A/N: I probably won't be updating this soon all the time. I had most of this chapter written before I posted the last one. I don't own any of the characters except my own
During the next few days, Olivia, Lisa and the babies were released from the hospital. They got home about the same time, so Trevor parked at Hank and Olivia's.
"Hey."
"Hey, yourselves. Congratulations."
"Thanks. We figured you'd like to meet them."
"Of course. What does the new big sister think of them?"
"She loves them so far but we'll see how that goes when they cry when she's trying to sleep."
"We know that feeling. We'll see how Noah is tonight. Do you want to come in for a bit?"
"Sure."
Hank and Trevor got the girls out of the SUV's and they all went inside.
"NOAH, WE'RE HERE."
Noah, Emily and Alyssa came out of his room.
"Not yet."
"Ok."
Noah, Emily and Alyssa went back into his room to finish what they were doing, while everyone else went into the living room.
"This is Becca and this is Charlotte. We need an unbiased opinion. Who do you think they look like?"
"Definitely Trevor."
"That's what I thought but he thinks they look like me. Hank, what do you think?"
"Don't ask him. He's not even listening. He can't take his eyes off of her."
"Trevor is the same way with them. How is Hank with diaper duty?"
"He's been great."
"So has Trevor."
"How'd things go with your brother?"
Trevor didn't hear her because he had fallen asleep. Then the doorbell rang, so Olivia went to get it. It was Fin, Melinda, Barba, Tucker and Maggie.
"Where's the baby?"
"Nice to see you too, Fin. I'm fine. Thanks for asking."
"I'm sorry. I'm just so excited to meet her."
"Good luck at trying to get her away from her daddy. Come on in."
Everyone hugged Olivia and went into the living room.
"Hi, Aunt Maggie."
"Hi, Sweetie. They're beautiful."
"Thank you."
"They look like their daddy."
"They do."
"Dang, Langan, two of them?"
"We were shocked when we found out. Trevor is asleep and so is Hank now."
Olivia tried taking Lexie from Hank and then he woke up.
"Where are you taking her?"
"Relax. We have company and they'd like to hold her. You have to share her. The only time I get to hold her is when she eats."
"She's fine."
"All I want to do is hold my daughter. Is that too much to ask?"
"I'm sorry."
"No, actually, you're not. Just a few days ago, you're telling me how lucky you are to have me in your life but I feel like you're avoiding me for some reason and I have no idea what I did. You promised me you'd never let anything or anyone come between us. We all know that was a bunch of crap. I don't like being lied to, especially from the one man who said he'd never hurt me."
"I don't know why you're getting so upset. She needs me."
"Oh and I don't?"
"I can't believe you're jealous of a baby."
"I need to spend time bonding with her. You're not letting me do that. She's going to think I'm nothing more than a 24-hour diner. I thought you loved me."
"I do."
"If you did, you'd let me have the time I need with her. This is a new experience for me."
"I know it is but you just had surgery. I want you to do as little as possible. Nothing has changed between us and it won't. I thought I was making things easier for you. Camille used to get on my case because I wasn't doing enough. I thought I was helping by doing most of it and I end up making things worse."
"It's not that I don't appreciate what you're doing because I do. It's just that I'm the one that's going to be home with her until after the first of the year."
"I know."
Hank handed Lexie to Fin, wrapped his arms around Olivia and kissed her cheek.
"We need some Mommy and Daddy time too."
"Why don't we go upstairs and take a nap."
"Ok."
"How long ago did she eat?"
"Before we left the hospital. Maybe I should feed her first."
"You did some bottles, so she should be ok."
"Did they get in the refrigerator?"
"Yes."
Hank and Olivia went upstairs, got into bed, kissed each other and fell asleep in each other's arms.
"Do I get to hold one of my great nieces?"
"Of course."
"Who's who?"
"This is Rebecca Grace and this is Charlotte Olivia."
"I'll take either one."
Lisa handed Becca to Maggie.
"Ed, do you want to hold her?"
"Oh, sure."
Lisa handed Charlotte to Ed.
"That's not something you see every day."
"I like kids."
"Fin, you're going to have to share."
"Why? She's quiet."
"No kidding but I'd like to hold her and I'm sure Rafael does too."
"Definitely."
Alyssa came downstairs with Noah and Emily.
"Uncle Fin! Uncle Rafi! Auntie Mel!"
"Hey, Noah! How do you like your new sister?"
Noah shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey, Little Man!"
Emily got on the sofa and plopped down on Trevor's lap. Lisa couldn't help but laugh.
"Hey, Princess."
"You sleepy?"
"I am."
Trevor wrapped his arms around Emily.
"Love you, Daddy."
"I love you too."
"Love you, Mommy."
"I love you too."
"Where Mommy and Daddy?"
