Chapter 7
His mom and Peter had officially been datingfor a month now but that wasn't what had him so buzzed. Today, Olivia, because Peter had the afternoon off and she was going to be swamped in meetings, had allowed Peter to pick him up from school, just Peter. When Noah saw him, he immediately went to bragging to his friends whom he couldn't help but introduce his "dad" to. He was just so elated.
Peter took him to ball practice and when it was over they picked up dinner and ice cream (which they ate first) before they headed to Peter's place to eat and do homework while they waited for Olivia to get there.
"Peter, can you pick me up tomorrow?"
"I think I have time tomorrow, but we'll see what your mom says."
"Yesss!" Noah whispered to himself and kept writing, finishing up. "I'm done, you wanna check?" He said, handing his notebook to Peter. Peter carefully looked over all of the math problems on the page, even the ones he'd helped Noah to solve by explaining- just like Olivia does. And when he was finished, he smiled.
"Good job!"
It would seem like nothing to most, but the fact that his mom trusted Peter enough to do this meant more to Noah and Peter than anything. Noah had one of the best days of his short life!
…
"Running a bath, huh?" Peter said, breathing heavily grabbed as he grabbed his water bottle and made his way out of the gym as he talked to Olivia on his AirPods.
She turned off the water and sat her phone down as she disrobed and climbed in. "...if you'd had the day I had today, you'd be preparing to soak it out too." She said, rubbing her neck as the steaming hot water surrounded and relaxed her muscles. "What did you do to my son? He was so happy all the way to sleep."
"We had a good time, had some talk. I think you were right about him needing male energy."
"Apparently he eats it up." Her body gave in to the feel of the water, and she let out an involuntary little moan that went through Peter, up and down his spine, excitement stirring his dick. Shit! This was the exact reason he had been working out so late in the first place. He was thankful that there was no one in the hall of his building's basement where the gym was located, because he started to grow as he waited for the elevator but quickly decided against it and turned to take the stairs.
"You're going to be the absolute death of me, Olivia Benson."
Suddenly realizing the moan that escaped, she giggled, slightly embarrassed. "I'm sorry," she grinned sleepily.
"Noah Asleep?" He asked, trying to make small talk but just that fast, her mind went there. But she couldn't, could she? He was asleep, and he usually stayed asleep for the entire night until at least seven in the morning. She needed this!
"He is…" Peter wasn't expecting what she said next, he was just trying to take his mind off the state she had him in. "Why don't you come over?"
Walking into his apartment, he didn't need coaxing as his dick sprang to full attention. "I'll be right there!" He said and hung up, rushing to the shower to wash off the sweat from his workout.
Twenty minutes later, she had just gotten out of the tub when there was a knock at the door. Her skin still glistening moisture, she drew on a towel and hurried to the door, checking the peephole before she opened. She let out a bated breath as Peter stepped inside and there were no words between them as simultaneously they reached for one another. She grabbed onto his sweatshirt and he grabbed the back of her neck, pulling her into him as she rose up on her tiptoes. They kissed hungrily, desperately and she suddenly forgot how tired she had been, they both did. They just needed each other.
"Thank god there was no traffic!" He said as he reattached his lips to hers, while he undid her towel. "Oh my god!" He said in a hushed tone at seeing her naked body..
"We have to be quiet!" She grinned, taking off his hoodie over his head, but holding onto it.
"Let's see if you remember that…" He picked her up, her legs wrapped around his waist, and memories coming back to him of the night of the blackout a month ago. Only that night, she was free to be quite vocal as was he.
…
They had worn themselves completely out and finally, satisfied beyond measure, they settled into sleep, but early the next morning though, the feeling quickly evaporated.
