Roses

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Summary: See previous chapters

Chapter 9

Elliot and Olivia waited in Dr. Munic's office in silence. Elliot held Olivia's hand for support. The doctor walked in, she had the test results of Olivia's exam in her hand.

"Okay Olivia, the exam didn't show any major signs of trauma, but we won't be sure of anything until we do the ultra sound." The doctor said. She set Olivia up for the test.

"Okay," she said examining the picture. "The baby seems to be okay, and I found the heartbeat. It seems to be strong. It looks very promising." Olivia and Elliot both let out sighs of relief.

"Now, I can't be 100 percent sure of anything yet. We'll need to watch the baby's development closely over the next 7 months,justto be sure that there won't be any damage later. But right now I'd say that you two can expect a healthy baby." The doctor reported. "I'll leave you two alone for a moment so you can see the first pictures of you baby."

With that she left.

"It's so beautiful." Olivia said.

"Yeah, it is."Elliot answered. "But, why didn't you tell me sooner Liv?"

"I tried to, the night that you basically accused me of having an affair with Chris." Elliot looked down at his feet at that. "I was so mad at you, that I couldn't tell you. Then we were both so busy with the case; there was just never a good time." She explained. Elliot could tell that she was afraid that he would be mad with her, so he decided to drop it; he knew that they both were at fault.

"Well, I know now." He said, placing his hand on her head.

"Are you happy?" Olivia asked, looking up at Elliot.

"Of course." He said, kissing her gently. Tears began to form behind her eyes

"I'm so sorry that I put our baby in danger, what will we do if I hurt it?" She asked

"We'll worry about that if it happens. Right now, we just have to hope for the best." He answered.

The two left the office and headed for home. Olivia wasn't very hungry, but Elliot knew that she had to eat. After dinner he called his kids to let them know the good news. They were all ecstatic that they would have a new baby brother or sister. Elizabeth was especially happy with the news, she was sick of everyone treating her like the baby, and couldn't wait to have some one that she could boss around, like her older siblings had done to her.

That night Olivia lay in Elliot's arms, his hand rested protectively over her stomach. She was going to let Cragen know that she would have to be on a desk for the remainder of her pregnancy in the morning. She desperately wanted to sleep, but couldn't help feeling guilty and worried because of her fall. All she wanted was this baby, and if it was hurt she would never be able to forgive herself.

In what seemed like an eternity later, Olivia finally fell asleep. Her dreams filled motherhood.

The next morning Olivia awoke at 3 a.m. like clockwork because of her morning sickness. Just like before Elliot sat with her until it had passed, and the two returned to bed. She was thrilled to be pregnant, but really could have lived without the throwing up.

Liv and Elliot walked straight into Cragen's office as soon as they got to the precinct that morning.

"Captain." Olivia said sheepishly as she gingerly knocked on his office door.

"Yeah, come one in." Cragen said looking up from his desk. "Everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything's fine." Olivia answered. "Look, I went to the doctor the other day, and she said that I'm going to have tobe on a desk for the next 7 months."

"What, Why?" Cragen asked concerned, rising from his chair.

"Well," Olivia answered, wrapping her arm around Elliot's waist. "Because I'm pregnant." She said smiling.

"What, well, congratulations." Cragen answered quite surprised. "How far along?"

"About 2 months." She answered.

"Well then, Olivia, looks like you're gonna be confined to the office for a while!" Cragen smiled as he hugged Olivia and shook Elliot's hand.

When the two emerged from the office they were surprised to see that everyone, Munch, Fin, Huang, Casey, and Alex, were all staring at them, grinning. They hadn't realized that they had told Cragen the news without closing the office door. The whole room erupted with congratulations, and hugs, and pats on the back.

Alex and Casey were especially happy for the couple. Olivia had told them many times over drinks how she gained the confidence to become a mother, ever since shestarted datingElliot.

The next few months went off without much incident. Olivia was manning the phones, and tracking down all leads on paper. While she could still disguise that she was expecting Cragen even let her interrogate some suspects. Once it became obvious that she was pregnant, however, everyone decided that it would be safer if she stopped.

Each doctor's appointment filled Elliot and Olivia with hope that their baby was developing normally, and that the fall hadn't done any serious damage. They had been told that Elliot would be expecting yet another daughter. This made Dickey especially happy, he like being Elliot's only son.

Elliot and Olivia had been worried that with Elliot's kids, and the new baby, there wouldn't be enough room in their apartment. Lucky for them, one of Elliot's old army friends, who had made big money in the stock market, had decided that he and his wife didn't want to live in the city anymore. He agreed to let Elliot and Olivia rent his old brown stone for an extremly generous price.

It wasn't huge, butto Olivia, it was acastle. Shehad only lived in small apartments her whole life. It had two floors, a living room, dining room, large kitchen, and a den downstairs. Upstairs there was a room for Dickey, one for Elizabeth, one for Kathleen and Maureen to share, when Maureen visited from college, a nursery, and of course, anda master bedroom, with a master bath. Olivia had commented that maybe the family would finallybe able to get out of the house on time, when all the Stabler girls were over, since they had gained two more bathrooms.

The best part of the whole house, in Olivia's mind, was the small back yard behind the house. It wasn't very large at all, and only had a small patch of grass, and maybe enough room for a swing set, but Olivia loved it.

Elliot and his kids had decorated the nursery one weekend, and it was all ready for the baby to move in. It had pale purple walls with a matching purple rug. Elliot had put white crown and chair molding up. The crib was white, and had a pastel butterfly mobile. The changing table and dresser were also white to match the crib.

Elliot had made Olivia stay out of the room until it was completed. The day it was done Elliot lead Olivia up the stairs by the hand. He had her close her eyes, and then he closed the door so she could get the full affect. He stood behind her, and wrapped his arms around her, and his baby.

"Okay," He whispered into her ear. "Open your eyes."

Olivia finally opened her eyes, and was over come with all that she saw. Elliot and the kids had put so much work into it.

"It's beautiful" She said. "I love it."

"Good." Elliot said as he kissed Olivia on the back of her neck. Just then both Elliot and Olivia felt their baby kick.

"I think that she likes it too." Olivia said, turning her head to face Elliot.

Then she turned back to look over the room once again.She was in love with it, andcouldn't wait untill this room was filled with the laughter of a baby, her baby.

TBC... The last few chapters are just fluff, but cute fluff! (If I do say so my self!) REVIEW