Give a Little Bit Chapter 7, a law and order: svu fanfic

Olivia listened as the 13-year-old spoke. It had been premature to allow them to call her Mom, and the affects were showing now, months later. The kids were starting to shut down; Honeymoon was over. Reality had set in that their mother had beaten Liz, and then signed them away without a fight. Elliot hadn't thought that Olivi filing for legal adoption would hurt. In fact, when she'd asked to, he saw all the good. They wouldn't know life without a mother. How wrong he'd been.

"Why should I trust you?" Liz yelled. "You're not my mother!"

"Exactly. I am not the one who left you. I have always been there, and will always be here for you, Lizzie," Olivia spat. Her words had been more harsh than she intended and Lizzie slammed her bedroom door. "Liz," Olivia urged.

"Get the hell away from me, Olivia," came the muffled response. Liv sighed, blinked back tears, and wandered away.

"You okay, Babe?" Elliot asked. He was playing with Allie on the floor. Liv and Lizzie had already been screeching at each other when he walked in the door.

"I hate her so much."

"Who? Lizzie?" he asked, starting to panic.

"What? No! Jesus, Elliot. Kathy. I hate what Kathy did to those kids." Elliot took her hand.

"Do you want me to stay out of it? You know, let you and Lizzie work it out?" Olivia fell into her favorite chair and closed her eyes. "If you want me to talk to her, just lemme know, I'll talk to her."

"She has a boyfriend that I don't approve of. He's in her room. They swear they're studying."

"He's history." Elliot handed the baby off to Olivia.

"She said you already told her it was okay."

"Who, Michael?"

"Yes, Michael."

"I did. He's harmless. Chess team, science club-"

"El, that was a year ago. Michael is now Mack and has grown up."

"How much?"

"Disarm." Elliot went into the bedroom, locked his gun and clip and hurried into the living room.

"How much did he grow up?"

"Football."

"FOOTBALL? Hell No. No, my daughter the soccer star wanna-be is not dating a football player. I've been in that locker room. I know what they talk about. Elizabeth Kathryn Stabler, unlock and open your door, 5...4...3...2...1 and a half..."

"Just open it." Liv said. Elliot pushed until the door swung off its hinges. Lizzie sat, nose to nose with her father.

"You're going to fix that," she said. Elliot sized up the boy. He, now 15, was as tall as Elliot, built like a brick house, and the wavey brown hair and big brown eyes were enough to make Elliot want to kill him for being in Elizabeth's room. He had his shirt off.

"What the hell do you think you are doing in my daughter's room. Get your shirt on," Elliot snarled. He was nearly foaming at the mouth. "You- get your ass into the living room and sit with Olivia. I need to talk to your little friend here." Lizzie rolled her eyes and left. "You are in way over your head, kid."

"Oh yeah, old man? I love Lizzie. I'll fight for her."

"I'm a cop, you idiot!" he yelled. The boy looked much younger suddenly. "You realize she's still 13 until April? Did you put your hands on my daughter?"

"Elliot," Olivia said from the door. "You talk to Liz. Let me handle this perve." Elliot nodded and they tag-teamed up. "Look, I don't know why you were here before I got home from work. This was the first time since they moved in that I worked late. It will also be the last time I work late that I don't have a protective detail watching them come straight to the station after school." She stood nose to throat of the tall boy. "If you ever consider walking back into this aparment when one of us isn't here, you had better be damn sure you like the idea of Prison. We will have you arrested for statitory rape, and you will be tried as an adult. No one messes with one of my kids. Do you got that, Mack?"

"Yes Ma'am."

"I have another question. You were going to have sex with a young girl. What about protection? Thought about that?"

"I was going to pull out."

"Put your damn clothes on and get the hell out of my house."

SVU

"Elizabeth, what the hell were you thinking?"

"That a little action might be nice?" Elliot whipped around to stare at her.

"What have you been smoking?" he asked. "Are you on CRACK?"

"Dad, I'm not a baby. I'm not on crack. I love him."

"Ever heard of teen pregnancy? STD's? I know you love Allie, but you aren't ready for one of your own, and until you are, you are NOT having sex!"

"Calm down. I have an idea. You want to have sex? Why not live with the reality for a week? You come to work with us and file paperwork for Cragen. No, I think cleaning would be better. You'll be a janitor for a week. 9th grade education and all. You'll have to put that money towards child care. You're going to be a Single teen mother for a week. Where ever you go, Allie goes. Whatever you do, Allie does. A 10-month-old baby is fun when someone else is feeding and changing her. Starts now. Here you go. She needs a change, clean pajamas, and a bottle. Then, you can put her to bed. I'll move the baby monitor into your room. She still wakes up at around...what time honey?"

"3:45. Every morning. Get to it." Lizzie rolled her eyes and took the baby. "I'll get the protective Detail on her first thing in the morning."

"Munch."

"Yep."

