T-minus ten weeks and six days.
"Oof," Olivia says one day in the car. She's driving, with Peter scanning the contents of a file in the passenger seat.
He looks up. "What?"
"Nothing," Olivia tells him. "Baby's kickin' again."
He chuckles, and turns back to the file. Something catches his eye and he says, "Hey, listen to this: 'Patient has developed an oversensitivity to the emotions of other people around him. He may act irrationally or compulsively to try and either help or stop how that person is feeling.' It definitely sounds like he's-"
He's cut off by another "Oof" from Olivia, but this time her hand goes to her stomach and she closes her eyes momentarily.
"Hey, you okay?" Peter asks.
Olivia laughs, "It's like she's doing a gymnastics event in there," and is focused on the road once again.
"Maybe you should pull over," Peter murmurs. "I can drive us the rest of the way."
"No," she says adamantly. "I am fine to drive. You just keep reading." She flashes him a small smile before turning back to the road.
They drive in silence for a few minutes with Peter pretending to read and Olivia pretending to think he's reading.
After another several minutes, Peter gives up the façade and just watches her.
Slowly, she unbuttons her jacket with one hand. The fabric falls open thankfully, no longer tightly secured across her swollen belly.
She reaches over and, without looking from the road, takes Peter's hand and places against the right side of her abdomen. She presses her hand tight over his and the flesh and fabric pull under his fingers.
For several seconds, nothing happens, until there's a tap against his palm. Then another, then many more as if on purpose.
"She's a kicker," Olivia says quietly, but not quite a whisper.
"Yeah," Peter agrees with a grin, waiting for his daughter's tap-tap-tapping against his hand again.
A/N: Etta's a'kicking! And I don't know what that 'case file' was…just filler from the Fringe corner of my brain, I suppose. It sounds a little like Olivia to me. I originally wrote it to sound exactly like Olivia, with the abusive step-father and dead mother, but I changed it to be a little more vague. Sorry, but don't expect me to expand on it, I suck at case details. Reviews are my favorite!