Here's chapter 8. Enjoy and leave lots of reviews please :D
Olivia and Elliot walked into the squad room after their lunch. It was 1 pm and the whole squad was working on their current case. They saw a very good looking man talking to Munch and Fin.
Munch looked up at the two of them and motioned for them to come over. "Guys this is Paul Grimson, he's going to help us with this case."
"Elliot Stabler and this is Olivia Benson," Elliot introduced and put his hand out.
Paul shook his hand then Olivia's. Elliot noticed that he held onto Olivia's hand a little longer than was necessary. "Nice to meet you," Paul said to Olivia.
"It's nice to meet you too," Olivia pulled her hand back, feeling Elliot burning a hole at the side of Paul's face.
Fin cleared his throat, noticing Elliot's jealousy acting up. "Paul was the lead detective on the victims previous case. He thinks that she may be lying about being raped because she has lied in the past," Fin explained.
"What did she lie about before?" Olivia asked, looking over at Paul.
"She claimed that her husband had beaten and raped her about two months ago. They were going through a nasty divorce so she cried rape to get custody of their two children," Paul answered.
"Well she lied to get custody of her kids. Why would she lie now?" Elliot asked to no one in particular.
"Well she did claim that her boyfriend raped her this time so maybe they had an argument. Probably wants to get back at him," Munch replied.
They were all brainstorming for an hour and decided that Olivia should interview the victim alone. They figured it was a good idea for Olivia to pretend that she was on her side.
Olivia came back an hour later and went up to Elliot's desk, where everyone was surrounded around. "She stuck with her story." Olivia shrugged.
They all sighed. They were hoping Olivia's plan would work.
Munch and Fin went to interview the boyfriend's boss to see if he had any history of violence. Olivia went in the locker room to put her coat away. She turned around to see Paul walking in.
"Hey Olivia, right?"
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Um…I know this may seem a little forward but, I was wondering if I could take you out to dinner or something tomorrow night?" Paul asked, hoping she would say yes.
"Paul that's really sweet but, I have a boyfriend."
"Well we can just go as friends, if you want. I mean there's no harm in that right?"
Olivia didn't know whether she wanted to go or not. She knew Elliot would take it the wrong way but, Paul seems like a nice guy and there was no harm in making new friends.
"So, what do you say Olivia?" Paul asked, when Olivia didn't answer.
"Just as friends?" she asked.
"Friends," Paul assured.
"I would like that." Olivia smiled.
"Good. I'll pick you up tomorrow at seven. Is that okay?"
"Yeah sounds good," Olivia confirmed.
He smiled and nodded. "We should get back to work, then."
They both walked out and as Olivia sat at her desk, she caught Elliot's glare.
"What?" she asked.
He shook his head. "Nothing."
"El-"
"It's nothing Liv," Elliot said and gave her a fake smile. He didn't want to fight with her tonight.
She smiled back and went back to work.
Cragen let them all go home at 9 pm that night.
The car ride to Olivia's apartment was filled with silence. Elliot kept wondering what Paul was talking to Olivia about. Olivia, on the other hand, was trying to figure out if she should tell Elliot that she's going to have dinner with Paul tomorrow night.
She quickly decided against it. Elliot wouldn't understand that they were just going out as friends, nothing more. He was jealous when she and Mark just talked, imagine how he would react if found out she was going to dinner with Paul.
They arrived at her apartment and Elliot parked right outside her building.
"You want to stay the night?" Olivia asked.
"Not tonight," Elliot replied. He figured that she would tell him about what Paul talked to her about but, she didn't so he figured she was hiding something. He already knew that Paul has a crush on her because the whole day he kept staring at her and flirting with her.
"Why not?" She asked, curiously.
"I'm just tired."
"You're tired? Then we can go to sleep now. Instead of having you drive back home."
"Maybe, another night."
"Okay." She nodded. "Can I at least have a kiss?" She asked, sensing that he was irritated and not wanting to fight with him.
He leaned over and kissed her. "Bye."
She just nodded at him. Usually he would kiss her and tell her he loves her. Tonight, that was not the case.
She got out of the car and went up to her apartment. She showered and then went to bed.
The next day…
The squad was still working on catching the victim in her lie but, it was starting to seem impossible. There were no witnesses to say that she was lying and when a jury looks at a woman all banged up, they immediately take her side. Even if they think she caused those bruises to herself.
Olivia and Elliot hadn't spoken all day. Every time she would try to talk to him, he would give her short answers. He was not in the mood to talk to her, at all.
Olivia wanted to tell him that she was going to dinner with Paul but, if he's reacting like this when he saw her and Paul talking, there's no telling what he would do if he found out she was having dinner with him. He wouldn't see it as dinner with just a friend, he would see it as cheating.
Olivia wasn't stupid though, she knows Paul has a crush on her but, he's not a guy that would interfere with a relationship. She told him she has a boyfriend and he understood. He hasn't flirted with her all day today. She really respected him for that. Most guys would try to break up the couple but, not him. And she was thankful for that.
Cragen let Elliot, Olivia, and Paul go home early because Munch and Fin were just digging into the victims past and there was not much for the rest of them to do.
Olivia got home at 6 pm. She quickly showered then did her hair and makeup. She was just getting dressed when she got a text from Elliot. Hey, want me to pick up dinner and bring it to your place?
Olivia sighed. Great, now he wants to talk, she thought. She quickly texted back, Me and Casey are about to go out for a girls night, sorry. I appreciate the thought though.
Don't worry about it. Tell Casey I said hi. And you better behave lol.
She laughed. I will. Love you.
Love you too babe. Call me when you get back.
Ok I will. She texted back. She sighed and closed her phone. She hated lying to him. He was the best thing that happened to her and she didn't want to ruin that over a friendly dinner with Paul. She was thinking about texting him back and telling him but, he would ask why she lied if it was just a friendly dinner. She shook that thought out of her head and finished getting dressed.
Paul picked her up right on time and took her to a new restaurant about two blocks away from her apartment.
They were sitting in a booth talking as their food came.
"So Olivia, why did you decide to become a cop?" Paul asked.
"Well I always wanted to help out people and protect them. Then when I got promoted to detective, I requested SVU because my mother was raped and she got pregnant with me. She never got justice and I didn't want anyone to ever feel like that."
He was shocked at first but, then he shook it off. "I'm sorry to hear about your mother. It must've been really hard for both of you."
"Yeah but, we got through it. How about you? Why did you want to be a cop?"
"Well my brother and I grew up watching every cop show and movie out there and it was just what I always wanted to do. Save the good guys and put away the bad ones."
She nodded and smiled.
They kept talking the whole night and found out that they have a lot in common. He was respectful all night and didn't try anything with her and she really liked that about him.
He drove Olivia home around 10 pm. He opened the door for her when they reached her building. He was walking her to her apartment door when they saw Elliot outside, waiting for her. He had been calling and texting her all night but, she didn't answer because she didn't want to lie in front of Paul.
"Detective Stabler," he said as a hello, trying to hide the shock on his face. Why would he be here this late at night?
Olivia, however, could not hide the shock on her face.
"Olivia, I had a great time. I'll see you at work," he said then walked away.
Olivia said bye then looked back up at Elliot. He did not look happy, at all.