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Chapter Twenty One – Believing
West Springs Treatment Centre, Connecticut
July 4th 6.14 am
Olivia woke up expecting to hear the usual ringing of the wake up alarm but when she finally drifted into full consciousness she realised that no alarm was going off. At first, without opening her eyes, she wondered what had happened the previous evening, she tried to remember if she had been sedated during the night or not but then a sickening feeling in her stomach had her sitting bolt upright.
She found the room still quite dark except for the sunlight drifting in through the small window at the top of the room. Glancing over at Katie she realised the alarm was yet to go off and so it must have been quite early.
The nauseating feeling in her stomach intensified and she ran to the bathroom just in time to spill her guts into the toilet. It felt never ending and the more she heaved the louder it seemed to get catching the attention of Amanda who had been just about to do her morning rounds before wake up.
"Olivia?" She said softly as she came into the room.
Olivia couldn't reply as she heaved and vomited again.
"There there." Amanda whispered rubbing Olivia's back and pulling back her hair as she heaved once again.
"Ok?" Amanda asked as Olivia slumped back against the wall feeling drained of all energy.
She just nodded before another wave of nausea hit her and she threw herself towards the toilet once again.
"There there let it all out." Amanda cooed as Olivia prayed something would draw her attention elsewhere so that she wasn't harassing her.
"Livia?" Katie asked as she rubbed her eyes of sleep and walked into the bathroom.
Olivia reached a hand out to Katie as her head remained down the toilet as she dry heaved a little. Katie rushed to her side and grabbed her hand and finally Amanda moved out the way.
"I've got you." Katie cooed knowing Olivia was relieved not to have Amanda by her side anymore.
"Morning sickness is a bitch." Olivia chocked before heaving again making Katie laugh a little.
"Can't say I've experienced it myself!" Katie replied and Olivia tried to laugh before she emptied what was left of her stomach contents.
"Ugh." Olivia moaned awkwardly as she slumped back against the tiled wall.
"Better?" Katie asked as Amanda brought over a cold damp flannel.
"I think so." Olivia replied as Katie pressed the flannel to Olivia's forehead. "That was horrible."
"I bet." Katie laughed softly as Olivia smiled weakly.
Katie wiped around Olivia's mouth then threw the flannel past Amanda and managed to get it into the sink.
"Good shot." Olivia smiled as she used Katie's support to pull herself to her feet.
"I used to play baseball." Katie smiled making Olivia grin again.
"Olivia why don't we go and get you some ginger ale?" Amanda suggested reaching out a hand for Olivia to take.
"Uh sure." Olivia replied not wanting to say no but really wanting to piss Amanda off.
She glanced at Katie and then at Amanda's hand.
"I can walk, pregnant not disabled." Olivia smirked as Katie began wetting herself with laughter.
"I just thought … seeing you hold Katie's hand all the time." Amanda explained dropping her hand.
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West Springs Treatment Centre, Connecticut
July 4th 8.10 am
At breakfast Olivia ate one half of a slice of toast before she felt sick again. She rushed off to the closest patient bathroom and knelt down over the toilet as she vomited for what felt like the hundredth time that morning.
She was surprised when she saw Mary kneeling beside her and pulling back her hair.
"You're ok." Mary smiled gently and Olivia nodded in reply as she dry heaved again, she was sure she had nothing left in her stomach that she could possibly bring up but she was wrong as she vomited again.
"Ugh." Was all Olivia could manage making Mary smile a little.
"I have some ginger ale and crackers waiting for you at the table when you're done." Mary told her.
"Thanks." She replied weakly, her throat burning from the stomach acid she'd brought up.
"No problem, I made sure to have a lot ordered in because I knew this would hit sooner rather than later." Mary explained making Olivia appreciate her a little more.
"I'd preferred later." Olivia replied sinking into the wall and closing her eyes hoping that the feeling had passed.
"Think you can make it into the dining hall?" Mary asked getting to her feet.
"Yeah." Olivia nodded also standing up before following Mary out.
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West Springs Treatment Centre, Connecticut
July 4th 12.36 pm
As Olivia sat in the therapy room her hand was fixed on her abdomen, she actually could believe she was pregnant now with the symptoms becoming far more physical.
