Phoenix turned around to hug Olivia but she wasn't there. "Baby?" He mumbled into the pillow sleepily. No answer. "Benson?"

He heard the bathroom door open. "What?" She asked

He hugged his pillow with his eyes still closed. "Get me some water. I'm thirsty."

"I'm getting ready for work." She told him. "Get up."

He scratched his messy hair and let out a groan. "Please? Water."

Olivia rolled her eyes and went out of the room to get him water. She came back into the room with a water bottle. "Here."

He reached up and took it. "Thank you love."

"Yea, yea." She gave him a kiss on the head and went back to the bathroom to put on her make-up.

Phoenix took a sip of water and got up to use the bathroom. He put the toilet seat up and then noticed Olivia was there. "Don't look. I can't use the bathroom."

"Oh god Phoenix, I have seen your thing before." She let out a deep breath and put on her mascara.

He scratched himself which got him a slap on the arm from his wife. "What? I can't even scratch my guy in peace now?"

"Not in front of me." She told him. "There is a way you act in front of your wife and in your own privacy. Touching yourself is your own business."

He smirked and hugged her from the back. "You want to touch me? You jealous of my right hand?"

"Hardly. Get away while I get ready." She pushed him off

He moved his hands onto her hips. "Want me to feel up on you? I know you like the work of my hands."

She smiled a little and grabbed her comb. "Not this early in the morning I don't."

He grabbed her arm and turned her around to face him. He pressed his body to hers so she was against the sink and had nowhere to move. "I heard fooling around in the morning gets you to wake up."

She let out a laugh and pressed her comb to his bare chest. "I will hurt you if you don't let me go. I'm going to be late."

"That's hardly my concern detective." He softly pressed his lips to hers and gently kissed her.

Suddenly their bathroom door opened. They heard someone clear their throat. Both looked slowly and spotted Elliot standing there.

Elliot just smirked at Olivia pressed to the sink with her husband all over her. "Didn't meant to interrupt." He cleared his throat and looked down at Phoenix's boxers.

Phoenix looked also and noticed his small erection. "Oh god." He instantly pulled Olivia in front of his body.

Olivia smiled and blushed. "How did you get in?"

"You left your key on your desk. After what happened yesterday in interrogation thought I give you a ride to work. I knocked on the door but no one answered."

Phoenix finally got his erection to go away. "What happened in interrogation?" He asked confused.

Olivia bit her bottom lip since she didn't tell her husband she got threatened by a rapist. "El can you wait in the living room? I'll be right out."

Her partner nodded and left the bathroom. He closed the door behind him to give the couple privacy.

Phoenix looked over at her. "Olivia what happened?"

"Nothing" She answered and combed her hair.

"Well if Elliot is giving you a ride to work then something did happen."

"Nothing Phoenix. He is just over exaggerating" Olivia answered. "Don't worry about anything."

He crossed his arms on his chest. "I'll find out. It's better coming from you."

She turned around to look at him angrily. "Don't even think about using one of your connections to dig through my personal life again Phoenix. You crossed that line once with finding things about my past relationships. Don't you dare do it again."

"Well then I suggest telling me yourself."

"Don't threaten me." She ordered viciously and went out the bathroom.

He followed her. "Just tell me what happened."

"None of your business." She grabbed her gun and badge. "Just drop it." She clipped her badge to her waist.

"No. I am your husband. I deserve to know. Either you tell me or I'm going to find out on my own."

Without even thinking Olivia pulled out her gun from her holster and pointed it at him. "Stop it."

He took a step back being surprised by her reaction. "What are you doing? Put the gun down." He knew she wouldn't ever hurt him but she was capable of losing it especially if she was reminded of her rape. They fought about him going through her business right before she was raped. It was reminding her too much.

Olivia gripped the gun to stop her shaking hand. "Just drop it. Please."

"Put the gun down now." He ordered. He took a step toward her.

She shook her head. "Don't. Just stay away ok? Please."

He nodded again and took a step toward her again. The gun was pressed to his chest. "I just need you to give me the gun Olivia."

She shook her head again and pressed the cold steel against his chest more. "Back away please." She whispered. "Don't touch me."

"I'm not going to hurt you." He whispered and gently took the gun in his hands. To his surprise Olivia pressed the gun to his head this time.

