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A/N: Hopefully you enjoyed last chapter! I as the writer felt it was decent, but as I've said before, I'm not writing it for me, so who cares really what I think right? Haha, anyhow, as I said for W.W.C., so, so, so sorry for the long wait! Well here is your next installment. Oh! Still deciphering on a name! Shoot some titles my way? Only if you'd like to, just like if you have any suggestions for the story! Thanks & hope you enjoy this!

CHAPTER FOUR: NEW BEGINNINGS…

Olivia walked out of her office and Fin walked in from the cribs at about the same time. She looked around the bullpen, and took a deep breath.

"You okay Liv? You look like a raccoon, and I know for certain you didn't look like that when we got here this mornin'.." Fin looked and could tell something was off with her.

"Yeah.. Yeah, I think I'm fine. Just surprised with a few things is all." she smiled at Fin, hoping he bought what she said. He seemed content for the time being since he only nodded, but continued watching her carefully.

She took another deep breath, and called everybody over to where she was. She glanced over at Fin, and he nodded, letting her know that he would help her along if she needed it.

"Okay, so here it goes. As most of you saw yesterday, I bolted out of here, and yes, I snapped, and for that, I apologize to all of you. Especially you Carisi, there was really no reason for me to snap at you. I could've handled the news I got better than I did, so again, I'm deeply sorry. Since I know all of you want to know what's going on, the news is that my former partners children put in transfer requests to work here. That alone through wasn't enough for me to go into a tail spin, but as I was reading over their files, I found out they are actually his adoptive children." He was watching.. She could feel it. She stood a little taller, and then continued, "Honestly, I had no idea his children were even in the force, yet alone that they had actually wanted to transfer here. That's what Tucker was here for last night, to give me their files, and to tell me I needed to call their captain's immediately for their immediate transfers." she looked to Carisi, Amanda, Holiday -the new stand in detective- and finally to Fin, who was watching her -noticing her posture- he looked to her office door.

She didn't have to turn around to know Elliot was standing in the doorway. She took another deep breath, turned slightly to see what she had already known. "Everybody, I want you to meet my former partner, Elliot Stabler. Come 'ere El, you can meet everybody now so it's not as confusing later." while he was apprehensive, he walked forward towards her. They were only about fifteen, twenty feet from him, so it took him only a few seconds to get where they were.

"El, this is Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi, Troy Holiday, and Amanda Rollins. Obviously you know Fin already." she smiled.

Fin smirked and held out his hand to him, "Elliot Stabler here in the flesh and blood, and you don't have any visible bullet holes in you, so obviously Olivia didn't kill ya whenever you came in. When did you come in?" Fin asked him.

"Once I saw you two come in and you go off to the cribs, I texted Liv. Thank God her number was still the same.. I'm not sure what I would've done if she had changed it." Elliot chuckled lightly and shook Fin's hand.

"It's good to see ya back here Stabler, we never really saw eye to eye, but you kept Baby-Girl safe and were pretty useful in the interrogation room.. Even if it was sort of unconventional. I just hope you have a great reason for why you've stayed away so long. I'll let Olivia be the judge of that, but anyhow, I'll let shut up now so you -or Liv if she wants/you want her to- introduce yourself a little more." Fin nodded in their direction.

Elliot looked at Olivia, who understood what he wanted her to do, she nodded, and smiled, then started speaking. The nonverbal connection between the two fascinated both Amanda and Carisi both, neither seeing, nor knowing anyone that could speak without saying any words. They kept quiet though as Olivia started with the bare basics of her former partner.

"Well, obviously you've heard me, and now Fin say his name, but this is Elliot Stabler. He was my partner for twelve years. His birthday is October 20, he's a year older than I am, and so he's twenty-eight." she winked and everybody chuckled. Olivia smiled again as she looked in his direction, "I believe if he wants you to know anything else you can ask, or he can tell you. If you or he want to do that though, it'll have to wait, because him and I are going to talk for a while in my office." Everybody nodded their heads and/or spoke their understanding in their own way. "If anybody comes in looking for me, tell them I'm talking to someone important, take a message and tell them I'll get back to them as soon as possible. Fin, you are in charge until I'm done talking with El."

