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Olivia was awakened by a clanking noise coming from downstairs. She immediately sat up to gather her thoughts, as she was confused as to where she was for a moment. She looked over and didn't see Elliot next to her. She quickly threw the covers back and jumped out of bed, making her way to Jake's room. When she got there, she saw a sight that melted her heart. There was Elliot standing by the window in nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. She took in his amazing body, as she watched him with Jake in his arms trying to sing him back to sleep. She couldn't help but laugh at the way Elliot completely sang off key.
He must have heard her laughs, because he immediately turned around, slightly embarrassed.
"Hey," he whispered.
"Hey," she whispered back.
"I think I got him back to sleep," he said as he laid Jake back into the crib and quietly made his way towards the door.
Elliot walked out the door past Olivia, who seemed content to just stand there staring at Jake. Elliot turned around when he noticed Olivia was not following him.
"Liv, you coming?"
Turning around to face Elliot she said, "Yeah…yeah…sorry." Before closing the door, she took one more look into the crib and whispered, "I love you Jake."
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Morning seemed to have arrived very quickly. Olivia was awakened by the sun shining through the curtains of the bedroom. She woke up with an overwhelming feeling of contentment and happiness. Once again, she looked over and Elliot was not lying next to her. She went to Jake's room and didn't see Elliot or Jake. A slight feeling of panic came over her until she heard voices coming from downstairs. She made her way into the kitchen where she found Elliot feeding Jake, although most of the food was on Elliot instead of in Jake.
"Morning," she said smiling at them both.
"Morning," Elliot said returning the smile.
"Why didn't you wake me when he got up? You were up with him last night too," Olivia asked.
"Umm don't take this the wrong way Liv, but you sleep like a rock. He was crying like crazy and you just continued to snore," Elliot replied with a smirk on his face.
"I do not snore!" she replied with her face turning beat red.
"Yeah, okay." Elliot said sarcastically. "You look good," he remarked taking note of the fact that she was wearing nothing but an oversized t-shirt and a pair of panties.
Completely embarrassed again, Olivia brought her hand to her mouth and mumbled "Oh God!"
Elliot stood up walking towards her he leaned in and whispered, "No, seriously you look good."
He walked up the stairs yelling back to her, "I'm gonna take a shower, you be okay?"
Stilling reeling from the comment and the closeness Olivia stammered, "Yeah..Yeah we'll be okay."
Olivia walked over to Jake and picked up where Elliot left off feeding him. She made funny faces at him and baby noises and never felt so much happiness in her life. When he was done eating, she cleaned him up and brought him upstairs. On their way up, they bumped into Elliot coming out in nothing but a towel. Olivia was embarrassed, Elliot was not. Motioning toward their bedroom, Elliot said, "I'm gonna get dressed then we can all go out and check out the neighborhood. Sound good?"
Still not taking her eyes off Elliot in a towel, Olivia stammered a bit before finally saying, "Yeah, yeah….umm…I'll go get Jake dressed while you get dressed."
Feeling a bit of sweat on her brow, Olivia quickly made her way into Jake's room. They had brought so many clothes for him, she didn't even know what to put him in. She didn't know if it was warm or cold and was being overwhelmed at the thought that she couldn't even figure out how to dress this child. She stood there for what seemed like forever, until Elliot finally came in and saw her crying.
"Liv, what's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"El, I don't know if I can do this," Olivia said between sobs.
"Do what Liv?"
Motioning around the room and at Jake she said, "This Elliot! All of this. I'm standing her and I have no idea what to dress him in. Is it warm out? Is it cold out? What kind of mother doesn't know how to dress their child to go out, I mean…not that I'm his mother…you know what I meant."
"I know what you meant, Liv and it's fine. You've never done this before. It's normal to be overwhelmed. I was outside earlier getting the newspaper, it's pretty warm out. You can put him in shorts. See, that was easy," Elliot said trying to make her feel better.
"Yeah, easy for you. You have five kids, you've done this Elliot. I haven't. We are responsible for this child. I don't know if I can do this for three months," Olivia explained.
"Liv, you can do this. You are great with kids, actually you are amazing with them. I have faith in you, or I wouldn't be undercover with you right now. We can do this together, trust me okay?" Elliot pleaded.
Lowering her head into her hands, Olivia let out a bit of a sob. Elliot wrapped his arms around her and told her it would be okay, that they could do this.
