Raphael had begrudgingly packed a larger bag to stay at NYU for the week. It was now Sunday night. After Olvia had gotten home Thursday, they discussed the next steps with Noah and told him that first thing Monday morning, she would get a hold of Trevor for adoption paperwork if that's what he wanted. Raphael wanted to be Noah's dad more than anything. Olivia knew that the paper would make it official. Friday, he went home to pack, and Olivia picked up a case. He went to his mother's home and explained what had been going on in his personal life. She insisted that next weekend that Noah and Olivia come to her home so they can finally talk.
"Liv, is on her way." Lucy stated.
"You going somewhere?" Lucy asked.
"Just to NYU, who insists I sleep in an apartment of theirs to try to recoup some of the money they are paying me." Raphael explained.
Lucy laughed.
Noah saw that his dad was at the door.
"Daddy!" He yelled.
This was the first time he had seen Noah since the day at the park. He and Olivia had stayed up late that night talking and discussing what the next steps were for not only his relationship with Noah but the relationship with her. Olivia had promised to contact Trevor Langan, who she wanted to draw up the paperwork.
Lucy had never heard the little boy call Raphael daddy, and her heart was rattled as Raphael bent down and hugged Noah.
"Liv told me about the other day. What a roller coaster for you." Lucy stated.
"Worth it," Raphael replied.
"Well, I am headed out, James, and I are trying to spend time before classes start, and I lose it over my thesis," Lucy explained.
"Well have fun." Raphael stated.
Raphael and Noah started making dinner chicken and rice. Noah was a big help in the kitchen, although he tended to make a bit of a mess when mixing things. Raphael and Noah were talking away when Olivia walked through the door. She watched the too in the kitchen. There were spices all over the counter, and Noah happily measured them into a spoon.
"Smells good." Olivia stated.
Raphael and Noah turned around.
"Mommy!" Noah screamed he shoved the spoon at Raphael making all the contents of pepper fall to the floor.
Raphael couldn't help but laugh. He was so envious of the love between Olivia and Noah.
Olivia enveloped Noah in a hug, and she pulled him closer than usual. Raphael knew it had been a bad day when he saw the expression in her eyes.
"Why don't you go relax with Noah? I'll let you know when it's ready." Raphael offered.
Olivia shook her head and took Noah to cuddle on the couch and watch tv.
When dinner was ready Rapahel set out the plates and called for the pair for dinner. Olivia was zoned out, and it took a second for Noah to get his mother's attention.
Noah had eaten dinner and asked to play on his tablet. Olivia agreed, and the little boy went and laid in bed, playing a book read along.
"Whats wrong?" Raphael asked.
"Bad day, dead kids. I don't want to talk about it." Olivia stated and hugged Raphael hoping it would give her the strength to get her mind out of its current state.
"I'm sorry, Liv," Raphael stated.
Olivia kissed Raphael trying to get the images out of her head, and he complied with the long lingering kiss that he hadn't quite gotten in the last few days. She had been busy and coming home late. He had been home filling out paperwork. He had even stayed with his mom one night since Wednesday after telling her about the adoption paperwork.
"Liv." Raphael moaned out. She continued to deepen the kiss and had her nails dug into the back of his shirt.
She wasn't slowing down, and she was moving her hips closer and closer to his, and his whole body felt like electric was racing through it, and he was unsure how she could get so much reaction out of him, but the edge he was on felt incredible. Olivia wanted nothing more than to feel his skin on hers but knew it wasn't a good idea with Noah still awake.
"I've missed this." Olivia stated as she slowly came down from her high.
"I know. Just a few hours, and I'm all yours." Raphael stated.
Olivia cleaned up the kitchen. Raphael ran Noah's bathwater. The 3 of them played three games of Yahtzee before Noah went to bed.
The second Noah's door was closed Raphael was all over Olivia. They walked into the bedroom and locked the door. Olivia was unbuttoning her shirt, and Raphael wasn't quite shocked but surprised at how fast she was moving,
"i just need to feel you," Olivia admitted.
Raphael undressed his erection, already poking upward.
Olivia came to him and closed the gap pushing their skin together impossibly tight, and Raphael felt the warmth of her body and moaned in a satisfying pleasure. They were touching and grabbing and kissing. Olivia was trying her best to get at an angle to get pleasuring friction, and when she finally found it, she couldn't stop she knew she was now humping Raphael's thigh, but it felt so good, and he didn't stop her. She cried out in pleasure before Raphael hushed her knowing that Noah could quickly wake up. Olivia realized her mistake and took deep breaths until she finished. After she came off her high, she blushed.
"Sorry I don't know what came over me... I." Olivia got cut off by Raphael's kiss.
Raphael was hurting to gain entrance inside of her. Riding his leg was one of the sexiest things he had ever seen Olivia do, and that was saying a whole lot.
