I'm back! Can you believe it? After so long... I've had this one in the making for MONTHS, but I moved so things got super hectic. Now I'm back and ready to shower some A/O love on you all. I hope you're ready for it! Hopefully this one is just as good as the others and you like it. Let me know. Thanks to all my loyal readers and to my new ones! :)

Olivia walked down the street, a smile on her face as she headed back to the precinct. She'd just had a great lunch at Antonio's and only had a few hours of paperwork left before she got to head home. Alex was coming over for a movie later on and she was definitely looking forward to seeing her. They'd been hanging out quite a bit lately, and she was enjoying their movie "dates". Truth be told, she enjoyed the company much more than the movie.

She opened the door to the precinct, glancing at the clock on the wall. It was much later than she usually ate, but since Alex had begun inviting her out to eat, Olivia secretly waited until the last possible second whenever she was at work to eat, just in case the blonde asked her to go out. On Wednesday, they'd gone to a Greek restaurant and they'd talked so much that the brunette ended up coming back late from lunch, something she'd never done in the past. She knew Elliot had noticed her change in behaviour as well, even if he hadn't actually approached her about it. She could tell he knew something was up from the grin he gave her every time she walked in late after a late lunch or after he found out Alex had visited the night before.

She liked Alex a lot and she knew the woman enjoyed spending time with her, but unfortunately there was nothing more to it than that. However, their friendship had grown a lot over the past month and it was something Olivia was really growing to enjoy. She hadn't had a female friend in quite some time and it was nice to have found one in Alex.

The brunette rounded the corner into the squad room, still grinning, until she spotted Cragen, Elliot, and Munch all standing by her desk. From the looks on their faces, they had either caught another case or the perp they'd been interrogating while she was at lunch had given them nothing. She didn't know which was worse: having to work the weekend on a brand new case or letting a man they knew was good for four violent rapes walk.

As she approached the men and locked eyes with Elliot, she got nervous. He had a look that she really didn't like.

"What's wrong?" she asked, her voice taking on a serious tone. "Did the guy not give us anything we can use?"

Elliot looked at Cragen before taking Olivia's arm and leading her out of the squad room and into the hall.

"Elliot," she said, worried. "What's going on?"

"Look, before you start to panic, everything is okay and it was just a precaution-"

"What was just a precaution?"

He hesitated, debating exactly how to tell her. He knew she'd panic even if he told her everything was fine.

"Things didn't exactly go smoothly today in the interrogation room. We weren't getting from the perp, no matter we tried."

Olivia was only half listening.

"Where are Fin and Alex?" she asked, looking over his shoulder into the squad room.

They had been there before lunch. Fin and Elliot had been in the interrogation room with their suspect and Alex and Cragen were standing on the other side of the two-way mirror, listening to everything that was happening. Olivia had left for lunch because they were getting nowhere, and the fact that she was getting hungry was fuelling her anger and frustration. Cragen had finally sent her away to eat because he couldn't handle her anymore.

"Elliot. Where is she?"

"Look, she's okay. She insisted on coming in because she wanted to talk to him. She figured she could push his buttons."

Olivia started shaking her head, disbelief and panic coursing through her body.

"Which hospital?"

"She's at Bellevue-"

Before he could continue, she turned around and headed for the door, reaching in her pocket for her cellphone. She's at the hospital…she's in a hospital. Oh God.

"Liv. Liv! Fin is with her."

She whipped around and began yelling at him.

"I don't care who's with her! Why didn't you even call me?!" she snapped, marching out the door.

Elliot stood at the door and watched her leave. He knew she'd react this way, no matter what he said to her. He made his way back to the squad room and headed to where the other men were standing.

"She took it just as badly as I thought she would."

Cragen nodded. Normally he'd have reprimanded one of his people for up and leaving, but he knew this was a special situation. Alex meant a lot to everyone, especially Olivia. He knew how he'd react if he found out his wife had been brought to the hospital, so he didn't fault the woman for taking off the way she did.

They all heard the door slam shut and looked at each other with concern.