She was so scared and mad she wasn't even aware this was her husband and not her rapist. "Back away."

Phoenix just stared in shock. His own wife had a gun to his head. He had to get it from her before she completely lost control and killed him. He grabbed the gun and pushed her against the wall with his complete weight.

She kept her grip on the gun angrily. Phoenix twisted her hand behind her back and pushed her on the wall facing it. He finally got control of the gun. He instantly threw it on the bed and away from her.

He softly let go of her wrist. "Calm down." He whispered as he kept his body pressed to the back of hers. "Please. It's me. Phoenix. Your husband."

Olivia turned around and pushed him off angrily. "Don't touch me." She left the room angrily and went out the apartment without another word.

Phoenix just leaned on the doorway knowing she was very mad at him.

Elliot looked over at him. "What did you do?" He asked at the obvious fury from his partner.

Phoenix looked over at him. "Nothing."

Elliot got up from the couch. "Well she wasn't mad earlier while you were all over her."

"Get out of my apartment." Phoenix ordered angrily.

"Did you get drunk and hit her again?" Elliot smarted off.

In a split second Phoenix grabbed Elliot by the neck and slammed him against the wall. He choked him with all the strength he had "I never laid a hand on my wife."

Elliot started to take shallow breaths not being able to breath as Phoenix kept squeezing his neck.

Olivia came into the apartment and instantly grabbed her husband. "Get off of him Phoenix!" She yelled and tried to push him off. "Let go of him!"

Phoenix finally backed off. He pushed Olivia's hand off him. "Screw you Olivia."

Olivia glared at him angrily and took Elliot's hand. "Let's go to work."

This got Phoenix to be even more mad and jealous. He just stared at her angrily.

They heard the door open to the twin's room. "Daddy?"

Phoenix calmed down right away. "Yea honey?" He asked hearing Ella's voice in the doorway.

"I can't sleep. Read me a book."

Phoenix shook his head at Olivia still holding Elliot's hand. "I'll be right there Ellie." He went to the room and picked up his daughter. He gave her a kiss on the head as Olivia and Elliot left the apartment.

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Casey just stared at her husband as he sat in the car. They were at her parent's house and he refused to go in. Casey finally went off the porch and went over to his BMW. She opened the front door. "Get out."

"No." He answered stubbornly.

"Stop acting like a five year old. C'mon you have to go with me."

"No. They will hate me for marrying you. I don't feel like being yelled at right now. You go tell them and I will wait for you right here."

Casey crouched down by him. She playfully raised an eyebrow to make him smile. He crossed his arms on his chest. She pouted in return. He finally let out a small smile. "You are gonna be the brave man I fell in love with and go with me so we can tell them we got married." She took his hand.

"Well you fell in love with a brave man but married a sissy. Loser."

Casey rolled her eyes and pulled him out of the car. "You don't even have to say anything. Just be by my side that's all."

"Oh yay, time to get beat up." He closed the door and locked his car. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and walked with her to the front door.

Casey gave him a kiss and rang the bell. "I love you"

"Yea, you too I guess" He teased with a smirk.

The door opened and her father was standing there. "Hey honey. Hi Max."

"Hi dad" Casey gave him a hug. Max just nodded and kept quiet on purpose.

Casey grabbed Max's hand and pulled him into the house. Max helped her out of her jacket as she talked to her father.

"Is mom here?" She asked and opened the closet. She took the jacket from Max. "Thanks babe."

Ray raised an eyebrow at the affection toward Max. Max bit his lip not to laugh and hung her jacket for her. "She's in the kitchen." Ray answered.

"Oh good. Ryan and Jill?"

"They are both here. Is there something you need to talk to us about?" Ray asked suspiciously.

"Yea. Actually…" She took Max's hand. "We do."

Ray nodded. "I'll get Marta and your siblings in the living room." He walked away from the couple.

Max looked shocked playfully. "I'm alive." He put his hand up for a high five. Casey shook her head. He put his hand down. "Leave me hanging, I don't care."

"See? You just keep quiet and they wont be mean to you." She whispered.

"So it's my fault they treat me like crap? Because I talk on occasion?" He whispered.

"I didn't say it was your fault. You just have to go along with them."

"And me being their little bitch isn't going along with them? Fucked up family Case."