First, she thought she locked her door but in their raging lust to get at one another, she missed that opportunity. But thankfully, miraculously, Noah hadn't woken up. Second, since he would be awake at 7, her plan was to get Peter up at 6:30 and get him out the door. They hadn't gotten around to letting Noah know about the adult aspect of their relationship. They weren't hiding it, it was just something they hadn't talked about with him and hoped they wouldn't have to. But Olivia and Peter were so comfortable in one another's arms that the wishful thinking of having everything go according to plan suddenly ended when at 7:45, while they were lying asleep and naked, Noah entered her bedroom.
"Mom I dressed and made myself cereal and bananas, you need to get…" He was absolutely shocked to see Peter lying in his mom's bed. Not only that but they were both very naked, there was nothing but a sheet strategically covering their middles.
MOM...?" he cried in a loud and urgent voice. That immediately woke them both, and realizing their situation…
"Hey…Noah." Peter uttered, a look of pure awkwardness on his and Olivia's faces and both of them embarrassed almost to death as they scrambled to cover themselves .
Noah turned and left the room.
...
"What are you thinking?" Peter said as he pulled his hoodie over his head.
"Honestly? I'm thinking how in the past, I would have ended this if something like this had happened." She tied her robe over the tank and leggings she had put on.
"And now?" He asked, praying that she'd done some growing since her last relationship as he tied his sneakers
"Now I want to tell you that maybe we should take some time apart; Peter, he saw us in bed together, naked. And I'm just wondering if we're doing the right thing with us being together? And then I look at you... at 'us'..."
He stood and walked over to her. "...angry that you took a chance?"
"No, and, god that scares me even more than facing my son."
He took her in his arms and kissed her head as she laid against his chest where she let out a deep breath.
"We'll get through this. He's probably gonna give us hell, but..." Peter said, garnering a small laugh from her as he himself grinned.
"And here I was hoping that I'd have another couple of years before I had to have that talk with him...look at me, you shouldn't even still be here. I can handle this."
"First off, he's gonna be eight soon enough and I think you'd be wrong to underestimate the child you've raised. Noah can and will understand so much more than you think. And second, do you want me to leave? We got into this together, and I'd like to fix this together if you'd let me. So, will you let me talk to him with you?"
...
"Ready to talk?" She asked as she sat beside Noah and kissed his head. Peter sat on the back of the couch, being close but keeping a safe distance.
"I don't know what I should talk about, and…"
"And…?"
"...it's just that,"
"It's okay, you can tell me."
"That's just it, it'd be weird talking to you about...this."
"Oh...I…" She looked back at Peter. Hurt and pretty much at a loss for words even more now.
"Can Peter take me to school? I don't wanna be late." he said getting up and grabbing his jacket.
"Peter…?" She looked behind her to see Peter smiling as he nodded, then turned back to Noah. "Sure, uh, I'll get your-"
"My lunch? Already got it from the fridge. I love you!" He said and ran for the door. Peter looked at Olivia sympathetically.
"Give him time." He said, then squeezed her hand before he left with Noah.
From the moment they stopped at the first traffic light in the car, Noah started with the questions. He called to Peter, not sure that he could or would even answer his questions but he decided to try. His questions took a lot for Peter to answer, but he did so as gracefully as he could without being too forward. He was talking to a seven year old child and he kept that in mind as he spoke. By the time they'd arrived at Noah's school, Noah was a lot less anxious about what he'd seen this morning.
"I'll tell you a secret if you promise to keep it between us," Peter said as they sat in the drop off line waiting their turn.
"Okay,"
Peter was struck by Noah's quick agreement to keep a secret and changed course. "Noah...you don't do that often, do you?"
"Do what?" Noah asked, still writing.
"...agree to keep secrets, especially when grownups ask. Because you know, you can come to your mom or me about anything,"
"I know that," The child laughed. "...mommy''s told me since I can remember."
Relieved, Peter smiled. "You've got a good mom..."
"I know. What's the secret?"
Peter hesitated a moment to see if he should in fact tell this to Noah before he told Olivia, but decided that considering the current circumstance, he needed to. "I love your mom…"
Noah had to literally pick himself up off the floor as he'd slid to the floor from overstimulation. Did Peter just say that he loved his mom? Was this real? He was so happy he thought he'd burst!
