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Peter fluffed up the pillow in his hands and then placed it in the corner of the couch then peeled of his white singlet and laid down ready to sleep. The twins had kept them busy all day and then he had ended up having a small fight with Olivia over her taking his bed. He kept insisting that she stay in his room to be comfortable but she kept claiming that she'd take the couch. Eventually exhaustion and reason won out resulting in Olivia nearly passing out in Peter's bed fully dressed in her day uniform. He had just gotten comfortable and closed his eyes when they snapped open to the sound of a shrill cry coming from the spare bedroom. Groaning, he got up and headed up the stairs to find Olivia making her way to the bedroom looking as tired as he felt. She headed into the room and grabbed baby purple leaving baby green for him to care for, something that he didn't appreciate as soon as he picked up the boy, a strong smell nearly knocking him over.
"Oh good lord what the hell have you been eating?"Peter asked while holding the crying boy at arm's length receiving a small laugh from Olivia who was changing baby purple's diaper, the girl apparently not smelling as bad as her brother.
"Get him changed quickly or he'll get a rash."Walter said from the doorway wearing a red fluffy robe and bunny slippers, his hands in his pockets and his hair sticking up at odd angles.
"Easy for you to say, you're standing a good 6 feet away from him. I'm not even sure what is in his diaper. Smells like a dead animal to me."Peter grumbled and nearly gagged when he put the boy on the bureau and undid his diaper. "No, no it's much worse."
"Oh stop being a wuss and get him changed."Olivia groaned while rocking baby purple in her arms, the girl falling asleep.
"You know they wouldn't smell if they were breast fed."Walter said and looked over at Olivia seemingly giving her a once over, his eyes lingering on her breasts for a split second longer than either Olivia or Peter appreciated.
"Yea well I can't exactly help in that department now can I?" Olivia snapped and covered her breasts with her arm while securely holding the baby.
"Well actually it would only be a matter of changing a few hormones in your body to trigger your mammary glands to…"
"Walter!" Peter nearly yelled while putting a clean diaper on baby green.
"Fine, I'm just saying they wouldn't stink that way." Walter said and went to walk out of the room only to stop and turn to face them. "By the way, don't you think they need names?"
"Walter they're not staying for that long." Olivia pointed out.
"It doesn't matter dear if they are staying for a few days or a few years, they still deserve names. They are people after all and calling them baby green and baby purple isn't exactly appropriate for the babies. They are growing and learning constantly. They need to recognize themselves by a name not a color." Walter explained and left them alone to look at each other and shrug.
"He's got a point."Peter said and looked down at the little boy in his arms. The child had stopped crying and was looking up at him with bright curious brown eyes. "Who would you like to name?"
"I like the name Maddox."Olivia said softly and smiled when the boy looked over at her.
"I think he likes that."Peter smiled at the baby and tickled him softly getting a giggle from the boy.
"Do you have a name for this one?"Olivia asked and heard Peter chuckle when he took in the little girls red flushed cheeks.
"Rowan."He said and got a curious look from Olivia. "It means little red one."
"That does seem to fit."Olivia laughed and looked at the girl fondly. Though the babies had literally been left for her just earlier that night she found that she had a maternal urge to be around them and that she already had deep feelings for the babies.
"Hey don't." Peter said making Olivia look at him. "I've seen you with Ella so I know that you have maternal instincts just like almost every woman. You can't get attached to these children, they are not ours, and we can't just keep them."
"I know Peter."Olivia said trying to slow her heart which had sped up at him referring to the babies being theirs. She had actually spent many nights wondering what a child with Peter would look like and how Peter would be as a lover.
"Get some sleep Livia."Peter said and put Maddox back in the crib that they had purchased and set up hours ago.
"You too."Olivia said and watched Peter leave the room. Peter didn't leave however, he hung back and felt his heart swell and warm when Olivia placed a kiss on Rowan's cheek then did the same to Maddox. He watched her a moment and felt something that he had never felt before and didn't know how to describe. Knowing that she'd be coming out of the room soon, he headed back down stairs and to the couch where he quickly fell asleep, images of Olivia laughing and young children running around filling his dreams.
"Walter be careful."Olivia's voice roused Peter from sleep hours later. He opened his eyes to find her in a tank top and tight shorts while holding Maddox on her hip. Walter had Rowan up in the air and was laughing along with the little girl who apparently liked to be tossed in the air. Peter knew that he should get up but was thoroughly enjoying the view of Olivia's bare legs along with the view of her breasts that the tank top gave him. He was just letting his eyes travel up the expanse of her seemingly never ending legs when Maddox caught sight of him and started squirming in Olivia's arms causing her to look down at catch Peter's eyes. He quickly looked up at her and sat up blushing slightly and covering his embarrassment at being caught by taking the squirming baby from Olivia's arms.
"Have they eaten yet?"Peter asked and was handed a bottle from Astrid who came into the room. He took it and then watched the boy reach out for his bottle and bounce in Peter's lap. Peter chuckled at the small child and gave him his bottle. While he was feeding the baby he could feel Olivia watching him and blushed again knowing that she had seen him staring at her body though he was a bit surprised to see that she hadn't gone up stairs to change into something different making him wonder if she dressed that way to tease him.
"I'll go out and grab some baby food later. They look to be about seven or eight months old which means that they should be on baby food I would suppose."Astrid said and smiled at Peter's embarrassment.
"We're going to need other things too like diapers, clothing, baby wipes, baby powder…I have no idea how long Broyles is going to have us care for them."Olivia pointed out and got a nod from the younger girl.
"Alright well I'll take Walter with me when I go that way the two of you can get to know the babies a bit more and see if you can even handle taking care of two kids before Broyles decides on what is going to happen. They could end up in the foster care system."Astrid said.
"No."Olivia said instantly. "I'd rather take them in then put them in the foster care system."
"Olivia…"Peter said but she cut him off.
"Peter I was in the system until my aunt came and got Rachel and I. There is no way in hell that I'm going to let two defenseless babies be put into a place like that. There is no guarantee of them being placed with people that will actually care for them and there isn't a guarantee that they will be placed together." Olivia explained. "We'll try to find their parents and take it from there."
"And if we can't find their parents, do you really plan on taking in two kids?" Peter asked and stood up with Maddox. "That's a lot for anyone not to mention someone who is single and works the type of job that you have."
"And what would you do, just let them go into foster care and potentially be separated?"Olivia snapped angrily. "I know what it's like in there and I was only in the foster care system for a few days. If my aunt hadn't have gotten us…I'm not letting anyone put them into the system!"
"Livia…"Peter said but she had already stormed out of the room. Peter sighed and handed Maddox to Astrid before he ran after Olivia finding her standing outside in the garden. He walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Not all foster parents are good."Olivia said softly and shook her head. "Do you know how many children are abused in the system…I know that my job isn't perfect and that it would be hard, but if it comes down to them going in the system or staying with me…I'll take them."
"Let's try and find their parents before you go and make decisions okay?"Peter suggested and let the fingers on his left hand graze over her right.
"Okay."Olivia agreed and instantly missed the contact when Peter pulled away and headed inside.
