His eyes grew wide. "You're…pregnant? Really?"
She laughed, "Yeah, really."
He pulled her into his arms and dragged her close to him. "That's…wonderful! When did you find out? Why didn't you tell me sooner? We should make a doctor's appointment."
"Whoa there, calm down, bud. I just took the tests today, and wanted to wait until now to tell you. And, you're right, a doctors appointment would be good…but I'm just now six weeks into the pregnancy. Is it necessary so soon?"
"Sooner or later we're going to have to go, and I'd rather the former than the latter. Better safe than sorry."
"Right. I'm new to this, Elliot. I've never done this before, to tell you the truth, I'm scared as hell. I don't know what to do. But, what I do know is, we can't tell anybody at work. Not even Munch or Fin. We can't even risk telling the girls. I'll be damned if I get stuck with desk duty for the next 9 months. You hear that?"
"Of course, no desk duty. That would be tragic," he said with a snicker.
"Don't you joke with me, Elliot Stabler. Definitely not while I'm pregnant, I can feel a mood swing coming on as we speak."
"Ooh…a force to be reckoned with. I'll behave, I promise." He placed one of his hands on her stomach, "hey there, little buddy. You know, it's not required, but, if you could possibly be a boy--"
"Elliot!"
He laughed, "What? Oh, come on, Liv. I've got 3 girls already. Don't make me go through that again!"
"I have no say in the sex of our child, it's all your doing weather it's a boy or a girl. You know that."
"Yeah, yeah. Tricky x and y chromosomes. Bastards are what they are. Do you even what to know, what the sex turns out to be, I mean? I waited with Maureen, Kathleen, and Dickey and Lizzie. I'm perfectly fine with waiting, but, if you'd rather know before hand. It probably is easier, knowing what color clothes to pick out, be it blue or pink--"
She cut him off with a kiss, "you know, you're really cute when you babble."
"Oh? Wanna make something of it?"
"Do I ever." She kissed him again.
Olivia slipped out from under Elliot's arm and the warm covers and her feet came in contact with the cold, hardwood floors. She winced from the icy feeling and quickly made her way to the bathroom to relieve natures calling.
While she was using the restroom there was a knock at the door of Elliot's apartment. She nearly called out to him, but then thought better of it. Who knew who it was? She heard Elliot's footfall as he walked out of his bedroom into the living room. After a little bit of shuffling (she assumed Elliot was cleaning up, just in case it was Kathy or worse, the Captain) she heard the door open.
"Alex? What are you doing here?"
"I came to see Olivia. I called her place and she didn't answer. So, I figured she was here. Is she?"
"Yeah. Hold on a second." Elliot came back into his room where Olivia was now waiting. "Hey, hon. Alex is here."
"I know. I'll go talk with her." She kissed him briefly and then made her way out of the room, meeting Alex up in the living room. "Hey, Alex."
"Olivia Benson! I can't believe you! How come you didn't tell me once you figured out?"
Olivia was taken aback, "What are you talking about, Alex? Tell you what?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Olivia! You know full well what I'm talking about."
"Actually, no, I don't."
"You're pregnant!"
"What? How do you know about that? I just found out yesterday! I only told Elliot last night. Have you been going through my things?"
"I thought you'd be home, I wanted to surprise you with breakfast. It was lying on the kitchen table! I'd have to be blind not to see it. I can't believe you didn't call me as soon as you figured it out."
Elliot came out of his room, after hearing the raised voices. "What's going on?"
"You! You didn't tell me, either." She scolded.
"Tell you what?"
Alex growled in frustration. "What do you think?"
A knowing look spread over his face, "Ah. I only found out last night, and then after I found out," his face flushed, "other things…happened. Sorry if calling you wasn't number one on my list of to do's. I was…ah…occupied."
Alex smiled, "Tisk, tisk, tisk. And here I thought I was more important than a good lay."
"Obviously you've never gotten a good enough lay." Olivia stated.
"Guess not, but then again, mine have never resulted in pregnancy. So, that's got to be obvious. Did you want to get pregnant? Or, was it an accident."
