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Disclaimer: They're not mine if you've seen them on SVU. They belong to Dick Wolf.

And how cool, the UK, where I am from, now has it's own Law and Order, it's called Law and Order: UK, not that it takes a rocket scientist to work that out. :D.

I have no idea if Dick Wolf has anything to do with it but I hope he does. I'm praying they'll have a crossover and Liv and El will come to the UK. Maybe my agent could get me a gig on the show. Okay I need to calm down now. Sorry for rambling.

Anyways…

By the by, this story isn't necessarily going to be an E/O fic but in this story Elliot and Kathy are divorced which is why he lives alone.

Chapter 6

Elliot stood next to Olivia's bed. He was watching as a nurse stitched and bandaged her arms. He felt her pain and all the blood was making him cringe, next to him stood Cragen who looked equally as disturbed by one of his best detective's condition.

"You're very lucky that the knife didn't go any deeper or this would definitely be a job for surgery." The nurse said as she continued stitching.

"I told you I'm not having surgery." Olivia said, becoming frustrated and even more uncooperative.

The nurse looked up at Elliot and Cragen as if to say 'help me out here', but they both just shook their heads. They knew it was no use arguing it out with her. They'd only lose.

Dozens of Doctors had studied her wounds, most suggesting surgery, but Olivia refused and luckily she could. Her attacker was clumsy and hadn't done damage to the extent he had tried. It still hurt like hell though.

She tried to shift herself in the bed but quickly doubled over in pain.

"Is it your ribs?" Elliot asked helping her to slowly sit upright again by adjusting pillows behind her.

Olivia just nodded and settled back into the big fluffy pillows.

X-rays had shown she had fractured her ribs, thanks to having crashed to the hard wooden floor in her apartment. Although she wouldn't admit to it her whole body was aching and the fact that she was still shaking like a leaf in the wind wasn't helping any.

"Are you nearly done?" she asked the nurse, beginning to feel a little groggy as the strong pain medication finally chose to kick in.

"Just about." The nurse said as she finished wrapping up her arm. "You need to stay in over night so we can observe you. You're still in shock."

"I'm not staying." Olivia said defiantly as she swung her legs over the side of the bed. She quickly dropped her head into her hands, regretting the pain it caused her arms. "I just need t go home, I'll be fine."

"You need to stay. We'll need to re-dress those bandages in the morning…" The nurse began.

"Then I'll come back in the morning." Olivia protested.

"Liv, you can't go home." Cragen reminded her, seeing it was now a crime scene.

"Then I'll stay in a motel or something." she said as she pushed herself off the bed.

"They're right miss. You can't go home. You can't be on your own." The nurse told her, trying to sound as firm as possible.

"Well that's all I want right now." she lied. Really she just wanted out of the hospital. She wanted anything but to be on her own and she certainly didn't want to go back to her apartment.

They all watched as she began to walk away, moving at a dying snails pace. Elliot quickly walked around the side of the bed and gently placed his hands on her waist to keep her upright. He felt her weight fall against him.

"You can stay a mine tonight." he told her.

"Hmmm…" Olivia muttered, the drugs having pretty much taking control of her.

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Elliot had carefully carried Olivia up into his apartment. She was out cold. He carefully carried her through his tiny apartment towards his bedroom. When he got there he managed, just about, to balance Olivia in his arm as he opened the door. He then carried her over to his bed, once more balancing her as he kicked the blankets back.

He then lowered her down, careful not to hurt her injured body. As soon as he lay her down she shifted and got herself comfy. He gently pulled the blankets up over her. Making sure she was nice and warm.

He turned and checked on her as he got to the door, but he could clearly see she was gonna be out for a few hours. He was thankful, for her sake, the pain killers were working so well. He knew her injuries would be hurting like hell when she woke up and the medication had worn off.

He closed the door behind him and walked over to the kitchen. He made himself a big hot mug of coffee and walked over to the couch. He flicked the TV on, making sure the volume stayed low so as not to wake Olivia. Then alone and in the dark he watched a repeat of the last week's game.

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Elliot had fallen asleep on the couch so didn't hear when Olivia came out of his bedroom. She knew where she was, she had been in Elliot's apartment before, although never had she woke up in his bed. They were best friends which meant that when neither had anything better to do they would grab a beer and watch the game at one of their apartments. Both were perfectly happy with the others company.

Unfortunately though, she forgot about the creaky floor board outside his bedroom door. It was enough to wake Elliot up. He quickly sat up and looked around. "Liv, you okay, you need something. Go back to bed, rest, I'll get you whatever you need." Elliot explained as he got up and walked over to her, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

Olivia just looked at him and smiled a little, as much as her aching body was willing to allow her.

"Seriously what do you need, I'll get it for you?" he said trying to look and sound awake.

"I gotta pee." she informed him.

"Oh," Elliot said, blushing, "Well whilst you do that do you want me to make you a cup of coffee?" he offered.

"I die for one." she said, her words giving her the chills.

She had come so close to dying. If it hadn't been for Elliot she probably would be. As the realization of that finally was able to hit her, now she was awake and coherent, she began shaking. She couldn't hold the sobs back and so she just stood there, shaking and crying.

Elliot quickly walked over to her and gently wrapped his arms around her. "Hey…Shh, it's okay. I got you. You're safe here, its okay." he said softly as his partner held onto him for dear life, choking on her sobs and trembling.

TBC

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