This chapter got REALLY long without me even realizing it. I think this may be the longest chapter in here. Anyway I hope you like it.

A week had passed and Olivia had seen her OB/GYN, who suggested she see a chiropractor and an acupuncturist for pain, which she did, and she was finally able to get up and move around with minimal pain, meaning that she was able to do her part in finishing packing up the apartment and moving into the new apartment. They'd been in the new apartment for three days, and they loved it, and Olivia couldn't wait until she was allowed to use the jacuzzi tub in their master bath that was huge. But she was so grateful that their shower stall was big, had two shower heads, one on each end of the shower, and had a built in shower seat where she could sit if she needed to. It also made for endless passionate shower sex with her fiancé. Their only timer was how long the hot water lasted.

Olivia sat in their new king size bed that had been delivered the night before and rubbed cocoa butter on her belly, smiling at her husband. Still congested, they'd set up a humidifier next to her side of the bed. She saw Ed come in the bedroom and she smiled. "Well hello there, sexy." She stood up and wrapped her arms around him and kissed him softly. "I love our life," she whispered. "I may not be able to breathe through my nose. I may still have pain sometimes, but we own a beautiful apartment, your mom is coming over for dinner tonight, we have an absolutely incredible son and we have a precious little girl on the way. And I have an incredible fiancé who makes me feel more loved than i have ever felt in my entire life."

Ed held her hips gently, afraid that holding them too hard would hurt her. "We do have a pretty great life, don't we?" He kissed her again. "I'm glad you aren't fainting anymore, and that your pain has lessened. Seeing you faint scared the shit out of me, and seeing you in that much pain killed me."

She smiled and ran her hands over his chest. "I know, baby. But you know what we can do now, especially since Noah's at school?" She grinned and kissed his neck. "We can christen our new bed," she whispered and moaned, feeling his hands run over her breasts and down her sides.

He walked her back towards the bed. "I want to take my time with you, kiss every inch of you that I can." He whispered in her ear, taking her maternity dress off and pushing her panties down. "Lay on your side," he whispered.

Olivia smiled and did as she was told, feeling him snuggle up behind her, spooning her. He pushed inside of her and she groaned. "God, Ed." She felt him kiss her neck, and she closed her eyes as he started thrusting inside of her. "Oh, baby," she moaned and let her hand find his, holding it tight, her hips moving back to meet his. He wasn't moving fast, but his thrusts had intention. He moved his hand from hers and he found her clit. She gasped. "Mm, right there."

Ed groaned. "Oh, yeah, Liv." He whispered and saw her hands start to massage her breasts, his thrusts were slow, but rhythmic. He felt her muscles starting to contract around him. "Mm, you gonna come around my cock?" He heard her moan and he smirked. "Oh, baby. You feel so good." He kissed the back of her neck.

"Ed! Oh, God, I want you to come in my pussy." She whined and felt orgasm tear through her. "Fuck!" She arched her back and turned her head and looked at him over her shoulder. "Please baby," she begged, riding her orgasm out. "Ooh, fuck!" She sighed when she felt his release inside her. "Oh, Ed." She moved so she was facing him, kissing him passionately. "Oh my God," she whispered and caressed his face. "That was incredible." She held the front, underside of her belly. "Ooh," She let out a breath.

He looked at her. "What's wrong, baby?"

Olivia looked at him. "I don't really know. That was weird. It wasn't even pain, just cramping." She looked up at Ed. "Should I call the doctor?"

Ed caressed her face. "It couldn't hurt. Just to make sure everything's okay."

She nodded and slowly sat up, picking up her phone and calling her doctor. "Hi, yes, this is Olivia Benson. Everything is fine… I think. I'm almost thirty weeks pregnant and I just had some cramping. I want to make sure that I'm not going into preterm labor." She listened. "No, my water didn't break, no bleeding. It was rather quick, I'm not doubled over. It was in the front of my abdomen." He listened and watched her blush. "I— yeah, yeah we did." She bit her bottom lip and listened to the doctor and let out a breath. "Thank you. I'm sorry to be a bother. Yes, thank you. We'll see you next week." She put her phone down and laid back down on her side, a smile on her face.

He looked at her. "I'm guessing it's not labor."

Olivia chuckled a bit. "Braxton Hicks. Apparently they can be brought on by orgasm, and something called prostaglandins in semen. But they're nothing to be alarmed at. She suggested I drink some water and rest for a bit." She kissed him gently. "She said as long as they don't get stronger, and I'm not getting them more than four times in an hour, that it's nothing to worry about but if they do any of the above or I notice any bleeding or my water breaks to get to the ER right away."

