Little fast forward here, skip the crap and straight to the juicy bit! I hope this story continues to please. I have finally finished it and there is more than 70 Chapters in total. I will be updating 3 to 4 times a day with this one, if you find it too much lemme know and I'll slow down but I want to focus on the sequel so I need to get this out of the way. Anyway enough of my blabbing! Let's go!
The last five weeks had flown by. Olivia and Elliot had settled into a routine of being a family and had even become friends with their neighbours Dominic, Maria and their eighteen year old daughter Cassie. They had been a God-send with all the late night phone calls Elliot and Olivia had been getting to go into work.
When the alarm rang Elliot was the first one out of bed.
"Come on lazy bones." He smiled leaning over Olivia and whispering into her ear.
Just then her eyes shot open and she ran into the bathroom slamming the door shut behind her. He didn't need to follow her in to see what was wrong. She was retching repeatedly into the toilet and he could hear her, but being the dutiful boyfriend he went in and rubbed her back and held her hair.
"You're going back to bed." He said as she stood up.
She didn't feel sick not in the sense Elliot thought she did anyhow, she just felt nauseous, almost, sea sick.
"I'm fine El." She sighed as she pulled the chain and went to the sink. She leaned over the sink and began to scrub her teeth trying to get the taste of vomit from her mouth.
"You might have a bug Liv and you don't want the kids getting sick." He said as he massaged her shoulders gently.
"Just go and get ready for work, I'll go sort the kids out, I'm fine El don't panic, I think that fish I had last night was bad." Olivia sighed as she cleaned her tooth brush under the running water.
She slipped on a pair of sweat pants and went to wake all the kids up for school before going back to the bedroom to get herself ready for work as Elliot went down to make breakfast.
She had to run to the toilet a few times to be sick whilst she was getting dressed. There was niggling feeling in the back of her mind, but she didn't believe that it could be possible. She pulled on her small black shirt, her long sleeve comfy cardigan and a pair of figure hugging jeans, she couldn't be bothered digging for her work clothes. All she wanted was to be comfortable. A last glance in the mirror after piling on some make up told her she was good to go and join her family who were making a racket downstairs.
"Here you go." Elliot smiled passing to her a mug of strong black coffee. Just how she normally had it to start her day.
"Oh my God." She said as the smell hit her nostrils. She ran to the downstairs bathroom and vomited again.
"Is Mom alright?" Kathleen asked looking at her father.
"Yeah, food poisoning." Elliot smiled as he served up waffles to his waiting kids.
Olivia came back into the kitchen and made herself a glass of water and downed it in one. She then made another glass and sipped it more slowly. She only did this because she remembered her friend Melinda Warner telling her that she had to replace the liquid in her body to stop her from becoming dehydrated when she'd had a stomach bug earlier in the year.
"I'm guessing you don't want waffles?" Elliot asked.
"No, I'm good." She said even though she seemed to be in a world of her own. Just then the doorbell rang.
"It's Jamie and Mark!" Calvin yelled jumping off his seat and going to answer the door.
"Hi boys do you want some waffles? There's plenty." Elliot said grabbing to more plates.
"Thanks Mr Stabler." The boys chorused together.
Olivia had been very relieved when Calvin had made friends with Jamie and his big brother Mark as he now caught the bus with them to school. It was just lucky for them that they lived only five doors down and in the past couple of weeks had been coming over for breakfast.
"Right eat up quick everyone it's getting late." Olivia said as she placed her now empty glass in the dishwasher.
One by one the children finished their breakfast on and got their shoes on and together they left the house. They all caught the bus from the same stop even though Calvin was in a different school.
"We should get going too." Elliot smiled.
"Yeah we should." Olivia grinned and they left the house.
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The first thing that hit Olivia when she walked into the squad room was the smell of coffee. She threw her purse at Elliot and ran to the bathroom to throw up what was left of her stomach contents. She made a mental note to go and see Melinda as soon as she could as she didn't know for how long she was going to be like this. Being sick made her sicker as she felt weak and vulnerable.
"Liv." Elliot said knocking on the bathroom door.
"I'm ok." She said pulling the chain and leaving the cubicle.
She knew Elliot only cared about her but sometimes he could get on her nerves, he had always been like this even before they had got together. She'd sneeze he'd tell her to go and rest and it quite frankly got on her nerves as she was so used to being independent and even though she loved pushing herself to breaking point she knew when she had to take time out from her work and recover.
"Are you sure? Cragen won't mind if you're sick." Elliot smiled softly.
"I'm fine El stop worrying." She said before gargling some water.
"Ok if you say so." He shrugged.
"There is something I need to do though, could you cover me?" Olivia asked.
"Of course." He smiled kissing her on the cheek before she rushed out.
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"I need a favour." Olivia said walking into the morgue. Warner was sat at her desk looking at something.
She hated having to ask her friend for help but she felt that desperate times called for desperate measures, she didn't want to worry or excite Elliot until she knew the facts but she had to soothe her own worry and fear.
"What's that?" Melinda asked turning to look at her friend who hadn't said hello and by the look of worry on her face, wasn't going to either.
"I need ... uh... I need you to do a pregnancy test for me." Olivia said her voice shaking.
"You know I don't do pregnancy tests on live victims Olivia, if she's that scared just by her an over the counter one. They're ninety nine percent accurate if you buy a good one." Warner said softly.
"Mel, it's not for a victim...uh... it's for me." Olivia sighed.
She knew that Melinda wouldn't do it if she didn't tell her it was for herself. So she decided to skip the dance she could have pulled and just decided to get to the point.
"Really?" Melinda asked a smile on her face.
"Yes if you don't mind that is." Olivia said.
