Give Me a Name
Summary: The squad takes time out of their busy schedules to debate over baby names.
A/N: Okay so I fixed some of the mistakes in this chapter. Yes, I mentioned Alex in the first chapter and then never again, and yes it was a typo. So I fixed it. Enjoy!
Olivia sat at her desk, typing away on her laptop. 'It's ironic to use a laptop and not even have a lap to put it on,' she thought. Without a conscious thought her hand came to rest on her swollen middle. She was 7 ½ months pregnant and riding a desk for the last three months. It was a slow day so she'd come to entertain herself by searching the web for baby names. So far she had a list of five possible names for girls, but wasn't having as much luck with the boys' names.
"Hey baby," Elliot said coming up behind her and placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Hey," she said. "How'd it go?"
"Wonderful, Casey was unstoppable," he said taking off his suit jacket and hanging it on the back of his chair, "just gotta wait for the verdict, but I fully expect the scum to hang."
Munch and Fin came through the precinct door, arguing about some government conspiracy or another. They took their seats, continuing the debate.
"So what have you been doing all day, Liv?" Fin asked trying desperately to ignore his partner and his crazy notions.
"Nothing much, just finishing up some paperwork," she lied.
"Somehow I don't think that would require you to be visiting a website for baby names,"read over her shoulder.
"Okay so you caught me," she smiled. "What was I supposed to do? I'm bored out of my mind sitting in this chair all day."
"Liv you know what the doctor said--"
"Yeah I know," she huffed feeling a little defeated. "I just gotta say, being pregnant sucks."
"I know," Elliot smiled and kissed her cheek. It was a risk, he knew, but it was hard to keep him hands off of her.
When Cragen had first found out that Elliot and Olivia were involved, he told them to keep it out of the job and he would look the other way. But when they had decided to get married things became a little more complicated, but they had managed to sidestep IAB involvement by switching partners: Elliot and Fin, and Olivia and Munch, at least on paper. When Olivia had become pregnant, the real fun began. The Morris Commission got wind of it, and everyone's job was on the line. But thankfully everything worked out for the best.
"So what have you come up with?" Fin asked.
"Well since we don't know the baby's sex yet," Olivia began, "I've been looking up boys' and girls' names."
"You know, John is an excellent name," Munch chimed.
"I don't like it," Elliot said with a grin. Munch in turn glared at him.
"Well for the girls I got," Olivia interrupted the staring contest, "Hannah, Bethany, Natalie, Isabelle, and Sabrina."
"And the boys?" Fin asked.
"What about boys?" Cragen said suddenly appearing from his office. "What happened to boys?"
"Nothing cap," Elliot interjected, "Olivia is just quizzing us with choices for baby names."
Cragen sighed, he wouldn't admit it, but he was just as excited about the baby as everyone else was. Everyone knew that Olivia was like a daughter to him, so this was the grandchild he never got to have. Excited wasn't the word, more like ecstatic.
"I'm actually having a little trouble with the boys' names," Olivia admitted. "I can't seem to find any I like."
"Well did you come up with?" Elliot asked.
"So far," she said picking up the pad of paper she had been scribbling on, "Steven, Christopher, and Grant. I really like Grant because that was my grandfather's name."
"I'm kind of partial to the name Christopher," Elliot smiled, "Not sure why. That's what Kathy and I almost named Dickie."
"What do you guys think?" Olivia asked the rest of the gang assembled.
"Think about what?" Casey asked as she came through the precinct doors.
"Baby names," Munch supplied.
"Wow, you guys must be bored," she laughed. "Well I've always liked the name Christina, but I'm saving it for my daughter so you can't have it."
Olivia laughed, "It's all yours Casey, besides I think I've already decided on the girls' name."
"And which one is that?" Elliot asked curiously.
"I really like the name Hannah, Hannah Marie Stabler," she said with a smile.
"It does have a nice ring to it," Cragen commented.
"Okay but what if it's not a girl?" Casey asked taking a seat on the edge of Elliot's desk. "You don't know yet do you?"
"No," Olivia said, "but that's why I'm looking for both names. I just haven't found one that I really like yet."
"I'm telling you, Christopher is an excellent name," Elliot said.
"So is John," Munch interjected again.
"Ah hell just name the kid Odafin and get it over with," Fin laughed along with everyone else.
"Well whatever you decide I'm sure it'll be good," Cragen said before returning to his office. He sat down at his desk and scribbled himself a reminder not to buy the baby anything in pink or blue. 'Best to stick with neutral colors at this point,' he thought.
"Why don't you just compromise?" Casey suggested, the lawyer in her coming out.
Elliot and Olivia shared a glance. "Christopher Grant?" Olivia asked.
"Works for me," Elliot said giving her shoulders a gentle squeeze before returning to his desk to do some paper work.
"I still say John is an excellent name."
Okay now here comes the hard part, is Liv gonna have a boy or a girl? Review and let me know what you guys want and…well I'll probably just go with what I want, but the input would be appreciated. lol