Author's Note: Thank you everyone who left a nice comment, well except "kiwiapple6" She is a loser!! lol I still love you though!! Enjoy

~Bri~

Elliot wakes up and goes out into the living room hoping that he can talk to Olivia about last night. He didn't regret what he did nor did he want her to feel weird about it, and he wanted to let her know that. He wanted to let her know the feelings he felt for her, and how they came into play with his actions last night. Unfortunately when he got out into the living room Olivia was no were to be found. He then realized she already left. He knew she would be surprised but he didn't think she would run from him, he figured she would stay and talk about this with him and tell him the way she felt about it, talk about the way she felt about him. Obviously Not.

Olivia sat down in her chair, trying to think of a way to avoid Elliot the rest of the day without actually avoiding him. She sighed and put her head down on here desk, she didn't want to run from him, but she didn't know what to say or do about what happened last night. She sat up and took a breath, then began some paper work. After a while, she felt someone behind her, she prayed that it wasn't Elliot, so she didn't turn around, she continued to work ignored the hairs standing up on the back of her neck.

Elliot, walked out of the elevator and saw someone standing behind Olivia, he figured it was Mike and walked past them both. When Olivia saw Elliot sit down at his desk, she turned around and saw Mike looking at her.

"Why are you just standing there?" She asked a bit irritated that he didn't say anything.

"I don't know, why where you ignoring me?" He responded.

Olivia stood up and tapped him on the forehead. "Because I do that." She said then smiling.

After a while, Elliot could not stand to sit there and watch them flirt anymore, so he gets up and goes to the cribs and lays down, trying to relax. If he stayed out there any longer, he was going to do something he would regret later.

After about 20 minutes, he came back out and saw that Olivia and Mike were gone.

"Where did Olivia go?" Elliot asked munch who was sitting at his desk looking through a file.

"Her and Fin went to talk to one of the victims, since you weren't in." Munch responded not looking up.

Elliot sat down and thought to himself. "At least she isn't with Mike." Then continued looking through some files.

After about an hour, he heard Olivia laughing, which made him smile inside. When he looked up though, she was laughing with Mike. Elliot sighed, and leaned back in his chair. He watched Olivia and Mike, laugh and talk. Elliot couldn't help but get even more and more upset about the situation that was occurring in front of him. He had to at least get her away from Mike long enough to talk to her about what happened.

"Olivia." Elliot said loud enough so that she could hear him through her laughter.

Olivia looked over at him, and saw that he had a serious look in his face, a look she thought he would never give her.

"Yes?" She responded not wanted to piss him off.

"Can I talk to you." Elliot said as more of a statement then a question, then standing up and walking into the locker room with Olivia following behind.

Olivia sat on a bench, and Elliot leaned against the wall. Seeing that she was uncomfortable, he sat next to her.

"Olivia, about last night." He started but was cut off.

"Its ok, I understand you were upset and hurt by Kathy, its fine." Olivia said quickly, breaking her own heart.

Elliot stared at her for a minute, and then sighed; he stood up and walked over to the other side of the room. He was confused, he figured that she had to have felt what he felt last night, and that was love. He figured she just didn't feel the same way. He looked back and her, and shook his head lightly.

"Olivia, are you serious?" He asked still not really understanding why she would want to forget about something like that.

Olivia nodded her head slowly, still looking at the ground. She didn't know what she was doing, but she felt that this is the best thing to do, to save their friendship and also their relationships. She didn't want to hurt Kathy, even if they didn't get along, and she didn't want to hurt Mike. Although she just met him, she felt that he was going to be a large part of her life in some way.

Elliot, looked around the room and could not really believe what was happening, he wanted to talk about it whether she wanted to or not, he walked over to her and squatted down in front of her, making her look at him. He saw the confusion in her eyes and in his mind, he felt that she didn't want to say the things that were coming out of her mouth.

"Olivia, I want to talk about it. I…" He was cut off by her sighing.

"Elliot, you don't have to explain or say anything about it, I already understand and know what you are going to say." She said.

Elliot stood up and smiled, "You do? Ok well then what's your answer?" He said waiting for her response.

Olivia didn't look at him, "It's still the same, let's just forget it ever happened." She said.

Elliot couldn't believe this, he stepped back and looked across the room past her and felt a feeling he couldn't really describe, it was a mixture of heartbreak, anger, and confusion. He shook his head and leaned against the closest wall to him.

