Chapter 8: Recovery
Sorry that it has taken me so long to post an chapter. I hope that with this one being slightly longer, that it will bring new ideas for the next one. This one was a little harder to write. Reviews are always welcome and appreciated. – DramaBabe25eo
Seven weeks in a hospital bed, was enough to drive anyone insane. But for Olivia Benson, it was different. For six weeks, she had no say in what she wanted to. But for the past week? She was more vocal then ever, to let her wishes known to anyone and everyone that would hear her. She just wanted to get the hell out of there and back to her normal routine. However, that routine that she was so used to, now excluded going to work. She was on medical hiatus until she was cleared to work again. And her doctor had told her that it would easily be another two weeks if not three. Damn , that was just her luck. Now she had three more weeks, of doing absolutely nothing but to sit around and sleep. Not to mention dealing with the sudden confessions from both of them.
Fin had told her that he would pick her up from Mercy when she was released and that he would take her back to her apartment. Thank god it was Fin and not her partner. She wasn't ready to deal with that mess just yet. And had he been the one to pick her, it would be exactly what would happen. She just wanted to get past this before dealing with any more crazy events that seemed to her crazy life. But then again, this was nothing new to her.
Half hour later and Fin was there as he had promised. Thank god, she could finally get out of there and somewhat back to her normal activities.
"Disappointed to see me, baby girl?" asked Fin.
"Why would I be disappointed to see you? John, maybe. But never you." Smiled Olivia. Fin just laughed. This was nothing to him. At least she still had her sense of humor intact.
"Come on, baby girl. Munch isn't that bad. Okay so he rambles on about his conspiracy theories on a daily basis but then again, he wouldn't be Munch if he didn't. I know you're going to hate me for even asking, but how come Stabler isn't the one picking you up and taking you home? Not that I'm complaining." Asked Fin.
"There's just too much going on at the moment, that's why I didn't ask him. Rather, I asked you. You mind?" said Olivia.
"Too much drama or too much feelings flying around? No, I don't mind. You know that." Replied Fin.
"Both. Things just shouldn't have been said on both ends." Said Olivia. Fin just smiled even more. If what he thought had happened, then Munch and Cragen owed him fifty bucks each.
"You ready to get going then? I know you're probably anxious to get back to your own apartment rather then this hospital. " said Fin.
"Yeah, well, we'll see how long that lasts before I go insane. I'm not the best person when it comes to down time." Said Olvia. She never was one to use her down time for just that. She always had to be doing something. Even if it was something to do with work. Doing nothing just made her crazy. Hell, she didn't like using sick time and her vacation time. And even then, she only used it when she absolutely had to. Even then, that was a rare occurrence.
"You'll manage to find something to keep your attention. Rather someone that is." Said a laughing Fin.
"You volunteering yourself there, Fin." Cracked Olivia. She knew who he meant. She just wasn't about to say it.
"We all know that I wouldn't be much help keeping your undivided attention. Hell, I can't keep Munch's attention for less then five minutes." Said Fin.
"But that's Munch for you. No one can hold his attention for very long. I swear, he has a short attention span." Said Olivia.
Not even twenty minutes later and they were already back at her apartment. There wasn't a whole lot that she could without over doing it.
"Thanks again, Fin for the ride. I do appreciate it." Said Olivia.
"Not a problem, Baby girl. You sure you don't think anything before I head back to the station?" said Fin.
"Not unless you want to do my grocery shopping for me?" smiled Olivia.
"Should you really be doing that yourself? One of us can do it if you need us to. Hell, I'll send you, Munch." Offered Fin.
"No, that's okay really. I think I can manage to do my own grocery shopping. But thank you again for offering, Fin. Besides if we send Munch to do it then we all know that the only thing he'll end up buying would be coffee." Said Olivia.
"True. But then he would actually have some before it runs out and Stabler points it out to him, once again." Smiled Fin.
"Don't have too much fun at the house." Said Olivia, Fin walked to her door.
"Never. Hopefully i won't have to listen all day to Munch and his damn theories." Said Fin, before closing the door on his way out.
"Feel free to borrow my partner. He won't be missed." Smiled Olivia. Fin just laughed. He expected that from her. And as much as she tried to put him with someone else, he threw a fit. The last time he worked with Stabler, the two of them argued the whole time as how to work the case. Once was enough. If he had to, he would stick him with Munch. Although, that might not be the smartest thing to do. If he got like that, then when Munch never replaced the coffee after it was finished, then what would it be like for the two of them to work a case together. Hopefully, he wouldn't have to find out.
"Sorry, Baby girl. We all love that partner of yours but no one can keep inline like you do." Smiled Fin. And it was true. She was the only to keep him inline. Not every time, but a majority of the time, she was able to. Especially when she knew his temper was flaring.
"Tell Cap, that I'll come by and visit sometime tomorrow. And if no one likes it then, too bad, because I'll just show up anyway." Said Olivia. Fin smiled and soon left her apartment.
Deciding to do what she had told Fin, she grabbed her keys from the kitchen counter and walked out of her apartment. Before she could even get out of the car, her phone beeped at her.
You going to be home later? Ok, that was a stupid question.- El
That was a stupid question. She could answer his text. But then if she did, then it would mean addressing the confessions both made in the previous weeks. What is really something that she wanted to deal with right now?
If by, am I going to be home later so you can show up, then no I won't. – Liv
She parked her car and made her way into the supermarket. Not fifteen minutes later, she was already done and on her way back to her car, when she ran into Kathy.
"Olivia, glad to see that you're doing much better. The girls said it was hard for them to see you like that." Said Kathy. Both Maureen and Kathleen had told their mother that it took everything in them to sit in the room and talk to her.
"It's just as bad as spending the next three weeks doing nothing." Replied Olivia, as she finished putting her groceries in her car. She walked over to the driver's side of her car and opened the car door.
"Sorry. I know how much you don't like spending down time. If it were me, I'd probably do the same thing." Replied Kathy. And she would too.
"I guess I'm going to have to get used to it. I can't exactly work until my doctor decides to clear me. I'm sorry, Kathy, I really do have to get going." Said Olivia.
Both women said their goodbyes and went their separate ways.
Even walking up the stairs to her apartment was taking the energy out of her. Had Fin been right? Was she overdoing it? Why hadn't she just let him to her grocery shopping like he had asked and offered to? God, she was stubborn.
She didn't feel like putting any of them away at the moment. Accept the ones that needed to be refrigerated and even then, that was only four or five of the items that she had bought. So instead, she sat the rest of the groceries on the kitchen counter and went in her room to sleep. At leas that was before there was knocking at her door. Damn, who was now and why were they here? Slowly making her way to the door, before she even opened the door, she looked out the peephole only to find her partner on the other side of the door.