ALL CREDIT FOR THE BABY NAMES IN THIS CHAPTER GO TO ToriRenee161
Olivia lay on the bed beside Bayard. She was waiting for news on her father's surgery and Bayard was running out of ideas to distract her.
"We need to start thinking of baby names." Bayard said.
"Yeah but we don't even know what we're having yet." Olivia replied softly, it was working, the one topic that could stop her worrying about her father for a bit.
"Well we can think of names for both." Bayard shrugged, they were both doing this for the first time it was bound to be a little strange.
"Ok have you got any ideas?" Olivia asked as she latched her hand into his.
"Uh well there was Kassidy Jane ..."
"No way am I not calling a kid of mine Kassidy." Olivia shuddered at the thought, her ex boyfriend was called Cassidy.
"Ok..." Bayard laughed at Olivia's reaction. "Brendan Alexander."
"Cute." Olivia smiled. "Brendan... Brendan Alexander Ellis."
"You like it?" Bayard asked.
"Yeah, it's cute ok how about Mason William Ellis?" Olivia didn't want to make it obvious how much she'd actually thinking about this.
"Mason? Sounds like a dog's name." He laughed.
"No it doesn't... ok maybe it does." Olivia replied softly.
"Eden Grace?" Bayard suggested.
"Eden Grace Ellis." Olivia smiled. "I like that one a lot."
"Then we'll keep it in the memory bank until the baby gets here." Bayard smiled. "I can't wait to meet him or her."
"Neither can I." Olivia smiled as she stroked her hand down her abdomen.
When Olivia was finally told her father was awake and out of surgery Bayard told her to go to him and that he would be fine. Olivia needn't have been told twice. She met Simon outside his room and they went in together.
"How is he?" Olivia asked the Doctor who was checking him over.
"He's doing well, we didn't lose him at all on the operating table and his vitals stayed up so those are two very good signs, he was awake briefly after surgery and was quite coherent. All we can do now is wait till he wakes up and see how he is then." The Doctor replied. "But you're both welcome to stay for as long as you want ok?"
"Thank you." Both of them replied in unison before taking a seat at either side of his bed.
"How's Bayard?" Simon asked.
"Bored of being in hospital." Olivia replied. "They're keeping him overnight for observation."
"So he'll be out tomorrow?" Simon asked to be sure.
"Yeah. He was joking about being still in the sling on our wedding day." Olivia smiled gently.
"Hey Dad will be hopping you down the aisle!" Simon joked and Olivia managed a weak laugh.
"He better be." She said as she looked at her father's pale figure.
"I'm planning on." Oliver groaned.
"Dad?" They both jumped up and leaned over him.
"I'm awake." He grumbled. "Can't sleep with you two yakking."
They both laughed, it was so good to hear him talk especially joke.
"What time is it?" He asked.
"Just gone nine pm." Olivia replied.
"Then what are you both still doing here?" He asked firmly.
"Doc said we could stay, Dad we're not going anywhere." Olivia said firmly, she was tired and felt light headed but she wasn't going to give in about this.
"Simon take your sister to get some food will you?" Oliver asked.
"No Dad I'm not leaving you." Olivia replied firmly.
"Baby Doll you have two people to look after. I am not going to argue with you about this." Oliver replied and Olivia groaned, she knew she couldn't win.
"Fine." She replied.
"And afterwards Simon take her home, she's not sleeping in a hospital chair tonight." He replied.
"Dad?" Olivia groaned.
"No Olivia home, bed, sleep, see you tomorrow." He said firmly and Olivia sighed.
"Fine, I'll see you tomorrow morning." She smiled and leant over and kissed him.
Simon took Olivia straight home where they met Elliot and the kids.
"Hey." Elliot smiled embracing her.
"Hey." She replied weakly.
"How are they?" Elliot asked.
"Bayard is fine just being kept overnight and then Dad's out of surgery, he sent us home." Olivia laughed. "Simon's gonna take the couch so that he doesn't have to go back to Jersey and he's close if anything happens."
"Good, you hungry? We haven't eaten yet I was about to order a pizza." Elliot smiled.
"Pizza sounds good, I need a shower." Olivia replied.
"What do you want on your Pizza?" Elliot asked knowing since she'd started having cravings she'd been having everything but her usual.
"Pepperoni, chicken, salami, ham and pineapple." She replied.
"If that kid isn't a boy we've got a problem." Simone laughed.
