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Olivia zipped up her son's jacket and grabbed his small hand.

"Ready Noah?"

He nodded eagerly, obviously ready. She smiled at him. When she opened the door to get ready to drive Noah to daycare, she stared at the person on the other side.

"Olivia..."

She cut him off. "We have to get going Trevor."

"I just want to talk."

"What part of 'we have to get going' don't you understand," She said coldly. "Now if you'll excuse us." She said trying to walk past him.

"You can't act like it never happened, you have to face it."

"I am facing it. And he won't move out of my way."

He nodded at her request and moved. She walked out of her apartment and locked her door. She felt his eyes burning through her as she picked up Noah. Without looking at him, she turned and started to walk down the hall. She felt him approach beside her.

"Taking him to daycare?"

"Yeah."

Noah, who's now just starting to speak a little bit of full sentences and understand some conversations, smiled.

"I go-in daycare." He said smiling at Trevor.

Trevor smiled at his son. "Do you like going?"

"He does, look," She said stopping and facing him. Noah was too busy playing with her necklace. "I'm not in the mood for you or your little games-"

"What games?"

"This-this small talk crap, okay?"

"I just want to get to know him."

"And you will."

"When?"

"When the time is right. This isn't just going to happen overnight. These kinds of things take time."

"I know that."

"You act like you don't."

"I can't ignore the fact that I have a son."

"Funny you should mention that considering that's what you were doing until like 3 days ago." She said raising her voice a bit but not too much to distract Noah who seemed so fascinated by her necklace at the time, completely ignoring the two adults.

"I told you, I know I fucked...," Then he glanced at Noah. "Sorry, screwed up. I can't change the past."

"Then what can you do?"

He stepped a bit closer to her. "Control the future."

She stared into his hypnotizing eyes. "We need to get going." And with that she left out of her apartment building leaving Trevor almost cemented in spot.

Her day at work flew by pretty fast. She wasn't able to concentrate on the case at all. All she could think about was Trevor. The conversation with him earlier in the morning. Those words lingering in her head.

"I can't change the past."

"Then what can you do?"

"Control the future." Those three small words. "Control the future. Control the future. Control the-"

"Liv!" Her partner Nick said distracting her deep thoughts.

"Huh?"

"Where'd you go?"

She stared at his confused expression. "What?"

"Where'd you go?"

"What do you mean?"

"I've been calling you for like 5 minutes."

"Oh," She said quietly. "What is it?"

He looked around making sure no one was in hearing distance. "Are you all right?"

"Why?"

"You've been distant today, is everything okay?"

"Why wouldn't they be?"

"I don't know."

"Everything's fine Nick."

Nick nodded. Even though they've been partners for about a year now, his partnership with Olivia was still a little on rocks. He knew what happened with Elliot and that she was going to need some, well, a lot of healing time. He had given her space and autonomy. He tried to keep the arguments between them civil so they wouldn't get off on the wrong foot. In his opinion, they were growing closer each day and they you have that set back that pushes you down a few steps off the ladder. He decided the only way to get to her is to have a normal conversation, so he gave it a shot.

"How's Noah?"

"He's fine. Learning how to talk in small sentences now."

Nick smiled. "You know what they say. The hardest part of teaching them to talk is getting them to be quiet, or something like that."

She smiled and stacked up her paperwork. "I need to get Noah from daycare. He's probably sleeping now."

He waved her off. "I understand. And if you ever need anything-"

"Give you a call. Night Nick."

"Night Liv." He said to her. She gave him a small smiled and walked out of the precinct. She dropped by Sunnyside Daycare and Center to pick up her son. It was 6:34 and her hunch was right. He was asleep.

She arrived at her apartment. It was a struggle keeping Noah propped up against her. It wasn't because he was too big, but because he was deadweight. She got on the elevator and endured the worst damn elevator music known to man. She was grateful when it opened. She got off and walked around the corner.

"Oh my God." She said seeing Trevor walking toward her.

"Hey." He said approaching her.

She glared at him. "Either you're a damn creep or a fucking stalker."

"Neither."

"Then what the hell are you doing here?"

"You're not the only one I know that lives in this apartment building."

She adjusted Noah on her hip. "Look, I would love to stand here and chit chat about Wall Street but I'm tired and so is Noah. I just want to shower and go to bed."

"I understand," He said. "Do you think we could talk tomorrow then?"

"I don't know."

"Not the answer I was hoping for."

"Be grateful you got that. It's a hell of a lot better than no."

"Point taken. So I guess I'll see you later?"

"Maybe."

He smirked. "There's never a guaranteed answer with you, is there?"

"I guess not. Bye Trevor." She said with a slight annoyance in her voice.

"Bye Olivia."

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