The Proposal

(Chapter Four: Along For The Ride)

The night had been a long one for both of them, but they were determined to make the most of the free pass Alex had given Olivia for the weekend. Only a few hours after Alex had left and the pair had settled in for a but of rest before round two, Cragen had called them both in to work.

That was all behind them now. Nearly ten hours later as they rode the elevator up to the fifth floor of Olivia's apartment building, Elliot found himself pinned against the elevator wall at her mercy. Her kisses were strong and powerful and Elliot could tell by the look in her eyes that sleep was the last thing on Olivia's mind.

Olivia heard a popping sound as Elliot hit the stop button on the elevator pausing them between floors. He gave her a devilish smile as he flipped them around and slammed her against the wall, before returning his mouth to hers.

Olivia moaned and gasped against lips ad she felt one of his hands push up under her blouse and bra to firmly grasp her right breast. She purred as she bit his lip, feeling his other hand squeeze her ass. Olivia rolled her eyes and sighed as she fell to her knees and fidgeted with his belt buckle.

Elliot groaned and placed one hand against the elevator wall to balance himself as he looked down at her.

"Oh yeah," he grunted as be began to tangle his fingers in her hair and guided her head gently up and down on him.

"Is that how you like it?" She asked with a smile

"Just like that," he replied smoothing his fingertips over her jawbone.

Olivia smiled and laughed a bit at her complete power over him at this moment.

Ten minutes later the elevator doors opened as Olivia stood up from the floor and walked from the tiny metal room. Elliot wiped the sweat from his brow as he watched the sexy sway of her hips walking toward the apartment door.

"You want to play?" He mumbled softly under his breath. "Let's play."

Elliot adjusted himself to even be able to walk as he stumbled from the elevator behind her, following her to the door. Olivia no more turned the key in the lock and he had pushed her inside and slammed it shut behind them. She screamed as she tossed her over his shoulder and rushed her into her bedroom.

"Tell me you want it," Elliot demanded as he playfully pushed her back against the bed.

Olivia giggled in anticipation.

"I want it," she said with a smile as she bit her bottom lip.

"How do you want it?" He growled as he pushed her hands against the mattress and kissed her neck.

"Hard," she hissed at him with a smile.

Elliot stood up and pulled his shirt from over his head and tossed it across the room. He pulled Olivia's jeans from her body and tossed them aside as well. She watched him, eyeing him like a child staring at a piece of candy as she pressed her lips together, her body craving his.

Elliot unbuckled his belt and dropped his slacks to the floor stepping out of them. Olivia sat up and pulled her shirt off as well, then reached behind her to unclasp her bra. She giggled once more as she fell back against the bed once more and motioned for him to come to her.

Elliot kissed the top of her foot and all the way up her long tanned leg. He slipped his fingers under the edge of her panties on each side of her hips and slid them slowly down her body as Olivia raised up allowing him to remove them.

Elliot moved up over her as they began to kiss passionately.

"That's my girl," Elliot whispered against her cheek as he kissed his way down the side of her neck. "I have something for you," he said with a smile.

Olivia laughed nervously as he locked his fingers in hers and lowered her hand to feel his erection. Olivia moaned softly, trying to remember how good he felt inside of her.

"You don't want it?" he asked as he pressed himself firmly against her hand.

"I want it," she gasped.

"And you're gonna get it."

"Wait," she panted placing her palm against his chest as he positioned himself to enter her. Olivia gulped as she rolled over and picked up a condom from the box on the nightstand. "Condom."

Elliot took the little foil wrapper from her as he leaned forward to kiss her.

"You never made me use condoms before."

"I was on birth control before," she replied looking at the little package in his hand.

"You're not now?" he asked.

"Why would I be?" Olivia laughed. "It isn't like Alex is gonna knock me up."

"Ahh," Elliot laughed. "I guess you're right."

"Yeah," she whispered as she kissed him. "Condom," she said softly as Elliot tore open the package and proceeded to put the condom on.

"There," he said as a look of satisfaction crossed his face and he kissed her again. "God, you are so beautiful," Elliot moaned as he entered her with one smooth thrust.

"El," she whispered as she closed her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Focus."

"Tell me what you want," he whispered as he thrust firmly into her.

"That, that right there," she gasped. "God, harder."

Elliot moved harder and faster inside of her, using the soft moans and gasps she made to guide him. Olivia clawed at the back of his ass as she pulled him into her.

SEVERAL HOURS LATER….

Olivia stirred around a bit in the bed as she nestled the side of her face against Elliot's finely sculpted chest. Her eyes fluttered open to watch his breathing as she smiled against his chest. She had almost forgotten how wonderful it felt to have a man's strong arms wrapped tightly around her. To be held through the night and wake up in the arms of someone you love. Well, cared about anyway, she thought as she watched him sleep.

