Chapter 6:
Establishing Paternity

This was going to be longer but it was already so long so I put the rest into another chapter. Don't forget to post ideas of what should happen next. For those who asked for an answer I put it at the end but please read the chapter first it might tell you the answers you are looking for.

SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
Manhattan, New York
20th April 2008
9:00am

Olivia walked through the doors of the squad room. She had been glad to see that Cragen was waiting for her to arrive. He waved her into his office, before she got the chance to finish "I kno…" He had lifted his hand to stop her from talking.

"Have you spoken with Huang yet?"

"No." she said in a low voice.

"Olivia you know that you can't let you back on the job until you do."

"I know captain, I just… uhh." She trailed off thinking that it wasn't that important. At that moment Casey and Huang entered Cragen's office.

Casey's gentle voice, "Olivia, I know that you probably aren't ready yet, but I need your statement on record."

A weak reply, "Ok, can we do it now." Casey walked out of the office followed by Olivia and then Huang.

She led them into the interview room and held the door open, Olivia walked in and sat down in one of the chairs at the table and Casey closed the door and took the seat opposite her. "When you're ready we'll start. Ok"

Olivia then took a deep breath in and let it out again. "Ok," Olivia voice was weak and frail. "It was when we were in the lunchroom, I seen that a guard was umm… umm trying to take another someone else somewhere… it seemed she didn't want to go with him." Casey nodded her head indicating that she was following what Olivia was saying and for her to continue. "I umm… started harassing the guard."

"The one that was taking the inmate to wherever he was taking her."

Olivia lowered her head, "Yeah I was saying… that we have the right to know... the right to know what was going on." Olivia then looked up again seeing Casey giving her a reassuring nod to keep going, so she did. "And then umm… prison guards in right gear came in and… umm started tossing woman to the floor."

"And that's when you broke your wrist."

"Yeah, The… The guard twisted my arm behind my back." Olivia had lowered her head again. "Then the captain," she started to say but couldn't continue.

"It's ok, he can't hurt you anymore." Casey said in a reassuring voice, but Olivia still was unable to talk. She began to hyperventilate, heavier and heavier. "Liv… Liv, are you ok?" Then there was a knock Casey got up and left the room, Olivia still hyperventilating oblivious to the fact that Casey got up and left.

"I know you didn't intend on doing it but you're pushing her to hard" Huang moved aside to allow Casey to see. "See the way she is trying to control the output, she is replaying it in her head over and over again if you push too hard she will try to block the memory out completely."

"Then what do you suppose I do in the meantime."

"Let me talk to her to see if she will open up." Casey moved back allowing Huang to pass.

"Olivia…" trying to get her attention, "Olivia…" he got her to take deep breaths in and out. "Olivia, do you want to talk about it?"

"I can't do it I just want to… to forget it."

"You know that you can't just forget it. It will take months of therapy to even be able to deal with it and you know that better than anyone." He said before he sat down in the chair opposite her.

"Huang just do me a favour please."

"What is it?"

"First of all just promise me that you will do it."

"I promise."

"Just don't shrink me."

"Olivia, that's my job…" slightly laughing.

"You promised Huang."

"But Olivia it's my job…"

"I know it is, but you promised."

"Ok, on one condition."

"What?"

"You talk to me openly." losing the slightest bit of humour that was still left in his voice. "So the captain had just arrived, what happened next?"

"He asked… who started it. One of the guards behind me said… that one. He then came over to me said that he was going to take me to the hole."

"What's the hole?"

"It is where the inmates are taken for consolatory confinement."

"What block is it in?"

"In cell block C but he… he didn't take me there."

"Where did he take you?"

"To the basement." Olivia started to sob again, "He… He took me to a room there and there was a mattress in it… he threw me down on to it…" whipping away as much of the tears as possible with her hand. "He… He undid my cuffs and I tried to get away but… but there was nowhere to run to so… so I hid." Olivia was balling her eyes out by this stage.

Reaching his hand over to her shoulder to comfort her, she quickly moved away before realising what she had just done. "It's ok Olivia. We can take a break if you want?" Olivia was still sobbing so he decided that she had said enough for now and talk to Casey. He handed Olivia a box of tissues before leaving.

Cragen, Casey and Huang were all in Cragen's office.

"She has PTSD; it's not uncommon to get given what Liv has gone through. She'll need at least… a month's therapy if not more."

APARTMENT OF OLIVIA BENSON
203 West 89th and Amsterdam
29th April 2008
9:10am

Olivia stood in the kitchen of her apartment staring into empty space.

Flashback

"Looks like you're going to hole." The man had said dragging Olivia along the hall.

Seeing that they weren't anywhere near where he had said they were headed she started to question it. "The hole is over in C Block. What are we doing down here?"

The man ignored her question and had dragged her down the stairs. "Shut up, bitch."

Her cop instincts kicked in telling her that she was in danger, "Captain, I'm sorry… I freaked because of the outbreak. I apologize."

"OH!… we're way past apologies… now shut up and do what you're told."

