A/N: OK, here's the long-awaited chapter. Sorry it's been so long for the update, but this was a really busy semester at school and I've been working on a revised version for this story on SVUFiction(nothing major, though). Here's Chapter 17 now. Please R&R.

Thanks to April for beta-aing!

Chapter 17: Baby Shower

SVU Squad Room – Monday – 2 Months Later – 7 Months

Elliot, Munch, and Fin had just came from the break room downstairs to see how the female detectives were decorating, Today was going to be the day where the women were hosting a baby shower for Olivia and Elliot.

"Elliot," called out Det. Elena Martinez, "we're ready if you want to bring Olivia in here."

"I'll go get her," said Elliot.

Around 2:30, Olivia came in the break room with a surprised look. Elena handed her a glass of punch and she looked around the room in amazement. The room was decorated with pink and white balloons and the table had a cake decorated with ladybugs and butterflies. Everyone had cake and punch and a little while later, Olivia sat in her special chair and opened up the gift bags and presents. She got every little necessity including pacifiers, a bucket with a rubber duck filled with shampoo, bedtime wash, baby wipes, baby powder, hand sanitizer, Lysol spray, and A-D diaper ointment. She also got blankets, crib sheets, diapers, a pack of onesies, some cute little outfits and layettes, bibs, a baby tub, socks, baby gym, bouncing seat, a playpen, Boppie pillow, some toys such as a rattle doll, Fisher Price aquarium, Diaper Genie, a toy attachment to the car seat with a remote. Last but not least, they got a stroller, diaper bag, and a car seat that everyone had went in on for Olivia and Elliot.

Afterwards, Casey had walked in and Olivia finished opening up the presents and handed her a photo album and a Jumbo pack of Huggies.

"Aww, thanks Casey," cooed Olivia. "That's really sweet."

"It holds about 200 pictures, so you guys will have enough slots to put in pictures of the baby."

"We just bought a digital camera, so we'll be using that to take a lot of pictures," said Elliot. He held up the pack of diapers. "These will be very useful too."

"Oh yeah, most definitely," agreed Olivia.

"I'm glad you guys like the photo album," answered Casey. "Before I forget, George wanted me to give this to you." She handed Olivia an envelope and a gift card to Target.

"This is nice," said Elliot. "Tell him we said thanks."

"I'll let him know," said Casey. "Congratulations to both of you!" She reached over and gave Olivia a hug and did the same to Elliot.

It was 5:30 and Olivia was sitting at her desk, cradling her expanded tummy. She thought about Christmas coming up soon and looked around at the few pictures on her desk now and realized that it wouldn't be too long before the picture gallery will be expanding when the baby will come. Plus, she'll be experiencing with the digital camera and working on using a picture of the baby as a desktop for her computer.

Elliot was outside loading all of their gifts in the car with Cragen and Fin so Olivia had decided to wait in the squad room to stay out of the freezing cold until they all came back in here so she and Elliot could go home.

Munch came over to Olivia's desk looking for everyone, "Where's Elliot?" he asked.

"He's outside loading everything up in the car that we got from the shower today. We got tons of stuff from individual people and everyone had also gone in and bought a stroller, diaper bag, and car seat. Then, we also got a $50 gift card from Huang to Target."

Munch raised his eyebrows "A $50 gift card from Huang."

"Yeah, I know," replied Olivia. "Elliot couldn't believe it either."

"Huang is a very thoughtful shrink. Making the big money and giving it to you guys."

Olivia laughed, "Yeah, he's great."

Meanwhile, Elliot, Cragen, and Fin walked into the squad room. Don and Fin pulled off their hat, coat, and gloves. Everyone chatted for a little while about some of the cases that the men were investigating, the baby shower gifts, and the baby. Elliot realized it was getting late so he helped Olivia put on her oversized jacket as she got her scarf and hat. They both said bye to everyone and went home for the night.

Stabler Residence – 12:30am

Olivia got out of the bed and pulled the covers back on Elliot. She had been awakened by her daughter kicking and bouncing around. The past few nights this has been going on and it was getting later when the baby decided to become active. She quietly went downstairs so she didn't wake up Elliot. She thought that he'd probably freak out and think that she's going into early labor.

Olivia walked into kitchen and turned on the lights. She grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl and grabbed a knife to cut it in slices. As she took a bite of the apple, she heard a familiar voice that startled her.

"Can't sleep?" Maureen asked, standing in the doorway.

Olivia jumped, "Oh hey. No, the baby woke me up kicking so I thought I'd come down here for a little while and grab something to eat." She paused and looked at Maureen, "Your sister is going to be a handful when she gets here."

Maureen smiled, "Yeah, I can't wait for her to get here."

There was a long pause for a while and Olivia spoke up, "So, what are you doing down here so late?"

"Studying for my Biology final," answered Maureen. "There are so many terms, definitions, and formulas that I have to know. I want to do well on this test and the class so I can pass and graduate." She showed Olivia her Biology book and what she had to study.

Olivia took another bite of her apple and looked at the book, "Whoa girl, this is a lot more than what I remembered studying in high school."

Maureen's eyes widened, "You had to study most of this stuff too?"

"Yeah, the majority of it,"

"Wow."

They talked for a little while about Biology and about school in general. It was about 1:30 and Maureen decided to wrap up her studying and Olivia needed to get back to bed.

Maureen picked up her books and headed upstairs. She stopped at the stairway and turned to Olivia, "I'm so glad you're here with all of us, Liv. You're really special and I'm really happy that you and Dad met each other."

"Me too,"

"Good night," Maureen went over to hug Olivia. "Love you."

Olivia was surprised at what Maureen had told her. She hugged her back. "Good night. Love you too."

Maureen headed upstairs to her bedroom and Olivia turned out the lights in the kitchen. She grabbed a glass of water, took a sip, and went upstairs back to the bedroom.