A/N: I don't own any of the characters except my own.
Monday arrived and Olivia, Erin and Lisa didn't want to return to work and neither did their husbands. Hank and the rest of Intelligence got a call early, so Hank left before Noah was awake. Erin came to pick up Olivia and Lisa and they stopped for coffee before heading to the District. They went up and sat in Olivia's office for a while.
"I don't want to be here."
"Me neither."
"Neither do I."
"Lexie was being fussy this morning and was running a slight fever. She's teething. I gave her some medicine and nursed her before I left. She woke up after Hank left and I couldn't get her back to sleep. She fell asleep when I nursed her. Noah was upset because Hank left without saying goodbye to him."
"The twins are teething too."
"A part of me didn't feel right leaving her though."
Olivia's cell rang.
"Hey, Alyssa."
"Hey. Lexis is burning up."
"Ok. Take her to Med and I'll meet you there."
"Ok."
"Thanks for calling."
"No problem."
Olivia hung up with Alyssa and called Hank."
"Hey, Babe."
"Hey. Alyssa is taking Lexie to Med. After you left, she woke up and I couldn't get her back to sleep. She was being fussy and running a slight fever. I know she's teething. I nursed her and she finally fell back to sleep. Alyssa just called and said she's burning up. Erin picked me up this morning, so I don't have a car. Noah isn't happy with you for leaving without saying goodbye to him."
"He should know by now that I can have cases at all hours."
"That's what I tried telling him."
"I'm on my way. I'll call you when I get there."
"Ok. Thanks."
Olivia hung up and then Hank left. On the way to the hospital, Alyssa and the kids were in an accident. Hank picked Olivia up and they headed to Med. They encountered the accident on the way. The crew from 51 had responded to it.
"That's Alyssa's car."
"Yeah, it is."
Hank put his lights on and drove over to where everyone was.
"Sergeant, Lieutenant, we didn't contact Intelligence or SVU."
"That's our nanny's car. Our kids and grandson are with her."
"Ok. Sorry."
"OLIVIA, OVER HERE."
Olivia ran over to the ambulance.
"They were headed to Med because Lexie was burning up."
"Mommy, my arm hurts."
"I know, Sweetie."
Hank came over.
"Are they ok?"
"Noah is complaining about his arm hurting. Daniel, Sweetie, are you ok?"
"Owie!"
"Yeah, you have a nice owie on your head."
"Your daddy will meet us at the hospital. I called Justin and told him what happened and to bring Mouse."
"Ok."
A couple more ambulances arrived on the scene and then Olivia went with the kids, Gabby and Sylvie, while Hank put the seats in his vehicle and followed them. Another ambulance took Alyssa and the last one took the other driver. When they arrived, Maggie put the kids in two different rooms. Olivia stayed with Noah and Lexie and Hank went to be with Daniel until Justin got there.
"Mommy, where's Daddy?"
"He's with Daniel until Justin gets here."
Will came in.
"Noah has a broken arm, so we will need to cast it. Lexie has an ear infection. We'd like to keep her until her fever goes down."
"Is she ok from the accident?"
"She appears to be but that's another reason we'd like to keep her. If the fever goes down by tonight, she can go home by morning. We'll start her on an antibiotic. We'd like to admit Noah for observation too."
"Mommy, no!"
"Sweetie, it'll be ok. I'm not going anywhere."
Then Hank came in.
"I take it Justin got here?"
"Yep. They want to keep Daniel overnight for observation."
"Noah too. He has a broken arm. Lexie has an ear infection and they want to keep her here until her fever goes down but they also want to keep an eye on her. She appears to be ok from the accident though."
"If it makes it easier for you, we can have a crib put in Noah's room for Lexie."
"That would be easier. Thank you."
"No problem."
Then Trevor came in.
"I brought Olive. Lisa is going to talk to her mom and see if she can help out with the kids."
"Thank you."
"No problem. If you need anything else, let me know."
"Thanks. They want to keep all 3 kids overnight at least."
"Maybe we'll have to bring Emily and the boys to visit later."
"I think Noah would like that, wouldn't you?"
"Yeah."
"What color cast do you want, Noah?"
"Blue."
"Ok. Blue it is."
Hank took Lexie from Olivia, put her over his shoulder and rubbed her back.
"Daddy loves you."
"Daddy."
"What?"
"Are you going to leave?"
"I'm not going anywhere."
"But you left early."
"I know. I had a case. Right now, I need to be here with you and your sister."
"And Mommy?"
"Of course. Mommy knows I'll always be here for her."
Will put Noah's cast on.
"How long does he have to keep it on?"
"6 weeks probably."
Noah started pouting.
"What's wrong, my love?"
"Can I still go to the baseball game?"
"Yes, you can still go to the baseball game. You just can't get your arm wet."
"No bath? Yay!"
"You can still take a bath but no swimming though."
"You can get a cast cover."
"I'm sure we'll need to get a prescription for her, so we can get that then."
