Disclaimer: to be honest, i don't know why i bother cos im clearly a tramp in a cardboard box with an internet connection and word processor. i am not the megabucks owner of a tv company
AN: This is essentially a filler chapter where different people visit Olivia in hospital. Quite short, but anywho enjoy...
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Chapter Twelve
Early Morning Run
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Amy was awakened when her phone suddenly rang. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, looking at the clock. 6.30 am. Kenni would be awake in less than an hour. She picked up the bedside handset, glancing at the empty space beside her. Jason still wasn't home. She wasn't too worried, sometimes he'd stay behind if an emergency occurred and he was needed. At the latest he'd get back at eight am. "Hello?...Hi, Elliot, what's up?" As Elliot told her what had happened to her mother, she put the phone on speaker and started to get dressed. When she hung up the phone, she went out the door and knocked the door across the hall. Maggie answered and agreed to watch Kendra, while Amy went up to the hospital.
When she got there, she found her mother, unconscious with bruises on her face and neck. Elliot had told her she'd been attacked, but nothing could have prepared her for this. Seeing her lying there, helpless scared Amy. She sat down and gently lifted her mother's hand. "It'll be ok" She whispered but wasn't sure who she was trying to reassure.
~~SVU~~
Jason took Kenni to preschool when he had arrived home to her and Maggie at 7.30 am. He arrived at the hospital soon after and woke his wife, who was dozing with her head on her mother's bed, holding her hand. Amy looked around and saw Elliot file in after him. Silently, they left the two of them alone and went to the canteen for some breakfast.
~~SVU~~
Fin stopped by for about ten minutes to check on her and Elliot, but he had to leave for work. As he left, Casey came in and stayed for a considerable amount of time, but had to leave to catch her plane flight back home.
~~SVU~~
At around 2 pm, Amy and Jason came back up. After they'd eaten breakfast, they had gone to pick their daughter up and left her with Jason's parents, staying for lunch. Now, they sat around the bed. Waiting for Olivia's eyes to open. Sometime later, Jason left to go home and get some sleep. Amy stayed for some more time but left again.
~~SVU~~
Richard Stabler opened his eyes. He looked round and tried to lift his head. Stabbing pains shot through his head. This was the worst hangover he'd had ever. He tried to think how he'd got here. Something about his dad's apartment He left, he thought. He must have done. How else would he have got here? He needed to get something for his head. If he could move.
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Fin came in through the door. He touched Elliot on the shoulder, who jumped slightly. An uncomfortable silence fell as the two men sat by Olivia's bed. Fin decided to break it as he asked "How she doin?"
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AN: Yes this is indeed short, I do realise that some people may not have found the previous chapter to their taste. I never said this was going to be an easy ride. For those who don't want to carry on, fine. But there is always light at the end of any tunnel. My friends, this is no cave. Just hang on a little bit longer.
daydreamerkid xx