Disclaimer: I don't own SVU, its characters, or the rights, I'm only using them to make things just that bit more exciting.
I also don't own Spongebob squarepants (except for a spongebob file and a notebook)
AN: All written in 3rd person however the symbol "~~SVU~~" denotes a POV change
So as promised (and very quickly might I add) here's chapter 2
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Chapter Two
Family, Ice Cream, and Toddlers
~~SVU~~
Olivia sat in a quiet cafe with Elliot. It was incredibly quiet at their table after she had told him her secret.
"Liv, I just wanna know-" he said suddenly
"El, I was young and scared."
"I get that. Did your mother know?"
"No. It was the year before I went to the academy. I moved all over the country. Nobody knew but the two of us. But he was engaged. He took her and left. I came back to New York and went to the academy. It's not in my record. It's also another reason for me joining the unit and why I'm so desperate to be a mother. Because my own child was taken away by her father."
That moment a young woman walked in with a toddler in her arms and came over to their table. "Excuse me. Olivia Benson?"
~~SVU~~
"Yeah, that's me" said the brunette, smiling warmly
Amerie smiled back nervously "I'm Amerie Phillips, and this is Kendra, my daughter."
"Wow. Uhh, why don't you take a seat and we'll talk?"
It was then that her mother's (her MOTHER... wow that was sooo weird) friend got up to answer a call and vacated a seat, which she promptly took when he was walking away.
"So who's your friend?" she asked quietly, blushing
"That's Elliot, he's my partner" Amerie raised an eyebrow "oh, no we work together. We're cops." It was her turn to blush and looked into her coffee mug. After composing herself, she asked "so do you live with your father or do you even know him? Or is it just the two of you?"
"So many questions" she joked "Uhh I haven't seen my father since I was eighteen at the hearing for the restraining order I have against him and in fact, I live with my husband, Kenni's father, Jason Phillips. I know I'm young to be married but we've been dating since we were twelve and I got pregnant at seventeen so it sorta just happened." She trailed off and looked at Kenni on her lap and kissed her head.
~~SVU~~
Olivia could tell the girl felt uncomfortable about something when she broke eye contact and started fussing around with her daughter's, Olivia's grand-daughter's coat, taking it off her and placing it on the chair beside her.
"So, Amerie, what do you wanna do today?"
"In general? Or with you?"
"Let's say in general first of all."
"Well, I gotta get Kenni some new shoes because she's growing so fast. Also some pajamas for both her and me. There's only so many times I can use a washed out, oversized 'Yankees' tee and sweats." She laughed softly as Kendra hiccupped and grinned.
Olivia smiled. "It wasn't my fault."
"What?" she looked up
"That we never met until now, and had what you and Kendra have. It wasn't my fault. Or yours."
"Jay promised me he'd keep me and Ken safe. I can sorta do that myself now. I'm in body guard training right now. I'm qualified in six martial arts to at least third Dan and I'm doing MMA and weapons training. I can also recognise and diffuse most bombs or explosives and I can disarm almost any firearm. All this for a twenty year old mother of the most attention seeking toddler ever." She said as Kendra turned to look at her mother and started hitting her in the face. For a three year old this was a few light taps on the chin.
~~SVU~~
Olivia said "Can I see her?"
Kendra looked up as her mother said "Yeah, sure." And looked at the strange lady her mommy was talking to.
"Mama?"
"Kenni, this is your nana Olivia."
"Naneliva?"
"Yeah that's right."
"Hey Kenni. This is my friend Elliot." Olivia said as Elliot came and sat down again. She whispered "anything important?" meaning, were they going to have to go to work or not. He shook his head and replied quietly "No, they just closed the Francisca case." "Good" she said as quietly
Elliot looked up and saw the little girl and said"Hi Kenni. Let's see do you like to watch cartoons?"
"Yeah!"
"What ones"
"Spongyboo!"
"Really? I love spongebob. Hey let's go see if we can find some spongebob candy if your mommy allows you."
"Mama pwease?"
"Yeah go on but not too much you don't wanna ruin your dinner."
"Ok lets go find a little bit of candy." He took the toddler in his arms and walked off out the door and down the street.
"I hate it when he does that."
"But you sooo clearly love it. Cos you lo-ove him"
"There is nothing going on." She said, blushing.
~~SVU~~
"There so is." Amerie replied laughing
"Ok. We have been seeing each other for a while secretly. We don't really want people to know until his retirement next year. We get it earlier than other professions because of 'occupational trauma'. Especially in our unit."
"You never said which unit. Which one do you guys work with?" she said in a relaxed tone
"Special Victims."
"Oh. Cool."
"You're not grossed out or anything?"
"No. Someone's gotta do it and the Brooklyn SVU helped me get away from my dad. So I basically owe them one." She laughed nervously, unsure if this is the correct reaction.
"It's their job. Do you wanna talk about him?"
"Yeah, but not here. You've probably heard worse. He got married when I was six weeks old. His wife had a kid from her previous marriage. He told me you'd died when I asked him after Jerry told me she wasn't my mother. He said you'd overdosed on sleeping pills. When I was twelve and he was drunk one night and we were alone in the house. He started saying how you were alive and that you'd had post-partum depression and he took me away from you because he thought you'd hurt me." She looked up at her mother. Desperate to change the subject, she asked "So did you have any more kids? Get married?"
~~SVU~~
"No" she answered truthfully "My job doesn't make it easy for me to have relationships. Take Elliot, he got divorced after his wife said he was becoming distant and wasn't spending enough time at home with their kids. It's an incredibly demanding job."
Olivia looked up as she heard the bell tinkle as the door opened and saw Elliot coming in with a giggling Kendra. She couldn't help smiling as the little girl had her face painted like spongebob and was eating an ice-cream. Most of the paint from around her lips had run down her cheeks and was replaced by the white ice cream, smeared around he mouth and on her nose.
"Mama! Naneliva! We got ice cream!"
~~SVU~~
"Wow." Said Amerie "It also looks like you got your face painted. Who are you?" she asked the girl
"Silly Mama me Spongyboo!"
She laughed at her daughter's excitement and took her from Elliot to clean up the mess her daughter had made of her face. Turning to her mother, she said "So do you wanna go somewhere else? Or would you like to come shopping with us? Both of you are welcome to." She added looking from Olivia to Elliot and back again.
Olivia nodded and Elliot said "Sure. We had lots of fun at the mall earlier didn't we Kenni?"
"Yah! Mall fun!"
"Let's go get you some shoes first." Said Amerie firmly
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Just a skim on the surface of EO
I promise more further on
how much you want is your choice so review and let me know
I do have limits -I won't write smut
Next chappy will be up ASAP