"Come on, Liv, tell me you are with me on this. We back out now someone knew has to start over and we need to get these kids out of here as soon as possible."
"I know…I know you're right. Okay, we can do this. I know we can," Olivia said trying to convince both herself and Elliot.
"Good, now put these on him," Elliot said handing her a pair of shorts and a t-shirt for Jake.
"Hey El, how old do you think Jake is? We were supposed to get a newborn weren't we?" she asked.
"Seth never promised a newborn, we just assumed. I would say he's probably about ten months old, my question is where has he been for ten months and where is his birth mother?" Elliot said sighing.
When Jake was all dressed, Olivia was extremely proud of herself. Elliot couldn't help but grin at the pride she took in dressing the little boy.
"Okay, well looks like we're all ready let's go have some fun huh?" Elliot said.
Rubbing noses with Jake Olivia said in a baby-like tone, "Do you wanna go play outside Jakey?"
"Geez, Liv you don't want the kid to get a complex or his ass kicked at school do you? Please don't call him Jakey!" Elliot said grinning.
Laughing, Olivia handed Jake to Elliot and grabbed his bag and said "Okay dad."
She immediately regretted it after she said it. They weren't Jake's parents, she knew this in her heart and her head but it couldn't help but feel like they were a family right now. She and Elliot were responsible for this little boy's well being as long as he is in their care and she had no idea what kind of life he's had for the past ten months. She figured Jake would be very lucky to have Elliot as a father. She also started worrying that after only one night she was beginning to think of them as a family. She had to remind herself this isn't real. This is an assignment. She isn't really Elliot's wife, Jake isn't really their son, and this life they've made over the past few months isn't real.
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After walking around the neighborhood for about thirty minutes, Elliot, Olivia and Jake came upon a playground. There were many parents there with their own kids, or the kids they brought from Seth. Elliot and Olivia figured this was the best way to get information, work the other parents.
They approached the other couples on the playground introducing themselves. They sat Jake down in the sandbox with the other kids, and joined the parents in their conversation. Most of the conversations were just about experienced moms giving the first-time moms advice. No one brought up anything that involved Seth or the buying of the children. Elliot and Olivia weren't sure if some of these children were with their biological parents or not. They decided not to push anything with these couples in the event they were biologically theirs. They figured they would be able to gather more intelligence at Seth's party tonight.
Elliot and Olivia played in the park with Jake for about two more hours till they could tell Jake needed a nap. They said goodbye to the couples they had met and told them they would see them at the party tonight.
They made their way back to their house and decided to give Jake a bath before putting him down for a nap, as he was covered in sand. Instead of getting upset that she had never given a child a bath before, Olivia was very honest with Elliot. She was embarrassed, however, he assured her he would teach her everything she needed to know about bathing a child.
When they were done bathing Jake, Elliot took him out of the tub and Olivia wrapped a towel around him. Each of them commented on how adorable he looked.
"That was actually pretty fun," Olivia said.
"Yeah, it's really fun when their full of mud and things you can't identify after they've been outside all day and into everything," Elliot said dryly.
"Hmm I can only imagine," Olivia responded.
"Okay, well let's get him dressed and get him down for a nap," Elliot said.
"Hey, El?"
"Yeah?
"Would you mind if I tried to do this on my own? I mean, you'll be going back to work…er..I mean your fake job on Monday so I'll be on my own with him, figure I better get used to all this," Olivia explained.
Smiling at the fact that Olivia wanted to do this on her own Elliot said, "I don't mind at all. I'll be in the bedroom I think I need another shower. I know you'll be fine, but just call me if you need me," he said to Olivia. "Later buddy," he said as he looked at Jake.
Elliot went into the bedroom, undressed himself and went to the shower. He let the hot water scorch his body as his thoughts wandered to Olivia and their almost kiss the night before, he almost thought of turning the water to cold at the thought. He couldn't help but smile remember the day he had with Olivia and Jake. When he was finished he wrapped a towel around his waist walking out into the bedroom where he was surprised to be looking at Olivia looking at him in a towel.
"Oh Elliot! I'm sorry, I didn't know you'd be finished so fast," she said turning away embarrassed.
"Jesus, Liv, I have a towel on, it's no big deal. You've seen me with no shirt on before. Relax!" he quipped back.
Elliot moved closer to Olivia closing almost all the space that existed between them.
