Two weeks later, 18th March, 8 am

"Trevor we need to tell them all soon. I'm really starting to show now."He glances up at her and watches her as she twists her hands together in apprehension.

"Do you want to tell them that it's mine?" he asks gently after a short internal struggle with himself. He's dreading the answer to this one."I don't mind the team knowing," she answers immediately, so she's clearly given it some thought. "In fact, I don't see how we can avoid telling them.

"I appreciate that," he replies, very relieved that he doesn't have to hide the truth from any one at least. "We can arrange to meet at today at three for lunch. Then we can tell them."Okay," she nods, twisting the fabric of her cardigan around now and biting her lip.

He places his hand on hers gently, stilling their motion, and waits until she turns to look at him. "It's going to be all right,Olivia. I promise."

She sighs. "You can't promise that, Trevor. You don't know how things will turn out. What if there's something wrong? Or I go into labour early? And even if everything's fine and I have our baby at the right time and it's healthy, what if".

Trevor doesn't know what to say. That's not what he'd meant, but Olivia is opening up to him about her fears, and to his dismay, there's nothing he can say to reassure her. Nothing. But she knows that. She's worked it all out already. So perhaps all she wants is comfort. Someone to listen to her concerns and just be there. Without thinking too much about it, he shifts closer to her on the bench and gingerly places his arm around her shoulders.

"I know, Olivia" he murmurs. "I know."

And for once in his life, it appears that he's read the situation correctly and done the right thing because she turns into his shoulder and buries her face there, gripping his hand tightly as she fights against the tears that threaten to fall. And he holds her like that, selfishly enjoying one of the few opportunities he's had to hold her close, inhaling the soft scent of her hair, rubbing his thumb over the back of her hand, and caressing her shoulder in gentle, comforting circles.

She doesn't let him hold her long, pulling back far too soon and shaking her head at herself. "Sorry. I'm being silly.". No, Olivia. It's normal to worry about these things.But it is normal to worry about the safety of your loved ones, especially your children. I do it all the time. The difficulty is to not let it rule your life and make you miserable."

"I know," she nods.

"It's not always easy," he admits.

"I know that too."

They sit there in silence for a few moments, looking out over the water, lost in thought.

"Thank you," she murmurs eventually as she turns her gaze on him.

He looks at her and smiles, a genuine smile that reached his eyes and makes them twinkle at her. "It feels good to finally get something right with you," he says. She laughs and he feels the warmth of it radiate through his body all the way to his toes and settle in his heart. "I seem to be on a roll here," he adds with a grin, and it makes her laugh again.

They hold each other's gaze for a long time until Olivia begins to feel self-conscious, and glancing swiftly down at her hands and then back up at his face, she says, "Come on. We'd better get back to work.

She gets up and extends her hand towards him. He takes it gladly and lets her pull him to his feet before reluctantly releasing it as, slowly, he slides his fingertips across her palm and down her fingers. The sensation is exquisite, and it makes his skin tingle and his body ache for more. He wants her so much, so desperately, but he's petrified that she'll push him away if he makes any move towards her, or worse, accept him and then change her mind again. So fighting back the urge to pull her into his arms, he balls his hand into a fist and set off towards the precient with Olivia right beside him.

Same day, 18th March, 1 pm

Fin takes a sip of his coffee and says, "So, what's this about then?"

Trevor looks at Olivia making Fin and Casey exchange knowing glances, however, even they are unprepared for what exactly Olivia is going to say. She nods at Trevor, takes a deep breath, and murmurs quietly, "I'm pregnant." There's a stunned silence as everyone stares at her for a long moment. Then all eyes turn to Trevor, making Olivia smile and say yes it is Trevor's.

Trevor grins; he can't help it. There's a pause and then Fin reaches over and hugs Olivia murmuring, "Congratulations Olivia so happy for you both baby girl."."Thank you, Fin," she beams.

Fin releases her with a warm smile and offers his hand to Trevor across the table. "Congratulations, Trevor"."Thank you."

"Yes, congratulations. Hopefully the kid will get its mother's brains and its father's balls, so to Casey adds.So I take it that the parentage of Olivia's child is to remain a secret?"

"At least until I have told Jack and my family," Trevor replies.

What you do need to know is me and Olivia are not together contrary to what you might have concluded based on the evidence before you, she and I are not, in fact, having an affair. It appears to have been a one off event that will not be repeated in the foreseeable future." He pauses and then mumbles quietly, "Though not from lack of wanting to on my part."

Despite the relatively high level of background noise coming from the other occupants of the cafe they currently find themselves in, Casey and Olivia both hear the last remark as they're sitting next to him and he doesn't say it as quietly as he intended. Casey smirks and Olivia huffs indignantly, "If I recall correctly, Trevor, which I do, seeing as my memory is impeccable, you were the one who refused any further hanky-panky in your bedroom."

Fin chokes on his beer, Casey's smirk broadens, Sonny looks up at Olivia and then Trevor and hastily takes an interest in his empty coffee mug, and Trevor just gapes at her, completely lost in her words, however, pregnant Olivia it appears, is as bold as brass and uses words like hanky-panky, something that, unfortunately, he's beginning to find really turns him on. She glares at him for a moment before she excuses herself to go to the bathroom.

"Bloody hell," Fin mutters after he's managed to stop coughing.

"Yeah," Sonny adds in bewilderment. "What the hell happened to Olivia?"

"Hormones, Sonny," Casey says knowingly, "hormones. Just stay in her good books until she's had this baby... Still, it could come in handy. Next time Jack McCoy pisses you off, Trevor, just send Olivia to have a word with him. She'll put him in his place for you." She winks at him and gets up. "Well, this was fun, but I have work to do. See you all."

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