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A/N: So, I put a subtle dedication in this chapter, but I am not going to tell you what it is. You are going to have to guess. If you guess right, you get a TOASTER!!! And toast if you want…

Add One, Subtract Another

8 Months Later

"Push Liv!" Elliot encouraged. It was around ten at night and Elliot and Olivia had been at the hospital now for eleven hours.

"I can see the head Olivia. You're almost there, one more big push," the doctor instructed from her position near Olivia's feet.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!" Olivia bared down and squeezed Elliot's hand even harder. She stopped as soon as she heard her child's first cries.

"I love you Liv," Elliot whispered as he leaned in and gave her a loving kiss on the forehead.

"Congratulations! Mom, Dad, it's a BOY!!" the doctor announced.

Elliot's smile got even brighter. Olivia noticed this and chuckled. "What?" Elliot asked.

"Nothing. Just, you should have seen your face when she said boy. I thought you were going to break your face, you were smiling so big."

Elliot blushed a little, "Well, I was excited. I have another son."

"I know, I know. But would you have been just as excited if it was a girl instead?"

"Yes, I would have. With girls, I could intimidate dates and she would be 'Daddy's little girl'!"

Olivia laughed a little.

The nurse came back over to the happy couple, "Here you go mom," she handed the newborn to Olivia.

Olivia took the baby from the nurse and looked into his bright blue eyes. Elliot came over and sat on the edge of the bed so he could look over her shoulder. He smiled and rubbed his finger down the baby's cheek.

"I love you El," Olivia said and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"I love you too Liv."

The nurse came back into the room, "Do you guys have a name that we can put on the birth certificate?" she asked.

Elliot looked at Olivia, "We do need to give the kid a name don't we? I mean we cant go around calling him 'Hey You' his entire life."

Olivia smiled, "I thin your right. Any ideas?"

"I like the name Benjamin, what about you?"

"I like that too. Oh, I think I got it."

"What?"

"Lucas Benjamin. We can call him Luke."

"I like it." Elliot turned to the nurse, "His name is Lucas 'Luke' Benjamin Stabler."

"That is a very nice name. I'll go put it on the birth certificate and make Luke a nice bracelet." With that the nurse left the room.

Thirty minutes later there was a knock at the door. Elliot gently got up from the side of the bed where Olivia was sleeping and walked to the door.

"Hey Don," Elliot greeted his boss. "Hey Jake, buddy."

"Hi Daddy!"

"Elliot. How are you guys doing?" Don asked as Elliot led them into the room.

"We're good. Liv fell asleep about twenty minutes ago and me and the little man here are just getting acquainted." Elliot answered.

"Little man? So, another boy?"

Elliot nodded, "Yup. Don this is Luke. Lucas Benjamin Stabler."

Don took the boy out of Elliot's arms and held him close to his chest. Luke was sleeping and cuddled right into the warmth that Don' arms were providing. Meanwhile, Jake was pulling at Elliot's shirt.

"Yes Jake," Elliot asked as he reached down and picked him up.

"Is that my new brother?"

"Yes it is. Jake that is Luke. Lucas Benjamin. Are you going to be a good big brother?" Elliot asked his eldest.

"Yes daddy," he answered as he tried to get a good look at baby Luke.

Don walked closer to Elliot and showed Luke to Jake. Jake reached out and gently touched the bundle in Don's arms.

"Hi Luke," he whispered. "I'm Elliot Jacob Stabler. But you can call me Jake. I'm your big brother. I'm going to teach you how to ride a bike and show you my cars and my football and -"

"Jake?" Olivia whispered from the bed.

Elliot turned a little and noticed that Olivia was half awake. He walked over to the bed and put Jake down next to his mother.

"Hey Jake," Olivia greeted her son.

"Hi mommy. Did you see the baby Luke?"

Olivia smiled, "Yes I did. He is cute, isn't he?"

Jake smiled and gave his mother a hug. Don walked over to the bed and handed Luke to Olivia.

"I think I am gonna take off. I'll let you bond some more with the little detective and come see you guys once you get home."

"Okay, thanks for coming Don."

"I wouldn't miss this for the world. You just gave me another 'grandson.' I just had to come and meet him. Do you want me to take Jake back with me?"

Olivia looked over to Jake who was sitting against the pillow leaning against his father. Both were admiring the new addition to the Stabler family, "No, I think he'll be fine. Thanks for watching him. He wasn't any trouble was he?"

"Who Jake? Never! You don't have to thank me for watching him. I love to hang out with the little man. See you guys later," he ended as he walked out the door.

6 Months Later

"Olivia Stabler?"

"Yes, how can I help you?" Olivia answered the phone as she was trying to feed Luke.

"Are you Detective Elliot Stabler's wife?"

"Yes, why?" she asked, getting a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.

"I'm sorry to tell you this, but your husband was shot today while trying to apprehend a suspect at a warehouse in Manhattan."

"What?" Olivia went wide eyed and almost dropped the phone. "Is he okay? What hospital is he at? How long ago? What happened?" she rattled off.

"Slow down, Mrs. Stabler. He was storming a warehouse with Detectives Munch, Fin and K. Briscoe. Once inside, the four split up and checked the warehouse. At some point, your husband and the suspect were in the same room, two shots went off and your husband was hit. The second shot was errant and the suspect ran. Detective Munch can tell you anything else you would like to know. I am sketchy on the details right now."

"Is he okay?"

"I am sorry to inform you that he was DOA."

"Wh…what? DOA? No, no that can't be. He can't be…be…" she couldn't finish the sentence.

"I'm truly sorry ma'am."

"Thanks for the call," she abruptly hung up. She noticed that Luke had finished and was now napping in her arms. She took him to the nursery and put him in his crib. She made her way back to the living room and sunk down into the couch. She put her head in her hands and started to cry.

She didn't know how long she had stayed in that position, but she was knocked out of her revere by a knock on the door. She got up off the couch and shuffled to the door. She opened the door to a solemn faced Don Cragen.

"Olivia," he said.

Olivia couldn't say anything. She collapsed into his arms and he held her tightly. He helped her back into the apartment more and shut the door with his foot. They made their way to the couch and sat down. Don took Olivia into his arms and allowed her to cry. Twenty minutes later the front door opened and Jake ran in with his grandparents in tow.

Jake looked at his mother and Don on the couch, "Mommy, are you sad?" he asked her.

Olivia looked at her son and another barrier of tears broke through. Don looked at Jake and then to Robert and Linda.

"Robert, Linda…I don't know how to say this, but there was a shooting today and Elliot was hit. He was pronounced DOA at the scene," Don told Elliot's parents.

Linda's eyes went wide and she turned and pressed her face into her husband's shoulder.

Jake cocked his head and looked from his mother to his grandmother and back to his mother, "Why are you crying?"