"Fine, no problem." He said.

Olivia looked up at him. "Are you sure it's ok?" she said, wanted his answer to change.

He smiled, assuring her he was ok. Then walked out of the room before she could say anything else.

Olivia put her head in her hands, cursing herself for saying some thing like that. She stood up gaining her composure then walking out of the room. She went back to her desk and saw that Elliot was gone, but Mike was still there. She walked over to him and smiled, he smiled back, noticing that something was wrong.

"Are you ok?" He asked rubbing her arm. Olivia nodded then sat down in her chair.

Elliot soon came back; he seemed calmer then before. He sat down at his desk and began looking over some of his files, trying his best to ignore Olivia and Mike. Who began talking and flirting.

Olivia didn't like seeing Elliot like this, but she didn't want to give Mike the wrong idea about her and Elliot's relationship. Therefore, she ignored Elliot's behavior and reminded herself to talk to him later. Before she knew it, it was time for lunch. Her and Mike left but not before she asked Elliot if he wanted anything. He completely ignored her and just shook his head, not looking at her. She left feeling awful for making him upset, she thought that telling him to forget what happened last night would be something that he wanted. Obviously not.

As soon as Olivia was gone, Elliot sighed, feeling as if a huge load had been lifted off his shoulders. His heart was still heavy though, he hated to ignore her and make her feel bad. Nevertheless, he couldn't help his behavior, he was pissed that she wanted to forget about what happened. He thought she cared about him. Obviously not.

About 40 minutes after Olivia left Kathy walked into the office towards Elliot. She felt wrong about telling Elliot to leave, she just hoped he could forgive her and they could go on with their lives.

Elliot saw her and stood up, meeting her half way. She smiled brightly at him, hoping to get the same response. Elliot smiled slightly at her, still upset with her, he didn't want to make her mad though. Therefore, he decided to play along, if he couldn't have the one he wanted, then he would just have to accept the one he has.

"I'm sorry about telling you to leave last night." Kathy said, looking down.

Elliot smiled, and kissed her on the cheek. "I am not upset, its ok, I know you were upset."

Kathy smiled. "Thanks…so, has Olivia been staying away from you?" She asked. As soon as Elliot's face changed, she regretted even asking.

Elliot turned around and started to walk back to his desk when Kathy grabs his arm.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to make sure." Kathy said, "I just don't want to lose you." She finished. Elliot steeped back away from her, then grabbed her arm lightly and pulled into the nearest interrogation room that was empty. He locked both doors, and sat her down.

"Look here Kathy." He said sternly as he began to turn red. His once soft blue eyes, where beginning to turn a light grey, which scared Kathy.

"Quit bringing up that shit! I am fucking sick and tired of you trying to make it seem as if I as fucking around." He said louder then he wanted.

Tears formed in her eyes, and she began to quietly sobbing. Elliot sighed aloud and put his hands on top of his head. He looked into the mirror, and saw himself, in a way that he never wanted to be. He couldn't live like this forever.

"Kathy…Stay off my ass about this shit, I am not going to go through this with you again…ok?" He said softly then turned around to see that she stopped crying and was now looking at the ground.

"Ok Kathy?" He said again. "I will not live like this with you anymore, you better learn to get over your own insecurities, because I refuse to let you make me feel bad anymore." He finished, then walked over to her and pulled her up to him, giving her a warm hug. Causing her to begin to sob again.

"I am so sorry, I promise I will change for you." She said quietly between sobs. She pulled back and he kissed her on the forehead. She cleaned herself up before they walked out of the room hand in hand.

"I will see you later at home ok?" Kathy said, relieved that he was not mad at her anymore.

Elliot nodded and kissed her cheek. "See you later."

Kathy walked out of the precinct and saw Olivia walking towards the stair, Kathy walked over to Olivia and stood in her way, causing Olivia to look up.

"Can I help you Kathy?" Olivia said, preparing herself for anything.

"What have you done to my husband?" Kathy said looking straight at Olivia.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I have not done anything to your husband. Last time I checked he was YOUR husband, so there is nothing I can do to change him. That is all you're doing that is causing him to change as you say it," Olivia said, before Kathy could respond with anything.

"This is your entire fucking fault that he has been acting the way he does now. We were happy before you came along, why don't you fucking go find someone else's marriage to fuck up!" With that, Kathy walked away, leaving Olivia standing at the foot of the stairs thinking about what was just said to her.

