A/N: Here is a new story I thought of. I hope you like it. Thanks to xXBlissfulCursesXx for beta-ing this chapter. Please read and review!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with the show.
Olivia walked in to the squad room with a broken heart once again. She walked in on her boyfriend of three years cheating on her. What hurt worse was that they had a two year old daughter together.
Laila (La-La) Elysa Benson-Weaver was an unplanned child but Olivia loved her more then life itself and it showed. The name 'Elysa' was after Elliot, since he was her Godfather. Laila was a very polite and loving toddler. She thrived on all the attention that she got from her mother, 'Uncles' Elliot, Munch and Fin, 'Aunties' Casey and Alex and 'Grandpa' Don. Unfortunately Matthew rarely paid attention to the brown haired, brown eyes toddler, who had the same olive complexion as her mother.
Flashback Start
Olivia walked in to her and Matthew's apartment, she put down her badge and gun on a high counter so Laila couldn't reach them.
"Mommy?" Laila spoke half asleep from her mother's shoulder.
"Yes, baby girl, what's -----" Olivia began to say but was cut short by loud moaning coming from the main bedroom.
Olivia gently laid the sleep toddler down on the couch. "Mommy will be right back, La-La."
Laila slowly nodded before closing her little eyes.
Olivia grabbed her gun and quietly opened the bedroom door to find her boyfriend, the father of her child, having sex with another woman. Her own friend, Gwen Johanson, who she went to the police academy with.
Olivia's gasp gave her away.
"Liv." Matthew said in shock.
"Olivia." Gwen also said in shock.
Olivia just walked in to her daughter's bedrom and packed another bag for her since the bag she brought home with her went to daycare with Laila.
She packed some training pants and spare clothes for the toddler, along with some snacks before rushing in to the living room, where she picked up Laila who was still sound asleep.
"Come on, baby." She whispered as she scooped her up.
"Olivia, honey, don't go." Matthew begged.
"We're over and I want full custody of Laila." She seethed in anger before storming out.
End Flashback.
Now here Olivia was at 4:06am, in the precinct up in cribs. She was lying there with her arms wrapped protectively around her daughter, watching her sleep peacefully.
Olivia leaned over and placed a soft kiss on Laila's cheek. "I love you, princess." She whispered before drifting off in to 'sleep-land' just like her daughter.
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Down in the squad room, it was now 7:58am and the room was buzzing with detectives. Olivia was half an hour late and Elliot kept calling her cell phone, only to get voicemail.
Elliot walked up in to cribs and couldn't help but smile at the sight before him. He quietly took out his cell phone and took a photo before walking over to the bed, reaching over Laila to gently shake Olivia awake.
"Liv?" He whispered.
Olivia's chocolate brown eyes fluttered open and she almost shot up when she realised where she was.
"Shit. What time is it, El?"
"Eight. Liv, why are you and Laila here in cribs?" He asked his best friend/partner in concern.
"Matt is out of town and I accidentally locked myself out." She lied through her pearly white teeth before looking down at Laila. "Baby, wake up." She whispered as she caressed her daughter's tiny, olive toned cheek.
Laila's whiskey coloured eyes fluttered open and she looked up at her mother. "Mommy?"
"Yes, baby." She said before looking back up at Elliot. "We're going to take a shower, El."
Elliot nodded and sighed. "Alright, I'll meet you down in the squad room.
Olivia nodded and whispered. "Thanks," before getting up and picking up Laila, taking her in to the bathroom.
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Half an hour went by before Olivia, who was dressed in black work pants, a red shirt and black boots, walked in with Laila on her hip. The toddler was dressed in a purple dress with little black bike shorts and little black shoes. Her soft, short brown hair was tied in two tiny ponytails, one on each side of her head.
"Uncle El." Laila called out when she saw him.
"Hey Laila." He said, walking over to her before giving her a light kiss on the forehead.
Cragen walked out of his office and up to Elliot and Olivia.
"Hey Laila."
"Hi Grampa Don." Laila greeted him with a smile.
"Liv, Elliot, a new case. Twenty-one year old woman, named Cassie Lardner and she is in Mt Sinai. Liv, are you taking Laila to daycare on the way?"
