Author's Note: Now am I fast or what?

Chapter Twenty-Three

Almost two months had passed since Olivia's baby shower. It was a little over two weeks past Olivia's due date. Since Elliot was once again walking into the squad room, everyone else knew that Olivia had not given birth the day before.

"You're wrong again, Munch," Casey said from her position on top of Munch's desk. Since a couple days before Olivia's original due date of May 23rd, there have been several bets as to when Olivia would give birth. This was Munch's third time losing.

Munch rolled his eyes as he pulled a five dollar bill out of his pocket and handed it to Casey. "At this rate, you'll get that three hundred dollars back easily," he grumbled. He frowned. "All right, double or nothing that she has the baby tomorrow," he told her.

Fin shook his head. "Nope, I have my money on tomorrow."

Elliot shook his head in slight disapproval at them. "Wait, are you making money off my wife's discomfort?" he asked.

"Not if she goes into labor today," Munch offered. "Then Casey's making money."

Elliot rolled his eyes. "If you're making money off this, at least spend some time with her," he said. "And preferably without me. She's driving me crazy," he said as he sat down at his desk. Normally, he would not be going into work. He had not all week for fear that he would get entangled in a case and then Olivia would go into labor. But now, Olivia was beyond grumpy about the whole bedrest thing.

"Welcome to wives," Munch spoke up. "They live to make us crazy."

Casey rolled her eyes. "I resent that. She has a good reason to be upset."

Elliot nodded. "I sympathize with her, but she's been watching too much TV while on bedrest. In specific, that season of Friends where Jennifer Aniston's character was pregnant."

"And?" Fin asked.

"Since then, she's been begging me to sleep with her," Elliot finished.

Fin smiled. "Well, if you won't, can I?" he offered excitedly. "For the baby's sake, of course," he quickly added.

By noon, Elliot was ready to go back home. He could not stay away from Olivia for too long. He missed her, and he had to be sure that she was really ok. He was about to push the doors to exit the squad room open when someone did the same thing from the other side. Olivia.

Elliot gasped as he quickly guided her to a chair and motioned for her to sit.

Olivia shook her head. "This thing is seventeen days late, Elliot," she hissed. "I don't care if walking will induce labor," she argued. "I want this child out of me."

Elliot nodded as he cautiously placed a hand on Olivia's shoulders. "I know, Liv," he whispered. "This really sucks, but if you're not in labor by Sunday, they will induce. I promise."

Olivia grumbled slightly as she sat down at her desk. She reached across to Elliot's desk for some case files. She quickly opened one and started looking at the pictures.

"Liv, what are you doing?" Elliot asked her gently as he pulled up a chair and sat down next to her.

Olivia shrugged as she opened the next file and looked at its pictures. "Hoping that one of these pictures will cause emotional trauma so that I will go into labor," she stated plainly.

Elliot closed the file and kissed her gently on the lips. "Liv, honey, the baby will come out when it's ready. Until then, you just take it easy, ok?" he said. "Come on. I'll take you home."

Olivia grumbled again as she stood up. "I'm going to go to the bathroom first," she said. "This child still knows where my bladder is," she complained. "If only we could give it a map to my vagina." With that, she walked back towards the bathrooms. As soon as she entered the stall, she felt something.

Pain. She knew that. She had felt it once before. Her abdomen was tightening. It was not that painful, but it was nor comfortable. She tried to ignore it as she went to the bathroom, but it happened again as she was washing her hands. It was stronger than. She slumped down until she was sitting on the bathroom floor. She did not know if she could make it out to Elliot. She had felt this before. However, she knew it was no longer false labor. This was the real thing.

((Author's Note: Sorry it's short, but it had to end there. Hehe. Review, and the next chapter should hopefully be quick.))