Olivia woke at 6 am to the annoying buzz of her alarm clock, she had tossed and turned all night and hadn't gotten much sleep. She shut off her alarm and slowly climbed out of bed. She walked into the bathroom and started the shower she then went to her closet and pulled out a pair of black dress pants and a light blue blouse. She returned to the bathroom and took her shower and got ready for the day.
When she exited the bathroom she checked the time and made her way into Aiden's room. She walked over to the boy's small car shaped bed and placed her hand on his back. She gently shook him until he stirred. "Aiden buddy it's time to get up." She told him as she stood. She then made her way over to his closet and removed his khaki dress pants and green button down shirt. She then went to his dresser and grabbed the clip on tie that he insisted on getting. She laid the clothes on the foot of his bed and went back to the side of his bed. "Aiden you need to get up now your new dress clothes are on the end of your bed. I'm going to go get your sister up and I want you to be ready when I get back." She explained to the 2 and year old. Olivia then made her way down the hall to Addison's room. She opened the door and smiled as she looked at her daughter sleeping so peacefully. She entered the room and carefully picked her daughter up from inside her crib. "Good morning my sweet girl." She cooed as she gently rocked the groggy child. She then got her daughter ready for the day and headed back to Aiden's room with Addison following closely behind. She entered Aiden's room and was happy to see him up and getting ready. "Aiden buddy are you having some issues with your buttons?" She asked as she knelt down next to the young boy.
"Yeah could elp me pwease mommy?" He asked.
"Sure honey," she said as she finished buttoning up his shirt. She then clipped on his tie and tucked in his shirt. Just as she was finishing the door bell rang. "Well who could that be?" Olivia asked pretending to be clueless. "It's Ewiot siwy mommy!" Aiden exclaimed as he ran from his room to the door.
"Aiden remember what you have to do before you open that door!" Olivia shouted after him as she scooped Addison into her arms and headed down stairs. "Who's der?" Aiden questioned.
"It's Elliot." Elliot responded from the other side of the door.
Aiden furrowed his brow thinking about what else his mom had told him to do. "Ewiot who?" He asked.
"It's Elliot Stabler." Elliot responded and smiled as the door swung open.
"Your good mommy says I can open da door for you." Aiden said opening the door for Elliot. As Elliot came into Aiden's sight his eyes lit up. "Ewiot we match." The little boy said amazed.
"What?" Elliot questioned as he compared his dark green button up shirt and tie to Aiden's lighter green. "Well would you look at that we do." Elliot said with a smile.
"Mom Ewiot and I match!" Aiden exclaimed to his mother.
"Wow." Olivia said as she smiled at the two gentlemen. "Yeah mom we match." Elliot said quietly to Olivia as he kissed her square on the lips.
Olivia smiled and turned back to her son. "Aiden what do you want for breakfast?" She asked leading the way to the kitchen. " I want twicks," He said as he climbed onto the bar stool, with Elliot's help. "Tricks it is then," She said as she put Addison in her highchair. She went into the kitchen and fixed breakfast for herself and the two kids. "El did you want anything?" She asked as she moved around the kitchen. "No I already ate." He said as he took a seat next to Aiden. After they finished breakfast Olivia loaded the kids into her car and headed for daycare, with Elliot following in his own car. They arrived at the day care center and Olivia took Addison in while Elliot waited with Aiden. Olivia exited and walked over to where Elliot stood outside her car. "Elliot I hate that he has to go through this, I just wish that I could make it all go away." She confessed as tears formed in her eyes and Elliot took her into his arms.
"Liv its gonna be okay he will go and answer the questions. Today's just his competency hearing they might decide that he's too young to testify and then all of this worrying will be for nothing." he soothed as he stroked her head. " I know, thanks Elliot we'll come by the precinct when he's done and tell you how it went and then if you want we can go to lunch, I took the whole day." Olivia said looking him in the eyes.
"That sounds great," Elliot said pulling her into a final embrace and kissing the top of her head.
Elliot watched as she climbed into her car and drove out of sight, he then got into his own car and headed to the 1-6.
Olivia pulled into the parking garage at the courthouse and sighed as she parked her car. She then turned and looked at her son who was contently staring out his window. "Aiden honey can you look at me, honey I need you to promise me that you will only tell the truth in there okay?" "Yes mommy I gets it." He said smiling at his mother.
