Chapter Two

First things first, she had to decide when she should tell Elliot. Before or after the doctor. She wasn't going to let herself truly believe it until she had been told by a doctor. And boy, Kathy was going to flip her lid. She hated to admit it, but that made her kinda glad. Kathy was already pretty pissed off by the fact that Elliot had left her. Even though Liv felt bad about her and Elliot's sexy tryst, she felt Kathy deserved it. Elliot leaving her, that is. She'd left Elliot before. Turnabout is fair play, and all that.

When she arrived at work a couple of days later, pics of herself and Elliot were plastered everywhere on every available surface. She put her hand to her mouth in surprise. Before this, only Fin and Kathy had known. Liv and Fin were close; they shared things. She knew he didn't do this.

She looked to Fin, taking her coat off and putting it on her desk chair. ''How long has it been like this? Has he seen it?'' She couldn't bring herself to say his name.

Fin shook his head. ''When we got here, it was like this. And he's not here yet, so I doubt it. You think Kathy did this?'' There was no doubt in his mind that El's ex was the one who had done this. She had been pretty pissed off when Elliot had told her about himself and Olivia.

Olivia shrugged. ''I don't know. I just wonder where all these pics of El and I came from. I didn't know that many existed.'' At closer inspection, it was the same four pics, used a lot. There was one of them that she especially loved that was hung on Cragen's office door. Elliot had had his arms around her. Her head was thrown back because he had made her laugh. It was from their first year of being partners. It had been taken right around the time she'd realized that she was in love with him. Nine years later, she still was, and now she had found out that he felt the same as she did.

Speaking of the devil, he entered the squad room, his eyes lighting up in surprise. ''Um, what's all this?'' Elliot waved his hand in the direction of the pictures.

Fin answered, since Olivia appeared to be incapable of speech. Tears had filled her eyes, and she was fighting them with all her might. ''We're not sure, either. My money's on Kathy.'' He wanted to step over to Livvy and comfort her, but he knew that was going to piss her off. She didn't want to be considered weak in front of the entire squad. Especially Elliot.

Elliot made a face. ''Naw, Kathy wouldn't have done this. And how did whoever get in to do it without anyone seeing them?'' He carefully avoided looking at Olivia. He had seen her tears, and was trying to ignore it, like he knew she wanted him to do.

Fin shrugged. ''Don't know. It was like this when the rest of us got here. I still think Kathy did this. The day after you moved out, she came here lookin' for you. You weren't here. You and Livvy were doin' an interview. She was really angry, El. And she wasn't looking for just you. She was also looking for Livvy.''

Olivia couldn't say she was surprised. ''She probably wanted to kick my ass. Not that I blame her.'' She looked directly at Elliot, who blushed. It was cute. She was about to lose the battle with her tears. Every time she looked at him nowadays, she wanted to cry. In some ways it was worse, knowing that she could have him if she wanted him.

Fin caught the look and smiled to himself. They needed to just give in and be together. ''Liv, I told you. There were two of you there that night. And one of you wasn't that drunk.'' He cast a Look on Elliot, who at least had the decency to look guilty.

Munch and Lake joined them before anything else was said. ''Ah, so the models are finally gracing us with their presence.'' Munch said, smirking.

Olivia made a face at him. ''Shut up, Munch. You know El and I didn't do this. That's what we're doing. Discussing who may have.'' She began to feel a little nauseous. Yay, that's all she needed, morning sickness. She put her hand to her stomach, grimacing. She didn't know Elliot saw, but he did, smiling to himself a little. He had a feeling he knew what that was.

Lake sat on his desk. ''So, Liv, that's not all we need to know. We need a why, too. You and Elliot piss someone off?''

Olivia met Elliot's gaze for a brief moment, and it all came back. The sweating, the grunting, and the best sex she had ever had in her life. She knew that in case it was Kathy, they should speak up. Fighting the tears again, she said, ''El and I declared our feelings for each other, and then we had...made love.'' She changed what she was going to say half-way through. That's what it had been. It had been more than just sex. It had been two soulmates giving in to what had been right there all along.

Lake and Munch weren't surprised. Especially Munch, since he had been expecting something like that to happen for years. Lake said, ''So you think that Kathy might have done this.''

Olivia replied, ''Well, that's what Fin thinks. She came in after El had moved out, looking for us. Fin said she was really pissed off.'' She put her hands over her stomach again. Her morning sickness was getting worse. She was glad that she had already eaten something that morning, so if she threw up, there'd be something there besides stomach acid.

Cragen came out of his office, ripping the picture that Olivia loved so much off on the way. ''OK, why are there all the pics of Stabler and Benson all over the place? What the hell did you two do?'' He asked Elliot and Olivia.

They shared a look again, and this time, Elliot was the one to speak. ''Liv and I made love three weeks ago, and I left Kathy. They all seem to think that she was the one behind this.'' He watched the look on Don Cragen's face. Whatever he had been expecting Elliot to say, it sure as hell wasn't that.

Cragen took the information in, and then turned to Fin. ''So why do you guys think that she may have done this?'' He was still trying to wrap his mind around this. It was a lot to take in. He had been expecting it for years, but it was another thing to have it totally confirmed.

Fin recounted the story he had told the others. ''She was really pissed off, Cap. It took us twenty minutes to get her to believe that we weren't hiding them from her. I was really worried for her sanity.'' He met Elliot's gaze when he said that.

Cragen said, ''Well, let's start by taking all these pictures down. Then Munch, Fin, you guys go down and talk to the night watchman, see how whoever got in unnoticed. Elliot, Olivia, you both take five.'' He shot down their protests. ''No, until we know who did this, I'm not taking any chances.''

Olivia was actually kind of grateful. Before Elliot could say anything to her, she rushed off to the bathroom and emptied the contents of her stomach. When she entered the squad room again, sucking on a breath mint, Elliot was smiling at her funny. ''What, Stabler?'' She asked, as she gingerly sat down at her desk.

He pulled his chair up close to hers and took both of her hands in his. ''You're pregnant, aren't you?'' He asked, smiling at the look of surprise in her eyes.

Olivia took a deep breath, tears threatening to fall again. ''How did you know that?'' She asked, a little bit breathlessly.

Elliot softly kissed her forehead. ''I was married to a woman who was pregnant four times, Liv. I know the signs. When are you going to the doctor?'' He asked, knowing that he was going to go with her. She didn't have a say in this anymore. He wasn't going to let her do this all by herself anymore.

Olivia tried to talk around the lump in her throat. ''I haven't called yet. As soon as I do, I'll let you know.'' She dropped her voice lower, and asked, ''You purposely tried to get me pregnant, didn't you?'' She only half wanted to know the answer.

Elliot just kissed her square on the mouth, in the crowded squad room, and headed back to his desk, smiling jauntily at her. He couldn't help but be happy that his plan had worked.