Here's an other chapter. I won't be able to post a new one for a few days. But please review and let me know what you think so far. I'm always up for suggestions.

*Special thanks to Amanda4meloni for all the reviews and suggestions. You are awesome. Hope your liking the story so far.

It had been 4 hours, of just laying there. Watching Elliot breathing, listening to the steady breaths. Olivia thought about the past 12 years of the partnership. All the ups and downs, the good, the bad and the ugly. I'm your partner for better or worse. This is my wife Olivia. I'd give you a kidney. Not if I gave you mine first. We can't choose each other over the job...I want a new partner. Every word she had ever said to him and said to her filled her mind. She didn't even realize that she was crying. Even the happy memories were bringing tears to her eyes.

Olivia finally got up and went to the bathroom to wash up. She looked at her reflection in the mirror. She really saw herself. The bag underneath her eyes. The slight weight gain after all the times she ate her feelings. The faint smell of cigarettes she started smoking in secrecy a while back. A few wrinkles here and there from her aging.

'How did I let myself get this bad? 'She thought to herself. She washed her face, fixed her hair and straightened up her clothes. She walked back in to his bedroom to see that he wasn't there. He heard some noise in the kitchen.

'Good morning Liv.' His tired voice brought butterflies to her stomach.

'Morning El. How'd you sleep?' She said as she sat at the island in the middle of the kitchen.

'Pretty good.'

'That's good. Where's Maureen?'

'I sent her to my apartment. I didn't want her going to some sleazy hotel in the middle of the night. She was so scared El. The sound of her voice sent chills down my spine.' She admitted.

'If she didn't call you, do you think we would ever see each other again?' He asked, scared of her response.

'I don't know El. But I do know that I didn't come here to talk about us. I came here to help you and get you the help that you need.'

'But I want to work on us Liv.' There was a slight beg in his voice.

'El lets push that to the side okay. Let's get you help and fix your relationship with Maureen and the rest of the kids.'

'Promise me something Liv.' He leaned into the counter.

'What?'

'Promise me that when the time is right, we will fix things between us. Now that you are here, I don't ever want to let you walk away from me again.' He reached over the counter and placed her small hands in his.

She looked down at their hands. A single tear escaped her eyes. She looked back at him. 'I promise El.'

He reached over and wiped the tear from her cheek. He caressed her cheek before she spoke. 'I'm going to go back to my apartment and talk to Maureen. I'll bring her back here tonight and we will sit down and talk. Are you going to be okay here by yourself?' Olivia regretted her last words after she said them.

He pulled his hand away from her face and stood straight. 'There is a difference between babying me and being here for me Olivia. Don't treat me like a child.' He said in a stern voice.

Olivia quickly missed the warmth of his hands. 'I'm sorry El. I'll see you later okay?' She got up gave him a quick hug. 'Everything will be okay Elliot. You are not alone. I'm here for you.'

He squeezed her a little tighter. 'Thanks Liv.' She gathered her things and left. She prayed that he wouldn't do anything stupid for the next few hours.

'Maureen, honey I'm home.' She said as she walked through her door.

'Liv how's daddy?' She said from the couch.

'Your father is hurting but we are going to help him get through this. Me and you are going to lead him in the right direction alright?' She was sitting next to her on the couch.

'How Liv?'

'We are going to head over there in a few hours and we are all going to sit down and see what we are going to do. I think the best thing for him is to go to a therapist. Does he have a job?'

'No.'

'How has he been paying for the apartment and other bills?'

'I have been working and paying for everything. Anthony has been helping me out a little too.'

'Tell me more about this Anthony.'

'I met him in my psych class at NYU. He is such a sweetheart Liv. He has a huge Italian family. He is studying to become a doctor. After talking for about a year, we started dating. And we have been together for 3 years now.'

'Does he treat you right?'

'Yes, mommy dearest he treats me like a princess.'

'Don't get smart with me Mo. I'm just protecting you from a broken heart. I've had way too many of those and I don't want you to feel the pain I have felt.'

'Liv, can I ask you something?'

'Anything.'

'When I called you last night, were you in the middle...of...ya know...sex?' She asked shyly.

Olivia's cheeks turned bright red. 'Shit Mo. I totally forgot about Brian.' She jumped off the couch. She grabbed her phone and dialed Brian's number.

'Hello?'

'Brian. It's Liv.'

'Oh, hey.'

'I'm so sorry about last night. I had an emergency.'

'Yeah I know, Stabler comes first.'

'Don't act like a child Bri.'

'You know I'm right Olivia! You haven't seen him in almost three years and the minute he or one of his kid's call you jump out of bed...literally... and go running after him. When will you realize that he's not good enough for you?'

'I don't want to argue with you Brian. I called to let you know how sorry I am for kicking you out last night. The reason I got that call had nothing to do about him being good enough for me or not. He was in danger and his daughter called me for help.'

'It's always going to be Stabler huh. Here I was hoping that we could move on from the past and maybe have a future with you Liv, but I guess I was wrong.'

'Brian, I'm sorry.'

'Yeah I know Liv. I guess it's over. Good luck with Stabler. I hope he makes you happy. Thanks for saving my life by the way. Good bye Olivia.' She heard the click of the phone call ending. She wasn't sure how to feel – happy or sad.

'Olivia, are you okay?'

'Yeah, I'm fine sweetie. I'm going to go take a nap. I'm sure you haven't slept at all yet either. If you want you can come sleep in my bed too. It's big enough for both of us. We will go see your father around 5. '

Olivia changed into a new pair of pajamas and crawled into bed beside the beautiful sleeping blonde. Olivia pushed all the thoughts about the last 24 hours to the side and quickly fell asleep.

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