Sorry for the late update...i have been busy with being lazy. But ill try to update more! And if anyone knows any good fanfics pls review! Hope this chapter makes up for my bad updating.

Chapter 4

The Benson household with her favorite Stabler's was quiet. Everyone was asleep; except for Olivia. Every year Maureen would wake up crying or screaming from having a bad dream. After two years of this she decided that she would not sleep until Maureen has her nightmare. It was almost two in the morning and Maureen had yet woken up. Olivia was just about to fall asleep when the tossing and turning began. Olivia shook Maureen a little and said her name to try and wake her up- after about the millionth time she did, and Maureen automatically clung onto Olivia like her life depended on it. Olivia just held the girl, and once the crying subsided she laid down, with the girl still in her arms. The drifted off to sleep together.

Olivia didn't notice when Maureen got out of bed. The other Stabler's were also waking up too. They all entered the kitchen and Elliot asked "morning Mo, where's Liv?"

Maureen looked up at her father and said, "she should be awake in about 5 minutes."

Elliot looked confused, then all of the sudden a loud scream came from the master bedroom. This caused Elliot to have a look of horror on his face. Maureen ran into the room like she has done so many times before and tried to wake Olivia up. She had no luck. Maureen could tell she was sinking deeper and deeper into her nightmare, so she got worried and called for her dad. He came running in to see her daughter in tears and Olivia rolling around with sweat on her forehead and tears running down her face. "Dad please help wake her up! I can usually wake her up, but I can't today, I'm really worried!" Maureen cried to her father.

"NO! NO! NO!" Olivia screamed. "Stop. Please no,' she cried. Now Olivia was sobbing in her sleep.

Elliot took her by her shoulders and shook her while whispering "wake up Liv." They kept shaking until her eyes shot open. It took her a minute to realize who was in front of her, but once she noticed she wrapped him in her arms and sobbed into his shoulder. Elliot immediately wrapped his strong arms around her and pulled himself up on the bed and held her close to his chest. He looked at Maureen and she left the room with tears in her eyes. Elliot whispered things in her ear like "it's okay baby" and "you're safe" and "no one can hurt you." 'What happened to my strong Olivia?' Elliot thought to himself.

They sat like that for what felt like hours- but it had only been a few minutes- Olivia lifted her head and whispered "thank you."

He debated whether to ask about her nightmare, but he decide not to. Instead he asked "are you okay?"

She shook her head and said "no," Olivia looked down and continued "but I have to be, for my little girl."

"Why did you get the name Eleanor?" Elliot looked at her as she blushed and looked at her hands. Elliot lifted her chin so she was looking at her.

Olivia thought for a moment and said "she is named after you." she looked into his eyes and then continued "when I found out I was pregnant, and alone, I needed courage, and you always gave me that. You made me happy, and her name gave me a reason to love her, and not just genes. Even when I was younger, I always wanted to name my child after someone I care the most for, and that was you."

Elliot didn't realize that he was crying until she wiped the tears away. "You named your daughter after me. Even after I left you, even after I didn't talk to you for 5 years, even after I let you down, you named her after me." He was surprised, happy, but surprised.

"You are still my family, even if I wasn't yours." Olivia said as she was being pulled back against Elliot's chest into another large embrace.