"Hey Noah, buddy, you alright?" Peter said as he turned towards the back seat just as Noah was getting up.
"Do you really love my mom?"
"I do and I just want you to know that this isn't just…" It was their turn as the assistant principal came to their car.
"Can you pick me up later?"
"I think mom wants to do that, but you have my number, you can call me if you want to talk, about anything."
"I will. Bye Peter!" Noah said and hugged him before he got out of the car and went inside. His day was already looking better.
...
He arrived at the apartment to see that Olivia had showered and dressed for work while he was gone and was now standing at the kitchen counter, drinking coffee.
"Thanks for taking him to school. Everything go okay?" She asked as she poured him a cup.
"Actually it went really well," Peter said and took the coffee, bringing it to his lips for a healthy gulp. "Thank you. He's actually better than we thought."
"Well at least one of us is. I can't believe I let this happen." She said quietly and let out a sigh.
"Hey, you didn't plan for this to happen, it just did and it could've been worse,"
"Name one way"
"I could have been screwing your brai-"
"All right!" She said, hushing him with the semi-smile that was pulling at her lips though she tried to resist it.
"There's that smile." He said and took her hand. "...he's not mad; at either of us. He was just embarrassed, and even more embarrassed talking to you about it."
"I'm his mom-"
"You're also a girl- his words, not mine." He laughed.
"Did he really say he's not angry?"
"He did, and he's not. We had a nice talk and he mainly wondered if you were okay...Liv, I know this seems like a lot but it's really just a part of life. I walked in on my parents once, and I turned out fine." But she just looked at him, unconvinced. "...okay, change of subject but, it's still early, how about we go out for breakfast? You'll probably feel better once you get some food in you,"
"I can't, I have a meeting with the chief. Besides, my stomach is in knots." She said and pecked him on the lips.
"You okay?"
"I will be."
"Well, then," he said as he put his arms around her waist. "can I drop you off on my way?"
"I'd like that."
…
At Peter's office, he had just gotten off the elevator and into his office when his secretary greeted him as he went to his small wardrobe and pulled out a suit.
"Good morning."
"It is indeed!" Peter said smiling and removed a pair of brown lace-up, oxfords.
"You have a meeting in an hour with the mayor's council, and court has been cancelled today so you are actually free for the afternoon."
"Great, I'll go over some case files and get back to some emails and phone calls."
"Lucky you."
"...lucky me for one afternoon.
"I'll leave you to get dressed, oh, and McCoy wants to see you."
"I guess that shower can wait." He said, and headed out of his office.
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Later that day in Olivia's office, she, Melinda and Casey were sitting around having a quick lunch.
"...I don't know, the way he was with Noah this morning, I knew that they cared for each other, but he took what could've been a bad situation and made it so it wasn't."
"You still haven't told me what that was" Casey said.
"Not important…but I think I've fallen for Peter."
"After a month?" Casey said incredulously.
"Technically nine-" Olivia corrected as Melinda began feeling her forehead for fever, causing immediate laughter.
"I'm not sick!" She smiled, brushing Melinda's hand away just as there was a knock at her door. "Come in…" she was surprised when Carisi entered carrying a huge bouquet of flowers. "What in the world…?"
"...delivery guy just dropped them off," he said as Casey and Melinda looked on, impressed, but they couldn't help noticing Olivia. She was actually blushing as she went to Carisi to take the bouquet. She was almost speechless.
"They're beautiful…"
"Helluva gift, Lieu. Somebody must think highly of you. Anyway, I gotta go." He said, uncomfortable with the way Casey was staring at his bulge and biting her lip in front of his boss. He got out of there, quickly. Olivia had gone quickly to her desk and sat the flowers down and reached for the card.
