Disclaimer - only the story is mine. I do not own the characters, except for Ben.

Elliot only stared. It had been two weeks since he had returned back to work. It was hell to cancel his transfer but apparently Cragen had taken pity on him. He had been very patient with Elliot after his incident almost six months ago but in that time Elliot had been rude, angry, and cruel and Cragen's patience was wearing thin.

Cragen wasn't the only one who had had enough. Olivia had been warm and understanding. Each time Elliot lashed out, she held her tongue and took whatever insult he had; telling herself that he was just angry and didn't mean any of it. But when she tried to be kind, start a conversation, he just sat there, angrily, and stared.

"You know Elliot, you're not the only one who has gone through some hard times. Hating everyone and acting like a jerk isn't going to make you feel any better."

Elliot scoffed. "You sound like Huang."

Olivia was about to speak when her phone rang . Perfect timing. She thought. Olivia looked at the caller I.D. and smiled. "Hi Ben." She said into the phone. "I only have five minutes."

Elliot listened as she giggled into the phone and made plans for the evening. It made him sick. What the fuck could she be giggling about? Have fun tonight, Liv. Tell Ben I hope he enjoys fucking my partner. That thought killed him.

It should be him. He should be the one making her smile. He should be the one to take her home.

"Okay. See you soon, babe. Bye."

"Babe?" He asked when she hung up the phone.

Olivia smiled. "Shut up. I'm happy okay?"

Again he scoffed. "I can see that. A little too happy if you ask me."

"Well I didn't ask you." She retorted.

"Your acting like a fucking school girl."

Olivia slammed the file she was reading shut. "What's your problem Elliot?"

"Oh, my problem?" He snapped. "Since when do you take personal calls at work, Liv? Your new boyfriend is effecting how you do your job."

Olivia felt her blood boiling under her skin. "Since when do you care?" She bit back. "And as for my job performance; you have a lot of nerve Stabler! You wanna talk about my job? How about yours? Everyone here is getting pretty fucking sick of your piss poor attitude."

Elliot braced himself over their adjoining desks, towering over her. "Well maybe I should have just transferred like I had planned!" He ignored the shocked and hurt look on her face. "That way you wont have to deal with my piss poor attitude anymore." And with that he stormed out of the precinct, Olivia following shortly behind him.

"Elliot." She called out when they had reached the hall. "Elliot, what are you talking about?" She placed her hand on his elbow and turned him around to face her. "You were going to transfer?"

Elliot shook his head, regret and rejection stinging in his eyes. "It doesn't matter."

Olivia huffed in shock. "Like hell it doesn't. Elliot, talk to me."

He shook his head and stepped into the elevator, pressing the close door button before Olivia even had a chance to get on.

Instead of waiting for the next one, Olivia ran towards the staircase. She was determined to talk to him as she ran down the stairs, taking them two at a time until she reached the first floor.

Elliot was walking out the door just as she stepped off the last stair. He didn't even notice; not even when she chased him out the door and finally caught up to him in the parking lot at his car.

"Okay!" She pleaded. "Your angry, I get that. Cragen, Munch, Fin; we all get it. What we don't get is why." The desperation in her eyes mirrored his own. "Elliot I know this has been hard but you were doing so well. You were fine until a few weeks ago and now all of a sudden you can't stand to be in the same room with me. Your obviously upset with me but your just too damn stubborn to tell me what you want." She was desperate now, afraid to lose her best friend of almost thirteen years. "I can't fix this until you tell me what I did, Elliot; please just tell me what you want."

"You!" He barked. He saw the shock in her eyes and new she saw the anger in his. He couldn't help himself, he had held it in long enough and he couldn't stand to see the desperation in her eyes and the pleading in her voice. He couldn't stand the thought of her going home to Ben and having him comfort her for the pain he had caused. "You, Olivia, its you."

She was in awe; total fucking shock and awe. "What?"

His throat ran dry. What could he say to her? How could he tell her that he had been in love with her for years and only now that she was happy had he chosen to make his move?

He let his body speak for him instead as he placed his hands on her hips and pulled her towards him, putting there lower halves in contact.

She tried to stifle a moan at the contact but he heard it anyway. Olivia felt her blood boil for the second time today. Only this time it was because she couldn't remember ever being so fucking turned on in her life as she felt his erection pressing against her core. He smile when she didn't pull away.

His hands abandoned her hips and moved to her waist, one slowly making its way up her body till it met her head and pulled her in for a kiss.

The second her lips met Olivia felt like her nerves were on fire. He whole body tingled as she shook in his arms both from fear and heat.

He felt it too. What's more is that he was pretty damn certain she could feel his body's reaction to her kiss as much as he could feel hers.

"Tell me you want me." He said. "Please, God, I just want to hear you say that you want me."

Her lips found his jaw and she placed a quick kiss on the skin she found there. His five o'clock shadow tickled her and she giggled.

He made her giggle; that much was complete. She was in his arms. He was kissing her. "Olivia", he moaned, "Liv."

And if it wasn't the most unholy fucking sound he had ever heard; her phone rang. And it wasn't just any ring. It was Ben's ring tone.

"Liv?" His eyes pleaded with her.

Olivia's eyes were watering. She had wanted him for so long. She had wanted him so much. But she was done waiting for him. She had a life now. She was happy now. And she couldn't ruin that just because Elliot had finally decided he wanted her too. She couldn't give up everything she had with Ben because Elliot made up his mind.

Could she?

"Liv?" He asked again. "Olivia let it go. Talk to me." His eyes were watering now too. "Stay with me."

Her phone rang once more. This time she grabbed it from her pocket. "I'm sorry Elliot." She said as she slowly walked away. "I'm sorry."

Much more drama to come.

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