The days flew by and before she knew it she was in the waiting room of her doctor's office ready to see her baby.
Her baby.
She already loved it so much. She couldn't wait the months for them to meet. Screw the pain, she thought, I just want to see him or her.
"Olivia Benson?" Called the medical aid from behind the counter. "The doctor will see you now."
Olivia sucked in a breath and got up from her seat. This was it, she was about to see her child. She placed her hands on her stomach and smiled.
Her child.
Location- 16 Precinct Cragen's office
Cragen had been going over files for the past hour. After hearing of White finally contacting Olivia the whole squad had been working overtime to find the bastard. The call had been made on a pay phone across the street from Olivia's old apartment and you could see him clearly on the security cameras.
He was getting bold.
Cragen sighed as he waited for Elliot to enter his office.
He needed to speak with him; needed to set some things straight and get some answers.
"Elliot, sit down." Said Cragen as Elliot walked into his office.
Elliot shook his head in frustration. "What did I do now?" He asked, sarcastically.
Cragen wasn't amused. "Nothing", he began, "I just wanted to talk to you about Olivia."
Elliot sat down in one of the chairs across from Cragen's desk. "What about her?"
Cragen sighed. This wasn't going to be easy. "I was just wondering how she is holding up. She hasn't been to work lately. Now you know I am more than willing to give her time off but this isn't like her. Two months ago she was begging to come back and now she can't seem to stay for more than an hour at a time."
"She's been sick, Cap. Every morning for the past two weeks she's been throwing up." He stopped himself, realization dawning over.
"Has she seen a doctor?" Asked Cragen.
Elliot's face visibly paled. "Yeah", he said, a small grin playing on his face, "She's there right now."
Cragen nodded. "Even still, Olivia has been sick before and I've practically had to drag her home. I just want to make sure she is okay."
"Cap", he said, his smile growing wide, "I don't think she's sick."
He watched as Cragen's eyes widened as he too caught on to what Elliot was suspecting. He smiled at the realization.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"I'm pretty sure." He thought back to Olivia's behavior in the past week. "She's been eating a lot more, taking vitamins, and the morning sickness." He chuckled. "More like morning, noon, and night sickness. She wouldn't even let me give her some medicine for it."
Cragen stood to shake Elliot's hand. "I'm happy for you, son."
Elliot smiled. "Thanks Cap'. I'm going to go give her a call; see how the doctors went and find out why she hid this from me."
"Maybe she doesn't know." He said. "I think she would have told you as soon as she found out."
Elliot shrugged. "Maybe she just wanted to be sure." His mind wandered back to her pregnancy scare months ago. "This isn't the first time we thought she was pregnant."
"It isn't?"
Elliot regretted the words as soon as the left his mouth. But it was too late; the torpedo had entered the water and now he had to explain to his captain what had happened, months ago.
"Yeah", he began, "it was a couple of months ago. We thought . . . We didn't know if-"
"I get it." Cragen interrupted.
"She was terrified that it was his; that that son of a bitch's baby was growing inside her."
"What happened?" Asked Cragen.
Elliot shook his head. "She wasn't pregnant. It was just a scare. I don't know what she would have done if it had been Harris'."
Cragen looked down at his feet. "About Harris", he began, "I talked to him a couple days ago."
Elliot's eyes widened. "About what?"
Cragen sighed as he met Elliot's eyes. "White is getting brave. That phone call was his first step in getting her. Elliot, Harris is the only one who knows what White is up to. We need his help to-"
"What did you do?" Asked Elliot, angrily.
Cragen sighed. "I offered him a deal; not that he took it. I told him if he helped us find White that I would get the needle taken off the table."
Elliot had to fight to keep himself still, rage coursing through him. "You did what!"
"Calm down Elliot." He said. "Its not like I was going to get him out of prison. He will stay there for the rest of his life which doesn't look like too much longer."
Elliot calmed a little. "So what did he say?"
Cragen was visibly upset as he recalled his conversation with Harris the week before. "Nothing useful. He said that it was White idea to go after the others. Harris had only planned to rape her. Ashley, the warden, even to him stabbing her, everything was White's idea."
Elliot chewed on the inside of his cheek. "So did he say anything about White's plan?"
Cragen nodded. "Just that he was sick."
"Yeah", Elliot scoffed, "Tell me something I don't know."
Cragen shook his head. "Go home." He said. "Be with Olivia. We will call you if we need you."
Elliot nodded and began walking out the door. "Thanks Cap."
The drive back to his apartment was long; his thoughts consumed only of Olivia. She was having his baby.
His baby.
He smiled at the thought of raising a family with her.
Family.
He had to tell his kids. He had to tell Kathy; not that it was any of her business but she had been civil with him and they had been trying to rebuild their friendship from years ago so he figured it was better she hear it from him then one of their children.
He sighed, knowing that she would be hurt and knowing that Olivia probably felt bad about the situation too. And then it all became too clear, she wasn't hiding her pregnancy because she wasn't sure of it, she was hiding her pregnancy because she was ashamed.
Everyone had always assumed that she and Elliot were having an affair. And a baby out of wedlock would hardly help the matter. Elliot frowned. He hoped his mind was playing with him; that Olivia knew better than to think of their relationship that way.
He loved her. So it wasn't legal; who cares? He didn't. But then again, maybe she did.
That thought alone killed him. He had to make things right; declare his love for her in a more solid way.
He was heading in that direction anyway. He wanted nothing more than to hold Mrs. Olivia Stabler in his arms as they rocked their newborn to sleep. But he didn't want her to think he was purposing just because of the baby. He would surprise her tonight before she even got the chance to tell him her news.
He smiled, turning left into the city where he would go to her favorite jeweler and pick out a ring.
Location - 16 Precinct Cragen's office
Cragen sat back in his chair, sorting through files when his office phone rang.
"Captain Cragen." He said into the phone.
His blood ran cold.
"Olivia? Are you there? Answer me."
But the screaming on the other side of the phone was all the answer he would get.
"No, please stop. Please don't hurt me. I'll do whatever you want just please. . . NO!"
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