There was a knock on the door startling Olivia back into reality. "Liv it's me Elliot." said a voice from the other side of the door. She went over to the door and opened it with the chains still on the latch. She seen that it was Elliot on the other side of the door closed the door unlatched the first chain then the second. Once he entered her apartment she put both chains back on the door and locked it.

"Are you ready to go Liv?" Elliot had agreed to drive her to see the gynaecologist. Olivia still hadn't told her to the extent of what Harris had done to her and he hadn't pushed her to tell him. He had been respectful and had given her the space she needed.

GYNAECOLOGIST'S OFFICE
Manhattan, New York
15th May 2008
3:30pm

They had arrived at the gynaecologist's office for her ultrasound scan. She lay down on the bed pulled up her shirt to reveal her abdomen; you could see the small scar that was just to the right of her abdomen. The gynaecologist squeezed the cold liquid gel onto Olivia's skin, the cool sensation quickly faded as her body got used to the coolness of the gel. The picture slowly came to focus on the screen, the gynaecologist was baffled by the image on the screen, showing two separate babies in two separate sacks, yet one much large and more developed than the other. It was determined that it wasn't twins as they were different sizes, so that rules out twins.

"Right, Ms Benson you are… umm 6 weeks pregnant." she had said it with very little confidence in what she was saying. Elliot couldn't help but let out a smile, it meant that the child was his. "No wait you are 4 weeks pregnant."

The smile faded from Elliot's face "What one is it?"

"Both sir, Olivia isn't having twins but she is having two babies."

Olivia just stared at the gynaecologist, confused at what she had just been told. "How… How can I be 6 weeks pregnant and 4 weeks pregnant, is it even possible." Olivia was unable to comprehend that she was having twins (sort of).

"It is called superfetation. It is when the implantation of the embryo to the wall of the uterus is delayed so the pregnancy hormones don't shut down the ovulation period and egg is released before the implantation of the embryo. It is fertilized later and implants onto the wall of the uterus along with the other embryo. They aren't by the definition twins as they weren't conceived on the same date." explained the gynaecologist. Olivia just went into a trance, flashing back to the basement.

"Olivia you ok? Can you hear me?" snapping out of the trance, "Easy… Easy."

"I'm sorry." with whisper, fear in her voice.

"Take your time… feel your feet on the ground… breathe."

"Ok."

"Alright," turning back to face the gynaecologist again Elliot was inquisitive, "Doc what about the complications of this."

"There usually are no complications until after birth, but they are usually with the second child as they will share the same birth date. When one comes out the other does to, my only concern is Ms Benson's stress level which may cause the first child to be born prematurely. This is usually not a problem but with the other unborn child already has the due date that is 2 weeks premature it could cause serious problems with being born premature. The final thing since the first child was conceived before Ms Benson had an internal haemorrhage a couple of weeks back I am concerned at what the lack of oxygen has had on the health of the chid." Once she had finished she left the room so they could talk more privately.

He thanked the doctor and turned around to Olivia, a concerned look on his face "Liv. Liv, you ok?" She looked as white as a sheet; the blood had drained from her face.

She looked up at him, "You can't be the father of both."

"I know sweetie, but it also means that I am going to be a father."

"Elliot, I don't know if I can do this."

"Liv, what do you mean?"

"Be a mum to my rapist's child." she began, breaking down into tears. Elliot lent into comfort her, taking her into his embrace.

"It's ok he can't hurt you any more, do want to talk about it?" Olivia shook her head saying no, she didn't want him to know the detail so she had just told him want she wanted him to know. What she felt that he should be allowed to know.

Will Olivia be able to cope with this news and what will happen within the next couple of months? Stay tuned to find out. If you still don't get who the father is one is Elliot and the younger unborn child is Harris' because she was raped 4 weeks ago that is when the child was conceived. I was going to get her to do a paternity test but the CVS I found would be too intrusive for a rape victim, go read what they do to get the babies DNA and the other method I thought was too dangerous for the first child as it had already a slim chance of making it doing the test would further increase the risk of a miss carriage.

For those who asked yes she was raped on the 15th April 2008, (15th April 2008 was when undercover was first aired that is why it is this date), from this chapter it is evident that Olivia and Elliot were already in a relationship, (this is the unborn child that they discovered in chapter 1. No she couldn't take the morning after pill as she was already pregnant and because of the complications it could cause a miss carriage and they knew that the child wasn't from the rape as it was already 2 weeks old, they thought there was no need as well because pregnancy hormones are supposed to stop ovulation. I thought that this will allow her to deal with what her mother went through and allow her to understand what she did and why she did what she did. I am sorry if I confused you at the start of the story but it allowed it to go either way cause I had wanted it to be Harris' when I started writing but then I changed my mind half way through the chapter and then I had changed my mind again in the second chapter so I left it open for decision later and then I found out about superfetation and thought it will explain Olivia's actions and why the pill was not taken and how she is still going to have Harris' baby. Please vote on gender and names of each child:

Harris' – Boy/Girl

Elliot's – Boy/Girl