"What game are you going to, Noah?"
"Cubs."
"Who are they playing?"
"Mets."
"We're going to New York for it. Who's going with us?"
"Uncle Fin."
"Yep. I asked him if he could pick up the tickets for us if I got them and he said he would if he could go with us. Melinda is watching Lexie. I tried getting tickets here but it didn't happen."
"Jay and I want to take Erin and Nat to a game. Our dad is a Season Ticket holder for the Sox and he always gets tickets for the series against the Cubs. Dad didn't want to travel for the wedding but as a wedding gift, he's giving Jay the 4 tickets. Although I'd rather go to a game at Wrigley. It's just all part of the experience."
"That's for sure. My dad used to take me to Opening Day every year even if it meant taking me out of school. I continued that with Justin for a while. This year I took both my boys to Opening Day for the first time. I'm looking forward to sharing this tradition with Daniel too one day. This season's was probably the best one I've been too. I wish my dad had been around to see all this happen. Actually, I have tickets to the Cubs/Sox Series at Wrigley. Olivia and I wanted to do something fun with both of our Units, so we're all working a ½ day and going to the game. We have a Suite. We included the families as well, so if you and Nat can get off or switch shifts or something, you should join us. You're family now. We only have two non-Chicago fans going."
"Hey! I rooted for your team in the World Series, didn't I?"
"Yes."
"Olivia, I get the same thing from Lisa and I rooted for them in the World Series too as you know."
"I'll fix you, Henry Voight. I'll root for the Sox."
Hank gave Olivia a dirty look.
"Mommy, that's not nice."
"Maybe I should start rooting for the Yankees."
"You better not."
"Then don't tell me that you're going to root against my team."
"You two are starting to sound like Lisa and me. It's a losing battle for us, Olivia."
"Yeah, I know it is."
"If you don't want to go to the damn game, then don't go."
"I never said I didn't want to go. Why are you getting so upset when I was just giving you a hard time? We may never agree on our sports teams but nothing will change the way I feel about you. That's all that matters. I don't want you upset with me and I probably should not have said that either. I apologize."
"I'm sorry too. I'm just not having a good day. That case this morning was rough and now this. I didn't even want to go back to work."
"Neither did I. I wasn't even there that long."
"I think she needs to be changed."
"Did you grab the diaper bag out of Alyssa's car?"
"I didn't think to unless it was in the trunk."
"I think our diaper bag is in the back of my SUV. We never took it out when we got home last night. I can get it for you."
"That would be great. Thank you, Trevor."
Just as Trevor was about to leave, Trudy came in.
"I took these out of the trunk of Alyssa's car."
"Thank you, Trudy."
"No problem."
"Do you want to take her or should I?"
"I'll go."
"Thank you."
Hank took the diaper bag and then took Lexie to change her.
"How are you, Noah?"
"I'm ok. My arm hurts though."
"I bet it does."
"I'm going to go see if we have any rooms available in Peds or if we'll have to wait for one."
"Thanks, Will."
"No problem."
Will left just as Mouse came in.
"How's Alyssa?"
"She's pretty banged up and in a lot of pain. She broke her hip, so she needs to have surgery to fix that. She's probably going to need to be off for a while. This isn't how I wanted to start our first week back after getting married but it was just an accident."
"We'll be fine. Trevor said Lisa is checking to see if her mom could help out. If not, then I'll take time off."
"I told Olive to take as much time as she needs if that helps."
"We'll see what happens. Are you planning to take time off, Mouse?"
"Probably. I'll take a couple days now and then once she goes home. Her mom will stay with her when I'm at work. Noah, are you ok?"
"Yeah."
"I broke my arm when I was 3, so I know what you're going through."
Then Justin came in with Hank and Lexie.
"How's our boy?"
"He's ok but he's kind of cranky. All he wants is Olive to hold him."
"Poor little guy."
"Open the stroller and I'll set her in it."
"Ok."
Olivia opened the stroller, so Hank put Lexie in it.
"Will went to see if there was a room in Peds for them."
"Ok. Trudy, have you heard anything?"
"No. They know to contact me if something comes up."
"Ok."
"Are they going to check the cameras?"
"I think so."
Then Ethan came in.
"Hank."
"Dr. Choi."
"The other driver didn't make it. He had a massive heart attack, which is what caused the accident. The wife wants to speak with the families of everyone involved."
"Ok."
"Maybe I should go with you. I know the questions to ask."
"Great. Thanks."
Ethan took Hank, Justin, Mouse and Trevor to where the other driver's wife was. Mouse went to get Alyssa's dad as well. Will came back.
"Ok, we have two rooms up in Peds, so we will move them shortly."
"Ok, great."
Will left again and then the kids were moved up to Peds. Once Mouse and Alyssa's dad got back to her, they took her into surgery. Trevor and Trudy both went back to work and then Hank and Justin found their kids' rooms.
To be continued…
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