Mary could only smile, she could see Olivia's happiness, she was glowing as most expectant mothers did and she knew this pregnant was going to make Olivia's recovery all the more speedy, it wasn't a bad thing at all.
"So how are we feeling today?" Mary asked.
"Great." Olivia smiled, for the first time she could say that in all honesty.
"Good, I'm glad, so how does it feel to finally have the morning sickness hit?" Mary teased and Olivia laughed.
"I can actually believe now that's I'm pregnant, I mean when I found out I was barely two weeks along and now all of a sudden I'm a month in and I'm sick but I feel it, I feel pregnant now which I didn't before." Olivia explained the grin fixed upon her face.
"I'm pleased to hear, now I have got you some prenatal vitamins in which you can get with everyone else at the med counter after dinner and then in two weeks if you're still here we can do a sonogram." Mary smiled but this news caused Olivia's smile to falter. "What is it?"
"I just … I mean … I thought … never mind." Olivia sighed as she felt all the happiness drain from her body.
"No Olivia, tell me what's on your mind." Mary told her.
"I just thought I'd be going to my first sonogram with Elliot." Olivia explained weakly, she hated admitting her need for her fiancé but she couldn't help it.
"Olivia, Elliot can be here for it." Mary told her and Olivia smiled.
"Really?" She asked in disbelief.
"Really." Mary replied firmly.
"He's going to be so excited!" Olivia was almost squealing because she was excited too, even if she was stuck in the centre and she couldn't do what she wanted to such as plan her wedding and plan the nursery as most expectant engaged mothers she didn't care, this felt amazing.
"I bet." Mary laughed reading the excitement on Olivia's face.
A/N: JUMPS!
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West Springs Treatment Centre, Connecticut
July 8th 4.04 pm
Olivia and Katie were sat outside enjoying the summer sun of Connecticut. Katie was sat against the tree and Olivia was lying with her head on Katie's lap while she read out loud to the Detective.
"He crept up as slowly and as quietly as he could, everyone knew stealth wasn't in his vocabulary but he tried anyway. He could hear the distant yells of a woman in peril, he could hear the thunderous voice of a man who was obviously the captor and he knew he would have to be the one to save her, he knew what happened next was all going to be determined by his actions and his alone …"
Olivia frowned as the perfect cloudless sky vanished from her eyesight only to be replaced by the shadow and figure of Amanda peering over them.
"Hello ladies." She smiled before kneeling down beside them.
Katie marked the page and closed the book as Olivia rolled her head towards her friend not wanting to look at Amanda as she knew it would lead to some argument or discussion or something that would land her in the exclusion room for the fourth day in a row.
"Someone's not in a good mood." Amanda smiled.
"I have an excuse for being in a bad mood I'm hormonal what's your excuse for being a pain in my ass?" Olivia asked with a cheeky grin on her face as Katie burst out laughing, Olivia just couldn't help myself.
"Olivia must you be so childish?" Amanda asked her voice patronising and annoying.
"Olivia must you be so childish?" Katie replied using the same tone as she peered down at her giggling friend.
"I don't know Katie must I?" Olivia asked through her laughter.
Amanda sighed, she didn't know what Olivia's problem was towards her, she didn't treat her any different to any other patient, she treated her with kindness and respect which Olivia didn't seem to want to accept or return.
"Well I just came in here to say it's time for the two of you to head indoors." Amanda explained without moving from her position.
"What why?" Olivia asked defensively.
"You're pregnant Olivia, too much sun isn't good for you or the baby." Amanda explained and Olivia rolled her eyes beneath her sunglasses.
"First of all I'm pregnant not Katie so that means that I have to go inside not the two of us, secondly I will do what I want to do not what you tell me to do Amanda so why don't you just get lost and leave us alone?" Olivia moaned, she had a strong dislike for this woman, especially since she'd lied to her co-workers when they were trying to find Katie's rapist.
"Olivia I don't want to have to fetch Mary." Amanda sighed.
"Do what you want Amanda seriously because I am quite relaxed right here and I am not planning on moving till the dinner bell goes off at five." Olivia replied her attitude plainly obvious.
"You know you're not setting yourself in a good light for when you're reviewed about the health and safety of your child Olivia." Amanda sighed getting to her feet.
"Reviewed? What are you on about?" Olivia asked jumping into a sitting position.
