Finally, for the third day in a row Olivia got to wake up in her won bed, not one of those rock hard cots that the animal activists all slept on that were almost as bad as the ones they had at the squad room.
But who cares about the prescient cots? She was home at last, now she could jump back into sync with her life, get it together and be the tough as nails Detective Olivia Benson, the person she was known as and the person she was good at being.
The building wasn’t too crowded and that’s why she picked to come in the evening, show her face to the people that she knew would be in the squad room at that time of day, so there weren’t any surprises, she would be ready for anything.
But she did hear from who else, Munch, that the rumor-mill was working over time, apparently she was dead or Munch came up with the ‘undeniably funny’ idea that she was out having his love child, ya, like that would ever happen.
On other occasions she would have just been annoyed and dismissed the idea, but his was Munch and she hadn’t seen him in two months, nor anyone else, so he received a slight chuckle from her.
Ya, it was good being back, she was allowed the time away to clear her head, something she had tried earlier but still found herself crawling back to SVU, right she wasn’t sure if that time helped at all, she was a different person for certain, noting her longer hair, which she decided to keep.
Oregon was different none the less but that doesn’t mean she liked it, in fact, she hated it. Every night Olivia would always have difficulty falling asleep because she was use to a honk here and there, just noise in general, but in Oregon there was complete silence, which was just unsettling and made Olivia feel closed in.
Olivia took in another breath; she was nearing the Squad rooms double doors with the letter painted on the glass:
SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Yep, her home for the past eight years, it was almost unreal. She was back and now she had to get back into the swing of things, but than, the second before she opened the doors, the one memory that had buried itself in the back of her mind that had kept nagging her for the whole time she was gone, the one thing she knew would be difficult to face when she came back, that one name, that one face, that one person, Elliot.
And in a burst of emotions it hit her as both of her hands hit the door, opening up for her, the squad room.
Her head unconsciously shot to his desk, empty. But a, Levi jacket? That’s new. Than her eyes drifted over to her desk, where someone was sitting, she expected as much, of course Cragen was going to assign a temporary partner, at least she hopes it’s a temporary partner for Elliot, until she got back, but it still baffled her, and she thought she was ready for anything, well, this sure was a surprise.
Meh…blonde, wavy hair, which was pulled back into a French braid, dressed, comfortably, but Olivia seemed to be taken to that alternative as well, which wasn’t bad in the least, but than again, she wasn’t working.
Olivia always liked to dress nice for work, you didn’t want to be walking around the city, interrogating perps and trying to intimidate them at the same time, in sweat pants. Olivia always did look for a level of respect in how a person was dressed.
This person didn’t seem high up on the scale by the way she was dressed, but who was she to judge? But hey, the blonde wasn’t completely unfortunate looking, her thoughts immediately turning to Elliot, where was he?
“Excuse me? “She started; the average person waking by would have thought she was pissed off. The women’s head looked up; who was obviously deep in thought on a case, ya, Olivia knew that all too well.
Olivia steps forward, passing Elliots desk, that looked the same,
“I’m looking for Detective Stabler; do you know where he is?” Olivia tucks one hand in her pocket while the women looked back towards the cells,
“He’s in interrogation, but maybe I can help you, I’m his partner, Dani Beck.”
Olivia couldn’t help but quirk an eyebrow as that sentence left her mouth. Partner? She hadn’t been gone that long, and it looked like this Dani had made her self right at home.
Ok, so last alternative
“Uh, no, that’s ok, Capt in his office?”
Dani raised her eyebrow,
“Sure.”
What? Does she find it cute that I actually know my way around?
Olivia couldn’t help it, she always became judgmental when it came to people and this squad, they had to be tough from day one, or you just knew they weren’t going to cut it. And she had that same feeling with this person, it was good police work or Olivia was just paranoid, but by her demeanor and posture, attitude, she didn’t belong here. Before anything else could be said Olivia headed over to Cragens office.
Olivia again, happy to be surrounded by things that were familiar pushing Dani in the back of her mind.
She took her index and middle finger and tapped on it two times, that was all too familiar. When she opened the door there was Cragen, he looked the same. He looked up and Olivia couldn’t help but smile.
“Olivia? When did you get back?” he asked, standing up quickly,
“Couple of days ago.” She stated,
“And 1PP forgot to notify me, I haven’t got a spot for ya, warrants sent a body to partner up with Elliot.”
“Ya, I just met her, how’s it working out. Olivia turned around to look at the new ‘body’,
Than her eyes caught on Elliot when he entered the squad room, bending down to pick something up over by Dani, they looked too close for Olivia’s liking, she didn’t hold back the jealously that seemed to boil inside her, hell, she had been gone for two months, she had every damn right to feel whatever the emotion she wanted to fell.
Elliot ran a frustrated hand through his hair as he walked into the squad room, no totally out of leads, back to square on. On his way over to his desk he found Dani in the exact same place he left her.
“Do you always keep your desk messy?” he asked skeptically, bending down to pick up a wad of paper, his mind immediately going to Olivia, and how her desk all ways had to be spotless.
He smiled and than it dropped when he stood back up, almost hitting his face against Danis elbow, who was stretching.
“Some one was looking for you.” She stated through a yawn.
“A vic?” he asked walking over to his desk, he couldn’t put his finger on it, but something did feel different.
“Um, no, I don’t think so, at least she didn’t act like one, she actually kind of walked in here liked she owned the place.”
“What makes you say that?” he asked curiously
“Well…she asked for Detective Stabler and than she called Cragen, Capt. She just seemed like she knew her way around.” She added.
Elliot turned around to Cragens office, the blinds were half closed but he could make out a woman with long, golden brown hair, pulled back in a pony tail. It could be Olivia; the whole time he knew her she never had long hair. She didn’t like it getting in her face.
The last she caught was “I can shift her back out but it might take some time to find her a new home.”
The first thing that went through her mind was she had to get out of there,
“No, don’t.” she said quickly, turning back around to face Cragen again.
“Im not ready to come back, that’s what I came to tell ya.” Her eyes fell on the side door of Cragesn office and she walked over to it.
“You’re going to leave without seeing Elliot?” Cragen asked, surprised, he nodded toward the squad room, an uneasiness finally settled over her, she realized it was too soon and she just couldn’t, it wasn’t time, she just had to get out of there.
“Uh, no, he looks busy, ill catch up with him later…and um…don’t tell him I was here.”
Oh ya, way to go, thatll make him suspect something different
And with one final wave, she quickly retreated from his office. All her confidence was now shot to hell, they found a replacement, who apparently did the job better than she did. Olivia felt like an intruders, like she didn’t belong there.
Maybe that much was true, tears started to burn in the back of her eys, of course things never go as you plan especially this,
“Liv?”
The voice was unsure, a question, but that didn’t turn it away from the familiar tone. Olivia stopped dead on her feet, this was the reason why she came to the prescient a couple of days early, and she knew she wanted to meet up with everyone else, but he was the main reason, Eliot. And she didn’t have a clue on what she was going to say.
Elliot stood in the hallway, he didn’t know if this woman really was Olivia, but she walked the same, stood the same she had gained a little weight but that only made her more beautiful.
And when she turned around and hit him with those pools of chocolate, ya, it was her, he swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat, finally, after two months, Olivia, his partner, was back.
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