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-SVUProductions-I'm eating gummi worms right now :) How ironic?

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-Cliffhanger21-I agree with the other commenters on your story. I am soooooo busy right now so I can't write anymore than I already am :( sorry. Thanks for the advice about my story :)

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-Jessica-we'll see. I guess I am just am ambitious writer ;)

-MissAlicja-Oh yes. Not too much badass-ness in this chapter, sorry.

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Just to clarify-Eli is Eli, and Elli is Elliot.

OPOV

I took a shower then and got ready for the day, but then I saw a picture of Elliot holding a baby that had to be Kathleen on the wall. I finished getting ready then sat down on the queen size bed and rested my head back. I feel so much safer knowing that Elliot is here and Blake isn't. Melaina has spent every moment next to Eli, and she is already starting to change back into the little girl she used to be before all of this happened. I wonder what our family we would be like if Melaina had never been raped. Would Blake still be here? I guess it doesn't matter, we are better off without him, no matter how much I miss him. I know it's better for all of us if he isn't around and I feel bad thinking this, but I almost wish he was still here. I don't feel like I am part of a real family without him. But it's easier for Melaina to recover without him around.

"Liv?" I heard a quiet voice behind me. I turned around to see Elliot in the doorway.

"Morning." I replied, even though I knew that wasn't why he was up here. He slowly made his way to the edge of the bed and sat down.

"I wanted to talk to you about Blake." He said quickly.

"What is there to talk about? He's gone and he's not coming back." I replied sharply, not wanting to discuss anything about this with him.

"Liv, you will feel better if you talk about it."

"No. I won't, El. I just want it all to go away." I said.

"It's never gonna go away."

"I know. But if I don't think about it I can convince myself that it might." I whispered

"Olivia-"

"Elliot! I don't want to talk about it! Is that not clear?" I almost screamed. Elliot looked hurt, how could I just have blew up like that? Elliot is the only one really here for me now. "Elliot, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I'm just frustrated and confused."

"It's OK. I understand." He said, scooting over towards me.

"Like I said. it's never going to go away. But I will try my hardest to make it, and I know Eli will help Melaina with getting back to herself, too. I have talked to him about it."

"What did you say?"

"I just told him that it's hard for Melaina to be happy right now because her dad hasn't been very to her nice lately. He told me that he could help her by sharing his toys. He said that would make her happier because she always is asking him to share." Elliot explained, smiling at the thought of their conversations. I smiled and stood up.

"I'm going to go talk to her. Thanks, El." I said, walking out. I could tell that Elliot was watching me even though I couldn't see him. I chuckled, closing the door behind me.

I walked into Eli's room to see the two of them playing with stuffed animals. I walked up to them and knelt down.

"Hey, Eli. Can me and Melaina talk for a little bit?" I asked. Eli looked at me with a confused face.

"Well what am I supossed to do?"

"How about you and your daddy go and eat some breakfast?"

"Kay!" He said, running out of the room. I picked up Melaina and placed her on my lap, wrapping my arms around her.

"How have you been, Melly?" I asked

"Good, Eli's letting me play with all his toys."

"Well that sounds fun! Have you been sleeping okay?"

"No, I stay up and talk to Melanie."

"What do you talk about?"

"Daddy."

"What about daddy?"

"He hurted me 'n you 'n then leaved. Then Eli was nice to me and gived me a hug 'cause I was crying."

"Why were you crying?"

"Because I miss daddy." She said. I hugged her and ran my fingers through her hair.

"I know you miss him, I do too, but daddy isn't being nice right now and I want him to get better." I tried explaining to her.

"Will I ever see him again?"

"I don't know, Melaina, I really don't." I said, hoping she would understand.

"Can I give Elli a hug?" She asked, innocently.

"Of course you can, why?"

"Because he says he loves me 'n I like hugging anyone who loves me." She said, that warmed my heart. I picked her up and rested her on my hip as she laid her head on my shoulder. We walked downstairs and saw Elliot making french toast and Eli playing in the backyard. Melaina wiggled out of my grip and walked over to Elliot who picked her up and kissed her forehead.

"What's up, munchkin?" Elliot asked, jokingly.

"I'm not munchkin, i'm 5." She told him.

"I know, i'm just messin with ya." He said, not expecting the hug Melaina was about to throw at him. She wrapped her short arms around him and buried her head in his neck. He returned the hug and they stayed like that for a while before Melaina finally pulled away.

"Thanks, Elli." She said, sweetly.

"You don't have to thank me. Thank you for being so nice to Eli and I."

"No problem, love ya."

"Love you, too, Melaina." He said

"How about some breakfast?" I asked. Melaina nodded her head and ran outside to get Eli.

"How many?" Elliot asked me, twirling the spatula in his hands.

"Two, and put one on a plate for Melaina." I said as she ran back into the house through the backdoor. "Melaina, come eat."

"Kay! What are we having?" Melaina asked as she climbed up into a bar stool.

"What some help there?" Elliot asked Melaina.

"Nope! I'm a big girl."

"You sure are" I said with a laugh. We finished eating our breakfast and cleaned up. Elliot and I weren't scheduled to go into work until the night shift began so we decided to do something all together.

"OK, Melaina and Eli, do you want to go to the zoo or to the aquarium?" Elliot and I asked the kids.

"I wanna go to the zoo! Can Melanie come too?" Melaina said with a smile.

"Let's go to the zoo!" Eli said excitedly.

"OK, the zoo it is, and yes, Melanie can come." I replied. We loaded into the car and drove down to the zoo. After getting into the zoo I asked Melaina where she wanted to go first.

"I wanna see the pandas!" Melaina yelled as she ran past me.

"Whoa! Wait for me, Melly," I said as I ran towards her.

"Don't worry, I won't leave you, Momma" My heart warmed as I heard her say that. She really did care about how I felt.

"Thanks," I said as she pulled me in the direction of the pandas.

"Love you, Momma."

"Love you too."

Eeeeek. Only 1500 words :( I felt bad after not updating for a week but I have been soooo busy lately with the last day of school and the end of the year parties and stuff like that, haha. I'm sure you all have, too. ANYWAYS, comment :)