"Great taste!" Melinda admired, as Olivia read the card and smiled. "I don't have to guess who they're from…"
Olivia looked up, holding the card close to her heart. She needed a minute to gather herself so that she wouldn't cry in front of Mel and Case, and took a deep breath. Just then Melinda's phone went off.
"...and I gotta go." She said as she threw her waste in the trash then grabbed her coat. "Enjoy the flowers."
"I'll let that be my cue to cut out too." Casey followed. "And tell Peter he needs to pass on whatever his momma taught him to his friends." Olivia laughed as Casey and Melinda left her office. Once they were gone, she looked at the card in her hand again and sighed before she leaned in to smell the aroma of the flowers. Then, wiping her eyes, she picked up her phone and dialed Peter.
"Lana, get me the Harris file." He was sitting on the couch, going over some files and he looked down at the coffee table when he heard his phone vibrating, an immediate smile taking over when he saw that it was Liv. "Hey you..." Peter smiled as he answered his phone.
"I got the flowers; Peter, they're beautiful!"
He mouthed 'thank you' to Lana as she handed him the file then left his office. "You like them?"
"I love them, and the card. Thank you babe, they were just what I needed…"
...
Olivia had been in Noah's room now for forty minutes since his bath, just the two of them talking. Olivia had taken off from work early to pick him up from school just so they could spend this time together. They had gone to see a movie, then out to eat dinner at his favorite restaurant in hopes that she could get him to talk to her and had almost given up when all of a sudden she was tucking him in when he suddenly opened up about it. But now, he was getting sleepy.
"...Peter said that too," he laughed. "...Mom, are you and Peter going to get married?" He asked, causing her to sit back down on his bed in the dimly-lit room.
"Married?" The thought had never even crossed her mind. Not yet anyway. "What gave you that idea?"
"That's what happens when people fall in love, right?"
"Sometimes. But baby, Peter and I aren't in love," she lied, kicking herself even as she said the words. She hated telling Noah half truths, in this case non-truths, but she also didn't know if she could trust herself. Maybe he loved, or was close to loving her too but things were different for her. These things never worked out for her in spite of telling Melinda and Casey that she very well may be in love with him. Peter made her feel things that she wanted to run away from because they were so wonderful but at the same time they were scary. "...we just enjoy each other's company," was the safe thing to say for now, she felt.
"But Peter's a good guy,"
"I know, he's an exceptional guy..." she bopped his nose. "That's why I like spending time with him." Smiling, she leaned to kiss him. "Get some sleep, you have school tomorrow."
"Okay…goodnight mom, I love you!"
"I love you too, sweet boy. I'll see you in the morning." she smiled, turning out the light then left the room, leaving his door ajar, then turned out the hall lights before heading to her bedroom while Noah lay there in the dark. The moon was shining on his face as he was thinking. He'd seen the way his mom and Peter were around one another. It was like once they told him that they liked each other, they were free to show how they'd been feeling, and they showed it a lot! He knew that Peter loved him, which was why he felt so completely comfortable around him. He was, like he'd just told his mother, a good guy. Plus now that Peter told him that he loves his mom, well it's meant to be, they had to get married! After all, he loved Peter, and in his mind, having him as a dad would be the absolute coolest thing ever! He was nice and tall and strong and handsome. And he always had time for Noah so they could do things together. Plus, he could see it in his mother's face, she really liked Peter, and Peter really liked her, no, he loved her, andhe'd never seen his mom like this before. Noah had noticed in the last month that something was different with his mom. She was happier than he'd ever seen her- not that she wasn't always happy with him but there was something extra about her and whenever Peter came around, her eyes lit up! She was all giddy when Peter was around. So happy, and he liked seeing his mom this way. Her and Peter, they were so right for each other. She said that she wasn't in love, but how hard could it be to make her fall in love? Anyway, he'd give it more thought tomorrow. Right now, sleep was lulling him and he turned over to face the wall as he let it carry him away to dreamland.
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