Disclaimer: Do I really have to do this again? Sigh….no, it's not mine. If it was, Olivia would've said hi to Elliot instead of taking the easy way out and leaving out the back. Stupid female emotions. Anywhoo, this one is mostly a flashback.

Announcers' voice. "Previous, on SVU…"

Ching ching!

She opened her apartment door and was greeted with complete darkness. Tossing her keys on her counter, she flipped the lights on to find someone she never expected to see again sleeping on her couch. The figure sat up and rubbed its eyes and smiled when it saw Olivia.

Olivia gasped and nearly fell in shock. "Alex?"

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"In New York City, sexually based offences are considered especially heinous. The dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories." (Did I get it right??)

Ching ching! Wherever Olivia's apartment is, 10:30 pm (...and I'm done with that)

Alex jumped up and grabbed Olivia's arm before the detective collapsed in shock. "Hello, Liv."

She couldn't speak. All she could do was gape. She finally got out one word. "How?"

Alex smiled sadly. "Don called me and told me about Elliot. I received permission to come and see you. I'm sorry it took me so long to com, Olivia."

The two women embraced each other. "Alex, I am so glad you are here." Olivia tried not to cry, despite the fact that she knew that Alex knew that she wanted to.

"You can cry if you want to, Liv." Alex knew her friend well enough to know that she wanted to.

Olivia shook her head. "No, I've shed enough tears for the evening. How long are you back for?"

Alex sighed and sat back down on the couch. "Just tonight. I have to leave in the morning, and I'll probably be gone before you wake up again. I'm technically not supposed to be here, but they made a small exception for me since I knew Elliot, too."

The detective eyed the former ADA skeptically. "They aren't aware that you are breaking protocol by being here, are they?" A sheepish grin from Alex told Olivia all she needed to know.

People who where still awake were wondering what was going on in the apartment upstairs that caused the loud laughter that resounded through the building.

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Despite Alex's declaration about leaving before Olivia woke up, it was hard to do that when neither of the girls went to sleep. Instead, Olivia had changed into Elliot's sweatpants and her grey NYPD shirt, and then they stayed up and talked about everything that had happened since Alex had gone into WWP. Then, around dawn, Alex started asking about Elliot.

"So how have you really been, Liv?"

"As well as I can be." Olivia shrugged.

Alex probed deeper. "As well as you could be with Elliot gone, you mean?"

Olivia pushed the bolt of anger and sadness she felt away and lowered her head. "Yeah." She whispered sadly.

The two sat in uncomfortable silence before Liv spoke again. "I miss him, Alex." Their eyes met, one sad, the other sympathetic. "He was passionate about everything. He was so happy when he saw me again."

Flashback

"Stabler." Hmm, he sounds relieved to be getting a call. Cragen thought amused. He must be out with Dani.

"Elliot, its Don. I need you to come to the precinct." He smirked at Olivia who was grinning from her seat in the plush chair.

A sigh from the other end of the line. "Yeah, cap. I'll be there." Click

"So what made you change your mind, Liv?" Cragen wanted to know.

"I decided that no matter if he liked her or not, there was no way that I was letting that woman take my place as the best partner for Elliot. He can date her, I don't care about that," at that Cragen gave her a strange look, "but she cannot take my place as his partner. We're the dynamic duo." Olivia grinned. Even if it didn't quite reach her eyes, it was genuine.

Meanwhile, back at Elliot

Hanging up the phone, he shrugged. "Cap wants me back. I'll drop you off at home."

The pair had been on a 'date'. Well, Dani took it as a date. All Elliot knew was that he regretted that drunken kiss a week earlier. Okay, make out session. Sorry, Liv. You'd better come back soon.

Strolling into the precinct, Elliot started off towards Don's office. "Hello, Liv." He said automatically. It wasn't until he was at the door of Cragen's office that he realized what he said. "Olivia?"

And there she was. Olivia was sitting at Dani's desk as if she had never left. "Elliot." She said calmly, hiding the turmoil she felt inside.

Elliot had never moved faster. Almost as soon as he had realized who was sitting at the desk, he had grabbed her into a hug. "How long have you been back?"

Olivia pulled back from the hug. "A week." She said quietly, not meeting his eyes. She didn't want to see the hurt look that was bound to cross his handsome face.

