DISCLAIMER: I don't own SVU/L&O or any of its storylines or characters, I do however own this plot, and its original characters.

A/N: Bit of a jump here because I'm seriously bored of Liv in the hospital now!

...On with the show!

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03 hours remaining

Cragen, Huang and Elliot all sat looking at the doctor full of dread about what she was about to say. She had a grim expression that told all three of them that there was something seriously wrong with Olivia and yet they all clinged on to the hope that they were imagining the look.

"I've diagnosed Olivia with Prenatal depression." Said the doctor in a simple manner.

Elliot and Cragen both instantly turned to look at Huang who would obviously know what that was.

"It just means that she has depression and the fact that she's pregnant makes it prenatal." He said still looking at the doctor. "Is she detached at all?" He asked and both Cragen and Elliot turned back to the doctor waiting for an answer.

"Yes, she is a little not as much as some I've seen but she is detached from her child, she said she didn't even remember the due date that she'd practically blacked out in the OBGYN's office." Amanda explained sighing.

"So what do we do now?" Cragen asked because he was still planning on taking Olivia away no matter what.

"She needs to be in a stress free environment and she needs someone who is going to make sure she eats, exercise and sleeps properly. She told me she has an increase in fatigue and I have been looking at her chart and see that she has been sleeping quite a lot while she's been here, also she has barely eaten which is harmful for both her and the baby. I want to put her on some anti-depressants ..."

"Isn't that harmful for the baby?" Elliot snapped interrupting her and catching her off guard.

"No, not the ones I am going to put her on Detective, I was on them myself when I had prenatal depression with my first child." She replied bluntly shutting Elliot right up.

"Ok but I don't think Olivia will go for it." Huang sighed earning a look from both Cragen and Amanda.

"What do you mean George?" Amanda asked.

"Have you even asked her about her birthing plans?" George asked in surprise and Amanda shook her head, she'd been a little pre-occupied with making sure her patient wasn't still suicidal.

"She wants a drug free birth, no epidural only gas and air if and only if the pain becomes too much, Olivia wants to do everything right for her child and taking anti-depressants ... well she refused anti anxieties off me once when I knew she needed them so I doubt she's going to take them." He explained straight, he knew Olivia's mental status from previous experience with her, he knew things that Elliot ad Cragen couldn't possibly know.

"Ok so what do you suggest?" Amanda asked.

"I don't know Amanda, I think it's good she's going away for a week or two, she needs the break, it's a stress free environment and she'll have someone to watch over her." He sighed, a part of him wished he was going now because he knew what to look out for with Olivia.

"Well I'm going to talk to her and suggest the drugs and I'll give her a prescription in case she changes her mind but I'm very close to getting her committed, she isn't in much of a state to do anything else at the moment." Amanda sighed.

"You'll commit her over my dead body." Elliot snarled making everyone's head snap towards him. "I'm her medical proxy and next of kin, I won't let you do this, she needs a break not to be committed onto the psych ward for the duration of her pregnancy ... I mean, do you want her to reject this baby when it's born because that's what will happen if she get's locked up in a hospital until it's birth and I'm not being rude that's my child too." Elliot explained.

"Ok well I could easily have the decision taken out of your hands Detective but I won't do that, my only interest is in Olivia's best interests and that is where they will stay, I am willing to let her out tonight to go on this break but I want her to be assessed as soon as she gets back and if she's no better I want her back here." She spoke to everyone but her eyes were fixed on Huang's as she spoke because she knew he wouldn't reject.

"Fine." They all mumbled.

"Ok now I am going to see if I can persuade Ms Benson to take some medication in the hopes that she will get to at least enjoy the rest of her pregnancy." Amanda explained before getting to her feet.

The three men followed her out of the office and down towards Olivia's room. She went inside and they waited by the door patiently for her to leave.

At first they couldn't hear anything that was going on inside the room but Olivia's voice carried out to them when she began yelling.

"I'm not crazy!" She yelled making all the men rush inside just in time to see her throwing the small pill pot towards the doctor.

"I'm not saying you're crazy Olivia..."

"Then why are you trying to shove drugs down me then?" She screamed angrily.

"I'm not! But they'll help, they'll make you feel a little more like yourself." She tried to explain but it was all in vain as Olivia climbed out of the bed.

"No more!" She called over to the three men. "I made it for sixty nine hours but I can't do it anymore!" She yelled as she grabbed her already packed duffle bag.

The men looked at each other and then at doctor Amanda who shrugged knowing she couldn't win this one.

Olivia with the help of Elliot as her medical proxy, discharged herself. Amanda quickly wrote out a prescription and handed it Don knowing if Olivia was going to take the drugs, she would for him and she could only hope that it would happen, Olivia needed them to get through the next five months of her pregnancy.

Cragen was relieved that everything was in the car ready to go as soon as Olivia was discharged and she didn't object when she was taken to his car.

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The drive to the cabin was only about an hour. Huang had promised to call by a couple of times to see how things were going and Cragen had managed to persuade an old friend to go and pull all the dust covers on and make sure the place was warm before they arrived there, it was the middle of the summer so he wasn't surprised to find that the air conditioning was on instead of the heaters.

Olivia was silent the whole way, even when they stopped to pick up groceries Olivia stayed in the car with her eyes shut. Don knew she wasn't sleeping but he knew that she needed the rest and decided not to disturb her.

When they arrived at the cabin, Cragen showed Olivia straight to the master suite. She sat down at the edge of the bed and listened as he told her were the personal bathroom was (just off to the side through the sliding doors). He then went and bought in the luggage. When he placed Olivia's cases in her room he found her still sat on the edge of the bed staring at the wall blankly.

"Get some sleep." He said softly before giving her a gentle kiss on the crown of her head.

He turned and left before she blinked causing one solitary tear to drip down her cheek. As soon as she went to wipe it away the rest of the tears began to cascade. Before long, she was choking on her own sobs as she lay down and pulled a pillow to her face trying to muffle out the noises echoing from her mouth.

Cragen was in his own room lying back in bed and staring at the ceiling his heart breaking with every sound coming from Olivia's room. He felt helpless, a part of him wanted to rush into the room and wrap his arms around her telling her she was going to be alright but then he knew she needed to cry, he'd suffered with depression and he knew crying was a form of release and right now she needed that release. He vowed not to go to sleep until she had stopped crying though in case she needed him because he had to admit that he was scared she was suicidal and he was scared he'd wake to find her body.

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Next chapter ... was Huang right in guessing her behaviour?