A/N: I'm glad everyone likes the story. I'm sorry I can't update more
often, but between school, work and the first aid squad I don't have a lot
of free time. I'll try to update as much as I can.
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Previously.
Elliot closed the door and they both took a seat.
"What's up Cap?" Olivia asked.
"I received a phone call this morning."
"From?" Elliot asked.
"Your wife."
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"What did she want?" Elliot asked.
"I'd like to hear it from you," Cragen said.
Elliot glanced to Olivia and then began, "About a month and a half ago Kathy presented me with divorce papers."
"That explains why you were distracted," Cragen interjected.
"Olivia offered to listen and I finally took her up on the offer. That night Olivia and I talked and also took our relationship to a new level."
Elliot paused again and looked toward Olivia who looked even more uncomfortable than she did before.
"But." Cragen said, encouraging Elliot to continue.
"Long story short, Olivia is pregnant and we are living together."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"We were afraid of being split up."
"What were you going to do when it became obvious that Olivia was pregnant?"
"We were going to use this time to try and prove that we could still work together and then tell you, hoping you would consider keeping us together."
Cragen sat back in his chair, "I don't want to lose either of you. We'll keep this between us until Olivia starts showing, then we'll talk again. Just remember that I will be watching. Also, be careful with what you get yourselves into, I don't want anything to happen to you or the baby Olivia."
Olivia didn't say anything.
"I'll watch her," Elliot said.
"Good. Now get back to work."
"Thank you Captain," Elliot said as he stood. Olivia did the same, but didn't say a word.
They walked back to their desks and sat down.
"You okay?" Elliot asked his partner.
"Other than being completely mortified, I'm fine."
"I'm sorry Liv, I never thought she would do that."
"Elliot, she blames me for everything, you think she wouldn't take advantage of an opportunity to hurt me? She knows how important my job is to me!" Olivia said, almost yelling.
"I really thought she was a better person than that."
"I guess you were wrong," Olivia said as she got up and walked out of the squad room.
Elliot looked to Munch and Fin who were just staring at him.
"She okay?" Fin asked.
"She will be," Elliot answered.
"What happened in there?" Munch asked referring to Cragen's office.
"Kathy gave out information she shouldn't have."
"Something about a case?" Fin asked.
"No, nothing like that. It's a long story. I have to go talk to Olivia," Elliot said as he walked out the door Olivia had several minutes before.
Elliot knew that Olivia was a private person and having her personal life explained like that had to be hard. He knew she would probably go somewhere private, the file rooms. He found her sitting in the second room.
"Liv?" he called from the doorway.
She looked up at him, letting him see that she had obviously been crying.
"Liv, come on, don't cry," Elliot said as he sat down next to her and put his arms around her.
"I'm sorry she called Cragen, I never meant to hurt you," Elliot said.
"I know, I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm just under a lot of stress."
"Maybe you should take some time off."
"I need to work right now Elliot. It's what keeping me sane."
"I just want to make sure you are okay."
"I'm fine. Things just need to sort themselves out."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, it's like I told you last night, if Kathy is our only problem then we are doing pretty good. I just overreacted."
"I know you were upset. I'm just glad you are okay. I love you."
"I love you too."
Elliot leaned over and gave Olivia a quick kiss.
"Come on, we've got work to do," Elliot said as he got up and took Olivia's hand.
"You two okay?" Munch asked when he saw his colleagues reenter the squad room.
"Yeah, we're fine," Olivia said.
They finished the day and headed home. Olivia just wanted to relax and get to bed early. They got home and had dinner with Maureen.
"Dad, can I stay at Amanda's tonight?" Maureen asked.
"Her parents will be home?"
"Yeah."
"Just make sure you call in the morning."
"I will."
Maureen disappeared into her bedroom and came back out a couple minutes later with a bag for the night. She said goodbye and headed out.
"You go rest in the living room, I'll clean up dinner," Elliot said. He kissed her forehead before she stood up.
15 minutes later Elliot had the kitchen cleaned and joined Olivia on the couch. Olivia immediately moved close to him, resting her head on his shoulder. Elliot put his arm around Olivia.
"Rough day huh?" Elliot said.
"It definitely ranks up there."
"I am sorry about what Kathy did, I'll deal with her tomorrow."
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"Why not?"
"It sounds ridiculous, but if you go to her she achieved her goal. Cragen is willing to work with us, so she didn't win. Let her think it didn't affect us."
"But what if she tries something else?"
"Like what? She doesn't have anything else."
"I guess you're right."
"Come on, let's get some sleep. I'm beat."
"Sounds good to me."
They got up and headed to the bedroom. In no time they were both off in dreamland.
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2 Weeks Later
Things had finally settled down for Elliot and Olivia. Kathy hadn't bothered them again, work was fine and Olivia was healthy. Elliot had invited the other three children over to the apartment to explain things to them. All three took the news well. Kathleen was excited about the baby, she insisted that anytime they needed a baby sitter she would do it. Elliot was glad that all his kids accepted Olivia. He knew they all liked her, but he had the fear that they would blame her for their parents breaking up. Luckily for Elliot, they all seemed to understand. Olivia explained her position, which was that she wasn't trying to replace their mother. She understood that Kathy was their mother, all the children seemed to value that tad bit of information.