"They're taking a nap."
"Oh."
Then Lexie started screaming.
"Wow! This kid has a set of lungs on her. Just like her mom."
"My sister, Uncle Fin."
"I know that, Little Man. She's just loud and kind of smelly too."
Noah started giggling at Fin. Fin looked at Melinda.
"Oh, no! I'm not doing it."
"I ain't changing no diaper."
"You've been hogging her ever since Liv gave her to you. She needs to be changed, so now you'll give her to me."
"Barba can do it."
"Don't look at me. At least you have a kid."
"I never changed diapers. I never even saw him."
"I'll do it."
"What do you know about changing diapers, Captain?"
"Nothing really. We can't let this little cutie cry all day though, can we?"
Ed got up and handed Charlotte back to Lisa and took Lexie from Fin. Then he took her upstairs and then Maggie came up with Becca.
"Have you done this before?"
"Nope. How hard can it be?"
Hank and Olivia woke up and came out into the hall as Ed attempted to change Lexie's diaper.
"Is that who I think it is?"
Maggie nodded her head.
"How'd you get on diaper duty?"
"Tutuola was holding her and she started screaming. He said she was loud like her mother and kind of smelly. He looked at Warner figuring she'd do it and she said no because he was hogging her. He said Barba could change her and he said no, so I said I would. Here I am and we're done. Good as new."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"PAPA!"
Hank went into Noah's room to get Daniel. They came out and Ed still had Lexie.
"Daniel, that's Lexie."
"Baby. Gama!"
"Can I get a kiss?"
Daniel gave Olivia a wet kiss.
"Thank you. Give Papa a kiss."
Daniel kissed Hank. The front door opened and Erin and Justin tried coming in at the same time. Justin pushed her, so she stepped on his foot.
"Ow!"
"You're such a baby."
"Go ahead, Erin."
"Why? So you can kick me?"
"Serves you right."
"Idiot!"
"I see the children are here."
"DADA!"
"Hey, Buddy!"
Olivia took Lexie from Ed and went into the bedroom to feed her. Lisa came up with Charlotte and went to change her.
"Hank, is Olivia in the bedroom?"
"Yep."
Lisa knocked on the door.
"Come on in."
"It's just me. May I join you?"
"Sure. You had a c-section too?"
"Yep. When we found out we were having twins, I basically decided to have one done. His dad agreed with me. 5 kids under the age of 5, am I nuts?"
Some people may think you are but you can handle it. You have a lot of support though."
There was another knock at the door.
"Come on in."
Maggie came in.
"Lisa, they're beautiful."
"Thanks."
"Olivia, are you and Hank ok?"
"Yeah. We're fine. I'm just trying to develop a routine with Lexie. I realize he's protective of her but I need to do what works for me. How are things going with you two?"
"Great, actually. I think we're on the same page with regard to our future together. I'm ready to get married and I think he might be too. This is the first serious relationship I have been in with a man. I don't want to mess this up."
"What does your grandson think of him?"
"They get along great."
Erin, Emily and Melinda knocked before they came in and the women continued talking. The guys were in the living room talking as well.
"I need some advice."
"About what?"
"I think I might want to propose to Maggie but I'm not good with this."
"You were married before, right?"
"Yep."
"How did you propose then?"
"I don't even remember. It's been so long."
"With Camille, I just kind of blurted it out. We had gotten into an argument about something and to shut her up, I asked her to marry me."
"You're so romantic, Dad!"
"Shut up! I didn't have the ring yet but after she said yes, we went and picked it out together. My daughter-in-law now has that ring. Not long before she died, she gave the ring back to me and said she wanted Justin to have it to give to his bride-to-be someday. With Olivia, I wanted to do it right. I knew it was going to be around Valentine's Day and I knew I wanted Erin and the boys to be involved in the decision. My plans almost got messed up no thanks to Yates but with Lucy's help, I was able to get Noah here. The 4 of us each liked a different ring. I told Olivia to get a dress and shoes for dinner and left Fin in charge of her. She saw us at the Jeweler and came in. She picked the ring Erin liked. We had gone on a dinner cruise and I asked her to dance. The mood and the music were right, so I asked her. I was afraid she'd say no though. Have you two been together?"
"Yeah."
"I almost proposed after sex but I figured it would have made more sense to get the family involved."
"I almost did that with Lisa too."
"You took her to the Signature Room, right?"
"Yes."
"What's that?"
"It's the restaurant on the 96th Floor of the John Hancock Center. I made reservations for Olivia and I to go there for dinner on New Year's Eve and I also made reservations for us to spend the night at the Four Seasons, which is across the street, afterward. I'd like to do the same thing for Valentine's Day except it doesn't fall on a weekend. I just called the Travel Agent about our anniversary trip."
