Hey Guys, sorry about the wait.A warning to those who want them, there is talk of rape and murder in this chapter, along with throughout the story. I mean the show is about this, so the fact that people would be surprised by it kind of shocks me, but I don't want to be insensitive so i'm putting a warning. Most of my stories including this one are pretty easy to read, there might be a few things in it where things get more than just a little heavy, but it's certainly nothing horrible. I don't have any sex in my stories, I might talk about it, but will never have the actual act in here. Many writers do, and It's just not something I could do. I don't read fanfiction for any other purpose than to see the things I want to see happen in my favorite shows. I can't stand when stories are written for other purposes. So, sorry about my rant, but please do not expect anything like that in here, I will skip over the act and just say it was done. If there is anything you would like to see me do for this story i'm always open to appropriate ideas based on what I just said. Hope you enjoy!
The next morning Elliot woke up to a loud clap of thunder, pulling him out of a dead sleep. He rolled out of the bed and walked over to the bathroom, wobbling as he did so. It was sunday, and He knew Liv had to work. He decided it was a good thing he was up early, he was going to have to watch Noah today. After brushing his teeth and quickly brushing his hair he walked out into the kitchen. To his surprise Liv was not awake yet, or at least not out of her room. He grabbed some milk from the fridge and sat down to watch the news. The news was as normal, of course. He watched as a house fire burned, a bridge collapsed, and a man tried to smuggle a gun onto a plane. He watched the news everyday, knowing he wasn't going to like what he watched. But for some reason he had thought maybe today would be different, like he did everyday. As he heard footsteps and stirring and then a door opening, he snapped back to reality. Liv walked over to the counter, putting an earring as she did so.
"Morning" she said, noticing his presence. "Morning" "Watching the news? What's going on today?" "oh you know, horrible things" He smirked. "Well, hopefully I can change some of that today" She said, trying to be optimistic. This was one thing he was never the best at. She poured herself some coffee and sat down next to him. "What are you doing? I thought you had work today" "I do, but I have 10 minutes to spare, and you're only here for a while." He thought about her words, noticing the way she was saying them. "Well what were you going to do in those ten minutes?" She looked at him for a moment, and then said "well, I was thinking we could watch the news, maybe talk a bit. I mean it has been a long time since we've been able to talk by ourselves" "this is true. Well, how is work going? What are you guys working on right now?" "Well, everything really. We have the murder of a 25 year old boy who was a suspected rapitst, and a stripper who claimed she was raped by a client." Elliot breathed in a whistle, "wooo, those cases are always tough. Is it too busy for me to stop by today?" Liv smiled. "Of course not, everybody is dying to see you" Elliot laughed, "maybe not the best term to say when you have your job" They both laughed. "I've really missed this" Liv said. "I have too, it's nice to be able to bounce back to how we used to be" They smiled at eachother. Liv had a sudden rush in her body, a feeling of love towards him. Almost as if she loved him in a different way than before.
She got up from the couch before she did anything stupid. "Well, I have to go. Noah's in his room, he will probably wake up in a little bit. Let me know if you need anything" He looked up. "Okay, see you later today" He noticed how fast she got up, almost as if she was trying to get away from him. If only he would have known why.
As he heard Noah's door open he looked over to see him walking out, tired as could be. "Hey Champ! Want to come watch some cartoons?" Noah looked at him tiredly. "Yes, please." He sat down next to Elliot as he turned the channel. After a moment he sank in next to Elliot, feeling close to him. "So, what did you want me to make for breakfast?" He looked up at him. "Well, how about waffles?" Elliot laughed. "Okay kid, whatever you want." He got up to get started, and found himself lost. "Alright bud, where's the flour, and the pans, and baking soda, and…" Noah cut him off, jumping up to help him. "Here" he said, lending him a hand. He opened the cupboard to show him the ingredients he would need. "Thanks kid" he said, rubbing his head.
A while later they sat down at the table, ready to eat their waffles. "We forgot syrup!" Noah laughed. After setting the syrup down Noah reached for it immediately and proceeded to dump the entire bottle out on accident. "Wooahh" Elliot said as he quickly grabbed the bottle, to prevent more from coming out. He tipped it up as they both laughed, Noah running to get paper towels. "Hurry!" Elliot said laughing. After the mess was cleaned up they ate their waffles, talking about their plans for the day. "So, after we walk Aria, we can play at the park a bit, and then we will pick Mommy up at some point." Elliot said. "Okay, can we get ice cream today?" He asked. "I don't know, we just had ice cream yesterday. We'll see" Elliot felt all parent-like to Noah.
They walked out the door, ready for their walk. Aria was excited, being just under 7 months old, she was still small yet energetic. She bound out onto the sidewalk, excited for some much needed exercise. "So, how are you liking your summer so far?" Elliot asked as Noah skipped along. "A lot, it's fun getting to spend more time outside, plus mommy takes more time off to be with me" Elliot smiled. " what's your favorite thing to do outside?" "well, I like to play with my friends that live by us. Alecia and Max from school live close, so we play a lot" "oh, that's good!" Noah laughed. "Yeah, Alecia's Dad takes us over to the park and we play on the 'spinny-thingies' until we get too dizzy" Elliot laughed at this. "Really? I bet you get pretty dizzy on those" Elliot loved this, just getting to spend some time with Noah. Liv had talked about him constantly over the phone, and he had seen and talked with him on facetime many times, but being with him in person was so much different. He was a really great kid, reflectant of Liv. As they continued to talk and laugh, they bounded off towards the park.