SVU

Lizzie was fine to wake up at 3:45 to feed Allie. She played with her while the bottle warmed, changed her diaper, and when it was warm, gave her the bottle. It was when Allie didn't want to sleep after that, that had thrown her. It was almost 5:00 when Allie finally went back down. Lizzie trudged off to her bedroom for the last half hour of sleep. Her shower was cut short when Allie was ready to be held and cuddled. This had always been the baby's routine, and Lizzie would get used to it.

Liv made arrangements with Lizzie's school for Allie to be there with her for the first half of the morning in the school's faculty daycare. She'd take the subway from school to the station, tailed by Munch. She saw him, he watched her, but he refused to speak to her unless she wasn't safe, or needed information.

"Welcome to the world outside of high school, Little Stabler," Munch said as they entered the squadroom. "You are required by your contract to clean the bathrooms in SVU, change the sheets in the cribs, and dust off all the lockers. Here is your cart, and here is your broom. Allie needs to go to daycare; Cragen misses his little friend. Off to work, my minimum-wage laborer!" Lizzie rolled her eyes and started up the stairs.

"Poor kid," Elliot said, half smiling. "This was Liv's idea."

"Brilliant woman."

"Yeah. Lets just hope Child Labor doesn't come hound us." Fin smiled at the other men. He found the situation amusing.

"She wants to have sex, Fin. My 13-year-old daughter was going to have sex with that boy, and she very well could have gotten pregnant. The kid didn't have a condom, and was going to-" Elliot snapped his mouth closed. He hated the thought of what very nearly could have happened with his little girl.

"Did you call his parents?"

"I delivered him, flashed my badge, and his father hit the roof. It was beautiful."

"Nice."

"I think she'd disagree," Elliot said, rubbing his forehead.

SVU

"Okay, I get the friggin point! Babies are a lot of work and cost a lot of money," Lizzie finally yelled into the living room as the Allie cried for yet another diaper. "Jesus, could you just calm down, honey?" She bounced the baby on her hip and took her to change the diaper. Allie screamed through the change, and continued afterwords. "Allie? What's wrong?"

"So, you give? No boys?"

"Dad, she's sick," Lizzie said, looking at the baby. "Hand me the thermometer." Elliot obeyed. He watched as his daughter carefully scanned the baby's forehead with the temporal thermometer. "Its 103.2. I'll get her ready if you call her doctor."

"Got it," he said, panic riding into his voice. Lizzie was calm as she bundled the baby and grabbed the diaper bag. She gave Allie her pacifier and carefully buckled the tiny girl into the car seat. Elliot watched as he was on hold. "You okay, Lizzie?"

"Its probably an ear infection. She hasn't been taking her bottle as well as normal, and she's been a little fussy all day. I'm calling Olivia to let her know where we're going, and then have Maureen come over to hang out with Dickie." Elliot nodded.

Soon, Elliot was driving his girls to the doctor's office. This was Allie's first illness. Olivia would be meeting them therem, even though Elliot tried to talk her out of it. He could hande it, and Lizzie was doing just fine. He would admit that Lizzie seemed to be doing better than he was. Kathy had always been the one to take the kids to the doctor, heal their ailments. Now, his daughter was doing what she'd seen as a child; take care of the sickly child. The young girl paced with the baby, bouncing her gently as she walked. Alli had found a comfortable position sleeping with her head on Lizzie's shoulder. He was proud of his daughter. While he was still mad as a hornet that she was living dangerously close to becoming a new case for his unit, he was sure sh'e learned now that she is better than her choices.

"Allison Benson?"

"Hi," Lizzie said. They followed the doctor into the first exam room.

"Mr. Stabler, what's the problem?" Lizzie gently woke the baby and held her on her lap for the doctor to look at.

"She's been abnormally fussy, has trouble with a bottle suddenly, and a fever. Her last BM was this morning, and it was normal. She went through 5 wet diapers in the last 14 hours, and they were also normal. She hasn't been able to fall asleep unless she's being held up."

"Sounds like an ear infection," he told Lizzie. "It also sounds like you've been taking very good care of her." Liz smiled weakly while the doctor look in Allie's ears. "Ah ha. Its her left ear. Not too bad. You caught it early. Give her a round of Antibiotics, and keep her home for a few days. Her weight is a little low, but she's fine other wise. Does she eat cereal and fruits?"

"Yeah, she's in Stage 2 foods, one jar with a tablespoon of cereal 3 times a day, supplimenting bottles between meals," Elliot said. "She's still nursing twice a day as well." The doctor nodded and took a few notes.

"Liz, can you take Allie out into the waiting room and wait for Olivia?" Lizzie nodded and left. "Is she primary care taker?"

"Its a long story. I walked in on her trying to...with her boy friend."

"Oh, Good Lord."

"Her reward for such behavior is saddled with a baby for a week. I got two detectives close by so she's never alone with Allie, but I'm still worried. I don't think she gets the message." The doctor smiled at him.

"Its normal."

"I hate that word."

"I know. Go take your kids home, Elliot."

"Thanks Jack."

SVU

"Olivia," Elliot called into the apartment. Maureen had called to let him know she had Kathleen, Lizzie, Dickie and Allie. It was thier first anniversery. Elliot and Liv decided that they became a couple the night the power went out a few days before Allie was born. Maureen took her siblings for the whole weekend so they could spend a little time together and talk out all that had happened in the recent months. Olivia and Elliot had decided to stay at home; they needed time alone. "Liv?"