Ed smiled and caressed her belly. "Let's keep this one in there for a few more weeks."

She smiled. "Well, you know what she said, she wanted to keep an eye on how big the baby was getting, she's measuring a couple weeks later than her gestational age."

He kissed her gently. "Be that as it may, 29 weeks, almost 30, is still a little early. She needs more time to fully develop."

Olivia smiled and nodded, feeling the baby move around in her stomach, seeing the fetal movements as the skin of her belly moved with them. "I'll never get over how cool that is, but it looks so incredibly creepy." She laughed and kissed him again. "I should get some water and then take a little nap before we get started on dinner."

Ed kissed her forehead. "You relax, I'll go get you water and then—"

She took his hand. "And then you're going to come lay next to me and hold me while I take a nap."

He smiled and kissed her softly. "As you wish, my love."

Olivia looked into his eyes. "You've been working so hard with this move, you need your rest just as much as I do. You and I are going to take a nap before we start dinner for your mother." She ran her hands over his chest. "For me?"

Ed caressed her face. "I'm fine, baby. But for you, anything."

She smirked. "You are most definitely fine, and if I have to get you to rest for me, I will. I need you healthy, especially once our precious girl comes."

He smiled. "I know you tell me all the time that I take such good care of you, but you take such good care of me. You're completely selfless, even when you're in pain, even when you're exhausted you still make sure I'm being taken care of. Physically, emotionally, sexually. It makes me love you so much more."

Olivia smiled softly. "It's only because I love you so much. And I know you'd do the same for me. You deserve to have someone looking out for you, too." She kissed him gently. "Now, do me a favor and get me a water bottle, then come back in here and take a nap with me, cuddled up and holding me close. That, right now, is all I want."

Ed kissed her once more, slipping into his boxers and quickly going to the kitchen for a water bottle and bringing it back into the bedroom for his fiancée. "Your water, my love."

She smiled and took the water bottle from him, kissing him gently. "Thank you," she opened the bottle and took a swig, setting it on her nightstand and laid down, facing him. "Hold me," she whispered.

He smiled and kissed her forehead. "Forever." He wrapped her in his arms and saw her eyes close, and he followed suit, both of them drifting off to sleep.

Olivia was the first up. She looked up at Ed and smiled. He looked so peaceful. She looked at the clock at saw that Noah would be getting out of school soon, and since Lucy was picking him up, she knew they had about an hour before he got home. Lucy was wonderful through the last few months of her pregnancy, helping out with Noah when they needed it. She looked back at Ed, feeling awful about waking him up, but she knew that there were things they both needed to do. She leaned in and kissed him gently, feeling him start to slowly kiss back. She grinned and pulled away. "Time to wake up, sleepy head." She whispered with a smirk on her face.

Ed looked into her eyes. "Hey there beautiful." He kissed her gently. "I guess I did need some sleep."

She smiled and bit her bottom lip. "Told ya." She giggled and got as close as her baby bump would allow. "Noah is going to be home soon, I need a shower, and we need to start on dinner." She looked into his eyes. "But I just want to stay in bed, wrapped up in your arms," she whispered and kissed him gently.

He kissed her back, and then pulled away softly. "I can reschedule with mom, tell you aren't feeling up to it. We can get dressed and hang out with Noah in here."

Olivia looked at him. "Ed, we were together for a year and I didn't meet her, and we've been back together for almost another year and I still haven't met her. We're not rescheduling. She's going to think I don't want to meet her."

Ed smiled. "Baby, she wouldn't think that, but if you're sure that you're gonna be okay, I'll get dressed and start dinner while you shower."

She smiled. "I'll be fine. I want to meet the woman who raised the incredible man I get to spend my life with. I want to thank her." She felt a tear run down her cheek. "Help me up so I can go get in the shower and make myself look halfway decent."

He smiled and wiped her eyes. "You always look beautiful, even when you don't think you do." He kissed her forehead. "Come on, let's get you in the shower."

Olivia smiled and got up with his help, wrapping her arms around him. "I can't say it enough, I love you more than I can put into words." She caressed his face and kissed him softly, letting out a gentle moan. She smiled and pulled away. "I just hope your mom doesn't hold our breakup against me. I know it hurt you, and that, Ed Tucker, is my biggest regret. I never, ever meant to hurt you."

Ed looked down at her. "I know you didn't. And while I was hurting I also know it hurt you. I was the one who walked away. I should have fought harder, Liv. I should have made you see that you could have me, Noah, and SVU. Because any amount of time I got to spend with you was the best, I was happy to stay in and hang out with Noah. I should have fought for you."

