In Another Life: Bensler

Part Eleven

Olivia arrived back at her apartment after work, she did her regular night routine with Noah, bathing him before putting him to bed.

When she'd finally got him down for the night, she went into her bedroom to change. She put on one of the underwear sets she had bought whilst shopping with Amanda, along with some sweatpants and a hoodie. There was a knock on the door, she went over and opened the door to find Elliot right on time.

'Hey' he said, as she let him in.
'Hey, how are you' she asked.
'I'm good thanks, what about you'.
'Yeah I'm good' she smiled.

Elliot felt that something was off with her but he chose not to question her. They sat on the couch and drank a few beers between them. They sat together and talked about their days, but Elliot could still feel something was off with Olivia.

After Olivia had, had 5 beers she found herself straddling Elliot again, as she had done before, and pushed her lips to his forcing her tongue in his mouth.

'Liv' he said, trying to gently pull her away.
'El i want to' she mumbled against his lips, before returning her tongue back to his mouth.
'Olivia' he said, strongly.

She looked at him with anger, before pulling herself away from him. She stood up and walked to the bathroom. She sat on the floor, as tears formed in her eyes.

'Liv?' Elliot said from behind the locked door, 'look you've had a lot the drink, and i don't want you to do anything you're gonna regret in the morning' he explained.
'I want to El, i want to show you how much i love you' her small teary voice said, as she unlocked and opened the door.

She opened the door and fell into his arms, as she cried. Elliot held her and gave her minute before moving her face and looking into her eyes.

'I know you love me Olivia, don't think because we aren't having sex that i question that' he said, as he stroked his thumb across her cheek, 'I know this is a big step for you and i don't want you to do it until your fully ready'.

She smiled back up at him, leaning in to kiss him. He wiped her tears, that were sat on her cheeks and chin, before picking her up and walking towards the bedroom. He laid her down on the bed gently and took his shoes and jeans off, before climbing in next to her.

They lay there holding each other close, as they both began drifting to sleep. Just as Olivia was about to fully drift off, Noah began to cry.

'Oh he's probably having another nightmare' Olivia explained with a sigh, jumping out of bed and going to Noah's room.

She had settled him back down after 20 minutes, and returned to her bed where Elliot was waiting for her. She climbed back into bed and got herself comfy in his arms. Before long both of them had fallen into a deep sleep.