Chapter 7: Admitting
Fair warning. These next couple of chapter may not be as strong as the previous. I'm starting to run out of ideas at the moment. But I won't stop just yet. – DramaBabe25eo
It nearly six in the evening before he even got the chance to visit with her. And he knew that she had heard anything he had said, then it was going to be acknowledged or brushed under the table. Some way or another, it was going to be addressed. Whether or not, either like admitting it. There was no turning back at this point. Watching her lay in the hospital bed, helpless for six weeks, put everything into perspective. And the sad thing about it was, that it took an event like this to realize it. He had sat in that chair for at least a good hour before anything would come to mind to talk about. He went to speak, and she beat him to it.
"Where are the twins? Forget to tell them what was going on? Leaving in such a hurry, I'm not really surprised." Came her voice. By now, her throat was starting to hurt from all the talking she had done within the past couple of hours. But she wasn't going to let that stop her from talking to the one person she had been really looking to talk to since she woke up.
"At home. They'll bed here tomorrow. Liv, listen…." He started but once again she stopped him mdsentence.
"Elliot, don't. Please just don't. I know it was spare at the moment and it just slipped." Said Olivia.
"If you would let me get a word in otherwise." Began Elliot.
"Just forget it. I already did. It shouldn't be that hard for you to do the same." Replied Olivia.
"Even awake, you're still being stubborn. Do you even let anyone else talk? Or do you just cut them off?" asked Elliot.
"If I'm stubborn, then what does that make you?" joked Olivia.
"Hard-headed. Now will you let me finish what I started before you interrupted?" asked Elliot.
DAMN IT. He wasn't about to drop it anytime soon. And she was stubborn? It goes both ways. Of all times to talk about what he had said hours before and he chose the minute he walked in the room. Maybe she didn't want him to say anything about it. Why talk about an awkward if it could be avoided? Obviously avoiding this topic was going to get her nowhere anytime soon. Maybe if she pretended to fall back asleep, he would get the hint.
She knew the odds of that happening were slim to none. It would just do the opposite and then when she did wake up, he would just want to talk about it. She couldn't avoid it any longer.
"Maybe I don't want to let you finish what you're about to say." She whispered it in such a hush tone, that even he couldn't hear all of it. But enough to keep talking. The only way that she could think of, to avoid the coming conversation, was to turn and face the window. But that just made him move the chair closer and in the way of her looking out the window.
"Nice try, Liv. You can switch from side to side and I'm still not going anywhere. Not anytime soon." Said Elliot.
"Fine. Let's just get this done and over with already." Said a now slightly agitated Olivia. This really wasn't the conversation she wanted to be having at the moment. But he was right. It was now or never. If he was confessing his feelings, then maybe she might as well do the same thing and get it done and over.
"I have no intention of taking back what I said in the past forty eight hours. And yeah, the given situation made it a little bit easier to get out but I really wasn't given any other chance. If you hadn't woken up then I would never had gotten to say it and I swear I wouldn't stop kicking myself over it." Said Elliot.
"Elliot, this would change everything. Not to mention the partnership and the strong friendship that we currently share. Besides, Kathy would ring you're neck for saying such a damn thing." Said Olivia.
Great, of all excuses she made and it had to be the work card. He didn't really care what happened at work as long as he came home to her every night.
"Maybe it's time for change then. I don't care what happens at work. As long as I came home to you every night. Just that would make it worth it. And as far as Kathy is concerned, I moved out a month ago, prior to this happening. The divorce was final the day after the accident." Confessed Elliot. What was with him pouring his heart out to her all of a sudden? If this accident hadn't have happened, he would still be fighting with himself as to what he felt for her.
She had nothing to say to what he just confessed. Maybe it was too much expecting an answer from her back. It was getting late, and Maureen and Kathleen were probably tired and waiting to leave. He was already at the door when she decided to whisper. But it was broken but still clear enough that even he could make out what she was trying to say.
"I….." started Liv. It was either bite the bullet or never tell him at all. And as long as he was confessing and not taking it back, it made more sense to just spit it out. No matter what the reaction would be.
'You what, Liv? You need something before I send Cragen back in?' said Elliot. He was about done trying to convince her that he meant every word he had said when what she said next, took him by surprised.
"I….Love…you…too." admiited Olivia. God, that felt better. Did he her right? He had to have because she was still awake and making sense.
"Maureen and Kathllen want to go home. I'll take them and then come back." Said Elliot. She had nothing to say but to smile.