Chapter 11. To the guest reviewer who left the review asking if Olivia had already told Nick about the baby, I think you should read chapter 10 again, she only imagined that she told him. This time she told him for real. Dick Wolf owns, enjoy.
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She lay in bed early Saturday morning, Nick's strong arms around her as she woke up to see his beautiful dark eyes staring at her. He hadn't really slept all night, he was so happy about the baby that his excitement just continued to grow as they sat there (after he'd spent a good twenty minutes on his knees talking to her stomach) and she told him through tears that she'd found out a week ago after she'd been throwing up for two days and decided to take a home pregnancy test but the test was faulty and she couldn't believe it when the doctor told her. She never thought she'd be able to have a child and now look.
That night, they made love again and even after he'd spent his last drop of energy pleasing her so she fell asleep in his arms; he was just too excited and lay there practically the whole night, replaying what she'd told him and imagining the future for their son. He just knew it was a boy and couldn't wait until they could find out for sure!
"Hey." He whispered to her as her eyes opened and she smiled. She was so gorgeous with her hair all wild from their lovemaking, a lock of it lying across her face, he couldn't believe that this woman; this beautiful goddess of a woman was right now, carrying his child inside her.
"Good morning." She said and kissed him, snuggling closer. Tell him, Olivia!
"Sleep okay?"
"What little sleep I got!" She smiled though it quickly disappeared as a look of uneasy came over her. "What time is it?"
"Just after six."
"I'm surprised Zara's not up yet. She usually beats us waking up."
"I'm sure she'll be up and busting our eardrums soon enough." He said and they laughed.
Olivia knew that she had to tell him, she'd got distracted between answering his questions and them making love last night and she never got to it. Now, here in the early morning, it had to be now. "Baby?" She called to him nervously.
"Yeah?"
"We need to-." She said as she sat up and regretted it. Rising so fast had aggravated her stomach and she felt vomit coming up.
"You okay?" Nick asked, suddenly concerned when she took on a greenish tint, almost matching the plaid in Nick's pajama shirt that she wore.
"Oh!" She said as she put a hand to her mouth and jumped out of bed, running to the bathroom and slamming the door. Nick heard her heaving as he got up and quickly threw on his pajama pants before he went to the bathroom door.
"Liv… Mami…" He called as she threw up again then said quietly to himself "I don't think she needs you Nick!" and he sat down nervously on the bed and waited. Suddenly, Zara knocked and opened the door, looking so cute in her pink and white pajama shortset as she held her stuffed unicorn but she felt sick unbeknownst to Nick.
"Hey princess. Estás bien?" Rather than come inside, Zara stood in the doorway hugging her unicorn and shivering slightly.
"No podía volver a dormir… Daddy, where's Olivia?" She said and asked quietly with a cough that Nick didn't miss.
"Zara, mija come here." He said just as Olivia came out of the bathroom but when Zara saw her, she immediately changed her mind about going to her daddy and went straight to Olivia.
"Zara, baby what's wrong?" Olivia asked as she lifted the child into her arms and could feel her heat through her pajamas as Zara lay her head on Olivia's shoulder. "Nick, she's burning up!" She said suddenly forgetting about her morning sickness and holding her and trying to remain calm so she wouldn't worry Zara but she was at this moment, frantic!
"I'll get the thermometer!" He said as he quickly went into the bathroom and Olivia sat down, holding Zara close to her as she sat listlessly on Olivia's lap, curled into her.
"I don't feel good!" Zara said in a barely there voice as she let out another cough.
"I know baby." Olivia said as she kissed the top of Zara's head. Nick came back with the thermometer, quickly putting it in Zara's ear to take her temperature, his expression changing when he saw what it said as he looked at Olivia, those numbers scared the life out of him but her kept a calm, firm voice as he told Olivia the result.
"104.2, I'm gonna get some clothes on and bring the car around." But her reaction was just as shocked as his.
"Zara, we're gonna take a trip to the emergency room, okay?"
In Miami, Manny was once again out for his morning run and as he ran along South Pointe Park with his music in his ears, he couldn't help but think of her. It had been three weeks since he'd saw her last and five weeks since he was with her and he still couldn't understand why she'd developed this sudden anger towards him.
He'd tried calling her the day she threw him out but he got nothing, except for later that day when she picked up to tell him don't ever call this number again! and she hung up. Then of course when he'd tried to talk to her at the wedding, she gave him a look that could kill!
