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Chapter 3
It had been six weeks since Elliot and Olivia's encounter while undercover. Their case had imploded on itself when the perp shot himself in the head. They'd barely spoken about what had happened, but the both of them wanted to. Munch had picked up on Elliot and Olivia's chemistry as soon as they had come back to the precinct when their case was done. He too had been mustering up the courage to say something to one of them. He finally got a chance to speak to Olivia alone.
"So, what happened with you and Elliot while you were undercover?" He'd said, sitting down on the opposite side of Olivia's desk, watching as she sunk her teeth into a chicken sandwich.
"Uh, nothing Munch." Olivia said with a mouthful of food. It was the best thing she'd tasted all day. Munch didn't move, he merely looked at Olivia with interest. She finished her sandwich. "Okay, what do you want, Munch?"
"Nothing, I just want to know what happened with you and Elliot while you were away. Since you got back, everyone has noticed that you guys are different around each other. You can barely look at each other in the eye. Did you have a fight, or some forbidden sex?" Munch winked at Olivia with a playful smile growing on his face.
Munch may be a good friend of Olivia's, but hearing him say 'sex' was like hearing her grandpa say it, and it wasn't a pretty mental image. "No, not a fight, John. We uh—"
"Had sex?" Munch offered.
Olivia grimaced. "Keep it to yourself, okay? No one knows and we want to keep it that way."
"Okay, no problem." Munch said. "Are you sure it's what you both want though? You barely even talk to each other unless you have to and even then it's like a bad soap opera break up."
Olivia got up from her seat and put her trash in the bin. "I think I'm in love with him, John." Olivia said, barely above a whisper. She turned around and said "How cliché is that? Woman cop falls for her best friend and partner." She wiped a tear from her cheek.
Munch got up and gave her a hug. "It'll be okay, Liv. Just talk to him, okay? Elliot's an understanding guy, and I mean, since he and Kathy are no longer together, maybe you guys will have a chance. I've seen the way he looks at you, and I'm no expert on body language, but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that he felt the same way." He kissed Olivia's forehead.
Liv sniffed and wiped another tear from her cheek. "Thank you, John. There's something else though…" She bowed her head.
Olivia trailed off and it got Munch worried. "What is it?"
Olivia was quiet for a moment before looking John in the eye and saying "I think I'm pregnant."
Munch was silent for a moment, he wasn't sure what to say. "Are you sure?" He finally said quietly after a few moments.
"I haven't taken a test yet." Olivia said. "But I missed my last period, so I'm pretty sure."
Munch thought for a bit and said "Well, make sure that you're absolutely certain before you tell Elliot."
Olivia froze. She hadn't even thought of telling Elliot; the father of her possible child. She felt like an idiot for not even considering Elliot.
Olivia was brought out of her thoughts abruptly when Elliot suddenly walked in the door. He had a large smile on his face and he looked like the happiest person on the planet. He hadn't looked this happy since long before Kathy had separated from him.
"Why are you so happy?" Olivia said, almost scared of what Elliot would say.
"Liv, you'll never guess what!" Elliot sat down opposite Olivia at their desk and stared at her. "Kathy called; she wants to get back together! Can you believe it? I've dreamt of this happening since she left me. She just called me out of the blue and said she wanted to get back together. God certainly answered my prayers!" He'd forgotten to give Olivia her coffee that he'd bought for her, ignoring that she looked at it warily. Elliot got up from his side of the desk and gave her the coffee, along with a kiss on her cheek.
Olivia felt stupid. She wasn't sure why, but she did. She felt sick. She thought that, since her and Elliot had had sex while they were undercover, that maybe, just maybe, her feelings for him would be able to grow into something more than just friendship. She desperately wished it could. Her foot was in the doorway and Kathy came crashing through the door like an old man too short to see out of the windscreen of his car.
She didn't know how to feel. On the one hand, she was completely elated that her best friend was getting back together with his wife, but on the other hand, she was potentially carrying said best friend's baby, which just made everything painfully complicated.
Elliot loved kids. He adored his children above anything else. Would it be such a bad thing if he had another one with a different woman that wasn't his wife? Kathy would probably have a problem with that. No, Kathy would definitely have a problem with that.
Olivia always sensed a feeling of jealousy whenever she was with Kathy. Olivia knew it was understandable. Who wouldn't be a little jealous of their partner spending so much time with someone else?
First thing's first though, Olivia had to take a pregnancy test. The worst thing she could do is tell people she definitely was and then it turned out she wasn't.
That night, Olivia bought a pregnancy test from the corner store and did what she had to do. After three agonizing minutes, the test read positive. She was pregnant.
She knew exactly what she had to do first thing tomorrow. She had to tell Elliot. The longer she keeps him out of the loop, the worse things will get.
The next morning, Olivia woke with a start. She was going to hate this day more than anything else. Olivia wished that she could just magically teleport to a week in the future to see what kind of reaction her news would bring to the people in her life. She still felt guilty though. Kathy already seemed to dislike her a bit, how was she going to feel once she found out her husband had had sex with a different woman and got her pregnant? She sighed and began to get dressed, ready for work.
She went to the kitchen to begin making her breakfast when she had to suddenly rush to the toilet and puke out last night's lasagna. She definitely wasn't going to enjoy the morning sickness. When she was finally able to leave the toilet, there was a knock at her door.
Olivia opened the door and her heart sank to the floor when Elliot was standing in front of her. "Hey, are you okay? You look pale." Instantly, as if nothing had happened, as if they hadn't spent the last few weeks barely talking, Elliot's hand was on Olivia's forehead, feeling for any slight change in a normal temperature.
"I'm fine El. What are you doing here?" Olivia just wanted to blurt out that she was pregnant, but she knew that that would be a terrible way to go about it.
"Thought maybe you'd like some company on the way to work." Elliot walked passed Olivia and leaned against her kitchen counter.
"Elliot, the precinct is in the other direction…" Olivia began saying.
"Okay, I lied." Elliot said bluntly. He took a sip of his coffee and handed the extra one to Olivia.
When Olivia took the coffee and put it down next to her on the kitchen table, Elliot looked puzzled. She usually drank them. "Liv, when someone gives you a coffee, usually, they drink it." He said with a chuckle, the same stupid smile on his face that was there yesterday when he came bursting into the precinct.
"I… Can't, El." Olivia said, ravishing the feeling of Elliot being in complete ignorance of her current condition. She looked at him. "Elliot, I'm pregnant."
Author's Note: Hello, I'm really sorry that it's been so long since I update this fic. I hope you enjoy this chapter though! :)
