Chapter 9: Baby Names
Olivia walked into the squad room a few weeks later. She had been totally humiliated with her visit with Bryan. Olivia had made a promise to herself that she would leave Bryan alone for the rest of her life. He choose not to have anything to do with her or the babies, so let him get his wish.
"Hey, Liv," Elliot greeted Olivia. He looked rather excited.
"Hey, El," Olivia smiled. "Where's Gabrielle?"
"Oh, she's hardly everhere on time, Cragen's getting awfully ticked off with her, he says if she's late one more day he's going to have to fire her," said Elliot.
"I thought she didn't have any children or a husband, why's she late?" Olivia asked out of curiosity.
"God knows, she probably has a lot of late nights, by the look of her apartment she entertains a lot of men there," Elliot laughed.
Olivia smiled to herself. I'm so glad he's over her she thought with joy.
"So, Olivia, what'd you do while you had your time off?" Munch asked.
"Well, I shall hope she spent it resting," Elliot smiled.
"Yeah, and I went and saw Bryan again," Olivia sighed.
"You did? What'd he have to say?" asked Elliot.
"Nothing to my interest really, he reminded me I can't take care of a child on my own, oh and by the way he has another girlfriend already," Olivia said.
"Whoa, did you two just break up like a couple weeks or so ago?" asked Munch.
"John, try like a couple months ago, but of course he has all the reasons to move on," said Olivia.
"Knowing that creep he probably has two or three other girlfriends, and he was probably cheating on Olivia to begin with," said Elliot as if she wasn't in the room.
"He was a pretty nice guy," Olivia objected. "I doubt at the time he was seeing anybody else.
Elliot shrugged and mumbled, "I doubt it."
"So, Liv, on your time off did you come up with any baby names," said Fin changing the subject.
"I really like the names Casey and Cady," Casey said.
"Those are cute names," agreed Olivia. "But, I already have two names picked out."
"Well, tell us already!" the squad exclaimed.
"I really love the name Madison," Olivia said, "I've wanted to name my first child that since I was like three."
"Haven't you forgotten you're having twins?" Munch asked.
"No, I haven't," said Olivia. "I also like the name Marissa."
"Those are adorable names," Elliot said.
"Yes, absolutely adorable," everyone else agreed.
"What about middle names?" asked Elliot.
"Middle names, well Madison's middle name will beMariska and Marissa's middle name name will be Jayne," said Olivia.
"MadisonMariska Benson and Marissa Jayne Benson, ahhhh," Munch said.
Just then Gabrielle walked into the room. "Sorry I'm late," she said roughly.
Cragen walked into the room. "Gabrielle, that's the fifth time you've been late in the last two weeks, what's your excuse this time?"
"Well, you see, I forgot to set my alarm last night, therefore, it didn't go off and I woke up an hour late," Gabrielle told him.
"Well, if it happens again I'm afraid I'm going to fire you," Cragen told her.
"It won't happen again, I promise," Gabrielle said.
After Cragen had left the room Elliot asked, "So, Gabrielle, why are you really late?"
"What, do you think what I told the boss isn't the truth? Well,I have news for you, it is," said Gabrielle. "Now, if you'll excuse me I have to go down the hall and get some case files for that case we are working on."
After she had left the room, Elliot said, "She's such a liar, the woman hasn't told one truthful thing in her life."
"People like that get on my nerves," Olivia said shaking her head.
"I can't wait until those babies are born and you can get back on the job," Elliot said.
"I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do about child care," Olivia admitted.
"Don't worry, my girls can watch them," said Elliot.
"What about when they're in school?" Olivia asked.
"Good point, we can figure something out together, I am sure," Elliot told her confidently.
"Elliot, you're a life saver," Olivia smiled.
"Yeah, I know," Elliot laughed.
Olivia elbowed him a little bit.
"Hey don't get all moody on me," Elliot said.
Olivia gave him a passionate smile.