Her bottom lip trembled. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I should have gotten out of my own head." She looked into his eyes, taking a deep breath. "I should get ready," she whispered and kissed him softly. "I'll be out shortly." He tuned to go into the bathroom.

He reached out and touched her shoulder, stopping her. "Hey," he turned her around. He tilted her face up and kissed her passionately, his hands running over her body. He broke the kiss and pulled away softly, leaving them both breathless. "I love you, Olivia Margaret Benson. Forever and always."

Olivia looked at him, smiling. "I love you, Ed Tucker. Forever and ever." She hugged him, feeling his lips on her head. "Okay, now I really need to go get ready or your mother is going to meet me naked." She chuckled and kissed him again. "I'll be out soon." She smiled and walked into the bathroom, starting the shower, letting it warm up a little bit, but she didn't want it too hot. She showered under the rainfall shower head, and once she was clean she stepped out and dried off, putting lotion on her belly and then wrapping herself in a towel, picking out a pair of black leggings and a gray maternity dress, getting dressed, then blow drying and curling her hair and doing her makeup, a soft eye and a pink lip. She walked out to the kitchen and smiled. "Hey there handsome," she smiled coyly.

Ed turned from the stove and looked at her, his eyes traveling the length of her body. "My God, you're so beautiful. So sexy."

She grinned and kissed his cheek. "I take it you like how I look," she bit her bottom lip and closed her eyes. "Dinner smells amazing, baby, what did you make?"

He held her hips. "Teriyaki beef, brown rice, and roasted sweet potatoes." He kissed her softly. "Making sure you have all the nutrients you need so you and Caroline are healthy, but making sure the food tastes good."

Olivia smiled. "You're so good to me." She kissed his cheek, then his nose, then very softly kissed his lips, her lips barely grazing his, feeling Caroline move around and kick her ribs, hard. "Sweet girl, you have to be gentle with mama," she said after finding her breath again.

Ed looked at her. "You okay?" He saw her nod. "Why don't you go sit down, I'll turn the oven down on dinner and I'll be in to hold you."

She smiled. "Okay. But before I do, where's our precious boy?"

He kissed her forehead. "Doing his homework at his desk."

Olivia smirked. "So you just want me to go sit on the couch so you can make out with me until either Noah comes out of his room or until your mom gets here, whichever comes first?" She raised her eyebrow.

Ed blushed. "Guilty as charged." He kissed her temple. "Unless you'd rather not."

She kissed him gently. "Now, did I say that?" She kissed him softly pulling away. "I'll meet you on the couch," she winked and walked over to the couch, waiting on Ed.

He quickly turned down the oven to keep dinner warm until his mother arrived. He moved to the couch and sat next to her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "My beautiful fiancée." He leaned in and softly kissed her. "I can't wait to call you my wife."

Olivia kissed him and cradled his face in her hands. "Me either," she whispered, her lips staying attached to his. "Mm," she grinned when she felt his hands on her body.

Ed kissed down her neck, over her chest and back up to her lips. "I can't get enough of you."

She broke the kiss. "Ed, I love you. More than life itself. But right now, I need you to shut up and kiss me."

Almost immediately after she'd gotten her last word out his lips were back on hers, feeling her tongue move into his mouth, their tongues massaging each other. He heard a buzz at their intercom and he pulled away. "That's mom," he whispered.

Olivia looked at her watch. "She's early," she took a deep breath. "Help me up so I can make sure my lipstick isn't all over my face." She took Ed's hand and looked at his face, making sure he didn't have lipstick on his face. "You're good. Let your mom in." She walked back into the master bath and made sure her makeup was still good. She took a deep breath and then went and got Noah, walking out with him, seeing Caroline. She couldn't help but smile.

Ed looked at her and was in awe of the woman he loved. "Ma, this is Noah, our son," he smiled and took a deep breath and walked over to Olivia. "And this is the woman who's made me want to be a better man, who I'm deliriously in love with, Olivia Margaret Benson."

Olivia put her hand out to shake Caroline's hand, but she was wrapped in a hug. She let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. "It's so nice to meet you, Mrs. Tucker."

Caroline pulled away and looked at her future daughter in law. "Please, Mrs. Tucker was my mother in law, call me mom. Or Caroline, either one." She smiled. "Ooh, can I touch your belly? I used to hate when people just assumed."

