Elliot came into work early the next morning he looked through the growing number of messages on his phone then he went to Olivia's desk and saw a clean desk with neatly stacked files stored away in the trays everything was as it should be except...

"Liv" Elliot muttered to himself he wandered to the kitchen and saw plenty of his colleagues making coffee but Olivia wasn't one of them, "god dam it" Elliot muttered as he rang his phone after a few moments he heard Olivia saying, "hello Elliot what's up."

"Hi Liv you might come down with a stroke upon hearing this but its your shift and your not at work, this is a historic moment."

Olivia made a sarcastic chuckle over the phone, "your a very amusing man mr Elliot."

"Please tell me your not out with..."

"Hi Elliot" a little girls voice called out in the background, "Alisha and Noah" Elliot finished with low spirits.

"Elliot we're out having breakfast, we're having a nice time why don't you join us?"

"Because one" Elliot sat down in a chair, "i'm at work and two I don't make a habit of getting personally involved with my cases when i'm at work unlike some people I know."

"Elliot" Olivia said in a slightly annoyed voice, "I told you before i'm fine, I am professional with my practice."

"Liv."

"Elliot I can handle myself, the more time we spend together the more comfortable they will be with opening up to me, which could help with the investigation and us making a arrest."

Elliot sighed, "we are going to talk about this when you come back to the office."

"You should think about changing professions" Olivia replied, "a counselling position might suit you better than detective."

"I'm going to go" Elliot muttered, "before this turns into an argument."

"Talk to you soon" Olivia pressed a button and looked at the two children who were sitting in chairs eating eggs and toast as she tried hard not to think about what Elliot had just said to her, she heard Alisha coughing and quickly getting out of her seat she walked over and started to pat the girl's back with her hand as Alisa coughed up the eggs in her mouth on to the table. Olivia took a napkin wiping off the eggs on the table before patting the girl's mouth with the clean side of the napkin, "slow down when your eating your breakfast honey."

"Ok" Alisha whispered as she coughed again as Olivia's hand rubbed her head, "have you had enough eggs?"

"Maybe" Alisha said as she gave a small cough, "ah yeah."

"Okay" Olivia looked over at Noah, "how are you going with eating your breakfast Noah."

"All done" Noah replied as he pushed his plate away.

"Liv" Alisha said.

"Yes dear?"

"When can we see your house again?"

"Alisha" Olivia placed her hand on Alisha's arm, "i'm not sure if we can visit my house at the moment."

"We could see it now" Noah piped up.

"I need to take both of you back to the hospital."

"Please Livy please."

"Alisha" Olivia sighed.

"Please" Alisa said as she looked up at Olivia who chuckled in response, "are you trying to give me the puppy dog eyes?"

Alisha made whining noises like a puppy and Olivia looked at Noah who said, "can we go to your house cause i'm a cute little boy" Olivia laughed, "ok little pups we'll go there but just for a little while."

Olivia opened the door to her apartment and Alisa laughing ran and spun around in circles in the living room before she started to run from one room to the other, as Noah looked up at Olivia, "Alisa likes your house."

"I think she does" Olivia said with a amused smile.

"I like it to" Noah added.

"Thank you dear, do you want a drink while we wait for Alisha to use up all her energy?"

"Yes."

Olivia raised an eyebrow and Noah smiled sheepishly, "please."

"Good boy" Olivia said as she opened the fridge.

"Liv look" Alisha said she stumbled into the kitchen.

"Alisha" Olivia frowned as she saw Alisha wearing, hiking up and stepping on her best dress, "i'm wearing your dress."

"Alisha" Olivia put down the glasses and walked over with a frown, "you can't take my clothes out of my room like that."

Alisha's smile quickly faded and she looked at the floor, Olivia walked over and bent down to the girl's level, "Alisha hey listen to me i'm not mad at you, you just didn't know it was the wrong thing to do that's all."

Alisha wiped her eyes, "come on look at me."

Alisa sniffed, "look at me look at me" Olivia said in a funny voice and Alisha giggled as she looked up, "its ok" Olivia helped Alisha out of the dress, "lets just put this back where we found it."

After putting her dress back in her closest Olivia came back to the kitchen to lift Alisha up on to a stool, "here drink this" Olivia looked at Alisha making very small sips and at Noah doing the same and she smirked, "are you two trying to drink your juice as slowly as possible so we'll remain here all day."

"Ah" Alisha said before she nodded, "yeah."

"How could you tell" Noah asked looking impressed.

"Well I am a detective and Elliot is going to be very worried he'll think you two are keeping me prisoner."

Noah gasped and put down his glass, "I don't want you to be a prisoner."

"Noah sweetheart" Olivia put a hand on Noah's shoulder, "i'm sorry I shouldn't have said that."

"Alisha" Noah said, "drink the juice faster."

