Olivia sat down on the couch after a very rough morning. She woke up sick and couldn't keep anything down. She had called into work sick, which she never did, and it was now 12 o'clock. Brian should be on his lunch break and stopping by soon to check on her. The two had been living together for about 6 months now and their relationship was perfect. Ever since the Lewis incident their relationship skyrocketed. Brian helped Olivia through it all. He helped her through the trial and he stayed up at night holding her when she woke with nightmares.
Keys jingling at the door blew Olivia's thoughts from her mind. As Brian opened the door, she got a whiff of the food he had in his hands and ran for the bathroom. Brian dropped the bags and ran after her. He got in the bathroom and she was hunched over the toilet. Brian sat beside her and held her hair out of her face as her rubbed her back to comfort her until she was done.
"I don't know what is wrong with me." She said as she sat back against the cold tile wall.
"It's probably just a stomach but" he said gently, "if it's still this bad tomorrow I will call off work and take you to the doctor."
"I love you" she said through a forced smile.
"I love you too." Brian said kissing her forehead.
The two of them sat on the bathroom floor with Olivia wrapped in Brian's arms.
Thirty minutes later Brian woke up to his phone bussing in his pocket. He looked at the screen and saw Tucker's name. He sighed and looked over at Olivia who was still asleep in his arms. He decided to ignore the call and text Tucker instead because he didn't was to wake up Olivia. He hit ignore and typed a text reading "Hey, sorry for the late notice but I am going to stay home for the rest of the day. Olivia is really sick and I was to stay with her." He hesitated before hitting send because of his past experiences with Tucker. He felt Olivia stir as he hit send.
"You don't have to stay with me" she says with her eyes still closed.
"Yes I do. I love you and I want to be here for you."
He barely finished his sentence before Olivia was over the toilet emptying what was left in her stomach yet again. Brian rubbed her back and held her hair just like before. As soon as she was done she fell into Brian's arms crying.
"I hate this." She said through her tears.
"I know baby. I know." Brian said soothingly as he stroked her hair. "Come on, I am taking you to the doctor." He said lifting her off of his body.
As soon as they got in the car, Brian pulled out of the apartment parking garage and headed toward the hospital. Brian had been driving for no more than 5 minutes before Olivia was yelling at him to pull over. He pulled over and she opened the door before he was fully stopped. When she was done she sat back up into the seat heavily.
"Are you ok?" Brian asked concerned.
"Yeah. You can keep going" She said sitting back and closing her eyes.
As Brian drove off he grabbed onto Olivia's hand and she smiled at the feeling of her hand in his.
They had to stop two more times during the thirty minute drive to the hospital. When they finally got there, Olivia immediately went to the bathroom while Brian checked in.
"Can I help you?" The cheerful blonde behind the desk asked.
"Yeah. My girlfriend is sick and has been throwing up all morning."
"Her name Sir?"
"Olivia Benson"
"Age?"
"Um...43." He mentally hit himself for having to think about that.
"Ok the doctor will call you back when she is ready."
"Ok thank you." Brian said walking away taking a seat next to Olivia who had come out of the bathroom a few minutes earlier.
"How are you feeling?" He asked putting his arms around her.
"Tired, empty but hungry, horrible." She said as she closed her eyes.
Brian said nothing and just held his girlfriend in his arms. He hated seeing her sick. He couldn't do anything to help her so he just held her.
Olivia had fallen asleep and 20 minutes later the doctor call her back. She stoop up but immediately had to run to the bathroom.
"Is she ok?" The doctor asked.
"That's why we're here." Brian responded slightly annoyed.
The two just stood there in silence waiting for Olivia to emerge from the bathroom. She came out and the doctor led them to a room in the back.
"I think I just found out why you are here." The doctor said trying to lighten the mood but Brian and Olivia just sat there.
"So tell me what is going on." She asked sitting on her stool.