"Please, inside," Olivia begged.
Raphael obliged, laying her on the bed and slowly entering her body. Olivia breathed out as soon as he fully penetrated her, and for the first time in a while, she felt whole. When he thrust her climax quickly built, and she felt the involuntary contractions sending Rapahel over the edge as well. Raphael smiled at her kissed her lips, he went to pull out, but Olivia quickly grabbed him shaking her head no, and moving carefully on to her side Raphael's leg still wrapped around her wanting nothing more than to keep them together. Raphael smiled and put his hands through her hair. They didn't talk; they just gave light kisses and touched time to time. Raphael was sure he could spend all night doing this.
Every so often Raphael could feel Olivia contract around him, and he shuttered he could feel his erection start to grow, and Olivia kept doing it.
"Liv" he groaned out.
Olivia giggled and pushed herself on top of him. She was running her hands all over him, and he couldn't get enough. She made slow thrusts and Raphael didn't know how long he could hold out. The thrusts became deeper and longer, and this felt different. A different build-up than what he was used to and sometimes the feeling was so intense he would have to still Olivia for a second because he couldn't breathe. He was overly sensitive, she would slow down for a minute but lose herself once again, and Raphael wasn't sure how he was ever going to leave this bed again. When he finally came into her, he had tears streaming down his face. The experience was so much different than any other.
"That was incredible." He stated.
"Yeah it was." Olvia admitted and went to move off of Raphael, but this time he didn't want her to move.
"Rafa, I'm uncomfortable." She stated.
He quickly let go of her hips, and she moved to lay directly beside him. Olivia still pressed tightly against him.
"I love you," Raphael stated.
"I love you too," Olivia replied.
Raphael realized suddenly he was so hungry, and as if he never even ate dinner. Olivia was sticky with sweat and other bodily fluids. Although she was worn out, she wasn't sleepy.
"Liv I'm starving." Raphael finally said out loud.
Olivia laughed.
"There are some cookies in the kitchen." She stated.
"Perfect." Raphael claimed.
He kissed her and slipped on his boxers.
Olivia stripped the sheets off the bed, and changed the bedding before going into the shower.
Raphael heard the water running and groaned at the thought of Olivia in the shower.
He finished off the cookies and went back to the bedroom.
He knocked on the bathroom door, and Olivia let him in, She was in a robe and brushing her teeth.
He wrapped his arms around her from behind and looked at the 2 of them in the mirror. He couldn't believe he was this lucky to be with her, to have Noah as his son, and his life finally feels like it's going in the right direction.
"I'm going to get dressed, you get cleaned up." Olivia stated.
Raphael complied. He showered and brushed his teeth; he went back to the bedroom and changed. It was about 11:30, and Olivia was reading a book. Raphael crawled into the bed, and Olivia closed the book turned off the light pressed her body into Raphael, wrapping her arms around him. The two fell asleep quickly.
Raphael woke at 7:00 am he felt well-rested. Olivia was stirring around.
"Morning." She stated.
"Morning." Raphael said.
"I got to get ready," Raphael explained and got out of the bed.
He wore a suit, one of his best just to be prepared. He was to meet a Professor Lowe at the Law school before heading to the apartment he was supposed to spend his week in. He grabbed a granola bar out of the cupboard and ate it, knowing his nervousness wouldn't allow much else. Olivia glanced at him and could see his nervousness in his eyes.
"You got this," Olivia stated.
"Thanks, I will see you next week." Raphael stated.
"Call me." Olivia stated.
"Of course, I'll read Noah's book tonight." Raphael stated.
"I love you," Raphael stated.
"Love you." Olivia stated.
Raphael went to Noah's room, woke him up, and told him he was leaving. Noah hugged him and went back to sleep. Raphael looked at the little boy, unsure how he would leave him all week. He probably wouldn't. He would probably leave the apartment and come back someday that week. He smiled at the little boy.
"Hey I'll be sneaking back sometime this week, I'm sure." Raphael stated.
"I look forward to it," Olivia stated. She kissed, him pushing him against the door. She grabbed his tie to pull him closer, and the smile on his face was pure smugness. Olivia had her lips on his once more.
Olivia took a spare key and handed it to him.
"I should have given this to you along time ago." Olivia stated.
"Maybe I'll come back tonight." Raphael laughed.
"I wouldn't be disappointed." Olivia stated.
"I'm going to be late." Raphael warns.
"Okay go, I'll see you soon," Raphael stated and turned to leave.
Raphael met Professor Lowe in the Law school building. He had seen a picture of him in the NYU staff booklet. The man had aged slightly from his photo, but he had a glow about him that Raphael couldn't see to place.
"Hello, you must be professor Barba." Professor Lowe stated.
