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"Casey, it's okay. It happens." Olivia chuckled rocking Dickie in his car seat. Her and Casey were at the mall for lunch.
Casey rolled her eyes. "Good mothers do not let their children get diaper rash."
Olivia laughed. "You are a wonderful mother. I bet Will thinks so, don't you William?" Olivia smiled leaning over a smiling at the baby. He sqealed and blew bubbles. "See, he's fine."
"Well, that's because you didn't let him get diaper rash." Casey countered. She let out a breath and closed her eyes for a moment. "I know you're right."
"Thank you." Olivia said. "Casey, you need to get some sleep."
"I know, but my parents won't get him. Fin leaves for work at four. There's no one else to get him. My parents were nice enough to convert the basement into our 'apartment'." Casey said putting air quotes around apartment. "How do you do it?"
"Well, Elliot doesn't leave until six. Dickie sleeps pretty well, almost the whole night." Olivia smiled.
Casey kissed William's head and started bouncing him on her knee. He squealed as he sucked on his fingers. "See Will. If you slept, Mommy would be in a better mood."
Olivia chuckled. "It will come with time. How's school going?"
"Okay, there's actually a single father in my class. His girlfriend died a few months after giving birth in high school. He's got a three year old girl. His parents help him out." Casey sighed.
Olivia froze. "How did she die?"
Casey looked around to see if anybody was watching. "She overdosed. Apparently, a lot of the girls in her high school bullied her for getting pregnant."
They both sat in silence for a while. "That could have been us, Case."
"I know, but it's not. Plus, we are stronger and above doing that. I couldn't do that to Fin or William." Casey said kissing her son's head.
"Yeah,... being picked on was something that wouldn't have phased me in high school. It would have been nothing to what was at home." Olivia sighed.
Casey looked over at Olivia. "Do you miss your mom?"
"Sometimes." Olivia admitted. "I don't miss the constant abuse and stuff like that, but when she wasn't drunk she was a normal mother. She'd take me shopping and to the park. Otherwise, I was a punching bag."
"She did love you, Liv." Casey said.
Olivia smiled for a moment. "I know."
Elliot walked into the apartment later that night to find Dickie in his bouncy chair. "Hey buddy." He picked Dickie up and carried him into the kitchen. He found Olivia leaning over the counter looking at a picture. "Hey." He whispered kissing her head.
She was looking at a picture of her and her mother at the park. Olivia was probably four or five. She was sitting on a swing while her mother was behind her holding the camera. After a moment, she put the picture down. "Hey!" She smiled kissing him.
"Are you thinking about her?" Elliot asked.
Olivia smiled lightly. "Yeah, Casey and I were talking about her today. She was a good mother when she wasn't drinking, but otherwise..."
"I know; I was there for some of that." Elliot said wrapping his arm around her waist from behind. He kissed her head.
"That's right. I helped you with your homework before we watched I Love Lucy." Olivia smiled turning in his arms. "That was like the first day of school."
"It was, wasn't it? It doesn't seem that long ago." Elliot smiled.
Olivia smiled. "Did you get supper?"
"Yes, it's on the coffee table." Elliot chuckled. "Has Dickie eaten yet?"
"Uh, no. If you want to, you can. He ate late today since we were at the mall." Olivia said grabbing the food and bringing it into the kitchen. "Food, glorious food." She sang.
Elliot laughed. "I swear; your metabolism is so fast that you can't even keep up with it."
"Like you're one to talk. You had two burgers and a large fry at McDonalds." Olivia countered. She pulled out the boxes of food and smiled when the aroma filled her nose.
Elliot started feeding Dickie as Olivia got everything ready. "Uh, are we doing anything Friday night?"
"I don't think so, why?" Olivia asked.
"My parents invited us over for Thanksgiving since it won't work on Thursday. They had to go to San Fransisco." Elliot said.
Olivia chuckled. "We can go there without them sometime."
"Okay, but they could have asked." Elliot said.
"We couldn't have gone either way." Olivia laughed.
Elliot made a pouty face and stuck his lip out. "So?"
Olivia chuckled. "Aw!" She kissed him. "Is it so bad being with your son and wife?"
"Hell no." Elliot said. "I think someone is getting tired."
Olivia looked down and chuckled at her son. His eyes were closed but his mouth was still going after the bottle. "He had a long day."
"I'll go put him down." Elliot said leaving the room to get their son situated for the night.
Olivia smiled watching them leave. She got two forks from the drawer and looked at her mother's picture one more time. If only you could see what I've done since you last saw me.
Olivia hung the picture up on the fridge and smiled at Elliot as he walked back in. "Is he out for the count?"
"Yes, the rest of the night is just us." Elliot smiled kissing her temple before grabbing his food. He walked into the living room and sat on the couch. "Would you care to join me, Mrs. Stabler?"
Olivia smiled and joined Elliot on the couch. "I would love to, Mr. Stabler."
Elliot smiled, kissed her head, and turned on the TV. He flipped throught the channels until he found something that looked good. "Just think, year ago, you were just six weeks pregnant."
"I know. Dickie's already three months old. I still remember the day we brought him home from the hospital. I was so emotional." Olivia chuckled.
"I know. You cried from happiness when I told you we had pizza in the fridge." Elliot said. "You kind of scared me those couple of days. I'm not going to lie."
Olivia laughed and hit his chest. "You still love me."
"I could never stop." Elliot smiled. He pulled her closer to him and let out a breath. Call me Lucky.
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