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Olivia knocked softly on Noah's door before opening it. "Noah, it's time for-" Her eyes widened when Noah's bed was empty. "Noah!" She quickly hurried out to the living room and covered her chest with her hand when she found Noah fast asleep with Gemma on the couch. She jumped though when she turned to the kitchen.

Elliot grinned seeing that he obviously scared her. He handed her a cup of coffee. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you." He jutted his chin towards the couch. "He came out around one to turn off the TV. He asked Gemma if he could sleep on the couch with her."

"Really?" Olivia asked before taking a sip of her coffee, closing her eyes as the warm liquid traveled down her throat. "I didn't hear a thing." She set down her cup and walked out into the living room. She smiled when she noticed that Gemma had placed Noah in between the couch and herself, an arm draped over him protectively. She started combing her fingers through Noah's hair and then Gemma's, watching as they both slowly opened their eyes. "Good morning to you two. Noah, you need to start getting ready for school."

"We should be sending her back to school." Elliot called out from the kitchen. "She doesn't have her diploma."

Gemma smirked, closing her eyes once more. "At least if I graduated now, I wouldn't receive a baby with it as well." She stretched out, careful not to fall off the edge of the couch.

Noah looked up at Olivia with a frown. "I don't want a baby when I graduate, Mommy."

Olivia chuckled as she picked him up off the couch and started walking back towards his bedroom. "Don't worry. I won't sign you up for that." She kissed his head as she walked into his room.

"How'd you sleep?" Elliot asked as he started pulling bread out of the bag and putting it into the toaster, adding two extra pieces for Gemma. He glanced up at her when she sat up on the couch, turning so her legs were pressed against the back cushions.

"Decent." Gemma shrugged before jutting her chin towards him. "So, what happens now?"

Elliot took a sip of his coffee. "Well, you were pulled into all of this because there was evidence your boyfriend was involved in sex trafficking. We're probably going to head to the precinct today since you cleared your boyfriend."

Gemma ran a hand through her hair. "If he still is my boyfriend..." She looked down the hallway when Olivia emerged from Noah's room and closed the door behind her. "Are we playing detective today?"

"I suppose you could say that." Olivia said with a nod of her head. "I'm the only detective here. But, I'll need you to come in with me. You seem to know more about this case than Danny did, and he was our main suspect."

Gemma climbed over the back of the couch and pulled herself into one of the barstools. "If you want my help, I have one condition."

Elliot grabbed the toast when they popped up, scraping his butter knife along each one. "Aren't we the parents here? Aren't we supposed to be the ones with the terms and conditions?"

"Aren't you supposed to keep the kid if you want those rights?" Gemma retorted with a smirk. She chuckled when he shoved a plate with two pieces of toast to her, almost falling off the counter and onto her lap.

"What do you want?" Olivia asked, rolling her eyes at Elliot's behavior.

Gemma grabbed the jar of jelly that was in front of Elliot and started scooping it out. "I don't want anymore secrets or lies. If I'm going to be around your friends or your family, I want the truth to come out. Sooner rather than later. You guys gave me up to avoid all of the confrontation, but I'll only stick around if you are willing to tell the truth to everyone."

Elliot shrugged his shoulders. "You wasted a good opportunity to get what you want."

"Why?" Gemma asked.

"We were going to do that anyway." Elliot smirked.

"Is there anything else you want?" Olivia asked, chuckling at the banter between the two of them.

Gemma moved her head from side to side in thought. "If I think of something, I'll let you know." She took a bite of her toast before looking between the two of them again. "What did you two do when you were pregnant with me? Did you stay with her or what?"

Elliot nodded his head. "Whenever Kathy and I were fighting, I'd stay with her, which was often."

Olivia took a bite of Elliot's toast before handing it back to him, watching as he shoved the rest of it into his mouth. "He stayed with me the majority of the last month. After we had you, he stayed here nearly every night until we found Dave and Mya."

"Wait, so you two didn't know Dave and Mya before I was born?" Gemma asked with wide eyes.

"We knew them. We just didn't know they were trying unsuccessfully to have a kid." Elliot explained. "A few days after you were born, we found they had been trying for a long time. We talked, had them meet you a couple times before they actually took you in as their own."

Gemma shook her head. "Wow. That's horrible."

Olivia pursed her lips together. "It was more painful than you can imagine."


