A/N: first of all, let me say thank you so so so much! I never expected to get as many reviews as I have! You guys are so awesome! This chapter will be the second to last chapter... I know it's sad but this story has to come to an end sometime... oh and btw, Dick Wolf owns everything in this story... except Kristin, she's mine and if you try to steal her I'll bite you :-D

Chapter 12: Don't leave me now

Author: Evelien Michaels

Rating: PG-13

Summary: After being shot, someone's losing blood, quickly and they may not pull through...

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KRISTIN'S POV

I waited for the pain to come, but there was none... I then felt something sticky trickling down my leg. Blood... not mine... his blood... Elliot's blood...

"Elliot? Elliot, please wake up!" I squirmed out from underneath him, realizing that his body was limp with unconsciousness. My head snapped toward the shooter, but he was nowhere to be found... "Why Elliot? I was the target... I was the one they wanted..."

I quickly took my jacket off, immediately feeling the cold stinging my arms, and applied as much pressure as possible to his shoulder wound. With my free hand, I reached to pull his cell phone off his belt and hurriedly dialed 9-1-1.

"Yes, hello... this is Kristin Benson... I was helping my mother's partner, Detective Stabler, badge number 1375... the suspect fired toward us, and he was hit in the shoulder... we're located in Harlem, in an alleyway at 13th and 4th... thank you..." I hung up the phone and decided that I had to let mum and Cragen know what happened. Dialing the small phone yet again, I waited for someone to pick up.

After two rings, I heard my mum's familiar voice.

"Hello?"

"Hey..."

"Kristin?"

"It's me..."

"Are you ok? What happened?"

"Elliot..."

"Elliot what?"

"He... he's been... shot..."

"Is he ok?"

"He's unconscious..."

"Why are you talking to me? Call for a bus!"

"It's on its way... I'm so sorry..."

"...Where are you?"

"Harlem..."

OLIVIA'S POV

To say that we flew across town would have been an understatement. In some areas, Cragen and I found ourselves traveling almost double the speed limit. We had to get to them... if this was really the end... I wanted to be there with him...

"Don't think about that Olivia..."

I felt Cragen's eyes upon me, and felt him lay a paternal hand on my shoulder.

"He'll be ok Olivia... he's just as stubborn as you are..."

"What if he's not? What if he doesn't..."

"Don't think about the 'what if's Olivia... just get to him..."

I nodded, pressing down on the gas petal so hard that I swore my foot could have gone through the bottom of the car.

"You really love him, don't you?"

"...yes..."

At that moment, nothing else mattered. I knew that I could get in serious trouble for telling my Captain that I was in love with my partner... we could be split up... hell we could even lose our jobs, but I didn't care... the only thing on my mind was getting to them...

I looked across at Cragen, noticing a smile on his face, though tears were threatening to fall from my eyes.

"Why are you smiling?"

"I knew it..."

"What?"

"I knew you two would be together..."

"...uh..."

"I'm not mad Olivia... just um... keep this out of the office, ok?"

"Captain... can we...um... finish this conversation later?"

Complete mayhem... a string of police cars with their red and blue lights flashing, cops were everywhere making plans to find the shooter, CSU were running around trying to collect any evidence that hadn't been tempered with, Casey, Fin and Munch were yelling at the others, Kristin still lay on the ground by Elliot stunned with the recent events... but where was the ambulance?

Cragen and I were clearly thinking the same thing, because he began screaming out to the other officers, "Where the hell's the ambulance?"

There was no response, which didn't surprise me at all considering all the noise surrounding us.

I felt like a was in the middle of a war zone with all the chaos... I began pushing my way through the crowd trying to get to my daughter.

"Kristin..."

She sat on the ground with her hand over her stomach, and her eyes wide on Elliot's bleeding body. The sight of him laying there was enough to make me cry, and I motioned to Cragen to get Kristin some help.

"Kristin... why don't we check ya out kid?" Cragen helped her off the macadam, noticing her pained facial expression as she rose to her feet.

Well things just keep getting better don't they?

