Chapter 15
Sheets were discarded everywhere. Clothes scattered all about the room. And yet, two bodies remained in the bed. Ever forgetting what time it was. It wasn't until she finally, and slowly got out of the bed, that she noticed the time. Shit, how the hell were they going to walk into work without the rest of them suspecting anything? Great, she was the one who suggested the bet in the first place, without even have thought about the next morning. She was just hoping that Alex and Casey did the same thing she did. If not, then she was going to be out fifty bucks. She grabbed the first shirt that she could find in the rebel of mess that was now suppose to be her bedroom. Not even notcing that she had grabbed his shirt. At the moment she really didn't care what she grabbed as long as she managed to have something on.
It was already 7:30 and he would have to be in at 8am. Waking him up was going to take call of her might, to get him to roll out of bed. Espeically after last night.
"Stabler, you have to get your ass out of bed now. It's 7:30. You have a half hour to getto the station." Said Olivia. No answer. Which meant he was still asleep and had no intention of getting up just yet. There were no more sheets on the bed to pull off of him. As much as she was going to hatge doin it, throwing a glass of cold water on him, was the only option left. Anything else, he would just ignore and fall back asleep. Whereas with the cold water, he'd be wide awake. Slipping in to her bathroom, she filled the cup with cold water and started to make her way back to the bedroom when a mark on her neck, just below the ear lob caught her attention. SHIT. That wasn't there last night. She had to try and conceal it. If not, then her fifty bucks just went out the window. Getting back to the task at hand, she dumped the cup of cold water and immediately got a response from him.
"Shit, what's with the ice cold water, Benson?" said Elliot.
"How else did you expect me to get you up? There are no sheets on the bed anymore to pull off of you. And telling you to wake up, was no use at all. I swear your tone deaf." Laughed Olivia. She knew she shouldn't have started laughing. It would jyust lead to round two.
"I would have gotten up. But cold water wasn't necessary. Last night, that's a different story." Smiled Elliot, finally managing to get out of bed.
"And I'm the tooth fairy. You never get up." Laughed Olivia. Again with the laughting.
"I'm glad someone is getting enjoyment out of this. Lose you're on clothers, Liv?" smiled Elliot, finally noticing that she was wearing his shirt.
"My clothes are somewhere under all the sheets that are now spread out in this bedroom and apparently the living room as well. Too bad, the kitchen got missed." Teased Olivia. Now she was just stirring the pot.
"That's an easy fix, Benson." Teased Elliot. He could tease just as she could tease him. But if round two kicked up, then he wouldn't be going into work.
Fifteen minutes later and both were fully dressed in fresh clothes. He left ten minutes before she did. She may not be cleared to work just yet, but that wasn't going to stop her from visiting. Not like she had anything else to do.
She took her time getting to the station. Had she gone straight to the station, then it would look like they really had come together and that there was something else going on with the two. Rather than take the chance, they both drove separately. Coffee sounded good. So she stopped at the nearest coffee café on the way to the station and got herself one.
Fifteen minutes later and she was parking on the parking lot of the 1-6 precinct. She stopped by to see Melinda first, in hopes that Alex and Casey had not made their way into see her first.
"Please tell me Cabot and Novak haven't already been here?" asked Olivia. Melinda looked up and threw the detective a smile.
"No. Neither of them have shown up yet. Casey said she would be running late. And I haven't heard from Alex. Wait, Liv, is that.." began Melinda. She had caught the mark on her. Damn it, was it that obvious? Even where it was? She thought she had covered it up good enough that it wouldn't barely be noticeable. Obviously not the case.
"It's not a hickey if that's what you're thinking, Melinda." Said Olivia. And it wasn't. It more like a a love bit. It might as well have been a hickey.
"Then what do you call it? Because if Alex and Casey see it, then you just lost the bet." Laughed Melinda.
"Watch me get away with it. It can easily be passed off as a burn." Laughed Olivia. And it probably could. Now rather or not her story flew with the ADA's, that was an entirely different story.
"You probably could. It's not big enough to really be a hickey anyway. What the hell did you do when I dropped you off at your apartment? Or should I ask, rather who?" laughed Melinda.
"I'm glad your getting enjoyment out of this." Smiled Olivia.
"Don't let Munch see it. You know that will just get the theories going. I don't think Fin will care where it came form." Said Melinda.
"Shit, I forgot about Munch. Oh well." Replied Olivia, before walking out of the morgue . Hopefully, Munch would already be on his theories when she got there and wouldn't notice. She walked in and Munch and Fin were already going at it. Cragen was in his office and Elliot was at his desk. Not paying any attention to her walking in. It wasn't until Munch opened his mouth.
"Get bored at home already, Liv?" asked Munch.
"No. I just wanted to see what other poison you put in the coffee this week? " joked Olivia.
"I haven't touch the coffee this morning or at all this week." Replied Munch.
"Could that because you left it empty again?" said Fin.
