Wednesday came by quickly and Olivia was very much looking forward to her sleepover with Molly. She'd already spoken with Bayard on the phone and he'd pretty much said as it was a sleepover the rules were down to Olivia.
She'd been shopping and researching ideas for sleepovers and had spent a fortune on stuff for the two of them to do together, Olivia wanted them both to have a nice fun filled relaxing night together.
When her buzzer went she found herself excitedly running to let them in.
"Come up." She said into her intercom before knocking the button.
She ran over to the door and opened it before going into the kitchen and knocking the kettle on so that Bayard could have a cup of coffee before he left.
"Hey Liv."
Olivia groaned and turned around to see George Huang standing there.
"George, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"Just came by to see how you were, the case today was … tough." George replied running his hand across his jaw, he had to admit losing a child had hit him hard.
"You know that Molly's coming over George, and yeah losing a case especially the way we did today Is always tough but I've got something to keep my mind off it all tonight and I'm looking forward to that." Olivia replied just as the buzzer went. "See? If you want coffee help yourself, pour one for Bayard too." She smiled before going over to the intercom.
Less than five minutes later Olivia was putting Molly's things in her bedroom while Bayard and George had coffee in the kitchen.
"We're gonna have so much fun Mol', I got some face masks and body lotion I thought we could do hand and feet massages. I've got plenty of Candy and Popcorn and Soda." Olivia smiled, she had never had a sleep over as a kid, this was a new experience for her.
"Cool!" Molly squealed excitedly as they made their way back to the men in the kitchen.
"Hey Mol' there are DVD's on the couch go take your pick, I wasn't sure what you would like so I just got loads from the rental store and there are some from my own collection." Olivia smiled and Molly nodded and left the adults alone for a while.
"Are you sure about this Olivia?" Bayard asked. "I mean I've had a group of kids over for sleep overs and they eat so much candy and drink so much pop that they're up chatting all night."
"Oh come on Bayard, we'll be fine and I've been looking forward to this all week!" Olivia replied childishly. "Just can't promise she will sleep much and she'll probably be crank and tired tomorrow because I have bought enough Candy to feed half of Manhattan." She informed him laughing.
"Sounds like you're going to have a good night." George smiled.
"Don't start." Olivia warned him and he looked at her innocently. "Shrinking me, I'm not hurting or depressed from what happened today ok?"
"Fine." George sighed.
"Why what happened today?" Bayard asked his intrigue and concern for Olivia winning the battle of whether or not to ask her.
"Missing baby, kidnapped, we found the perp but had to let him go because we didn't have enough to hold him, he left the precinct and killed the kid." Olivia explained heavily, she could still feel the baby in her arms, she had looked like she was just sleeping but Olivia had looked for a pulse and hadn't found one.
"She failed to mention she found the body." George added dryly.
"Oh Liv." Bayard said softly. "I'm sorry."
"It's fine, can't win them all Bayard, you should know you fight for the defence." Olivia joked pathetically.
"Yeah but I can't imagine being in that position." Bayard replied shaking his head softly.
"Olivia I chose these." Molly smiled coming in with a DVD in each hand.
"A girl after my own heart." Olivia smiled as she looked at the DVD's Molly had chosen.
"Well we should head off and leave you two ladies to your evening." Bayard smiled looking at George Huang the shrink and defence attorney didn't get on to well and Bayard knew Olivia didn't want the psychiatrist hanging around.
"Uh yeah of course, have a good night." George smiled giving Olivia hug.
"Thanks and I'll see you Friday. Bayard do you have a time you want her home tomorrow?" Olivia asked knowing that Molly would want to stay as late as she could get away with the next day.
"Uh well Softball practise at four." Bayard smiled and Olivia nodded and smiled back.
"That ok Mol?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah!" Molly grinned happily.
"Ok well Bayard we'll see you at four." Olivia said. "Mol I'm gonna show George and your Dad out if you wanna put the DVD on and then we can get into our pyjamas." Olivia smiled and Molly quickly headed off while Olivia showed the men out.
"Any problems Liv just call me and don't be afraid to have to row her if she oversteps her boundaries." Bayard told her.
"I don't think I'll need to row her for anything Bayard she's a great girl." Olivia smiled. "I'm sure we'll have a great night."
"If you need anything Liv call me yeah? I mean, after everything today…"
"Yes George I get the point and I will if I need to but I don't think I will ok?" Olivia told him and he nodded.
"Bye." He said and Bayard gave a wave before both men walked to the elevator and Olivia closed the door.
She went into the living room to find that Molly was sitting fast forwarding the adverts on the DVD.
"So shall we get the Candy, Popcorn and pop ready then get in our jammies, and we can get the hand cream and I'll do your hands and nails, I bought this cool nail kit a while ago and Casey won't let me do anything more than a simple manicure." Olivia said and Molly grinned excitedly and nodded.
Thirty minutes later the DVD was on, Olivia was wearing a pair of light blue bottoms with sheep on them and a white tank top while Molly was wearing a pair of pink pajama shorts with a navy blue lined pattern with a matching tank. They were sat facing each other on the couch with their legs crossed and a throw over them both. In the middle between them was the nail set, a bottle of hand cream, a bowl of water, some cotton balls and nail varnish remover. On the coffee table was a large bowl of popcorn, a bowl of a variety of candy all mixed together and two glasses of cola.
