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Chapter 5

Elliot climbed into the driver's seat of his car and looked over his shoulder to Kat in the back.

"How's the knuckles?"

"Bit sore, but it's worth it" she grinned. "Definitely no doubt about whose genes I got" she laughed.

"I guess not" he grinned turning back to the front and putting his seat belt on. He looked across at Maureen her head was down and she was fidgeting with her fingers.

"You okay sweetheart?" he asked touching her arm.

She nodded "yeah fine" but Elliot knew something was wrong.

"Why don't we go grab a burger before I drop you two off?" They both nodded as he pulled away from the house. Maureen sat in silence on the drive to the Burger joint, whilst Kat rambled on about her trip.

They sat in a booth and ordered their meals, Maureen still very quiet.

"Maureen what's wrong baby?" asked Elliot starting to get worried. She bit her lip and tears started to form.

"What…what if I'm not yours?"

"Hey, you are why would you even think you wouldn't be?"

She shrugged her shoulders "Mom did get pregnant with me before you got married, what's to say she didn't sleep with someone else, you were both at college anything could of happened"

"Wait a minute you got Mom knocked up before you were married?" Elliot glared at Kat.

"Not now Kat" he said turning to Maureen and taking hold of her hands.

"Listen to me Maureen; I don't want to ever hear you say that again. You are my kid, end of, I don't have any doubts what so ever"

"Well you didn't have any doubts about Eli and look how that turned out"

Kat noticed the change in Elliot's face when Maureen mentioned about the doubts.

"Dad you did have doubts didn't you?" she asked or rather told him.

Elliot nodded. "I asked your Mom if she had been with anyone when we split up, she said she hadn't. She even asked if I was asking whether the baby was mine, but she told me it was and I believed her, but Maureen I have no doubt that you are mine 100%"

"Yep and I can back that up to" said Kat with a big grin on her face. They both sat and just looked at her. "We done it in Biology, DNA in the family, me, you and the twins all a match" she smiled at her older sister.

"Thanks sis" said Maureen finally smiling, as the waitress brought their order over. They all tucked into their food in silence for a while.

"So dad did you see anyone when you and Mom split the first time" asked Maureen

Elliot shrugged his shoulders "Sort of".

"Sort of" said Kat "what type of answer is that"

"I went on a few dates, made the mistake of kissing my partner, but nothing more" he said picking at the last few fries on his plate.

The two girls sat opened mouthed "you kissed Olivia!" shrieked Kat.

Elliot shook his head "no she was away undercover.

"Please don't tell me you kissed Munch or Fin" said Maureen screwing up her face.

Elliot laughed "No it was my temporary partner Dani"

"What! Her at the hospital that night you were stabbed?"

"Yeah her, it was a mistake" he looked down at the table "I was pissed off cause Liv had gone, I couldn't get in touch with her and she hadn't told me she was leaving"

"So you kissed her instead"

He nodded "I regretted it straight away, and knew it shouldn't have happened, I mean I was still married for one thing"

"But that's not why you regretted it. Is it Dad?" said Maureen. "You regretted it cause it wasn't Olivia it had nothing to do with Mom"

Elliot looked at his two daughters wondering when they got so grown up, he couldn't believe he was sitting talking to them about his feelings for a woman who wasn't their mother, he didn't quite know what to say, so he just sat in silence and took another drink of his soda.

"You need to sort this out Dad" said Kat.

"Yeah, I agree" said Maureen.

Elliot couldn't believe what he was going to say next "I tried to kiss her last night, at the beach"

"What! Are you for real….You had been drinking and you tried to kiss her, you were a mess last night after what had happened" said Maureen shaking her head.

"I know, I apologised, she told me I had to sort everything out with my family first before anything could happen"

"Jesus Dad" said Kat "You really pick your moments" she laughed.

"Yeah will I couldn't have done too bad of a job, after we got back last night she told me she loved me"

"Oooh my god, what did you say"

Elliot shrugged "Told her I loved her back…but she still wants to take things slow and wait until things are sorted, but she is going to stand by me and help"

Maureen and Kat both smiled. All they want is for him to be happy and if being with Olivia does that then why should they care, she had been part of their lives for 11 years. Elliot put some money on the table for the bill and stood up.

