A/N: Here is the last chapter. This chapter is for the people who reviewed all or most of the chapters. Please read and review.
Disclaimer: Are Elliot and Olivia going at it like bunnies? No? Well I don't own it or anything else you recognize.
Three years went by quickly and it found Elliot and Olivia happily married with two children. They had welcomed a younger sibling for Lachlan. A little girl, who was conceived on their wedding night and born on December twenty fourth at 11:59PM, weighing six pounds, thirteen and a half ounces and was nineteen inches long. Her name, Acelynn Charlize Stabler.
Rubbing his exhausted wife's back, Elliot looked over at the port-a-cot set up for Lachlan. He continued to sleep through his mother's groans and cries of pain as she pushed. They had wanted Lachlan to present for the birth of his younger sister.
Hearing his wife's breathing quicken again, Elliot took a quick glance out the window. "Look, Olivia, it's snowing."
Groaning in definite pain, Olivia tightened her grip on Elliot's hand as she sat up with help from him and a nurse. "I don't give a shit," she spat and pushed.
"Okay, Olivia, you're nearly there. Two more pushes and you'll have your Christmas baby," the OBGYN alerted her.
"Come on, beautiful, you can do it," Elliot whispered, stroking back Olivia's sweat drenched hair.
Exhaling a deep breath, Olivia slumped back down on to the pillows and shook her head. "No, I can't. I'm too tired," she panted.
"I know, Liv. Eleven and a half hours is a very long time but our little girl is nearly here. Just two more pushes," he encouraged her.
Olivia groaned in pain and nodded as Elliot helped her up again. The next contraction starting to let itself be known.
"Give it all you've got, Benson," he whispered in her ear, causing Olivia to smile for a second.
Not losing grip with her husband's hand, Olivia pushed hard and pushed again.
A loud scream filled the room. A sweet music to Elliot's and Olivia's ears. Their long awaited daughter had finally arrived.
"Here's your little girl," Dr. Mills, Olivia's OBGYN announced as she placed the newborn on Olivia's chest.
"Mommy?" Lachlan asked, sitting up. He'd woken to his new sister's cries.
"Come meet your baby sister, Lachie. El, could you please pick him up?" she said, out of breath.
Elliot kissed her head and said, "Sure. Great job, babe. You did so well."
As Elliot walked over to Lachlan, Olivia turned her attention to the baby in her arms. A little girl with Elliot's calming, cerulean blue eyes.
Caressing the baby's tiny, warm cheek, Olivia whispered, "Hi Acelynn. Welcome to the world, princess."
"Look, Lachie," Elliot said, pointing to Acelynn. Meet your baby sister."
"Hi Acelynn. I'm your big brother. I'ma take care of you," he promised.
Waking to a scream, Olivia's eyes shot open and she sat up instantly. "El..."
When she got no reply, she looked over to see that side of the bed empty.
She practically jumped out of bed and rushed in to the living room, where she found six year old Lachlan and one year old Acelynn. They were running around, causing mischief.
Acelynn was just dressed in her diaper and a little pink top with a baby polar bear on the front; and Lachlan was only in his little racing car boxer shorts, identical to his daddy's pair.
Acelynn spotted Olivia first and stopped in an instant. "Uh-oh."
Lachlan then stopped and looked at his sister. "What's uh-oh, Ace?"
Pointing at their mother, she whispered, "Mommy," before running over to her.
Lachlan turned around just in time to see his mom pick up his sister. "Hi mommy."
"Hi Lachie. Where's daddy, son?"
"He said he has to go to work and then sign some papers so we can move to a bigger place," he explained to her.
With a sigh, Olivia kissed Acelynn's head. They were supposed to sign those papers together.
"What do you say we go to the local swimming pool for a swim?"
"Yeah, yeah," Lachlan cheered as Acelynn squirmed happily in Olivia's arms.
"Okay, get your board shorts on, Lachlan, while Acelynn and I get ready."
A quick nod and Lachlan was off racing toward his bedroom.
"Come on, princess. You can wear the swim suit that mommy bought you last week."
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Elliot walked in to the apartment an hour later, happy, with the forms for the house that they were wanting to buy in hand. They just needed Olivia's signature and to be handed in before it was finally theirs.
"Liv?" he called in to the silent apartment. He furrowed his brows, the apartment was too still, too quiet. Lachlan and Acelynn always made the apartment lively when they were home. From the moment they woke to the moment they went to sleep. "Liv?" he called again, heading toward the kitchen.
A note under a magnet on the fridge caught his eye. "What's this?" He picked it up and read it.
'We're down at the pool for a swim. Come, if you don't take all damn day.'
Elliot could easily hear the anger in her writing. Their six year old son had ratted him out, he knew it. He smiled and shook his head, he'd have to teach his son to not rat him out all the time.
He sighed and placed the forms and note on the kitchen counter. He was going to quickly get changed and head over to the pool.
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Arriving at the pool, Elliot looked around for his wife and children. He found them in the shallow end of the water.
Olivia stood in the water with Acelynn, in her purple one piece with white dots and frill around her tiny waist, her swimming diaper underneath, as she floated around in her plastic, blow-up ring; and Lachlan with floaties on his arms, in blue and black board shorts. Olivia, herself, was in Elliot's favorite two piece black and purple bikini of hers, which showed the still slightly visible c-section scar, which bore the upsetting memory of a lost child.
Olivia had even gone out one day, about six months before they got married and came home with a tattoo on her mid lower back. It had twenty nine tiny red love hearts, one for each hour that Olivia had her precious angel. The hears were evenly spaced out and around the name that she had been given. Annika.
Something simple but very personal to Olivia.
Elliot put his stuff down with Olivia's and jumped in to the water. "Hey guys," he greeted them with a grin.