"Yes nice to meet you." Raphael replied.
The older man explained that he had been at the law school for 20 years, and before that he had been a mediator and defense lawyer. He exclaimed he had seen Raphael on the news before. He explained that he had come to NYU after a particularly rough and no longer was interested in the courtroom drama.
"It's A good change even if its to get your body out of the courtroom. It gets difficult after so long. Things change, feelings change. I'll tell you the longer I am here, the younger I feel." Professor Moore admitted.
Professor Moore gave Raphael a detailed tour of the law school, as well as several buildings all around campus it was an all-day event which allowed Raphael to learn just about everything there was to know about professor Lowe. He didn't mind hearing his story. Raphael had told him about Olivia and Noah. He admitted he hadn't been let go from the DA's office but couldn't stay either. He claimed he had always wanted to be a judge, but now, that life was too far fetched and after his case, not what he wanted anymore.
"Hope you like sports, they will have you at games Basketball and Baseball being the big ones." Professor Moore stated.
"Child friendly, at least I can have company." Raphael stated.
"Indeed." Mr. Moore stated.
"My grandchildren like nothing more than to come to a basketball game and eat hotdogs." Mr. Moore admitted.
Raphael smiled at the man and hoped after today they would run into each other more often than not.
The two of them went to the Kimmel Center for Raphael's orientation. Professor Moore insisted on staying and whispering "lies." or "well that's true." during the presentation, and Raphael was so happy he wasn't alone. Professor Moore seemed to make it more as though they were facing it together.
There was an after presentation dinner, and Professor Moore pointed out another new law professor as well as another colleague who was mentoring them. The 4 of them sat a table, and Raphael had a friendly conversation.
Olivia should be home for dinner, but she's not. She is catching up on paperwork that she had let stack over the weekend. She was signing her name for the 50th time when Fin knocked on her door.
"Hey, Liv, I was headed out. Are you going to be here much longer?" He asked.
"Shouldn't have left all of this." She stated, showing the large amount of paperwork.
"Well it will be here tomorrow." Fin stated.
"I know I should be getting home to Noah." Olivia stated.
"Let I walk you out." Fin stated.
"Yeah okay." Olivia signed one last time and stretched out her hand and smiled, looking up to the man who has been with her for so long.
"I know you're feet away from me all day, but I can't help but miss you when and the rest of the team when I am locked in here
most of the day," Olivia stated.
"Feelings the same Liv." Fin stated.
"So how is everything?" Olivia asked.
"It's going, Liv." Fin admitted.
"Well, you know if you need anything," Olivia stated.
"I know you have my back." Fin stated.
"I know you have mine." Olivia smiled.
They walked out of the precinct, and Olivia got into her car drove home.
"I'm so sorry, Lucy." Olivia stated.
"Noah's already asleep. Rough day?" Lucy asked.
"No, just long; I had a lot of paperwork still behind," Olivia stated.
"The joys of being in charge." Lucy laughed.
"Something like that." Olivia agreed.
"Did Raphael call?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah, he called on the house phone and read a book to Noah. Apparently, he grabbed a couple from the self and took with him." Lucy stated.
"He loves that little boy." Olivia claimed.
"Maybe more than you." Lucy stated.
"I know its more than me." Olivia laughed. "Which means I love him even more." Olivia sighed.
"So did you call the attorney?" Lucy asked.
"Shit, no." Olivia sighed. She bit her lip. She had Trevor's number.
"Hey this is Olivia, I need to talk to you about Noah as soon as you can tomorrow let me know." Olivia texted.
"Is everything okay?" Trevor asked quickly back.
"Yeah, more than okay," Olivia stated.
"Can you meet in my office sometime tomorrow?" Trevor asked.
"Can I convince you to come to me, anytime I will be at my desk signing paperwork all day." Olivia responded.
"Well I guess I can factor it into the fee." Trevor joked.
"See you tomorrow." Olivia texted and ended the conversation.
"Thanks Lucy." Olivia stated.
"Hey, no problem. I am going to head out." Lucy stated.
"Be careful, have a good night," Olivia stated.
"You too." Lucy claimed.
Olivia looked around her home. Wondering when it didn't quite feel the same. She knew it was because she was missing Raphael, and the place always felt a little more lonely on the days he wasn't in it. She looked at the walls desperately wished that they were at his apartment instead. She would at least be able to watch the boats. Or breath in his scent on his bedsheets. Or she could occupy herself in the giant tub. She instead texted him
"I just got home. I miss you." Olivia texted.
"I miss you, is everything okay?" Raphael stated.
"Yeah, how was your day?" Olivia asked.
The 2 began a text conversation that lasted over 2 hours, and Olivia realized how late it was. She sent him a goodnight text and went to get ready for bed.
