Heyy. It's been such a long time since I wrote. With the end of my 10th grade year coming up and all the finals and leaving I haven't had anytime. Well anyway, it's good to be writing again and I hope you guys like the chapter
Disclaimer: No, I do not own anyone but it I did...
A/N: All thoughts are in italics.
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Chapter 7: Telling The Kids
"Can you hurry up please?" I gotta shave." Elliot asked as he knocked on the door.
"Hold on, I gotta get pretty." Olivia said as Elliot laughed.
"Honey, you're always pretty to me, now can you open the door?"
"Fine." Olivia opened the door to let Elliot in. When he saw her, Elliot wanted to take her but sadly his kids were coming. Olivia had on a black sleeved dress that cut down to her knees. Her hair was curled and she had on the same diamond necklace on as when they had their first date.
"Olivia, you look great as usual."
"Oh shut up." Olivia smiled at Elliot. She loved when he complemented her.
"You know, if my kids weren't coming..." Elliot said as he started to kiss Olivia on the lips. Their kiss quickly deepened then Olivia realized that the timer just went off on the stove.
"I would love to continue this but I have a to finish getting dinner ready."
"God you're amazing."
"Oh, I know this." Olivia laughed as she let go of Elliot and started walking to the kitchen.
After Elliot finished shaving, he walked into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around Olivia. "You know everything's going to be fine."
"I know, I'm still a little nervous though."
"Olivia, their just kids. Everything will be fine."
After a few minutes of Elliot reassuring Olivia that everything will be fine, Olivia asked Elliot to put the food into bowls so Olivia could go to the bathroom. Olivia walked into and sat on the toilet. In truth, Olivia was nervous as hell.
What if they hate me? What if they think I took their dad away. Olivia, you're a big girl and you can do this.
Olivia took one last breath and headed out of the bathroom. As she headed back into the kitchen, she heard the door bell ring.
Well, here goes..
Olivia thought as she headed to the door. Olivia opened the door and saw all the Stabler kids.
"Hey Olivia. You look pretty." Maureen says giving Olivia a hug. Out of all of Elliot's children, Olivia got along with Olivia the most.
"Thanks." After Maureen gave her a hug, Dickie and Lizzie followed by giving Olivia a hug also ans Kathleen just waved. When they walked in, the twins were the first to run up and give their dad a hug, then the girls .
When greeting were traded, the kids went into the living room to watch tv. After a few minutes of hearing fighting of who was watching what, Elliot came into the living room and said, "Kids, dinner will be ready in two minutes, so go wash your hands and stop fighting." They all did what they were told and when all the kids came to the table, they started to eat.
The whole dinner was silent except when Elliot would ask the occasional questions about how was school going and what were grades looking like. When everyone was finished eating dinner, Olivia started to clean up and Maureen and Lizzie volunteered to help. Olivia felt glad that they wanted to help but she really wanted Kathleen to volunteer because Olivia thought they needed some kind of interaction other than a grunt or a wave.
So, everything was cleaned from dinner, the kids were watching tv peacefully. Both Elliot and Olivia thought this would be the best time to tell the kids. The two walked into the living room and Elliot asked if the could turn off the tv for a second. Elliot then started to talk, " Now kids, even though this is my weekend with you, there is also another reason why. I, I mean we," Elliot looked to Olivia who was standing right beside him, " have an announcement to make." Elliot then took Olivia's hand. "We're together."
At first, their was a period of complete silence. It was mainly because of the shock at the fact theat they were finally together. After a few minutes though, Dickie, Lizzie and Maureen grew smiles on their faces and they jumped up and hugged Olivia.
"Finally We've been waiting for like ever for this to happen." Maureen said.
"I'm happy for you two." said Lizzie.
All the kids were congratulating Olivia and Elliot but Kathleen. Even though Olivia was happy that most of his kids were happy for them, she noticed that Kathleen hadn't said anything. Elliot noticed too so he walked over to Kathleen.
"Honey, you haven't said anything. What's wrong?"
"What's wrong. What's wrong is that you're dating her. The person who ripped our family apart." Kathleen was doing her best to whisper but it didn't work. "Mom told me everything. You two slept together and mom found out. That's why you tow are divorced." The whole room was silenced after Kathleen's speech. Elliot was shocked and Olivia was nearly in tears, once again. "She did this to us. She's the reason why you and mom are divorced. She's the reason why mom is so bitter."
Olivia had heard enough. Realizing defeat, she walked out of the living room and headed to Elliot's room. Olivia closed the door, slid down on the floor and started to cry.
I knew this was a bad ideal. She hates me. She hates me for something that's not even true and here I am crying over it. God, when did I sign up for all this hurt? These are the times when I wish I was still alone...
Outside in the living room, everyone was silent again. No one could say anything without the fear of being yelled at. Kathleen felt guilty because even though on the outside she hates Olivia, on the inside she loves Olivia like a mom. The only reason she's so bitter toward Olivia is because what her mother has been saying to her from the day that their family meet Olivia. For a while, Kathleen believed every word Kathy said but the she came to love Olivia but she couldn't admit that to Kathy with the fear that her own mother would love her less.
"Dad, I didn't mean what I said, it's just that she's my mom and I have to believe her." Kathleen said.
"Well, you're mom lied to you. The truth is, your mom cheated on me. I came to Olivia and she welcomed me with open arms."
"Oh, now I feel horrible. I should of not said that stuff in front of you two.".
"Yea. You should go talk to her." Elliot said and pointed toward his room.
Kathleen stood up and headed towards Elliot's room. This is going to be tough, Kathleen thought as she walked to the door and knocked.
"Leave me alone Elliot." Olivia sobbed.
Kathleen took a huge breath and opened the door. When Kathleen walked in, Olivia was surprised. Kathleen was the last person she might want to see. "I know I'm the last person you want to see right now but I came in to apologize." Kathleen closed the door and slid down to where Olivia was. "Before you say anything, hear me out."
"Ok." Olivia had stopped crying, so it was easier for Kathleen to speak.
" The way I've treated you has been basically crappy. I was totally wrong about everything and I'm sorry. Dad told me what really happened, about how mom cheated and how you where their for him. I had no right to treat you that way, it's just I was fooled into beliving my mom and fooled into hating you. Truthfully, I never had hated you, it was just that my mom would tell me awful things about you and I got sucked into beliving it. I hope you can forgive me for how I treated you Olivia. I'm sorry and I love you."
With that said, Kathleen got up and started to open the door until she heard, "Wait, I forgive you but you have to understand that I love you kids like if you guys were in my own family and I would never do anything to hurt you or your sisters and brother." Kathleen sat back down and gave Olivia a huge hug.
Now I feel welcomed.
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Well, that was Chapter 7 for you guys, chapter 8 will be up shortly. Hope you guys liked it. Read and reveiws would help. Thanx!!