He just wanted to know what happened. Was it because she felt guilt over what she'd done? Over the fact that she'd cheated on his brother? Truth be told, when they had sex that morning, he thought that it would be it. He didn't count on becoming addicted to it; to her, but there it was. He'd spent the whole day thinking about it, replaying it in his mind; hell, he saw it when he slept, her body spread before him to have any way he wanted! Even the next day, she'd said no but she wanted him. Was it a coincidence that she was in his room that morning, in a short nightshirt under which she had nothing on? That she let him manhandle her, make her submit and then after they were done, she freaked out! He admits, he was a little rough with her but he didn't do anything that she didn't want, he would never do something that a woman didn't want.
He took a break from running and stopped as he ran alongside the water, watching the sun just come up and he thought about it. He was sorry that he'd betrayed his brother and went after his then fiancé, he never intended for any of it to happen but then 4 months ago, something happened. He'd met Olivia before then and he thought she was beautiful! Dark hair, gorgeous skin, a body for days; she was a total package and he considered his brother lucky that a woman like that was available and told him so. But then, 4 months ago when he saw her at their engagement party in that skintight, white dress that left very little to the imagination, and she'd gotten close to him when they danced and for the first time he noticed her perfume, light with hints of orange blossom… When he thought back to how his dick got so hard that night and he was glad that she'd ended the dance because he had to find somebody to fuck or he was going to explode! Ever since then, he's thought about her, often masturbating to thoughts of her, even been with other women all while she was on his mind. Truth be told, no, he didn't intend for it to happen but did he go to NYC with the sole thought of trying to fuck his brothers woman? Yes. And he would give it everything he had, even after Nick had told him that he wanted him to entice her, that was just dumb luck because he'd already decided that he was going to.
Looking out at the water, he knew he had to see her again, even if she told him to leave her alone, she couldn't deny the absolute primal connection they'd had. He was going to see her again. And she'd have no choice but to talk to me if I just show up!
They'd been in the ER now for 4 hours and the doctors were now sure what had gotten Zara's fever so high, she had a wicked throat infection from her tonsils which were swollen and the doctors were sure of one thing- they had to get her fever down and so far, the fever medicine they'd been giving her, wasn't working!
Nick was trying to strong, but seeing Zara so sick had gotten to him. She'd been the only girl in his life for so long; his baby and having her suddenly be down like this when she'd never been this sick before… After he'd gone to call his mother, he headed back to Zara's room to see Olivia sitting in a chair by the gurney with Zara in her arms. She looked so scared as she stroked the now sleeping child's hair as she talked to the doctor.
"...doses of ibuprofen and it's done nothing! Her fever's only gone up!"
"Gone up?" Nick said as he came in.
"Mr. Amaro-" The doctor said but Nick was beyond hearing him at this point.
"How high?"
"105.4 but that's what I was just trying to explain to your wife. We've given her antibiotics to treat the infection, it should bring her fever down soon."
"So that's it? She'll be okay?" Olivia asked, finally feeling some relief and holding Nick's hand.
"We'll send her home with antibiotics, she should be just fine, waking you guys early and being a handful." He smiled. "I'll be back in an hour to check on her."
"Thanks doc." Nick said as the doctor left and he turned to Olivia, looking down at Zara and sent up a silent prayer of thanks as he kneeled to the chair.
"She's gonna be okay!" Olivia said, misty eyed and smiling as she kissed Zara's head.
"What about you? You've been sitting here for so long…" He said as he rubbed her stomach.
"We're fine, stop worrying."
"Can you imagine the two of them together?" He laughed.
"It's gonna be an adventure." She said just as Nick's phone began vibrating. He kissed Olivia and Zara before he answered.
"Yeah captain?" He said as he walked out into the hall. Zara started to stir, opening her eyes.
"Mommy?" She said in her miniscule little voice, catching Olivia completely by surprise and she couldn't help but cry. Did she just call me Mommy?
Out in the hall, Nick was still on his phone with his captain.
"Yeah, I'll be there as soon as I can...okay. Yes, she's fine, thank you...okay. I'll see you soon." And he hung up just as another call came in. Hey, Manny!"
"So I have some time coming up in a couple weeks, and I wanted to come up and see you guys, but it's not set in stone yet."
"Yeah, that'd be great, just let me know!" Nick said.
"You sound happy, what'd you just get some?" Manny joked, imagining Olivia naked and writhing as he did.
"You dick!" Nick laughed along with him. "No, we had to take Zara to the ER and just found out she's gonna be fine so I'm just stoked! And speaking of stoked; don't say anything because we're not telling anybody yet"
"Telling anybody what? Nick, que esta pasando?"
"Olivia; she's pregnant!"
I guess more to come, see y'all soon!