Casey slapped his chest. "Stop it. C'mon. They should be in the living room by now." She took his hand and led him down the hall. "Hey guys"

Ryan, Jill and Marta all gave her a hugs. Only Jill greeted Max. "Hey" She waved at him.

Max just waved back. "Hi."

"We already know you're carrying his kid. What do you need to shock us with next?" Ryan asked.

Max rolled his eyes and followed Casey to sit on the couch. For her sake he decided to keep his mouth shut.

Casey held Max's hand on her lap and looked around at her family. "You know how we talked about the wedding plans?" They all nodded. "Well we decided to change them."

"What? You aren't getting married to him? Did you finally come to your senses?" Ryan smirked.

Max looked over at Casey with a look she knew very well. He was mad. She knew what it meant. If he got insulted one more time he was leaving.

"No Ryan. Although thank you for the wishful thinking." Casey gave her husband a small squeeze on the hand.

"I thought you were here to give us good news. If you are still marrying him then nothing good about it." Ryan added.

Max shook his head and got up. "I'll see you at home Case." He turned to leave but then heard his wife.

"We already got married." She finally spit it out. Max stopped in his tracks knowing he didn't want to leave her there to explain this on her own.

"You what?" Marta asked in shock.

Ryan instantly got up. "This is your fault" He glared at Max.

Max slowly turned around to face his brother in-law. "I didn't force her to do anything."

Ryan slammed him against the wall. "You did this to her. You ruined her."

Casey went to pull him off but Max put his hand up for her to not interfere. "Ryan I don't have a problem with you. I will if you don't take your hands off me in the next five seconds." Max said calmly.

"Don't you dare threaten me in my parents house you good for nothing son of a bitch." Ryan hissed angrily and kept Max pressed to the wall with the grip he had on his shirt.

"Four" Max clenched his teeth angrily.

"What are you going to do?" Ryan smiled a little. "Have your wife save your ass?"

"Three."

Ray got up. "C'mon son, leave him alone. Don't hurt him."

Max looked down the grip against his favorite dress shirt he got from Casey. "Ryan let go of me. Last time I'm going to warn you."

"Warn me?" Ryan asked and went to punch Max. Max moved his head to the side, which caused Ryan to slam his fist against the wall. Max kneed him in the stomach and pushed him to ground.

Ray took an angry step toward Max but Casey instantly got in front of her husband. "Enough" She ordered.

Max got in front of her. He had enough. "Look we are married. Like it or not that's too bad. I'm sick of you treating me like crap to my face and I'm even more tired of disrespecting Casey like she isn't part of your family. You don't have to like me but we just came here out of courtesy and respect."

Marta got up and stood by Ray. Ryan finally got off the floor holding his stomach. "We can't support you in this marriage. We don't feel it's right." Marta told them.

Max took Casey's hand behind him knowing that hurt her feelings. Even her dignity. "Well we are married. That's all we came here to do. Tell you our good news."

Casey shook her head. "You don't have to support us." She stood by Max. "Let's go." She held his hand and led him out of the house with her whole family in shock.

Neither said a word as they got in Max's car. He looked over at her as he started the car. "Are you ok?" He asked.

Casey nodded a little and bit her lip from crying. "Fine. Just drive." She answered. She wanted her family to be happy for her but they weren't. They never would be.

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Phoenix sat in his parent's house eating in the kitchen what his mom was making him.

"Where are Olivia and the kids?" Annie asked her youngest.

"At home." He answered and ate his food.

"Why didn't they come? Everything ok honey?"

"We got in a fight. Can I sleep here tonight?"

Annie sat across him. "You know running from a fight won't make it better. You have to talk to her."

"I'm sick of talking." He pushed his food to the side and rested his head on the table. "Can I just stay here for tonight?"

"You know you can. The door is always open. Did you tell her you're going to stay here?"

"No. I don't really want to talk to her tonight. The second she got home I left. I would have left earlier but there wasn't anyone to take care of the girls."

Annie got up and took his plate. "Do you want me to call her?"

"I don't care. I don't want to talk about her at all right now. The only reason I'm not getting piss-faced drunk right now is because I have children. If it wasn't for them I would be drunk right now."

Annie nodded and gave him a kiss on the head. "Go help your father in the garage with the car ok?"

He nodded and left the kitchen. Annie took the phone and called her daughter in-law.

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Olivia sat on the couch and just watched the girls play with there toys.

