There was a huge smile on Olivia's face as she walked into the squad room and over to her desk. She was tired sure, but it was a good kind of tired. She and Alex had had a great night out, and she was feeling lighter then she had in weeks. Walking over to her desk she draped her jacket over her chair and then headed over for coffee. She grabbed two mugs, one black and one black with sugar. The straight up black coffee she set on Elliot's desk then settled into her own chair to work on some paperwork. A few minutes later, just as she'd known he would, Elliot walked in.
"Thank God," He mumbled as he grabbed his mug. "I needed this."
Olivia smirked. "Had a good night then?"
Elliot nodded, "Kathleen stayed with Dickie and Elizabeth so we actually got to go out for once. Took Kathy to dinner at Mesa Grill."
"Alex and I went there once." Olivia mused as she made a face. "Will never go back."
"Why?" Elliot asked with his own odd look. "You love southwestern food and I have to admit it was pretty good."
Brown eyes narrowed as Olivia held her mug just in front of her lips as if she'd stopped pre-sip. "The night we went the owner was there. I didn't like the way he kept looking at Alex."
That made Elliot laugh out loud. "And you tell me I'm possessive and jealous?"
"Shut up." Olivia replied after taking a drink off coffee. "So after dinner?"
"I surprised Kathy with the tennis bracelet…"
"Told you she'd love it." Olivia cut in.
Elliot rolled his eyes then went on. "And she surprised me by telling me she's pregnant again."
That nearly made Olivia spray coffee through her nose. She looked up at her partner from across the their desks with a questioning look on her face.
Elliot shrugged his answer, "Yeah, I guess it good news."
Olivia blinked as her head jerked back a little. "Well, congratulations then."
"Thanks." Elliot replied and then asked, "What about you and Alex?"
"We had dinner at Savory, then Alex surprised me with Jeff Dunham tickets." Olivia answered with a bright smile.
Elliot snorted. "You spent Valentine's Day watching a ventriloquist?"
Olivia grinned as she nodded. "Not the whole night, the Savory was very romantic, and afterwards we went to Alex's favorite jazz club for drinks; but yeah we went to see a ventriloquist. She knew he's my favorite and grabbed tickets without me even knowing he was in town."
Elliot just shook his head and chuckled. "And Allie was alright with you going out?"
"Pretty much. Caroline stayed with her." Allie was still being very watchful when it came to the two of them, but she was starting to realized that everything really was alright, or at least Olivia hoped she was. "Had a minor panic attack when she woke up and we weren't home yet, luckily we were in the cab on our way home so we got there in time to smooth things out before it got to bad." Olivia paused a moment then added, "One of us will have to pick her up from school but neither of us are sure of what our days will be like."
"We can grab her if we're free." Elliot offered easily.
Olivia smiled at her partner. "She'd like that. She thinks it's "utterly cool" when I show up at her school with my gun and badge."
"I'm tellin' ya, Liv," Elliot warned her as he picked up a case file. "She's gonna be a cop."
Over her dead body. "Na, she's to much like Alex. Have you seen the glasses?"
Standing outside the school with Molly and Rachel, Allie laughed at the silly Valentine Molly was showing her. Molly's dad was an artist so he'd made the Valentine just for Molly. But as she talked with her friends she kept watching for one of her mothers and was starting to get a little nervous. It didn't help any when Molly's mom picked her up and she was left with just Rachel. What if Rachel's sister came for her and her mothers weren't there yet?
"Aww what's the matter," T.J. teased as he came over to where the girls were. "It looks like the baby's about to cry."
"Go away, T.J." Allie said as she glared at him. She hated TJ Langan, as much as an eight year could understand hating someone, and the feeling was mutual.
"No." T.J. replied and then for good measure shoved Allie a little.
Blue eyes narrowed as Allie put her hands on her hips. "Don't push me."
"I'll push you if I wanna." T.J. replied then shoved Allie again.
Why was this kid such a jerk! She huffed at him then stomped his foot.
"Ow!" The brown haired boy yelped. "I'm gonna tell my Dad!"
"Ooooo," Allie teased as she pretended to be scared. "You're gonna tell your looser Dad a girl stomped your foot. Big deal."
That pissed T.J. off. "My Dad is not a looser!"
"He is too." Allie replied. "My Mama just beat him in court. He's a big ugly looser."