"Why are you so suddenly nervous and weird around me? Anything to do with our almost kiss you refuse to talk about?" Elliot whispered into Olivia's ear.
"I'm not nervous around you!," Olivia exclaimed.
"Yeah, keep tellin yourself that," Elliot said slightly annoyed as he took his clothes walking back into the bathroom.
Elliot emerged from the bathroom about 10 minutes later dressed in a black suit that caused Olivia to hang her mouth open.
"Wow! You clean up good, Stabler," Olivia joked.
"Yeah, thanks," Elliot replied still being cold toward Olivia.
"El, come on what's wrong? Why the attitude?" Olivia questioned.
"Really? Really Liv? We almost kissed the other night but you don't want to talk about it or act like it even happened and you want to know what's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" Elliot replied.
"El," Olivia began.
"Liv, don't worry about it. Obviously it was no big deal to you. Why don't you get in the shower, we need to leave soon. Don't wanna be late for the party," Elliot said cutting her off.
"Fine," Olivia whispered walking in the bathroom.
Elliot went downstairs turning on the TV to wait for Olivia. He sighed as he thought about everything. The kiss that didn't happen, the day in the park, bathing Jake. His head was spinning. He could usually read Olivia like a book, but he didn't understand anything right now, especially her hesitate attitude to even talk about what almost happened.
About fifteen minutes later, Olivia came down the stairs in a slinky black dress. Elliot was rendered speechless. So turned on by the way she looked, he forget for a moment he was angry at her.
"Wow, you….you look amazing," Elliot told her moving closer to her.
Smiling at the compliment, Olivia responded, "Thanks. Can you… I can't reach….can you zip me up?" Olivia stammered.
Laughing at her embarrassment, Elliot walked behind her and slowly zipped her dress up while dragging one finger up her back at the same time. A shiver ran down Olivia's spine as goose bumps formed on her back. She was so turned on she felt it right to her core. When the zipper reached the top of the dress, Elliot leaned in and whispered, "You really do look amazing, hot actually. You cold or something?" he joked noticing the goose bumps on her back and knowing damn well he put them there.
Turning around so they were practically flush against each other, Olivia said, "Yeah, it's a bit chilly in here, thanks for noticing."
Looking for any excuse to touch him, Olivia reached for his tie but Elliot grabbed her hand before she could get her hands on it.
"Your tie's crooked, I was just gonna fix it for you," Olivia said.
"Oh, okay…sure," Elliot said amused at Olivia's lame attempts to get closer to him.
Elliot leaned in and grazed his lips across hers, as he did the other night but this time nothing was stopping him from going further. When Olivia didn't object, he crashed his lips to hers. She brought her hands to his face cupping it. His tongue was begging her for contact, she didn't deny him any access which garnered a moan from deep in Elliot's throat. His hands were around her waist as he ran them up and down her back. He began to unzip the dress he had just zipped up. The dress then fell to floor, as Olivia stood there in her bra and panties.
"God, you're beautiful," Elliot said to her as his lips crashed to hers once more.
"El…we….we need to go," Olivia said in between moans.
"Shit! I know. I want you so bad though, you have no idea," Elliot whispered.
"I think I do," Olivia whispered back.
Pulling away from her, Elliot bent down picking her dress up off the floor and handing it to her. She slipped herself back into it and turned around so he could zip her up again. With her back still to him, he moved closer and started kissing her neck running his lips and tongue down her collarbone and back up. He forced himself to stop, although it was the last thing he wanted to do, he knew they were here for a job and needed to get to that party.
Olivia ran upstairs to get Jake, leaving Elliot standing in the living room by himself wondering what the hell just happened.
"You ready?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah…yeah, I'm ready. Remember you're Rachel and I'm Frank okay?" Elliot reminded her.
"Yeah, got it," she said as she headed for the front door.
"Hey, Liv,"
Turning around with the baby in her arms Olivia said, "Yeah?"
"I'm not gonna forget what just happened here and I promise you I'm not gonna let you either," Elliot stated.
"Okay," Olivia said.
"Okay?" he questioned.
"Yeah, okay, we'll talk later," she responded.
"Yeah, we will," Elliot said as he kissed her one more time leaving her breathless as he walked out the front door.
A/N: Party at Seth's house! A jealous Olivia, a jealous Elliot, and why the hell can't Olivia admit what's going on?
