A week had passed and Alex hasn't heard anything from Olivia. She had lost count of all the calls and emails that hadn't been returned. Her last resort was calling Elliot who had little information to tell her apart from that Olivia had been discharged and was recovering at home, she sensed he was having the same difficulties as her.

Maybe she should just go round and see her. Part of her wanted to go straight over there and demand an explanation but the better half of her judgement knew that would be a mistake.

She felt herself reaching for the phone and dialling a familiar number and for probably the 50th time no one answered.

She had to go to work sometime. With reluctance she grabbed her briefcase and headed out.

The rest of the week passed without incident, rumours of her exploits circled the office a few times. It was the most exciting thing to happen for years but Alex was not bothered by the buzz in the slightest. SVU was unusually quiet and no new cases had been thrown her way for the past two weeks. She decided to go down there and check on things.

The squad room was quiet. Fin and John were sat in silence filling in paperwork. She was about to leave when Elliot appeared with coffees. He seemed pleased to see her.

"Hey Alex, what you doing here?"

" nice to see you too Elliot. Its been quiet, no new cases?", they spoke in hushed tones so they didn't distract fin and John.

"It has been ridiculously quiet. I've been doing paperwork like these losers. Have you heard from Olivia?", he spoke even more quietly towards the end also taking a further step forward.

"I was going to ask you the same question but no I haven't heard from her. I'm surprised she hasn't spoke to you though", Alex was getting more concerned now.

"Me too, I've been calling her every half hour. She was discharged a few days after we last saw her", they were quiet for a while silently thinking to themselves.

Suddenly the door to the captains office opened and Alex looked over without thinking. She quickly double took when she saw Olivia standing in the doorway saying her goodbyes to the captain. Elliot saw her looking and followed her line of sight.

Olivia turned to leave, she glanced up and bearly even acknowledged their presence. This really made Alex angry. Olivia left and the captain returned to his office, Elliot simply shrugged and returned to his desk.

Alex decided to do something about this. She followed Olivia to the parking garage and managed to reach her before she got into her car.

"Olivia, wait. Can I talk to you?", Olivia stopped but didn't turn immediately.

"Okay", Olivia turned as she spoke but didn't say anything else. Alex was unnerved by this but quickly recovered.

"I've called you a lot of times over the past few weeks. How are you?", Alex didn't want to push her for answers just yet.

"I'm fine", this was going to be as difficult as Alex thought.

"Would you like to get some coffee? Talk some more maybe", Alex smiled but it quickly faded when Olivia remained expressionless.

"I can't I'm going out of town tonight", Alex could spot a lie a mile off.

"You are lying Olivia. What's wrong?", Alex was done with the softly softly approach. Her outburst clearly surprised Olivia.

"Don't Alex. I am not doing this now. I'm leaving for a while taking all the holidays I haven't taken in the past decade", Olivia was getting in her car now. Alex realised she couldn't stop her.

"When are you getting back?", Alex asked the question not expecting a decent answer.

"I don't know Alex. Just back off okay. I need time. Maybe I'll call you when I get back", Olivia didn't make eye contact once as she spoke.

"That's it? That's all I get? You turn up at my door in the middle of the night half dead and ask me for help. Then you tell me you love. Then you steal my gun and nearly get yourself killed and now you're running away, why?", Alex didn't mean to shout but she couldn't help it.

"I don't have to explain myself to you. I did what I had to do. I would never have turned up at your door if I was in my right mind", Alex felt physically winded by Olivia's remarks. She was done with this, Alex didn't wait for Olivia to leave and instead walked away herself without looking back even when she heard a door slam and olivia driving away. She was almost glad Olivia had said what she said, the sadness that she had expected to come was replaced with anger. Alex wasn't going to let herself be treated like this no matter what the reason. The trust was broken between them and when dealing with Alex Cabot trust was nearly impossible to get back once lost.

So now Alex sat alone in her apartment trying not to think about everything that had happened but failing miserably. This was a period in her life her therapist would definitely be hearing about. She grabbed the phone and quickly made an appointment, her priority now was her job; she needed a clear head to do her best work and a trip to the therapists couch would help towards this.

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