Elliot felt his stomach drop. She's been back for a week and never bothered to tell me? "Did the captain know?"

"Yeah. I told him not to tell you that I was back." She met his eyes then, her own apologetic. "I saw you with Dani and convinced myself that I had been replaced." She held her hand up when Elliot started to sputter, protesting. "Let me finish. I told Cragen that I wasn't ready to come back. It took me a week to realize that I would never be happy if I wasn't working. More importantly, I wouldn't be happy unless I was working with you. I don't care what you do with Dani outside of work, but I want to work with you again. I miss us being the 'dynamic duo.'"

Elliot furrowed his brow. "You saw me with Dani?" Realization hit him. "Oh, after I was done interrogating Jason, or whatever his name was." His eyes widened. "That's who was in the captain's office! I thought I saw someone at the door, but didn't think about it because of the case. That was you."

Liv sighed. "I'm sorry, El. I couldn't face you yet. Not only had I left without saying good bye or warning, I hung up on you when you got on the phone. I couldn't blow my cover, which is why I hung up. But when I get back and want to see you, I see you with her. And realized that I wasn't needed here any more."

"But you are, Liv!" Elliot protested. "Dani's a good cop. She really is. But she's not you. She can't read my like you can. And if you think working with me is tough, try working with her. She's impulsive. Very impulsive. For a while, she showed no compassion for the vics, but now she's too into the vics. She takes every case on herself and dwells on it. I'm not the dynamic duo without you, Liv. And we both know what would happen if Munch and Fin tried to replace us!"

The pair shared a laugh and Elliot sat at his desk. They watched each other for a moment, before going to work, Elliot going over his case files, and Olivia enjoying the familurarity of each movement the other made. Neither noticed Dani watching them, jealouse of the bond the two obviously shared, before she left the precinct once more.

Meanwhile, Don Cragen was laughing silently to himself. His two best detectives were reunited at last.

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Olivia was sobbing by the time she was done with the story. Alex knew that there was more, there had to be with those two, but said nothing. She just held her friend as she let out all the pain she had been feeling the past 4 weeks. Finally, after about 10 minutes, Olivia was ready to continue.

"Sorry about that. Anyway, Elliot started to go through his case files…"

Flashback

"Where is that damn folder?!" Elliot was muttering to himself as Olivia just sat there and laughed at him. He glared at her playfully. "If you're going to sit there, you could at least help!"

Olivia just smirked at him. "And why should I do that?"

"Awww, c'mon, Liv! Help me here!"

"Sorry, no can do. Cap gave me a new case. Said I should work on it with you." A hidden smile was in her eyes but Elliot didn't catch it.

"What? Hand it over, Benson."

"Why should I, Stabler?" She teased him, enjoying the banter. But before he could answer, Dani stormed into the precinct.

"Elliot." She nodded in greeting. "Detective Benson, I assume." She didn't wait for Olivia to answer before rushing into Cragen's office.

The pair looked at each other in shock. "She seemed upset." Elliot muttered, confused.

Olivia shrugged knowingly. "Could have something to do with this." She waved the folder in her hand tauntingly.

Elliot tried to grab it out of her hand but she pulled it back. "Oh no you don't! Whats the magic word?" She laughed when he pulled a five year old look and lisped 'pweese!'.

"Fine, you big baby. Now what do you say?"

"Tank oo!" He was still baby talking and was hit with a wad of paper. "What was that for?"

Olivia grinned. "For acting like a 2 year old. Now read the case."

"That was what I was trying to do, Olivia, before you threw that ball at me!"

They both quieted down as Elliot started to read the file. Liv tried not to laugh at the look that crossed his face. "You're being transferred here? Dani's out?"

She met his eyes. "Yup. Don pulled some strings, and well, here I am!"

The slam of a door interupted their conversation. "I can't believe it!" Dani sputtered. "I'm being transferred and he won't tell me who is replacing me!"

Olivia raised an eyebrow. Elliot just stared at her. She moved her eyes back and forth on the two of them. "What?" Liv moved out of the way so Dani could sit down and start taking her stuff off of what was now, unknown to Dani, Liv's desk. Dani's few items out of the way, she looked at Elliot expectantly.

