A/N Sorry this took so long – just recovering from surgery. This is the last chapter for this one. Hope you enjoy! I have a one-shot planned but it's going to be a few weeks in the making while I heal.

The low moan followed by a string of profanities from the bedroom was an indication that the place was occupied solely by adults.

Amanda's toes were curled, her fingers buried in soft brunette waves, as she rode out her second orgasm of the morning. The insistent tongue was driving her demented and she scratched Olivia's scalp lightly to stop the torture.

"Ok, ok I'm done… I can't take anymore. Please Liv…" she panted, too out of breath to plead anymore. She felt the head between her legs move slightly to rest on her stomach, a hand stroking up her abs, coming to rest over her heart.

Lying still for a minute Amanda eventually gathered the energy to interlink her finger with the ones resting on her chest. The deep sigh of contentment made Olivia beam with pride.

"I love that feeling. Your heart is about to beat out of your chest."

"Yeah you kinda didn't give me a chance to recover from your fingers buried inside me as I came the first time before you launched that second wave with your tongue Lieutenant. I don't think I'm gona be able to move for a while."

"Good, we don't need to."

"You know you don't pay Gina enough, right?"

Olivia laughed against the pale white skin of Amanda's tummy, turning fully so she could kiss her way up along the toned body underneath her, eventually finding soft pink lips, kissing them lazily and settling into the arms that came around her. Those same arms tightened in panic a few moments later "Hats, did we get hats?"

"Yes, bright foil hats that everyone is going to wear for all of five minutes, or in Jessy's case, 5 seconds."

Amanda began to mentally tick off the list she had been through a hundred times as she panicked for the hundredth time that they'd forgotten something.

"We have everything." Olivia kissed her neck and stroked her arm reassuringly. Amanda marveled that Olivia could calm her so easily. It was something no one else in her life had ever been able to do, though many had tried. She kissed the top of the head resting on her chest.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"For being you."

"Not often I get thanks for that, in fact I usually get reprimanded for it, so I'll take it." Olivia rolled off her and on to her side of the bed. We should probably get up at some point though. Gina and Jen can only keep the two of them out for so long before someone is going to want to watch cartoons."

"Just two more minutes?" Amanda rolled onto her side and began to trace patterns on Olivia's bare stomach.

"This doesn't seem like it's going to be a two-minute thing."

Amanda grinned mischievously as she rose and straddled the brunette's waist. "It can be quick if you want it to be but where is the fun in that?"

It was another half hour before either of them could get out of bed and shower.

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Gina put Jessy in her high chair and deposited the shopping on the counter. She sensed Noah standing behind her but said nothing, waiting for him to start the conversation.

"Jessy's birthday Nenaw!" he stated confidently as he pointed to the helium balloons in the corner of the living room. He could say her name properly now but kept up with his Nenaw nickname, a kind of affectionate sign.

"Yeah Jessy's birthday, that's right. What age is she gona be Noah?"

He held up his index finger and squealed "One".

"That's right, she is one. Are you ready for the party?"

Noah shook his head.

"No? Why not?"

He pointed to the chocolate stain on his red hoodie.

"Fair point buddy. Let's go find you something else to wear." They bumped into Amanda her hair mussed, smelling faintly of sex as she tried to sneak to the kitchen to get coffee while Olivia showered.

She froze when she encountered Noah and Gina and looked like she was about to try and think up an excuse when Gina burst out laughing.

"Sorry we were planning on staying out longer but Jen needed to come back and charge her phone. She's expecting a work call and her phone died when we were out. Her charger was here and well…" both of them started to laugh and Noah joined in.

"It's ok, we were meant to be up an hour ago. We… Yeah ok."

"Yeah Noah and I are gona go find something else for him to wear. We had chocolate ice-cream after breakfast and as per usual he ended up wearing half of it."

Amanda tousled the little boy's hair as he ran into his room followed by a still chuckling Gina.

Amanda went into the kitchen and looked through to the living room to see Jen having an animated conversation with her now year old daughter.

"Hi you two."

