Chapter 3
A/N: So I'm finally back, and as miss Flying-High-9020 so kindly pointed out, I have been back for a couple of days now, I just haven't had time to post anything. But I am back, and as promised, here are the next 5 chapters of Rain. Oh and Thanks SOO much to all you guys for the reviews. You're what keeps me going!! Enjoy!!
The next morning, Olivia woke up in her own bed with a very stiff neck and unsure of what had happened. She looked at her clock, which read 8:20 am.
Shit! She thought, I'm way late! Cragen's going to kill me! She was about to get out of bed when she finally remembered what had happened. She looked around, trying to figure out where Elliot was and where he had slept.
As if he were reading her mind, Elliot's voice came from the kitchen.
" I'm in here Liv," he called. " And just so you know, we both slept on the couch. I only moved you to your bed this morning after I woke up." He said, grinning as he flipped pancakes.
" Mmm…I didn't know you knew how to cook Stabler." Olivia murmured, as she wrapped her arms around his waist and resting her head on his shoulder.
He laughed. " You know, we either have to keep this quiet, or risk one of us being switched out of the unit." Elliot said, turning around to face Olivia.
" Yeah, I know. How much do you want to bet that Fin and Munch are already betting on us though." Liv replied, putting her head on his chest as he kissed the top of her hair. He laughed, lifted her up onto the counter and kissed her gently. Olivia grinned, then suddenly her eyes went wide.
" Liv? What's wrong?" Elliot asked, suddenly concerned.
" Elliot, look what time it is! It's 8:40. We're lucky Cragen hasn't sent out a search and rescue for us yet. What are we gonna do? You still have to get home and change! We are so screwed!" Olivia moaned, shaking her head. Elliot thought for a moment.
" I'll tell him I'm sick. I'll tell him it was something I ate last night after 'leaving' your place." Elliot grinned mischievously.
" So what do I tell him? Something that I ate this morning?" Olivia asked. Elliot shrugged.
" Works for me. You call first." Olivia sighed, picked up the phone and dialed Cragen's number.
" Hey Cap…yeah I know. Yeah, from something I had this morning. I think it was the milk…yeah ok. See you tomorrow. Bye." Olivia hung up, waited a few seconds, then handed Elliot the phone. " Your turn." She grinned. He sighed, then dialed Cragen's number again.
" Yeah, hey Cap, it's Elliot. Yeah, I know, she called and told me. Unfortunately, I've got sort of the same thing. It was something I ate after leaving her place. Yeah, I'll be back tomorrow. Ok, bye." Elliot grinned and hung up the phone.
Down at the precinct, Captain Cragen shook his head. Boy was he glad he installed that Caller ID. Both of those calls had come from Olivia's apartment. If IAB gets even one single whiff of this, both of their asses and mine will be on the line. Cragen thought grimly. They better watch themselves. He went out to let Munch and Fin know what was going on.
" Hey Cap'n, where's Elliot and Olivia?" Munch asked, a little worried.
" They are both um…sick…from uh…food poisoning." Cragen didn't mean to put an emphasis on "sick" and "food poisoning", but apparently he had, because Fin grinned cheerfully.
" Pay up John! Elliot and Olivia are officially together! You owe me…what was it 30 dollars?" Fin laughed as John grumbled good-naturedly, pulled out his wallet and paid Fin. Don sighed, and also pulled out his wallet. Fin gave him a strange look.
" What, did you bet with ol' bony ass here too?" Fin asked incredulously.
" No. I bet with Casey." Cragen said sadly, pulling out two 20 dollar bills as the resident ADA, Casey Novak walked through the doors.
" Huh? What did I miss?" She asked.
Cragen shook his head and handed her the 40 dollars. She quickly realized what they had been talking about before. She smiled smugly and put the money into her wallet.