"Noah no, Alisha just drink the juice normally, ok I think its best we go back to the hospital."

"Are you mad Livy" Alisha said looking worried.

"I'm not mad" Olivia said calmly, "we just need to go back to the hospital."

Olivia walked through the hospital with Alisha holding her hand and Noah walking slightly ahead looking around her she brought Alisha and Noah to Alisha's usual room at the hospital and turning on the television saw a familiar show playing and she gently let go of Alisha's hand, "ok I have seen this cartoon before I think you'll enjoy it and you'll be having lunch soon. I should get back to work i'll see both of you later" Olivia turned and felt a small body clinging to her legs, "Alisha."

Alisha looked up into Olivia's eyes, "stay here."

"Alisha" Olivia said firmly, "I need to go to work."

"Please stay" Alisha repeated.

"Alisha I have to go, can you please let go of my leg."

Alisha slowly let go of Olivia, "when are you coming back?"

Olivia bent down, "I don't know when i'm coming back."

"Tonight" Alisha whispered.

"I'm not sure if I can come here tonight."

"Tomorrow?"

"Alisha i'm not sure when i'll come back but I will see you both as soon as I can."

"Ok" Alisha said as she hugged Olivia's waist, Olivia gently rubbed Alisha's back, "i'll see you soon."

Olivia picked Alisha up and lifted her onto the bed and gently ruffled Noah's hair with her hand as Noah grinned before she left the room as Alisha looked sideways at Noah, "Noah."

"Yeah?"

"How can we live with Olivia?"

"I don't know" Noah said as he pushed himself onto the hospital bed, "she's a cop the nurse said she works a lot so we can't live with her."

"You asked the nurse already if we can live with Oliva?"

"Yeah" Noah nodded.

Alisha whispered, "you want to live with Olivia to?"

"She's a safe person" Noah said.

"Yeah, I thought she would like it if I wore her dress but she got mad instead."

"No its ok Alisha she was fine." Noah looked at the television, "look at the talking dogs."

Elliot was drinking his second cup of coffee and adding in case file notes when he heard a familiar clinking sound and he looked at Olivia coming into the room swinging her handbag, "Liv you must have had a very big breakfast its almost lunch time."

"Ok Elliot" Olivia said as she sat down.

"Ok what?"

"You were right" Olivia admitted, "I am getting attached."

Elliot sighed, "Liv."

"What is it about me Elliot" Olivia said in frustration as she looked at the floor, "why do I keep allowing myself to get close to the children I work with."

"Because of your heart" Elliot said as he placed his big warm had on Olivia's shoulder, "its big, its caring and it doesn't say no to a child in need of help."

"Its going to be the end of me some day" Olivia said as she looked up at the celling.

"Its also a big strength of yours, its one of the main reasons why the children we talk to trust you enough to open up to you. It has lead us to arrests, results and the children we work with being safe."

"I just wish" Olivia said softly, "it was possible for me to do that without having my heart ache for the children in the process, Alisha and Noah are what's the phrase i'm looking for."

"Getting under your skin?"

"That's it Noah is reserved but underneath there's a little boy who is just bubbling with emotion that he is slowly letting out and Alisha is very clingy and she is always looking for me to give her attention and they're just..."

"After everything she's been through she starving for love and attention" Elliot finished, "and then she sees a kind woman like you and she takes to you like a duck to water."

"I have to let go" Olivia said, "I need to finish up my work with them both before it hurts me and the children."

"Well you won't have to wait very long" Elliot spun around in his chair and picked up his pad, "the children's home nearby called me this morning they have the rooms set up for the children."

"I see" Olivia whispered.

"They can be taken there tomorrow."

"Do we have enough information from the children?"

Elliot looked at Olivia long and hard and Olivia just nodded, "i'll take them there tomorrow, I need to make myself some coffee." Olivia walked out of the room partly feeling relief and partly not looking forward to the drive tomorrow and saying goodbye to the children.

The next morning Olivia let the hospital reception know the reason why she was there, she walked on and saw Noah looking through the window of his room before he disappeared as she chuckled, "Alisha Noah" Olivia called out as she entered the room.

Oliva heard giggling and seeing a lump in the curtains she rang her hands gently up and down the lump as the laughing grew louder, "I wonder what's behind curtain number 1" she pulled back the curtain and saw Alisha grinning and Olivia looked under the bed, "and I see a boy under the bed."

Noah crawled out from under the bed smiling, "where are we going today Olivia?"

"Well I have good news you two are finally getting out of hospital."

Alisha's face burst with excitement, "are we going to live at your house?"

"Alisha sweetheart i'm taking you and Noah to a childrens home."

Alisha's smile faded and Noah looked at Olivia suspicious, "what's a childrens home?"

"Its a nice place" Olivia said softly, "with people who will look after you and you'll be with other children you'll be making friends and going to school."