"Come on let's get you two home, I think I have opened up enough tonight and shared enough of my feelings with the two of you"

Elliot opened the door to Olivia's apartment and walked in quietly closing it and dropping the bag of clothes Maureen Kat had got for him from home to the floor. The living room and Kitchen are empty he guessed she had gone to bed as it was after 2am. The only light in the room came from a small table light, He walked to the couch a flopped down dropping his head back and sighed. In less than 24 hours he had found out his son wasn't his son, tried to kiss his partner, told her he loved her, then actually kissed her, was finding a new home, had a divorce lawyer and sat and poured his heart out to his daughters.

"Hey your back" Olivia said from behind him "what happened?"

"Well Kat trashed a car and punched the Kid claiming to be Eli's dad in the face, but apart from that not much" he smiled at her as she sat next to him on the couch sitting back against the arm rest and crossing her legs. He went on to tell her the full story of what had happened.

"Do you think he will press charges?"

"I don't know he might want the repairs done to the car but Kathy can pay for that, I think he will be too scared to try anything else"

He looked over at Olivia, god she is gorgeous he thought to himself, her hair was a mess from being in bed and she had a small vest top and shorts on, his eyes wandered down her body, and he felt an ache in his groin. He moved his eyes back to her face and locked eyes with her.

Olivia watched him as he moved his eyes over her and gulped she couldn't believe he was checking her out and not even trying to hide it. She had spent so many nights alone with him over the years and had been able to control it, so why now was she finding it so hard. She let her eyes roam over his body, he had lost a bit of weight since he left the unit but had toned up a lot, she bit her bottom lip as she imagined him naked, and felt her cheeks burn, and she looked back to his face and locked her eyes onto his.

"Erm….. I think I err best get some sleep" she mumbled.

"Yeah I think I need a shower" he said his voice deep and low "a cold one".

"Okay" she said her eyes still locked on his.

"Liv this is crazy, we both want this" he sighed but not making any moves towards her.

"I…. It doesn't matter what we both want right now. I need to know this is for real and I'm not just your rebound from Kathy. Your hurting and angry still, and I understand that, but it doesn't matter how I feel and how much I want you, I'm not going to let myself get hurt again when Kathy decides she wants you back and you go to her, it's happened before El"

Elliot sat up on the couch and faced her crossing her legs just like her and took hold of her hands.

"The last thing I want to do is hurt you, I've done that before to many times in the past and I hate myself for that. If you want to take it slow then that's fine, I will just be having a lot of cold showers when I'm around you" he smiled at her. "But Liv I won't be going back to Kathy, I made that mistake last time. Even though I believed her about Eli I shouldn't have gone back. I went back knowing I didn't love her and for the full time with her I was living a lie, I spent most my nights when at home on the couch and I never once had sex with her since I returned"

"El you did love her, I heard you say it to her" Elliot looked at her confused "After we crashed and you were talking to her on the phone you told her I love you"

"Liv, I didn't mean it like that. I love her cause she has given me my children I will always love her for that. But the love I feel for her and the love I have for you are two completely different things and I will prove that to you I promise, I will do whatever it takes. If that means I have to back off and leave you alone till I'm divorced then fine I will do that"

Olivia felt tears falling from her eyes and roll down I her cheeks "I just need time so I know for myself it's what you want" she said wiping the tears away. Elliot nodded.

"Okay, I promise I won't pressure you anymore, but Liv I still need you as my friend I can't get through all this without you"

"I will be there for you all the way as your friend El….and I may let you take me out every now and then on a date if you behave" she laughed.

Elliot laughed as well glad the mood had lightened a bit. "And if you really behave I may even give you a good night kiss when you drop me off at the door….deal"

"Deal" he said smiling as she rose from the couch.

"I'm going to bed, you going to be ok out here"

"Yeah" he nodded.

"Ok I will get you some blankets" she said standing up she walked to her room Elliot followed waiting outside the door and taking the blankets from her.

"Does this count as me walking you to your door?" he asked smiling.

"I guess so" she whispered.

"So if I kiss you, I won't get punched or slapped"

She shook her head, as he moved his head towards her and gently pressed his lips against hers parting them only slightly and softly kissing her.

"Night Liv" he said pulling back and walking to the couch.

Olivia walked into her room and closed her door leaning against it. This was killing her over a year since she had any contact with a man; the sooner he found an apartment the better.

Elliot dropped onto the couch and looked down at the bulge in his trousers, Christ he thought over a year since he last had sex with Kathy that one time. The most gorgeous woman was lying 10ft away. He got up and headed to bathroom for that cold shower. He hoped to hell the apartment was okay there was no way he could spend another night here with her so close and not being able to touch her.