"Daddy! Daddy!" both kids screeched happily as Lachlan doggy paddled over to him.
"Hey," Olivia greeted him and swam in to the swimmer's lane. She needed to swim off the anger and frustration.
Elliot sighed and turned back to Lachlan and Acelynn. He knew his wife always swam off her anger and frustration. That was part of the reason why they were getting a house with a swimming pool.
"Daddy, mommy's mad," Lachlan informed his father as his younger sister splashed at them happily.
"Yeah, I know, buddy," he laughed, looking at him, "you ratted your old man out."
Thinking he was in trouble, Lachlan started to cry. "Sorry, daddy. I didn't mean to."
Elliot gently pulled Acelynn closer to them so he didn't lose sight of her and kissed Lachlan's head. "Hey, hey, it's okay, kiddo. It was my own fault. Mommy and I will talk later. But now while mommy is swimming, the three of us will have some fun."
Lachlan nodded and smiled. "Yeah."
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Playing with his kids, Elliot let his mind drift back to the day that Olivia had told him that she was pregnant with Acelynn. Although she'd wanted another baby, it didn't stop the shock factor when she found out that she was carrying Elliot's baby.
Noticing that his wife has been missing for about two and a half hours, Elliot called the child care centre to see if Lachlan was still there, he was, so he tried Casey, only to find out that she was in court, so it meant that Olivia was alone. He figured that she was probably at the local swimming pool.
That was where he found her. She was swimming furiously, lap after lap. Something was very wrong, he could sense it. See it as she swam.
He cautiously approached the end of the pool and squatted down.
Olivia must've sensed his presence because she stopped swimming and looked up at her loving husband of just ten weeks. She took off her goggles and resting her chin and arms on the wet edge of the pool.
"Hey," she greeted him. Her voice sounded strained and confused.
Elliot's eyes met his wife's and he caressed her wet arm. "Hey, baby. What's wrong, huh?" he asked gently.
Olivia took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, not taking her eyes off Elliot's.
Elliot could hear just how shaky her breath actually was.
Caressing her wet cheek, Elliot spoke softly, "Why don't you hop out of the water, huh? I guess we need to talk about something."
Olivia nodded, slowly and disappeared under the water as Elliot stood up and grabbed her big, fluffy peach towel.
He met her at the steps and wrapped the towel around her petite body as soon as she emerged from the calming, cool water.
"What happened, Olivia?" he asked again, just as softly as he rubbed her arms, drying her off.
Olivia sat down on a bench and waited for Elliot to sit down beside her, wrapping an arms around her, not caring if he got wet. She took a deep breath and exhaled. "I'm pregnant," she whispered. "I found out about an hour and a half ago when I got test results back from my annual check up."
Smiling, Elliot nodded and rubbed her back. "Do you know how far along?" We've been quite busy these last couple of months," he smirked.
"Well by judging by dates and the size of the baby, the best estimate is that this little one was conceived on our wedding night."
Elliot smiled and placed his hand on her belly. "That's so great. Lachie will be so happy that he's going to be a big brother."
Placing her hand on Elliot's, Olivia smiled. "Yeah, he will."
"Daddy! Look!" Acelynn's sweet voice brought him out of his thoughts.
"I see, baby," he replied, thinking she was talking about her splashing.
"No, daddy! Mommy!" she replied, pointing.
Olivia was sort of swimming back to them, she'd swam off the anger and frustration but Elliot could sense that something else was wrong.
"Liv, what's wrong?" he asked as she she approached.
Lachlan and Acelynn had even stopped what they were doing and watched their parents.
Sighing, Olivia stood in the water and Elliot wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm pregnant," she whispered.
Elliot was shocked but happy. Obviously the protection that they had been using until they were ready for another child had not worked. "When did you find out?"
"Two days ago while you were working that case that lasted four straight days," she confessed. "I just haven't had the courage to tell you."
Resting his head against Olivia's, he asked, "How far along?"
Olivia licked her lips. "Six weeks... Twins."
"Tw-twins?"
"Yes," she sobbed. "You knocked me up again, you idiot... Acelynn is only sixteen months old," she cried.
Rubbing Olivia's back, Elliot kissed her on the lips. "Sorry, baby. It's a good thing we're buying a four bedroom house then, huh?"
Olivia nodded. "Yeah."
"Aren't you happy?"
Smiling, Olivia answered, "Very, just shocked. You, me, Lachlan and Acelynn and these two little ones are going to be alright... I always wanted to be part of a family and I've got that. No complaints... I just wasn't ready for this again quite so soon and twins... Can we handle twins, especially with a six year old and a one year old?"
"Yeah, we can do it, Liv," Elliot promised her.
Liv nodded and smiled a little.
"More babies?" Lachlan whined.
"Me not baby no more?" Acelynn asked, tears welling up in her eyes.
Olivia and Elliot broke away from one another and turned to the kids, smiling.
"You're going to have two baby siblings, kids," Elliot informed them.
"Two?" Lachlan asked confused. "Mommy can get two babies in her belly?"
Acelynn looked just as shocked and confused as her brother.
Laughing, Olivia shook her head. "Yes, kids. I have two babies in here." She put her hands on her belly, followed by Elliot, who put his hands over hers, entwining his fingers with hers. "Mommy is going to have a very big belly by the end."
"Bigger then the big belly you had when Acelynn was in there?"
"Yes, Lachie. My belly will be bigger then that."
"I be baby. I be baby," Acelynn cried.
People were starting to look at them.
"Let's go home and talk about this in private," Elliot said.
As they guided the kids out of the pool, Olivia smiled. "Our life is going to be even more hectic but I can't wait."
"Neither can I."