a/n: Wow, i didn't think that i would have an update so soon, but this chapter completely wrote itself! let's hope the rest of the chapters do that!!!

Chapter 2

Kathy didn't know what to do. She felt horrible for Liv and that little voice inside of her thought 'maybe, just maybe, you're over reacting'. She turned out of the room and headed out of the station house. Now was definitely not the time to accuse her husband of having an affair, especially when she didn't even have any solid proof.

EOEOEOEO

"We have to go out there, we have to find Simon." Olivia said as she ran her hands through her hair and paced back and forth the length of the room.

"No way, Liv. You are not going anywhere." Elliot said in a stern and serious voice as he stood up from his chair.

"You expect me to just sit around here and do nothing? That's just what he wants, Elliot!"

Elliot pulled Olivia's arm and turned her to look at him. He had his game face on, "There is no way I am letting you out of here! That sick fuck is after you, and…" He ran his through his short hair, "and you're not leaving the station house, Cragen's orders, end of story."

"What happened to you? You used to jump right on board with me, and since when did we ever follow Captain's orders?" She questioned.

Elliot shook his head, that was Olivia for you, he thought. He sat back down in the chair, "Olivia, I'm sorry but no. You're not leaving."

Olivia sat down next to him, "You could use me as bait, Elliot--"

"No, no way." Elliot said shaking his head, "Absolutely not. What do you have a death wish? This isn't some local pervert, Liv! This is White! He's fixated on you, Olivia! He has had nothing to do for the past 8 years except to plan his revenge against you!"

"Exactly, and he's not going to stop going after the people that I love, until he has me!" Olivia shouted, "Don't you get it? I don't want anyone to get hurt or killed over me!"

Elliot looked over at her and took a deep breath, "I don't want him to hurt or kill you." He said softly.

There was a brief silence that got interrupted by Elliot's cell, "Stabler," he answered, his stare still held with Olivia's.

"It's Lake. We got Lucy and her son safe. Still nothing on, Simon. Tell Olivia we're not giving up."

"Alright, bye." Elliot said and clicked his phone shut and turned towards Olivia, "No word on Simon yet," He placed his hand over hers, "They're going to find him, Liv."

EOEOEOEOEO

"So what did Kathy want?" Munch asked Elliot as he made a pot of coffee.

"What?" Elliot asked, clueless.

"Kathy. What did she want?" He repeated.

Elliot stared at Munch with an even more confused look on his face, "What? When?"

"Earlier today!" Munch said getting annoyed, "She came in when Fin and I went to the cribs. She had a plate of cookies for you, they looked delicious."

"I didn't see Kathy today…" Elliot said as his voice began to get nervous, "You don't think that…" He pulled out his cell phone as horrific images of White having Kathy soared through his mind, "Kathy! Where are you? Are you ok?...uh huh…oh…Uh Did you stop by the precinct today? You did. Why did you leave? …oh…okay well you could have at least said 'hello'." Elliot said irritated, "Uh…huh..." He looked over at Olivia and walked away from her. He didn't want her to hear what he was about to say.

When Elliot came back into the room he looked over at Munch, "Kathleen broke up her with her boyfriend, and called Kathy hysterical, so she took off." He said to Munch.

"You want to put a uni on them don't you?" Munch said as he poured a cup of coffee.

"Just did. I also told her to go to her mothers." Elliot said as he poured some sugar into his mug.

Munch put his hand on Elliot's shoulder, "I'm sorry, man."

Elliot just brushed the comment off, "No big deal, I'm sure they're fine. It's Liv, I'm really worried about," Elliot said as he stared at Olivia who was going through a stack of files.

EOEOEOEO

Kathy hung up the phone with Elliot, her reaction was calm, "Mo, go tell your brother and sisters to pack their stuff. We're going to stay with Grandma for awhile."

"What? You're leaving Dad, again!?" She pouted.

"Just go Maureen." She grunted.

"You can't keep doing this to him mom!" She argued.

Kathy huffed, and stared off into space, the conversation that she overheard with Elliot and Olivia going through her mind, "You can't leave someone who never came back." She said in a soft voice.

Maureen closed her eyes tight and took a deep breath, "I'm sorry, Mom." She said and pulled her mother into a hug.

"It's okay, honey. We tried, I thought things would change, you know? But work will always come first, she will always come first," She said that last part barley above a whisper.

"What?" Maureen asked not completely hearing what her mother said.

"Nothing, just go pack, ok?" She said and kissed her daughter on the forehead.

EOEOEO

Olivia ran her hands through her greasy hair, she closed her eyes and wish this mess would just be over soon, "I'm going to take a shower," she said tilting her head to the side and rubbing her neck, "maybe a bath," she pondered out loud, "whatever," she said standing up from the table.