"Well, I don't think there is such a thing as an accident of this magnitude. It's more of a blessing. But, it was definitely not planed. That one I can say with confidence."
"Don't you take birth control?" Alex asked, sitting down on the couch, preparing herself for a long chat with her best friend.
"Of course. Then again, they do say that abstinence is the only form of 100% affective birth control. And, that wasn't going to happen. The possibility's always there, lingering in the background. There's always that small percentage that it won't work as desired."
"So, you're, what? A statistic?"
"You could look at it that way."
"What are you going to do about work."
"Oh, Alex. You can't tell anybody. Nobody at work, nobody away from work. Not a single soul. To tell you the truth, Elliot and I weren't even going to let you know. It's really not been long enough to say that our work hasn't been effected at all by our relationship, and my being pregnant will just be fuel to the already out-of-control fire. If they don't do anything about our working together, they'll most definitely put me on desk duty, and you know how much I despise desk duty. No way in hell I'm going to sit in front of a desk for 9 months."
Alex sighed, "I will not tell anybody. But, I will not be happy about keeping this a secret, either. This is a wonderful thing, I personally think you should shout it from the roof tops. But, I respect your wishes. Just, make sure I'm around when you finally do tell everybody, ok?"
"I promise." Olivia hugged her friend.
"And, I want to know as soon as you do what the sex is."
"Oh. That? We're waiting until I give birth, you know, keep things interesting."
"Fine. Just, as soon as you know how it's doing, let me know. Alight?"
"Of course, you're the only other person who's going to know, who else am I going to obsess with?"
Elliot raised a hand, "You could obsess with me."
"I meant female wise, El. Of course I'm going to obsess with you, you're going to be obsessing enough as it is."
He smiled, "Only because I know how much you love it when I obsess."
"Yeah, sure." She smiled, "Alex. Sorry to kick you out and all, but, do you mind leaving?"
"Oh?" Alex asked.
"Elliot and I have some things to finish."
That caught Elliot's attention, "We do?"
Alex took the hint, grabbed her bag, and hugged Olivia goodbye. Then she left.
"Now," Olivia said getting off of the couch, walking up to Elliot. "Where were we?"
She laughed, "Yeah, really."
He pulled her into his arms and dragged her close to him. "That's…wonderful! When did you find out? Why didn't you tell me sooner? We should make a doctor's appointment."
"Whoa there, calm down, bud. I just took the tests today, and wanted to wait until now to tell you. And, you're right, a doctors appointment would be good…but I'm just now six weeks into the pregnancy. Is it necessary so soon?"
"Sooner or later we're going to have to go, and I'd rather the former than the latter. Better safe than sorry."
"Right. I'm new to this, Elliot. I've never done this before, to tell you the truth, I'm scared as hell. I don't know what to do. But, what I do know is, we can't tell anybody at work. Not even Munch or Fin. We can't even risk telling the girls. I'll be damned if I get stuck with desk duty for the next 9 months. You hear that?"
"Of course, no desk duty. That would be tragic," he said with a snicker.
"Don't you joke with me, Elliot Stabler. Definitely not while I'm pregnant, I can feel a mood swing coming on as we speak."
"Ooh…a force to be reckoned with. I'll behave, I promise." He placed one of his hands on her stomach, "hey there, little buddy. You know, it's not required, but, if you could possibly be a boy--"
"Elliot!"
He laughed, "What? Oh, come on, Liv. I've got 3 girls already. Don't make me go through that again!"
"I have no say in the sex of our child, it's all your doing weather it's a boy or a girl. You know that."
"Yeah, yeah. Tricky x and y chromosomes. Bastards are what they are. Do you even what to know, what the sex turns out to be, I mean? I waited with Maureen, Kathleen, and Dickey and Lizzie. I'm perfectly fine with waiting, but, if you'd rather know before hand. It probably is easier, knowing what color clothes to pick out, be it blue or pink--"
She cut him off with a kiss, "you know, you're really cute when you babble."
"Oh? Wanna make something of it?"
"Do I ever." She kissed him again.
Olivia slipped out from under Elliot's arm and the warm covers and her feet came in contact with the cold, hardwood floors. She winced from the icy feeling and quickly made her way to the bathroom to relieve natures calling.
