Benson's Apartment

6:05 am

Olivia woke up in a hot sweat. She could not believe the dream she just had. Her and Elliot…in bed…TOGETHER! She never saw that coming. The last few weeks at the office for her had been hell. Dealing with the cases she always hates and dealing with her stubborn partner that has given her the cold shoulder since the whole ordeal with Dale. She was hesitant about talking to him. But she missed her partner too much to put things on the back burner for too long.

She got out of bed and went to take an extremely cold shower. Once she was finished, she got ready for work then headed to the 1-6. She was greeting with the normal Hello's from her fellow detectives and Cragen as well. She took a seat at her desk and drew in a deep breath letting out with a heavy sigh; Hoping Elliot would ask her what's wrong so she could talk to him without him being the stubborn ass that he is.

She got nothing. Not even a look her way. So, she took another deep breath and let out another, yet heavier, sigh. Elliot managed to make eye contact with her for just a second before going back to typing up his DD5's from the night before. Olivia started rustling papers and making annoying noises thinking that he would get annoyed by her and ask her to talk about it.

"You doin ok over there Liv?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

YES! It finally worked, she thought.

"Yes, I'm fine Elliot. You doing ok? You haven't really been talking to me the last few weeks. You know?"

"Sorry. Been really busy. Don't get much sleep" He then tossed a file at her. Not even looking at her as he spoke to her.

"That's your excuse Elliot? Being so damn tired that you can't talk to me?" She was starting to raise her voice.

"Let's not do this now Liv. Ok? We'll talk later."

"No Elliot, we'll talk now! You have not said a single word to me other than when we're at a crime scene or questioning perps. What's wrong with you El. Did I do something that upset you? Because I have done nothing but try to get you to communicate with me and nothing is working."

"Everything is fine Liv. Really. I'm just tired. Eli has been keeping me up at night and Kathy has been real sick. So trust me Liv, it's nothing you did. Just exhausted."

"If you say so". She sat there for a few minutes just thinking about the dream she had and how her and Elliot used to be before the Dale situation happened. She missed how they used to talk, how he used to comfort her during a bad case. Somehow, no matter what was going on in her life, the second he wrapped his arms around her to comfort her, everything negative in her life seemed to vanish. "I miss my partner". The second that came out of her mouth she realized that she said it aloud and not to herself.

"What?" Elliot looked at her with confusion evident in his eyes.

"Sorry. Just talking to myself" She tried to act like it was nothing but he wouldn't take his eyes off her for one second until she answered him with honesty.

"No, there's some reason why ya said it or you wouldn't have. What did you mean by it? I'm still here aren't I?"

Olivia was surprised he was being so forward with her after shutting her out for so long.

"Forget it said anything Elliot. It's nothing, really" She didn't make eye contact with him.

"If you say so. But you know I'm sitting right here. You can talk to me whenever." He always wants her to feel she can come to him. For anything.

"Thanks."

*****

Squad Room

10:56 pm

"Time to go home and get some rest people. Big day tomorrow" Cragen announced to everyone.

Olivia got up from her desk and started packing up her things to leave when Elliot came and sat on the edge of her desk with a blank look on his face. Waiting for her to say something.

"Can I help you El?"

"You ok Liv?

"I'm fine. You should get home. Kathy probably needs you" She spat at him. As if he did something to her and she wants him to feel bad about it. It hit him like a bad to the head. He had no ideas where it came from. She finished packing her things in her bag, grabbed her purse and turned on her heel and left in a hurry.

All she could think about was getting home and going to sleep so she could dream what she had been thinking about all day. Was it bad of her to be thinking these things about her partner? She kept thinking to herself during her cab ride home. He was a married man with a new baby in his family. Was it really totally and completely wrong for her to be thinking about a married man like that? She couldn't help herself. She always knew she wanted him since she met him 11 years ago. He has always been off limits. She never even thought about him until Gitano. She had been ok just being partners with him and that just had to happen and mess things up. Now he's all she could think about. Being with Elliot, kissing him and making love to him. That's all she wanted. Was to be loved and she knew Elliot could do that for her. If only he loved her back…

*END NOTE*- Soo…another short chapter. I know. But I didn't really get review on the first chapter so I figured maybe people aren't enjoying it. So please R&R if you want to know where this leads. It's greatly appreciated! Thanksss! :]