She heard Elliot's footsteps behind her on the stairs and she turned around, "What are you doing, Elliot?" she asked.

"Not out of my sight." He answered.

"Uh…Elliot? I'm going to take a bath, you have got to be kidding me!" She said annoyed, "What are you trying to get revenge for this morning?" She asked, not really weighing the weight of her words.

Elliot's face immediately blushed but he didn't stop following her, "I have to make sure the bathroom is clear, and don't worry, I'm not going to jump in the tub with you, I'll wait outside."

"I am still a cop aren't I? I know how to secure a room, Elliot." She said as she pulled some things out of her locker.

"Just humor me, please." Elliot said.

EOEOEOEO

"Ah…Elliot, you still out there?" Olivia called out from the tub.

"Still here, Liv." Elliot called back.

"I uh…sort of forgot my towel…" She said nervously.

Elliot looked around the cribs, sure enough he saw two big fluffy towels sitting on the bench by her locker, "Got em," He called out to her, "What…uh…should I do with them?"

He heard Olivia groan, "Uh, just come in here…I'm covered in bubbles…" She said and she bit her bottom lip nervously.

Covered in bubbles, soaking wet…Why are you trying to torture me? He thought as he closed his eyes tight and opened the door slowly. He was going to put them on the sink and get the hell out of there; however, the Woman's bathroom was set up just a little bit different than the Men's. Not being able to see the chair that crossed his pathway as his eyes were shut tight, he walked right into it, sending himself soaring through the air, as if slow motion, the towels landed up in the tub with Olivia, and Elliot's head smashed into the corner of the sink.

Blood instantly rushed out of the gash on Elliot's forehead, "Fuck," he moaned as he put his hand up to his head, but still did not open his eyes.

"Elliot! Jesus!" She screamed, and he heard lots of water splashing around, and he could only imagine Olivia getting out of the tub, naked, and soaking wet, to go over to attend to him.

Olivia quickly stood up, draped the soaking wet towels around her body and stepped out of the tub, "OH just open your eyes, before you hurt something else!" she yelled at him. He was trying to sit up, but kept knocking into everything.

Elliot took a deep breath and did as he was told. He opened them slowly, and took a deep breath. Olivia was hovered over him, the soaking wet towels were now dripping all over his dry clothes, and Olivia was applying pressure to the wound on his head; However to do that she had to be very close to him…too close. All Elliot could see was Olivia's neck and the top of her chest, that was popping out of the dripping wet towel, 'I'm going to hell' he thought as he was unable to look away at Olivia's fanfuckingtastic body.

"Does it hurt?" She asked.

"Huh?" He asked in a daze, "Oh, uh, nah. I'm good." He got out, kicking himself for sounding like an idiot.

"Well, I think you got lucky, no stitches needed." She said with a smile on her face, "I think we have some butterfly bandages in the first aid kit, that should do the trick." She said getting up off the floor, and walking out of the bathroom, leaving Elliot there to bow his head in shame.

"Way to go, Stabler." He said to himself. He pulled himself off of the floor and walked out of the bathroom…bad mistake! Olivia was changing into her clothes and Elliot got quite the show.

"ELLIOT!" She screamed, angry as hell at him.

"I'm sorry! Oh my God! I'm so sorry!" He said turning around, his cheeks becoming beat red again. He cursed himself for being such an idiot, he looked up at the ceiling, "What did I do to you!?" He asked God.

"You're really batting a thousand today, Elliot." He heard Olivia say. He would have agreed, or said something; but his mind was still in the gutter picturing her naked.

"Alright, come on, let's go get you cleaned up." She said when she was fully dressed.

EOEOEOEOEO

"Is it me, or can you cut the sexual tension in here with a knife?" Munch whispered to Fin, and they both snickered.

"What?" Olivia and Elliot both asked at the same time.

"It's nothing…" Munch said.

Elliot and Olivia looked at each other, and Olivia rolled her eyes, "Well then stop snickering over there." Olivia scolded.

"Well, maybe it's not nothing…" Munch said with a smirk on his face, "You guys never told us exactly how Elliot fell…and why his clothes were soaking wet…"

Olivia and Elliot just stared at each other, "Get your mind out of the gutter, Munch." Olivia said, and Elliot gave Munch a smile and a thumbs up, behind Olivia's back.

Both Munch and Fin laughed, and Olivia quickly turned her head to look at Elliot, "What?" He said shrugging his shoulder.

She narrowed her eyes on him, "You better watch it, Stabler, you're on thin ice." She warned, but let out a small smile.