They're sitting in the squad car, in the rain. They are waiting outside an apartment building, for their suspect to show up. Nick looks over at Olivia.

"You're being awfully quiet, are you ok?"

"I'm fine."

"Are you mad at me, for what I said?"

"No, you were probably right," she grumbles, under her breath.

"Really? I was probably right?"

"Don't gloat," she warns.

"It's been a week, and you've barely spoken to me."

"What do you want me to say?"

"Anything."

"I'm tired."

"Of what?"

"I am just tired."

"Oh, you mean you're physically tired. I get it."

"Desk duty is starting to sound pretty inviting."

"Olivia I am thinking about putting in for a transfer."

"Because that wouldn't look suspicious at all."

"I am serious. If you don't want to be together, that is your choice. If this baby is mine, I am going to be in it's life. That is not negotiable. I assume that you want to keep this secret, as evidenced by the fact that you like to keep everything in your life a secret."

"She," she corrects.

"I beg your pardon?"

"The baby is not an it."

"I thought that you didn't know."

"I didn't."

"Now you do?"

"It's a girl."

"You're sure?"

"I just found out this morning."

"So we're having a daughter?"

"I am having a daughter."

"And, what? I'm having chopped liver?"

"We don't even know if the baby is yours."

"I have a gut feeling that it is."

"We'll see."

"Can't we do a DNA test, before the baby is born?"

"We can, but I would prefer not to."

"Didn't you already have an amniocentesis?"

"No."

"No? Don't they recommend them for..."

Olivia cuts him off, "Yes, they recommend them for all women over thirty five. I opted not to have one."

"Wouldn't you want to know, if there was something wrong?"

"It wouldn't have mattered. I was having her, regardless."

"But don't you want to be prepared?"

"Be prepared? They are not completely accurate, and it would just cause anxiety."

"So you're just going to hope everything is alright?"

"That is all anyone can do."

"What happens if it's not?"

She furrows her brow, "What do you mean, what happens if it's not? Nothing happens."


That night, she's one of the last people left in the squad room. She is mentally, and physically exhausted. She looks around the room, and finds that John is the only one left in the room. Don sits in his office finishing up paperwork. John vacates his seat, at his desk, and walks over to her.

"Olivia, go home. We've had a long week. You need to get some rest."

"I'm fine."

"You're lying," he calls her out.

"I will be fine."

"Keep telling yourself that. How is the peanut today?'

"She's fine."

"She?"

"Yeah," Olivia nods.

"Liv I know that it's not any of my business..." he begins.

She cuts him off, "Don't ask."

"I wasn't going to ask you anything."

"Oh."

"I was going to give you advice."

"Because your life is so together?"

"Because it's not," he admits.

"Ok."

"You've spent a lot of years dedicated to this job. I know for me, I let opportunities slip away, because of the job that I wished I hadn't. This job is not going anywhere. It isn't the only defining factor in who you are. If you're ever going to be happy you have to be honest with yourself."

"I know that."

"And you know making her grow up without a father isn't fair."

"I don't..."

He cuts her off, "Every child needs a father, even if it isn't their biological one."

"She is going to have a lot of positive male role models in her life."

"Don't shortchange her, because you're stubborn," he warns.

She doesn't say anything.

"Night Liv," he heads for the door.

After he leaves, she gathers her belongings. She heads to Cragen's office. She knocks on the door. He looks up from his desk, and motions her in. She enters the room, and closes the door.

"What's up?" he questions.

"I am sorry."

"Sorry? Liv what are you talking about?"

"I made a mistake."

"We all make mistakes. What specifically are you talking about?"

"I broke the rules."

"Olivia..."

"I need to tell you the truth."

"I'm listening."

"You aren't going to like it."

"I'll get over it," he tells her.

"I doubt it."

"Whatever it is, we can deal with it."