"Will we get to see you?" Alisha whispered.

"I don't know honey."

Alisha looked around her and then looked back at Olivia, "I want to stay in the hospital."

"Alisha" Olivia bent down to Alisha's level, "you can't stay in the hospital forever when your not even sick."

"I am" Alisha coughed, "see i'm really sick."

"Alisha why do you want to stay in the hospital?"

"Because we can see you every day."

Olivia felt herself struggling inside and she took the little girls hands in her own, "Alisha i'll make you a deal if you come with me to the childrens home then i'll come and see you in a few days to see how you are doing."

"Pinky promise" Alisha said releasing one of her hands from Olivia's and holding out her pinkie.

"Ok" Olivia said as she intertwined her pinkie with Olivia's pinkie, "pinky promise."

"If you dont see us" Noah said softly, "your pinky will break."

Olivia looked at Noah, "I do my best not to break my promises Noah at least not to children."

Olivia drove Alisha and Noah to the children's home with the two children sitting in silence she pulled up and looked at the lodge, "we're here guys."

The kids just stared at the lodge before they took off their seatbelts as Olivia went to open up the car doors. Olivia walked in to the lodge with Alisha holding her hand tightly, Noah looked around him and then suddenly quickly took Olivia's hand, "its ok" Olivia whispered to Noah as they walked inside to see a smiling woman greeting them at reception and introducing herself to the children who just stared at her in response. Olivia did all the talking with the receptionist and then when the woman started to guide them to where the children would be sleeping Olivia walked with Alisha and Noah to their room, she looked at the children's sad faces and she whispered, "what's the matter?" Alisha just shook her head, "nothing."

"It doesn't look like nothing."

"You want us to stay here" Noah said softly, Olivia smiled at him, "Noah I want you to be ok."

"We're ok" Noah said quickly and Olivia tried her best not to sigh she felt miserable the children were miserable and she knew the reason was they didn't want to live here. Yet they were going along with the idea because they wanted to please Olivia it made Olivia feel so guilty.

"Right" the receptionist said after she had finished her introduction to the children's new home, "I think that's everything if you would like to say goodbye." Olivia nodded and Noah looked up, "bye Liv" he said quietly "thank you." Olivia smiled sadly, "bye honey." Olivia felt a small girl clinging to her waist, "bye sweetheart" she said to Alisha.

"Come back soon" Alisha said.

Olivia nodded and after rubbing Alisha's head with her hand as Alisha slowly let go she walked outside the children's home. Olivia entered her car took a long deep breath, turned on the car and started to drive she looked in her mirrors to see the children's home one more time and she stopped the car suddenly as she saw Alisha and Noah in the distance running after her and she quickly got out, "Alisha Noah."

The kids caught up and ran into her panting and looking terrified, Olivia's palms touched the kids cheeks, "what is it?"

"Its rabbit face" Alisha said as she burst into tears.

"Rabbit face?"

"She brings kids" Noah whispered.

"Brings kids?"

"Mr M."

"Noah which one is rabbit face?"

"She's inside" Noah pointed to the children's home, Olivia looked at the receptionist running up to them holding her sides, "I don't know what happened they saw one of our staff and then they just bolted."

"Who did they see?" Olivia said feeling her detective instincts kicking in.

"One of our new members who just started with us last week her name is Lisa."

"Lisa who?"

"Um Lisa Mills."

"Ok" Olivia said as the two children clung to her arms, "i'm taking these two with me."

"I don't understand" the woman said.

"Keep a close eye on Lisa" Olivia said, "and i'll talk with you tomorrow." Olivia opened up her car and the children quickly climbed in to the backseat as Olivia got into the car and took off. Olivia drove the children to her home and the kids walked slowly inside, "hi Liv's home" Noah said.

"I'll make you to some milo in a minute, I just need to make a phone call." Olivia went to her bedroom and closing the door she picked up her mobile and dialled a number, a few seconds later the phone picked up, "Liv" Elliot's voice said, "hey you ok?"

"I took the children to the home" Olivia opened the door a crack to see the children watching the television before she closed the door, "and they told me they saw a associate of Mr M at the house."

"What?"

"Lisa Mills a new worker at the home also known as rabbit face, that's the name the children told me."

"Rabbit face?"

"Noah told me she's called rabbit face because when they were living in that hellhole she always wore a white rabbit mask."

"Wait how could Noah and Alisa know that who this woman was if they never saw her face?"

"They have seen the back of her head she had brown hair, and her wrist has the infinity sign in the form of a snake, the children recognised it."

"Olivia" Elliot sighed, "that's not hard evidence a tattoo is all you've got there's lot of brown haired women with tattoos like that."

"Elliot" Olivia said with frim resolve, "i'm keeping the children with me here tonight."

"Olivia don't do this."