She wasn't allowed to love Elliot anymore, those days were over now. Olivia was with Alex now and she was happy with Alex. She loved Alex, but Alex never held her like this after they made love. Alex never really held her at all. And Olivia was the kind of woman who really needed to be held every now and then.

"Good morning beautiful," Elliot groaned. He kissed her tenderly slipping momentarily back to a time when she belonged to him.

"Good morning," she answered with a smile.

"Did you sleep well?"

"I guess so. I'll have to admit it is a little strange sharing my bed with a man after all of these months."

Elliot smiled.

"I bet," he said stretching and pulling her closer to him. "I almost forgot how good we are together."

"Yeah," she said softly as her cell phone began to ring. "That's Lex," she whispered studying the look in his eye.

He looked almost saddened by the sound of Alex's ring tone bringing them back into reality. Elliot watched her as she quickly kissed his lips, then sat up reaching for the phone.

"I'll make us some breakfast," he replied standing to grab his boxers from the floor and slip back into them.

He walked to the bedroom door and looked back at her over his shoulder as she smiled and nodded completely consumed by her conversation. She sat on the edge of the bed covered only by the thin cotton sheet as the golden rays of the sun spilled over her body. He studied each line and soft curve of her body as his eyes made their way up her body, stopping to admire her incredible shoulders and the two small shaded areas where her nipples lied just below the white sheet.

Elliot wiped his hand over his face and shook his head as he felt himself smile. He didn't know how, but this woman had some kind of hold on him. A hold like nothing else in the world. She held his heart and his balls in the palm of her hand and he had no say in the matter. He was just along for the ride, but what an incredible ride it was.

When Olivia finally joined him in the kitchen an hour later Elliot was taking food from carryout containers onto plates and setting the table.

"You made breakfast?" She asked with a smile.

"I was going to. But someone hasn't done any grocery shopping in quite a while. What little bit you do have is expired," he said pointing at the milk carton on the counter.

Olivia laughed.

"Yeah, well I have been staying at Alex's place a lot lately."

"I hope she does grocery shopping. All you buy is junk food."

"I bought the milk," she argued as he handed her a Styrofoam cup of coffee. "Of course I only got it to go with the box of chocolate chip cookies."

"You're hopeless," he said leaning in to steal a kiss, but she turned away denying him. "Here, scrambled eggs with bacon, ham, cheese and hot sauce. Just the way you like them."

"What? No toast?"

"It is still in the bag," he laughed and she smiled.

"Alex will be home tomorrow," she said sitting down on a barstool and crossing her legs as she stirred her eggs with her fork.

"You miss her?"

"Of course I do."

"So what did she have to say?"

"Nothing much."

"A one hour conversation about nothing much. What were you having phone sex?"

"No," Olivia said rolling her eyes at him. "We were just talking."

"Didn't sound like talking from in here," Elliot said before he could catch himself.

Olivia raised her eyes to meet his.

"You could hear…I'm sorry."

"All couples have disagreements, Liv. It's nothing to be ashamed of. I figured you could use some privacy, so I went to the café down the block to get us some breakfast. Do you want to talk about it?"

"I shouldn't. It's private."

"Yeah. Is there anything I can do?"

Olivia cleared her throat and placed her napkin on the counter beside her plate.

"It's fine. I'd rather not talk about it."

"She's upset about this?"

"What?"

"You and I." Elliot watched her for a reaction, but she didn't give him one. "This whole thing was her idea, Olivia. She wanted to do this. She approached me in the bar and she asked me back here for a weekend of sex. I'm not going to pretend I didn't want it, but the whole thing was orchestrated by Alex. And now she has the nerve to get mad at you for doing what she told you to do."

"How would you feel?" She asked looking up at him with tears in her eyes. "If it were you. You and Kathy, when you were married. If you loved her and wanted her and wanted nothing more than to love her and only her and make her happy. But no matter how much you loved her, she would always need something you couldn't give to her. How would you feel if no matter how amazing the sex was, she needed someone or something else? How would you feel if she couldn't tell you for sure if it was just a phase or if it was something she would never get over? I love her, Elliot. But I am the one hurting her and I don't know how to make it stop."

"Liv, maybe this just isn't who you really are."

"Maybe I don't know who I really am," she sighed wiping a tear from her cheek.

"So, are you guys still together?"

"For now. She said this is something we should talk about in person and not over the phone. We're going to try and work it out when she gets home."

"Liv, I'm really sorry."

"You know what, it doesn't even matter. Worrying about this right now is pointless. I mean, I don't even know for sure if there is an actual problem or Alex is just feeling insecure. I am sure once she comes home and things are back to normal, everything will be fine."

"I'm sure you're right. Maybe I should go."

"El, you don't have to."

"I need to go in and get some paperwork finished up anyway."

"It is Sunday morning. Leave the work for Monday."

"So if I am not leaving and I am not going to get any work done, what do you want to do?"

Olivia stared up at him from her plate and smiled a devilish smile.

"Woman, you will be the death of me."