"She's back." Fin stated to the rest of the squad when he saw Olivia walk in with Gemma and Elliot behind her. He frowned when he saw Gemma tucked under Elliot's arm, struggling to get free. "Against her will?"

"She has tried to run away a few times since we found her." Elliot stated.

Fin glared at Elliot. "I wasn't talking to you."

Olivia rolled her eyes. "Take it easy. We can hash that mess out later." She back towards Gemma to find her pulling at Elliot's arm that was holding her against him. "El, she's not going to run. Let her go already."

Elliot let his arm drop, groaning when Gemma elbowed his side as she stepped away. "Foul."

"Why don't you two go into my office? Just don't kill each other." Olivia chuckled.

Fin's eyes squinted watching the two walk to Olivia's office, Olivia showing no signs of discomfort or annoyance. He knew that Olivia would forgive Elliot, but he never thought it would be think quick. "Don't tell me Stabler got to you."

Olivia turned back to Fin. "What are you talking about?" She shoved her hands into her back pockets.

"You and Elliot. You two look like love sick puppies than two people who are virtually strangers to one another." Fin stated, pointing to Elliot who sat down on the leather couch inside her office. "Don't tell me you slept with him."

Olivia glanced in at the two herself. "It's been nineteen years since I have." She saw Fin's eyes widen. "It's a long story."

"And long overdue at that." Fin retorted. He scoffed and shook his head. "So, you're telling me you two were screwing each other through your entire partnership. Man, I stuck up for you two so many times-"

"Fin, we only slept together once, before you even joined the unit." Olivia said, her tone hushed to keep away the attention of the busy squad room. "I haven't slept with him since then." She ran a hand through her hair. "That's not where we ended though."

Fin continued to shake his head. "So, you two had been together and he still left. That son of a bitch." He looked into her office, seeing Elliot laugh with Gemma on the couch before she suck punched his shoulder. "Wait a minute. . ." he turned back to Olivia. "She's yours."

Olivia felt the tears building in her eyes. "Yeah."

"She's his." Fin concluded, running a hand down his face. He glared at Olivia before storming into her office. Olivia hurried in behind him and closed the door before he started snapping at Elliot. "You had a kid with her and you still left!"

"Fin, stop." Olivia tried to stop him from making a scene.

Fin whipped around to face her. "Shut it." He turned back to Elliot. "You spineless son of a bitch. I can't believe you left her. I didn't understand why you left before I found out you two had a kid. Now, I can't fucking fathom the idea that you would even get her forgiveness."

Elliot nodded once. "I don't deserve it. I left, because I didn't want to become another person who let her down. I know by leaving I became that person anyway. But, I didn't let her see me the way she saw her mother: as a drunk who couldn't control themselves."

"You could've called!" Fin nearly screamed. "You could've texted her every now and then to let her know you were alive. Or better yet, to know she was alive. You gave me all those speeches about how you were her partner. Where were you when she was kidnapped for three days? Or when she was in court being questioned by the man who kidnapped her? Or, how about when he wanted to get the best of her so he offered a deal for prison time if she said that he raped her? Where were you then? You sure as fuck weren't here, man."

"You want to know where I was!" Elliot boomed, standing up. "I locked myself in my apartment and drank those entire three days with the news on twenty-four seven. I drank so much that I thought she'd been gone for a month. I scared my kids shitless. I'm not saying that I didn't screw up, because I did. I screwed up to the point where there shouldn't be no forgiveness. I don't deserve it, but guess what. She is MY partner. No matter how badly I screw up or how many times I push her away, she knows that I would do anything to protect her, even if I end up hurting her in the end. That's all I've ever wanted to do. I just wanted to protect her. So, yes. I bailed out to keep her from seeing another person in her life turn into an alcoholic. I'm not saying it was the right thing to do. I regret it. I regret every day of it, because I had to spend all those days away from her. Away from our friendship. Away from the one relationship that I knew was rock solid."

He turned away from Fin only to turn back around. "And, another thing. I left the woman I fucking love." He starred daggers at Fin, even when he and the two girls were stunned. "I fell in love with her years ago, when she was carrying our child. And, I was so stupid to stay with a woman just because I married her first. I don't care if she doesn't love me back. I would prefer it that way, but I know that life doesn't always work out the way you want it to. I love her so much that I would let her live her life without me, even if it kills me, just to make her happy. So, don't tell me that I fucking screwed up. I know I did, and I'll pay for it for the rest of my life."

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