I'm sorry I've been really busy with classes and havent had any time to update but winter/holiday break is coming so hopefully i'll be abe tp update more. =]


Olivia woke to the warmth of Elliot's arm wrapped around her, holding her close. She smiled when she remembered what had happened the night before, her smile slowly faded when she remembered that Kathy had caught them together in bed. Elliot must have felt her tense because he woke and began massaging her shoulders.

"Baby, what's wrong?"

"El, Kathy walked in on us last night. Don't you remember that? She knows what if she tries to take the kids? That would crush you."

"Baby, everything is going to be fine."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Liv, just trust me everything will be fine."

"Okay."

They made love two more times that morning before falling back to sleep in each other arms. Around six o'clock Olivia woke to Eli's cries over the baby monitor, she went to get up but Elliot pulled her down to the bed and said,

"I'll get him."

She smiled and laid back down. She watched as Elliot walked out the room and could then hear him over the baby monitor comforting Eli. She got up and threw on shorts and a tank top then went to lie back down in bed. She looked up at the door to see Elliot in the doorway holding Eli.

"Come here," she said as she patted on the bed.

Elliot walked over and sat down beside her on the bed; Olivia reached over and took Eli from his arms then snuggled into Elliot. She they laid there together as a "family", Olivia looked up and said,

"I love you."

Elliot leaned down and kissed the top of her head before say I love you back.

"Daddy, it looks like someone is getting cranky; maybe you should go make him a bottle," Olivia said looking up at Elliot.

Elliot kissed the top of her head then Eli's and went to go make his bottle. Elliot came back in the room a few minutes later, handed Olivia the bottle and told her he was going to go make breakfast. She smiled as him and said okay. Lizzie walked into the guest room and laid down next to Olivia, who was feeding Eli.

"Liv, why does my mom hate being around us so much?"

"Lizzie, why would you think that? Your mother loves you."

"You're around us more then she is. You take the time out to spend with each of us, she never takes the time all you do with Eli; he'll probably grow up thinking you're his mom and that Kathy is the nanny. I'm sorry."

"Awee, baby there's nothing to be sorry for."

"Yes, there is; I didn't stop her."

"What do you mean?"

"When she came home last night, I was up. I heard her packing her things, I watched with one eye as she walked out the door. I didn't stop her, I didn't want to. She hasn't been a mother to us, you have I wanted to you stay with us."

"Awee, sweetie you know no matter where your mother is in your life, whether she is in another state or living in this house with you I will always be here for you."

"Thanks Liv."

"It's no problem, now how about we go get some of those pancakes I smell your father making."


Taylor woke to a ringing phone; she hopped up and ran for it in hopes that it would be the adoption agency. Only it wasn't, it was just a wrong number. Taylor got up, picked out clothes for the day then got in the shower. She walked into the kitchen twenty minutes later and poured herself a bowl of cereal. Taylor found herself driving to her first day at new job at doctor's office a little while later.

Taylor walked into the office and introduced herself to one of the secretaries, Lacey, who showed her around then gave her some paperwork to fill out.


It had been three months since Kathy had left and there were no signs that she was coming back anytime soon. It had been two months since Olivia had officially moved into the Stabler house and they were all falling into a schedule. Olivia and Elliot would get up in the morning get themselves ready; then Olivia would get the twins up and get Eli ready while Elliot made breakfast. Then once had eaten, Elliot loaded the twins into his car and brought them to school while Olivia took Eli to daycare. Elliot had been promoted, leaving Olivia paired with Fin and Munch unhappy with getting a new partner. But this past week Olivia hadn't been feeling well so Elliot was getting the kids ready for the day and Eli had been staying home with her.

Olivia rolled over to face the door, when she heard it opening; she smiled when she saw Elliot walking in carrying Eli.

"Hello there you two."

"Hey baby, I just took his temperature, it's a little high, he's nose is a little runny and he keeps sneezing. I know you're not feeling well but could you try and get him a doctor's appointment for when I get out of work or if you are feeling up to it sometime during the day?"

Olivia sat up then reached for Eli and said,

"Awe my poor baby, come here Eli. Are you not feeling good sweetie? Guess what we are going to get you to the doctor as soon as we can; we do not want to getting any worse, right Daddy?" Olivia said as she looked up at Elliot.

Elliot bent down and gave them both a kiss on the head before heading to the leaving room to make sure the kids were getting their stuff ready for school.

Olivia laid back down cuddling Eli on top of her. He snuggled into her neck and she could feel his breathing become a nice pace. He had fallen back to sleep, Olivia closed her eyes; she figured she could try and get a little more sleep until Eli decided to get up again.