"Well..." Brian spoke for Olivia because he could tell she was about to puke again. "She woke up around 4:30 while I was getting ready for work and said she didn't feel good. I got her some tea and then hopped in the shower and about 20 minutes later she cam barging in and got sick. I asked her if she wanted me to stay home with her because she had already called in sick but she didn't want me to stay so I left around 5:30. I called her around nine and she said she got sick 3 more times since I left. I came home at noon during my lunch break but as soon as I opened the door she was making her way to the bathroom."
"It was the smell of the food." Olivia butted in.
"So then you came here?" The doctor asked as she wrote down some notes.
"Yes." Brian said.
"And I got sick 3 more times on the way here." Olivia added.
"Ok, well I am going to hook you up to an I.V. to give you some anti-nausea medicine and I will be back in to get some blood work." She said as she stood up and put some gloves on.
After the doctor was done with the I.V., she went to leave the room but before she did she asked the one question Olivia had in the back of her mind this whole time: "When was your last period?"
"Last month." Olivia replied more to herself then the doctor. "I am supposed to get it in about 3 days."
"Ok well I will be back in a little to get your blood drawn." The doctor said leaving. "Oh by the way , I'm Dr. Klein."
"Oh ok thanks. I'm Brian and this is Olivia." Brian said with a smile.
After the doctor left, Brian decided it was time to talk.
"Could that be it?" He asked hesitantly.
"Huh?" Olivia asked confused.
"Why you are sick, you know...in the morning." Brian said putting emphasis on 'morning'.
"I don't know." Olivia said quietly. "These past few days, I have been feeling kind of...you know...weird, but in a good way." And they left it at that.
About ten minutes later Dr. Klein came back to take Olivia's blood.
"How is the medicine working?" Dr. Klein asked trying to keep Olivia's mind off of what was going on.
"Good! I haven't thrown up. Yet" She added quickly.
Brian and Dr. Klein chuckled at Olivia's answer
"Well I'm done here so I will be back with the results in a little less than an hour.
"Ok" Olivia and Brian said simultaneously.
For about half an hour, Brian just sat in silence as Olivia took a nap. The nurses asked if she wanted any food but she declined all of them not wanting to take any chances, no matter how hungry she was. As Brian sat there, he thought about the outcome they knew was coming.
"What are you thinking about?" Olivia asked noticing that Brian had been staring at the floor for a while now.
"Everything." He said with a sigh. Olivia just gave him a confused look. "I mean, we most likely know what the results are going to be for the blood work, and if that is what is going on than I am over the moon, but if it is something else, I am worried, so right now don't know what to think." He said putting his head in his hands.
"Listen, Bri, I feel the same way, I mean come on, I am 43, I didn't even think this could happen, It will be a surprise, but a happy surprise." Olivia said reassuringly.
Dr. Klein was standing outside the door listening to the whole conversation and a slight smile appeared on her face. She knew the results. She walked in the room and Olivia and Brian about jumped out of their skins when she began to speak startling them.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Dr. Klein said sorryly.
"No, no, it's fine." Olivia said as she sat up, her heart pounding in her chest.
" Well, I have the results for you blood work, and based on the conversation I just heard, I think you are going to be happy." Dr. Klein said with a smile on her face.
Olivia's heart began pounding even faster. Brian could see she was nervous so he grabbed a hold of her hand and Olivia was startled by the contact and instinctively, even though it wasn't confirmed yet, put her hand on her stomach. Brian just gave her a reassuring smile as he rubbed circles on the back of her hand with his thumb.
"Well spit it out already!" Olivia said turning back to Dr. Klein, tears already forming in her eyes.
"Ok, ok." She said with a slight chuckle."Well you both already know the answer, but I guess I'll say it anyway. You're pregnant."
Olivia and Brian squeezed each other's hands as tears rolled down their cheeks.
"We're going to have a baby." Brian whispered in Olivia's ear before leaning down and kissed her for the first time today without Olivia having to rush to the bathroom.
"We're going to have a baby." Olivia mimicked as tears kept rolling down her face.
OLIVIA'S DREAM WAS FINALLY COMING TRUE. SHE WAS PREGNANT AND WAS WITH THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS GETTING HER HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND SHE WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD.