"Hey don't look so happy to see me." Stacia said with a smile on her face as she reentered Olivia's room.

"I'm sorry I was just hoping that…" Olivia started to say but looked away instead.

"It was Alex coming through the door" Stacia said finishing the unspoken statement.

"Yeah I guess it's like I said I don't have a chance." Olivia said as she tried to keep her tears from falling.

"If that's how you feel detective I can leave now" Alex said stepping into the room dreading what she had to tell Olivia.

Olivia spun her head around and winced at the pain that shot through her. Silently she prayed she was hallucinating and not going to make a fool of herself. Hell for the past week in her drug induced sleep she could hear the blonde talking to her on a regular basis. Sometimes telling her about the cases she was prosecuting other times just rambling about nothing. As she came to a short time earlier and saw Stacia sitting in the chair beside her and knew everything she had heard was her imagination.

"Please stay." Olivia almost pleaded.

Alex smiled as she walked beside Olivia's bed. For a minute Olivia thought she was going to sit in the chair beside her bed. She sucked in a deep breath and cursed at herself inwardly when it hurt to do so when she sat on her bed instead..

"I am so sorry" Alex whispered as tears began to fall from her eyes and she gently caressed Olivia's face "This is all my fault and I hope someday you will forgive me."

Stacia stood and started to quietly leave her room when a voice stopped her.

"Stacia please stay for the next few minutes" Alex choked out "Once she hears what I have to say she may want me gone and she needs someone here. I would like that someone to be you please."

"Alex" Olivia started to say but was stopped when Alex placed a finger on her lips.

"I'm the reason you are in this bed Olivia. Do you remember when you discovered me in the bathroom?"

Olivia searched her brain and was becoming frustrated when she couldn't remember what Alex was talking about. Obviously it meant something to the blonde. That meant it was something she should know or have known.

"Relax" Alex whispered feeling Olivia becoming tense and aggravated "You have suffered some head injury so you may not remember."

Olivia nodded.

"To give you the extremely abridge version I was in an abusive relationship for years. When you feel up to it I will give you the full details if you like."

Olivia could feel her anger start to boil hearing that someone had hurt her blonde haired angel.

"The very person who abused me had also been stalking me. Apparently they were able to track me down and shoot you. I almost cost you your life because I refused to have you help me. If you don't want me here I more than understand and do not blame you. So if you want me to leave I will. It is up to you."

Stacia felt as an intruder standing there listening to everything Alex had just told Olivia. Stacia had learned from Olivia that Alex was an extremely private person and never let anyone in. She knew the price Alex was paying by telling Olivia everything. It was a price that she had no right to listen to or much less witness. She silently started to slide out the door again when Alex spun her head around and stopped her with a stare.

"Alex this is something between the two of you and not for me to listen." Stacia said answering Alex's unspoken question "I will wait in the waiting room."

"Thank you." Alex said finally starting to see what Olivia saw in her to an extent.

"I want the full story." Olivia said once Alex looked back in her direction.

"That's not something you needed to hear at the moment."

"I will decide what I want and not want to hear" Olivia growled out "Now tell me everything."

"Olivia…"

"DON'T OLIVIA ME. I WANT TO KNOW. I HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW."

Alex recoiled back when Olivia started screaming. She could feel her whole body shaking and the tears to start pouring from her eyes. Instinctively Alex covered her face to shield herself from the blows that she knew would follow.

Olivia inwardly cursed herself for causing the blonde to feel fear especially fear concerning her. She would rather shoot herself than to ever have Alex fear her. She reached for and quickly withdrew her hand causing a pain to shoot through her when Alex began to plead for her to not to hurt her. At that very moment Olivia swore if she never did anything else with her life she would make damn sure that the bastard that hurt her would die a slow and painful death by her hands.

"Alex I need you to relax and look at me please." Olivia said in the most soothing voice she could use at the moment despite the pain she was in "I swear to you with everything I am I will never hurt you."

"Please, Please, Please." Alex continued to plead.

"Alex it's me Olivia. I need you to look at me please look at me."

Olivia's voice began to penetrate Alex's fear ridden haze. The more she heard Olivia's voice the more she became aware of her surroundings. Finally after taking a deep breath she looked at Olivia with shame and guilt written all over her face.

"Hey blonde" Olivia almost whispered when those blue eyes so full of terror, that it tore her heart to pieces, connected with hers eyes "Take a few deep breaths and relax for me."

Alex took a few deep controlled breaths as she stared at Olivia. As hard and as much as she wanted to look away she couldn't. Just looking into those eyes made her feel safe. She could only imagine what it would feel like to be in her arms.

"Tell me his name and he will never hurt you or another woman again." Olivia said in the calmest voice she could muster.

A/N: Two updates in as many days. That's a record for me. For those that was shocked that Stacia eneded so nice I didn't intend for that to happen but with what has happened lately I decided not to have any arguments or fights between the two ladies and let Stacia admit defeat. Come on lets face it its not like she had a chance anyways. Thank you so much for the glowing reviews. I love them keep them coming.