Chapter 6 The Waiting

Elliot was a wreck in the waiting room. He was still covered in her blood but he didn't even notice. He kept replaying the scene in his head. How could this of happened to her? Why? Why my Liv?

He had his head in his hands, he was crying. He felt someone touch the back of his neck. He lifted his head and saw The Cap, Munch, Fin, and Casey. They all looked panicked, when they saw Elliot covered in blood they were scared.

"What's the word Elliot?" The Cap asked him. The Captain was deeply sadden by what happened. He felt responsible. He looked at Olivia like a daughter. When he got the call and found out what happened he cried. He couldn't imagine Olivia having to go through something so horrible. And then to see Elliot sitting there, it broke his heart. It was tragic day for the SVU squad.

He took a deep breath and wiped his tears. "I don't know…Cap I don't know." He lost it and fell into a hug with the Captain. He needed to see Olivia, he had to make sure she was ok.

Elliot looked at Casey crying. She was sitting down with Munch and Fin sitting next to her. Munch had his arm around her. But Casey wasn't the only one with tears.

The situation didn't hit Munch until he saw Elliot covered in blood and so distraught. It was real. And even through his dark glasses Elliot saw a tear or two run down his cheek.

"Elliot Stabler?" The nurse called.

"That's me, I'm him." He said wide eyed dying to know what she was going to say.

"Your wife is in recovery. She has some head trauma, and a bruised rib, but she'll pull through. She is still out of it, but should wake up shortly. She has a lot of bruising, and about 20 stitches on her face, and her left wrist is broken," The doctor replied, "No fluids were present, so it looks like you got there seconds before---," He nodded, she didn't have to say it, "the Doctor is in there now finishing up. You can go see her." She said as she lead Elliot to her room.

They all had sigh of relief. Mostly Elliot, he would never have forgiven himself if she had been raped.

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He walked up to her and placed her good hand in his.

The doctor was almost all done. He put the final stitch on Olivia's Cheek. She woke up when she felt Elliot's hand in hers. She couldn't move her head to much, and she could barely see due to all the swelling on her face.

"Ok detective I'm all done here, she'll need to stay over night for a few days, just for observation due to the head trauma. The damage should have been a lot worse, she is a fighter. I hope you caught the son of a bitch that did this to her." He said and walked out.

Now that they were alone Elliot got up on Olivia's hospital bed and cradled her into his arms. He kissed her head and just held her. They didn't speak. But that didn't matter. Olivia never wanted to leave Elliot's sweet embrace.

"When can we see her? The Captain asked the Doctor when he came out.

"Anytime, your other detective is in there with her now. She's really traumatized I think only one person should go in at first, so she doesn't feel overwhelmed."

"You go Cap." said Munch.

"Thanks guys." and walked towards Olivia's room. He peeked through the door. He saw Elliot holding Olivia in his arms. He saw Elliot kiss her forehead and wondered how this was going to affect him. He saw how broken she was, it broke his heart. He then decided to give them some time alone.

"Elliot--" Olivia said weakly.

"Yeah- what is it? Are you ok?" Elliot asked glad to hear her voice.

"I need to tell you something." She said sweetly.

"What ever it is you can tell me later, just rest Liv…rest" He petted her hair.

"In the counselors office, she wanted me to tell you --and I let you down." She got choked up, and tears came rolling down her cheeks once again.

"Its ok Olivia, you don't have to." He sighed. He couldn't believe her, here she is badly beaten and bruised and probably scared out of her mind, and she is worried about how she let me down! He knew he loved her more then life at that very second.

"No, I want to, I have to get this out. I thought I was going to die Elliot, and I couldn't give up because I...it's just that -- I love you Elliot, I love you so much it hurts and I can't even breath. Everything about you, even that testosterone temper of yours. And I couldn't admit it because I didn't know how you felt." Elliot interrupted.

"But Liv, you did know how I felt, didn't you hear what I said in there?"

"Yes I did, but I didn't know if that was you talking or if you were just going along with our undercover story." she admitted foolishly.

"Olivia, It was me, Elliot- your partner, your best friend, and the man who loves you so much it hurts him inside when you are not with me." Elliot told her soothingly.

She looked up at him, and there lips drew closer and closer until there was nothing between them. It was the sweetest kiss, the perfect kiss. Olivia began to cry again. He kissed away her tears.

He held her tighter in his arms and ran his fingers through her hair.

"Can I get you anything? Do you need something--food maybe… you haven't eaten yet."

"All I need is right here." she replied

"That goes for the both of us." He said and they embraced in a gentle kiss.

The doctor entered, "Sorry to interrupt but you've got some friends waiting…"

"Um--can you give us a few minutes and then send them in?" Elliot asked.

"Sure thing." The doctor said as he left the room.

"Elliot--listen this is going to get complicated, you know around the station house and what not…can we keep our feelings between us? At least for now--" again Elliot interrupted.

"Liv, you've been through enough and I don't want to put any more stress on you. We'll figure something out, but until then I agree it would be best for everyone to keep this quiet for now," He let out a deep breath and tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear, "So the whole squad came to see you," Elliot said in a laughing voice, "Before they get here can I kiss you one more time?"

"You'd better." Olivia answered as Elliot planted another kiss on her lips, he was very careful not hurt her, his mouth pressed up against hers very gently.

"Wow," He said, "That was amazing, did you feel that?" He smirked, he then saw the SVU crew walking towards the door. He jolted up, and got off of her bed and then sat in the chair next to her.

"Hey Olivia," Casey said tilting her head, choking back her tears. "How are you doing?"

"Hi Liv." Munch, Fin and the Cap said in a very sympathetic way

"Hi guys, I'm hanging in there, thanks for coming, you didn't have to-really."

"We wanted to come Olivia, beside we had to make sure Elliot wasn't driving you crazy." Munch said kidding.

"Olivia - We wanted to let you know, that anything you need, anything at all, we're here for you." Cragen said, and he looked at Elliot and gave him a nod.

They stayed for about 20 minutes and shot the shit. They didn't ask Olivia what happened, and she was so thankful because the last thing she wanted to do right now was relive the experience, especially to the people who she considered her family.

"Well the doc says you need to rest, so were taking off, we just wanted to make sure our favorite detective was alright." Cragen said speaking for all of them.

"Don't worry Liv, I'm going to make sure the guy spends the rest of his life in Rikers" Casey said.

"Elliot were leaving tonight if you want a ride." Munch said

"I'm not leaving her." he said looking down at Olivia.

"I didn't think so, but I thought I would ask." Munch said.

"Ok well you guys take as much time as you need, I'll call you tomorrow Elliot." The Captain said. And with that the group left the room.

As soon as they were out of sight Elliot hopped back up on Olivia's bed and held her in his arms. He gave her a kiss on the lips and whispered, "I'm never going to leave you."