"That's about 6 months away. Where are you going?"
"Disney World. Olivia wanted to go between Thanksgiving and Christmas for someone's birthday but that wasn't going to happen with the baby on the way. We're taking the whole family, including Erin and Jay."
"Sounds like fun."
"Tucker, how long have you been divorced?"
"Over 20 years."
"Any kids?"
"No."
"You obviously haven't met our new Detective for SVU. Her last mane is Tucker."
"Common name."
"Any siblings?"
"Two sisters and a brother. My brother has all boys. I have lots of cousins but no one other than me is a cop."
"Rollins just sent me this."
Fin showed Ed the picture.
"Oh, no! This isn't happening. She probably knew she was pregnant when she left. I don't know for sure she's mine."
"Look at the resemblance though."
Everyone but Lisa came downstairs.
"What's wrong?"
"Look at this picture and tell me what you see."
Ed handed Maggie Fin's phone and she looked at it as did Olivia, Melinda and Erin.
"She looks like you."
"She's right. Is this the new Detective?"
"Yep."
"When did she start?"
"Tuesday."
"I think she knows something. She came to me asking how she could go about finding her real father. I told her she and the father would have to do a DNA test to be sure they matched. She said she'd give me a sample but he didn't know yet."
"I'll stop in Monday morning."
"Why can't we do it here? We use the same databases NYPD does."
"He has a point."
"They owe me a favor at the lab anyway."
"Maybe it is better that I do this now, that way it'll give me time to take it all in."
Hank kissed Olivia, Lexie and Noah, while Ed kissed Maggie and then they left with Melinda.
"I'm guessing she is his."
"Rollins, Carisi and I saw the resemblance right away."
"Do you think this will change things between the two of you?"
"I don't think so. Obviously she wanted to meet him. If they want to be a part of each other's lives then I can't stop them. Is she married? Do you know?"
"No but she has twin boys. I think they're younger than Noah."
"Honestly, I think this would make him happy because he's always wanted children. A part of me wished I had had more than one but then again I would have had to find me a husband or pick out the father. I just hope there will still a place for me in his life if she is his daughter."
"Why wouldn't there be? It's obvious he loves you. I've never been a fan of the man but to find out 20-something years later that he has a kid has to be hard. He's gonna be angry and hurt and he'll probably need you more than ever. It may take some time for him to accept it."
"Fin's right. I never liked the guy much either. She seems very nice. I've met her already. DNA doesn't lie."
Olivia was going to say something but Trevor gave her a look.
"Olivia!"
"Fine."
Then Fin started laughing.
"Let him adjust to this. I'm sure you and his daughter will have to accept each other as well because you'll also be a part of each other's lives. It happens with everyone in that situation. Noah and Hank loved each other from the moment they met and Justin and I did too."
"I was in love with Emily the moment I met her."
"You have been so good for both of them. Ellen, Paul and I never liked Eric very much and neither did Sarah and Greg."
Lisa had come downstairs and heard what Maggie said.
"I just wish you had all stopped me from staying with him as long as I did. The best thing that came out of that relationship was my daughter."
The doorbell rang, so Erin went to answer it. It was Rita, David and the boys. Everyone walked into the living room.
"Olivia, this is my brother, David. David, this is Olivia Voight, Lisa's boss. Olivia and I have known each other a long time. I used to defend the criminals she tried to keep off the streets."
"Ok. It's nice to meet you."
"You too."
"Justin, we need to get back."
"Ok. Buddy, you be good for Grandma, Papa and Alyssa, ok?"
Daniel gave Justin and devilish smile.
"Little Hank."
"No kidding."
Justin kissed Daniel and put him down on the floor before kissing Olivia, Lexie and Noah. Erin hugged Olivia and kissed all 3 kids.
"Dada."
"I'll be back later."
Erin and Justin left and headed back to the District.
"What's going on?"
"It turns out Ed may have a daughter."
"I assume he doesn't know about her."
"Right. She already took a DNA test with Melinda. Instead of waiting until Monday, Hank took Ed and Melinda to the lab. I guess we'll see what happens and what this is going to mean for our relationship."
"I'm sure you two will be fine."
"I really hope so. What's her name?"
"Jenna. She's a good kid."
"Are you talking about Jenna Tucker?"
"Yeah. You know her?"
"Actually, yes. Her grandparents were neighbors of ours."
"They still are."
"They had custody of her after her mother overdosed. Actually, it was longer than that because her mother abused her and the guy we assumed was her father was sexually abusing her. She knew he wasn't her father but no one wanted to tell her about her real one. Her mother told her he never wanted her. She legally changed her name to Tucker when she turned 18. She was determined to find her father. She basically wants to know why he never wanted her."
"He never knew about her. Why didn't the grandparents tell her sooner?"
