A/N: Hey guys thanks for the reviews, as always. To
Katie and aJ, I wouldn't give up on the O/E storyline, but at the moment it
wouldn't be ethical for Elliot to have an affair with Olivia when his wife is
pregnant. But we'll see where the story goes for all you E/K and O/E fans out
there. I'm actually starting to think about names for the baby, so any
suggestions?
"Good morning." Elliot said kissing the top of Kathy's head and
bear hugging her while caressing her growing belly as he said, "And to
you, too."
"Good
morning to you, too…" she smiled turning to him and kissing him abruptly,
before turning away from him to finish making the kid's lunches.
"Ewww!"
Dickey said appearing out of the dark hallway.
"Come
here…" Elliot rushed to him flipping over his shoulder.
"Dad!"
he yelled in a scared state.
"Elliot…"
Kathy warned. Elliot took the warning and put Dickey down. "Here." Kathy
said handing him his bagged lunch containing a ham and cheese sandwich, a
gatorade, and vanilla pudding. "Where's your sisters?"
"Upstairs…"
Dickey replied eating his cereal quickly keeping an eye on the clock.
"Elizabeth!
Kathleen!" Kathy called upstairs.
"Coming,
coming…" Elizabeth said rushing downstairs. She took a seat next to her
twin and got started on her breakfast as Kathy finished preparing her lunch.
Last to appear from their slumber, was Kathleen.
"Kathleen,
make sure that today when you guys get to grandma's that you're good. Ok?"
Kathy said.
"Yea.
Ma…..don't worry, we're gonna be fine." Kathleen reassured her while
combing her hair.
"Ok. I
just want you guys to be good while we're gone." she said nodding, handing
Elizabeth her lunch. She looked out the kitchen window watching the bus coming
around the corner. "Alright, you two, be good and we'll see you when we
get back." Kathy said kissing them on the cheeks.
"Love
you, mom. Love you dad." Elizabeth said hugging both her parents, one
after another. Dickey then mimicked his sister.
"Love
you guys." Elliot said after hugging both of them. He smiled as he watched
his twelve year olds get on the bus. "What time are you going to school
at?" he asked Kathleen.
"Um…I'm
not." she replied.
"Why
not?" Elliot asked cross.
"Cuz I
don't feel like it." she replied, but her smart remark couldn't hold her a
straight face. "Gosh, dad, I'm kidding. I'm going in now, Lily's picking
me up. Your such a cop…" she mocked him with her common remark. He smiled
at her as she ascended from her seat as her friend Lily beeped the horn, and
she put her glass in the sink. "Have a good trip, you two." she
kissed them both on the cheek. "I mean, you three." she smiled at her
mother.
"Stay
out of trouble!" Elliot reminded her.
"You
too." she yelled back getting into the passenger seat of the car.
"So…we
have a lot of time, what do you want to do?" Elliot asked Kathy kissing
her neck.
"Well, I
made an appointment with the doctor for a last sonogram just to make sure
everything's ok, before we leave." she said playing with his tie.
"You
just got one…" he reminded her.
"I know,
but I've never been on a plane, pregnant, so the doctor just told me to come in
to check if everything was ok…So are you going to be there this time?" she
asked sarcastically.
"Stop
busting my balls." he smiled.
"I'm
serious."
"Of
course. Look, I've got to go to into work for…"
"Elliot…"
she said in a dissatisfied way putting her hands on her hips.
"…for a
second! I just need to pick up some stuff from my locker. I left it in there
last Friday night."
"Well,
I'll go with you. Then from there we can go to the doc's office; the
appointment's in an hour."
"That
would be going in a circle."
"I don't
care. I haven't seen downtown since that time when I brought you in lunch,
which was a while ago."
"Well,
whatever you want." he replied. "I'm going in now though."
"I'm
ready." she replied grabbing her purse. Elliot went out the door and Kathy
followed him locking it. "The sight of those suitcases at the stairs gives
me butterflies in my stomach." she smiled.
"Excited
huh?" Elliot smiled opening the car door for her.
"Ecstatic."
she smiled. She watched as he went to the drivers part of the car.
"You?" she asked as he sat in the seat.
"Same.
Just can't wait to have a break from work." he replied.
