A/N: Get ready for the craziness at the end of this chapter and the upcoming ones. Read on and Review!
9:11 AM, April 30th, Dr. Palmer's office
"Good Morning, Olivia and concerns or worries today? I know you had that scare the other day and we had talked over the phone about it, but do you have any other immediate concerns."
"No, I don't think have any right now. I have actually been feeling pretty good lately. "Olivia responded with a smile.
"Great, well ok." She said looking over Olivia's chart." So uh your blood pressure, it's not alarming or anything but I would like to see that come down a bit." Then the doctor's eyes scrolled down the chart some more. "Everything else seems to be fine. You're gaining the appropriate amount of weight for where you are at in your pregnancy and your abdomen measurement is right where it should be, but before we get into anything else, how about we just take a peek at the little one...Gels gonna be a little cold."
Olivia rolled up her shirt as Dr. Palmer rolled on her gloves and squeezed the gel onto her abdomen.
Olivia would be lying if she said she wasn't completely nervous about today's appointment. This whole week she was on top of everything. Always having her water bottle within reach and a snack nearby ensuring that she and her child were getting the appropriate amount of nutrients that they needed. Her collapsing was enough of a wake up call for her.
As the lights in the room were dimmed, Olivia was brought back into reality by the sound of her child's heartbeat filling the room, the only thing she felt now was pure joy.
"This right here would be the head." The doctor said as she maneuvered the wand and pointed at the screen "And that over there would be the hand..."
"How soon could you tell us the sex?" Bryan quips up
"I usually like to wait until around the 16th week to ensure accuracy, but even in the position the baby's in, I couldn't tell...looks like you have a stubborn one on your hands."Dr. Palmer joked
"Oh God, I hope not." Olivia laughed
"And here are some 3-D images for you all to see." The doctor says as she changes the setting.
"Wow...just wow..." Bryan stutters out. "She looks like she's waving at us."
"She?" She said gazing up at Bryan, "I just still can't believe that little baby is living and growing inside of me."
"Well believe it!" The doctor says as she prints out some sonogram pictures and turns back on the lights.
"Well everything is moving right along." She said helping Olivia to sit up " I was wondering if you two have given any thought about the amniocentesis tests or the chronic villus sampling, or any other prenatal tests we discussed."
Bryan and Olivia had spent the majority of the night talking and other previous night's going back and forth about whether or not they wanted to do chromosomal and genetic tests on their child. The only thing she cared about was that their little one was happy and healthy.
"Yeah, we both gave it some thought. I want to do the tests to check for any abnormalities but I rather the non-invasive ones..."
"That is completely fine. Well to put your mind at ease, during the ultrasound I checked for any thickness or folds in the baby's neck which is sign for down-syndrome and it looked relatively normal but the blood sample we took earlier from you, we can test that and make sure and we can also check again at around 16 weeks and check for any other disorders."
"Phew, that's good to hear. I just feel like once I know I wouldn't be as stressed out anymore. But honestly it doesn't matter we will love this baby all the same."
"I know you will." The doctor smiled. "Well here are your sonogram pictures for today and I even put some on this disc for you which you can bring back with you each visit and I'll keep adding on new ones as time progresses."
"Would you say it's safe to start telling people?" Olivia hesitantly asks as she began sitting up.
"Absolutely and you two are in the all clear to umm "celebrate" as you wish." She says putting up air quotes causing the couple to visibly blush as Bryan nervously shifts his weight on both of his feet. "Just make sure to schedule your next appointment up at the front desk. I'll see you then, take care."
10:43 AM, One Police Plaza
"Chief Dodds?" Olivia nervously said as she knocked on his office door.
"Uh... Sergeant Benson, now what do I owe the pleasure" he said as he motioned for her to sit down in front of him "I usually don't have officers voluntary come down here to my office."
She walked on over and sat in the chair opposite from him.
"Well I just wanted to formally disclose my pregnancy to you and to the department."
"Oh. Well. Congratulations are in order then. I assume you already know the protocol of being on mandatory desk duty."
"Yes sir, already have the paper cuts to prove it." She joked
"So when are you due?"
"I'm due late October. I just wanted to get everything in order for when my maternity leave comes up and I know another fellow officer is going to have to come in and take my place in my absence so..."
"Yea, I'll probably be sending a Lieutenant over in your place when you're gone, maybe a little earlier than that."
"A Lieutenant?"
"Yeah but don't worry Sergeant it won't be permanent. You're doing a decent job over there and Tucker told me you were planning on taking the Lieutenants test anyways but I'm assuming that will be on the back burner for now?"
"Tucker said this?" She said with confusion
"Yea, is there a problem?" He said as he stared back at her with the same confusion.
"No...no problem."
"Ok well then uh... is that all Benson?"
"Yeah, umm thanks…that's all, I'll uh make sure I submit all the proper paperwork once it's completed."
"Take Care Benson."
"You too sir." She said as she began to walk out through the door utterly confused and growing with anger with each step.
11:32 AM, IAB Offices
Olivia stormed her way over into Tucker's office "You want to tell me why Chief Dodd's thinks I'm going to be taking the Lieutenants Exam?" As her voice was laced with anger.
"Hello to you Benson."
"Tucker, I'm serious."
He then got up from behind his desk and quickly shut the door and rolled down the blinds.
"Just listen and calm down for a second. Look, I know you want to keep on being the head honcho so I put in a good word."
"You put in good word?" She said crossing her arms across her chest
"Oh and congrats on the baby, Cassidy won't shut up about it."
"I don't know whether to say thank you or to do something to you that might get me suspended."
"It was no big deal, I'm not harboring any harsh feelings over here."
"No big deal?" She scoffs "Bryan can never, and I mean never find out about us. I don't need you doing me any favors!"
"Liv, we both know that for whatever brief time that we were together you enjoyed it as much as I did but you're gonna have to be honest with me and yourself sooner or later."
"Be honest about what?"she said looking at him with disgust.
"That there is a high possibility of that baby being mine, when were you even going to tell me?"
"How dare you even say that!?"she screamed.
"It's the truth!"
"The timing doesn't even match up!" She screamed even louder "I'm with Bryan now and having his child, not yours, so just back off! You know that whatever this was between us was only ever about sex. I don't need you ruining anything I have with Cassidy. I don't know what the hell is wrong with you and everybody else but I need you to stop sticking your nose in my business. Are we clear?" She sneered
"Crystal." He said moving even closer. "Just know that whenever you get bored with playing house with Cassidy, you know where to find me."
