A/N: I didnt't think I would be able to pop out a chapter this soon but thankfully the convicts wanted to give me a break around four this morning. Hope everyone enjoys.
"Madison I know your summer break starts in a little less than a month and I think we should take a vacation." Alex said as her and her daughter walked down Broadway. "What do you think?"
"Where too?" Madison asked glancing up at her mom.
"Well I don't I was thinking we could fly out to California and go to Disney Land or check out Disney World in Florida. Maybe we could just make a little tour out west maybe that Disney cruise you asked about last year. You tell me."
"I don't know momma."
"You have time to think about it and we can go see my travel agent so you can ask any questions you need to and get all the brochures you need to decide."
"I know Mommy and Carmen are supposed to be taking me to Aspen for skiing when school lets out. When would we go?"
"I know they are baby" Alex sighed hating the fact that she would miss Madison's first time on the slopes. She would have to give Christine props she did invite her and Olivia along so she wouldn't miss it. She thought it was a great show of faith for her to invite Olivia along for the vacation "I was thinking the following month since you will be out there for almost two weeks."
"Will Olivia be going with us?" Madison asked.
"Yes she will." Alex said stopping to face her daughter and pulling her from the flow of people "If we take this vacation and she can get the time off she will be coming with us. She will also be sharing the room with us as well."
"Oh" Madison said looking down toward the ground.
"Listen honey." Alex said raising her daughters face up so she could look her in the eyes. "I understand how you feel about Olivia and there are times you want it to be just me and you and that's fine, believe me. But I need you to realize that Olivia is a permanent part of our life. To the point that at some point Olivia will be moving in with me. I'm not saying that that will happen within the next week. To be totally honest with you I would like it to happen before we leave for vacation. I really need and would really like it if you and Olivia could reach some type of happy medium. Because baby when she moves in I'm not going to ask her to leave and stay at a motel on the weekends I have you."
"I know momma I'm just afraid that you'll forget about me or I will become a burden when that happens."
"Oh Madison I promise you I will never forget you and you will never become a burden to me or Olivia." Alex said dropping to her knees and hugging her daughter tight against her "Even when you're not with us we still put you first baby. We always will."
"I know momma." Madison said hugging Alex "I love you."
"I love you too." Alex said hugging her daughter tight before standing back up "Come on baby before we're late."
"Hey momma" Madison said after they had walked in silence for a little while.
"Yeah baby." Alex said glancing down at her daughter
"I would like it if Olivia moved in." Madison said smiling up at her mom as they waited to cross the street.
"Really?"
"Yeah." Madison said shaking her head
"Ok baby." Alex said smiling from ear to ear "When she stops by tonight after work I will talk to her about it but I already know that she will want to talk to you this weekend when I pick you up before she says yes."
"Momma we can go talk to her now." Madison said smiling up at Alex with her blue eyes shining.
"No baby we can't" Alex said sighing "Olivia is working right now and we can't constantly go to the station and interrupt her work."
"No momma" Madison said stopping and tugging on her Alex's hand back in the direction they had just come from "She's in the deli right back here."
"Baby" Alex said laughing "That was someone that looked like Olivia I promise you it wasn't her."
"It was momma because the other officer umm." Madison said as she stopped and tried hard to remember her name "Rollins was with her."
"Madison Renee I promise you that wasn't them baby." Alex said again despite Madison's urging to turn around and go back the way they came. "When I talked to Olivia at lunch her and Amaro were going to follow up some leads on a case and it would be late before she got off."
"Maybe they got hungry momma." Madison said tugging on Alex "I'm telling you I saw them back there."
"Madison" Alex said as she glanced at her watch checking the time "We're supposed to be meeting your mommy in about twenty minutes."
"I know momma but it won't take long I promise." Madison said batting her eyes at Alex "We can stop in I will tell her I've thought about it and I want her to live with you."
"Common on, let's make it quick." Alex said giving up "Take me back to this deli you think you saw them at. I promise you it's not them. They should be in Queens right now."
"No they're not momma." Madison said with a smile on her face looking forward to surprising Olivia.
Alex sighed as she followed her daughter back through the crowd they had just spent over thirty minutes fighting through. Normally she would put her foot down and stop her daughter from this type of behavior but the fact that she was so excited to see Olivia stopped her. If she remained this way maybe just maybe Olivia's moving in won't be so hard on her and this could possibly go smoother than what she anticipated.
"See momma I told you there they are." Madison said stopping suddenly and pointing to a table inside the deli. "Let's go in and say hi."
Alex looked up and felt her heart drop to her feet as she grabbed Madison to stop her from entering the deli. Not three feet in front of her Olivia and Amanda was sitting at a table apparently eating a late lunch. Which would not have been a problem had Olivia not been giving Amanda the smile that she had always reserved for her. Or how she leaned forward and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear before whispering in Amanda's ear. Whatever it was that she said must have been funny because Amanda threw her head back and laughed before leaning forward and gently kissing Olivia on the lips.
"Come on" Alex choked out feeling as if her whole world was collapsing around her and she had to get away quickly before she made a scene in front of her daughter.
Never saw that coming did you?