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Olivia pressed the END button on her phone for the umpteenth time. It was Elliot. He had been trying to call her since she'd left the precinct more than six hours ago. It was coming on dinner time, and she was feeling drained, both emotionally and physically. All she wanted to do was know when he was back in Australia, so her nerves could take a break.

Instead, he had been driving her crazy with the need to communicate, despite her attempt to shut him out.

As the wait dragged on, she found her thoughts changing. What was she doing? This wasn't Olivia! She didn't behave like this, she wasn't a drama queen. Her life was surrounded with drama that she struggled to rid. But in emotions, she had always been stronger than that, she was always determined to keep them to herself, to shut out the world of her pain.

She had to stop acting like a child. The past was done, and it couldn't be changed nor could Elliot's choices. It was time to grow up.

When morning came, Olivia's perception on life was different.

At her desk, Elliot dropped a cup of coffee.

"Thanks," she said casually without looking up. "I put the case file on your desk… Cragen told me to bring you up to speed on the Wallis case, so…"

He sat down. "Thanks," he frowned. He was unsure what had changed.

"All the information is in there, ask questions when you're done," she stood from the desk. "I am going to catch a few Z's."

Olivia went into the Crib to catch some shut eye. She found herself drifting off soon enough, which said a lot considering her sleep patterns had wreck havoc with her the last seven months.

When she opened her eyes again, she felt someone watching her, and when she looked up Elliot was standing in the doorway, a small smile on his face.

"What?" she asked instantly feeling self-conscious.

"I forgot how beat-" he stopped talking.

She blushed. She knew what he was going to say. She pulled herself up to a sitting position, and wiped the sleep from her eyes, before brushing down her hair with her hand. "Did you read the case file?"

"Yeah," he said her eyes unmoving from hers. He seemed to stare right through her.

"Stop that," she warned.

He looked away. "What?" he pretended to play innocent.

Olivia ignored it. "Any questions…"

"Yeah,"

"About the case!" she stressed.

He hesitated. "No,"

"Then we're done," she rose from the cot and waltzed back into the bullpen.

He reluctantly followed her.

Yeah, yeah I know it's short… you'll get the next one when I get the reviews… hehehehe *snickers evilly* :)