Sorry it took me so long to get this one out to you. I promise I haven't been slacking either. In my time away from this story I've finished up my Easter story (to be posted Saturday night) and also written another one shot today called Heartbreak & Healing. Be sure to check that one out too!

DISCLAIMER: Anything that seems like anything you may recognize isn't mine. Even some of the stuff you don't recognize still isn't.

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"What happened!" Alex yelled, years already falling.

"Masters sent them over to an abandoned warehouse to find Flanders' body. They stepped inside and apparently the floor was not as stable as they'd thought. They're both at County General in East Hampton. Fin broke his right leg, Chester managed to break his left leg and left wrist." Elliot told the women.

Both Alex and Casey breathed sighs of relief, they had been expecting much worse. Olivia knew they would both want to drive down and see how their boyfriends were doing.

"Let me clear it with Don, but why don't you head out to my car and I'll drive the two of you down to the hospital." She said.

As Alex and Casey left for the elevator Olivia walked over to her captain's office and knocked on the door.

"Come in," Don called form his office.

She walked in the office choosing not to sit in the chair he was pointing too.

"I'm sure you've heard about Fin and Lake. I was wondering if it'd be okay if I drive Alex and Casey down to the hospital."

"Of course it'd be alright." He told her.

Olivia turned to walk back to the squad room when Don called to her.

"Liv, why don't you take Elliot with you?"

"Sir?"

"Munch and I can handle things around here. Besides, there are other members of this squad around here somewhere." He chuckled.

"Thank you!"

She walked back over to Elliot's desk where he was sitting and bent down to whisper in his ear.

"You ready to head back to Long Island with us?" She whispered.

"Work related trip?" He asked.

"Not so much, just taking Alex and Casey down." Olivia told him.

"Okay, let's go."

The pair headed down to the parking garage where Alex and Casey were waiting.

"Change of plans, we're taking El's SUV down." Olivia let them know.

Everyone walked over to Elliot's car and got in, Elliot and Olivia up front and Alex and Casey in the second row.

"They know, right?" Elliot leaned over and whispered to Olivia.

"Yes," she replied.

"Good," he said before pulling her into a deep kiss. "I have wanted to do that ever since we got back up here earlier today."

Alex and Casey broke out laughing hysterically.

"Didn't get enough this morning El?" Alex chuckled.

"Never," he growled.

"So now that you two go your heads out of your asses and caught on to what the rest of us have always known, can we count you both in for Friday night dinners with us?" Casey asked.

"We'll see." Elliot answered.

The group continued along on their trip to the hospital in East Hampton. When they arrived Elliot barely got the SUV stopped before Alex and Casey were jumping out and rushing inside.

"We're here to see Odafin Tutuola and Chester Lake." Alex told the triage nurse.

"Ah yes, you two must be the girlfriends from Manhattan we've heard all about since they minute they arrived." She said as she got up to take everyone back to where the guys were.

Alex was shown to where Fin was laying down in the first exam room and lightly knocked on the door before going inside.

"Lexi, honey, you came. I'm so glad to see you." Fin told her as she walked up to the bed.

"I'll be honest with you I almost turned around for the lobby as soon as the nurse brought me back here. I was doing fine until then." She confessed.

"I know, it was so hard being in an ER again. Everything's going to be okay this time though. I swear to you as soon as you get the okay from your doctor we'll start trying again. Rebecca may have been a bit of a surprise but I can't wait to have our own little Lexi running around now." He said as he pulled her in his arms.

"I love you so much Fin, I'm just glad you're okay." She said sniffling.

"Me too baby, me too. I'm not ready to lose you again, ever."

Meanwhile, two doors down the hall Casey had walked in the exam room to find her own boyfriend in a similar state.

"You sure know how to scare a girl Chester Lake." She called to him as she entered the room.

"I'm sorry, not exactly the way I planned that one going down." He chuckled.

"Did you at least get enough to nail the bastards to the wall?"

"East Hampton PD took over looking, I assume they did." He told her.

"Good, I'm just glad you're alright." She said before crushing her lips to his in a deep kiss.

"Ahem!" Came a voice from the door way.

"Hey Elliot! Thanks for bringing my girl down."

"No problem man. I was just talking to one of the nurses and the two of you are just about ready to go. Liv went to tell Fin." He told the pair.

"Great! I can't wait to get out of here." Lake said.

Elliot left the room to go get Olivia from Fin's room so they could pull the truck around front.

"Livvie, come get the truck with me?" He asked as he walked in the door.

"Sure, Alex, meet us out front?"

"Alright."

Elliot and Olivia walked out of the ER and headed towards the parking lot to get his car.

"You do realize Fin and Lake will know by the time they get out to the car, right?" Elliot asked.

