Cragen POV After she left I relaxed a little. "That went better than I thought" I sighed.
"She is still mourning Elliott and the other baby." George said.
"I know I was thinking that that would be a problem when she got back, but I was hoping she would maybe be open to working with him."
"No that was not going to happen, but pairing her with Fin was a good idea." "I just don't want her leaving because of Elliott being gone"
"She has taken a huge hit this year, but she will be better after a little more of the mourning process is done. She is going into the stage of anger, so be prepared for some blow ups."
"I know. Ed Tucker wants her to go on leave, but that won't happen and he knows that she isn't totally ok, he said anything that happens will be handled by him and he won't be hard on her."
"Good. I can't imagine what next week will be like. Don't treat her like a peice of china let her work through things."
"Ok I will" I sighed and then went to tell Nick to switch desks with Fin.
"Why do I have to switch desks?" he demanded.
"Detective Benson lost her fiance and this was his desk and she has consented to work with Detective Tutuolla. So I am telling you to swap desks."
"Why can't we just move them?"
"You see the dent in the bottom drawer?"
"Yes" "Elliott kicked that drawer. Bensons desk has the same dent from her kicking it. She will know that you moved it. That was from a case that changed everything for the two of them. Now Detective I would appreciate if you started to move desks"
"Fine" he sighed. The aforementioned case was a good one... even if it threw their partnership off kilter.
*FLASHBACK*
"He didn't kill me! You can't keep doing this Elliott!" she was screaming, and he was screaming. Even in the cribs we could still hear them down here in the squadroom.
"If you can't trust your partner! Then I guess you need to get a new one!" We heard a door slam after that and then Olivia stormed through the room to grab her stuff. She left that day and disappeared. *END FLASHBACK*
Elliott was angry and pissed off, I went through a few different people until I found Dani who could work with him. Olivia came back though she wasn't in the unit for awhile. I found out what went down between her and Elliott when she came back that caused a bit of friction when they were starting back up together. *FLASHBACK*
Olivia came over late one night, drunk, but lucid enough that I wasn't too worried about her. I still let her into my house and led her into the livingroom. She had tear track down her face, but I had a feeling I knew why. "Here Liv" I said quietly handing her a cup of tea. "What's up?" I asked.
"When I came back I knew things wouldn't be the same as before, our partnership could never be the same. I came back and went to the bar like you said. That's where he would be and he was there, but he was with Dani." I knew she loved him, he had just gotten a divorce too.
"What do you mean Liv?"
"I found him kissing her and just turned and left. I couldn't face him, the first time I saw him was during that case where I found the girls invitation online. He wasn't to happy to find me in TARU, and he came over to my place that night. We started to yell, then he left. I didn't see him until today. This case, I wanted to work it so bad, but I can't right now. You see I know that Dani can't leave yet, but I miss the cases. I joined the Academy to get to SVU. I found a piece of evidence and brought it to him while you were out talking to the Morris Commission. He wasn't happy, he came over a few hours ago. Told me that he hates me." she finsihed in a near whisper. Then she was up and moving.
"Liv you know that that isn't true."
"Then why did he say it!"
"Because he loves you and doesn't know what is going to happen now."
*END FLASHBACK* She had tried to run out of the house, but I grabbed her and told her to wait until the next day to talk to him. Sober up a little bit.
They were together a week later.
"She is still mourning Elliott and the other baby." George said.
"I know I was thinking that that would be a problem when she got back, but I was hoping she would maybe be open to working with him."
"No that was not going to happen, but pairing her with Fin was a good idea." "I just don't want her leaving because of Elliott being gone"
"She has taken a huge hit this year, but she will be better after a little more of the mourning process is done. She is going into the stage of anger, so be prepared for some blow ups."
"I know. Ed Tucker wants her to go on leave, but that won't happen and he knows that she isn't totally ok, he said anything that happens will be handled by him and he won't be hard on her."
"Good. I can't imagine what next week will be like. Don't treat her like a peice of china let her work through things."
"Ok I will" I sighed and then went to tell Nick to switch desks with Fin.
"Why do I have to switch desks?" he demanded.
"Detective Benson lost her fiance and this was his desk and she has consented to work with Detective Tutuolla. So I am telling you to swap desks."
"Why can't we just move them?"
"You see the dent in the bottom drawer?"
"Yes" "Elliott kicked that drawer. Bensons desk has the same dent from her kicking it. She will know that you moved it. That was from a case that changed everything for the two of them. Now Detective I would appreciate if you started to move desks"
"Fine" he sighed. The aforementioned case was a good one... even if it threw their partnership off kilter.
*FLASHBACK*
"He didn't kill me! You can't keep doing this Elliott!" she was screaming, and he was screaming. Even in the cribs we could still hear them down here in the squadroom.
"If you can't trust your partner! Then I guess you need to get a new one!" We heard a door slam after that and then Olivia stormed through the room to grab her stuff. She left that day and disappeared. *END FLASHBACK*
Elliott was angry and pissed off, I went through a few different people until I found Dani who could work with him. Olivia came back though she wasn't in the unit for awhile. I found out what went down between her and Elliott when she came back that caused a bit of friction when they were starting back up together. *FLASHBACK*
Olivia came over late one night, drunk, but lucid enough that I wasn't too worried about her. I still let her into my house and led her into the livingroom. She had tear track down her face, but I had a feeling I knew why. "Here Liv" I said quietly handing her a cup of tea. "What's up?" I asked.
"When I came back I knew things wouldn't be the same as before, our partnership could never be the same. I came back and went to the bar like you said. That's where he would be and he was there, but he was with Dani." I knew she loved him, he had just gotten a divorce too.
"What do you mean Liv?"
"I found him kissing her and just turned and left. I couldn't face him, the first time I saw him was during that case where I found the girls invitation online. He wasn't to happy to find me in TARU, and he came over to my place that night. We started to yell, then he left. I didn't see him until today. This case, I wanted to work it so bad, but I can't right now. You see I know that Dani can't leave yet, but I miss the cases. I joined the Academy to get to SVU. I found a piece of evidence and brought it to him while you were out talking to the Morris Commission. He wasn't happy, he came over a few hours ago. Told me that he hates me." she finsihed in a near whisper. Then she was up and moving.
"Liv you know that that isn't true."
"Then why did he say it!"
"Because he loves you and doesn't know what is going to happen now."
*END FLASHBACK* She had tried to run out of the house, but I grabbed her and told her to wait until the next day to talk to him. Sober up a little bit.
They were together a week later.