"Hey Amanda. All set?"

"I don't think so but Liv assures me it's all going to be fine so I'm trusting her."

"Good idea. I let Gina think the same thing – you going to double check everything anyway?"

Amanda nodded and then rooted through the last bag of purchases she made as the kettle boiled.

"Of course."

"Noah has been telling everyone it's her birthday all morning. Anyone we met. He got free chocolate ice-cream when he told the waitress at the café we went to for breakfast."

"The stuff he's wearing now?"

"That'd be it. Jessy got some too but she wasn't interested, so it's actually that Noah is wearing."

"Are you sure you brought the right Jessy with you? She normally buries her head in a bowl of choclate ice-cream like a puppy."

"It was that kind with nuts on top that she doesn't like. She tasted a mouthful and made the funniest face I've ever seen and then slapped the spoon."

"Yup definitely the right kid so. You want some coffee?"

"No thanks, I'm good. I'm all coffee'd out after this morning. We had another cup while we waited for Noah to finish his ice-cream."

"Thanks for taking them out. We really appreciated it." Amanda felt a flush creeping up her chest so figured it was best to leave it there lest she end up embarrassed for a second time in as many minutes.

"No problem. By the way your shirt is buttoned up wrong." Jen winked and then laughed.

"So much for that" Amanda muttered as she tried to right the mess Olivia had made of hastily dressing her when they heard the door close.

"You need a hand with decorating or anything just let me know. She seems happy out here so we have at least 15 minutes before she decides she wants to go for a fall filled walk.

Jessy had indeed done as her mother predicted and tried to walk after about a week of crawling. As Olivia had noted she was like her mother, in a hurry everywhere, so crawling was far too slow progress wise.

Her first steps were in the precinct when Gina dropped them both off before heading to a late-night study session. She was sitting on the floor in Olivia's office and decided the desk was perfect for leverage. Standing up she made it two steps before falling squarely on her bum and crying. Seconds later Fin and Carisi were in the office beside Amanda, cooing and making funny faces as Olivia laughed at how something so small could reduce her team to idiots. She said nothing however, simply smiling as Jessy's tears abated thanked to a well-timed peek-a-boo from Carisi.

"Thanks Jen, I'm gona grab some coffee and a shower and I might just take you up on that offer then.

Amanda went back to looking through the bags looking for the marshmallows she knew Jessy loved. Locating them in the third bag she went through she sighed. She wanted this day to be perfect for her little girl. Almost every memory of birthday's she has as a child was a depressing and dour one so Amanda was going to make this a great day. She had memories of one birthday when she was ill, the day she turned nine, that made her smile. Chicken pox meant she couldn't go to school and her parents didn't care what happened to her. So, Amanda made her way to the neighbor's house, a place she spent a lot of time. Mrs. Byrd opened the door and smiled at the small underweight child carrying her comforter and a comic book. She opened the door wide and told Amanda to settle on the sofa. A few minutes later she arrived with a mug of hot chocolate and tucked the little girl in making sure she was warm. Amanda spent the day there and in the afternoon Pete, the eldest of the Byrd boys bought her some red lemonade and cola bottles as a treat. For tea, they had stew but unknown to Amanda Mrs. Byrd had been baking a cake while she was lazing on her sofa all day. They had it for dessert and Amanda went home full and content. It only lasted until the door opened and she heard a vase smash in the dining room but it was still a good day. She was so lost in thought she missed Olivia walk up behind her, only realising she was there when she wrapped her arms around her from behind and kissed her neck. The warmth of the shower radiated from Olivia's body and made Amanda shiver almost as much as memories of the morning they'd just spent together.

"Go have a shower before I turn into a horny teenager again. You cannot parade around in a shirt and expect me not to want to push you up…"
Olivia's dirty talk was interrupted by a throat being cleared behind them and they both froze.

A voice finally followed a few beats later, hesitant but definitely there; "Olivia, do you have a preference for what Noah wears for the party? He got ice-cream on his red hoodie this morning and… you know what come meet us in the bedroom when you're less… engaged."

