eyes, she tiptoed out the door. She was quietly shutting the door when she heard a voice behind her. "Detective Benson?" Olivia jumped up and turned around. She was face to face with a male uniformed officer.
"Yes?" Olivia asked impatiently.
"Where are you headed?" The officer asked suspiciously.
"I'm going to the precinct. And don't bother asking, I don't need an escort." Olivia looked over at a clock on the wall.
"Okay, be careful Detective." The officer smiled kindly and Olivia smiled back and pushed past him. She walked over to the automatic doors and walked out of them.
Elliot started to blink himself awake and reached for Olivia but didn't feel anything. Elliot opened his eyes and saw there was nothing there. He sat up slowly and looked around the room. Everything was in order but Olivia was no where to be seen. Elliot walked over to the bathroom which was empty. He was officially nervous.
Elliot opened the door and looked both ways but didn't see Olivia, instead he saw a young male police officer. He looked the man up and down. He knew where he'd seen him. Olivia and he had worked a string of rapes with him a couple months ago, he was a good guy.
"Hey McGraw. Did you see Benson?" Elliot asked, he was trying to sound as calm as possible. Even if he liked McGraw, he felt like he couldn't trust uniforms. Especially after Jonathan.
"Yeah. She said she was headed down to the precinct about... ten minutes ago?" McGraw smiled after his sentence but stopped when he saw Elliot's confused reaction. "Something wrong Elliot?"
"No. Did she happen to mention why she was going down there?" Elliot questioned the young cop like he would question a suspect.
"Nope. She seemed to be in a rush." McGraw answered quickly and nervously. He sensed suspicion in Elliot's voice so he wanted to get away from him.
Elliot ran past him and out the doors. He looked around but saw no sign of Olivia. He ran to the sidewalk and looked both ways. He remembered a bus stop around the corner; he'd driven by it many times. Elliot quickly sprinted down the street. As he rounded the corner, he saw a woman who slightly resembled Olivia on the bench. He ran over and when he got close enough, he saw that it wasn't Olivia.
"Elliot?" Elliot spun around to see Olivia holding a cup of coffee. "Elliot? What the hell are you doing here?" Olivia looked as though she'd seen a ghost.
"What the hell are you doing here Olivia?" Elliot questioned back.
"I... um... just went out for some... coffee. They have amazing coffee here." Elliot's eyes were burning straight through Olivia's head.
"That's a lie." Elliot said quietly. "What are you doing right by the bus stop?"
Olivia opened her mouth to speak but stopped herself. Olivia opened her mouth again and began to speak. "Um... coincidence." Olivia's face showed that she knew she was busted, as did Elliot's. "Okay, I was going to get on the bus but it was pulling away as I walked up." Olivia sighed and avoided Elliot's gaze but she felt his eyes on her.
Elliot was dumbfounded. He was at a loss for words. "Why?"
Olivia chuckled slightly. "Why? What kind of question is that? You really wanna know why?" Olivia starred at Elliot, who nodded in response. "Because, Elliot, my rapist won't go away. He's attacked my boyfriend, my best friend, and an innocent patrol cop. It's all my fault and I need to disappear and he will too." Olivia choked back some tears. "I heard you and Munch talking last year."
Elliot mentally kicked himself in the ass; he knew he was talking to loud. "Babe." Elliot took a step towards Olivia, who took a step backwards. "Liv, it's not your fault. I'm just sick of Jonathan. I want justice not for me, not for Casey, not for that patrol cop, but for you. The fact that he's not being punished for what he did to you just pisses me off."
Olivia started to choke her own sobs and they escaped. Elliot stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Olivia. "Shhh... it's okay. Don't cry baby." Elliot kissed her forehead.
"El. It's not that simple. We all deserve justice. I'm sure everyone's pissed." Olivia took a deep breath. "The only thing keeping me here is you and I can't risk not having you."
Elliot squeezed Olivia closer to him. "You're not taking a risk. I'll never leave you Liv. Now that I have you, you're not getting away." Olivia squeezed Elliot closer.
"Come on, it's freezing out here. Let's go back to the warm hospital." Elliot grabbed Olivia's hand and the two walked back to the hospital.
They stopped outside the door and talked to McGraw for a few minutes. They both apologized for being so rude to the young cop. Elliot opened the door and Olivia followed close behind.
"Oh my god..." John was sitting next to Casey in bed and the two were making out. John's hand was between Casey's legs and the two seemed to be pretty serious. "CASEY!" Olivia turned her back on the couple.
Olivia and Elliot heard rustling behind them and turned around to see the couple, almost completely composed. John had moved from the bed to the armchair beside it.
"God payback's a bitch, huh Case?" Olivia smiled evilly at Casey who stuck her middle finger up. "No need to get testy. At least I'm not the doctor..."