Olivia finally walked into the precinct and to the office. When she got there she noticed Elliot was nowhere in site, she figured he was on top of the roof and went up to find him.

Elliot was standing on the roof looking at nothing, just thinking about how he got to where he was now, he had a psycho wife and a partner who couldn't understand the way feels. He thought was interrupted by the sound of someone behind him. H turned around and found Olivia walking over next to him.

"Hey," Was all she said, looking out to the distance, as Elliot stared at her, before turning also.

"Nothing." He stated plainly, "Just thinking."

Olivia nodded her head slightly. "Oh ok," was all she could say, she didn't want to upset him.

"So, how was lunch?" He said, trying to make her feel less uncomfortable. This was strange to him. No matter how pissed he was at her, he still wanted her to feel comfortable and happy. He cared about her happiness more then his own, he didn't understand it, he was putting his marriage on the line just so that he could keep a relationship with Olivia. Even if it wasn't a romantic one, he was just happy just to walk into work everyday and see her face.

Olivia watched him think, and decided to just let him think for a while, she wanted to think some herself. She liked Elliot, but she didn't want to come in between him and Kathy's marriage, she thought about what Kathy said earlier about her ruining their marriage. That was the last thing Olivia wanted to do to her partner. She did consider leaving SVU to take on another job, in order to help save Elliot's marriage, but she didn't want to leave Elliot. At the same time, though she wanted to make him happy, even if that meant giving up her own.

"Lunch was fine." She finally said.

Elliot looked at her, and nodded his head. "That's nice, so where do you see your relationship going with Mike?" He said trying to make her more comfortable around him.

Olivia shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, I haven't really thought much of it, I mean. I can see him being in my life for a while, but I don't know where it is going to head romantically. I really like him though." She said, looking down at her hands.

Elliot turned around and leaned back over the edge, and looked behind him and the ground below. "Oh, ok. Well, are you two doing lunch tomorrow also?" He asked.

Olivia looked up at him. "No, well we didn't make plans to so I am not sure if we are or not. I don't think so. Why?" She asked, hoping he would want to have lunch with her.

Elliot just shook his head. "No reason just making convocation." He said then looked directly at her.

He saw her moved slightly adjusting her footing and then looking back at him. He saw how her deep brown eyes showed a sense of loneliness that she held in. He wanted to be the man that took her loneliness away and replaced it with love and happiness. He knew that was not what she wanted though; he figured she wanted someone who would dedicate himself to her, which he didn't believe he could. He wanted her to be happy and be able to have love her way, not the way he wanted to give her. He used to think that she loved him, and wanted to be loved by him. Of course, she didn't respond the way he wanted her to when he brought up the events of the night before. So obviously, she didn't want to love him or be loved.

Olivia looked at him and saw him staring at her, she began to feel warm in the face, and she couldn't help but have the need to kiss him all over again. She wanted him to hold her and make love to her like in the many dreams she had about him. She knows that would never happen though, she knew he loved his wife. Of course he loved Kathy why else would he put up with her nonsense. She wanted him to love her though, and leave Kathy to be with her, she use to think that one day he would confess his love and they would make passionate love together, and he would make her his. Obviously not. She did remember that she wanted to ask about the situation with him and Kathy.

"Did something happen with you and Kathy today?" She asked causing Elliot to blink a few times more then necessary.

"Oh, yea, we had a small argument. She was just being herself again." He said looking up at the sky.

"Oh, she just seemed upset when I saw her." She said.

"You saw her?" Elliot asked her, not really interested. Just wanting to hear her sweet voice in his ears some more. It has always made him feel better about the problems in his life.

"Yea, when I was coming back from lunch." She answered, she didn't want to tell him about her and Kathy's little convocation, she didn't want to upset him or make it worst for him and Kathy to fix their marriage.

Elliot nodded his head, and then sighed aloud then turned to Olivia; He knew that this was the right time to tell her. He wanted her to know, how he felt and that he thought long and hard about this. He didn't want to keep it in anymore, he had to let someone know, someone he could trust to understand his feelings and why he is doing it.

"Olivia." He said, getting her attention. He couldn't look at her though. He looked back out over the roof.

"Yes?" She said, wishing this were the time that he would confess his dieing love for her. Of course, that would be crazy and a dream come true.

"I am going to divorce Kathy." He stated plainly with no emotion attached.