A/N: I don't own any of the characters except my own.
Ed, Shauna, Jeff and the kids were arriving at the hospital. Besides Colleen, Ed's siblings were the only other ones there. Colleen was the only one in with Senior at the moment.
"Anything?"
"As soon as the ambulance got there, they checked his BP and heart and everything was fine. They wanted to rule out a heart attack and stroke. His knee was bothering him today."
"Are the kids ok?"
"They're fine. Your dad is with them and Dylan was there too. Uncle Jason had to go to another call but he said to keep him updated."
"Where's Mom?"
"She went to call your dad and let him know what was going in."
"It sucks that Dad had to go out of town but it happens sometimes."
"Ma is in with him right now. We figured we didn't all need to be in with him. They're both capable of making their own decisions anyway. How's Diana?"
"She's tired. She stayed at Hank and Olivia's and Brandon wanted to stay with her. I let these 3 decide if they wanted to come with me or not."
"How was the party?"
"It was great. The cake was a hit. Of course she was wearin' most of it."
"Aw!"
Ed got out his phone and showed Patty the picture of Camille with the cake.
"She is just adorable!"
"When they put her on the floor, the dogs started lickin' her face."
"That's cute."
"I'm gonna see what I can find out about Pop."
"Ok."
Patty told Ed where he was and then he went to see their dad.
"Hey."
"Hey, Junior."
"How you doin', Pop?"
"My knee does hurt. I probably should have paid more attention to that."
"Your problem is that you're too stubborn. All 6 of them are just like you."
"You always need to remind me of that, don't you?"
"There is no point in arguin' with her, Pop. You know she's right."
"Yeah, I know. Who's all here?"
"I just got here with Shauna, Jeff, Kara, Kelly and Connor. Patty, Brian, Shawn, Bridget and Erin are all here. I haven't seen Erin yet because she was off somewhere callin' Dan."
"At least there's not a million family members in the waiting room."
"That's always a good thing but we have such great sons-in-law and daughters-in-law."
"If Diana could help out, she would."
"Did you take her home?"
"I left her at Hank and Olivia's with Brandon."
"How'd the party go?"
"Great. I told Patty the cake was a hit. Camille was wearin' it and when they put her on the floor, the dogs were lickin' her face."
Ed showed his parents the picture.
"They are so cute at that age."
They sat and talked for a while and then Senior went for more tests. After waiting a while longer, Josh came in.
"Mr. Tucker, as I'm sure you already know, your knee is what caused you to fall."
"Right. I need surgery, don't I?"
"It looks that way but it's probably not going to get done until Monday."
"Ok."
"We are waiting to see if we can get you a bed in Orthopedics."
"This has been a long time comin' anyway. I just kept puttin' it off."
"You sound like my mother-in-law. Now that she's had the surgery, she's glad she did it. I'll check back in a little bit, ok?"
"Ok, thanks."
Josh left and then Ed went to talk to everyone in the waiting room.
"What's goin' on?"
"He has to have knee surgery but that probably won't be happenin' until Monday. They're waitin' to see if they can get him a bed in Orthopedics. The thing I'm thinkin' about is once he goes home. There's a lot of stairs up to the apartments."
"Yeah, there is. Wouldn't he go to some rehab place first?"
"More than likely. We have the office on the main level that we could temporarily make into a bedroom if they wanted to stay with us. You know Ma is gonna want to be with him. The only thing is, there isn't a full bathroom down there."
"We have the full bathroom on the main level but no room, since Jeff's parents are in that bedroom."
"I'll have to talk to Dan but I'm sure they can stay with us."
"I can take him to appointments and stay with him, while you're at the Pub, since Ma doesn't drive much anymore."
"That'll help. You're sure Diana is ok with this?"
"I'm sure she's fine with it. Most of the time, we're at Hank and Olivia's during the day and she'll probably be goin' back to work soon anyway. It may be part-time at first though."
Then Diana and Olivia came in. Diana kissed Ed.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"How's your dad?"
"He needs to have surgery but it probably won't be until Monday. They're waitin' to see if he can get a bed in Orthopedics. Since there are a lot of stairs up to the apartments, Erin said, they could probably stay with her, Dan and the kids. I said I could take him to appointments and stay with him while she's at the Pub, since Ma doesn't drive much anymore."
"That's fine. I'll probably go back in a few weeks anyway."
"Hank said he'll help out in any way he can too, like if you need to get the kids from school or something."
"We'll keep that in mind. Thanks."
"No problem."
"Did everyone leave?"
"Mostly. My squad, Hank's former squad, Trudy and Mouch, Al and Meredith, Will, Natalie and the kids were still there. Patty, the cake was a hit."
"That's what I heard. Junior showed me the pictures of her wearing the cake and said the dogs were cleaning her off when she was put on the floor."
"That was funny. Camille thought that was funny."
"She definitely looks like her daddy."
"She sure does."
Olivia pulled out her phone and showed Patty the picture of Camille and Mia.
"That's her with her cousin Mia."
"She's a little cutie too. I love that red hair"
"She looks just like her daddy too and Will is glad to finally have another redhead in the family."