"I
can't wait either." she smiled grabbing Elliot's hand which rested on the
gearshift. That's when butterflies entered Elliot's stomach. It was only four
days ago that they were fighting and now it was as if they were newlyweds
again. He started the car and took off for Manhattan.
Meanwhile,
Olivia, Munch, and Fin were just finished interrogating a man suspected of
rape, and were escorting him to his hearing. That's until Elliot showed up at
the precinct. Olivia stopped and let her grip on the suspect go.
"Olivia…"
Munch warned her reminding her that her move wasn't smart.
"Sorry,
John. I'll be right there." she apologized. She walked towards Elliot, and
she didn't realize that Kathy was with him; she was in the car. "Elliot,
what are you doing here? I thought you…"
"Yea,
we're leaving soon, just got to get my jacket from my locker. Looks like Paris
is going to be wet tomorrow morning." he replied.
"What
time is your flight?" she asked.
"At
five. It's going to be about a seven hour flight, at least. We'll arrive there
at seven or so in the morning; their time."
"I see.
Well, I hope you have a good flight." she sighed watching him collect his
stuff.
"I'm so
excited. Liv, if anything goes wrong, make sure my kids are getting taken care
of and that they have enough money for college." he told her.
"Elliot!"
she slapped his forearm. "Don't say those things."
"I'm
just jokin'. As Kathleen would say, you're "Such a cop…"." he
laughed and Olivia smiled falsely. He was a completely different person than he
was two weeks ago. "Well, um, I guess this is goodbye." he grabbed
her. She closed her eyes in his grasp; feeling stability and comfort. "See
you in ten days." he said, but still holding her.
"Elliot?"
came a voice from the distance. 'I know that voice…' Olivia thought as Elliot
let go of her at that very moment. Olivia focused on the individual in the
distance when she realized it was Kathy. "You ready?" she asked as
she approached Elliot putting her arms around his torso and smiling at Olivia.
Olivia felt confused; 'She's smiling at me, and at the same time she thinks I'm
having an affair with Elliot. What the hell is going on here?'
"Yea,
you ready?" he asked, putting an arm around her, rubbing her back.
"Yea."
she replied. "Hi, Olivia."
"Hi,
Kathy. Getting big huh?" she asked referring to her bump. Kathy feeling
rather offended by the statement, then realized what she was talking about.
"Yea,
three months and a few weeks." she replied putting an arm on her stomach
and smiling. No one said anything for a while. "Well…" Kathy broke
the silence, "It's time we better be going."
"Yea.
Look, I'll see you when we get back. Tell everyone we said hi and bye."
Elliot added.
"No problem. Nice seeing you again Kathy." Olivia replied.
"You
too." Kathy smiled as she and Elliot left the precinct. Elliot hadn't said
anything during their exit. Kathy got into the car, seeming rather upset, and
Elliot knew it too as he buckled his seatbelt. Instead of confronting her about
it he tried to change the subject.
"City's
beautiful in the summer isn't it?"
"Elliot…it's
September; and it's fall." she replied looking out the window.
"Ok,
ok…what's wrong?" he asked.
"A
jacket?! You came down to get a jacket?! Oh wait, wait, wait. I think you just
came down to…to see her!" she said raising her tone.
"Oh God.
You've got to be joking! Kathy, this is my good leather jacket. What is with
you and thinking that I'm in love with Olivia?"
"You
always…oh my God." she stopped in mid sentence and with that, Elliot
stopped the car in the middle of traffic.
"What is
it?" Elliot asked frantically. Kathy turned to him, with tears in her eyes
and grabbed his hand putting it on her stomach. "Oh my God." he smiled
at her even though the traffic behind him was blowing him out of it.
"It
must of heard us…" she laughed as tears ran down her face. Elliot pulled
over at the side of the road as the shouts of 'Move it buddy' and 'Let's go
dickhead' were being thrown at him from behind. "It's the best thing in
the world. Gosh, I haven't felt this for the longest time."
"Does
it hurt?" he asked.
"Elliot,
it's a baby kicking, not a bee sting." she laughed. They both remained
quiet as the world moved past them. "Oh, Gosh. Our appointment's in ten
minutes. Let's get going." With that, Elliot took off and they arrived at
the office in time for the appointment.
"Mrs.
Stabler." the nurse called from the desk. "**Dr. Kovac is ready to
see you."
