Law and Order:

Special Victims Unit.

Authors note:

Hi guys, this is a short story that won't have many chapters. It was originally going to be a one shot but I realised it would end up incredibly long. I got the idea from a request forum specifically from . I hope you enjoy it. Reviews are welcome

Olivia was devastated. Cragen had just told her that Elliot had resigned from SVU. She knew it had been hard on him shooting Jenna but she never thought he would ever leave SVU. Leave her.

She stood alone in an interrogation room, crying. She didn't know how this situation could possibly get worse. She found out how two weeks later. She was late. As in hadn't gotten her period and was three weeks late. She decided to take a pregnancy test at home. It was positive. She made an appointment to see a gynaecologist the next day.

She didn't have to worry about her colleagues at work suspecting anything because Cragen had noticed how upset and out of character she'd been since Elliot handed in his papers and ordered her to take some time off.

She went to her appointment, and was told that she was indeed three weeks pregnant. All she could do was cry. Tears of both joy and anger. She had wanted a child for so long and had begun to believe that she was never going to become a mother naturally. However she was angry and frightened that the man who had gotten her pregnant had left and would answer her calls.

She had slept with Elliot a week before he had resigned. They had gotten drunk and one thing lead to another but both agreed there and then it couldn't continue if they were going to work together still. This made Olivia's heart break a little more. He had probably known then that he wasn't coming back, he had lied to her, betrayed her. They could have worked out.

She hadn't even left the gynaecologist before she started crying and the women doing the scan could tell she was feeling conflicting emotions. "Miss Benson, I can see this is a hard time for you and that you are fighting a series of emotions but I have to inform you of the different ways we can go about your pregnancy. I am sure you already know but it is procedure for me to let you know all the possible options you have." She went on about abortion, adoption and Olivia immediately shut down the convocation.

"No! Those are not options. I am definitely keeping this baby, even if the father is not going to be there, although I am going to try and get in touch with him." Olivia was more thinking out loud. She wanted a child more than anything else in the world. The doctor gave her a prescription for some pregnancy supplements to ensure that the baby got all of the nutrients it needed and booked her in for her next appointment. She also advice Olivia to get some baby books.

As soon as she left Olivia went straight to the book store. She bought four books: the first was a book about preparing for the baby and everything she would need, the second was a book about giving birth and looking after the baby, the third was a cook book for pregnant mothers which had many recipes that encouraged the intake of the right nutrients and vitamins, the final book was a baby name book. Olivia wanted to be able to choose a name with or without Elliot's help and considering he hadn't answered any of her calls or text messages in the previous three weeks, it was likely it was going to be the latter.

She went home and tried to call Elliot just like she had said she would. She left him a message and of course there was no luck. She left a voicemail message for him to call her back and it was a matter of urgency but she decided she wanted to tell him in person.

Olivia debated whether or not to tell anyone. She settled up telling Cragen only because nothing was for sure until 12 weeks. She sent him a quick text message saying:

Hey Cap, need to talk. Meet me at the café in 15?

His reply was almost immediate

Sure thing Liv, see you soon.

With that Olivia left and drove to their favourite café where they would sometimes meet up as a squad when someone needed the company. On the way she contemplated the different ways to tell him. She was going to just come right out and tell him but as she got out of the car and collected her purse from the passenger side, she had an idea when she saw the books. She grabbed the one entitled 'what to expect when you're expecting' and sat at the usual table and began reading the book. She made it easy to see the front cover of the book and was sure it would be the first thing Cragen would notice. She was right.

Her captain stood at the entrance of the café and looked around for Olivia and noticed her reading a book, sitting at a window table. As he walked closer he could read the title. "Liv, you're pregnant?" she looked up smiling and closed the book.

"Yep, around three weeks but I wanted to give you the heads up even though it's early days."