Olivia smiled. "Of course, mom." It felt so natural. "I bet we can even get your granddaughter to kick," she smiled and rubbed her belly. "Come on, sweet girl, kick for Grandma Caroline." She felt the baby start to kick and she moved Caroline's hand over where the baby was kicking, a smile on her face.

Caroline gasped. "Oh, a little girl. Have you picked a name yet.

Olivia smiled and looked over at Ed. "You want to tell your mom what we're naming our baby girl?"

Ed kissed Olivia's temple, his arm around her shoulders. "Her name is Caroline. Caroline Willow." He smiled at Olivia.

Caroline's mouth fell open. "Caroline? Now, Olivia, did Eddie talk you into that?"

Olivia smiled and shook her head. "He asked me about a week ago if I'd put any thoughts into what I wanted to name her, and I suggested Caroline, after you. I know we hadn't met yet, but any woman who can raise such a caring and loving man, that's a woman I'd like my daughter named after." She nodded and wiped at her eyes before the tears could fall. "Sorry, hormones. I burst into tears like a week ago when Ed made me a salad."

Caroline smiled. "Well, I'm honored. But what about your mom?"

Olivia smiled. "Noah, sweetie, can you go wash up for dinner?" She saw him run off to the bathroom and she looked at Caroline. "My mother was a hopeless alcoholic, she died about 20 years ago. She fell down the subway steps outside the Velvet Room. She was terribly abusive, but I can't blame her. I'm the product of her rape." She nodded.

Caroline put her hand on Olivia's shoulder. "Oh, sweetie I'm so sorry. I didn't know."

Olivia shook her head. "It's okay. I promise. I've worked through it and moved past it, but, um, I haven't told Noah yet. He's so innocent that I can't bring myself to tell him how terrible my mother was to me. I just… I want to keep him a little kid as long as I can."

Caroline hugged her again. "You're a great mother, Olivia."

Olivia smiled. "Well, based on how this one turned out," she said looking at Ed, her smile growing, "I'd say you're a damn fine mother yourself." She turned back to Caroline. "Can I get you something to drink?"

Caroline smiled. "Vodka if you have it."

Ed kissed Olivia's temple. "I'll get it. You go check on Noah. And I'll get dinner served.

Olivia smiled and looked into Ed's eyes. "I love you," she mouthed and slipped behind him, walking over to Noah's bathroom, knocking on the door. "Noah, sweet boy, are you okay?"

Noah opened the door. "Mommy, how come you never tell me about your mom?"

She sighed and knelt down on one knee. "Noah, there's some things about my own mom and dad that I just don't know how to explain to a kid your age. My dad was a very bad man, my mom got by the best way she knew how to, but… she hurt me. A lot. I haven't had an easy life, Noah. I haven't had a happy life. Not until you came along. One day when you can understand more, I'll tell you what I can. There's even some things I don't know, still. I don't want to hide this from you, but I don't want to explain the bad, dark stuff to you until you're a little older. You may be getting older but you'll always be my little boy. Even when you're fifty." She caressed his face and kissed his forehead. "How about we go have dinner?"

He hugged Olivia and nodded. "I love you mommy. I'm sorry you had to go through so many bad things in life."

Olivia smiled and closed her eyes. "Me too," she whispered and pushed herself up. "Come on, sweet boy. Let's go have dinner." Olivia and Noah walked to the dining room and sat down at the table, Olivia sitting next to Ed, resting her hand on his knee, smiling at him. "This looks absolutely amazing, Ed. Thank you." She kissed his cheek.

They all sat ate dinner and played a few games. Caroline stayed until about 8:30. Ed walked her out while Olivia got Noah ready for bed. While they waited for a cab, Caroline turned to Ed. "Olivia is a very special woman, and I swear to God, Eddie, if you walk out again, or hurt her in anyway, I will kick your ass from here to Dublin." She said seriously. "You have yourself a woman who is so in love with you, it's palpable, Ed."

Ed smiled. "I'm not going anywhere, Ma. She's the absolute best and is too good for me, and way out of my league, but she literally makes me a better man. And I'm just as in love with her. After Kim, I didn't think I'd ever be able to trust another woman, or anyone. I didn't think I'd ever love anyone again, but Olivia— Ma, I love Olivia more than I ever thought was possible to love any woman. Don't worry, I'm not going to mess this up with Olivia. Not again."

Caroline nodded as a cab pulled up. She hugged her son. "Go up and see the love of your life, and your son."

Ed kissed her cheek, making sure she got in the cab alright, waving goodbye. He walked back inside, taking the elevator up, and walking back into their apartment. He saw Olivia sitting on the couch, Noah, assumingly in bed. "Hey beautiful."