Elliot interjected where Olivia stopped. "You two were too busy playing doctor to notice a real one." Elliot and Olivia laughed hysterically. Elliot put up his hand for a high five but instead received a kiss on the lips. He smiled slightly and leaned in to kiss Olivia again.
Elliot grabbed Olivia's hand and led her over to the two chairs. Olivia smiled at Elliot as she took her seat. "So where were you two?" Casey questioned.
"Like it mattered to you." Olivia said sarcastically and rolled her eyes.
"Ha-ha, you're funny. Really, where were you guys?" Elliot looked over at Olivia who smiled.
Elliot went to open his mouth but was cut off by Olivia's voice. "I was on my way out of Manhattan when Elliot stopped me at the bus stop."
John and Casey both starred at Olivia awkwardly, neither was quite sure what to say. Of course, Casey started talking first.
"Where the hell were you going? Why were you going?" Casey sounded angry and Olivia understood why. Olivia would have been just as pissed if Casey planned to leave without telling her.
"I just need to get away." Olivia said quietly. "Everything's been so screwed up lately, you said so yourself Casey."
"I know but you could have told me, or told Elliot at least. You know we would have helped you through it." Casey spoke softly.
John cleared his throat. "Elliot? Why don't you show me the best place to get coffee in this dump?"
Elliot took the hint and stood up. "Yeah, let's go John." The men headed out of the room.
Olivia sighed heavily. "I'm sorry Case. I shouldn't have even considered leaving without telling you first, or at least mentioning it to someone."
"I'm just offended that you wouldn't tell me what was wrong. I mean I thought we told each other everything…" Casey inhaled sharply.
"We do! Come on though, there's some things even your best friend doesn't need to know." Olivia said.
"You're right. Let's forget about it but from now on, no leaving the city unless we tell each other. Pinky promise?" Casey said and stuck out her pinky.
"I promise." Olivia shook Casey's pinky with her one and started to laugh. "You just let some guy put his hand between you're legs and we're still making pinky promises."
Casey laughed. "Yeah, it is a bit ridiculous."
Olivia smiled. "So speaking of hands between the legs, what was going on with you and John? You guys don't seem confused anymore."
Casey smiled mysteriously. "I don't kiss and tell. Sorry."
"That's bull. Stop screwing around and tell me before Elliot and John come back or I'll just ask John." Olivia threatened.
Casey laughed. "All right bitch, jeez. So this morning after Elliot left, I woke up and started playing with John's hair in order to wake him up and get him to stop crushing my pelvis. So anyway, out of no where he just leans up and kisses me." Casey opened her mouth to continue but Olivia interrupted.
"Wait! What kind of kiss?" Olivia raised her eyebrows.
"It was just a light kiss. When he did it though, I felt sparks so I pulled him back in and than he climbed into bed with me. After like two minutes, I felt his hand start to wonder down my torso and eventually he found my leg. He had his hand on my thigh and than you and Elliot came in."
"Oh… sorry for interrupting." Olivia tried to make a genuine apology but started to smile. Her expression hardened again when she saw Casey glaring at her.
"I accept your insincere apology. Anyway, it's probably for the better that you interrupted us." Casey said quietly.
"Oh and why is that?" Olivia was confused. Being interrupted was an inconvenience not something you're thankful for.
"Well, who wants the first time they sleep with someone to be in a hospital?" Casey laughed and Olivia laughed in unison. "I'm not kidding though."
"Why not?" Olivia questioned between laughs.
"I like to save that kind of risk for the second or third time. Besides, I wouldn't want to prick him with one of these stupid IVs." Casey laughed again and Olivia, who never stopped laughing, continued to laugh but only harder.
"Not to mention if you're doctor had walked in. It's the equivalent of your parents walking in." Olivia shuddered at the thought.
"I don't think my doctor would have killed John like my dad would have." Casey joked.
There was a knock at the door and the girls looked over to see the guys walking into the room.
"Is it safe in here?" Elliot questioned.
"Yeah, come on in guys." Olivia motioned for the guys to come in.
The four of them sat around and talked for twenty minutes when they saw Casey's doctor walk into the room.
"Hello everyone." The doctor nodded and continued to talk. "Now, Ms. Novak, you'll be out of here tomorrow. You have somewhere to stay I assume?"
John perked up. "Yeah, she's staying with me." Olivia and Casey exchanged a sideways glance than looked back at the doctor.
"Of course you'll have some physical therapy so I'll refer you to a good therapist and within two months, you'll be good as new. Do you have any questions?" The doctor looked up from the chart and at Casey.
"No, thanks." Casey smiled up at the doctor.
"I'll be back in a couple hours to check on you. I assume you'll all be here." The doctor turned around and left the room.
While I was writing this, the entire thing got deleted. I was freaking out, but I rewrote it and I think it turned out better the second time. Review!