Disclaimer: Dick Wolf still owns them, but I thank him for that wonderful little elevator scene last night...Elliot-"I'd give you a kidney" Olivia-"Not if I give you mine first" They might as well have said I love you!!!! Amazing!!!!

Casey walked into the precinct, searching for Elliot or Olivia. She hadn't talked to Olivia since the other day when Olivia had called her to let her know that she had actually gotten the courage to go to the precinct to talk to Elliot and was about to head inside. The conversation had ended with 'wish me luck', and Olivia had hung up.

Now, three days later, Casey was still unsure of the outcome. She had tried calling Olivia, and even went over to her apartment get the scoop, but had been unable to reach her. She figured they were keeping long hours hammering out a case, or with any luck, each other, and the best way to reach them would be the station. With a quick scan of the room, she didn't see Olivia anywhere, but spotted Elliot over by his desk, pondering over a file, rubbing his creased brow, deep in thought. She headed over to Elliot, eager to find out how the conversation she thought Olivia had with him, had gone.

"So, how's everything going?" Casey asked with a bit of mischievousness in her voice.

"Good,…did you need something Case?"

"Not really, how's the whole partner situation working out?" she said with a gleam in her eye.

"Dani's working out alright, we work well together."

Casey's brow creased as she processed what he had just said. "You mean you're still working with Dani, even now?"

" Well, yeah," Elliot said, furrowing his brow, "why wouldn't I be?"

" What about Liv? You're not going to work with her again?"

" I don't know, Casey, I'd like to, but after she left and all, I don't know how she'd feel about working with me again. Hell, I don't know if she'll even want to talk to me again. I guess we'll have to cross that bridge when she gets back, if she comes back. You never know how long those undercover things will last," Elliot said, as he looked at his desk, a sadness on his face.

"What do you mean, when or if she gets back? She is back, she came in two days ago to talk to you. She called me from outside the precinct to let me know she was on her way inside right then. She hasn't answered her phone, and she hasn't been at her apartment, so I figured she had jumped right back into the latest case," she stumbled over her words, "but you really haven't talked to her?"

" No Case, I really haven't seen her since she left. This is the first I've heard of her being back." Just then, Cragen walked through the room.

"Hey captain, did you know that Liv was back?"

" Uhh….yeah, she came in a couple of days ago."

" Did you notice anything weird or unusual about her?"

" No, I mean, she asked how everything was between you and Dani. She was watching you out the office window, and I could have sworn she had tears in her eyes. At first I thought she was going to ask to come back to work, but she said that she wasn't ready yet and that she'd talk to me later. I would have told you, but she specifically asked me not to. Why?"

" Well, no one's heard from her since. She's not answering her phone, she hasn't been here, and she's not at her apartment, but her car is," Casey said anxiously, catching Cragen, and now Munch and Fin who were standing nearby up to date.

"Shit, fucking shit. Of course she couldn't just come back to work like a normal person, she had to pull some disappearing act," Elliot yelled to no one in particular. He paused at the words that had just come out of his mouth. Suddenly, his stomach dropped, and stung with pain, with the harsh realization that she could be missing, she could be injured, or worse, dead. 'No,' he thought, 'Liv, my Liv, could be in trouble, and its all my fault. Why did I have to be so stupid? Why couldn't I keep my hormones in check and stay the hell away from Dani'

"So what do we do now? Where do we start?"

" Elliot, we don't even know that anything's wrong. Maybe she's just taking some extra time off before talking to anyone. Now, I've got some updates on the Carson case that I need you and Dani to follow up on. If Olivia comes in, I'll let you know, but until then, she's not your priority so keep it out of work, and that's an order. And that goes for you two as well, I don't want you going on some crazy Olivia conspiracy hunt," he pointed his finger at Munch and Fin.

Elliot turned, his face filled with rage at his captain, without saying anything and went in search of his temporary partner.

After Elliot, Munch and Fin were out of earshot, Don pulled Casey aside and asked her if she thought there was a reason to be alarmed. At this point, they decided that it was too soon to worry about the possibility of foul play, and Casey promised to keep Don updated if she happens to hear from Olivia. With that, he put an arm around her shoulder, "She'll be ok Casey, she's strong."

Minutes later, Dani and Elliot were in the car heading to Bellevue Hospital to interview a woman who had just woken up from a coma after being badly beaten and raped. The DNA evidence from the rape kit was able to tie her case to two other women's cases, and the now serial murderer and rapist , Blake Carson. The victim had been dumped in central park, near the site where two other beaten and raped women's bodies had been found. She was barely breathing, and unconscious when the paramedics arrived on the scene. The detectives figured that the rapist thought she was dead, so, like his previous two victims, he disposed of her body. Her injuries were substantial, but after a week, she pulled out of a coma, and everyone was hopeful of the light she could shed on Blake Carson.

Elliot and Dani remained silent throughout the drive, parked the car, and walked through the sliding doors, and up to the main reception desk, where a young nurse in blue scrubs was sitting.

"Hi, we're looking for Jamie Harps, I'm Detective Stabler and this is my partner, Detective Beck," Elliot said, as he and Dani displayed their badges for the nurse.

"Yes, hang on a second, let me see where she is," the nurse said typing on the computer, "she's in room 307."

" Thank you" Dani mumbled at the nurse's cheerfulness. Elliot and Dani walked around the corner to a bank of elevators, and stepped inside, breathing in the sterile unique smell of the hospital. The doors closed and for a second the twosome stood in silence watching the glowing number above the door change as the elevator ascended.

Dani was the first to break the silence. "What's up with you Elliot? You kiss me, you don't talk about it again, and now you act as if you're pissed off at me. If you've got something to say, then say it. I'm not your precious Olivia, I won't break."

" Ok, fine, if you want me to talk to you, then lets talk", Elliot said aggravated, pausing the elevator between floors, "I just found out that my precious Olivia ," Elliot said doing air quotes, "might be missing, she saw us in the bullpen, and Cragen said he guessed she got upset. No one's heard from her in three days now, her car's at her apartment, but she's not, and I feel like its all my fault."

" What does it matter to you? She broke your heart, and treated your friendship like shit. I thought you got over her when you fell in love with me."

Elliot laughed, throwing his head back, "I don't love you, hell, I really don't even like you. I had been drinking and my inhibitions weren't what they normally are. When I kissed you, it didn't mean anything to me. It was purely physical. There, are you happy? Happy we had this little chat?"

By the end of his Oscar winning speech, he was inches from her face, yelling at her. Now, she was yelling back.
"Wonderful, glad you shared that sap story with me, now if you don't mind, can we get back to the case?" She slapped the button to resume the elevator moving, and pushed by Elliot to get out of the elevator as soon as the doors opened.