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Chapter 28
Alex leaned against the doorway of their home office and watched her wife. Olivia was sitting at her desk working on the speech she was going to be giving at her foundation's gala. It had been six years since Olivia had expressed her desire to start a foundation for victims and it was steadily growing. This would be the second year they had a gala, and while Olivia sometimes laughed and said it wasn't exactly big enough to be considered a gala that's what Alex named it. They both worked hard to provide whatever their workers and volunteers needed. Olivia used her experience with victims to work with the survivors they helped now and Alex used her knowledge of the law to help on her end. They had both also became trained rape crisis counselors in order to better understand what the people they help go through. Alex walked over and leaned in wrapping her arms around the brunette and pressing a kiss to the top of her head "Hey."
"Hey yourself." Olivia said as she relaxed back into the embrace. She turned her head slightly, pulling Alex in for a kiss. "I wondered how long you were going to stare at me."
"I happen to like staring at you." Alex said placing a quick kiss to her lips again before walking around and leaning on the edge of the desk. For a brief moment she had a flashback to the days when she would go to the precinct and lean against Olivia's desk. She smiled when she saw Olivia looking at her legs "I guess I'm not the only one having a flashback, huh detective?"
Olivia grinned and shook her head "No counselor you're not, at least now I don't have to be discreet about checking you out." She reached out and ran her hand up Alex's jean clad leg and leaned into the touch when she felt Alex place her hand on her cheek. She turned her head and placed a kiss to the palm of her wife's hand "Can you believe how long we've been together?"
"Sixteen years officially but if you count since we first started dating, and I do, it's been almost twenty."
"Best years of my life."
They continued to stare at one another, enjoying their ability to have a conversation without saying a word. They were pulled from their thoughts when they heard footsteps outside the door "Hey, I'm getting ready to leave." Henry said as he stepped into the room.
Olivia smiled at her son he was growing so fast. Henry was now sixteen years old and even though he still looked exactly like her, Olivia couldn't get over the fact that he somehow had Alex's eyes. They were bright blue and held the same love and passion that his Mama's held. "So where all are you going?"
"I'll be staying at Matt's until this evening and then his Dad will take us into the city and drop us off at the concert." He stopped for a moment knowing what his mothers' would ask next "And yes he'll be picking us up as soon as it ends." He smiled at Alex, giving her the smile he knew she couldn't refuse "Mama would it be okay if Matt stayed the night here after the concert?"
Alex put on her courtroom face but knew she couldn't fight the look he was giving her. She sighed heavily "I guess it would be okay." She looked at Olivia "I guess that means a trip to the grocery store if we're going to have an extra teenage boy in the house tonight." They both laughed at the comment but when it came to their two teenage boys sometimes they felt like they were being eaten out of house and home.
Henry smiled and threw his arms around the blonde "Thank you! I love you Mama." He said kissing her on the cheek before leaning over and kissing Olivia too "I love you too Mom."
"I love you too. Be careful." Olivia called out as their son ran out the door. They heard him call out he would just before the door slammed.
"I'm glad things are back to normal now." Alex said with a slight shudder.
Olivia blushed lightly "I know. God I've never been so embarrassed." Alex began blushing as well as she thought about the moment she was referring to.
It was Alex's birthday and Olivia had woken her up early, kissing her way down her neck and slowly working her hands up under her shirt. After a lazy yet passionate round of lovemaking Alex was now repaying Olivia. They had rolled around till they were lying sideways in the bed and Alex was kissing her way down the brunette's body. Alex was slowly licking and kissing her way around Olivia's center. Little did they know their children had woken early to prepare her breakfast in bed.
All four Cabot children stood outside their mothers' room oblivious to what was going on inside. On the count of three Henry opened the door and all four walked in about to say surprise but the word died on their lips as they saw what was going on before them. Olivia was on her back with her fingers tangled in Alex's hair, while Alex was holding her legs open and her tongue was buried inside her.
Olivia suddenly caught movement from the corner of her eye and gasped when she saw her children standing there. "Oh God, Alex!" she shouted as she quickly pushed her wife away.
Alex looked up and wished she could die when she saw they had an audience. "Shit!" she whispered as she tried to pull the sheet over them.
The kids quickly tried to make their way from the room practically falling over one another in their attempt. While the encounter only lasted a few seconds to everyone involved it had felt like a lifetime. The kids were now standing in the kitchen with shocked expressions "What were they doing?!" Serena asked her siblings.
The boys, who were now sixteen and fourteen, had a pretty good idea what was going on but their sisters who were just shy of their twelfth birthday were still a little naïve. "Uh…" Jase said. His eyes widened as he flashed back a few years to the night he thought he'd heard Olivia having a nightmare. He decided to keep it secret that this was not his first time catching his mothers.
"They were having sex, weren't they?" Halyn asked.
"Uh…well." Henry was unsure how to answer.
"Yes we were having sex." A blushing Alex said as she and Olivia walked into the room. Olivia was looking as if she wished she could die at the moment. She took a deep breath and pulled up her best courtroom façade to get through what she was about to do. "I know this is awkward for all of us. Although we would prefer that you knock from now on we are in no way blaming you for what happened." She reached out and squeezed Olivia's hand "Your Mom and I love each other very much and we were just expressing our love for one another." She noticed how they were squirming and uncomfortable "I know you're embarrassed and so are we. Trust me; I never liked thinking of my parents doing anything together. I still don't and they've been gone for years. All we ask is that from now on you knock before coming in."