"Why's that?" She frowned turning to her brother.
"Because you're craving meat stuff, very manly." He laughed and Olivia grinned cheekily.
"Well I've been convinced this baby's a girl so we'll see, now I am going to see the twins and go for a shower.
The next morning Olivia and Simon went straight to the hospital. After checking in with Bayard and finding out he'd be allowed to leave after breakfast and handing over his stuff they went down to see their father. The relief they both felt to see him sat up in bed eating was too much for Olivia as tears slipped down her cheeks.
"Baby Doll why are you crying?" He asked seeing her tear ridden cheeks.
"Damn hormones." She laughed as she leant in and embraced him.
"You're looking good Dad." Simon smiled as he took the seat beside the bed on the right hand side so Olivia could take the one on the left.
"I feel good, Doc said my heart is fine and I was stable all night so can go home later on today." Oliver grinned and Olivia and Simon beamed back at him.
"Good, Simon's going to come and stay with you for a few nights..."
"I don't need a baby sitter."
"So you're going to walk around all on your own?" Olivia replied sarcastically and Oliver saw he wasn't going to win this one. "He's managed to get the time off work but Don needs me in with Elliot already taking a few days with moving into his place this coming weekend."
"Fine." He grumbled.
"Good then that's one argument sorted now I am going back upstairs to Bayard as he'll be discharged this morning." Olivia smiled before kissing her father.
When Olivia and Bayard finally made it home they were knackered, they'd stayed at the hospital until Oliver was discharged and then gone to Jersey with him to make sure he actually arrived at Simon's place.
Olivia had been called on the way back and she had to go into the office so she'd only come home to change.
"You sure you'll be alright without me?" Olivia asked.
"I got shot, I'm not disabled." Bayard replied. "I'm going to have something to eat then I will take my pills which will knock me out for a couple of hours, don't worry Princess I'll be fine you go to work."
"Ok, I love you." She smiled leaning into kiss him.
"I love you too."
When Olivia arrived at the one six she went straight to see Don Cragen like he'd asked. He shut the door behind her and told her to take a seat which only made her more nervous.
"How are you?" He asked once he'd taken his own seat.
"I'm fine glad Dad and B's alright."
"Good, uh, you asked me to keep you up to date with Katrina, well she's not being offered a deal and being charged with two counts of attempted murder." Don explained as Olivia's mouth fell wide open.
"She's a frightened kid!" Olivia gasped. "She shouldn't be tried at all!"
"She almost killed your Dad and fiancé!" Don replied.
"Almost is the word here and that wasn't her intentions, has someone looked into the rape allegation?" Olivia snapped.
"Yes and that's all we have is the allegation, there's no proof at all Olivia." Don replied, he understood she was frustrated.
"Who's the prosecuting attorney?" Olivia asked.
"Tracey Kibre." Don replied.
"Well she and I get on great, let me go talk to her."
"Olivia don't do this, she's pleading guilty still." Don replied.
"Not the point, she was a traumatised kid who could easily plead extreme emotional disturbance." Olivia replied.
"Maybe but her public defence lawyer doesn't seem to want to." Don sighed.
"Fine luckily my future husband owns his own defence company, I'll get one of the lawyers there to take her case." Olivia snapped getting to her feet.
"They can't it's conflict of interest with Bayard being the one shot." Don replied.
"Then I'll get one of Dad's lawyer friends to take it, Don that kid doesn't deserve prison she deserves probation and mandatory therapy." Olivia explained. "Now can I go?"
"Fine." Don sighed.
Olivia went straight to her desk knowing that there was one person she had to call regarding this situation.
"Hey Baby."
He Princess what do you want?
"Listen, Don just told me that they're charging the kid with two counts attempted murder..."
WHAT?
"I know, it's way out of context but her public defender doesn't want to try his hand in court with an EED defence." Olivia explained sympathetically.
Leave it with me Olivia.
"Are you sure?" Olivia asked.
Trust me, that Kid will not spend a day inside a jailhouse if I have anything to do with it.
"I knew that would be the case." Olivia couldn't help but smile, her fiancé truly was one of a kind.
Ok see you later, I love you.
"Love you too." She hung up and saw Don Cragen looking at her and she smirked at him and he could only roll his eyes and sigh in return, she was too stubborn for her own good sometimes.
SO SKIP TO THE WEDDING NEXT CHAPTER!