"No. I don't want her leaving my sight today." She replied.
Cragen and Elliot could both see the hurt and anger in her unusually dull eyes, which she was trying her hardest to hide.
Cragen sighed but nodded. "Ok."
"Liv, what is going on? First I catch you and Laila sleeping in cribs and now you are refusing to take her to daycare." Elliot asked Olivia as they stood in the elevator.
Olivia stoked her daughter's head, which Laila was resting on her shoulder. "Nothing." She replied without looking at Elliot.
"Liv..." He tried to get her to open up to him.
The elevator doors opened and they stepped out.
"Do me a favor, Elliot, just drop it." She said as they walked out of the building.
Elliot got in to the driver's seat of a detective car as Olivia grabbed Laila's car seat from the backseat of her car before putting it in the detective car.
Elliot watched as Olivia buckled Laila in to the car seat and he could still see the hurt and anger in her eyes.
"Elliot, stop staring at me." Olivia said coldly as she fastened the last buckle on the car seat.
"Liv..." Elliot began to say but Olivia shut the back passenger door.
"Talk to me." He tried again as Olivia sat in the passenger seat and then shut the door.
"Just shut up and drive." She replied, looking out the passenger side window.
Elliot sighed and started the car before driving off in the direction of Mt Sinai Hospital.
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Elliot and Olivia walked in to the hospital room to see a blonde haired, green eyes woman lying on the bed, getting a rape kit done.
Cassie Lardner looked at Elliot in fear in her eyes.
"Could you please leave." She begged like a scared child.
Elliot nodded in understanding. "Sure."
"El, could you please take Laila and if you see Matthew bring her back in here to me."
"Sure, Liv." He replied, not wanting to push the issue further
Olivia gave her daughter a kiss on the cheek and passed her to Elliot before turning to the victim.
Elliot took Laila out of the room as Olivia talked to the victim and since she was required to stay in the hospital over night, she got her statement.
"Cassie, can you please tell me what happened?"
"I woke at about four to see a man hovering over me. He t-tied my hands to the bed head and he took off my panties from under my night gown and then he r-raped me." She explained and began to sob.
Olivia comforted her until she ran out of tears.
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Olivia and Elliot walked back in to the squad room in silence.
Olivia sat at her desk with Laila sitting on her lap as Elliot sat at his desk and started on some paperwork.
"Mommy?" Laila spoke up from the colouring book that she was colouring in.
"Yes, Laila." Olivia answered as she put down her pen to pay full attention to her daughter.
"Hungry."
"Ok, baby." She replied before reaching down in to the bag with Laila's things in. "Here you go, La-La." She said as she opened and passed the little museli bar to the toddler.
"T'ank you, Mommy." She spoke sweetly before taking a bite.
"You're welcome, princess." Olivia replied before going back to her paperwork.
Matthew walked in to the squad room.
"Olivia, can I speak to you for a moment?" He asked, not sounding too happy.
"Yeah. El, could you please watch Laila?" Olivia asked as she stood.
"Sure, Liv."
"Thanks." She replied as she passed her daughter to her partner before giving Laila a kiss on the cheek. "Mommy will be back in a minute, Laila."
Laila nodded and continued to eat.
"What do you want?" Olivia asked Matthew in the hallway.
"I want shared custody of our daughter."
"No, Matthew." She replied simply.
"Why the hell not?"
"You weren't there for the birth, Elliot was. You were too busy getting drunk in some rat-hole bar while I gave birth to her."
"Who cares?!"
"Matthew, you barely even pay attention to her. So no you can't have shared custody. I'll see you in court because I want full custody."
"You bitch." He seethed in anger and punched her in the right side of the face since he was left handed before she could even react. "See you in court." He said before walking away.
Olivia walked in to the squad room, quietly.
"Mommy." Laila called out.
Elliot let her down without looking at Olivia.
Olivia picked up Laila and sat at her desk, like nothing had just happened in the hallway.
"Mommy, what happened?" The toddler asked looking at the red mark on her mother's face which was slowly forming in to a bruise.
"Nothing, baby."
Elliot looked up and gasped. "Liv, what happened out there?"
"Nothing." She replied simply and continued with her paperwork.