A/N: I hope you like this chapter. Please read and review.
Disclaimer: Are Elliot and Olivia a couple? No. Well I don't own it.
"Mommy say she need Uncle El cos baby." Laila tried to explain the best way a three year old could.
"Mommy needs Uncle El cos she's having a baby?" Casey asked for clarify.
Laila nodded. "Yes, me gonna be big sister."
Casey nodded. "You hungry, sweetheart?" She asked as she held the toddler's hand, walking in to the kitchen.
"Yes. Fwench Fwies, peas." She asked as Casey sat her up on the counter.
"You want French Fries?" Casey asked.
Laila nodded.
"Sorry, honey. I don't have any French Fries. What else would you like?"
"Pizza?"
Casey nodded and smiled. "I can make you a baby size pizza. You hold on to the counter, sweetie."
After Casey stuck a healthy little pizza in the oven, she saw Olivia get up from the couch and rush in to the bathroom.
"Come on, honey." She whispered as she picked up Laila up.
She took her in the bathroom to see Olivia throwing up.
"Rub Mommy's back." Casey whispered and set Laila on the floor.
Laila nodded and ran over to her mother before beginning to rub her back.
Casey got a glass over water and kneeled down beside Olivia.
"Thanks baby." Olivia whispered facing the toddler after she finished being sick.
"It ok, Mommy."
Olivia then faced Casey and took the glass of water. "Thanks." She whispered and took a sip.
"Laila told me that you're pregnant."
Olivia nodded, sadly. "I don't know if I am going to keep it."
"You're going to abort it?" Casey asked in shock.
Olivia shrugged and sat against the light blue tiled wall.
"With El gone I'm on my own. I can't raise two children on my own, Case." She whispered trying to hold back tears.
"Oh honey. I'm here for you. This baby is part of you and Elliot; you don't want to get rid of that, do you?" Casey asked and embraced her best friend in a hug, careful of Laila, who was sitting in her mother's lap.
"I'm going to have a shower and then go for a jog." Olivia said when Casey pulled away.
"Ok, honey. I'll take care of Laila." She said and stood, taking Laila's hand.
Olivia stood. "Thanks."
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Three hours later Olivia still hadn't returned and Casey was very worried about her.
She picked up her cell phone and called Olivia's cell phone for the fifteenth time, hoping that she would finally answer it.
RING. RING. RING. 'You've reached Olivia Benson. Sorry I can't take your call right now. Please leave your name and number and I'll get back to you.'
"That's it." Casey thought to herself before walking in to the living room to Laila.
"Come on, Laila. We have to go find Mommy." She said before turning off the TV and picking up the toddler, grabbing her purse on the way out of the apartment.
Casey walked in to the squad room with Laila on her hip to find Olivia sitting at her desk, working.
"Olivia..."
Olivia turned around and sighed.
Casey passed Laila to Olivia.
"Hi baby." Olivia whispered to her daughter.
"Hi Mommy." She replied as she got comfortable on her mother's lap.
"Olivia, why are you working?" Casey asked gently and squatted down beside her.
Olivia sighed. "I need to. Please just let me finish my paperwork, Case." She begged.
It was the first time that Casey had heard the detective beg like that and it worried her.
"Liv..."
"I need to work." Olivia said with a sigh.
Casey stood properly again and was about to speak when Captain Cragen emerged from his office.
"Benson, my office."
Olivia nodded and got up, placing Laila on her chair.
"What's up, Captain?" She asked ask she closed the office door.
"Take a seat, Olivia." He said gently.
"I'd rather stand, thanks."
"Liv, you need to go home. Rest. Spend some time with Laila. You can't keep throwing yourself in to work when something bad happens, it's not healthy."
Olivia sighed. "It helps me to keep my minds off things." She replied.
Cragen slowly shook his head. "Get some rest, Olivia."
"Is that an order?"
Cragen sighed. "Yes, it's an order, Olivia. Spend some time with Laila. Take her on a vacation or something."
Olivia nodded and just walked out in to the squad room.
"I'm taking Laila home." She informed Casey before picking up the three year old. "Come on, baby girl."
"What did you say to her?" Casey asked Cragen as he walked in to the squad room.
"I told her to go home to rest and spend time with Laila." He replied.
"She shouldn't be alone."
"She isn't, she has Laila. Anyway she's a big girl, Casey and you know how stubborn she is. She rarely accepts helps so leave her be until she asks for help." Cragen said and walked in to his office.
"He's right, Casey. Liv just needs some time to grieve." Fin spoke up from his paperwork.
Casey sighed and nodded before leaving the squad room to go home so she could enjoy the rest of her day off.
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That night Olivia was lying in bed with Laila, asleep on Elliot's side of the bed. Olivia was holding a framed photo of her, Elliot and Laila. It was a professionally done family portrait taken in black and white.
Olivia and Laila were wearing matching Lavender purple satin dresses and Elliot was wearing black pants and a white shirt.
Olivia caressed the photo and held back rebellious tears.
"Goodnight, El. I love you." She whispered to the photo before putting it down.
She then turned off the bedside lamp and went to sleep.
In Boston, Elliot was lying in his bed, holding one of the colour shots of the photo that Olivia was holding.
He kissed it. "Goodnight my girls. I love you." He whispered before putting the photo under his pillow.
He then turned off his bedside lamp and drifted off to sleep.