Special thanks to Holly! You have encouraged me to continue on Ever Ever After! It will be updated soon!

"Hey honey," David said to Olivia when he saw that she was awake, "Are you feeling any better?"

Olivia moaned, "Not really. I didn't get much sleep last night between the coughing and having to blow my nose."

David frowned, "Maybe you should go to the doctor now."

Olivia sighed, "What about our date today?"

"We can go after your doctor's appointment. It's at 3:30."

"You already called them? David!" Olivia took her pillow out from under her head and hit him with it playfully.

"I just want you to feel better," David said defending himself, "Besides, our date isn't until seven. We have plenty of time."
"What would I do without you?" Olivia teased.

"Die," David teased back.

David and Olivia spent the morning in their pajamas just lounging around the house. They had a small breakfast and then decided to go on the beach for a little bit before Olivia's doctor's appointment. They finally got dressed and headed to the nearest doctor's office.

"I hate the doctor's," Olivia stated from the room where she was waiting to visit the doctor.

"They aren't so bad," David said flipping the page on a fishing magazine.

Olivia rolled her eyes, "I hate them."
Before David could reply, Dr. Reynolds walked in and was ready to get straight to work.

"So Ms. Benson," Dr. Reynolds started, "What seems to be the problem?"

"It's just the flu," Olivia said, "I'm only here because my boyfriend seems to think it's necessary."

"Well, let's just take a look," Dr. Reynolds said. He took his stethoscope from around his neck and listened to her heartbeat. Then he looked in her throat and her ears.

"She's been having headaches," David said to the doctor as he sat the magazine down on the counter, "She doesn't really get them a lot but, lately she's had quite a few of them."

"Is this true?" Dr. Reynolds asked Olivia.

"It's no big deal," Olivia answered, "It's probably just stress."
"That may be true," Dr. Reynolds said writing something in his chart, "But we can never be too sure. I'd like to schedule an MRI."
"That's really not necessary," Olivia argued, "I'm fine. I just have the flu."
"Ms. Benson," Dr. Reynolds said kindly, "Headaches can be nothing but, they can also be something. I can't rule anything out until you do the MRI so, please. Let's just do it and get it over with."

Olivia sat for a moment and thought about. She really didn't see the reason why she should waste more of her time getting an MRI that was going to come back clean. She looked over at David who just offered her a smile.

"Okay," she finally said, "Let's just get it over with."

Dr. Reynolds smiled, "I'll have a nurse come get you in a few minutes."

When Dr. Reynolds left Olivia sighed and David knew that she didn't want to be there.

"It won't take long," David said walking up to her and giving her a kiss, "I promise."

Olivia kissed him back and nodded, "I hope this doesn't run into our date time."

"It won't," he smiled, "Chill out."
When the MRI was over, Olivia and David were sent to wait in a small room so they could hear the results. Olivia was a little antsy and David could tell so he wrapped his arms tightly around her as they stood there waiting for the nurse to come in.

"Hi," Nurse Holly said, "During the MRI, we found some things."

"What kind of things?" Olivia asked feeling worried.

"A tumor," Holly said, "I'm sorry."

"Uh, what does that mean?" Olivia asked. She didn't understand what that meant. She wasn't even sure if she believed it. She thought it was some kind of a sick joke.

"It means that we need to get you scheduled with an oncologist," Holly continued, "It could be cancerous."

Holly excused herself from the room after handing Olivia a card with an oncologist's name and number on it. She encouraged her to call it.

"Cancer?" Olivia asked David, "I can't believe this."

"Liv," he said sadly, "They said could be."

"It doesn't matter! It's in my brain! I'm pretty sure that isn't a good thing, cancer or not."

David could see that Olivia was fighting not to let her tears fall but, she was failing. She leaned into his chest and buried her head, "I can't have cancer," she cried, "This isn't fair."

"I know," he said rubbing her back, "It's going to be okay. We are going to get through this."
"Let's just get out of here," Olivia said wiping her tears, "I still want to go on that date."

David smiled to his self as he held Olivia's hand while they walked to the car. This was the tough Olivia Benson that he knew and loved. He knew that this was going to be something that could make or break them but, he hoped that it would help them. He hoped that Olivia would be okay and that it wasn't anything too serious. Whatever it was, he would be there for her. No matter what. No matter how many times she needed his shoulder to cry on or how many times she needed him to yell at. He would be there.