"She has an older brother, right?"
"Yeah. He's Natalie's from her first marriage. Her situation was a lot like Olive's. Will was there for her through a lot of it and had to win over both Owen and Helen, his grandma. It took a little longer with Helen but now she's also grandma to Mia, since Will and Jay's mother is gone. Natalie's family is in California, I believe, so she doesn't see them all that much."
"Are Hank's parents both gone?"
"Yep. His dad died in the line of duty when Hank was pretty young and he said Justin was 10 when his mother died. He found out this morning that Camille's parents are living near Al and Meredith."
"That had to have been awkward for you."
"It was at first but we seem to get along pretty well. They seemed to like Trevor too. Their granddaughter, who still lives in Atlanta, is a cop and she wants to work with me because of the Lewis thing, so apparently I have a reputation."
"She obviously followed it. I had heard about it."
"Hank and his unit had too."
"I did too. I'm not sure how I would have handled it if something like that had happened to me."
"Me too."
"Amanda says the same thing too. I gave Gloria my card to give her granddaughter. Her husband is a cop too but Gloria didn't say what he does."
"If she really is interested, are you ok with having that many people in your unit? That would make it 7 people besides you."
"I am."
"Ok. I don't think it'll be a problem but I would discuss it with Chief Dodds."
"I will. Hopefully she isn't a Sergeant because I don't think we need more than two right now."
"No, you probably don't."
"I'm surprised Chief Dodds is ok with SVU having two couples."
"They've been good about not working together and right now, both Amanda and Shauna are on desk duty anyway."
Olivia's phone rang, so she answered it. It was the ED where they were and they had a victim for SVU.
"I need to go talk to a vic in the ED."
"I'll come with you, so Shauna can stay with her family."
"Thanks."
"Thanks, Babe."
"No problem."
Jeff kissed Shauna and Olivia texted Hank before the two of them went to talk to the victim. Ed went to check on his dad again and they were able to get him a bed in Orthopedics, so they moved him. Colleen sent everyone home. Olivia and Jeff were done quickly, since the victim didn't remember much, if anything, about her attacker. Shauna left with Ed and Diana, so Olivia took Jeff home and Kara was staying at Dan and Erin's with Kelly. When they arrived back at the house, Olivia parked in the garage and went inside. Everyone was still there.
"How'd it go?"
"She didn't remember much, if anything, about her attacker, so she wasn't much help. She did agree to do a rape kit though. I left my card and told her to call me if she remembered anything."
"We can't force them to remember anything if they don't want to."
"I know we can't but I don't want these rapists roaming the streets."
"I hear ya."
Olivia's phone rang again, so she answered it. It was about another victim. This time Fin and Erin went.
"Do you think this is the same person?"
"It probably is. We will see what comes up in the rape kit. I'm hoping it'll be a match."
"Are the victims comfortable talking to the guys?"
"Some of them are but I've been trying to send one male and one female to the hospital if we can. I'd rather have a female there when the rape kit is done. Amanda and Shauna can still do that and they can be in the Interrogation Room but usually not with the suspects though. Erin can handle herself with the suspects and I can too. I know Shauna and Amanda can as well but I don't want to risk something happening to the babies."
"I'm still a little hesitant after what Doyle and Peterson did to me."
"That is to be expected."
"I still have problems after what happened with William Lewis and Joe Utley. I still blame myself for what happened to Mike Dodds."
"I'd be lying if I said I didn't have problems after what happened at Kara's school."
"I think we've all had problems. I had them after that case with Eugene."
"Yeah, I know you did."
"I think it was because I was more afraid of losing my pension than anything."
"How do you think I felt after I was pretty much being blamed for William Lewis' death? I wanted to put my papers in before I lost everything I worked so hard for, including my pension. I won't deny that I wanted him dead though."
"I can see that now."
"What's the story with your dad?"
"They admitted him to Orthopedics and he'll have surgery probably on Monday."
"I hope things go well."
"Yeah, thanks. He knows put this off too long. He's stubborn and he knows it."
"Grandma is just as stubborn. She'd put it off too."
"I don't doubt that."
"Shauna, were you planning on taking Monday off then?"
"I may just so I can be there with the rest of the family."
"I'm fine with that. What about you, Jeff?"
"I may check in with her to find out how things are going but right now, I am planning to be in."
"Ok."
"I can get the kids at school."
"Does Eddie like Kindergarten?"
"He loves it. Beth does too. They're in the same class. How are Eva and Diego?"
"They're doin' good. They're not so little anymore, so enjoy it while you can."
"We are. I love being the mom of 4 almost 5 kids."
"Amy adjusted to that better than I thought she would. She has told me on a few occasions that Mommy would want me to be happy. If I'm happy, she's happy too. She loves Shauna and so do the other two."
"The feeling is mutual. Eddie is happy he now has a daddy to do guy stuff with and he loves every minute of the chaotic Tucker clan."
"Kara and I do too. It's nice for Kara to have one set of grandparents."
"The kids call Don Cragen 'Grandpa' but they have also been calling Ed's parents 'Grandma and Grandpa'."
"They love that though. Other than my ex, they seem to love everyone they meet."