Fin nodded and responded with, "Take as much time as you need Baby-girl, and it's good to see that you're all in one piece Stabler, hope I can say the same whenever you leave today." he smirked. "Oh! And Liv? I'll give Tucker a call and tell him that they start tomorrow at 8:00 so he doesn't come by and interrupt you two."

"Thanks Fin, it's much appreciated." Olivia nodded in Fin's direction, as did Elliot, letting Fin know that he had heard him. Then the two both made their way back to her office. As soon as the door was shut, Amanda spoke up,

"Fin.. Did they ever sleep together? I've never seen Liv smile so much at one person, or have I ever seen her so connected -for the lack of a better word there- with one person. I mean, I wasn't the only one that saw those right?" she looked at Carisi, Fin, and even Holiday wanting one of them to admit they saw it too.

Holiday spoke up first, "I'm not Fin, but I'm willing to bet that they did at least once. I mean, I may not have perfect vision, but the way they looked at each other? Whoooo-weeee Batman, Lieutenant Benson looked like she wanted to jump her former partn-" he was cut off by Fin,

"Shut the fuck up Holiday. Jesus man, she hasn't seen the guy in four years. And to answer your question Amanda, no. No, they never slept together. Plenty of sexual tension to cut it with a knife, but both respected each other too much. Elliot respected Olivia too much to make her the other woman, and to his wife to not break their vows at the time. And Olivia respected herself, and Elliot in a lot of ways, to not let him drag himself down with something like that, and plus Olivia was too loyal to the job then. I didn't see his usual gold wedding ring when he was standing there, so my guess is that his wife finally left him after they whole fuck up that resulted in him leaving here. But don't quote me on that.. You didn't hear this from me, but his wife was a conniving little bitch. They -Elliot and her- had been separated for nearly a year and a half, then somehow he goes home for a night, they sleep together once and somehow, a few weeks later she announces she's pregnant? Not a chance in my opinion.. That's all I'm saying, and Holiday? Watch how you word things around here, there is a lot of people that could take things the wrong way, and then you'll be out of here faster than you can say goodbye." Fin snarled.

Holiday put up his hands, "Alright, calm down dude."

"I said to shut up. Now clam it, before I do it for you. Get back to work everyone." Fin shot daggers at Holiday as he sat down so he could call Tucker -or Fucker depending on the day- for his own Lieutenant, sister, and friend. Holiday just nodded, but kept his hands up for a few more seconds, before sitting down at his own desk and starting on the paperwork that needed to be done.

"I thought we agreed you were going to stay in here until I got done out there?" Olivia chuckled as he sat on the couch and she turned around one of the chairs that were in front of her desk so she could see him, and be by him, but not so close to make it feel like she was on top of him.

"Well.. That was the plan. But this is going to sound so dumb, but I couldn't just couldn't get you out of my head. I hadn't planned on letting anyone see me, but I could tell by the time I was going to retract back in here, you had already sensed I was in your doorway. I could tell Fin noticed the change in your posture, then glanced in my direction, and he saw me, so I didn't have much of a choice but to stay there.." he smirked, but turned into a thin line when he spoke again, "What's up with the freshly cut grass detective out there? Please tell me he hasn't been the one that has had your back these last four years.." he looked at her.

"So I'm not the only one that got a weird vibe from the kid I presume.. His name is Troy Holiday as I said, he's 27 years old, transferred from Buffalo about three months ago after the detective that had my back for the last four years moved out to California because his two kids and their mothers were moving out there. His name was Nick Amaro, reminded me a lot of you in his own way. But we can discuss that later. Have no worries though, Troy will be out of here tomorrow due to Rich and Lizzie thankfully. He puts off a bad vibe to me.. Anyhow.. You think you can share what we discussed now half an hour ago now?" she smiled at him, and he grinned half way back.

"We don't have to right now if you don't want to El.. Obviously we've both been through hell since you left, and if I'm one hundred percent honest, I'm not sure if I'm ready to tell you the hell I've been through. I'd rather sit here and rejoice that you're actually alive and well.. And that you're here, in front of me, smiling and gazing at me like you're a love drunk teenager." she chuckled this time.

