Married to a Stranger
Disclaimer: Not mine
Summary: See chapter 1
A/N: Sorry it took so long to post, i know that i said i'd post yesterday, but I got home, and was sooo tired. I'll post two chapters to make up for it!
Elizabeth
Olivia sat on her couch with her legs curled up underneath her. She was studying her cover, and trying to memorize the details of her new life.
Her name was going to be Donna Sutten. She and her husband, Mike, have been married for a little over a year. He is prominent business man, and she is a house wife. (Olivia as particularly unhappy with that detail) The two were introduced through a mutual friend, and Mike proposed 6 months later. They married in Bermuda on the beach, and the house in Hollowtin is their first. They hope to be starting a family soon, and need a larger home.
Olivia couldn't believe how boring her new life seemed, and she really hated that she was going under as a house wife. What would she do with all the time? Now she was a mother, cop, and still had time to cook and clean her apartment in real life.
Her studying was cut short when she heard a key in the door. "That's weird." She thought. "Usually I can count on Erika being at the park for over and hour, and it's only been 15 minutes."
Olivia was surprised when Elizabeth came through the door. "Hey Liz, what are you doing her on a Tuesday?" Olivia asked. She usually came over on Wednesdays and every other weekend.She then noticed that her step daughter had been crying. "What happened?" She asked concerned, rising from the couch.
"Is Dad home?" The 16 year old asked, looking around the room.
"No, he took Erika to the park. Do you want me to call him?" Olivia asked, guiding Elizabeth over to the couch.
"No." Elizabeth snapped quickly. "No, I need to talk to you." She said, a little more calmly. "I couldn't tell Mom or Dad, they'd kill me, they can't know Liv. I didn't know where else to go. You have to promise not to tell Daddy." She said, beginning to cry.
"Okay honey, but you have to tell me what happened before I can promise anything." She said. Before she had Erika Olivia may have been able to make that promise. But now, she knew that there are just some things that a parent needs to know.
"Olivia I, I think I'm… pregnant." Elizabeth finally managed to get out before erupting into tears, and throwing herself into Olivia's arms.
Olivia was shocked, but knew that she had to keep her calm. She had had a pregnancy scare in college, and remembered how scared she had been. Elizabeth needed her to be strong.
"Okay honey,whatmakesyou think that?" Olivia asked.
Elizabeth sat up for a moment so that she could look her step mother in the eyes. "Because, I… I slept with my boyfriend. And now, now I'm late. What am I gonna do?" She said between sobs.
"Alright Lizzie, listen, just because you're late, doesn't necessarily mean that your pregnant. Having sex for the first time can screw up your cycle, and stress can make it irregular too." Olivia comforted. "How late are you?"
"A week." Elizabeth said, calming down a little.
"Did you two use protection?" Olivia asked, trying to get all the facts before jumping to any conclusions.
"Yes." Elizabeth said tersely. She didn't like talking about thiswith her step mother, but knew that she had to tell someone.
"Okay, good. If you stay here, I can run down the block to the drug store. I'll get a home pregnancy test, and you can take it here with me, okay?" Olivia said, smoothing the girl's hair back.
"Okay." Elizabeth answered.
"I'll be right back." Olivia said as she ran out the front door.
"What the hell am I going to tell Elliot if she's pregnant?" Olivia thought as she hurried down the block. "Elliot had been talking to his kids about this since they hit puberty. He'd particularly stressed it since he and Kathy divorced. He would go ballistic if he had to be told that his baby was pregnant. And what was Lizzie going to do, she's so young, and so scared." Olivia thought.
When she got back to the apartment she found Elizabeth sitting on her bed. She had decided to hide out there in case her father came home before Olivia did.
"Alright sweetie, you have to do this next part alone, but when you come out of the bathroom, I'll be right here." Olivia said, handing box to Elizabeth.
The girl nodded, took the box, and went into the bathroom.
She came out a few minutes later, and sat on the bed next to Olivia, in silence. The timer on Olivia's watch went off, but Elizabeth was frozen.
"I can't look, Olivia, will you?" She pleaded.
"Sure." Olivia breathed. She walked into the bathroom, and cautiously approached the stick. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that it read "not pregnant".
"Elizabeth, you're not pregnant." Olivia smiled as she returned to the bedroom.
Lizzie screamed, and hugged Olivia tightly. "Thank you." She said.
"You're welcome honey, but you're not getting off that easily." Olivia said, motioning back to the bed. "Now, I'm not going to tell your father about this, but we are going to talk. Don't you think that maybe if you're not ready to deal with this situation, maybe you're also not ready to be having sex?" She asked.
"I guess not, but Liv, all my friends are having sex, and I guess I thought that I could handle it." Elizabeth answered, looking down at her hands.
"Well, you guessed wrong baby." Olivia smiled taking her step daughter's hands." Look, I know that you're almost an adult, and you're gonna do what you want no matter what I say, but I think that you should seriously consider holding off on having sex again. At least until you're ready to handle all of the consequences." She smiled.
Elizabeth smiled up at Olivia. "Alright Olivia, me and Paul will cool it." She said.
"Thank you." Olivia smiled. "Now you better get going before your dad gets home."
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Mom told met that you're dropping Erika off." The girl said heading to the front door.
"Call me when you get home." Olivia called into the hallway.
When the front door closed Olivia scurried to throw out the pregnancy test. She made sure it, and the box it came in were hidden in the bottom of the garbage. She was about to take the garbage out to the curb when Elliot and Erika came home.
"We're home." Elliot called.
"Oh, hey guys. I was just about to order some dinner. How does Chinese sound?" Olivia smiled.
If she could keep this cover up, she'd be able to keep any cover they threw at her.
TBC.. hope you liked the drama, like I said, I'll post two chapters today becasue I've been gone for so long!