He sighed and stood up. "I'll be back, Olivia." When Dani couldn't see his face, he crossed his eyes and stuck his tounge out.

Liv swallowed a giggle and waved to Dani. "Nice to meet you." Her eyebrows rose at the scowl she recieved in return.

Elliot gave Olivia a help me look as Dani pulled him out of the door.

Olivia decided to busy herself setting her desk back up. Walking over to Cragen's office, she knocked. "Don? Can I get my box?" She opened the door to see her captain on the phone. He waved at her to come in and finished his conversation on the phone.

"That was the FBI. They said something about how glad they were that you had been with them…"

Olivia broke in. "Blah blah. I drove them nuts, and they know it." The two shared a grin. "I'm going to set my desk back up." She grabbed the box and started to leave. "Oh, and by the way, thanks Don."

"You're welcome, Liv."

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Olivia sat back with a smile as she surveyed her work. A picture of her and her mom sat on her desk as well as a picture of her the gang from the Christmas party from a year ago. Her pens and other such necessities were back in the top drawer, and her computer was back to being HER computer. A loud bang brought her head to the door.

Elliot was leaning against the door, breathing hard. A panicked look was on his face and he seemed to be looking for a place to hide. Olivia motioned for him to run to the interrogation room and hide. The moment he did, the door flung open again and a very angry Dani stormed back into the precinct.

"Where is he?"

"Who?" Olivia decided to play dumb.

"You know who! Elliot! That jackass!"

Olivia was taken back by the harsh words, but she kept her cool. "He said something about going to the roof. Check there." She had barely gotten the words out and Dani was speed walking towards the stairs. Olivia ran and grabbed Elliot from the room and as they were trying to leave, Don stopped them.

"What's going on?"

"Dani." They replied in unison.

He nodded. "I'll cover for you. Go!"

Dani never found the pair. And both Don and Olivia were in stitches when Elliot told them the story.

"She pulled me out of the door, and the whole way down the elevator kept trying to kiss me. She was saying 'Oh, Elliot! I can't believe that we're being separated!'"

Elliot made a face at the two who were holding onto each other, laughing hard. "I told her that it was over, that our 'relationship' had never been a romantically involved one. Of course, when I said that, she had just left the elevator and I closed the doors and came back up here. I swear that I could hear her yelling all the way up that stupid shaft. Olivia told me to go hide and then sent Dani up to the roof."

Olivia broke in, tears streaming down her face. "And after you told us that you would cover for us, we went outside. She was on the roof already and she saw us. Well, she saw us, but didn't know that it was us. She just cursed happy couples using us as an example. The moment she left the roof, we hid in my car because she has no clue as to what that looks like. She came out a few minutes later and stormed right by us, muttering about how unfair life is. That's when we came back in here."

Don wiped his eyes. "So that explains her pissed off mood as she told me to go to hell. I was wondering what on earth I had done to her."

"You transferred her from Elliot/me." The dynamic duo was at it again.

Don just smiled. "I sure made the right choice in sending her off. You two always were in sync with each other."

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Both Alex and Olivia were laughing at this point. "Munch and Fin were out on a case, or they would've been in on it as well." Olivia chortled.

"She sounds like a character." Alex managed to get out.

"She is a live wire, one that's sitting in a puddle of water."

The girls looked at each other and laughed again. Olivia quieted down a little. "Do you want to hear more?"

The mood sobered down quickly. "Liv, I already know how he…um…died. You don't have to go over that."

The detective smiled slightly, tears coming again. "Thanks, Alex." She yawned. "Wow, it's already 7. I have to be at the precinct at 8. You sure you don't want to say hi to Munch and Fin?"

"Yeah, I'm sure. My bosses are already going to have my ass for doing this. But it was worth it."

Olivia reached over and hugged her friend. "It was indeed. Call me sometime."

"Will do, Liv."

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A/N: So Alex came back just to leave again. The question remains…what happened to Elliot? You want to know? I need 5 reviews for this chapter! Yes, 5 more reviews! I'm selfish, I know. smirk The more reviews, the sooner you people's find out what happened to Elliot.

Plus, if anyone has any ideas for me, let me know. I'd love to hear them. Just don't be offended if I don't use them. I just need some ideas. Much love!