Taylor was finally getting into the swing of things at the doctor's office after being there for three months. Her job was pretty simple all she had to do was answer the phone, check people in, and work on the filing and charting. She got off work early enough that she was able to go to school part time at night. After three months of searching, the adoption agency wasn't any closer to finding her birth mother and sometimes Taylor was losing hope but the adoption agency said not to. So she kept believing that one day she would finally meet her birth mother; what she didn't know is that their paths had already crossed once and would more before they officially met as mother and daughter.

Taylor hung up her jacket and pulled the files of the patients the doctor would be seeing today. She grabbed her morning cup of coffee then went to sit down at the front desk, to start answering any calls that might come in and check in patients. Lacey was checking in a patient when the phone started to ring so Taylor reached for it and said,

"Dr. Anderson's office, how can I help you?...Sure, how old?...Okay…You can bring him in right away…You're welcome…Okay, see you soon."

"We have a six month old coming in, slight fever, runny nose and sneezing. It's probably just a little cold but the mother sounded really worried so they are on their way in." Taylor said to Lacey.

"Okay, I'm exhausted Taylor want to make a deal?"

"Sure, what?"

"I'll answer phone, check people in and bring them to their rooms if you do the filing and charting, weight and heights after I bring them to their rooms."

"Sure, that's fine."

"Thanks, I just really want to try and stay seated as long as a I can."

"Lacey, don't worry about it its fine."


Olivia hung up the phone and warmed up a bottom for Eli. She sat on the couch cuddling him while she fed him, then got him changed and ready. She placed him between two pillows on her and Elliot's bed, then got herself dressed and ready. She grabbed the diaper bag from the floor, then walked back over to the bed and picked up Eli. She put Eli's jacket, hat and gloves on him, strapped him into his car seat then put her own jacket on. She picked up the car seat holding the precious baby, then grabbed her purse, the diaper bag and her keys before walked out the front door to the car. Olivia got the car seat snapped into the base, then walked around to the driver's side. Before she knew it she was pulling into the parking lot of the doctor's office. She knew it all too well, she had brought Lizzie and Dickie for their yearly check up last month, then Dickie's physical for yet another sport he tried out for and then there was Eli's monthly check ups. Olivia got out of the car grabbed her purse and the diaper bag then walked around to the other side of the car. She lifted the car seat out of the base, and found Eli sleeping quietly. She smiled looking at him; it was such a precious sight.

Olivia walked into the building and the door was the first on the left. She walked in and up to the front desk placing the car seat by her feet. She signed in and paid the co-pay, then picked the car seat back up and walked over to sit down until they called them in. Olivia looked down at Eli as his eyes began to flutter; she started to take off his little gloves and hat. Then lifted him out of the seat and took his jacket off of him. Looking down at the little boy in her arms she smiled and laughed to herself at something Elliot had said to her the other day when she walked in the door with Eli in her arms.

Jeez, Liv he looks like a little meatball. I don't think you bundled him up good enough.

Oh my gosh, El are you serious. I knew I should have put more layers on him.

Liv come here I was kidding. I was just joking around with you, I don't think you could get anymore layers on him if you tried.

Olivia reached into the diaper bag for a spit up cloth and wiped the little boy's face.

"Eli Stabler."

"That's us," Olivia said standing up putting her purse and the diaper bag into the car seat carrying that on one arm and Eli in the other. Olivia followed the woman into one of the rooms; she said that someone would be in soon to take Eli's height and weight before the doctor came in. A few minutes later there was a soft knock on the door and then it slowly opened. A young girl dressed in scrubs came in and said,

"I'm here to get Eli's height and weight, why don't you two come out into the hallway and we'll get him on the scale," looking up Taylor noticed a familiar face, "You're Lizzie's mom, right?"

"Yeah, we met at the craft store a few months back. Did you two go to school together?"

"No, she just looked like she was having some trouble deciding so I asked her what she was making."

"Well that was very nice of you thank you."

"Okay, little guy you've gain a couple pounds since last time weighing in at seventeen pounds and you grew a few inches too, so you are now 24 inches. You can get him dressed again probably best just to put his pants and onesie one, the doctor is probably going to want to listen to his breathing."

"Okay thank you."

Five minutes later, Dr. Anderson walked in and smiled at Olivia and Eli.

"Okay, Eli what seems to be the problem?"

Eli just looked up at her with his gummy smile and then sneezed.