Both women heard Gina chuckling as she walked down the corridor to Noah's room.

"That is the second time this morning she's caught us out you know?"
"How's that?"
"She met me coming out of our room earlier, wearing a ridiculously large smile, not something usually gracing my face first thing in the morning."
"Yeah you're right she needs a pay rise." Olivia nipped Amanda's neck slightly and laughed as she went to find her son a new outfit.

Amanda made her way into the living room to give her daughter a kiss good morning and then decided that shower she'd been thinking about for the last twenty minutes might be a good idea, otherwise it wouldn't happen before the guests arrived once the decorating started.

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Jessy was the at the centre of a very large circle of adoring adults and Noah, who was proudly sitting beside her repeating her name to anyone who asked. They were of course asking Jessy but Noah thought he was being helpful so they left him to it. There were a few people still coming through the door, including a couple of Mom's and kids from baby yoga and last but not least was Munch, who arrived with a large stuffed elephant with a pink bow on its head that played La Cucaracha when you pressed a button on its trunk. Amanda made a note to find the batteries and remove them later.

"You sure know how to go all out Seargent."

He bowed his head, "Only the best for the little lady." Kissing Amanda's cheek, he hugged Olivia and enquired after a few of their mutual acquaintances in the department. "So the place is still standing without me then?"
"Only just." Olivia's tone was sincere. She missed her former Seargent more than she could express but she'd made a conscious effort to stay in contact with him since he had retired and a bond had formed, like the one she had with Don Cragen, that she cherished.

She watched as her Cragen lifted Jessy in the air and swung her round much to her amusement. Noah was already on his feet insisting on the same treatment as "his sister".

Amanda and Olivia exchanged looks at the same moment and both broke into smiles.

"Sister eh?" Fin asked Noah.

"Yup" Noah nodded affirmatively and with a certainty only children possess. Noah had already decided that Amanda and Jessy were now family and Olivia couldn't have been happier that her son could put into words something she had been trying to say from the first time she told Amanda she loved her. Kissing the blonde's cheek, she went in search of a drink for Munch. She ran, literally, into Gina, who was setting up the seats for the kids.

"Sh… sorry."

"Nice catch on the swearing and not spilling that juice on me too." Olivia smiled.

"Well it's half empty because I just spilled half of it on Jen so you were safe."
"Oops."

"Indeed. I'm not sure I have anything in my overnight bag that's going to fit her, could she borrow a shirt of yours?"
"Of course. Just tell her to look in the second drawer, left hand side."

"Thanks Liv."

Olivia finished setting up the space for the kids, a smaller table beside the adults one with paper plates and new sippy cups, each with a name on them, all the same colour, so there was no fighting about who owned what. She wanted this day to go off without a hitch as much as Amanda did so she figured she'd be as proactive as possible in her planning, ensuring that at least the basics were covered.

She grabbed Amanda's phone as a message tone sounded and tossed it to her as she passed by with a now grumbling Jessy, needing to be changed for the second time that day, after falling into a potted plant attempting to show everyone how skilled she was at walking.

"Message." Amanda caught the phone in one hand while shushing Jessy.

"Nice catch."

"What can I say, I can multi-task with the best of them."

Amanda emerged from the bedroom minutes later with her daughter in a pair of leggings and a flowery top Carisi had bought her a few months ago. She had started the day in a frilly lilac dress and they got precisely two pictures before Noah got paint on it from the kit Fin had brought him so he wouldn't feel left out with Jessy getting all the presents.

Fin shrugged as Amanda glared at him.

She held the phone out to Olivia who smiled at the picture on the screen. "He looks… is happy the right word?"

"Yeah, I mean in that moment he does. I think it's maybe the third time I've seen him smile. Kelly said they went to the zoo and he was fascinated by the elephants. Wants to write his next report on them for school."

Olivia kissed the side of Amanda's head and took Jessy from her arms cuddling her close.

"She'll get what's coming to her Mand, we'll make sure of it."

Amanda nodded and kissed Jessy's head before making her way back into the living room, distributing some popsicles, for the adults and the kids. She hoped wherever Max was today he was having a good day.

