Chapter 4: You and me against the world
About 30 minutes later Olivia walked into the kitchen to see a plate of pancakes on the bar ready for her to eat and Noah sitting on the couch watching cartoons. Walking up behind Ed as he was cleaning the kitchen she whispered in his ear "Thank you".
Ed turned around at the sound of her voice and wrapped his arms around her.
"Feel better?" he said as he kissed her forehead
"Yeah a little, thank you for breakfast" she said as she started eating the pancakes he had made.
Her and Ed watched Noah in the living room as she ate her pancakes and Ed rubbed her back lovingly as he kissed the back of her hair. After she placed the dirty plate In the sink and washed her hands Ed took her back in her arms and gave her a small but loving kiss on the lips.
"we still need to talk tonight" she said with a sad smile.
"whatever it is, we'll work through it and figure it out. I'm here now, let me take away some of your stress" Ed said as he looked into her eyes.
Olivia knew that he meant that, and he had no idea the amount of happiness it brought her to know he WANTED to be there for her.
"I was thinking, since your off for the next couple of days why don't you and Noah take today for just the two of you. Maybe go see a movie, walk around the park, have lunch? And I'll stay back here and get some things done around the house. Let all the stress of everything fall off your shoulders for a little while"
Olivia had tears in her eyes as he said this and she struggled with what to say next because she couldn't believe that she had found someone who cared about her as much as he did.
"You would really stay here and clean up my house when me and Noah are out all day?" Olivia asked with tears in her eyes.
"yeah, you need some time with you and your boy" he said with a smile
"you could come with us" Liv said
"I could, but I'm going to stay here and clean up a little bit, and you can go have some mother son time with Noah" Ed said with a smile
"I don't know what I did to deserve you"
"you deserve the world, and that's what I'm going to try to give you. It's not going to be like last time. Were a team. Your problems are my problems and were going to be a family. No more excuses. It's me, you and Noah against the world" Ed said as he placed a soft kiss against her lips.
"Ed" Olivia said as a tear dripped down her cheek
"shh, I know, and I'm sorry to get all heavy on you but I needed you to know. I love you" He said as he kissed her forehead
"I love you too" she said with a sniffle
"go see Noah and tell him the plans for today, he'll be excited to spend some time with you"
"ok" Olivia said and placed one last soft kiss on his lips before heading off to the living room. To see Noah.
"good morning momma"
"good morning sweet boy, did tucker make you pancakes" She said with a smile as she sat next to him on the couch and pulled him into her lap.
"Yeah momma they were really good, tuck tuck make good pancakes"
"yes he does baby yes he does"
"What do you say me and you go out and spend some time together today? We can go see a movie and play in the park?"
"YEAH" Noah said with so much excitement, Olivia knew she should do this more often with him. And made a promise to herself to do so.
"why don't you go brush your teeth and we'll wash up and get ready to go"
"ok momma!" he said as he ran off to the bathroom
Olivia walk into the kitchen and spoke softly to Ed. She knew what she had to tell him tonight was going to be strenuous and she had no idea how he was going to take it.
"I'm going to go give Noah his bath and get ready to head out, you sure you don't want to tag along?"
"Go out with Noah and have some fun, don't worry about me, I'll be here when you get back and then we can talk" Ed said with a small smile.
"Ok love you" Liv said as she walked to the bathroom to give Noah a bath.
As she walked away he suddenly got an idea and knew he was going to need someone's help to help him execute his plan.
Picking up his phone Ed dialed the number he had saved from when they were together the first time. "Hey Lucy it's me I was wondering if you would be able to help me with something for liv"
After getting off the phone with Lucy and saying his goodbyes to Liv and Noah Ed saw is was 11 o'clock so he got to work with his plan. He finished cleaning the kitchen and then got to work on the living room. After dusting everything and getting all of Noah's toys picked up and vacuumed he then made his way to Noah's room. He organized everything and made his bed and got all the laundry out of the bedrooms and bathrooms and started the laundry. He lastly made his way to Olivia's bedroom and bathroom where he tidied everything up and vacuumed in there as well. He was determined to get this house spotless for Liv because he knew with her job and Noah she didn't have a lot of time to deep clean. After he finished cleaning it was nearing 3 o'clock so he took the spare key in the dish by the front door and set off to his apartment to shower and pick up some clothes because he figured after their conversation tonight he was sure Liv would want him to stay.
He left his house around 5 and knew Lucy was meeting him at Liv's apartment at 6, so he headed off to pick up dinner. While he was walking back to his car after picking up the food he saw a florists shop and decided to stop and get some of her favorites flower. Peonies.
When he got back to the apartment he put the flowers in the vase, set the food up and lit some candles around the house. Just as he lit the last candle he heard a knock on the door.
"Hey Lucy, thanks so much for doing this, I hope I'm not keeping you from anything?" Ed said as he let her inside.
"Oh no Captain I was just planning on studying but I can do that when Noah goes to bed" Lucy said with a smile.
"Oh its not Captain anymore, I retired. Ed is fine"
"wow I didn't know that, I also didn't know you and Liv had gotten back together" Lucy said, Olivia and Noah had become her family and she had noticed how hard the breakup had been on her boss.
"we actually just got back together last night, but I know we still needed to talk more privately so thank you for taking him tonight"
"It's no problem, I'm glad I could help" Lucy said just as Eds phone buzzed
"She actually just text me that she's on her way up so if you could just wait outside the door for her and then take Noah and send her in here that would be perfect. We'll pick him up around 9:30-10 tomorrow and take him to breakfast." Ed said hopefully
"No problem, I have his bag, toothbrush, and his medicine. So that should be it, have a good night capt- I mean Ed" Lucy said with a smile
"you too, thanks again" He said as she walked out.
Just as Lucy shut the door she heard the elevator go off and saw Olivia walk out holding Noah's hand.
"Hi Liv" Lucy said and it was hard for her not to laugh as the confused look on her bosses face.
"Lucy hi? I didn't know I had asked you for tonight, I'm sorry" Olivia said apologetically
"HI LUCY" Noah said with excitement. Lucy loved that little boy and had no problem taking the him for a night, especially knowing how hard Olivia worked.
"Hi Noah" she said with matched excitement. "and actually Liv you didn't, these are orders from one Ed Tucker" she said with a laugh. "I'm taking Noah here for a sleepover at my place for the night and I was thinking spaghetti for dinner" she said with a smirk
"YES I LOVE SPAGHETTI, momma can I can I" he's loved Lucy ever since he was a baby and was ecstatic to spend time with her at her place.
"oh I don't know, Lucy you don't have to-"
"nonsense Liv its totally fine, me and Noah are going to have a blast aren't we bud?"
"YEAH"
"and besides I'm supposed to be sending you in there" she said as she pointed to the door. "so me and Noah are going to head out, I have everything he need and I'll call you if we absolutely need you."
"are you sure Lucy?"
"yeah Liv I'm sure, say goodnight to momma Noah"
Olivia bent down and gave Noah a hug and kiss on the head as she said goodnight
"we'll see you in the morning Liv, have a goodnight" she said with a smile.
As Lucy and Noah walked to the elevator, Noah ranting about the fun day he had, Olivia was left standing there in confusion. But her confusion quickly turned into shock as she opened the door to her apartment.