Today was Olivia's second appointment with Dr. Miller. Unfortunately Elliot couldn't go. They only had day appointments available and they agreed that it would be suspicious if they both took the day off.
"Olivia Benson," the nurse called.
Olivia followed her into the exam room just as she had last time. She told her that the doctor would be in soon.
"Miss Benson, how are you feeling?" Dr. Miller asked as he entered the room.
"I'm feeling better. I think I finally got rid of the morning sickness."
"Where is Mr. Stabler today?"
"He couldn't get the day off."
"Sorry to hear that."
"Yeah, but he's a good father-to-be."
"I'm glad to hear that. I see so many women who aren't as lucky as you."
"No woman is as lucky as I am," Olivia said with a smile.
"He seems like a good man."
Dr. Miller conducted his exam on Olivia and the baby. Everything was normal and Olivia headed out. She waited at the apartment for Elliot to come home. Maureen went to a friend's house after school.
"Liv?" Elliot called as he entered in the apartment.
"In the kitchen."
Elliot walked through the living room toward the kitchen.
"How was your day?" Olivia asked as Elliot entered the kitchen.
"Better now. I missed you," Elliot said as he walked up to Olivia and put his arms around her waist.
"I missed you too," Olivia said as she turned around to face Elliot. He gave her a quick kiss.
"What are you making?" Elliot asked.
"Dinner, it's a surprise."
"Since when can you cook?" Elliot asked with a grin.
"I'm not that bad I'll have you know."
"I guess I'll have to wait and see."
Olivia just gave him a look.
"Where's Maureen?"
"She went to Amanda's after school. She's staying for dinner."
"So it's just the two of us?"
"Yup," Olivia said as she turned back to her meal.
"How long until dinner?" Elliot asked, walking back to Olivia.
"Not long enough," Olivia answered, knowing exactly what Elliot was referring to.
"Fine."
Olivia finished dinner and put two plates on the table. They enjoyed dinner and each other's company.
"How was your appointment?" Elliot asked.
"Everything is normal. He even asked where you were."
"Wow, a doctor that remembers things about his patients."
"I know, I thought that same thing."
"I'm glad everything is fine."
They both cleaned up dinner and sat in the living room watching TV, waiting for Maureen to come home. The three talked for a little while and then everyone headed off to bed.
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As always you comments and suggested are welcomed and taken into consideration. I'm almost done with the next chapter, so it should be up sooner rather than later.
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Previously.
Elliot closed the door and they both took a seat.
"What's up Cap?" Olivia asked.
"I received a phone call this morning."
"From?" Elliot asked.
"Your wife."
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"What did she want?" Elliot asked.
"I'd like to hear it from you," Cragen said.
Elliot glanced to Olivia and then began, "About a month and a half ago Kathy presented me with divorce papers."
"That explains why you were distracted," Cragen interjected.
"Olivia offered to listen and I finally took her up on the offer. That night Olivia and I talked and also took our relationship to a new level."
Elliot paused again and looked toward Olivia who looked even more uncomfortable than she did before.
"But." Cragen said, encouraging Elliot to continue.
"Long story short, Olivia is pregnant and we are living together."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"We were afraid of being split up."
"What were you going to do when it became obvious that Olivia was pregnant?"
"We were going to use this time to try and prove that we could still work together and then tell you, hoping you would consider keeping us together."
Cragen sat back in his chair, "I don't want to lose either of you. We'll keep this between us until Olivia starts showing, then we'll talk again. Just remember that I will be watching. Also, be careful with what you get yourselves into, I don't want anything to happen to you or the baby Olivia."
Olivia didn't say anything.
"I'll watch her," Elliot said.
"Good. Now get back to work."
"Thank you Captain," Elliot said as he stood. Olivia did the same, but didn't say a word.
They walked back to their desks and sat down.
"You okay?" Elliot asked his partner.
"Other than being completely mortified, I'm fine."
"I'm sorry Liv, I never thought she would do that."
"Elliot, she blames me for everything, you think she wouldn't take advantage of an opportunity to hurt me? She knows how important my job is to me!" Olivia said, almost yelling.
"I really thought she was a better person than that."
"I guess you were wrong," Olivia said as she got up and walked out of the squad room.
Elliot looked to Munch and Fin who were just staring at him.
"She okay?" Fin asked.
"She will be," Elliot answered.
"What happened in there?" Munch asked referring to Cragen's office.
"Kathy gave out information she shouldn't have."
"Something about a case?" Fin asked.
"No, nothing like that. It's a long story. I have to go talk to Olivia," Elliot said as he walked out the door Olivia had several minutes before.
Elliot knew that Olivia was a private person and having her personal life explained like that had to be hard. He knew she would probably go somewhere private, the file rooms. He found her sitting in the second room.
"Liv?" he called from the doorway.
She looked up at him, letting him see that she had obviously been crying.