"Basically because he told them to keep their daughter out of his life, which they know really wasn't a good excuse not to tell their granddaughter about her real father. They didn't tell him because they knew there would be a confrontation between their daughter and ex son-in-law. They knew that was wrong too."
"As much as I never liked the guy, I feel bad for him."
"Me too."
"Did Barba tell you his news?"
"What news is that, Rafael?"
"I'm seeing someone."
"Really? That's great. How long have you been seeing each other?"
"Since we got back from your baby shower."
"So, someone that was at my baby shower. Michelle?"
"Yes."
"I'm really happy for you."
"Thanks."
"Do you and her son get along?"
"For the most part. He's a good kid. He had a project for his Spanish class that he needed help with, so he asked me to help him."
"What does Grandma have to say about that?"
"I'm fine with it. Rafael is a good guy."
"I made the mistake of dating David Haden, who was an Executive ADA. That ended up being a disaster. I hope you two have better luck than we did."
"Thanks, Liv."
"Liv, most of your relationships were disasters."
"Thanks for pointing that out, Fin."
"Just tryin' to help."
"Well, don't. I know how bad my relationships were. Rafael, do you want to hold her?"
"Of course."
Olivia handed Lexie to Rafael.
"She's beautiful, Liv."
"Thank you."
"Is she snoring?"
"She is. Just like her daddy. Sergeant Tutuola."
"Uh oh! Yes, Ma'am."
"Did I hear correctly that you said my daughter was loud like her mother?"
"I love you, Liv."
"You're changing the subject."
"Ok, maybe I did. Tucker has a big mouth."
"At least he changes diapers."
"I'm sorry."
"Maybe I'll forgive you."
Fin kissed Olivia's cheek just as Hank and Melinda came in.
"It's a girl!"
"Where'd you lose Ed?"
"He's still in the car and he's pretty upset."
"I better check on him."
Maggie went out to the car to check on Ed.
"I take it you heard."
"Yeah. I'm here for you. There are some things you need to know about the situation though. Trevor's mother was neighbors with her mother's parents. Rita said Jenna's mother abused her and her husband sexually abused her. Fin said she's not married but has twin boys. Your ex told her that you never wanted her."
"I wish they had told me."
"They knew you didn't want to deal with her."
"I still had the right to know about my daughter."
"I agree."
"I love you. You know that, right?"
"I know. I love you too."
"Do you want to get married?"
"Are you asking me?"
"I am. Margaret Louise Stewart, will you marry me?"
"Yes, of course I will."
Ed took the ring out of his pocket, put it on Maggie's finger and then they kissed. They got out of the car just as another SUV driven by Carisi pulled in. The rest of the group from SVU and Lucy and the kids got out just as Melinda, Olivia and Rita came outside.
"Captain, I don't think you have met Detective Tucker yet."
"No, I haven't."
"Jenna, this is Captain Ed Tucker. He used to be with IAB but now he's with Hostage Negotiation."
"He's your dad, Jenna. He did the DNA test and it matched yours."
"You're sure?"
"Yep."
"I have waited for this moment for so long. Why didn't you want me?"
"I never knew about you. If I had known, I swear I would have fought for you and taken you away from her. This is my fiancée, Maggie Stewart."
"These two are my boys, Joshua and Jordan."
"Hey there."
"Hi."
"Grandma, you're engaged? That is so cool!"
"Thank you, Sweetie."
"Congratulations, Captain."
"Thanks."
Let's go for a walk.
"Ok. Guys, go with Rita, ok?"
"K."
Joshua and Jordan went inside with Rita and everyone else. Ed took Maggie's hand and they went for a walk with Jenna, while they talked and got to know each other better.
"Captain Tucker is engaged."
"Good for him. I like Maggie."
"This is Lexie."
"Liv, she's gorgeous. She definitely looks like you."
"Thank you. I've been hearing that a lot.""
"I like this picture."
Michelle sat down next to Rafael and kissed him, while Kevin hugged him.
"These two are Rebecca and Charlotte."
"They look like you, Trevor."
"That's what everyone says."
"Liv, you look good for just giving birth a few days ago."
"I haven't done anything. I just came home from the hospital today. Lexie did too."
"We probably should have called instead of overwhelming you with company the first day you're home."
"That's ok. You know I love you guys."
"We love you too."
After Ed, Maggie and Jenna came back from their walk, Ed introduced Jenna to everyone else. Everyone stayed for dinner and got caught up. The rest of the weekend seemed to go by too quickly. The group from New York headed back and Ed and Jenna decided to spend more time getting to know each other. Both Jenna and Maggie wanted to get to know each other better as well, since they were going to be a part of each other's lives. Ed also wanted to spend more time getting to know his grandsons better. Olivia and Hank spent Sunday night with their family before everyone had to start the new week.
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