"Just please Elliot contact the children's home find out everything you can about Lisa Mills and i'll talk with you tomorrow morning."

Elliot groaned before he sighed again, "ok just look after yourself please and them."

"I will" Olivia said. Olivia turned off the phone and walked into the living room, "this looks like a fun show."

"Its Alisha's favourite" Noah said as Alisha nodded with a smile. Olivia went to sit down, "well I am going to try and cook a shepherd's pie how does that sound."

"Don't burn it" and Olivia smirked at a giggling Noah, "I remember you telling me the other night how much you liked my cooking."

"I was being polite" Olivia chuckled, "yeah sure you were" as her hand ruffled Noah's hair as Noah giggled.

"Are we going back to the hospital?"

"Well tonight Alisha we'll all stay here."

Alisha grinned and jumped on Olivia, "so you like that idea."

"I do I do" Alisha said as she hugged Olivia. Olivia turned to Noah, "is that ok with you." Noah just shrugged and smirked, "I guess."

"You are a cheeky one aren't you" Olivia said smiling as Noah grinned.

Later that night Olivia was sleeping on her fold out coach when she heard crying and she opened her eyes, "Liv" Alisha called out. Olivia came running to her bedroom and saw Noah bawling his eyes out, Olivia sat on the bed and drew her arms around Noah who whimpered and hugged Olivia tightly, "its ok your ok."

"Liv" Noah whispered.

"Its alright honey" Olivia said softly as her hand rubbed Noah's back, "it was only a dream, just a bad dream."

"It was bad" Noah whispered.

"You want to talk about it."

"We were in that home and rabbit face came in and was taking us to mr m and punishment kids person and..." Noah broke off and sobbed. "Honey" Olivia lifted Noah onto her lap, "you are not going to that home neither you or Alisha and I am not going to let rabbit face or Mr M or anyone else hurt you. I'm going to get you some water." Olivia waited for Noah to calm down before he climbed off Olivia and back onto the bed and Olivia going to the kitchen came back with a glass a few minutes later, "do you want me to stay here for a while?"

"Yes please" Noah said and Alisha nodded.

"Okay" Olivia said as she climbed into the middle of her queen sized bed and watched Noah to the right of her close his eyes. Olivia turned around to get up and found Alisha was on the other side with her eyes closed, Olivia didn't want to get up and risk waking the children when they were finally sleeping peacefully so she closed her eyes burrowed herself under the covers and drifted off.

Olivia was a deep sleep feeling warmth beside her as she felt the warmth leaving she moaned slightly in her sleep then she felt something strange on her body and she started to giggle then laugh loudly as she opened her eyes and saw small giggling bodies underneath the covers and felt small fingers on her feet and stomach tickling her. Olivia lifted up the covers and saw Noah and Alisha grinning before they burrowed themselves underneath as Olivia smiled, "looks like I brought home two little tickle monsters with me last night."

The kids laughed as Olivia smiled, "and I know the best way to tame little tickle monsters is for them to get tickled themselves by a big tickle monster... like me."

Olivia hands reached under the blankets and feeling little soft feet she tickled with her fingers grinning as she heard Noah laughing loudly and then Alisha before Alisha slid out and jumped on Olivia to try and tickle her as Olivia smiled and gently wrapped a arm around her legs and lifted up her shirt bringing her mouth to Alisha's bellybutton to blow loud raspberries as Alisha squeled and laughed before Olivia laughed herself as she felt Noah tickling her knees. "Your back for more Mr Noah" Olivia said as she reached down a hand to tickle Noah as he giggled then Olivia heard the phone ring in the kitchen, "ok let calls a truce no more tickling." Olivia got up and walked to the kitchen to pick up the phone and answer it, laughing a bit when she felt little hands trying to tickle her back, "hey you two no more tickling."

Noah and Alisha chuckled and went to sit on the couch as Olivia made her way to the bathroom to chat, "sorry."

"Liv" the voice said.

"Elliot" Olivia replied.

"Hi I found some information."

"Oh yes" Olivia said as she sat on the edge of her bath.

"There isn't a criminal record for Lisa but she does go by several alias and she did live overseas its going to take a bit of time to get the full history but there might be something."

"Thanks Elliot" Olivia said quietly, "I better go and feed the monkeys."

Olivia brought out two bowles for cereal and smiled as she felt two sets of little arms hugging her waist, "are you thanking me for making me breakfast"

"And for rescuing us again" Alisha said as she smiled

"I need to talk to you more about rabbit face."

"Please don't" Alisha whispered.

"Honey the reason why I need to talk to you is because I don't want rabbit face to hurt anyone else."

"What do you mean" Noah said softly.

"If you can help me" Olivia said to Noah, I can stop rabbit face and possibly Mr M."

Noah looked at the floor for a few seconds before he looked up, "what do you want to know?" and Olivia started to ask Noah her questions.