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"What a way to end."

Elliot leaned heavily on Olivia as they looked down at Dale. 30 seconds ago Olivia had been kissing him. Just the thought of that made her shudder. She wrapped an arm around Elliot's waist and turned them around to walk out of the room. She helped him sit down on the end of the ambulance as they started to examine him. Olivia stood there watching them. She knew Elliot would be OK. He always was. Elliot looked over at her and smiled, she smiled back. A paramedic finished stitching Elliot up and he stood slowly. He walked over to Olivia.

"Wanna go get something to eat? I'm starving," Elliot asked. Olivia nodded and helped him to her car. She drove. The drive was quiet. Neither of them wanting to talk at that moment. Olivia pulled into their favorite diner down the road. They walked in together, Elliot still leaning on Olivia a little bit. They took a booth in the corner and ordered some coffee and their usual dinners. "So, that seemed like some pretty convincing anger back there, when you were slapping me," Elliot said, trying to be nonchalant, but feeling genuinely hurt on the inside. He hoped she hadn't meant anything that she said. She was his whole world now that Kathy left him, but he didn't mind. He truly loved Olivia. He always had. He was too scared to ever tell her that,though.

Olivia laughed," Well being a good actress is part of the job," she replied, winking. She looked up at Elliot and noticed that he looked way too serious for the conversation that she thought was just them goofing around. "What's wrong?" she asked, concerned. Elliot looked at her and smiled.

"Nothing," he replied

"El, you're not a very convincing liar. Now, tell me what's up." she demanded sweetly. Elliot looked at her and sighed.

"Ok, I just need to ask you something. I need an honest answer, too." Elliot said looking at Olivia expectantly.

Olivia nodded," Of course El, you know I'm always honest with you," she said, taking a sip of her coffee.

"All of that stuff you said, you didn't mean it did you?" he asked, looking down into his cup of coffee.

Olivia's face dropped, " Oh my God, El," on impulse, she took his hand in hers, " Of course I didn't mean any of that," she said sincerely. Elliot looked deeply into her eyes.

"Mabye we should talk about this more, somewhere more private," Elliot said quietly.

"We can go to my apartment," Olivia said,standing. She waited while Elliot slowly stood and followed her to her car. They got in and,again, drove in silence to Olivia's apartment. When they got there the walked up the flights of stairs to Olivia's apartment and she unlocked the door. They walked in and Olivia closed the door behind her she turned around and looked at Elliot, staring back at her. "Elliot, something else is going on. Please tell me what's bothering you so much, please?" Olivia begged, soothingly rubbing Elliot's right arm gently.

Elliot looked up from the floor and into her eyes," I just don't want to lose you, Liv," he whispered. Olivia toook a step closer to him and lifted his chin up to look into his eyes.

"El, I'm not going anywhere, I promise," Olivia smiled at him.

"I love you," Elliot blurted out. Immediatly he turned bright red and stepped away from Olivia quickly. " I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that, i-it was an accident. It just slipped ou-," he was cut off by Olivia's lips. She kissed him slowly. It took him a second to realize what was happening, but once he did he happily kissed her back. She smiled and pulled away, keeping her forehead pressed lightly against his. "Well, that was unexpected," Elliot whispered, catching his breath.

"El, I love you too," Olivia said quietly. Elliot pulled away and winced. "What's wrong El?" she asked.

"My cuts hurt,but it's ok. I'm really, really happy," Elliot said, smiling. Olivia walked to her couch and patted the seat next to her.

"Come sit down," Olivia said. Elliot slowly lowered himself down on the couch next to her. He put his arm around her and at first she tensed up, but she quickly cuddled into him. She looked up at him, smiling, and he leaned in for another kiss. She happily obliged. "No one can know about this, you know that right?" Olivia stated.

Elliot sighed," Yeah I know, " he said softly.

"That doesn't mean we can't enjoy it though," Olivia said happily kissing Elliot again. Olivia looked at the clock. "Oh boy, it's already 12:00, mabye we should head to bed?" Olivia asked, waiting to see how Elliot would respond to the invitation to go to bed with her.

Elliot smiled, "Is that an invitation to sleep with you, in your bed?" he asked. Olivia nodded shyly. "Is it really necessary to even ask that?" Elliot asked sarcastically, standing up and walking towards Olivia's bedroom door. Olivia smiled and ran ahead of him too her bathroom to change. She looked in the mirror and couldn't help but smile. She was about to go to sleep next to the man she loved, she couldn't be happier. She quickly threw her hair up in a messy bun and changed into a pair of sweat pants and a loose NYPD t-shirt. She opened the door and saw Elliot sitting on the bed in a pair of sweatpants. Olivia walked over to the bed and climbed under the sheets. Elliot followed suit and pulled Olivia close to him. He pulled her into his chest and left her right arm wrapped tightly around her. She turned her head and met Elliot for one last kiss before falling asleep.