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Shout outs-
-lou314-I love how you're planning out the story, lol, you will have to wait and see :)
-lawandordersvuismylife-i'm glad :) It was my favorite part to write. I'm not sure yet if it will be OB or EO
-Elliotandoliviababies-Your comment was almost identical to ^^^ so the same goes to you :)
-rivermel2-haha. Melanie, you could just come over and hack my computer my you decide to wait :)
-Angelstarshimmer-I'm glad!
-XOXOGABBYXOXO11-Yay! lol
-kcbienaime-Glad you're interested
-TheTBone-thanks! Melaina, not Melinda :) lol
-Photography194-Thanks!
-amber3234-haha. I'm not gonna make ALL my stories EO, well idk :)
-Loopy45-Thanks!
WOW! I got sooooo much amazing feedback from the last chapter! More than I have ever gotten before! Thank you sooooo much for all the reviews, they make me want to write more :) Photography194 and I are currently writing a story called "What they never knew" and a lot of people seem to like it so go check that out if you have time :) Thanks again for commenting!
UPDATE 7-20-11:You are probably wondering where all the previous comments came from if this is the first chapter. Well there was originally a chapter before this but I deleted it today because I didn't like it, haha.
Any and All commenters will get a shout out!
"Momma! Wake up!" Melaina yelled as she jumped onto Olivia's bed. Olivia slowly opened her eyes and Melaina laid down next to her
"Do I have to go to school today?" Melaina asked
"No, Melly-Belly, you don't have school on Saturdays. Today is the day that I and you get to spend together. What do you want to do?" Olivia asked her daughter
"Umm, can we go to the park? 'Cause I wanna show Melanie the swings" Melaina asked
"We sure can, who's Melanie?"
"Well, her long name is Melanie Ellison Flower Rainbow Reyes. " Melaina said proudly
"Wow, Melly, that's a long name! How do you remember that?"
'Cause Melanie is close to my name, Ellison is my second name, Flower 'n Rainbow 'cause they're pretty, and Reyes is my end name!"
"Well then how about we go and get your hair cut first and then we go to the park?" Olivia asked
"Kay, momma" She said as she ran back into her room to get dressed. Olivia moped out of bed and sat Melaina in front of the TV so that she could shower. She walked back into the living room and saw Melaina laughing hysterically in front of the television. The four year old looked up and ran to Olivia
"Momma! I gotta tell you something! It's a funny joke!" She laughed. Olivia went and sat down next to her and smiled
"Kay, so the old man says 'Let's play a game, it's called the see who can be quiet longer game' and then the boy says 'My momma loves that game!' And then they play it. And I thought it was funny 'cause you like that game, too!" Melaina squealed.
"Yes, baby! I do love that game!" Olivia laughed. She got Melaina ready to go and they headed out.
The two girls walked into Cookie Cutters and Melaina ran and sat down in the racecar chair. Soon a young lady walked up to her and spun the chair around
"Hi, sweetie, I'm Laura, what's your name?" She asked
"I'm Melaina, I am five and a quarter" She said, holding up four fingers
"Wow! You are a very big girl!" She said, excitedly. Laura started trimming Melaina's hair and cutting it to be shoulder length. They finished and Melaina ran up to Olivia and hugged her leg
"I'm a 'lil momma now!"
"Yes, baby, you look just like me now" Olivia said, picking up Melaina. The two of them walked back to the car and headed to central park.
That night Blake came home and snuck up behind Olivia before spinning her around and kissing her. Olivia laughed and kissed him back
"Heard you come in" She whispered
"Again? Damn, I thought I was getting better at the whole 'I'm a cop and I can scare you' gig"
"It takes a lot to be known as Bad-Ass Benson"
"Well that name doesn't exactly work with Reyes anyways" Blake sighed. Olivia laughed
"Reyes of sunshine. How 'bout that?" She replied after thinking about it
"Hmm, it suits me well if you ask me" He said, pulling Olivia off her feet and carrying her to the bedroom. Olivia giggled and clung her arms around his neck. He threw her down on the bed and kissed her. They fooled around for a while before hearing a small cry coming from Melaina's room. Olivia groaned and got off the bed and walked into her daughter's bedroom to see Melaina laying on her side, crying and shaking and holding on to her baby doll. Olivia slowly approached her and laid a gentle hand on her back.
"It's ok, baby, mommy's here" She said. Melaina rolled over to see her mother, she held her arms out and Olivia picked her up and cradled her.
"Shh, you're okay, Melaina, it was just a dream" Olivia assured her. Melaina nodded her head and buried her head in Olivia's shoulder. Olivia rocked her and began singing her favorite song
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.
As always, Olivia paused here and let Melaina sing some of it. The sound of Melaina's raspy voice when she tried to hit the high notes was adorable
Somewhah over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond tha rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Olivia kissed her forehead and looked down at the child.
"Did you have a nightmare?" She asked. Melaina nodded her head and clung on to Olivia
"What was it about?"
Silence
"Do you wanna tell mommy?"
She shook her head no
"Do you want mommy to lay down with you?"
