Gail came into his office without knocking first. Oliver preferred an open door policy, but sometimes he just had to be by himself for a bit. Nobody would disturb his alone time - nobody but Gail. He didn't mind, though. She sat down and slouched in the chair across from him. "Hey, Alien." he greeted without looking up.
Not waiting for him to be finished with whatever he was doing, she started "Ollie,.." A slight pause made him look up. "..we need to make a change to my personal file." He raised an eyebrow, "Getting married, Darlin'?" "No!" She sat up, her voice was stern. With a little snark she added "That idea is just wrong." Her features and voice softened, "I'm going to be a mom soon." He chuckled "I didn't know Holly had it in her." Her face turned serious again. He realized she wasn't kidding.
"Ahm..." He was at a loss for words. Gail noticed and explained, "I am adopting Sophie and wanted to start on the paper work. And also give you a heads up." Oliver looked at her - almost stared. Still not knowing what to say he started rummaging through his desk. He wasn't sure why, because the necessary forms were in the file cabinet behind him. He looked at her every other second while searching for the request form. Gail started fidgeting.
He finally found it and held it out for Gail to take. She reached for it but Oliver didn't let go just yet. "Darlin', I don't think.." Instantly Gail's face went blank and he hurried to finish. " I don't think you know how proud I am. I really am proud of you - more and more each day." With a smile he let go of the paper.