A/N: Thanks to those who did send reviews. To those who did not, I would appreciate knowing if you like this story, or if you are just reading it because you are bored. Whatever your answer, I won't be offended. Here's chapter 9.
Chapter 9
You had a Bet Going?
As soon as Olivia got to her desk, she slopped one ultrasound picture into the frame which had a picture of her and Elliot at the Christmas party the year before. Olivia also made a mental note to pick up a few more picture frames when she went shopping. Then Olivia and Elliot went to find Cragen to show him the picture that was left.
"Hey, Elliot, Liv, how was everything?" he asked with a smile when they found him at the coffee machine.
"You are such a little liar!" exclaimed Olivia before Elliot could even say anything.
"Liv," he said, trying with no avail to calm his fiancé down.
"You said to see how far along I was first, and then you go and call my doctor! What is that all about?" Olivia went on, oblivious to Elliot's efforts.
"I'm doing my best to make sure your baby is healthy, Liv. It was all with the best intentions," said Cragen.
"Would you like to see a picture?" Elliot jumped in, trying to change the subject.
"Definitely," he said, taking the picture.
When Elliot and Olivia got back to their desks, Munch, Fin, and Casey were all gathered around Olivia's desk looking at the picture.
"Pay up Munch," Fin said. "I knew she was pregnant."
"So did I," Casey piped in.
"You had a bet going?" Olivia asked.
"Yep, you know, we have bets for everything," Munch said.
This was true. The 1-6 had small bets from who would get the best Christmas gifts to who could work the longest without a cup of coffee. Casey usually won the coffee one.
"Hey, congratulations on the engagement," Fin said. "I haven't seen you guys since the big day."
"I know, we've been busy," Elliot said.
"Congrats with the baby too," Munch added.
"Thanks," Olivia said. "I have a feeling that with you two as uncles, my poor child will be exposed to way too many stupid inappropriate jokes, and uninteresting ironies."
"Oh, don't worry about that. I'm thinking of some new jokes just for this kid," said Munch.
"At least your kid will have one normal aunt," Casey said.
"Yeah, normal until one cup of coffee is consumed, and then you're bouncing off the walls," Munch said.
"Not funny," said Casey.
"Oh, I disagree," Fin interrupted.
At that moment, Cragen came out of his office and stopped Munch, Fin, and Casey's banter.
"Elliot, Olivia, I still have a case for you," he said while motioning for both detectives to follow him back into his office.
"Yes?" asked Olivia when they had reached their destination.
"In about twenty minutes, two suspects will be coming in, and they both need to be interrogated," said Cragen.
"Okay," Olivia said.
"So, you want both of us to do it?" Elliot asked.
"That would be great. Now, Munch, Fin, and Casey are probably finishing their debate on who the wackiest aunt or uncle will be. As amusing as their argument is, I still have some paperwork to do," said Cragen.
"We'll be ready when the suspects get here," Olivia said as she and Elliot headed for the door.
Back out in the bull pen, Much, Fin, and Casey's argument was in full swing. Munch and Fin had teamed up against Casey and were pointing out all of her odd attributes.
"When you brush your teeth, you run your toothbrush under water before and after the toothpaste is on the brush," Fin pointed out.
"What's wrong with that?" Casey asked.
"In the communal showers, you leave your bathing products in the shower!" Much said.
"How do you know it's mine?" she asked.
"Do you know anyone else with a bright green shower caddy that reads Mrs. Bloom? Do you know anyone else with a pink and orange razor, sponge, and shower gels?" said Munch.
"Olivia, help me out here," said Casey desperately.
"Okay, Munch, I'll start with you. In the shower, you ding 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' in a very flat out of tune voice," Olivia begins when she sees Fin smiling. "Fin, I wouldn't smile if I were you because you're next. Munch, after you eat, you always blow your nose on your napkin. However, the most disturbing attribute is your orange blossom scented deodorant, which you have in your top right desk drawer," Olivia
said.
Munch retreated to his desk silently.
"Fin, when you brush with your Crest Expressions Toothpaste, you always yell 'Bam' like Emerald does in the commercials, but when you do it with a mouthful of toothpaste, it ends up sounding more like 'damn.' Then, you have your pair of Teletubies boxers, which I think you are wearing now, since they were in your locker yesterday, but are not in there today. Your most disturbing attribute is when you pick your nose with a paperclip, and then you use it to clip a case file together. That file gets handed off to some other poor person who has no idea what you did to it," said Olivia as she returned to her desk with a smirk on her face.
"You're good," Casey said.
"I'm a detective, I pick up on these things," replied Olivia.
"This is not over," Fin said to Casey.
"Yeah, well, I'm ready for you. I have valuable blackmail material," Casey said. "Liv, sometime you need to tell me what you have noticed about me. I'd be interested to know."
"Sure thing," Olivia said.
"Remind me not to get on you bad side," Elliot said.
"You have nothing to worry about, El," Olivia said.
"Good," said Elliot. "I'm glad."
A/N: HeHeHe! I thought that this chapter was funny. It was a lot of fun to write. Some of these "attributes" are actually some of the things my friends do. My favorite one is the toothpaste mouthful that is supposed to be Bam, but sounds like Damn. Thanks Erin, for that one! Please read and review, thanks a bunch!