"In here, El," she called from the nursery. "Just putting away the last of the clean clothes."

"Computer Crimes gives you a bit too much time to yourself, Babe," he said, wrapping his arms around her from the back. "You been working out?"

"Always."

"You had your killer body back when Allie was 3 weeks old, and before that, you were still beautiful." He dropped a kiss on her cheek. "So, should we plan the party?"

"John and Fin already took care of that."

"Really! I had no idea!"

"Some detective. They were 10 feet away from you." He laughed and took her hand. She put the last bit of clothes down and followed him. "We, Detective Stabler, have the whole weekend to ourselves."

"Oh really?"

"Yes. No babies crying at 4:00, no boyfriends hiding in the bedroom, no loud music duing my favorite show." Elliot laughed at her again. Instead of heading into the bedroom, he lay her on the couch.

"Total freedom. Just like it was before The Invasion."

"Oh, God I miss this," she said, kissing his neck.

"Me, too, babe. Maybe we could work something out with Maureen to take the kids one weekend a month?" Liv laughed and tugged at his shirt. When she kissed him, and nibbled on his lip, he moaned. "Or boarding school..."

"And just think, we want number 6."

"Mmm," he confirmed. "I want us to have a baby more than anything, Livvie."

"And a wedding eventually?"

"You pick a dadte, and I'll be there."

"Not now," she said, shoving him down onto the bed. "I'm too preoccupied."

"I love it when you are preoccupied."

SVU

Allie's first birthday was a major success. The whole squad threw her a party in the Bull-Pin; she was their child. The SVU Baby of the group. And she slept most of the party in Cragen's office. Along with her first birthday came a few surprises. Elliot had the adoption papers for all the kids ready to be signed. Everything was typed up, nice and neat, in a folder on his desk.

"Okay, Everyone!" Cragen called. "I have a few announcements. Today, being Allison's birthday, the best gift she could receive is a father. Detective Elliot Stabler is signing the adoption papers for Allie, and Olivia is, actually right now as I announce it, adopting his children, Maureen, Kathleen, Lizzie and Dickie." Dickie glared at Cragen from a few feet away."Sorry! Rick. Rick Stabler. Its official, they are a family!" Cheers around the room were deafening.

"Our children have all chosen new middle names, as they were all named after some one from Kathy's famil. To our children, Maureen Rebecca, Kathleen Olivia, Richard Elliot, Elizabeth Dawn, and Allison Paige Stabler."

"When I made the decision to adopt Elliot's children, and Elliot adopt Allie, it was out of love for them. They need two parents who love them, care for them, and will not walk away. I know what it is to have an empty hole in my life; I never had a father. Before I came to SVU, I had never been part of a family. My mother wasn't there for me the way I needed her to be. You guys were the first family I've ever known. Now, I am the mother of five, and they will always, always know that they are loved. Not just by me and Elliot, but by you guys. Thank you, for being the best extended family anyone could need."

"I have one more announcement. We all know how Olivia came into this world." Her eyes shot down. "We all know she's like a daughter to me. She a dear friend, and there is a blank space in her life. That blank space is right now sitting on her birth certificate under the title, 'Father.' After talking to Elliot for hours about this, and doing a mountain of paper work without alerting Olivia, we're filling in her father's name. Donald Cragen. If you'll have me, Livvie," he asked gently. Olivia was moved by the gesture. She pulled him into a long hug. "Let's make it official, Olivia." He picked up a pen and signed. "Hey, gimme a cigar; I'm a new dad." Elliot laughed and clapped a hand on his shoulder. "And 5 more for my new grandkids."

"You were always her grand-dad, Don. Just as much as I was her father."

"Okay, now that I'm Olivia's official Dad, I have to ask you something."

"Shoot!"

"When the hell are you gonna marry my little girl and make an honest woman out of her?" Laughter sprang out around the squadroom.

"Soon enough, Don. We're still trying to pick a date."

"Soon! I promise!" Olivia said, smiling.

"Hey, Mom?" Maureen said, slipping between Olivia and Don. "How about May 18th? Mother's Day?" The room was silent. "I personally can't think of a better day," she whispered.

"Yeah, I think it would be perfeft," Kathleen added.

"Olivia," Elliot whispered in her ear. "I think if its what you want to do, then it would be great, but I don't want you to feel preassured. I just want you to be happy, Honey." Olivia smiled when he called her Honey. He only had done that once before. It was usually, 'Babe,' or 'Liv.'

"Okay, May 18th works great. Now all that's left is the dress, the invitations, where to have it, who will preform the ceremony, the guest list, decorations, food-"

"Livia," Elliot called.

"Hmm?"

"Cool it. We'll take care of it. 'Kay?"

"Shove it, Elliot," she said sweetly.

"My little girl...all grown up. It seems like just 5 minutes ago, I became a father," Don joked. He received a number of eye rolls, and very few laughs.

SVU

A/N: More to come! I'm having fun writing this one!