A small gathering had formed in the ER waiting room. Elliot and Olivia were there with Detective Harrison and Calvin's grandparents when the doctor came out to give them an update on Calvin's condition.
"Hello everyone, I'm Madison Riley, Calvin's doctor," she introduced herself. "Calvin was poisoned. We've administered the antidote, he should start coming out of it soon. He is really lucky you guys found him when you did," she added, nodding at the detectives. "He has a fractured rib and a lot of minor cuts and bruises. He's going to be really sore but he should make a full recovery."
"Thank you Doctor," Elliot said. Olivia hugged Elliot as happiness spread through her body and a sense of a relief overtook her. He could feel her relax in his arms. He was relieved both because Calvin was going to be okay and because Olivia finally seemed to be relaxing a little bit.
Calvin's grandparents went back with Dr. Riley to see him. Calvin woke up crying Olivia's name. His grandparents hugged and kissed all over him, then went out to the waiting room and sent Olivia and Elliot in. As soon as Calvin saw Olivia he tried to get out of bed and go to her.
"No, no Sweet Boy," Olivia said, racing to him. "Don't get up." Olivia wrapped her arms around Calvin and the two sat there holding each other, tears streaming down both of their faces. Elliot sat in the chair in the corner of the room smiling, overwhelmed with happiness for both of them.
Olivia kissed the top of Calvin's head, then pulled back to look at him. "How do you feel?"
"Please take me home Olivia! I want to come home with you," Calvin replied, ignoring Olivia's question.
Olivia sat on the bed next to Calvin. "Let's not talk about that now," she said, trying to avoid the painful topic. As much as she wanted to, she knew she wouldn't be able to take Calvin home with her.
"NO!" Calvin demanded. "Please, Olivia," his anger quickly turned to more tears.
Olivia wiped the tears from his face, as she fought to hold back her own tears. "If I could, I would take you home in a heartbeat," Olivia said as a single tear escaped and traveled down her face, "but it's not that easy Honey."
Calvin hugged Olivia as tight as he could, determined to never let her go.
"Let's just be happy that we are together now. We can worry about the other stuff later. Ok?" Olivia asked him.
"I don't want to go back there Olivia," Calvin said shaking his head. "I hate it."
"Why?" Olivia asked, searching his eyes.
"I.. I just want to come home Olivia," Calvin stuttered. "Please."
"I know," Olivia replied as Calvin's grandparents entered the room, followed by Dr. Riley.
"Detectives, I need to do a rape kit," the doctor informed them. Olivia's heart broke as she heard those words come out of the doctor's mouth. She had been so focused on finding Calvin that she hadn't even considered what had happened to him.
"I'll stay with him," Olivia said quickly.
"Liv," Elliot replied, hoping he didn't have to say anymore.
"It's my job Elliot. I've sat with many victims during their rape kit."
"Liv," Elliot said, his voice a little more firm.
"Ok," Olivia gave in.
"I'll stay with him," Elliot promised. "We'll be just fine, right Calvin?" he asked, squeezing the boy's foot.
"Ok," Calvin said, staring nervously at Olivia.
"It's ok Calvin. I'll be right outside in the waiting room. Elliot will come get me as soon as you're done, ok?" Olivia tried to reassure him. She could see the fear in his eyes and wanted nothing more than to be there with him but she knew because of their relationship it would be more appropriate for Elliot to stay with him. Calvin nodded at her as the room cleared of everyone except Elliot and the trauma nurse.
Elliot pulled his chair over next to Calvin and explained what the doctor was going to do. This was one of the worst parts of his job. He couldn't help but feel like his victims were being raped all over again. Calvin agreed to answer some questions about what happened to try to take his focus off what the nurse was doing. Elliot took his statement while the nurse collected the evidence for the rape kit.
After the nurse was finished with the exam, Elliot returned to the waiting room to send Olivia and Calvin's grandparents back in and give Detective Harrison the report so he could return to Newark as soon as the rape kit was released. Dr. Riley wanted to keep Calvin overnight to keep an eye on him. Calvin was moved from the emergency room to the pediatric wing of the hospital. He had a private room with a nice view of one of the city's parks. The room was a lot cozier than the previous room he had been in.
It was starting to get late in the day and the sun was quickly disappearing below the horizon.
"Are you two staying the night?" Calvin's grandmother asked.
"If that's ok," Olivia answered.
"Yes, that would be just fine," the elderly lady grinned. "I think we're going to head home before it gets too much darker. We can't sleep in these hospital chairs and we want to be rested when Calvin comes home tomorrow."
"No!" Calvin screamed. "I'm not going back there. I'm never going back there!"
"Hey, hey. Calm down Calvin," Elliot said. "Remember what Olivia said earlier? Let's enjoy the time we have together now," Elliot said, winking at Calvin. Calvin folded his arms tightly across his chest, wincing as a sharp pain from his fractured rib shot through his body. Elliot patted Calvin's shoulder as his grandparents said their good-byes and left the room.
"I'm hungry," Calvin said.
"I bet you are," Olivia replied as she moved over to Calvin's bed. "When's the last time you ate?"
"I don't remember," he answered.
"I'll go find the doc and see if I can get us something," Elliot said, exiting the room.
"How are you feeling?" Olivia asked, sitting down next to Calvin on the bed.
"I don't want to go back to Newark, Olivia. Please take me home. We could leave now and no one would have to know," Calvin pleaded.
Olivia hugged Calvin. His pleading broke her heart, she wanted nothing more than to go along with the plan he had just concocted. "Honey, you know I can't do that but I'm going to stay here with you all night. I promise. Ok?"
"Can I stay up all night with you?" Calvin asked.
Olivia laughed, "We'll see. I know you have to be tired." Olivia paused, "I'll tell you what, we'll stay up as long as we can, before we fall asleep. And I promise I will be here when you wake up in the morning," Olivia said as she ruffled his hair with her hand.
"Doc says we can eat whatever we want," Elliot said as he entered the room. He was pleased to see both Olivia and Calvin smiling. "What would you guys like? I'll go get it."
"Pizza!" Calvin called out, "with pepperoni and extra cheese."
"That sounds good," Elliot said, smiling.
"And French fries!" Calvin added, returning Elliot's smile.
"And ice cream," Olivia chimed in. "And pop to drink."
"Ok, is that everything or do you guys want something else?"
"Nope," Calvin said. "Nothing else," Olivia added.
"Hey Elliot," Olivia called out as Elliot was walking out the door. He turned around and looked at her. "Thanks," she said softly, with a big smile on her face.
"Anytime," Elliot smiled back at her before he left to get their dinner.
While Elliot was gone, Olivia and Calvin played a couple games of Connect Four. The nurse had brought in a few board games and some DVDs to keep them entertained. Soon after they were done playing, Elliot returned with dinner and they had a little party in Calvin's hospital room. After they ate dinner they put in a movie. About half way through the movie Calvin gave in and fell asleep. Olivia knew he had to be exhausted after everything he had been through. Olivia tucked him in and gave him a good night kiss on the forehead before turning her attention to Elliot. She knew Elliot had taken Calvin's statement while the nurse was doing the rape kit and she needed answers, no matter how difficult it would be to hear.
"El," Olivia started. Elliot turned his attention from the movie to Olivia. "What happened to him? What did Mason do to him?"
"Liv, I'm not sure that's an image you want in your mind," he replied softly.
"Please El, I need to know," Olivia's voice was firm but gentle. Elliot studies her eyes before deciding to give in to her.
"Let's step into the hall," he said as he led her out of the room with his hand on her back.