"So what do you want me to do to these?" Olivia asked as she pulled off the pale pink nail varnish from Molly's nails.
"Uh whatever, you choose." Molly shrugged as she looked at the many designs in the small booklet Olivia had with the kit.
"Ok… you ok?" Olivia asked sensing something off with the youngster.
"Can we put the DVD off and just talk?" Molly asked.
"Sure." Olivia smiled reaching for the remote control and putting the TV off. "So what do you wanna talk about?" She asked turning back to the youngsters nails.
"I don't know, it's just … nice to have a grown up to talk to who isn't my Dad." Molly replied with a smile.
"You know, you can talk to me about anything, I won't tell anyone and that includes your Dad unless it's something criminal." Olivia told her and she nodded.
"I just don't know what it's like to have a … a woman in my life, there's only ever just been me and Dad." Molly explained and Olivia nodded in reply.
"I'm sure your Dad has had girlfriends and other female attention." Olivia said softly.
"Yeah but most of them were after his money and tried to pretend he didn't have a kid." Molly explained. "None of them ever paid any attention to me and that's one of the reasons they never worked with my Dad, I think my happiness is more important to him than his own in his opinion."
"I'm sure that's true Mol' I mean I don't have kids so I can't be certain but I'm sure all your Dad wants is the best for you and he wouldn't do anything to make you unhappy ever." She replied reassuringly as she continued to work on Molly's nails.
"I know." Molly replied. "But it's weird for me, I'm a teenager now and I feel really lucky to have met you Olivia because I know I can talk to you about things I wouldn't be comfortable talking to my Dad about."
"Of course, every little girl needs a woman around Mol." Olivia smiled softly, she was pleased the little girl felt like she could go to Olivia about anything.
"I've got a boyfriend." Molly said and Olivia stopped what she was doing to look at the girl.
"And how old is he?" Olivia asked seriously.
"Fifteen." Molly replied and Olivia felt butterflies in her stomach as she went back to work on Molly's nails.
"Ok." Olivia replied slowly. "I'm guessing your Dad doesn't know anything about him."
"Nope. Dad would kill me he wants me to be single until he's dead and can't do anything about it." Molly laughed.
"So do I get to know his name?" Olivia asked.
"James." Molly replied and she looked at Olivia seriously. "Robert James Creswell the third."
"Heir to the Creswell fortune?" Olivia asked in shock.
"Yeah, he's in TP with me." Molly explained.
"Molly, James Creswell is a bachelor and a player honey." Olivia said seriously. "I have to ask but have you…" Olivia felt extremely awkward.
"No Olivia I haven't had sex." Molly giggled as Olivia breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm way too young to be thinking about that yet."
"Good!" Olivia exclaimed. "I'm very glad to hear it. So tell me about James."
"Well he's lovely, he likes meeting me at lunchtime and taking me for a walk around the rambles at the back of the school…"
"Which I know is out of bounds." Olivia interrupted.
"Yeah but it quiet away from his stupid friends who are so immature." Molly explained and Olivia laughed, the thirteen year old was going on thirty.
"Ok…" Olivia pushed.
"And we… well we make out but that's as far as it goes and he's never even tried to take it any further and well… well he's invited me to his place to meet his parents who he says are dying to meet me." Smiled Molly, she was trying to hint towards Olivia who nodded her understanding.
"Let me guess, you want me to fight your corner against your Dad?" Olivia asked and Molly nodded.
"I just know he's going to say no but please Olivia, I really like James and that his parents want to meet me that's huge!" Molly grinned.
"How long have you and James been boyfriend and girlfriend?" Olivia asked seriously.
"About four months." Molly replied with a shy smile. "He wants to take me to The Creswell Foundation Gala but I can't go till I've met his parents but to do that I need my Dad to come too."
"Ah so there's more, your Dad has to be there too." Olivia chuckled. "When's the gala?" Olivia asked.
"Sunday." Molly replied.
"Oh and so when are you planning on going to dinner with the Creswell's?"
"Well I've been asked to go there Friday." Molly explained and Olivia nodded.
"I'll talk to your Dad about it but if he says no then it's no ok?" Olivia replied and Molly nodded and grinned happily.
"Thank you Olivia." She smiled.
"You're welcome now what do you think?" Olivia showed the finished nails off to the youngster who smiled happily.
"I love them now I'm going to do yours." Molly replied and Olivia nodded and handed her nails over to the thirteen year old. "So Olivia why don't you have any children?"
"I guess I never found the right man." Olivia shrugged. "But I'm only thirty four Mol' I've got a few years yet."
"How come you never found a guy, I mean Olivia you're hot!" Molly replied making Olivia giggle.
"Hot?" Olivia questioned and Molly nodded softly. "Well finding a guy takes time and I guess I just don't have any. This day off is rare for me Mol." Olivia smiled and Molly nodded understandingly.
"I'm sure you'll find someone." Molly said.
"To be honest I've stopped looking, if it happens it happens and if it doesn't well it doesn't." Olivia told the youngster.
"I'm sure there is someone out there, maybe right in front of you and you just haven't noticed him yet." Molly smiled and Olivia shrugged not understanding this time what the teen was hinting towards.