Olivia smiled and stood up slowly, walking over to Ed. "Hey, yourself, handsome." She kissed him gently. "Noah's in bed, waiting for his daddy to say goodnight and tuck him in. While you do that, I'm going to change into my pajamas and climb into bed." She kissed his lips once more before she walked into their bedroom.

Ed walked in to Noah's room and kissed him goodnight and tucked him in tight. "Goodnight, slugger." He turned the light off. "I love you." He walked out of Noah's room and into their bedroom, seeing Olivia sitting on the bed in nothing but her panties, rubbing lotion on her belly and her breasts. "God, you're so sexy."

She looked up at him and chuckled. "Doubtful." She smiled, and slipped a nightgown over her head."So, That is a weight off my shoulders. Your mom seems to like me."

He smiled and sat next to her. "She more than likes you, Olivia. She loves you. She told me outside of I walk out again or hurt you in anyway she'd personally kick my ass." They shared a chuckle.

Olivia moved closer and rested her head on his shoulder. "Noah asked why I haven't told him about my mom. Why I asked him to go wash up before I started talking about her." She took a deep breath. "I was honest. I told him my parents weren't good people, that I'd had a hard life, that I was never truly happy until he came along. And then you." She smiled. "And then this sweet little girl who will be here in like, 10 weeks." She took a deep breath. "We need to get shopping. We don't have a crib, or a car seat, or clothes or—"

Ed cut her off with a kiss. "Relax," He whispered and ran his hands over her arms. "I have a surprise for you, that I was going to keep for another week or so, but if you want to see it now, I'll show you."

She looked at him. "Now you've got me curious."

He smirked and led her to the door of the room they'd decided would be the nursery. He opened the door and she looked around. "Surprise."

Olivia was in awe. The room had been painted a pale lilac, with a dusty gray accent wall that bore Caroline's name in a dusty rose, her middle name in black. A crib had been set up and a changing table, in the drawers were plain onesies, a rocking chair was in the corner. She looked at Ed. "When? How?"

Ed walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her from behind. "I had the painters come in last week, I had them stencil her name once we decided on it, and I had some help with the furniture from Fin and Carisi." He kissed the back of her head. "We still need to get diapers and diaper rash cream and—"

Now it was her turn to cut him off. She'd turned in his arms and kissed him passionately. "This is perfect," she whispered. "Thank you." She caressed his face. "This whole pregnancy, this whole relationship, you've been able to keep my stress down." She grinned and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you, Ed Tucker."

He smiled. "I love you too, Olivia Benson."

Olivia's eyes shone with love. "We can shop for all of that later. But right now, I just want you." She led him back into their bedroom and pushed him down on the bed, climbing on top of him, and kissing him. "I want to kiss you, and taste you, and fuck you," she whispered, straddling him and grinding her hips into his. "Oh, baby," she groaned.

Ed held her hips and groaned. "Fuck, you're so sexy." His hips thrust up into hers and she gasped. He smirked and gripped her ass. "You like that?"

She moaned gently. "So good baby." She ground her hips harder into his, leaning down to kiss him, letting out a loud moan. She moved her lips to his ear. "Oh, yeah, I love grinding my clit on your cock, even through pants." She whispered, letting out a whiney moan.

He groaned and slapped her ass. "You're gonna make me come, baby. Oh God," he moaned.

Olivia smirked and moved off of him, undoing the buttons on his jeans and pulling them off, along with his boxers. She took him in her mouth and looked up at him, taking him, in his entirety, into her mouth, playing with his balls, her eyes never leaving his, as she moved over him with her mouth. She heard his grunts and she smiled, groaning as his release landed on her tongue. Once he was finished, and she'd swallowed every drop she kissed up to his lips and smiled. "So good, baby."

Ed kissed her and carefully laid her on her side, looking into her eyes. "You are incredible. You didn't have to—"

She put her finger to his lips. "I wanted to," she whispered and kissed him again. "What fun is it to get you all worked up if I can't feel you, or taste you?" She chuckled.

He kissed her forehead. "God, I love you," he smiled and held her as close as he could. He looked down at her and kissed her gently.

Olivia smiled and kissed back. In this moment her life was perfect.

A/N: Okay, so Caroline and Olivia met. We saw the nursery. And Olivia's pain got better. I'm thinking next chapter we finally meet Baby Caroline! Stay tuned! In the interim leave a review, here or on Twitter (couricshargitay). See you soon!