A/N: Aaand here I am again! This time with a song from '1989'. I think it fits perfectly with the situation I'm gonna describe. This one-shot takes place on season 13. I hope you guys like it. If you want, take time to check out my other stories, "Bad Blood" and "Goodbye".
I do not own Law & Order SVU and/or its characters. I do not own the song either. I just borrowed everything for a while.

Olivia didn't know if she was angry, sad or just upset.

It took her a while to get over Elliot leaving and get used to Nick and Amanda. When she finally did, when she could finally say she was okay, he came back begging for forgiveness.

At first she really wanted to forgive him for her own good, so they could both make peace with the things that had happened with Jenna. That didn't mean they would get back to being friends. If Olivia got to choose it they wouldn't even be acquaintances, seeing as he lived in Queens and she worked and lived in Manhattan.

But she realized she couldn't forgive him.

The things Elliot had done broke her, yet he, in what on Olivia's opinion was the most selfish moment of his entire life, simply left her to pick up the pieces without even looking back. You don't get to do that to the person you call your best friend. Actually, you don't get to do that to anyone. This was not okay.

Yet here he was on her apartment again. He had cried, wept, sobbed and begged Olivia to forgive him, said he regretted the decision of turning his back on her since the moment he made it.

People like you always want back
The love they gave away
And people like me wanna believe you
When you say you've changed
The more I think about it now
The less I know
All I know is that you drove us
Off the road

"I was only thinking of what could be best for you, Liv. I was so broken. You have enough trouble in your life; I didn't want to add fixing me to the mix."

"Elliot, don't you understand? You broke me too! You knew how many people on my life had left me and you knew how fucking much each one of them had hurt me, yet you went and did the same. You didn't have to heal to protect me, El. All you had to do was stay. We could and would have healed together, because that's how we work."

"Liv..."

"And stop calling me that! It's Olivia to you!"

Elliot sighed. He could feel it was a lost battle, but it didn't mean he would stop fighting.

(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was
Stay, had me in the palm of your hand
Then why'd you have to go
And lock me out, when I let you in
(Stay) Hey, now you see you want it
Back, now that it's just too late
Well, it could've been easy
All you had to do was stay

"Olivia, please. I'm so sorry I hurt you, I never meant to. I know now that I was stupid and selfish and cruel. Please. How can I fix things between us? How can I make us good again?"

"That's the sad thing, Elliot... You can't. I can try to understand that you just couldn't take it anymore, that things had gotten too hard, but you could've told me you were leaving. As your partner I deserved at least that, don't you think?"

"You were so much more than just a partner to me, Liv... Even if it was just on my mind."

"You were more than just a partner for me too, Elliot, and you knew that. You know that. But today you're just a memory, and I have every intention to keep it that way."

Here you are now, calling me up
But I don't know what to say
I've been picking up the pieces
Of the mess you made
People like you always want back
The love they pushed aside
People like me are gone forever
When you say goodbye

Elliot1s eyes filled with tears hearing Olivia's confession. He did know and he felt the same, but everything was just so complicated for them...

"Liv, please, stop saying that. We can try again. We can finally be as happy as both of us deserve... Can you imagine? Marriage, a family... Children... All we ever wanted, together. We can do this" Elliot said between sobs.

"No, Elliot, we can't" Olivia said, her eyes also filled with tears. "You chose that when you left. I didn't have a say on what could have been our wonderful future together. You ripped it from my hands when you left."

Let me remind you
This was what you wanted
(You ended it)
You were all I wanted
(But not like this)
Not like this, not like this

"How can I make this better, Liv? Please, tell me there is a way."

"There was. You could've stayed. But that's not an option anymore."

Oh, all you had to do was
(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was
Stay, had me in the palm of your hand
Then why'd you have to go
And lock me out, when I let you in
(Stay) Hey, now you see you want it
Back, now that it's just too late
Well, it could've been easy
All you had to do was stay

A/N: Well, that was sad even for me! I promise I'll pick up a happy, romantic song next time. Please review!