Sorry, I feel like recently it's been taking me longer to update. I've been really busy with school lately. So I spent friday/saturday getting stuff done and trying to get ahead, so I could update today. This story isn't pre-written. I write it as I got so, if there's something you might want to see happen in it. Let me know and I can try to work it in. Hope you like this chapter.

Olivia stood there standing stunned with tears running down her face. She opened her mouth to talk but nothing came out. Olivia stared down at Elliot about to say yes when someone knocked on the door. Olivia wiped her eyes and headed for the door as Elliot stood up and turned off the music. Olivia opened the door to see a leggy redhead on the other side. Standing there looking confused Olivia asked,

"Can I help you?"

"Hi, I was just upstairs looking for the tenant in 3B, the other tenants told me to try 2A, that he stays there a lot."

"Who exactly are you looking for?" Olivia felt as if she already knew the answer but was hoping it wasn't true. Meanwhile, Elliot stood in the kitchen listening to Olivia and a voice that sounded very much like one of his old partners talk.

"Detective Stabler…Elliot Stabler."

"Oh, and you would be who exactly?"

"Alyssa Miller, but everyone calls me Aly. So is Elliot here?"

"He's pretty busy at the moment but just wait here, and I'll see if he has sometime to see you."

"Okay thank you, oh I didn't catch your name."

"I'm Olivia, roommate and friend of Elliot."

"Well it's nice to meet you."

Olivia closed the door, her heart felt as if it had some how begun to break. Who was this mysterious woman and what did she want with Elliot? How did they know each other? Olivia found Elliot finishing up cleaning what was left of the morning kitchen mess. Elliot turned around, wrapped his arms around Olivia's waist, drew her close to him and said,

"Hey baby, who was at the door?" Elliot was pretty sure he knew but he wasn't going to admit to it. Olivia pulled back as she said,

"Oh, you mean who is still at the door? Alyssa Miller is still at the door. Elliot, who is she?"

"She's the second replacement partner I got after you left."

"I'll finish up here; you go see what she wants."

Elliot was happy that Olivia had just left it at that, that Alyssa was the second partner he had gotten and that she didn't try to dig further. How was he going to tell the woman he loved that he has a fling was one of her replacements? He had only done it to try and bury his sorrows from when he lost her. He opened the door, stepped out of the apartment and shut the door behind him. He looked at Alyssa and watched as her face lit up when she realized it was him. Alyssa smiled at him, then threw her arms around his neck and brought him into a hug.

"Alyssa, what are you doing here? Didn't you move to D.C. or something?

"Yeah, but Elliot I've missed you so much. I'm sorry I just picked up and left but you pulled away, you were distant. You wouldn't even look at me, so I had to leave. When I got settled down in D.C. I found out I was pregnant. Elliot, I want us to be a fami—"

"Wait, we, you and I have a child together?"

Olivia was sitting at the kitchen table and even though the front door was shut she still heard every word. She had thought her heart was starting to break before; it had definitely just broken in at least two pieces now. She walked to the bedroom as she wiped her tears away, got changed and threw some clothes into her purse. She had to get out of there. She couldn't be there, at least not now. She could understand and accept that Elliot had four children with Kathy because that was before they met, but the fact that he had another child with another woman after they had been together, she just couldn't deal with it. She opened the door; Elliot asked where she was going. She told him she just had to run a few errands and that she would be back in an hour or two tops. Elliot watched as Olivia walked down to the main floor and then turned back around to Alyssa.

"You didn't answer my question. Does that mean we have a child together?"

Meanwhile, Olivia was climbing into her car as Elliot talked with an ex-partner. She tried to hold her tears in as she called Casey to see if she could go over to her place. Of course Casey had said yes, so Olivia pulled out of the parking lot and drove towards to direction of Casey's place. Upstairs in the hall outside Olivia and Elliot's apartment Alyssa was answering Elliot's question.

"Well we would have but I miscarried. Elliot, I want us to be together. I want to start a family with you, I didn't realize how much I cared for you until I found out I was pregnant, but then I lost it."

Alyssa moved closer to him and starting running her hands all over him. Elliot backed away and put his hands up to stop her as he said,

"I'm sorry Alyssa but I love my girlfriend. She means the world to me; we have a little girl together and full custody of my other four children. I'm really sorry, but there was never really anything special between us."

"You've got to be kidding me. You have a roommate, plus a girlfriend, and five kids living together in one apartment?"

"No, just my girlfriend and five kids, well it's usually just the youngest three children; where did you get roommate from?"

"Olivia, she said she was your roommate."

