Olivia pulled into the parking lot of the hospital and got out of the car. Lizzie was unbuckling Eli so she checked her phone. 4 unread text messages from Elliot. Of course. She checked them.
How's Lizzie?
Do you know why she wanted to go with you and not me?
Kathy's being booked, I'll be over to the hospital as soon as i'm finished here.
On my way.
Olivia sighed and texted him back:
El, don't worry about it. She's just traumatized. Don't worry El. I'll take care of them until you get here. Drive careful. Love you.
She looked up and Lizzie was waiting for her. She smiled and walked up to her. Lizzie slipped her hand in Olivia's and Olivia gently squeezed it again. They walked into the hospital and Olivia walked up to the desk.
"Yes um, I'm looking for-" Olivia was cut off.
"Olivia!" Kathleen exclaimed running down the hallway to her. She wrapped her arms around her and hugged her tightly. Olivia rubbed her back.
"Hey sweetie," Olivia said quietly.
"Dickie's this way," Kathleen said, taking Olivia hand and pulling her down the hallway. Lizzie quickly followed with Eli. Kathleen took them into a large room down the hallway where Dickie was lying in a bed, still unconsciouus, with multiple machines hooked up to him. Olivia winced at the 's seen a lot of people in bad shape, but this was worse, because this was Elliot's son, and he had been put here by his own mother. Lizzie gave Eli to Olivia and walked to Dickie's bed side. She gently took his hand as tears started falling down her face, once again.
"I'm so sorry," Lizzie whispered to him. Olivia kissed Eli's forehead and handed him to Kathleen before she walked up to Lizzie. She placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Lizzie, this is not your fault. You did the right thing by protecting Eli," Olivia said softly.
"But, I should have done something! I should have helped him," Lizzie said through her tears, shaking her head. Olivia turned Lizzie towards her and looked her in the eyes.
"Lizzie, you did the right thing. You are not the one to blame. This is your mom's fault," Olivia said. Lizzie collapsed into Olivia's arms and Olivia squeezed her gently. Kathleen came over and got in on the hug too, with Eli.
"Thank you, Olivia," Kathleen said.
"Sweetie, there's no need to thank me. I love you guys like you are my own kids," Olivia said, then, Elliot ran in the room, out of breath. He saw Olivia wiith his kids and he smiled. She was so good to them. Olivia looked up at him and smiled. "Hey guys, look who's here," she said, gesturing towards Elliot. Kathleen and Lizzie turned around.
"Dad," Kathleen said as she ran over into her father's arms. Elliot welcomed Lizzie into his arms too and Olivia smiled. He was such a good dad. Elliot kissed the top of his kids' heads and then made his way over to Olivia. He wrapped her in a tight hug and kissed the top of her head, as well.
She looked up at him,"Thank God you're here El," she said breathlessly.
"I'm here now babe," he said reassuringly. Olivia nodded and smiled at him before pulling away. Kathleen and Lizzie were both looking at them smiling.
"You two are together, aren't you?" Kathleen asked playfully.
Olivia looked up at Elliot before kissing his cheek. "Are you ok with that, honey?" she asked.
Kathleen smiled and nodded wildly," Of course!" she exclaimed. She and Lizzie both ran over to Olivia. Lizzie handed Eli to Elliot before her and Kathleen wrapped their arms around Olivia in a tight hug.
"We've wanted this for a long time," Lizzi said into one of Olivia's shoulders.
Olivia smiled," Me too guys," she said softly.
"Dad," came a voice from the hospital bed. Everyone turned to see that Dickie was awake.