"Mommy?" Evelyn looked over at her. "When is daddy coming home?"

"I don't know honey." She answered honestly.

Ella crawled her way to Olivia and got on her lap. "I miss him."

Olivia said nothing and just gave her a kiss on the head. "I know." Her cell phone rang. "Benson."

"Hey Olivia, it's Annie."

"Oh…hi" Olivia's voice got softer guessing her mother in-law knew what she did. She guessed her husband told his mother but he didn't.

"I just wanted to let you know Phoenix is here. He is going to stay here for tonight."

"Thanks." Olivia said softly. "Goodnight." She hung up the phone. "Daddy is at grandma's. He is going to stay over there for tonight." Both of the girls looked sad and let out a groan. "I'm sorry girls."

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Phoenix stared at the ground in his room at his old house the next morning. He was playing with his wedding ring. He took it off and just stared at it. He tossed it on his table and watched it spin around.

He heard the bell ring but he was in his own world to even care right now. He was too afraid his marriage was falling to pieces.

His room door opened and the twins ran in right away. "Daddy!"

He smiled and picked them up on his lap. "Hey guys." He gave them a kiss. "I missed you."

"You too." They said in unison as they gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"You didn't come home last night." Evelyn told him.

"I know. I'm sorry." He spotted Olivia lean on the doorway with her hands in her jean pockets. He gave the girls another kiss. "I think grandma has some pancakes left over from breakfast. Go get some." He put them down on the ground.

They ran past Olivia and went down the stairs. "They just wanted to see you." Olivia told him.

Phoenix's smile went away. "Yeah."

Olivia bit her bottom lip and nodded. "I'm going to make sure they don't make a mess down there."

"They'll be fine." Phoenix spoke up before she left. "You can sit down if you want."

Olivia nodded and sat down on his bed. Both kept quiet for a while. "How did you sleep?" She finally spoke up.

"Fine." he answered with a shrug. "You?"

"Fine." She answered also. She noticed he didn't have his wedding ring on anymore. This got her even more sad seeing he was moving on from her. She got up from the bed. "I'm going to go."

Phoenix said nothing and slowly nodded. He didn't want her to go since he still loved her but at the same time he couldn't stand her right now after how she acted yesterday.

Olivia went out of the room and went down to the kitchen to see their daughters. The girls were eating pancakes. Olivia sat down by them and kept quiet.

Phoenix finally came down into the kitchen. This time he had his wedding ring on. He sat across Olivia and both just watched their daughters eat.

"I have to go to work. Can they stay here with you?" Olivia asked.

Phoenix nodded. "Of course."

"Ok. Thanks." She got up from the table and gave the twins a kiss. "Love you. Be good."

"Love you too." They said in unison.

Olivia waved a little at her husband. "Bye." Phoenix waved back.

Olivia left the house and went to her car. She took a deep breath and tried to keep her tears to herself but it wasn't working. She finally wiped her tears away and turned around. She jumped a little spotting Phoenix standing at the house door watching her.

"You ok?" He asked.

Olivia crossed her arms on her chest. "I don't know. My husband won't talk to me. He took his wedding ring off."

"Well you're husband must be an asshole. I'm not doing so well either. My wife pointed her gun at me yesterday and then took her partner's hand right in front of me knowing it would get me jealous. It did. I didn't sleep the whole night."

"Your wife sounds like a bitch."

He walked over to her. "I don't want to go down this road again Olivia. We have children."

She nodded. "You forgive me?"

He bit his full lip and shook his head. "I want to so badly. I do. I just can't."

She nodded and let another tear roll down her cheek. "I understand. I crossed a line."

He took a deep breath and scratched his head. "I still love you though." He wiped her tear away.

She nodded. "I love you too."

He took a step back from her. "I'll see you later. Be careful at work."

She nodded and opened her car door. "Phoenix…do you want a divorce?"

He licked his lips. "I don't know. Do you?"

"If were not going to be together and if you won't be able to forgive me then I don't see the point of being married. The girls don't need that."

"The girls or you Olivia?" He asked.

"Both." She answered. "Think about it." She got in her car and drove off.

Phoenix placed his hands on his head and let out a deep breath hating what they were going through. He hated it more for the girls since it would devestate their daughters if they got a divorce.

A/N: Continue or not? Good or Bad?