While she was using the restroom there was a knock at the door of Elliot's apartment. She nearly called out to him, but then thought better of it. Who knew who it was? She heard Elliot's footfall as he walked out of his bedroom into the living room. After a little bit of shuffling (she assumed Elliot was cleaning up, just in case it was Kathy or worse, the Captain) she heard the door open.
"Alex? What are you doing here?"
"I came to see Olivia. I called her place and she didn't answer. So, I figured she was here. Is she?"
"Yeah. Hold on a second." Elliot came back into his room where Olivia was now waiting. "Hey, hon. Alex is here."
"I know. I'll go talk with her." She kissed him briefly and then made her way out of the room, meeting Alex up in the living room. "Hey, Alex."
"Olivia Benson! I can't believe you! How come you didn't tell me once you figured out?"
Olivia was taken aback, "What are you talking about, Alex? Tell you what?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Olivia! You know full well what I'm talking about."
"Actually, no, I don't."
"You're pregnant!"
"What? How do you know about that? I just found out yesterday! I only told Elliot last night. Have you been going through my things?"
"I thought you'd be home, I wanted to surprise you with breakfast. It was lying on the kitchen table! I'd have to be blind not to see it. I can't believe you didn't call me as soon as you figured it out."
Elliot came out of his room, after hearing the raised voices. "What's going on?"
"You! You didn't tell me, either." She scolded.
"Tell you what?"
Alex growled in frustration. "What do you think?"
A knowing look spread over his face, "Ah. I only found out last night, and then after I found out," his face flushed, "other things…happened. Sorry if calling you wasn't number one on my list of to do's. I was…ah…occupied."
Alex smiled, "Tisk, tisk, tisk. And here I thought I was more important than a good lay."
"Obviously you've never gotten a good enough lay." Olivia stated.
"Guess not, but then again, mine have never resulted in pregnancy. So, that's got to be obvious. Did you want to get pregnant? Or, was it an accident."
"Well, I don't think there is such a thing as an accident of this magnitude. It's more of a blessing. But, it was definitely not planed. That one I can say with confidence."
"Don't you take birth control?" Alex asked, sitting down on the couch, preparing herself for a long chat with her best friend.
"Of course. Then again, they do say that abstinence is the only form of 100% affective birth control. And, that wasn't going to happen. The possibility's always there, lingering in the background. There's always that small percentage that it won't work as desired."
"So, you're, what? A statistic?"
"You could look at it that way."
"What are you going to do about work."
"Oh, Alex. You can't tell anybody. Nobody at work, nobody away from work. Not a single soul. To tell you the truth, Elliot and I weren't even going to let you know. It's really not been long enough to say that our work hasn't been effected at all by our relationship, and my being pregnant will just be fuel to the already out-of-control fire. If they don't do anything about our working together, they'll most definitely put me on desk duty, and you know how much I despise desk duty. No way in hell I'm going to sit in front of a desk for 9 months."
Alex sighed, "I will not tell anybody. But, I will not be happy about keeping this a secret, either. This is a wonderful thing, I personally think you should shout it from the roof tops. But, I respect your wishes. Just, make sure I'm around when you finally do tell everybody, ok?"
"I promise." Olivia hugged her friend.
"And, I want to know as soon as you do what the sex is."
"Oh. That? We're waiting until I give birth, you know, keep things interesting."
"Fine. Just, as soon as you know how it's doing, let me know. Alight?"
"Of course, you're the only other person who's going to know, who else am I going to obsess with?"
Elliot raised a hand, "You could obsess with me."
"I meant female wise, El. Of course I'm going to obsess with you, you're going to be obsessing enough as it is."
He smiled, "Only because I know how much you love it when I obsess."
"Yeah, sure." She smiled, "Alex. Sorry to kick you out and all, but, do you mind leaving?"
"Oh?" Alex asked.
"Elliot and I have some things to finish."
That caught Elliot's attention, "We do?"
Alex took the hint, grabbed her bag, and hugged Olivia goodbye. Then she left.
"Now," Olivia said getting off of the couch, walking up to Elliot. "Where were we?"