Authors Note: New story!(: It will eventually be an EO, AU, Elliot and Kathy never happened.
"Olivia hurry we are going to be late!" Yelled a very eager Makayla.
"I'm coming, hold on." Olivia laughed while grabbing her purse.
Makayla was so excited for her first softball game of the season. She always talks about her coach, Elliot. Casey or Alex are usually the ones who take Makayla to her softball practices, because Olivia is always stuck at work. Luckily Captain gave her the day off after cracking a huge human-trafficking ring in Bronx.
"I can't wait! We are gonna run bases around those girls!" Makayla said as she pumped her fist in the air.
Olivia laughed at Makayla's enthusiasm. She had just signed the adoption papers last week to permanently adopt Makayla. Makayla was in and out of foster homes her whole life, she had been sexually assaulted and neglected. She was a survivor, and she didn't let her awful childhood effect her future. Olivia couldn't believe it, she was all hers. Makayla Benson.
"Olivia..." Makayla attempted to break Olivia's train of thought, failing.
"Liv..." Second attempted failed.
"Mom?" She semi-yelled making Olivia jump, she wasn't used to her calling her mom yet. She usually did it when she wasn't paying attention or she was trying to wake her up.
"Yes?" Olivia yawned.
"You don't have to stay for my game if you don't want too, I know you're tired from work and everything."
"What? I cannot wait to watch you play, Kayla. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I can sleep when we get home, you're much more important than sleep honey." Olivia assured her.
"I love you." Kayla said as she wrapped her arms around Olivia, after they parked at the softball field.
"I love you too!" Olivia kissed Makayla's head.
Olivia and Kayla walked up to the softball field noticing they were the only ones there. "Maybe you shouldn't have rushed me." Olivia laughed.
"It's better to be early than on time, coach always said." Makayla recited the words their coach instructed.
"Well, he sounds like a wise guy."
"He is, and he is your age too." She nudged Olivia with her elbow causing Olivia to laugh.
"I don't need you playing match maker for me Kayla." She smiled.
When they sat on the bleachers, waiting for everyone to get there, a man with bright blue eyes walked out of the men's bathroom. "Hey Kayla." He waved.
"Hey coach!" Makayla ran and high-fived him.
Olivia stood up and walked over to Kayla and her coach.
"Kayla aren't you going to introduce me to your sister?" Coach joked.
"Actually she's my mom coach, and her name is Olivia." Then she moved her finger motioning for her coach to move closer to her, she whispered in his ear, "and she is single." Making his coach laugh.
He extended his hand to the beautiful brunette and introduced himself, "Hi, I'm Elliot, Makayla's coach."
Olivia accepted his hand into a firm but gentle hand shake, "Olivia." She smiled.
"Well Olivia, your daughter is the best player on my team." Elliot winked at Kayla.
"Im very proud of her." Olivia smiled at her daughter, "she speaks very highly of you."
"Oh really, I could say the same. Of course I thought she was talking about the red head, Ms. Novak, but you're much better." Elliot winked.
A blush kept onto Olivia's face. Just as she was about to respond another parent and kid walked up to Elliot.
"Hello Elliot." The blonde haired woman winked at him.
"Hello Kathy, how are you?" Elliot began a conversation.
Kathy hugged him, a little too long, and said, "better now."
"Well, softball can do that to people." Elliot dodged her flirt. He was obviously not interested, which made Olivia giggle at how Kathy threw herself on him. Kathy turned to Olivia and, very obviously, sized her up. She frowned and met Olivia's eyes, as she put a fake smile on display. "I'm Kathy, and you are?"
Before Olivia could answer Elliot butted in, "this is Olivia." Elliot smiled.
"I see, hello Olivia, you must be Makayla's mom, I have never saw you around here before." She eyed Olivia.
"I come whenever is possible, my job is very demanding." Olivia smiled.
"Okay, well Elliot I'm going to the ladies room." She hugged Elliot once again and her left hand came dangerously close to his butt, right before he broke their hug.
Olivia laughed and walked away, Elliot right behind her. "What's so funny?"
"She practically threw herself at you." Olivia laughed.
"That noticeable huh?"
She nodded her head, her laughed became a giggle, "you better go, uh, coach those girls, they're waiting."Olivia looked up at Elliot.
Elliot nodded and walked inside the dugout chanting some cheer that Olivia did not recognize.
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After the game all the kids, including Makayla, ran out the dugout hooraying and woohooing. They defeated the other team with a score of 7-8, Makayla scored the winning point.
"Mom did you see that hit!" Kayla yelled. "It was awesome!"
She ran up to Olivia and hugged her, "I'm so happy you are here today."
Olivia blinked the tears away and kneeled down so she could be eye to eye with Kayla. "I'm always here." She whispered hugging her.
"Mom.." Makayla gasped.
"Hmmm?"
"You're squishing me."
Olivia released her, and they both started laughing.
"Olivia?" Elliot interrupted.
"Hey, good job." Olivia said as she stood up.
"Thanks, everyone is going out for pizza and ice cream, care to join us?" Elliot asked.
"I'd be honored." She joked.
They drove to the ice cream shop where, indeed, every member of Makayla's softball team filled all the seats, along with their families.
There was one three-person table in the corner where Olivia, Kayla, and Elliot sat.
"So Elliot," Olivia started. "When you're not coaching softball, what are you doing?"
Elliot licked his ice cream cone before answering, "I'm a teacher, actually a professor, at NYU."
"Tough work?" She asked making conversation.
"Occasionally a stuck up college student who tries to bribe me for a better grade on their test, I don't accept any of their offers of course." He explains. "But what about you? When you're not watching Kayla play softball, what are you doing?"
"Working." Is all she replied.
"And where might that be?" Elliot asked.
"I'm an NYPD detective."
"Oh, I see, that is a very demanding job." He said, referring to her and Kathy's conversation earlier.
"Yeah, crazy hours." She would rather not talk about her job on her day off.
"Got it," Elliot concluded, "so what do you do for fun?"
"What is this fun you speak of?" She joked.
"You know, relax, a movie? Massage? Bubble bath?" He asked.
"All of the above, I wish I had time for it."
"Well, I'd watch a movie with you, and give you a massage, but you're on your own with the bubble bath." He winked.
"That sounds-" she was cut off.
"Mom!" Kayla hollered from the ice cream counter.
"I better go help her." She said as she got up and helped Makayla scoop ice cream into her bowl.
When they sat down Olivia's phone rang, "Benson." She answered. "Okay, okay, I'll be there in thirty minutes." She hung up.
"I have to go, sorry!" Olivia said as she and Makayla got up to walk out the door.
Elliot watched them walk out the door, Olivia Benson was something else. He looked down at a napkin on the table, the napkin contained her phone number. He chuckled to himself before finishing his ice cream and saying goodbye to the rest of the team before walking out of the ice cream shop.