"At least I won't have to fight to keep my hands off you the whole way home then." Olivia shrugged.

He just laughed glad to see she was taking that revelation so well. Within a matter of moments they had pulled up out in front of the ER and were waiting on their friends. Soon Alex and Casey came wheeling their boyfriends out and helping them into Elliot's SUV.

"So what did you guys find out about Masters?" Olivia asked as they headed back to Manhattan.

"Not much of anything that we didn't already know. He did lead us to Flanders' body, but well you see how well that went." Lake replied.

"We're all just glad you're okay." Elliot told them both.

The rest of the drive back to Manhattan was pretty much silent. All four back seat passengers spent the trip sleeping, Olivia just sat in a daze looking out the window, and Elliot of course was driving. With about five minutes left in their trip Elliot finally spoke again.

"Are you alright over there Liv?" He asked.

"Hmm? Oh yeah, I'm fine, just thinking." She replied.

"Anything you care to share?"

"I just feel like the answer to this whole thing is right in front of us and for whatever reason we just aren't seeing it." She told him.

"I know baby, it's frustrating as hell."

"Maybe after we talk to Masters we'll get some more." Olivia told him trying to remain optimistic.

Elliot pulled into the parking garage and he and Olivia walked their friends to their cars before heading up to the squad room.

"East Hampton get here with Masters?" Olivia asked as she walked in the door.

"They're holding him until they get to Flanders' body then he'll be up." Munch explained.

"Sounds good, Don in his office?"

"Yep," he told her.

Olivia took Elliot's hand and pulled him towards their captain's office.

"We need to tell him now. Everyone else but Munch and Don know." Olivia said in explanation.

As they were approaching the door it opened and Cragen walked out.

"Benson, Stabler, hit the cribs. I'll send someone up when Masters is brought in." He commanded.

"But sir," Olivia began.

"We'll talk about it once the case is closed." He told her, turning to go back to his office.

"Okay," Olivia sighed.

Don turned back around to face the two detectives. "It's about time you two." He said smiling.

Elliot and Olivia both smiled back before going to walk up to the cribs and rest. When they got up there they quietly walked back to the two cots in the back, pushed them together, and lay down with Elliot holding Olivia in his arms underneath their now shared scratchy wool gray blanket.

"Night Livvie, I love you."

"Love you too El."

The two, thankfully for them, being overly exhausted immediately fell asleep.

What seemed like only minutes later, but in all actuality was about five hours later Munch came upstairs to wake his fellow detectives up.

"Hey sleepyheads, Don says shower and change and then be downstairs. Masters is here." He called out as he opened the door.

"Okay," Elliot answered back.

He turned towards where Olivia was lying next to him and gently began shaking her awake.

"Livvie, baby, Masters is here. We need to get up now." He told her.

"I guess I can, if I really have to."

The two crawled out of bed and walked over to their lockers. There they both grabbed their shower caddies and headed towards the showers. Twelve minutes later they were both walking out, towels wrapped snugly around their bodies. They each silently got dressed and while Olivia dried her hair and did her makeup Elliot headed down to the squad room to get them both some coffee.

"Here you go Liv," Elliot handed her a mug when she'd reached her desk "Munch made it but it's the best I could get."

She took the mug, chuckling, and took a few sips before they headed to the interrogation room.

Walking in the room they came across Carl Masters and his lawyer sitting at the table.

"Well Carl, I bet you thought you'd pulled a good one on us sending our detectives to that dilapidated warehouse. Oh don't worry, they'll be fine." Olivia told him.

"I didn't…"

"Save it! I want to know what you know about the man who's been calling you and your buddies."

Masters glanced at his lawyer before speaking. "I don't know who he is, I swear."

"What? He just calls you up one day and says 'Hey I'll give you $10,000 if you kill someone for me'?"

"Pretty much, yeah."

"How does he get you the money?" Elliot asked.

"I have no idea. The cash just shows up in an envelope the next day."

Just then a cell phone starts ringing. The detectives and Masters' lawyer all look to their phones to see whose is ringing. No one noticing Carl Masters now starting fidget in his seat. By the fourth ring though they suddenly catch on.

"How the fuck did he get a cell phone in here?" Olivia yells.

By this time the call has gone to voicemail since no one had answered it.

"Hand it over Masters, nice and slow." Elliot demanded.

Carl Masters took the phone out of his pocket and placed it on the table. Elliot picked it up, dialed into voice mail, and put the phone on speaker.

"Please enter your password." The automated voice said.

"It's 5525." Masters told him.

Elliot punched in the password and they all eagerly awaited the new message.

"Carl, buddy, it's me. I need another favor from you. This one's big, huge even. I'll even up the ante this time, ten times the amount you're used to. That bitch detective is getting too close. You know what to do. You have two days." The voice on the message told them all.