Chapter Twelve- She Can't Do It

Thanks to The27thGilmore, AllAboutMe123, Whatsername007, GiggleGloWorm9987, idinakristinfan, onetreefan, and obsessedwithstabler.

WHOO HAPPY BUNNY!

Disclaimer: I hate you Dick Wolf, but you rock for inventing these people.

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Alex stared at the choice that Olivia had just given her. To have Jackson back, to have him by her side again and to hold him, it was unbelievable. Her hand traced the edges of the worn paper. If she had been anyone else, she would've decided already, without thinking things through. But she was Alexandra Cabot, and she did not gamble.

Her sleeping twins were tucked in a cradle near her bed. She glanced at them. They had been the result of Jackson's sacrifice. Could she give them up? If she did, she would also put Emily's life in danger. She clenched her hand into a fist and closed her eyes. This was painful.

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Olivia watched Emily sleep. They could take her out of the hospital as soon she woke up and Olivia couldn't wait. Elliot couldn't either. Their little girl did not belonged in a cold place like the hospital, where both detectives had seen death come too early to too many people. Emily stirred, and immediately, both her parents were at her side.

"Hey half pint." Elliot said with a broad grin.

Emily smiled sleepily back. "Can I go home?" she asked.

"Of course baby." Olivia said with a smile.

Emily crawled out from under the covers and into her mother's lap. "I wanna go home and hug Hippo."

Elliot and Olivia laughed. "You will honey." Olivia said.

"I'll get the car." Elliot beamed, kissing his daughter on the top of the head.

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Casey was trying to fill out mountains of paperwork. She had to talk with the shooting board about Olivia killing White and then talk to his lawyer about the incident. She phoned Cragen and told him to step up the pace with the incident report. Despite all the chaos that was going on, life went on, and she had to work.

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Alex could not decide. She wanted Jackson back so much, but she couldn't let herself put her own children and Olivia and Elliot's child in danger. She was a prosecutor, and she thought like one. What she wanted was not the main concern; it was the safety and well being of everyone else. She felt grief. She had one chance to save her husband, and yet, she could not take it.

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Super short I know, but like everyone else, I get writer's block. If anyone tells me they don't get that, they're lying. Lol. Sorry about how short it was, but right now, I'm am looking to my dear readers for some ideas.

Ok vote. Who wants him back? Who wants her to be strong and deal with it? Who wants Olivia to suffer? Who wants her to be left alone? Who wants Casey to find love? In need of ideas please.