"If you're still a patient here when you're six months along you'll be reviewed about your position to take care of the child when it's born and then decisions will be made by a court about you keeping the child…"
"I won't be here when I'm six months pregnant and secondly I know the best team of lawyers and have a fiancé who would be taking the custody of our child if anything happened." Olivia replied trying to hide the fear from her voice.
"Well you might want to consider the possibility of things not going your way." Amanda replied before stalking off.
Olivia looked at Katie as the fear drained the colour from her cheeks.
"Olivia she's lying." Katie said.
"What do you mean?" Olivia asked the fear audible in her voice.
"She's lying to you, they don't have any reviews when you're six months pregnant." Katie replied. "Seriously she is just trying to scare you and if you're worried talk to Mary tomorrow or in group and you can find out more but I promise you she's lying she has a tell."
"Ok." Olivia nodded weakly before resting her head back on Katie's lap. "Get back to that book." She smiled trying to forget the threat Amanda had made and just made a note to discuss it with Mary in therapy the next day.
A/N: ANOTHER JUMP!
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West Springs Treatment Centre, Connecticut
July 16th 11.03 am
Olivia and Katie were sat in the entrance hall of the centre waiting for Elliot and Don, she'd asked them both to come and was even going to offer Don the chance to be there in the room when they did the sonogram, she didn't know why but she'd had the feeling that he should be there from the second she'd called him and she hadn't changed her mind since.
She was impatient, after a morning of having her head down the toilet followed by a breakfast of saltine crackers and ginger ale she just wanted to feel Elliot's arms around her.
As soon as the car turned into the driveway Olivia was on her feet and rushing out the door with Katie's hand in hers. She made it over so that as soon as Elliot left the car she was diving into his arms.
"Hey Liv!" He beamed as he held her tight.
"Hey El." She replied before kissing him hard.
"I missed that." He beamed as soon as she let go.
"I missed you." She replied.
"I missed you too." He grinned happily, he had missed her more than words could have ever described.
"We get to see our baby today." She beamed.
"I know." He grinned back just as Don arrived by their side.
"Hey Liv." He smiled as she wrapped him up in an embrace.
"Good to see you Don." She smiled as Elliot greeted Katie.
She hugged the older man and then took Elliot's hand before leading the way inside. Mary was there waiting for them and she smiled happily at them all.
"Good to see you again Don, Elliot." Mary smiled shaking the men's hands. "Should we go straight through?"
Mary led the way into the clinic room where the sonogram machine was set up, she was almost as excited as the family, she cared deeply for Olivia and she knew that Olivia was going to make a great Mom.
"Ok sit down and roll up your top, the gel will be cold." Mary smiled once they were in the room.
"Could Don and Katie be in here too?" Olivia asked as she did as she was asked.
"Because it's you and we aren't in a hospital or real doctor surgery I don't see why not." Mary smiled.
As she went to get the other two Olivia linked her hand with Elliot's, she was nervous and excited and it showed with how her eyes were glowing but her hand was shaking.
Don and Katie came in to the room behind Mary looking very happy and pleased, it made Olivia smile to see them with her.
"Ok then brace yourself…" Mary smiled before she placed the gel onto Olivia's stomach making her gasp quietly. "I said it would be cold." Mary smiled as she picked up the Doppler.
Olivia suppressed giggles as Mary rolled the Doppler across her stomach trying to get a clear picture.
"There won't be much to see but hopefully we'll find a very strong …. Heartbeat just here." Mary pointed on the screen then flicked a switch so the beat would fill the room.
Olivia stared at the tiny pin prick on the screen as she listened to the strong beat filling the room. Her eyes filled with tears of pride and excitement, that was her child, living inside of her and now it felt more real than it had ever felt, the past six weeks had been like a dream that she was pregnant but now it was very much fact.
Elliot kissed Olivia's hand making her look briefly at him and smile before turning back to the screen.
"I'll print you off some pictures while you get cleaned up." Mary said as she clicked some buttons, the truth was the pin prick that was their unborn child could barely be seen on the monitor and it would be same on the sonogram pictures but that didn't stop her think that it could possibly help Olivia in the long run and so she didn't mind.
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Next Chapter – Olivia goes from strength to strength but is set back by circumstances which should have been foreseen.
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