"Come
on…" she whispered to Elliot as she grabbed his hand. "Why are you
holding on so tight?" she asked him as they followed the nurse to his
room.
"I'm
nervous." he replied, and she laughed.
"Don't
be." she told him.
"Mrs.
Stabler. Please, take a seat." the doctor instructed. "Long time no
see huh?" he joked.
"Ha ha,
Dr. Kovac, this is my husband, Elliot." Kathy introduced them both as they
shook hands. Kathy pulled up her shirt and Dr. Kovac prepared the gel and
turned on the machine. He then applied the gel to her stomach
"So, any
problems, or anything new?" he asked.
"Well,
the baby kicked today." she smiled looking at a nervous Elliot.
"That's
good." the doctor replied. "Well, looks good." he stated looking
at the baby. Kathy squeezed Elliot's hand and Elliot looked at the screen. He
adjusted his chair and moved closer towards the screen.
"Oh
my God." Elliot whispered.
"So
how long are you guys going for?" asked the doctor.
"Ten
days." Kathy smiled.
"That's
good…so would you guys like to know the sex of the baby?"
"Uh…."
Kathy stalled looking at Elliot.
"No…we
want to keep it a surprise." Elliot replied abruptly. For their three
other pregnancies they knew the sex, and Kathy was surprised that Elliot wanted
it as a surprise; she did too. He was fascinated by the moving fetus on the
screen. In another six months, that baby would be in his arms.
"Alright,
well the only news I have for you guys is that they baby is looking fine, and I
hope you have a nice trip." he told them as he took the gel off Kathy's
stomach.
"Thanks
doctor…" Kathy thanked him as she rose up from her lying position. She
then walked to the door with Elliot.
"No
problem, have a nice day." he said escorting them out of the room. After
they signed the forms and paid their dues, Elliot and Kathy walked to the door.
"Bring
back memories?" Kathy asked as she got into the car.
"No…actually
it's funny 'cause I can't remember Maureen's, Kathleen's, or the twin's. I…was
how do you say, really astounded by that. I mean, the picture moved me, but I
can't believe what I just saw…"
"That's
nice…" she replied. They got into the car, this time for home. When they
got home, they cleaned everything, and got everything ready for their flight.
"I've
gotta go to the bathroom…" Kathy told him as she put her passport and
ticket in her suitcase. Elliot nodded as he did the same with his passport and
ticket. The phone rang, and Elliot who was hesitant to answer it, did so.
"Hello?"
he commenced.
"Elliot,
it's Olivia."
"Hey…what's
up?" he asked.
"Your
flight's at five you said?" she asked.
"Yea,
why, is there a problem?" he asked in a whisper so that Kathy couldn't
hear who he was talking to.
"You
better be leaving now, the Whitestone's backed up for the past hour."
"Thanks,
for the notice but we're going to Newark not JFK." he told her.
"Oh, ok.
Well, have a nice trip, ok?"
"Thanks…"
he smiled. "You better be thinking of me…" he joked.
"You
wish…" she replied. "Call me when you arrive. Bye." she said
hanging up the phone, and at the same time burying her face into her palms.
"I'm always thinking of you, Elliot. That's the problem." she said
out loud.
Meanwhile, Elliot was loading the suitcases into the back of the minivan.
Kathy came out rolling one of them to him.
"Be
careful…" he warned her.
"Don't
worry, I'm ok…" she smiled. "So who was that, that called?"
"Wrong
number…" he lied putting the last suitcase into the trunk and wiping his
hands. "Ready for France?" he asked her closing the trunk and getting
into the car.
"Never
been readier." she answered buckling her seatbelt. It took them a good
forty five minutes to arrive to Newark International Airport, and another forty
five to get their bags put on board, and get their names checked in. They sat
in the terminal for another half an hour before boarding the plane. At five
o'clock the doors closed and the plane took off. According to Elliot, the
choice of music was bad, so was the movie, and the food was worse. He was alert
the most of the time, while Kathy was asleep within ten minutes of take off. He
stared out the window to the pink light in the distance and closed his eyes.
When he opened them, he saw a wet sky, and the darkness of a foreign land. Not
to mention a big sign that read, "**Bienvenue en France."
**Anybody an ER fan? Dr.
Kovac, lol. Just thought I'd use a familiar name.
**Bienvenue en France = Welcome to France.