Cragen gave me a knowing glance as I slowly crouched down by the body of the man I loved.

"Elliot... Elliot hang on please... please Elliot... I can't lose you..."

Tears brimmed in my eyes, though I tried to hold them back realizing that other people were watching me.

"Where the hell's the bus?" I yelled toward Fin, who stood by Munch, yelling something incoherent.

"The fucking thing was held up in traffic, but it should be here within a minute or so..."

"We don't have a minute Fin! We've waited long enough already!"

"Calm down Liv..."

"Don't tell me to..."

"Liv! It's here!"

I heaved a sigh of relief when I saw the paramedics come rushing toward me with a stretcher. I followed them as they loaded Elliot up inside.

"Wait!" I screamed, wanting nothing more than to ride along with him, but they were already on their way.

"Olivia..." Cragen appeared at my side, noticing that the ambulance had left me behind. "Kristin's getting checked out, but she'll be fine... we should go get his kids and meet them at the hospital..."

Cragen and I arrived with all four of Elliot's children almost a half an hour later and immediately ran toward the receptionist's desk.

"I need to know which room Detective Elliot Stabler is staying in..." I stated, out of breath.

The kids came to my side, giving the old woman the same concerned expression I did.

"I'm sorry, but he's in surgery right now... he should be out in about an hour or two... Mrs. Stabler, why don't you and your children wait in the waiting room and I'll let someone know you're here..."

"But I'm not..."

"Don't worry, your husband should make a full recovery... I'll go get someone now if you'd like..."

"Um... I... yes... that would be fine..."

Cragen ushered the kids into other room, as I waited for the receptionist to return. Standing in the middle of that hospital with the noise of machines beeping and the commotion of doctors running about, I realized how much I hated hospitals. In fact, they may just be the thing I hated the most. Anytime I had ever been in the hospital was a horrible memory, whether it was dealing with victims or my own experiences as an abused child, I couldn't recall a single memory worth remembering; this was no different. I knew the way doctors acted... "You're 'husband' could pull through" may really mean that he had a 50 percent chance... maybe less...

I'm not exactly sure how long I had stood there staring at the white walls absent mindedly, but soon a doctor approached me, pulling me out of my reverie.

"Mrs. Stabler..."

I didn't even both to correct her, "How is he?"

She smiled, "Don't worry, he'll be out of surgery in about thirty minutes..."

"So... he's going to be ok?"

"Yes... he'll be just fine... his right arm movement may be minimal for a good 4-6 weeks, but he should make a full recovery..."

I sighed, allowing myself to smile, "Thank you doctor..."

"He's one stubborn man..."

"Excuse me?"

"He came to for a moment or so... he keep saying 'Where's Olivia? Is she ok?'"

"Did he um... say anything else?"

"Yeah actually... he wanted to know 'Why the hell am I in a hospital?'"

"Thank you doctor..."

I followed her down to the waiting room, where Cragen sat with the four children in an uncomfortable silence. Instantly, I was greeted by there arms being thrown around me in what can only be described as a "group hug."

"Is daddy ok?" Lizzie asked, her eyes twinkling as they stared into mine.

"Yeah..." I pulled them all closer as tears rolled down my cheeks, "he'll be fine..."

"Why are you crying Livia?" Dickie asked, noticing my tear-streaked face.

"I'm just happy he's ok..."

"Thanks for being here Olivia..." Maureen said, releasing me from her embrace.

"It means a lot to us..." Kathleen added.

"Hey listen to me guys... I'm always gonna be here ok? I love you four like you were my own kids..."

"We love you too Olivia..."

"Besides... I love your father too much to not be here when he wakes up..."

They smiled at each other knowingly, and the five of us spread out across the room.

Now all we could do was wait...

As we lay scattered about the waiting room, I looked down at Lizzie's head in my lap realizing how much love was in this room. These kids were like my own, and at that moment I felt so lucky to have them.

A/N: Well there we go... hope y'all like that one... I think there's gonna be one more chapter after this one... PLEASE REVIEW MY DARLINGS!

333 Evelien