"He's been sneezing like crazy; he has a runny nose and a slight temperature. I wasn't sure if it was anything but I thought better safe then sorry. I bet Kathy didn't bring the first four in all the time like this because she's a nurse and knows what to do. But I'm doing my best ya know."

"Olivia, its fine. He probably just has a little cold, I'm going to listen to his breathing, check his nose and ears, then take his temperature. I'll probably just put him on an antibiotic. Do you know if any of the babies he's in daycare with have been sick this week?"

"He's been home with me all week, I haven't been feeling well. I've been throwing up all week. Oh my gosh, do you think he got the fever from me? I mean I didn't have fever but whatever I have do you think he has it? I'm such a bad mother, I got my baby sick."

"Olivia, calm down. We'll take blood work from you and run it and see what's wrong with you while we do his tests. Did you go to the doctor?"

"No, I thought it would just pass."

"Okay, so someone will come in and take your blood work. Olivia you're not a bad mother, the Maureen, Kathleen, Elizabeth, Richard and Eli couldn't ask for a better mother, you stayed just remember that. You stayed when you were obligated to and she just left them without a second thought."

Dr. Anderson looked at Eli's nose and ears, checked his breathing, and then took his temperature. She wrote some things down on his chart. She told Olivia she would send someone in to sit with him, so they could do her blood work. Taylor walked in and told her that she was here to stay with Eli. Olivia gave him a kiss then handed him to Taylor.

Olivia walked back into the room a few minutes later to see Eli asleep in Taylor's arms.

"He drifted to sleep a minute or two ago. He's so precious."

"Thank you," Olivia said lifting Eli out of Taylor's arms and into her own. He stirred a little but just snuggled up to Olivia.

"Well, I have to get back up to the front desk, I hope everything goes okay. Lizzie has my number, tell her she can call me if she ever needs help with school stuff."

"Thank you."

Twenty minutes later Dr. Anderson walked in the room.

"Eli just has a little cold, what he has he definitely could not have gotten from you."

"Than what's wrong with me?"

"Olivia, you're pregnant."

"Oh my gosh, are you serious?"

"Yeah, you are going to be a mommy."

Olivia just sat there in shock; she looked down at the sleeping baby in her arms then looked back up at the doctor.

"I can't believe this is happening. I don't know if Elliot is going to be able to handle this, his wife just left and now I'm pregnant. I mean I don't even know what Elliot and I am."

"Olivia, everything will be fine. Why don't you get Eli ready to go and I'll have his prescription ready and your prescription for prenatal pills."

Olivia grabbed her prescriptions on the way out and stopped at the drug store before going home. When she got home she put Eli down for a nap and started to clean. She was making a shopping list, when she heard Eli crying. Olivia got up and went into the nursery to calm him down. She brought him into the kitchen, sat him in his bouncy seat, and got his bottle ready. Olivia picked him back up when it was ready, sat down with him on the couch and fed him. After he finished the bottle he started drifting back off to sleep. She walked over to the computer and sat down with him and was finishing up her Christmas shopping, since there was only a week left till Christmas Eve. Olivia came across a custom shirt website and decided to make an onesie in Eli size that says, Mommy's Pregnant! She was going to dress him in it and than ask Elliot to change him before bed. She wasn't quite sure how to tell him and thought that this might be a cute idea.

It was one thirty when Lizzie got home from school and she found Olivia and Eli asleep on the couch. She sat down next to them and Olivia began to stir. She opened her eyes and smiled at her.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you."

"You didn't I've been asleep for a while now it's okay. You think you could watch your brother for me for a little bit? I have to go get groceries and I didn't want to take him out in the cold."

"Yeah that's fine. What are you making for dinner?"

"What do you want?"

"Can you get one of those rotisserie chickens?"

"Yeah, what else?"

"Can you make bruschetta?"

"Of course, I'll get some veggies too. Okay, I'll be back in a few."

"Okay mom."

Olivia passed Eli to Lizzie, gave them both a kiss, and then grabbed her jacket, purse and keys before leaving the house. An hour and a half later, Olivia returned to find an unknown car in the driveway. When she walked into the house she found, a woman she thought was gone sitting on her couch with her children. She didn't even stop to ask she just walked into the kitchen with the groceries and called Elliot; it rang once then went to voice mail. She sent him a text

What the heck is going on Elliot? Is there something you want to tell me?

I'm sorry. I'm in a meeting; I'll explain when I get home. Love you


Let me know what you think...do you think I should keep this going? I have a few ideas up my sleeve. And this isnt prewritten, I write as I go so if there's anything you want to see in this let me know and I'll try and work it in. =] i love reviews