She nodded
Olivia walked into Wingate Elementary school and saw Melaina sitting at a round table coloring. This was Olivia's everyday routine; Wake up at 6:30, take Melaina to preschool at 8, go to work from 8:15-12:15, use her lunch break to pick Melaina up at 12:30, take Melaina to One Branch daycare, run by subway for lunch, go back to work at 1, go home whenever Cragen lets her. Blake works at United America Bank Monday-Thursday and Saturdays from 7AM-6PM and picks Melaina up from daycare on his way home. Crazy schedule, but it seems to work.
"Hey, Melly! What are you coloring?" Olivia asked
"I'm colorin' Arora from the 'Lil Mermaid" Melaina responded
"Well that's a very pretty picture of Aurora. Are you ready to go play with Miss Theresa at daycare?" Olivia asked. Melaina snapped her head up and looked at Olivia with scared eyes. She shook her head "no" and continued coloring. Olivia was confused by the gesture
"Why not? You always have fun with Miss Theresa"
"…..'Cause I like colorin here" Melaina replied after a short pause. Olivia figured she was put in the time out corner at daycare the previous day. This was how she always acted when that happened.
"Well we can color there, too. Now mommy needs to get back to work so we need to go" Olivia said, picking up her daughter. Melaina said nothing, just accepted the words. They arrived at One Branch and Olivia walked Melaina inside. Melaina clung to Olivia and wouldn't let go. This was not like her; Melaina was usually the one telling Olivia to leave because she wanted to play.
"What's wrong, baby?" Olivia said, kneeling down to Melaina's height
"Nothin, bye momma" She said, reaching her arms out for a hug. Olivia hugged her tight and kissed her cheek before standing up and waving goodbye
"Bye, Melly, I love you"
Olivia sat down at her desk and began looking through files and organizing her desk. Elliot looked up at her and tried to figure out what was going on
"Something wrong?" He asked
"Uh, it's probably nothing"
"What?"
"Melaina has just been acting weird. She didn't want to go to daycare and she was scared to let go of me; she's never like that." Olivia explained
"Well see how she's doing tomorrow and if something's still wrong, try talking to her about it. Don't push her, though."
"Thanks, El"
"Melaina, come eat dinner" Olivia said, calling down the hallway. Melaina walked out of her room and hugged Olivia's leg
"What's for dinner?" She asked. Olivia picked her up and noticed a small bruise on her cheek bone
"Were havin lasagna and salad, what happened to your cheek?" Olivia asked. Melaina's eyes opened wide in fear
"…uh….i falled and hitted my head on the floor" She said. Olivia didn't want to push her so she just accepted the answer, she would look more into it when Melaina went to bed. Olivia carried Melaina to the dinner table and sat her down in front of her pink plate. Blake and Olivia got drinks for everybody before sitting down.
"How was work?" Blake asked Olivia
"Uggh, Elliot was sick today so I got the majority of the cases. Besides a ton of paperwork and endless driving around, it was great" Olivia laughed. The two adults turned their attention to Melaina but she didn't say anything. Normally she would tell them about her day and never shut up, but there was nothing but silence.
"How was preschool, Melaina?" Blake asked
"Fun. Me and the teacher maked a big huge puzzle on the ground! Then Kayla and Melita came over and helped us. We got it done soooo fast! An then, we had Peanut Butter 'n Jelly for lunch, and we had goldfish for snack, and we played ouside for a long time. Then mommy comed and got me" Melaina quickly spat out; this is what they wanted to hear. Maybe everything really was ok. Olivia was going to ask about daycare but Melaina already had a mouth full of lasagna. They all finished their food and Melaina went to go play with her dolls. Olivia and Blake sat down on the couch and turned on the fireplace.
"So how did work really go today?" Blake asked her, knowing that she didn't tell him anything earlier because Melaina was in the room.
"It was awful. We caught a guy today that admitted to raping 8 girls under the age of 7. I could barely keep it together. I just wanted to punch his face off. "Olivia sighed. The two of them talked for a while before having to get Melaina ready for bed.
Olivia sat at her desk, waiting desperately for Elliot to arrive. She had so much to tell him. He finally walked through the door and sat down at his desk. Olivia wanted to start ranting about every detail of the previous day but she tried to keep it all in.
"Hey" She said to him
"Hey, what went on yesterday?"
"We got Landon Tyrel on the rapes. 8 girls…" She said, looking up at him. He looked past her strong eyes and saw hurt; hurt from the fact that two of the victims were her daughters age, hurt from the fact that he wasn't there for her.
"Why don't you take the day off, spend it with Melaina." He suggested. Olivia said no and went back to paperwork.
2 hours later, after finishing interviewing a perp, Olivia and Elliot walked back out to their desks. They sat down for about 20 seconds before their captain walked out of his office, "Liv, Elliot: 4th and Main, 11 year old girl was raped and is barely alive. Hurry" Cragen said to the partners. In sync, they stood up, grabbed their guns and their phones, and walked out.
Olivia's phone started ringing and she looked at the caller ID; Unknown caller. It was the daycare.
Anybody know what movie i'm talking about when Melaina tells that joke? Comment!