Sorry I took so long to update I hope you enjoy this chapter

-Ali

Elliot sat on edge. He wanted to be as far away from here as possible. He glanced over at Olivia she was smiling with one of her daughters, they looked so beautiful together, being a mom really fit her he thought then he always knew that, she mothered all the victims that walked through that door and yet she was always afraid to have one of her own. What changed he wondered and he placed the creamy potato in his mouth. She was laughing; it was a beautiful sound, a sound that robbed him of the ability to breathe. "Hey you ok?" Andre asked looking at him skeptically then at Olivia who was frowning then at the girls.

There was something oddly familiar about them they all looked like a lovely family. Andre smiled stood up and excused himself from the dining table, and so did the girls.

Elliot looked up and they were staring at each other, Olivia's eyes held a dark pain that wasn't there the last time he saw her, hell she wasn't Mrs. Smith the last time he saw her she was Benson. "Um the meal is lovely" Elliot said trying to make conversation, her eyes were drinking him in calling him, undoing him. She smirked and he couldn't help but smile, the way her lips turned up looked odd yet it was kind of sexy if he admitted it.

"Thank you" she said finally placing the napkin she had just used to wiped her mouth on the table.

"So aren't you going to finish your food?" he asked casually and she shook her head, "you are still the same, still wasting a good meal" he joked. But he watched as her eyes flared with anger and he wondered what he had done that was so wrong.

"No I'm not" it was a harsh whisper, she stood "don't act like you know me, cause you don't" it was a warning not to be taken lightly and he wondered what the hell it was all about.

"Liv, I'm just –"

"Don't Liv me" he voice was cold all the warmth that used to reside in her voice was gone. Something in him told him to back down yet he didn't he allowed her anger to anger him.

"What the hell is your problem?" he asked standing towering over her, yet she didn't flinch.

"Back down I will knee you" she spoke icily and he didn't doubt for a second that her threat was void. Slowly he backed away from her threw his napkin on the table and walked away.

Olivia felt exhausted, who knew just sitting across from the man would take some much strength? She thought slowly lowering her self to the chair. She placed her head in her hands, and began to make plans. "Mrs. Smith are you finished?" Andre asked. Olivia jumped and looked up at him.

"You startled me," she said sitting upright.

"I knocked before I entered, is everything alright dear?" he asked pulling out the chair next to her. Olivia sighed how could she explain her inner turmoil, and better yet how could she keep her secret a secret.

"Yes, I'm just tired today has been a very stressful day, I think I ought to get the girls and myself to bed" she said smiling at the older man.

"Too bad, I wanted to go to the skating rink with the girls after all its Friday night and I was hoping you would join us" he said with a sad smile. Now how could you say no to the face? She thought and smiled. Plus her daughters have been looking to Friday night, would it be fair to take that away from them too? Hadn't she taken enough? She wondered.

"Okay, I'll come, why couldn't we do a movie this week?" Olivia asked getting up.

"Because, my nephew loves to skate, and so does the girls." He said

Olivia's heart skipped a beat, Andre was a smart man what if he figured it out? She wondered and a sinking feeling began to set in her stomach.

The girls were laughing and prancing on the ice, they were great, it was like they lived for this. Her eyes widened as she saw Elliot coming in fast, then he just stopped! She closed her eyes and felt Andre hand on her. "I told you he was great on the ice, why don't you give it a shot, the girls had to get their talent from some-one" he said. This was turning out to be a night mare. "I-I can't, I don't have any shoes" Olivia said, though the excuse was lame it was the only the she had, she couldn't go on the ice with her legs trembling like that.

"I do, your size too and a pair of socks" he replied and gave her the shoes.

"You know Mrs. Smith, you have to let him go, it's not fair to the girls not have a father and only half a mother" he whispered in her ears as he sat her down and took off the shoes and began to put on her shoes.

Elliot watched from across the room, she looked nervous and too beautiful for her own good he thought, as he went over towards her.

"Take my hand" it was an offer a soft command and against her better judgment she took his hand. "Keep you eyes on me" he said softly. There wasn't trouble there she couldn't take her eyes off!