"No, she's my girlfriend and I was in the middle of proposing to her when you interrupted. I would appreciate it if you left before she got back."

Olivia found a parking space without a problem; she hopped out of the car and made her way into Casey's apartment building. Casey was waiting outside her door, by the time Olivia got to the third floor. All it took was Casey to look at her and said, "Liv, what's wrong?" Before she totally lost it and broke down, those three words caused the tears to pour out of Olivia's eyes like a waterfall. Casey put her arm around Olivia's shoulder and ushered her into the apartment. She sat her down on one of the couches and handed her a cup of coffee.

"What can you tell me about Alyssa Miller?"

"She was the second replacement for you. She lasted about five months, then got transferred to D.C. Why?"

"El-El-Elliot, has a ch-ch-child with her." Olivia managed to get out while crying hysterically.

"Awe, Liv I'm so sorry. I didn't even know anything was going on between them."

"Yeah, well she showed up at my apartment door this morning. I threw some clothes in my purse and left. I could stay in that apartment and listen to them talking."

"Does Elliot know you've left?"

"He thinks I'm running errands."

"Oh god Casey, what about the kids, the girls took them today. I don't want them back at my apartment."

"Call Maureen and Kathleen and tell them to bring them here. I have one of Ella's pack and plays, she can sleep in that and I have three guest bedrooms, so it should be a problem."

"Are you sure?"

"Am I sure? Yes. You are my best friend; I'm here for you know matter what."

Olivia got up, called the girls, she told them what was going on and that when they were ready to bring the kids home, to bring them to Casey's. She said her good-byes to them and told them to have lots of fun with the rest of their day. She sat back down next to Casey and turned to look at her, as her eyes began to fill once again with tears.

"Casey, what am I going to do? I love him, I can't lose him again."

"You won't, I promise."

"He proposed this morning."

"What did you say?"

"I was about to say yes but then she knocked on the door. Oh, Casey, I feel like I'm already losing him. I can't I need to go talk to him."

"Liv, why don't you wait, a little bit until you calm down and know what you really want to say."

Eight Hours Later…

Elliot was getting really worried, he called and kept calling Olivia but her phone kept going straight to voice mail. He was so worried that someone, had hurt her; he had even called Casey but she said she hadn't heard from Olivia either. He reached for the phone about to call 911, when he heard a key in the door. The door opened, Lizzie and Dickie entered followed by Olivia carrying Ella.

"Liv, where have you been? It's eight o'clock, are Maureen and Kathleen alright? How come they didn't bring the twins and the baby back?"

"I was at Casey's, the girls are fine, and I told them not to bring the twins back here. I need to go get the kids changed and ready for bed."

"Liv, we need to talk."

"Dickie, go get your pj's on and I'll come tuck you in, Lizzie go get your stuff for the bath, and then I'll come help you."

Olivia put down the car seat, her purse and the baby's diaper bag, then lifted Ella out of the her car seat. She turned to Elliot, with the hurt showing in her eyes and said,

"El, I can't do this right now. I have to go get the kids to bed."

Olivia started the water for Lizzie and Ella's bath, then went and tucked Dickie into bed. She walked back into the bathroom and got the girls into the tub. A half an hour later, Olivia was pretty much soaked head to toe, but she had both girls clean, dressed, and sleeping peacefully. She walked into her own room, changed into shorts and a t-shirt, then headed to the kitchen to make some tea. She found Elliot there, pouring hot water into a coffee mug; she turned to leave until he called her name.

"Liv, please talk to me. Here, let's go sit on the couch. I made you tea. Please baby, please talk to me."

"Elliot, I feel like I already lost you twice. Then she showed up and I heard her. You two have a baby together, a child! I can't lose you again. I can't live with sharing you. Having you go back and forth between here and D.C. I just can't. Elliot, I hate to put you in this position but you'll have to choose because I can't take the risk, that you'll ending up falling for her all over again. El, if I lose you, I lose us, our family, four of my kids. I can't lose you guys. El, I'm sorry but you'll have to choose. I feel horrible saying that because I don't want you to have to choose between me, our family and a child you have out there. But I don't really have another choice; I need to protect myself from getting hurt again."

Elliot got up from the couch and walked into the bedroom. The tears started pouring out of Olivia's eyes, she couldn't hold them bad. She couldn't believe it; did she really just lose him?

Sorry I left it as another cliffhanger. I'm going to start the next chapter as soon as I can but I don't know I kind of felt like it was good to end it this way. Let me know what you think of the story so far. Reviews please. =]