"Is not!" T.J. yelled and then shoved Allie again.
"Is too!" Allie shouted and shoved back.
"Your mom cheats!" T.J. shot back.
"She does not!" Allie shoved him harder this time.
"Um, Liv?" Elliot said as they pulled up. "Look."
Olivia looked out the window to see Allie and the Langan kid at it again and sighed. Hopping out of the car she noticed Allie getting ready to throw a punch so she quickened her step and managed to get there just as Allie yelled out.
"Yeah well my Mommy can kick your Dad's ass!"
"Allison." Olivia said from behind her.
Allie flinched and turned slowly to see her mother standing there. Then she put her hands on her hips just as Olivia had done the same. "He started it!" She huffed. "And it's true! You could beat up his dad."
"Haha," T.J. laughed. "You're in trouble now."
Pricing blue eyes turned back to stare at the third grader. "Eat bugs and die butthead."
"Ok," Olivia said putting a hand on Allie's shoulder. "That's enough. Come on Allie lets go."
Elliot, who'd followed Olivia just in case, smirked at the boy. "She really could take him ya know."
"Oh that helped." Olivia sighed as they went back to the car.
"Yeah, well I'd pay good money to see it too." Elliot laughed.
Allie sat in the back of the car with her arms crossed and her face in a tight scowl. T.J. Langan was such a big jerk and she had no idea why. She'd never done anything to him, he just decided to pick on her. Man, boys were so stupid. If she got in trouble over this, she was going to put a worm in his milk at lunch tomorrow.
"Maybe it's some kind of weird transference thing." Alex offered as she changed out of her suit and into a pair of jeans and a sweater. "We can't stand Trevor so Allie can't stand his son."
"Well whatever it is, it needs to stop." Olivia replied. "Before she gives him another black eye."
Alex couldn't help it, she laughed.
Olivia look at her wife and shook her head. "You're laughing again!"
"It's still funny!" Alex replied but then became more somber. "But your right it needs to stop before it gets out of hand."
Getting up off the bed where she'd been sitting watching Alex change, Olivia snorted. "Elliot thinks he likes her."
"Oh god, now there's a terrifying thought." Alex shivered.
"She's eight, Alex." Olivia said as they headed for their daughter's room.
"So?" The blonde replied. "Billy Kipling use to push me on the playground and we ended up dating in junior high."
Olivia stopped, turned and stared at her wife. "You dated in junior high?"
"Group dates," Alex explained and then laughed. "And most of the time while he was trying to put his arm around me, I was checking out Emma Monahan."
"Ok," Olivia said before knocking on her daughter's door. "Tomorrow I buy and install a dead bolt on this door and paint the windows shut."
Alex laughed until she heard Allie say come in and then she quickly tried to look like the stern mama again. "Baby girl," She said as she and Olivia came to sit next to the girl. "We need to talk about you and Trevor Langan."
Allie half sighed half huffed. "Mommy already took away my DS and my Wii game for a whole week."
"Yeah," Olivia said as she titled the girl's head up. "But we need to talk about why the two of you keep bickering."
"Cause boys are stupid?" Allie offered.
Olivia wondered if there was any way to keep her thinking that until she was like thirty. "Allie-Cat."
Allie sighed. "I never did nothing to make him pick on me he just does."
"Have you ever asked him why?" Alex asked.
Allie looked at her mother like she'd asked something stupid again. "Why would I do that?"
"To find out why he's picking on you." Alex replied.
What part of boys are stupid did her mothers not get? "He'll just say something stupid."
"I still think the next time he picks on you, you should ask him why." Alex persisted.
Allie sighed as she looked at both her mothers and knew she wasn't going to convince them of boys utter stupidity. "Ok fine, I'll ask, but he'll just say something stupid. I'm tellin' ya."
"Boys won't always be so stupid." Olivia said then mentally smacked herself for saying it.
Allie doubted that.
"So no more shoving matches?" Olivia asked.
"Aright." Allie said.
"And no more swearing." Olivia added.
"That slipped." Allie defended herself.
"And you talk to Trevor next time he picks on you?" Alex asked.
Allie sighed. "Yes."
"Ok," Olivia said then nodded towards the doorway. "Wanna come watch Justice League before dinner?"
"Yeah," Allie said as she hopped off her bed and headed towards the living room. She'd ask him since she told her mama she would, but she was still putting a worm in his milk at lunch.