All four kids nodded, more than happy to have the conversation end. Henry was the first speak "Can we ask one thing?" Alex nodded "Can you at least lock the door, just in case?"
That had been a little over a month ago and finally everyone seemed to have forgotten about the encounter. "It took me forever to even look them in the eye after that." Olivia laughed.
The rest of the day was quiet seeing as they were the only ones at home. The girls had spent the night at Bill and Gail's. Sherry's daughter, who was the same age as their twins, was spending the week with her grandparents and had asked for the twins to spend the night with her. Jase had gone with a friend to the movies which left the couple all alone. They spent the day working on foundation related projects and housework. That evening after dinner they sat on the patio enjoying the quiet. "You know it's kind of scary how quiet it is when the kids aren't around." Olivia said.
"I know. Can you imagine what it's going to be like once they're off on their own?"
Olivia snuggled closer to her wife "No and I don't want to imagine it either." They had been sitting snuggled up together so long that they had begun to drift off to sleep. They were pulled back to reality when they could hear their doorbell. They made their way through the house trying to figure out who was at the door. Olivia smiled when she opened the door to see Amanda standing there. "Hey Amanda, what are you doing here?"
"Um I was in the neighborhood. Can I come in?"
"Sure. Can I get you something to drink?" Alex asked as they stepped into the living room.
"No thank you." the detective sighed and looked at her two friends.
Alex grabbed Olivia's hand when she recognized the same look Cragen had the day he told her Olivia had been shot. She looked to her wife and knew she recognized it as well. Olivia sucked in her breath; she knew that look, she'd made plenty of notifications throughout her career. She felt her knees begin to weaken "Amanda why are you really here?"
She placed a hand on each of their arms "Olivia, Alex I'm so sorry to tell you this but I didn't want you to hear it from anyone else." she took another deep breath and steeled her nerves "There's been an accident. A drunk driver blew through a light, jumped the curb and hit several pedestrians." She felt the tears welling in her eyes "I'm so sorry but Henry was one of them."
Alex felt her heart drop to her feet while Olivia suddenly couldn't breathe "Is he…is he…" Alex couldn't finish he question.
"He's alive…for now, but it's bad. He was taken to Bellevue I'm going to take you two there."
The couple jumped up and did their best to make it to the unmarked car in their driveway. Amanda walked behind them supporting them, certain a couple times one of them was about to collapse. She ran her lights and sirens all the way to the hospital, wanting nothing more than to get her friends to their son as quickly as possible. As Amanda drove Alex managed to call Gail and also gave her the number of the friend Jase was with and asked her if they could get him to the hospital as well. Once inside the ER they were told that a doctor would be out to speak with them shortly. They sat side by side holding one another as tightly as possible and praying their son would be okay.
Amanda had her arm around Olivia while she reached across and laid a comforting hand on Alex's leg. She always hated making notifications but when it was someone you considered family it was ten times worse. She had been on her way back from following up with a witness when Nick called her and told her of the accident. Since she was close by she offered to go and get his parents. Amanda tried and failed to hold back her own tears, she had known the boy since he was five years old.
All three looked up when a nurse called their name. Amanda helped them back to a room where they were told a doctor would come to speak with them. She stepped back outside and told them she would wait for them there.
Alex was on the verge of being sick and judging by the look in Olivia's eyes so was she. Alex quickly wiped the tears from her eyes when a man who appeared to be about her age entered the room. "Mrs. Cabot, Mrs. Cabot." He said as he shook their hands "I'm Dr. Jackson I treated your son when he was brought in."
"How…how is he?" Olivia stumbled out. She was trying to draw on her cop instincts to remain calm but they were failing her at the moment.
Dr. Jackson sighed and sat down across from them "Your son was brought in with severe trauma." Both ladies began to break down "He was one of two people hit directly by the car. He was also pinned under it for nearly twenty minutes. The car pinned him down by his leg which caused severe damage to his right knee. He also has multiple cuts and contusions. We haven't been able to do a CT yet but I feel certain he has a concussion as well. He also has internal bleeding. We need to operate to try and stop the bleeding but we were just able to get him stabilized." He looked at the crying couple in front of him "I need your permission to operate as soon as possible."
Alex reached out for the clipboard in his hand and quickly signed her name. She didn't care what they needed she would do anything at that moment to save her son's life. "Is he going to be okay?"
Dr. Jackson took a deep breath "I'll be honest, I don't know. He was crashing as they brought him in but we were able to bring him back." Olivia felt like she was going to be sick at those words, her child had basically died even if for a split second. "It's very touch and go at the moment. If he makes it through the surgery he'll have a chance."
Alex took a few deep breaths and held Olivia tight to her as they cried "Money is no object you do whatever is necessary to save him." The doctor nodded. "If he survives the surgery what are his chances?"
This was a part of his job the doctor hated. He gave them a sympathetic look "I really can't say; only time will tell. We'll know more if he makes it through the night."
At those words Alex and Olivia dissolved into tears.
