About two months later, 20th May, 9 am
"So," Fin is saying, "we know that they're
A gasp from Olivia interrupts his speech and everyone turns to look at her. She's sitting next to Trevor as usual, "What's wrong?" she grabs his hand and places it on her protruding stomach. To say he's surprised by the contact would be an understatement, but seconds later he forgets all about it when he feels it; the baby kicks his hand.
"Did you feel it?" she asks eagerly, her eyes sparkling in excitement.
He nods and smiles into her eyes while the rest of the team look on at the happy couple before them, unable once more to understand why they can't put aside all their differences and see what's so obvious to all of them - that they're perfect together.
About two weeks later, 6th June, 10:30 pm
Trevor reenters and walks in to his office. He glances towards his table expecting it to be empty, but a pair of familiar, eyes are watching him with concern. He tilts his head slightly in invitation, and she immediately gets up and follows him. He goes straight to the coffee machine and pours himself a generous measure of coffee.
"Olivia why are you still here why aren't you at home you don't need to stay".
He seeks her eyes out with his own. He nods, and without conscious thought, he reaches up and pushes a stray strand of her hair behind her ear. She gives him a small smile and he murmurs, "Go home, Olivia please. Get some rest." She opens her mouth to protest, but he doesn't let her. "Please, Olivia. I need to know that you're taking care of yourself and our child. It's late."
She looks at him carefully for a moment. She nods and reaches up to place a kiss on his cheek, taking him by surprise. "I'll go home. I hope you get some rest soon too, Trevor."
She turns and makes her way out of his office, pausing at the door to look at him once more before she leaves. She makes her way home, but once she's eaten and got into bed, she feels so alone and so very sad. She wants Trevor here with her right now and she wishes, now more than ever, that they'd worked things out between them, that they'd managed to get their timing right, that they were on the same page for once in their life. But then she realises how futile such a wish is because, even if they'd managed to do all that, Trevor wouldn't have been home tonight. His place is still at work in his office doing whatever it is he is doing but she so wishes he was there with her right now she wishes they could fix them so much. She hugs herself tightly and soon the tears start to fall, and she sobs against her pillow.
About two weeks earlier, 23rd May, 2:30 pm
Olivia feels the baby kick again and smiles. The excitement she feels every time this happens isn't wearing off though the midwife has assured her that it will, especially when it begins to happen a lot at night. Reaching out to her right, she grabs the hand of the person next to her and places it on her stomach saying, "Do you feel it?" She looks up to find Casey staring at her and immediately releases her hand and murmurs an apology, but to her surprise, Casey smiles and leaves her hand on her protruding stomach.
"Those are strong kicks," she says. "It must be a girl. It'll be up to you to bring her up as strong as us women".
"I'll do my best, Case, but I'm sure I could use some help with that. If it's a girl, she'll need good, strong, female role models and I can't think of a better one than you. Would you like to be her godmother?"
Casey stares at her for a moment, her eyes betraying for a split second the surprise and pleasure Olivia's words bring to her, before saying"yes i would rwally love to".
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