"Liv, come on, don't cry," Elliot said as he sat down next to her and put his arms around her.
"I'm sorry she called Cragen, I never meant to hurt you," Elliot said.
"I know, I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm just under a lot of stress."
"Maybe you should take some time off."
"I need to work right now Elliot. It's what keeping me sane."
"I just want to make sure you are okay."
"I'm fine. Things just need to sort themselves out."
"You sure?"
"Yeah, it's like I told you last night, if Kathy is our only problem then we are doing pretty good. I just overreacted."
"I know you were upset. I'm just glad you are okay. I love you."
"I love you too."
Elliot leaned over and gave Olivia a quick kiss.
"Come on, we've got work to do," Elliot said as he got up and took Olivia's hand.
"You two okay?" Munch asked when he saw his colleagues reenter the squad room.
"Yeah, we're fine," Olivia said.
They finished the day and headed home. Olivia just wanted to relax and get to bed early. They got home and had dinner with Maureen.
"Dad, can I stay at Amanda's tonight?" Maureen asked.
"Her parents will be home?"
"Yeah."
"Just make sure you call in the morning."
"I will."
Maureen disappeared into her bedroom and came back out a couple minutes later with a bag for the night. She said goodbye and headed out.
"You go rest in the living room, I'll clean up dinner," Elliot said. He kissed her forehead before she stood up.
15 minutes later Elliot had the kitchen cleaned and joined Olivia on the couch. Olivia immediately moved close to him, resting her head on his shoulder. Elliot put his arm around Olivia.
"Rough day huh?" Elliot said.
"It definitely ranks up there."
"I am sorry about what Kathy did, I'll deal with her tomorrow."
"I don't think that's a good idea."
"Why not?"
"It sounds ridiculous, but if you go to her she achieved her goal. Cragen is willing to work with us, so she didn't win. Let her think it didn't affect us."
"But what if she tries something else?"
"Like what? She doesn't have anything else."
"I guess you're right."
"Come on, let's get some sleep. I'm beat."
"Sounds good to me."
They got up and headed to the bedroom. In no time they were both off in dreamland.
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2 Weeks Later
Things had finally settled down for Elliot and Olivia. Kathy hadn't bothered them again, work was fine and Olivia was healthy. Elliot had invited the other three children over to the apartment to explain things to them. All three took the news well. Kathleen was excited about the baby, she insisted that anytime they needed a baby sitter she would do it. Elliot was glad that all his kids accepted Olivia. He knew they all liked her, but he had the fear that they would blame her for their parents breaking up. Luckily for Elliot, they all seemed to understand. Olivia explained her position, which was that she wasn't trying to replace their mother. She understood that Kathy was their mother, all the children seemed to value that tad bit of information.
Today was Olivia's second appointment with Dr. Miller. Unfortunately Elliot couldn't go. They only had day appointments available and they agreed that it would be suspicious if they both took the day off.
"Olivia Benson," the nurse called.
Olivia followed her into the exam room just as she had last time. She told her that the doctor would be in soon.
"Miss Benson, how are you feeling?" Dr. Miller asked as he entered the room.
"I'm feeling better. I think I finally got rid of the morning sickness."
"Where is Mr. Stabler today?"
"He couldn't get the day off."
"Sorry to hear that."
"Yeah, but he's a good father-to-be."
"I'm glad to hear that. I see so many women who aren't as lucky as you."
"No woman is as lucky as I am," Olivia said with a smile.
"He seems like a good man."
Dr. Miller conducted his exam on Olivia and the baby. Everything was normal and Olivia headed out. She waited at the apartment for Elliot to come home. Maureen went to a friend's house after school.
"Liv?" Elliot called as he entered in the apartment.
"In the kitchen."
Elliot walked through the living room toward the kitchen.
"How was your day?" Olivia asked as Elliot entered the kitchen.
"Better now. I missed you," Elliot said as he walked up to Olivia and put his arms around her waist.
"I missed you too," Olivia said as she turned around to face Elliot. He gave her a quick kiss.
"What are you making?" Elliot asked.
"Dinner, it's a surprise."
"Since when can you cook?" Elliot asked with a grin.
"I'm not that bad I'll have you know."
"I guess I'll have to wait and see."
Olivia just gave him a look.
"Where's Maureen?"
"She went to Amanda's after school. She's staying for dinner."
"So it's just the two of us?"
"Yup," Olivia said as she turned back to her meal.
"How long until dinner?" Elliot asked, walking back to Olivia.
"Not long enough," Olivia answered, knowing exactly what Elliot was referring to.
"Fine."
Olivia finished dinner and put two plates on the table. They enjoyed dinner and each other's company.
"How was your appointment?" Elliot asked.
"Everything is normal. He even asked where you were."
"Wow, a doctor that remembers things about his patients."
"I know, I thought that same thing."
"I'm glad everything is fine."
They both cleaned up dinner and sat in the living room watching TV, waiting for Maureen to come home. The three talked for a little while and then everyone headed off to bed.
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As always you comments and suggested are welcomed and taken into consideration. I'm almost done with the next chapter, so it should be up sooner rather than later.