Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters apart from Greg, Claire, Grace or Louisa. I wish I did though.

Authors Notes: With a huge thanks to obsessedwithstable for beta reading. Enjoy.

2 months previous.

Olivia sat at her desk in the 16th precinct finishing of a DD5. It had been a long morning of paper work and listening to John's conspiracies. She was thankful when Elliot suggested that he and John should go and get some lunch for them while her and Fin finished up their paperwork. Sitting there quietly, she continued to type away until a sudden ring from her phone echoed around the room.

"Benson," Olivia answered in her usual manner.

"Olivia, it's Greg," the voice on the other end of the phone spoke. Greg was Olivia's neighbor who had a five-year-old daughter named Grace. Olivia remembered coming home from work one day to find that she had new neighbors.

"Hey, what's up?" Olivia asked, slightly glad for the distraction.

"Listen, could you do us a favor please and pick Grace up from pre-school later? Its just that Claire's gone into labor and I want to be here for when the baby arrives," Greg rambled quickly.

"Yeah sure, I'll bring her straight to you, ok? Olivia said as she glanced at the clock briefly.

"Well, actually could she just stay with you? I'll call you when the baby is born and you could bring her down for us, if you don't mind," Greg asked.

"But, Greg…" Olivia started before he hung up. She sighed, knowing the precinct was not a place for a child, especially a four year old. Thinking it through as she finished her DD5 up, Olivia stood up and headed towards Cragen's office. Knocking softly on the door, she pushed the handle down and entered. Olivia sat down opposite Don and handed him the DD5.

"Thanks, I knew I could count on you Olivia" he said with a warm smile.

"It's no problem" she said pausing and taking a deep breath before continuing. "Ermm, Cap, my next door neighbour phoned a little while ago and asked if I could pick his daughter up from pre-school. Is there any chance I could take the rest of the afternoon off, please?" Olivia asked as she sat pulling at her fingers.

"Of course, have fun baby sitting. What time will you be leaving?" he asked curiously.

"About half three." Olivia answered with a small smile, then stood up and headed to the door.

"Ok, go finish up and have fun," he said as she walked out. Crossing back across the squad room she saw Elliot and Munch come back with their lunch. After eating lunch, they went back to work with the odd chitchat here and there. Before they knew it, it was 3:30 and time for Olivia to leave. After gathering her stuff up, she stood up and headed to the door.

"See you guys tomorrow" she called over her shoulder as she left. She jogged down the steps of the 16th precinct and over to her black Sedan. After climbing in, she placed her bag on the passenger seat and drove off to Grace's pre-school. After switch the car to park, she climbed out and walked into the center. Walking up to the office, she looked at the young woman who sat at the desk.

"Hi, I'm Olivia, I've come to collect Grace Smith" Olivia said as the woman looked at her. Olivia watched as the woman got up and went into one of the side rooms before walking out with Grace.

"Livvie, what are you doing here?" the little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes asked as she ran to Olivia. Olivia smiled at Grace as she hugged her leg.

"Well, you're going to come and play some games with me and then, when your dad phones I'm going to take you to the hospital to see your mum. How does that sound?" Olivia asked as she knelt down on the floor and hugged her.

"Can we get ice cream too?" Grace asked with a small giggle.

"Of course" Olivia said as she got up of the floor and took Grace's hand.

"Yay" Graced shouted as skipped along, holding Olivia's hand as they headed out of the door.

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