Your Star
A/n: Okay, so I lied. I couldn't wait for Straightjacket Feeling to be finished, so I'll write it and post it AFTER I finish this series. But, before I write a ton of this one, I need your opinions. Should I stop at the baby's birth, or at the wedding? I'm not going to tell you which order they're going to come in yet. I'll post a second chapter after I get 10 reviews telling me what to do (that way I can tell which one comes first!).
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Law & Order: SVU, nor do I own the characters I mention that are on the show. If I did, there would be lots of flying monkeys, Cassidy would still be on the SVU, and there would be more FEMALE detectives on the show.
Olivia leaned over the commode, making her daily deposit to the porcelain bank. When she was done, she brushed her teeth and went to wake up Kaitlyn for school. If nothing else, her pregnancy was making sure that she and Kaitlyn were up on time every day.
"Kaity, wake up," she said, shaking her daughter. The girl opened her eyes and looked at the clock. "No, you can't have five more minutes. You have to eat breakfast," Olivia told her, pulling back the covers.
"You don't eat," Kaitlyn reminded her.
"You don't want to see what would happen if I did," Olivia remarked. Kaitlyn grudgingly got out of the bed and went into the kitchen to eat. Olivia got into the shower so that she wouldn't have to see any food. When she was done, she hurried to get dressed so that Elliot wouldn't be waiting on her. It was her first day back at work, and she didn't want to be late, even if she was riding a desk. She still hadn't told Cragen that she was pregnant, so that was on the day's agenda as well.
"Mom, Elliot's downstairs. He says Mrs. Prescott is going to kidnap him again if you don't hurry," Kaitlyn said, picking up her backpack. Olivia walked out of her bedroom and grabbed her coat. The two then hurried out to save Elliot from Mrs. Prescott's really bad oatmeal cookies.
"She almost got me," Elliot joked, smiling and waving at Mrs. Prescott through her window.
"One of these days, I'm going to make you suffer through a batch of her cookies, so you'll understand just how good you've got it," Olivia smirked. She got into the front seat of Elliot's car and waved at Kaitlyn, who had walked two cars down to where Heather and Amanda Lawson were waiting with their mother for her carpool.
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Olivia and Elliot entered the bullpen together and Olivia threw her jacket into her locker before sitting down at her desk to start working. She rolled her eyes at the amount of paperwork that had already found its way to her desk. "Did Munch's desk puke on mine while I was out?" she asked.
"Honestly, it didn't look like that when I left yesterday," Elliot told her.
"Sorry, Liv. There wasn't anywhere else to put those," Munch said, walking in. He gave her a quick hug before starting to sift through the piles of cases on her desk. "Case came in late last night, and someone had the audacity to send us all this shit related to our victim."
"What is all of it?"
"Case files. Apparently our girl gets around," he replied.
"Good luck on that one. And if you don't mind, could you find somewhere else to put all this? I kind of need a desk," Olivia said, smiling. She turned to Elliot and raised her eyebrows. That look told him what she was about to do.
"Do you want me to…" he started.
"Please," she cut him off. He nodded and the two went over and knocked on the door of Cragen's office. When he replied Olivia opened the door and the two walked in.
"Hey Olivia," he said. He motioned for them to sit down. "What's up?"
"We need to talk to you, Don," she said. She took Elliot's hand because she was nervous, and squeezed on it.
"What's up?" he asked again, looking from one detective to the other.
"Olivia and I are…" Elliot began.
"Dating. I know," Cragen said, still watching them. Olivia felt much of the weight of the world leaving her shoulders. "There's more, isn't there?"
"We're engaged," Elliot replied. Liv bit her lip, waiting for the reply. Cragen smiled.
"It's about time," he said. Even more of the world's weight was lifted as she heard his words.
"I'm pregnant," Olivia said, biting her lip again. Cragen raised his eyebrows.
"Now that, I wasn't expecting," he said. "When did you find out?"
"While I was in the hospital. So I'll be riding a desk longer than you thought," she said. He smiled.
"Well then, I have to say congratulations. Just remember that I do have to inform the Morris Commission," he told them.
"That part's kind of hard to forget."