"Okay then lets go." Olivia said confident her son was prepared. "Now honey remember what mommy told there will be some people that ask you questions and you have to make sure that you tell them the truth." Olivia explained as they got on the elevator.
" I know mommy." Aiden said looking up at his mother.
Olivia and Aiden made their way through security and into the courthouse without any issues. Olivia then led her son down the familiar halls of the courthouse until she reached the courtroom that she needed. "Are you ready Aiden?" she questioned and waited for his confirming nod before she opened the door and led her son inside the large courtroom. As soon as they entered the courtroom, and Aiden saw how large it really was, he grabbed on to Olivia's hand with all his might.
She led him to the gate separating the gallery from the rest of the courtroom, she then looked down at her young son before letting go of his hand and letting him make his way to the witness stand. Before he climbed into the witness chair he stopped, as he was told, put his hand on the bible and promised the court to tell the truth, just as he had to his mother. Olivia was amazed at how small her son looked sitting on the witness stand, she knew he was too young for this and really hoped it was over soon. First up was the prosecution, she knew this part would be easy for him because they wanted to show he was able to stand trial and would be easy on him. "Hi, my name's Alex, can you tell me your name." Alex asked kindly.
"I'm Aiden Benson." Aiden said proudly, making Olivia smile.
" Aiden can you tell me what a lie is?" "It's wen sombodies says somfing dat isn't da truth, like wen mommy asked me if I broked her glass and I said no, but I reawy did, sorry mommy." Aiden said sending a belated apology to his mother for something that she already knew he did.
"Okay, and Aiden do you know the difference between right and wrong?" Alex asked agiain.
"Well, hittin my wittle sister is wrong, and hewpin mommy wif da groceries is good." He said giving his best explanation. "Thank you Aiden, nothing further." Alex said taking her seat.
The defense lawyer then rose from his seat and approached the young boy. "Aiden has your daddy ever done anything really wrong?" He asked in a much harsher tone than Alex.
"Dis one time my daddy hitted my mommy and den he hurted my Ewiot." Aiden explained.
"And who is your 'Ewiot'?" He asked quoting Aiden's term.
"He's my moms partener, he catches da bad guys like my mommy." Aiden said becoming frightened because the man was now right in his face.
"Is what your daddy did to your mommy and Elliot wrong?" He asked in a menacing tone.
"Well I don't know...I think so," Aiden said with tears in his eyes terrified of the man before him.
"Well which is yes or you don't know?" He asked getting even closer to the young boy. Aiden didn't respond so the man asked again.
"Objection badgering!" Alex said as she rose from her seat.
"Sustained." The judge bellowed.
"Nothing further your honor." The defense attorney said as he returned to his seat. "You can step down young man." The judge instructed a now bawling Aiden who swiftly arose from his seat and ran into his mother's waiting arms. "Well based on what I have seen here I rule that Aiden Benson is not competent to stand trail. I am sorry Ms. Cabot, but the boy is just too young. Court adjourned." "I'm sorry Alex I tried to prepare him for this." Olivia apologized. "It's not your fault Olivia we can get him any way, you did really good today Aiden." She said rubbing the boy's back.
"Fank you." Came a muffled thanks from the child.
Olivia walked into the precinct with both kids and was surprised to see Elliot was the only one there. "Hey El, where is everybody?" She asked as she sat down at her desk.
"Um Munch is in court and everyone else is out in the field, big case, but I didn't have a partner so I stayed here, how'd it go?" He asked her as Aiden climbed into his lap.
"Well the judge said he was too young so he won't be testifying." Olivia said a small smile on her face.
"Well that's good, I bet your were great though Aiden." Elliot said to the boy half asleep in his lap.
"He called you his Elliot on the stand and has been asking for you ever since." Olivia explained.
"Well I think he just needs some guy time, what do you say Aiden how about I take you fishing this weekend and mommy and Addison can stay home and have some girl time." Elliot asked and smiled as the boy quickly responded with an approving nod. "Well it's settled we get some man time this weekend you, me and the great outdoors. But for now what do you say we get some lunch." Both kids cheered so Olivia and Elliot both stood and made there way out of the precinct and headed for lunch.
Well there you go I think the next chapter will be some man time. Reviews are welcome and make me want to update sooner. :) thanks for reading!