"Cragen in his office?" asked Olivia. She would visit with Cragen until Alex and Casey made their appearances.
"Last time I checked he was. Need something, baby girl?" said Fin.
"No, just waiting for Alex and Casey to show up." Replied Olivia.
"What for?" asked Munch.
"To settle a matter." Said Olivia.
"I didn't think the three of you made any kind of bet." Laughed Fin. By a little matter, he knew it was bet.
"Who said anything about a bet? What makes you think that's what it is?" asked Olivia.
"Come on, Liv. What else would it have been?" asked Fin.
"Alright, so it's a bet. You and Munch aren't the only ones to make bets." Smiled Olivia.
"What was the bet anyway?" asked Fin.
"You really want to know?" came Casey's voice.
"Well, there's Novak. Where's Alex? What's with the calling in late?" said Olivia.
"I'm aloud to come in late, thank you. Alex was right behind me. Or at least the last time I checked." Replied Casey.
"So tell us what the bet was." Said Elliot, with a coffee straw in his mouth. It was one of those habits that he just couldn't break. Just like she had the habit of chewing on pen caps.
"I don't think we should tell them, Liv. They may not be able to take it." Said Casey.
"Good point. I didn't think about that." Smiled Olivia. Not five minutes later and Alex walked in.
"Did I miss something?" asked Alex.
"No, the guys were just asking what the bet was that we made." Replied Casey.
"You haven't told them yet have you?" laughed Alex.
"Nope, we were just getting to that part. Want to tell them, Alex?" asked Olivia.
"We made a bet that the three us would go home last night and abstain from having sex." Smiled Alex. Fin and Much just looked at each other, while Elliot nearly fell out of his chair.
"This is just getting good." Laughed Casey.
"So Liv, what's up with the mark on your neck?"asked Munch. At the mere mention of the mark now on her neck, all heads turned to her. Even Elliot's. Even this morning, he hadn't noticed it.
"Nothing, Munch. It's just a burn." Corrected Olivia. She wasn't about to tell them it was from Elliot. Let alone that it was there because of the sex last night.
"It doesn't look like just a burn, Liv? You sure that it's not…." Started a smiling Casey.
"I'm sure, Case. I burnt myself with the curling iron this morning because I was in a hurry." Lied Olivia. Casey looked like she bought it. Alex was something else.
"Who won the bet?" asked Munch.
"I didn't." said Alex.
"So you did go home to get laid. Even after you sworn you weren't." laughed Olivia. If Alex lost then hopefully Casey would have had sex last night to.
"Not me either." Said Casey.
"We could have told you that one, Novak. You already made up your mind last night during last rounds." Laughed Alex.
"That just leaves, Liv." Said Fin.
"I hate to burst you're bubble but I didn't either." Admitted Olivia.
"Damn. How much do you all bet anyway?" asked Fin.
"Fifty a piece." Said Casey.
"And none of you won." Said Munch.
"Which means we all get to keep our own money." Said Olivia.
"Ask Alex who her boy toy is." Said Casey, slightly changing the topic.
"CASEY! I should have known better to have said anything to you." Said Alex.
"Not like he would have said anything." Said Casey.
"Come on Alex, just tell us." Said Fin.
"Fine. Trevor Langen alright. Happy now?" confessed Alex. All heads went from Olivia and her mark on her neck, to the ADA.
"So how did you get that mark, Liv? That ain't no burn." Said Fin.
"Rough sex." Answered a smiling Olivia. Elliot nearly choked on the straw in his mouth. Any other time, she would have kept quite about her private life. Not this time.
Again all head were turned in her direction.
"Need help there, Stabler?" asked Fin.
"No." was he reply.
"So whose the guy, Liv?" asked Munch.
"Why should I tell you?" said Olivia.
"Because you know you want to tell us. Besides, Alex already said who she was sleeping with." Said Munch.
"No one you know. And I'm not saying anything more." Said Olivia. And she wasn't. They could just figure it out for themselves if they wanted to know that bad.
"I would have guess it was Stabler." Joked Munch. Again, with a surprise look on his face, he chewed even farther on the straw.
"You would have, John. Hate to disappoint everyone hear but it's not." Replied Olivia.
"If it wasn't Stabler, then why does he look like he just had sex?" asked Fin. He didn't have time to come up with a quick excuse. So he said the first thing that came to mind, not even realizing the damage he could do.
"So what if I did? What business is that of your's Munch? I don't hear you getting any?" said Elliot.
"Because everyone else is sharing sex stories all of a sudden." Whined Munch.
But before he had the chance to answer, she beat him to it.
"Lay off, John. He doesn't have to tell you anything." Stalled Olivia.
"Fine. Don't tell us." Said Fin. But before she could say anything else, he opened his mouth and said the first name that came to mind. The wrong name.
"Kathy, alright. There you happy?" said Elliot. He had only said it because he didn't want them to know it really was Olivia and that it was him that left the mark on her neck.