Disclaimer: Same as the last couple of chapters. Don't own them, they wouldn't be worth much if I did. :( 'Cept Maria. But...she's not really interesting...haha

AN: So...like i forgot to mention on my last one...sorry about the lateness of the update. I...forgot the e-mail account that i used for this FF account, and REEEEEEEEEALLY didn't want to start another one. However, I have stored the account information somewhere, so...hopefully won't have that problem again. Chapter four may be a little while coming, because...I have to write it from scratch...lol. Reviews help and do make me feel warm and fuzzy though so...yush. Enjoy!

Monday July 15th

Olivia struggled for a moment, knowing that something was wrong. She felt as though she was suffocating, drowning, and she couldn't see. Couldn't feel anything except blinding pain that rippled through her very bones. A hand covered hers though, and she relaxed a bit as a familiar voice sounded in her ear, "Livvy, it's ok. Shh…" The voice was calming, and the hand was stroking hers gently, and she recognized it immediately, "I'm going to call the doctor, Liv." She could sense him standing and allowed his hand to leave hers, and she was immediately plunged into that feeling of drowning once again. She was dying in the darkness, and there was no one to help her, no one to save her. The only person who knew where she was was gone. Had left, and she had let him go. She heard beeps begin speeding up, and suddenly she really wasn't getting any oxygen. Voices surrounded her, and she was only slightly reassured. They were back, sure, but could they find her? She couldn't find them… Everything was still black. Why couldn't she see!!?? She wanted to scream, but something was blocking her voice. She felt a hand on her shoulder and a slightly accented voice, "Miss Benson. Miss Benson please calm down. We are going to take out the respirator, but we need you to calm down first. Allow it to breath for you for a moment."

Liv latched onto the voice and the directions, relaxing enough to allow the tube to force its own oxygen into and then pull it back out of her lungs. She allowed this to go on for about a minute before she began getting impatient, "Alright, When I count to three I want you to cough. One, Two, Three." Olivia heaved, and felt the roughness in her throat where the tube had been. She coughed a few more times before getting the hang of breathing again on her own. However every single breath that she took felt like fire as it flooded her lungs.

"Hmm…" She moaned, unable to get much more out because of the pain. "Miss Benson, I'm going to add a bit of morphine to your IV to help reduce the pain, alright?"

Olivia nodded, and soon felt a tugging on her right hand, where she assumed her IV must be. By a sheer force of might Olivia forced her eyes open, and saw a doctor standing over her, messing with bags on an IV line. One had the deep burgundy color of blood, and the other a sickly pale yellow color that she guessed was a saline solution. The one that she was putting onto the line now was clear. The doctor turned back to face Olivia once she was done, "That will kick in within fifteen minutes alright?"

Olivia nodded, "Thank you." She murmured, her voice hoarse. She wasn't sure what it sounded like, but she knew that it didn't really sound like thank you. Something more along the lines of, 'Mumm mmuee.' The doctor nodded at her anyway, "I'm Dr. Maria Guererra, the doctor that treated you for your more life threatening injuries in the ER. They are going to be sending in a few specialists through the day, alright Ms. Benson?"

Olivia nodded, her exhausted eyes searching the room vainly for the person she knew was there. The voice that had brought her to sanity.

And he was there. Brilliant blue eyes peering at her from behind the doctor's back, arms crossed in front of him. His face was serious as it watched her. Guarded. She could feel her entire body relax a bit just at the sight of his stern visage. The doctor moved away, leaned over and said a few things to Elliot, before leaving the room. Elliot looked after her, before making his way back to the chair that sat beside Olivia's bed. He took a deep breath, before sitting down heavily, and ducking his hands in his head.

He looked back up at her briefly, and her heart skipped a beat at seeing the pain that was reflected in them. "Liv…I am so…sorry."

He broke off eye contact, and looked back down at the ground, and Olivia fought pain to move her hand to the side of the bed. It moved maybe half way there, before an involuntary grunt of pain echoed from her throat. Elliot looked up quickly, saw where her hand had moved towards him, and gently wrapped a few fingers around it. They sat like that in silence for a few moments, Liv waiting for her pain medications to kick in.

As the doctor promised, her body cooled down and she could stop feeling every heartbeat reverberate through her bones. She gave Elliot's fingers a squeeze, rubbing them for a few seconds. She didn't even realize the tears that she had let flow until Elliot's free hand came up and gently wiped them away, "Livia. I'm so sorry I didn't come check on you. I-I…" Olivia squeezed his fingers again, and tried to shake her head, but her headache was swift to remind her that that wasn't a good idea. Instead, she closed her eyes,

"Unh unh…Didn't…know…" Was the best that Olivia could do in her current state.

The morphine began taking its full affect, and she rolled her head to the side, leaving her hand with Elliot's and closed her eyes. For the first time since she went to bed on Friday night, she may actually be able to sleep without pain bringing her back to consciousness every five minutes. Pain or worse.