Your Star
A/n: Man. So all I had to do to get you to review was make them break up? Maybe I should do that more often… Nah. Too much work.
Olivia looked across her bed at the clock. She didn't want to get up and go in, but she'd told Cragen she was coming. Finally, she forced herself to go to sleep.
She didn't wake up until well after her alarm clock had gone off, which surprised her. She wasn't sure what had happened to morning sickness, but she certainly didn't miss it. Unfortunately, it meant that she and Kaitlyn were running late. She hurried out of her room and into the other bedroom to wake Kaitlyn up. "Get up, we're late," she said, shaking her daughter. Kaitlyn rolled over and looked at her clock.
"Crap!" the girl yelled, jumping out of the bed. The two hurried around the apartment, getting ready for work or school, and occasionally causing some minor collisions with furniture. Finally, with two minutes to spare, they were ready. "What happened?"
"No morning sickness," Olivia told her.
"Note to self: set alarm clock," Kaitlyn said. Olivia smiled and ushered her out the door and down the stairs to the street. Kaitlyn hurried off to meet her ride and Olivia dug out her keys, just as Elliot pulled up.
"Morning," he said, getting out of the car and smiling.
"You're awfully happy today," she said. She still felt bad about breaking things off with him the night before. But she was more surprised than anything. She'd assumed he wouldn't be picking her up any more.
"Listen, Liv, I want you to keep this," he said. He pulled the engagement ring out of his pocket.
"Elliot…"
"Just hear me out. I bought this for you. You are the only person I want to have this. It doesn't even have to be an engagement ring if you aren't ready," he said. He slipped it onto her right hand. "I love you, Liv. This doesn't change anything."
"I'm just so scared, El. After everything that's happened the past couple of months…"
"I know. But Liv, you haven't got anything to be afraid of now. They can't hurt you any more," he reminded her.
"But what about the babies, El? What if I hurt them? You know as well as I do that most abusers were abused themselves," she said. Elliot closed his eyes.
"You're a good person, Liv. You know what that can do, and I know you wouldn't do that to our children," he said. Then he smiled. "And you said it again."
"Said what?"
"Babies. Plural," he said, smiling even wider. Olivia rolled her eyes.
"Let's just go before Mrs. Prescott sees us," she said, smiling back at him. He walked around to the driver's side as she got into the passenger's seat.
"So you agree with me?" he asked.
"I think you're insane," she replied. It felt good to smile. It was what she'd needed all along.
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"Olivia." Olivia looked up to find Cragen looking at her. She stood and walked into his office. He closed the door and went around his desk. "Sit down, Liv," he told her.
"What's up?" she asked. He looked her in the eye.
"I'm worried about you, Olivia," he told her.
"I'm fine, Don."
"No, Liv, you aren't. You just had to get in front of a jury and tell them something that you hadn't told anyone before. In the past month you've been to hell and back, and you won't talk to anyone about it," he said.
"There's nothing to talk about. I'm fine."
"Olivia, don't lie to me. You're wearing your ring on the wrong hand," he pointed out.
"I'm just not ready to get married right now," she explained.
"Why?"
"It's personal, Don," she said.
"And that's exactly my point. You ended your engagement over all of this… Liv, I know you better than that. You and Elliot are in love, and you know that as well as I do. What are you afraid of?" he asked.
"I made a mistake last time, okay? I just don't want to make another mistake," she explained. She looked down at the ring.
"Liv, I think you should talk to Huang," he told her.
"I don't need to see a shrink."
"Prove it. Just go talk to him. And no BS," he said. Olivia hung her head.
"Is that an order?"
"It is."
"Fine. When?" she asked.
"Now. He's in the crib waiting for you," Cragen told her.
"How did you know I'd agree?"
"You don't disobey order," Cragen said. Olivia nodded and headed towards the door. "Liv, I'm only doing this because I don't want to see you make a mistake."
"I know. But I think it's too late for that."
A/n: Okay, and the running into furniture bit is a joke. I ran into a filing cabinet today. The only thing funnier than the event was my Biology teacher's face when I told her what I'd done… she found it quite funny that I would admit to running into a filing cabinet.