One week later

Raf was working on paperwork he kept looking between the door and his phone Liv was supposed to call him when she was on her way to his office so they could go to the doctor appointment when his phone rang, he answered seeing it was Liv.

"Hey mi amor."

"Hi. My appointment moved up until 2, the doctor had something come up, can you make it?"

Raf went through his schedule that Carmen had laid out a good thing: it was friday.

"I'm good from 1:30 on."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, I thought about leaving for our appointment and just doing a little baby research until Noah got home."

"Okay I'll meet you at the office. Love you."

"Love you, too mi alma."

As raf hung up there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Carmen came in, handing him a gift bag.

"The ring came already?" He asked, seeing the place on the bag.

"Yes, just delivered. How are you going to propose?" Carmen asked.

"I think I'll play it by ear, I don't think she'd like a fancy planned proposal. I'll just ask her when it seems right, maybe when we're all out together so Noah can be involved…"

"I think you're right about the proposal, so stop worrying."

"Thank you for that, Carmen."

The next Monday

Raf was sitting at his desk not getting prep done for a meeting he had with Rita in an hour, he kept looking between the door and his phone praying Liv would call him. There was a knock on the door,

"Come in." He said, hoping it was Liv wanting to fix things.

But his hopes were dashed as Carmen came in.

"Did you involve Noah?"

"Yeah, but…."

Carmen saw the sadness in his eyes.

"What happened? She did say yes, didn't she?"

"After I asked her, she asked Noah to go to the park near the place where we were which upset him. As he started walking away with his shoulders hunched over, I froze after she said no and only saw he was upset. I didn't hear if he said anything to her. She just looked at me."

"Did you ask why not?"

"Of course I did. She said I was only doing this because of the baby even though I have been looking for a ring since before she told me she was pregnant and just found the perfect one after she told me either way not pregnant or pregnant I was going to propose."

"I assume you told her this?"

"Yes, and she just shrugged me off." Raf leaned back on the couch feeling insecure about himself.

"I'm sorry Rafael." Carmen felt for her boss.

"It's alright, after my papi, abuela, February and this it's clear that I'm meant to be alone in this lifetime." Raf said, getting up and going back to his desk.

"My next appointment is with Rita in 10 minutes. I would like to be alone so I can get mentally prepare myself if you don't mind Carmen."

"Okay Rafael."

Carmen closed the door and sat on her desk, getting out her phone sending the voice message between her and Rafael to Fin, Rollins, and Carisi.

Liv was in the office when the three amigos received the voice text from Carmen. As Fin, Amanda and Sonny listened, their hearts broke for Rafael. After the message ended, they looked at each other.

"What should we tell her?" Amanda asked.

"I think we need her to listen to this and see her reaction and tell her to go talk to him and expect his proposal." Sonny said.

Amanda looked at Fin.

"All three of us need to."

He got up grabbing his phone as the other two followed. He knocked on the door,

"Come in."

Fin opened the door and all three came in Amanda and Sonny sitting on the couch.

"What is this? An intervention?" She asked, laughing.

The laughing stopped when their serious expressions remained. Fin sat the phone down and hit play going to sit with Amanda and Sonny. Halfway through Liv sniffed and wiped her eyes. After listening to the conversation between Raf and Carmen, she didn't say anything.

"Liv, you need to talk to him." Amanda whispered.

Liv nodded. As she gathered her purse and badge.

"I'm going to talk to him then go home to Noah."

"Just make sure you take him home too, Liv." Sonny said.

Across town at One Hogan Place Rita stepped out of Raf's office.

"Is he and Liv okay? He seems depressed." She whispered.

"No, if you want to know more you'll have to ask your boyfriend." Carmen said.

Rita nodded, as she left she called her boyfriend. He picked up as she stepped on the elevator.

"Fin tell me what the hell is going on with your Captain."

Fin told her about the voice message that Carmen sent him, Amanda, and Carisi. Liv got off the elevator heading to Raf's office. Carmen saw her and did her best to hide her relief that they were going to talk.

"Fin made me listen to the voice text. Is he in?"

"Yes." Carmen smiled, as Liv knocked.

"Come in." Raf said, defeatedly.

Liv opened the door.

"What do you need Liv? Unlike you, I hate telling you no."

"For you to come home so we can talk about everything before Noah gets home."

"There isn't anything to talk about, you're pregnant with my child, I love you I thought you loved me too. I proposed and you said no, because apparently I'm only asking out of a misplaced sense of chivalry. Then you refused to hear me out when I denied it. That was low Liv."

"I'm sorry. Can we talk about it at home?"

"I've got work to do, tell Noah I'll try to get home in time for bedtime and that I love him."

"Okay." Liv sighed, defeatedly.

She walked to the door and opened it, looking back at him.

"I love you."

Raf looked up, with a look of complete disbelief on his face.

"Do you?" He asked, and looked down at the paperwork in front of him.

Liv sighed and walked out. As soon as the door closed, Raf waited a minute before slamming the pen on the desk and letting a strangled sobbed much like that one on that fateful February evening.