A/N: Yes, it's my second update on this story in three days! What can I say, I'm kind of bored. Turns out after the first week or so of being on leave from college, it gets a little old. Anyway, since I've been holding out on you for so long on Paranoia, I figured I'd give you a little something here... enjoy.

EXTRA NOTE: Because the site is cracking down on - ahem - smut, I have been forced to edit this chapter pretty massively. I'm going to try and rewrite the ones I'm going to be editing, but in the meantime there'll be a big gap. Also, if you want to read the original unedited version, send me a quick review saying so and I will get on it for you!

TWO - III

'Natalie's asleep.' Elliot sighed. 'It only took five chapters of Nancy Drew and quite a lot of bargaining with her.' He sat down beside Olivia on the couch and hugged her.

'And soon we get to do it all again...' Olivia cuddled up against him.

'I can't wait.' Elliot smiled. 'Neither can I.' He kissed her forehead. 'Do you remember when Natalie was tiny?'

She laughed. 'Of course I do, I wasn't that sleep deprived.' Though I was pretty damn close.'She was so stubborn.'

'She still is.' Olivia smiled. 'Her first word was 'no.''

'I know, I remember how much you laughed.' Elliot began to stroke her hair. 'What I remember most though is the way looked at you... the way she STILL looks at you... it was as if she thought that she had won the mom lottery.' He kissed the top of her head. 'And you know what, Liv? She did. She really did.'

'Do you remember how you used to carry her up and down the hallway for hours when she woke up during the night?' Olivia took his hand and rested her head against his chest. 'She loved that. No one else was good enough, not even me. Only Dad got to do the late-night hallway walks.'

Elliot laughed. 'Yeah, I still think that you had something to do with that, although I'm not sure how you can bribe a two-month-old.'

'It wasn't easy.'

Elliot smiled and kissed the top of her head again. 'She was a very smart kid though, even at that age. Do you remember when she figured out how to turn the pages of her picture books before she could even hold her own head up?'

'Well, that was clearly your fault for not reading it to her fast enough.'

Elliot sighed. 'It's true, I was a terrible, terrible father.' He laughed. 'To be fair, at the time I had no idea that we had the next great child genius on our hands.'

Olivia chewed her lip thoughtfully and began to stroke his palm with her thumb. 'I had some idea.'

Elliot elbowed her in the ribs. 'You did not.'

'I did,' protested Olivia. 'It was the way she watched you, the way her eyes followed you around... you could tell that she was something special, even then.'

He kissed her again. 'To be fair, we are a little bit biased.'

Olivia laughed. 'Well, maybe a little.' She looked up at him. 'Elliot...' Her eyes were shining with excitement. 'Can you believe we get to have another one?'

Elliot smiled. 'Liv, there will never be another Natalie. That girl is one of a kind.'

'Thank God, I don't think the world could take two of her.' She laughed again. 'But you know what I mean, El.'

'I know.' He smiled and kissed her. 'I missed everything when you had Natalie, but this time, I won't. This time, I'll go to everything with you... it'll be, well...'

'Like it should have been the first time.' Olivia smiled up at him.

He pulled her in closer. 'Yes, like it should have been the first time.' He leaned in and pressed his lips against her mouth. He felt her smile. 'I love you, Olivia.'

'I love you too.' She stroked his cheek.

He smoothed her hair back off her face and kissed her forehead.'I'm so lucky to have you, Liv.' 'You're damn right you are.' She wrapped both arms around his back and pulled him down on top of her, kissing him harder.


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