Disclaimer: See chapter 1.

They went to a diner on 151st street. Olivia and Elliot sat on one side of the table facing the exit. Erica sat opposite of them. Elliot ordered coffee, Olivia and Erica ordered tea.

"So, tell us more about you."

Erica shifted in her seat.

"Well, I was born and raised in the city. I have two older brothers and one younger sister. When my parents disowned me, they did too."

Erica took a deep breath as more tears fell down her face.

"I met Nathan when I was twenty-two. We were married two years later. He had enlisted before we met and went through basic training with no problem. When he came home on leave, we were trying to get pregnant. I was in college and still am, while working. Soon after, he was deployed. A few weeks after he was deployed, another officer came to the house and told me that there was an accident, a roadside bomb, and that Nate had died covering another one of his men. I buried my husband. All through the funeral and the days after, I felt sick. I thought it was just the stress of everything and then I thought I could be. I took a test and it said it was negative, but I still felt sick. I went to my doctor and he took some blood. This morning I found that I was pregnant."

"How far along are you?"

"I'm about eight weeks."

"What are you planning to do?"

"I don't know. I can't raise my baby by myself. I have school and my job and I don't want to put him in daycare."

"You already know it's a boy?"

"Oh no, it's too early. I just decided that it's better than calling him an "it.""

"Daycare isn't so bad."

"Some are and some aren't, but he'd be there the majority of the time and I don't want to raise him like that. I want to be able to spend time with him and still keep my job and get through with my schooling. I've got one more year and I'm done."

"What about adoption?"

"I want my baby. I don't want to give him up, but if it came down to a choice, I'd choose him."

Olivia smiled. She knew how Erica felt. If she had to choose between the job she loved and her baby, she'd choose her baby every time. She just hoped that she wouldn't have to make that choice.

"How far along are you?"

"I'm three months."

"Do you have a job?"

"Yes, I'm a cop. I work Special Victims."

"Special Victims?"

"Cases dealing with children, the elderly, and crimes of a sexual manner."

"Oh, and you?"

"I'm her partner."

"Really? So you guys met at work, huh?"

"Yeah, it took some time before we decided to see the truth of our feelings though."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I was married with four kids. After seven years of working for Special Victims, my ex had decided that she had enough. I moved out and not long after I was in an accident and found out that I had cancer. Olivia was there for me through it all and that's when I realized how much I loved her."

"That's so sweet!"

"Yeah, he's a sweetheart when he wants to be. Sometimes he's an ass though."

Olivia gave him a mischievous grin. Elliot rolled his eyes at her.

"How did you find out you were pregnant?"

"I, um, It's not something I want to talk about, but I was in the hospital and they took blood. They called me a couple of days later and told me I was pregnant."

"Are you not happy that you're pregnant?"

"Oh no, I'm happy. The situation that surrounded my finding out about it is what I don't like to talk about."

"Liv, it's okay."

Elliot took her hand as he knew that the memories were trying to surface. She took a calming deep breath and did her calming exercises. It worked and she looked at Elliot with a smile. He kissed her hand and then kissed her. Erica turned her head at the intimacy between the couple before her.

"I'm sorry for bringing it up."

"No, it's nothing you did. I'm still dealing with a few things."

"Oh okay. How often do you work?"

"We're always on call."

"So, you have to be ready to go at a moment's notice?"

"Pretty much."

"How is that going to work out with the baby?"

"We haven't really talked about it yet."

"We need to though, El."

"I know that."

Erica giggled at the bickering tone they had. Elliot and Olivia smiled at her.

"We need to go, but here's my card. Call me anytime. My phone is always on."

Olivia handed Erica her card. Erica took it and clutched it to her.

"Thank you so much."

"It's no problem."

"Bye, Olivia, Elliot."

"Bye Erica."

Elliot and Olivia both patted Erica's shoulder as they walked out of the diner, hoping that they had done some good by talking to her. Erica sat there a little longer before paying and leaving. She wanted to give some thought to what the two detectives had said. She knew that she'd be seeing them again.

Elliot got a cab and they got in.

"I hope that Erica will be okay. El, what are we going to do about the munchkin while we're working? I understand how Erica feels about her baby being raised in daycares and by babysitters. I don't want the munchkin going through that."

"Have we decided that we're calling him or her 'the munchkin?'?"

"Yeah, I guess we have. Don't change the subject though. What are we going to do?"

"Liv, daycare isn't so bad though I get what you're saying. Maybe we can cut back on our hours."

"That isn't fair to the victims we have to work with. There's no stopping the crime in this city."

"I don't know, baby, we'll figure something out."

The cab pulled up outside of the precinct. They got out and went into the building. Walking into the bullpen, they got a warm welcome from Munch, Fin, and Casey who were discussing their latest case.

"How is everything going?" Fin asked.

They, along with Cragen, knew that Olivia was pregnant by Elliot. Everyone else assumed another thing entirely.

"We went for the ultrasound today."

Olivia held up the black and white grainy picture. The three normally tough and stoic coworkers turned into gushy aunt and uncles in no time. Casey looked up.

"How're you dealing?"

"It's a day by day thing, but I'm good."

"Good. I got to go, but if you ever need a babysitter, I'm available. I'll even keep him or her at the office with me."

Olivia chuckled and looked at Elliot.

"Be careful what you wish for because we might just take you up on it," Elliot said. Casey chuckled waving to them as she walked out the door.

"Us too," Munch said, "We'll be babysitters."

"Yeah, baby girl, no problem."

Elliot and Olivia burst into a fit of laughter. Munch and Fin looked confused.

"It's nothing. We've been wondering what we're going to do while we're working," Olivia said as her laughter subsided.

Munch and Fin understood then.

"Where's Dad?" Elliot asked.

"In his lair," Munch said.

"Okay, thanks guys. Dinner later?" Olivia asked. Both of them nodded.

The couple went into the office of Captain Cragen.

AN: I just have to keep you guys guessing on some things. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for the responses!