A/N: Hey all…I'm sorry it's been awhile...but I promise I haven't forgotten you guys…BTW, be on the look out for a couple other fics I am writing…Thank you to everyone who reviewed….This chapter is a little tease for all of us shippers who needed a little something…A big thank you goes out to my wonderful beta, FAN4EVER…Thanks girl!! R&R!!

Elliot and Olivia get into the car, neither saying a word in the

process. At the stoplight, Elliot reaches over and grabs her hand,

"It'll be okay, Liv." She looks at him, disbelief written on her face,

"You're going to be fine. I'm not going to let anything happen too you."

Olivia shakes her head, "It's not that easy. Elliot I've been with

these people are extremely persistent…It'll take a miracle to get outta

this one."

He pulled up to her apartment, "Let me go in first." He did a walk

through of the apartment and then came back to the front door,

"Alright, it's clean. You have 5 minutes to pack; then we need to head

over to my apartment and get some things." She nodded and headed to her

bedroom. After waiting for a few minutes, he walked into her

bedroom. "Anything I can do?" She shook her head no as she was placing

clothes into a suitcase.

She glanced at him, "Could you hand me those pictures on that are on

the dresser?"

"Sure." He walked over to her dresser and was shocked at the pictures

he found. One was of her mother; however, the other was of them. The

picture was taken at the past New Year's party the precinct had. She

wore this amazing little black silky dress that made it hard to keep his

hands to himself. He, on the other, had began the night in a suit, but

had later gotten rid of the suit jacket and had even unbuttoned a few

buttons, otherwise he would've died from over heating. 'I can't believe she keeps this

picture by her bed. Wow.'

"What is taking you so long to grab two pictures?" And then she

remembered that the one picture she had was of them. Upon realizing

that, she quickly got up and grabbed the picture of her mother and

looked at Elliot, "Can I please have my picture back?"

He smiled, "Sure." He handed her the picture, looking at her as if

expecting an explanation.

She shook her head, "Not now, please. I just want to get our stuff and

then go try to relax at the hotel. We'll talk later." He nodded his

head.

"Got everything together?" She nodded, "Alright then, on to my place."

Within minutes they were at his house. He was faster than Olivia,

quickly grabbing clothes and then escorting her back to the car.

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A short time later, they reached the motel and were walking to their

room. Once they were inside the room, he looked at her, "Will you be

okay for a minute? I'm going to go call Cragen and then get something

to eat." She nodded, not really paying attention, "Any requests?" She

shook her head no and he left to use the phone.

While Elliot was down stairs, Olivia figured that it would help calm

her down to take a shower; however, she didn't expect to forget her

clothes and have to come out of the bathroom in only a towel. So it was

even more a surprise when Elliot walked through the door.

As he walked through the door, he continued to watch her, mesmerized

by his beautiful partner. She began to feel less confident and

decided to lighten the mood, "See something you like Stabler?"

He looked up at her face, "Uh…well…I uh…."

She began to laugh at his uneasiness; it was nice to know that she

wasn't the only one a little out of sorts, "Calm down El…I was

joking…Ya know, trying to lighten the mood." At his very apparent sigh

of relief, she began to giggle.

He looked at her surprised, "Are you giggling?"

She shakes her head, "It's your fault. I don't normally giggle;

however, your face is enough to make anyone giggle."

He looked at her, "Well, excuse me, but I was a little taken by

surprise…A beautiful woman walked out the bathroom in only a towel…I

couldn't help myself," he finished teasingly.

She looked at him, slightly taken aback, "El, I'm-"

Elliot's cell phone ringing crushed the mood and brought them both

back to earth. He looked at the offending object with disgust as Olivia

grabbed her clothes and made her way back to the bathroom,

"Stabler…Yeah we're settled…WHAT? How...Well it's a good thing that

we're here…Alright…I'll tell her…Yeah, okay. Bye."

Olivia walked out of the bathroom, "Who was it?"

"It was the Cragen…"

She looked at him expectantly, "Okay, what did he have to say?"

He looked down at his hands, unsure how to tell her, "Liv, someone set

your apartment on fire…" He watched before his eyes, as the woman

usually so strong broke down in his arms.

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Alright guys…Sorry about the cliffhanger, but….I'm evil, what can I say…. :) Please R&R!!