"Of course I will, wait here a second." Melinda said as she rushed over to one of the cabinets.
"Ok I need a urine sample so get it to me and I can tell you." Melinda smiled.
"Right now?" Olivia asked a hit of desperation in her voice.
"Right now." Melinda smiled.
"Ok." Olivia said heading for the door.
Olivia went into the bathroom and shut the door. She wasn't sure if this was what she wanted to do anymore, it had felt right to go and ask her friend for help but now it felt like she should have been sat at home on her own with as many over the counter tests as she could buy. She shrugged away her feelings and closed her eyes knowing that this was the best way.
It took minutes for her to return the urine sample to Warner.
"Are you going to sit and wait or do you want me to call you when I've done it?" Melinda asked.
"I'll wait, Elliot thinks I have food poisoning." Olivia laughed.
"You have morning sickness? Why has it taken you this long for you to come and find out?" Melinda asked as she dropped a white stick into the urine so one end stuck out. She gently placed it on the counter and turned to Olivia who still hadn't answered her question.
"I just put missing my monthly down to stress." Olivia shrugged. "With moving house, the whole thing with Kathy and adjusting to becoming a parent of five kids I mean I won't say it's been easy." Olivia sighed.
"Olivia, do you know if you want babies of your own?" Melinda asked her hand on Olivia's knee.
"I don't know, I mean I'm happy with the family I've got. I have everything I've always wanted, a large family and Elliot. Kids of my own would be nice I just don't want to scare Elliot away." Olivia sighed again. "I also don't want to worry the kids, especially Calvin, what's it going to do to him when he finds out, I'm sure he's going to think I'll reject him when the baby's born."
"Hey he won't think that at all, he loves you more than he ever loved Vivian so you he's going to know that you'll still love him when the baby comes along alright. Anyway this should be done. Do you want to look first?" Melinda asked.
"No just tell me." Olivia said closing her eyes.
Warner took the stick out of the urine without looking at it. She then closed the lid tight and placed it on the counter and picked up the stick.
"Hurry Mel." Olivia said her legs bouncing with nerves and anticipation.
The seconds felt like hours and she didn't know what the outcome was going to be or how she was going to feel about it. Her stomach was doing summersaults at the thought of both answers as a part of her wanted it to be positive and another just wanted to wait awhile.
"Olivia." Melinda said making Olivia's eyes fly open to look at her. "You're definitely pregnant."
"Oh my God." Olivia gasped and suddenly she was filled with excitement. "I'm gonna have a baby?" She asked her eyes filling with tears.
"Yes Liv, you're going to have a baby." Melinda smiled.
Olivia jumped up and wrapped her arms around her friend's neck. Now that she had her answer she knew what she wanted, she wanted this baby. Her own flesh and blood, no, a combination of hers and Elliot's flesh and blood
"Thank you Mel." She smiled. "Thank you so much now I think there's someone else I need to go and tell." She laughed.
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When she walked into the squad room she didn't think about anything or anyone. She ran up to Elliot who was stood by his desk and kissed him passionately.
"Liv." He mumbled through her kiss. "We're at work." He laughed as she pulled away.
She leaned into his ear and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"How do you fancy being a father for the sixth time?" She whispered. Sixth being that Calvin had also started calling him dad in the way his kids called her mom.
Elliot's heart skipped a beat. "Are you serious?" He said his face lit up.
"Yeah." She said as he scooped her into the air and spun her around before kissing her passionately.
He felt nothing but pure joy. He was finally going to have a child with the one person he had ever loved in his life.
"Guys put each other down you're in work." Cragen laughed guessing there was a reason for their lack of professionalism.
Elliot looked at Olivia who nodded knowing exactly what was going through his mind. They were doing what the squad called the "Benson-Stabler" thing where they could tell what each other were thinking without saying a word.
"I'm going to be a dad again!" he yelled his excitement jumping with his voice.
The squad room broke out into applause as he placed his arms around Olivia again.
"Congratulations." Cragen smiled coming to shake Elliot's hand.
"I hope you're ready to be a grandfather Cap!" Olivia laughed as he hugged her. He pulled away and looked at her, tears brimming on his eye lids.
"Really?" He gasped.
She just nodded and he hugged her again. Olivia had never known a father's love but she was sure that what she felt for Don Cragen was what Maureen felt for Elliot, pure unconditional love and she would have it any other way. Fin and Munch as well as some in uniform officers came over to congratulate them.
"Looking forward to becoming Uncles?" Olivia asked as they all sat together.
"Yes baby girl!" Fin smiled.
"Of course!" Munch beamed.
"Just keep coffee away from me, the smell makes me sick." She laughed as Elliot stroked her flat stomach. She couldn't believe that in a few months there would visibly be a baby inside of her.
"Looking forward to becoming a desk jokey?" Fin asked jokingly.
"Not for a few months!" Olivia laughed knowing she was going to spend the last few weeks before maternity leave pushing papers.
"Benson! Stabler!" Cragen yelled running from his office having just received a phone call. He didn't want to have to tell Olivia what was happening but the longer he held it in the harder it was going to be.
"What is it Cap?" Olivia asked her heart rate increasing at the look on his face. She felt nauseated again but this time she knew it wasn't the morning sickness.
"Three bombs went off at The Garden School." He explained his heart hammering in his chest.
"Oh MY GOD THAT'S CALVIN'S SCHOOL!" Olivia yelled her heart rate increasing so suddenly she felt it was going to bounce out of her chest.
"Go! All of you!" Cragen said and they all including Cragen himself rushed out of the precinct.
See happiness never lasts! But the tables have to turn soon... don't they?
How's Calvin? Is he hurt? Is he dead? Read on!
oxox
