In Another Life: Bensler

Part Six

Olivia sat in Dr. Lindstrom's office, explaining the events of last week. She hadn't spoke to Elliot since, she had freaked out on him last Thursday.

'I don't know, everything was going fine i was happy' she explained.
'Olivia you have PTSD, and you haven't truly explored sex since William Lewis' Dr. Lindstrom said.
'I know but after it all happened i could have sex with Brian, so why can't i with Elliot?' she questioned.
'You were familiar with Brian' he explained, 'Elliot is still very new to you Olivia, he's only just come back into your life'.
'I know i know' she reluctantly said, 'I want to have sex with him, i'm just scared'.
'You need to explain to Elliot exactly how you feel, exactly what William Lewis did to you, until then it's going to be harder for your mind and your body to allow it to happen' he explained.
'I'm just terrified if i tell him he's either going to walk away again or try to kill someone' Olivia said.
'He doesn't get to feel like that, it's your experience, you lived through it, you survived it Olivia, but until you have that conversation it's going to be hard' he replied.

Olivia left Dr. Lindstrom's office and text Elliot.

You free tonight?

Yeah, does 6 work for you?  he replied.

Sounds good, meet at Joe's

Olivia took a deep breath as she headed to work.

Elliot didn't know what to expect when he arrived to Joe's, he had an idea as to why she freaked last week but he didn't want to push her.

When 6 o'clock rolled around, Elliot arrived at the bar, finding Olivia already in a booth sipping a beer. He knew she was nervous, she only drank beer when she was nervous.

'Hey' he said, with a smile.
'Hey i got you a beer' she replied.

They both sat there for a minute, sipping on their beers, until Elliot broke the awkward silence.

'So did you wanna talk about anything or..' Elliot asked, quietly.
'Look El...' she sighed, looking into his eyes. Elliot placed his hands on top of hers and smiled, happy that she'd finally called him by the nickname she used to call him.

'El, a lot happened whilst you were gone, i've been through a lot' she cleared her throat in an attempt to stop her from crying, 'I know you know about William Lewis, but you don't'
'Liv we don't have to talk about this' Elliot said cutting her off.
'No Elliot, there's a lot you don't know' she said quietly.
'Liv i saw the news, i read the articles, i know' he replied.

Olivia pulled her hands from his, a sudden rush of anger fell over her.

'When did you read about it?' she asked angrily.
'Last week, after everything i thought-'
'Last week!' she bit, 'you googled me instead of just asking me'.

Before Elliot could even form a sentence Olivia had left the bar and was hailing a cab. Elliot ran after her, and grabbed her arm.

'No Elliot, don't touch me' she bit fiercely, with tears rolling down her cheeks, 'All you had to do was ask!'

Olivia got in the cab and gave the driver her address, as Elliot watched her drive off.

Had he just lost the love of his life again?