Chapter 2

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Elliot sat nervously as he waited on the doctors to tell him how Olivia was doing. She was badly hurt but she seemed alright otherwise. The paramedics had said it looked like a broken hip but Elliot was afraid that something would go wrong. Whenever it came to Olivia's wellbeing Elliot worried.

"Family of Olivia Benson" called the doctor who appeared through the double doors.

"I'm her husband" replied Elliot.

"Ok Sir your wife has a broken hip and she will be in pain for quite a while. Otherwise she seems fine. Her CT and x-rays came back clear but we would like to keep her overnight for observation" explained Doctor Nash.

"Can I see her now?" asked Elliot anxiously. He wanted to see Olivia for himself to make sure she truly was fine.

"Yes I will take you to see her right now" said the doctor as he led Elliot down the hallway and into Olivia's room. She was obviously in pain; Elliot could see it in her eyes.

"Hey Liv, how are you feeling now baby?" inquired Elliot as he walked over to stand beside Olivia's bed.

"I'm fine. Just a little sore but nothing I can't handle." She tried to hide her pain by giving Elliot a reassuring smile but he saw right through it. Olivia hated to look weak or in need of help but Elliot understood why. She had been alone for most of her life and never had anyone to fight for her or care for her so she had to do it for herself but now that she had Elliot he would try to help her and show her that he wasn't going anywhere.

Olivia grew tired quickly due to the medication she had been given which left Elliot in the room with nothing to do. He didn't want to leave in case anything happened so he decided to read some of the leaflets Olivia had been given. Because she had broken her hip she wouldn't be able to walk for a while. She would also need some physiotherapy. Elliot laughed to himself 'no way will Olivia like to hear this' he thought.

He quickly got bored with the leaflets and decided to get some sleep for himself. He gave Olivia a gentle kiss on her forehead and sat down in the seat beside her bed and drifted off to sleep.

Elliot was awoken by the noise of the doctor checking on Olivia.

"Is everything ok doctor?" questioned Elliot.

"Yes everything seems fine. Olivia can be discharged today but we will have to discuss her after care plan. Now I know that Olivia will probably want to get back to work but these kinds of injuries take quite a while to heal. She will have to rest for 2 weeks before she tries anything. Then slowly she will be able to gain back the strength she had. I would say she will be out of works for around 8 weeks"

Elliot wasn't shocked by what the doctor had to say. He half expected it but he knew Olivia would put up a fight. As soon as the doctor left the room Olivia began to wake.

"Hey Liv" said Elliot softly.

"Hey El, has the doctor been around yet?" asked Olivia groggily.

"Yeah you just missed him. You can go home today but you will be off work for about 8 weeks"

"8 weeks?"

"Yeah injuries like this take a while to heal he said. But look on the bright side it gives you loads of time to find us a place to live" said Elliot as he attempted to lighten the mood.

"Oh about that" said Olivia "I know it's going to be hard for me to get around and all now but I think I know were the perfect place for us is" explained Olivia. Obviously Elliot's attempt to lighten the mood as Olivia almost beamed as she spoke.

"Well Don, Liz and Ciara just moved in to this great apartment building. They said it's great. The apartments are really big and spacious and have a great view of the city. But that's not the best part" she had to pause for a moment to catch her breath as she was talking so fast "They are really close to the precinct too. I mean come on El how cool would it be to live so close to Don and Liz and Ciara?"

Elliot thought about it for a moment. Maybe this was a good idea. It meant that while Olivia was off work there would be somebody close by to help. And it was close to work.

"Yeah if you're happy Liv so am I" responded Elliot.

"Ok great. Liz and Don said they will set up a viewing for us but really El I don't think we need one. You saw those pictures that Liz showed us, the place is amazing" Olivia seemed to love the idea. Elliot was happy that this was distracting her from her injuries.

"Liv if you are sure this is what you want then let's just skip the viewing and put down a deposit tomorrow" said Elliot.

"I really think this is the perfect place El"

"Ok then that's it settled. I will go tomorrow and put down a deposit. How many rooms do we need?" he asked.

"Well we need a bedroom for us and an office and a guest bedroom and maybe another bedroom for when we he have kids" explained Olivia.

"So four and two bathrooms?"

"Yeah that sounds just about right"

"Mrs Stabler I do believe we have just chosen our first place together" said Elliot as he leaned in to kiss Olivia.

"I do believe we have" was her reply as their lips met.

Later that day Olivia got home. She wasn't pleased about how little she was able to do but she knew it was for the best. It was the best for her and for the child growing inside of her. She hadn't told Elliot yet. She had found out at the hospital but was informed that she was only about six or seven weeks along. She had decided to keep it to herself until she was almost twelve weeks. She knew it was wrong to keep it from her husband but she didn't want to get his hopes up. It was only early days yet and she knew that a lot could happen at such an early stage. So for Elliot's sake she wasn't going to give him hope and then have it ripped from him.

Ok so what do you guys think? I am aware it seems a little predictable but I have HUGE plans for this :P Please review!

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Hungry Heart x