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Alex pulled up at the hospital and turned to Olivia, who was already taking off her seat belt.
"You need me to hang around?"
The pregnant brunette looked over at her best friend. "No, thanks. I'll be alright."
"Ok then, Liv. I will see you tonight after work."
"Thanks." She slightly smiled and opened the passenger door before getting out of the small, blue car.
Olivia walked toward the doors to see Alison walking out through the employee entrance/exit of the hospital.
Alison noticed Olivia straight away and hurried over to her, thinking that something was wrong with her, the baby or both. "Liv? Are you alright?" She was very concerned.
Olivia nodded. "Yeah. I just...just need to talk."
Alison slightly smiled. "Ok. Where do you want to go?"
Olivia rubbed her aching back and sighed. "The diner up the road should be alright."
The kind OBGYN nodded and guided her pregnant friend to the small diner up the road which was already open at this early hour.
Olivia and Alison sat at one of the tables near the back of the small, quiet diner. There was another moment of silence before Alison decided to start up the conversation. "Liv? What's going on? Is everything alright?" She was very worried because if it wasn't serious, she wouldn't be out in this early hour, in the cold.
Olivia sighed. "I'm just having major mood swings. Is it normal this far in to the pregnancy?"
Alison nodded. "It's the raging hormones, Olivia. Your pregnancy is going fine so far. In the your last appointment everything was going perfectly. Brady was the perfect size and had a very healthy heatbeat. You just need to relax more, honey. Think about Brady. About his first cry when he enters the world. The first time you will hold him. The first time you see his face. All the mood swings, back aches and labor and delivery will be all worth it. Trust me." Alison tried to put the pregnant brunette's mind at ease. She reached in to bag and pulled out a few pieces of paper that were stapled together. "I was going to give you this at your next appointment but you can have it now." She passed the information to Olivia.
Olivia read it and looked up at Alison. "I have already decided on the birth. I want a home birth. I want to catch my own baby, Alison. I've already done most of the research." It was obvious that Olivia had already made up her mind. "I don't want a midwife though. I want you there, please."
Alison smiled and nodded. "Of course, I will be there for you, Olivia."
"Thank you. I..um...better head off to work." Olivia got up and pushed her chair in.
Alison got up as well and pushed her chair in. "Liv...Maybe you should take a couple days off and rest."
The tall, brunette shook her head. "I need to work. It keeps my mind off things."
"Your mind off of Brady's father?"
Olivia sighed and slowly nodded. She couldn't deny it. Everybody knew it so there was no point. "Yeah."
"Olivia..."
Olivia rubbed the sides of her baby bump. "I can't tell him. He'd hate me. I'm nearly six and a half months in. He'd hate me for waiting so long to tell him at the baby. I wouldn't be able to handle it if he hated me and abandoned Brady. He doesn't deserve to suffer for my mistakes. So it's just better if I stay here and not tell Elliot about Brady that way neither of us get hurt."
"Liv...you are already hurting."
"No, I'm not. I'm fine. I got to get to work. I'll see you next week."
"Liv..."
"I'll be fine, Alison. Really." Olivia turned around and walked out of the diner. She had to get to work before she was late.
Alison watched Olivia walk over and sighed. 'She needs to tell the father. She'd be so much happier.'
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Elliot was sitting in one of the interrogation rooms, talking to Dr Huang.
"So, Elliot...What happened between you and Olivia, the last time you saw her?"
Elliot ran a hand through his short, brown hair. "I'm sure you know the story."
"I want to hear it from you, Elliot."
The handsome detective took a slow, deep breath and rubbed his neck with his elbows on the table, holding up his head. "Kathy decided to give me another chance, so I moved back home." He mumbled, just clear enough for George to hear and understand him, "I told her I was moving back home to be with Kathy and the kids. I was expecting an angry, loud outburst."
"What happened?" Dr Huang pushed.
"Well she was angry. She snatch her hand back and told me that when Kathy broke my heart again that she wouldn't be here to help me before leaving. I didn't realize that she meant that she would be moving away to get away from me. I thought maybe she would be staying and asked for a partner change or something but the next morning when I came in to work, her desk was completely empty."
Dr Huang nodded. "I'm sure she will come to her senses and return home."
Elliot got up, he didn't want to continue this conversation. "No, she won't. She's stubborn. She hates me. She won't come home that's why I need to find her and beg her to come home."
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Olivia was sitting at her desk at work, just daydreaming with her hands on her baby bump.
"Olivia? Olivia? Benson!"
"Huh?" Olivia was startled out of her daydream to see her boss looking down at her. He didn't look angry. He looked concerned. He leaned down. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. Sorry."
"It's alright. Why don't you just finish that last piece of paperwork and head home. Have a nap. Talk to your belly." He laughed, "just go home and have an early weekend. No arguments. I am a father so I know a pregnant woman needs lots of rest and minimum stress."
Olivia nodded and slightly smiled. "Did my OBGYN call you?"
"Yeah, she did, Olivia. Don't get angry at her, she was only looking out for you and the baby."
Olivia pushed herself up out of the chair. "Ok, I'm finished the paperwork anyway so I'll just use the bathroom and head home."
Olivia returned from the bathroom to find Alex sitting on the side of her desk. "Come on, Liv. I'm taking you home."
Olivia nodded and grabbed her keys and coat before heading out with Alex.
They were almost at the car when Olivia began to sway and feel light headed.
"Alex..." She whispered but was unheard over all the noise outside from the nearby conctruction site across the street.