"Your ex was a bitch. That is the only way to describe her."
"Everything was about her."
"My ex was like that too. I'm glad he didn't know about Eddie. I know he would try to take him away from me."
"None of us will ever let that happen."
"It doesn't matter now because Jeff is his father on paper. I never listed the sperm donor on his birth certificate anyway."
"That's probably why we have gotten along since we first met. There are times when I wonder about who Kara's sperm donor really was. I would like to think he was a good guy but I don't know that."
"I don't even remember the profile of the guy you picked, do you, Meredith?"
"Nope. I don't either."
"I don't either. I wouldn't mind if it had been any of the men that have been a part of my life."
"It's not Hank, is it?"
"I asked him and he said he never did anything like that."
"I wouldn't have expected him to do anything with Bunny either but obviously, he did."
"Like I said, I was young and stupid."
"Hopefully her father wasn't a criminal."
"Like our sperm donor?"
"Exactly. Noah's was too."
"Yeah, that kind of scares me."
"Trudy, do you ever regret never having kids?"
"Not really. I love kids but I wasn't sure I wanted any. I've tried reaching out to Lexie but she never replies back."
"Thank you for trying."
"Yeah, no problem."
"Don't worry about who her sperm donor was. She's a good kid and it'll bother you more if you find out he's a terrible person."
"You're right."
Everyone talked for a while longer and then everyone left. Erin had come home right after everyone left. She said she and Fin hadn't had much luck either. Olivia was starting to wonder if maybe the attacker had given his victims something, so they wouldn't remember much about the attack. They were pretty sure it was the same guy. Hank and Olivia got the kids to bed and went to see if there was anything on TV. They didn't find anything they really wanted to watch, so they decided to shut it off.
"The party went well."
"Yeah, it did. I was a bit surprised to see Camille's parents though."
"If you want a relationship with them as well, that's your choice."
"It's our choice. They liked you. Camille's sister, on the other hand, has always been a bitch. Even to her own sister. She never liked me much anyway. She told Camille on our wedding day that she thought she could have done better and thought we were rushing into it. Tom and Gloria said I made Camille happy and that was all that really mattered."
"I don't know how Serena would have been with any of my relationships or with me being a mother. She told me I'd never make anyone happy."
"Well, you've made me happy and I love you more than life itself. Our kids and grandkids love you like crazy too."
"I love all of you too. I just hope everything goes ok for Ed's dad."
"He doesn't seem too worried though."
"No, he does not."
"We'll do what we can to help out. They've been so good to us."
"Yeah, they have. They treat us like we're a part of the family."
"We kind of are anyway, since Ed is your brother-in-law."
"Yeah, true. Sometimes I wish I had met Diana sooner."
"I wouldn't have gotten through losing Camille if it hadn't been for her, Trudy, Erin, Al and Meredith. Justin grieved in his own way and basically pushed everyone that cared about him away. You were the one that got me through losing Justin. I will always be grateful for that."
"We've been through a lot in these last couple years."
"Yeah, we have. I'm glad you're finally realizing you need to slow down a bit."
"I am too. I have to do what's best for us and our family."
"I would suggest that if you're going to negotiate with the suspect during hostage situations, you need to stay out of harm's way. Not that I don't worry about the others in your squad because I do. I happen to love my daughter and I've known Shauna for a long time too. I was pissed with what Rollins had to go through last year when she was attacked."
"Yeah, that pissed me off too. I'm glad she and Carisi are happy and Jesse finally has a daddy."
"You're more open to the idea of having couples in your unit than I ever was. No in house relationships was one of my biggest rules but I did bend that for Ruzek and Burgess. What choice did I have for Erin and Jay?"
"I personally would not have done it. If I hadn't ended up with you, Ed would have my last NYPD relationship. Any relationships I get into aren't just about me. They're also about Noah. I would never get involved with someone that I thought would be bad for my son nor would I get involved with someone that makes everything about himself. That is definitely not you. You have always put your family first as far as I'm concerned. When that guy, who was sexually harassing Olive was threatening you and Diana, you did everything you could to protect her."
"I didn't want him to kill her but I also wasn't ready to die either."
"You had every right to feel that way."
"I wanted to kill that son of a bitch that put you in the hospital with your hip injury. I'm glad they're both dead."
"I am too and I know Amanda is too. I can completely understand why she didn't want to have to face them again in court. I had to face William Lewis in court and he defended himself, so that made it even worse."
"I can only imagine how that was for you."
"That was as bad as Yates representing himself and then trying to put the blame on you for everything that happened to Nadia."
"Why would I have hurt her? I might be a lot of things but abusive to women, children or animals is not one of them."
"If anyone knows that, I do. You mean the world to me."
"You and our family mean the world to me too."
Hank and Olivia started kissing and then they undressed each other before they made love. Afterwards they fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next morning, Hank, Olivia, Erin, Jay, Al, Meredith and the kids met everyone from Chicago for breakfast before they all had to leave for the airport for their trip back. Olivia and the rest of the squad had gone in for a while to try to figure out the case but so far, they had nothing but dead ends. They hoped they would get a break in the case soon.
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