"For once in my life, I'm able to stare at the woman I believe to be the most beautiful, most Goddess- like, most fierce, most fearless, and most gracious to ever walk this Earth without having to feel guilty because I was married.. I'm not anymore, so I can do it." Olivia blushed more than he had ever seen in their twelve year partnership, and looked down to try to hide it, though it was of no use.

"If it makes you uncomfortable right now Liv, I can come back say tomorrow for lunch and you, the twins, and I could all go somewhere unless of course the trio of you catch a case, or cases." he chuckles himself knowing full well the possibility of that happening are actually higher than most people would think.

"No! I mean no.. Please don't leave.. I really don't want you to leave.. I'm ugh- I'm just not used to having someone call me those things, and even if I was, I'm definitely not used to having you be the someone that calls me those things." Olivia blushes again slightly, but what she decides to say next actually surprises them both. "I know that we just reacquainted ourselves, but would you like to come back to my apartment tonight with me to meet my son..? I mean, if you have something else going on, or like if you're watching Eli or something, that's cool.. I just thought maybe it'd be easier to talk about stuff outside of the place that tore everything apart you know.. But again it's totally up to you, I don't want to push you into something too quickly if you don't want to do it." she rambled on quickly.

Elliot smiled broadly for the really the first time since he'd arrived at the 16 precinct that morning.

"What? Did I say something funny.. or stupid?" Olivia raised her eyebrows to him, not seeing what he would be smiling so broadly at.

"Has anyone ever told you that you are undeniably gorgeous when you ramble because you are either nervous or unsure of yourself?" he asked her, dead serious. She shook her head no, so he continued, "Well, now you can say someone has.. Liv, you are undeniably gorgeous when you ramble because you are either nervous or unsure of yourself. To answer your question, I'd love to come over tonight to meet your son, and to be able to talk in a less private place." he stood up and walked over to her, and squatted down in front of her.

"You really are beautiful for a twenty-seven year old." he winked as he tucked an unruly group of hair behind her ear and they laughed, and it felt so much like the old times -outside of him openly willing to touch her, and her comfort level with allowing him to do it. His hand stayed on her cheek, and she closed her eyes, just relishing in the fact that he was actually here with her.

Elliot saw that she had closed her eyes, and took the chance he couldn't act on all the years they were partners. He knew that this would either get him kicked out of her life, or maybe, just maybe, it'd get him going in the direction he wanted and prayed it would. He leaned forward slightly, and lifted her chin so her lips met up perfectly with his own. He didn't push for anything else, he'd let her dictate how this went. He felt her jump slightly at the feel of his lips against hers, but she didn't push him away. The exact opposite actually.

Olivia felt his other hand, that wasn't cupping the right side of her cheek, gently push her jaw upwards, and braced herself for what all could happen, given with her eyes closed, she couldn't be certain. She has been a sex-crimes detective for seventeen years though, so she had a fairly accurate idea of what he was going to do. Though she was certain what he was going to do, it didn't stop her body from jumping ever so little when his lips attached to hers. When he didn't try to force it, it was apparent that he was going to let her dictate how it went. She smiled against his kiss, then bit his bottom lip slightly. Elliot growled softly, and Olivia instantly was happy she was the one that was sitting down in the chair, because if she hadn't been, they most likely would've been on the floor with her beneath him.

-End Chapter 4-

A/N: 'Ello there! As I said above, I apologize for the abnormally long wait for this one to be uploaded. It shouldn't be too long before I get Chapter 5 up for this one, but as always, I can't promise anything. Anyhow, hope you enjoyed it, and you continue to come along for the ride. If you're reading my other story, you'll notice the drastic difference how Fin is handling Elliot being back.. It's intentional. :) Next chapter should be up by Monday -July 13- afternoon, possibly a little later. As always, YOU DO MATTER! Don't let anyone tell you differently, and if you get the time, let me know what you think, or just to rant about the long wait. \-_-/