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As the day drew to a close wine flowed for the adults after the guests had left and the four remaining women chatted like old friends.

"Who would have thought Sippy cups could cause all-out war?" Olivia pondered.

"In fairness Liv, you did forget most of them can't read so they were going to go based on colour"

"But they were all the same colour."

"No they weren't. The little piece at the top had pink tabs, purple tabs and yellow tabs when you pulled it up to drink." Gina laughed at the incredulous look Olivia gave her.

"Next time just let them drink from cups. They'll wreck the place but they won't fight as much." Olivia conceded defeat and decided she'd have to plan Noah's next party with all out military precision. Fin's military background might just have more uses than she first thought.

"Oh by the way." Jen piped up after taking a handful of peanuts from a bowl, thanks for the lend of the shirt. Sorry I think that little Redmond kid may have gotten some cake on it. I'll throw it in the wash basket when we get home and make sure Gina gets it back to you."
"I haven't seen that shirt in a long time, where did you find it?"
"In your bottom drawer."
Olivia looked at Amanda who was staring straight ahead trying not to laugh.
"Don't worry Liv, I know better than to look in any box I see in a woman's room. Although if I was you I'd hide it up higher cause if it is what I think it is; you do not that to be the first thing Jessy finds when she starts toddling around ripping into stuff like all curious little ones."

"I'm going to heed that advice tonight."

Amanda burst out laughing and the other three women joined in.

Gina's laugh ended in a yawn that made her realise it was past eleven and she only had two more nights to spend with Jen before she had to leave for two months on a research trip.

"Liv I'm gona steal my woman away from you if you don't mind? We've only got a couple of days."

"Of course. Go" Olivia made a shooshing motion to both women. Hugs were exchanged as Jen located their coats and they said goodnight.

Closing the door Olivia turned to see an absolutely worn out Amanda stretching to try and work out the aches of small toddlers pulling her every way all day. She sat on the sofa beside her and the blonde curled herself into her arms, resting her head on her shoulder placing a gentle kiss on her neck.
"Thank you for everything."
"There's no need, I'm just glad it all went off without any major disasters."

"From now on you know you're planning all the birthday parties, right?" Amanda yawned and curled herself tighter into the soft body beside her, feeling Olivia's arms come around her. Moments later she was asleep. Olivia watched her sleep for a while, thinking about the day, about her life, about how she couldn't have imagined in a million years that this was where her life would end up and how she wouldn't have it any other way. A few minutes later a small whimper from the baby monitor indicated all hell was set to break loose if someone didn't step in immediately. Olivia stood, extricating herself from the slumbering woman wrapped around her.

Making it to the kid's room in under thirty seconds, she threw a quick glance at Noah to make sure he was still asleep, then scooped Jessy into her arms shushing her as she walked back to the living, swaying her the way she knew she liked to be swayed to comfort her.

Amanda was curled into the corner of the sofa, watching Olivia, smiling at how at ease she was with her daughter in her arms.

"You were born to do that you know?"
Olivia turned and met her blue eyes. "I think that might be the greatest compliment anyone has ever paid me." She sat on the sofa and Jessy rested her head on Olivia's shoulder slowly falling back to sleep."

"She loves you almost as much as I do." Amanda whispered as she stroked her daughters head and leaned up to kiss Olivia. She was met half way in a slow, tender kiss that made her heart melt.

"I love her too and I love her Mom."
"We're really doing this huh?"
"I think we are."
Amanda rested her head against Olivia's arm and felt love and comfort envelope her. Life was cruel, things wouldn't always be safe and kind. But moments like this would more than make up for that. Having Olivia and Noah and Jessy in her life, making her life complete, would make all of the hardship worth it.

"Love you. She murmured quietly as she joined her daughter in slumber.

"Love you too Mand."

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A/N So sorry again that took so long. Next few I write are going to be one-shots so there won't be any waiting for chapters. But I do have another one planned for these two – it's just going to be a while in the making! Hope you enjoyed this