Amanda's POV

I walk into the building still not knowing what is even going on, Nick is holding my hand and is leading me to whatever is happening. "Will you tell me where we are going?"

"For the last time, it is a surprise"

"You know I hate surprises" I am seven months pregnant and incredibly huge and uncomfortable. I have had a long week at work and just wanted to enjoy my day off, instead Nick told me to put on a nice dress and get in the car. Nick laughs at my comment and stops walking, he turns to face me.

"Honey, you look so beautiful and just trust me"

"I'm not beautiful, I'm huge and frankly irritated that you won't tell me where the hell we are going" He takes my hand up to his lips and kisses it.

"I love you, and you just need to trust me"

"Fine, and you know I trusted you when you said you had a condom and look where we are now" I point to my stomach, this earns another laugh from him and he kisses me quickly and then takes my hand again and we keep walking. He leads me to some doors and we stop. "What is happening?"

"You'll see" He opens up the door and on the other side is pink balloons and streamers, I see Olivia and Fin and Carisi and a bunch of my friends. I also see my mom and Kim standing by the bar, of course they are here. I look up to see a banner that says congratulations and I feel so much joy pass over me.

"Surprise!" They all yell and I put my hand up to my chest, I didn't expect anything like this. Nick kisses me on the cheek.

"Are you surprised?" He whispers to me, I turn around and put my hands on his face, I kiss him and can feel him smiling though the kiss.

"I am very surprised, when did this all happen?"

"Well everyone at work wanted to throw you a baby shower and your mom called me and wanted to throw one so we let her plan it, I hope that's okay" My relationship with my mom has always been very tense but it won't ruin the day for me that she's hear, it annoys me that Kim is, but I am just going to have a nice time with Nick.

"This is lovely" I walk into the room and Olivia gives me a hug. "Thank you so much"

"Your welcome, I am really glad you are so surprised"

"I didn't suspect anything" Fin comes up along with Carisi.

"I was really sure that Nick was going to give it away" Fin says.

"He didn't tell me anything" Nick comes up and wraps his arm around me.

"I promised them that I wouldn't tell you" He kisses my cheek and places a hand on my stomach, I start to feel the flutters of kicks from our daughter.

"I think I should go say hi to my mom"

"I'll come with you, it will be nice to meet your mom" He gives me a smile and we go over to the bar, my mom stands up and gives me a hug.

"Amanda, look how big you've gotten"

"Yeah"

"How far along are you now?"

"Seven"

"Wow, my granddaughter is almost here" She smiles and I try and smile back. She turns to Nick. "And this must be the man who got my daughter pregnant"

"Mom" She is where Kim gets her outspokenness from.

"It's okay Amanda, I'm Nick" He extends his hand out to her and she shakes it.

"Nice to finally meet you Nick"

"Nice to meet you too"

"So why is it exactly that you don't want to marry my daughter?"

"Mom!" I say it a little louder this time.

"What? I'm simply asking a question"

"Well it's not an appropriate one"

"What is inappropriate about wondering why my grandchild will be born out of wedlock?" We are from the south and my mom has always been traditional, I'm sure it bothers her that we aren't married yet.

"We haven't gotten married yet because we weren't just going to get married because I am pregnant, we are committed to each other and that's what matters"

"We want to get married eventually" I smile at him, we have talked about marriage before and it's nothing that I'm not ready for. Before being with Nick I was always afraid of committed relationships, and now I am pregnant and living with a man. Things have definitely changed in my life, for the better though.

"Hello again Nick" Kim gives him a flirtatious smile and I feel my blood boiling, of all day's to do this, at my baby shower.

"Hi Kim" He is being polite, I know he doesn't like the way she treats me, the way she is always trying to undermine me.

"How have you been? We barley got to catch up last time I saw you"

"I've been good, been getting excited about the baby"

"I know, I am just so happy for you guys" I decide to intervene right now, put a stop to this.

"Well we are both really happy you are here, we are going to go talk to some of the other people who came, and even take a look at the cake" I give her a fake smile and then take Nick's hand and lead him in the other direction, I don't even give Kim a chance to say anything back.

"I'm sorry about that"

"It's okay"

"No, it's fine. I mean it's your day and I just want you to have a good time and it be as stress free for you" I turn to him and smile, I know he would do anything for me, I'm so incredibly lucky.

"Thank you" We stop at the table where the cake is and I look at how cute it is. It is pink frosting and two layers, along the top it reads 'Congratulations Nick and Amanda" "I love this cake"

"It is pretty cute"

"And it looks like it tastes amazing" Sweets has been a big craving of mine during the pregnancy, cake and ice cream have been just a few of the things I am always craving. He laughs.

"I think they are going to serve lunch soon, and then I think we are going to open presents after, so for now why don't you go talk to some of your friends and I'll get you some water"

"Thank you, thank you so much" I kiss his cheek and he goes off to get me some water, I rub my stomach and feel so happy that I am surrounded by all my friends and they have come to celebrate me having our little girl.

We eat lunch and the table is filled with people from work, it is nice to just be with the people who mean most to us right now. The waiters come and take away the last of the plates from the cake, Nick leans over to me and whispers something. "Zara would have loved this"

"I know, but we get to see her in a little over a month" I know Zara would have a fun time getting to see all the presents that her baby sister is getting.

"Yeah, I know. I still miss her" Olivia stands up and grabs a chair and puts it in the middle of all the presents.

"Okay Amanda, it's time to open up your presents" I get up and sit down, Nick brings his own chair and sets it next to mine. Olivia rolls over a crib, it is white and absolutely beautiful. "Nick told us that you didn't have a crib yet and from all of us at SVU, we wanted to get you this crib"

"It is so beautiful, thank you so much"

"Fin picked it out" I smile at him and I can almost swear I see him blush.

"It was nothing" He smiles back and I get up to hug him, Liv, and Carisi.

"Thank you guys again" I continue to open my presents, next I open a changing table from my mom and Kim. Throughout the next hour I open a bunch of cute cloths, toys, and about a million diapers. I got everything I could have ever asked for and even more, a few weeks ago I was so worried that we wouldn't get everything we need before the baby comes and now it seems like we need everything. I go over to the table that once held the cake but now has two different jars and little slips of paper with a cup of pens next to it. I look at the jars, one says the name Isabella, and the other says Camilla. Nick comes up from behind and wraps his arms around me, as best as he can do with my big pregnant belly. "What's this?"

"It's a little game your mom set up. I told her our two names that we liked and she thought it would be fun for people to vote on what name they like better"

"Wow, that was actually nice, wonder what the catch will be" Nick laughs

"I don't think she likes me very much"

"That's alright, I kinda like you" He laughs at this too and kisses my forehead.

"Did you have fun today?"

"Yeah"

"Do you feel more ready for this?" I turn to face him.

"Yes, I am so ready for her to be here" Nick smiles at me, it is my favorite thing about him and I hope our daughter has his smile.

"I'm glad you had fun today, I really had hoped this would make you feel more relaxed and at ease about everything"

"It does" I let him hold me and know that no matter how scary this may feel sometimes I know that as long as Nick is there to do this with me we will be okay. I look at the jar to left, the one with the most slips of paper and smile at the thought of that being our daughters name, just looking at it makes me sure that is the perfect name for her.