The following morning Olivia woke with a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach. She had wanted to believe that everything Murphy had told her yesterday had been just a dream but she knew it wasn't true. Noah's "biological" father wanted his son and now Olivia was going to lose him. Last night Murphy had told her that they should set up a meeting with Noah's father, whose name she learned is Jonathan Johnson. What a stupid name. Who names their child that anyway? Olivia thought bitterly already deciding that she didn't like this man. Throwing the covers off her, Olivia got out of bed needing all the time she could get to prepare herself for the meeting.

As she approached the precinct doors Olivia let out a deep sigh, the anxious feeling in her stomach getting worse. She made her way over to Murphy's office and knocked on the door softly, silently praying that Mr. Johnson wasn't there yet. She heard Murphy's voice on the other side telling her to "come in."

"Hey" Murphy said when he saw her.

"Hi"

"Don't worry he's not here yet." Murphy said and he could see Olivia's shoulder droop as she visibly relaxed.

"I'm scared Declan" she admitted suddenly, "what if he is Noah's father? I don't want to lose him…"

"I know. I don't want that either. I know how much you love and care for Noah…but Liv, you and I both know that if he is Noah's father than he has a right to his son."

She hated when he made sense, before she could say anything though there was another knock on the door.

Sticking his head though the door Fin said, "Hey Lieutenant, there's someone here who wants to talk to you."

"Thanks Fin" Murphy said, getting up from his desk to move to stand beside Olivia.

Fin opened the door wide and in strolled a tall man Olivia assumed to be Jonathan Johnson. Olivia eyed him up like she would a potential suspect. He was taller than she expected, easily a good foot taller than she was and his hair, which he wore slicked back with an excessive amount of gel that made it look greasy, was jet black. She couldn't help but notice it looked like Noah's. Olivia noticed that he was wearing an expensive suit and an even more expensive watch. There was something about him that made Olivia uneasy.

"Hi, I'm Jonathan Johnson" he said sticking his hand out to her. When Olivia didn't reach out to shake his hand, Murphy cleared his throat and shook his hand instead.

"Hi, I'm Lieutenant Declan Murphy, this is Sergeant Olivia Benson, she's been Noah's foster mother this past year."

"Hello Sergeant" Jon greeted attempting to shake her hand again, this time Olivia reciprocated. "Umm is Noah here?" Jon asked as he looked around the room, moving from side to side, then up to his tip toes to see over their heads, as if they were stashing Noah behind the desk.

"No, he's at daycare"

"Oh…I was hoping to see him."

"Yes well he's not here" Olivia replied, Murphy putting a hand on her arm, his way of telling her to relax.

"So you think you're Noah's father?"

"I do yes. I saw in the paper about what happened to Lisette…or rather Ellie…when I knew her it was Lisette. I uh…she and I…I was a one time client of hers." He was looking at Murphy the entire time he spoke. Whether he was purposely trying to ignore Olivia or not, it irritated her.

"You were a client of hers? So you paid to have sex with her?" Olivia asked crudely. Her way of telling him that it's her who he should be speaking to, not Murphy.

Jonathan looked to her then, "yes I did…It was just the one time. I had never been with a uh…sex worker before and it was at my friend's bachelor party. It was a really stupid thing to do but I was so drunk and my friends had already paid her…Anyway I saw her picture in the paper and I read how she had been murdered that she had a son. Given the time she and I were together and how old her son is now I figured there's a chance I could be the father."

"So where have you been this last year?"

Jon continued, fiddling with his watch and then his hands. "Well it took me a long time to process that I could potentially have a son and then even longer to know if I actually wanted to be a father. I spent a lot of time convincing myself that I couldn't possibly be the father and then when I decided that I had to know it took me a while to find out where Noah was."

"Well we can sort this all out with a paternity test. Are you willing to do that?" Murphy asked.

"Of course." Jonathan shifted his eyes so that he was making direct eye contact with Olivia, giving her what she would label a smug smile he said, "But I need you to know Sergeant, if it turns out that Noah is my son, I will be asking for custody of him."

Olivia and Murphy were heading out to Warner's office, she had promised that she could do a rush paternity test for Noah. Olivia told Murphy that she could do this on her own but Murphy had insisted that he wanted to be there for her. Olivia had sat in the passenger seat staring blankly out the window, watching the yellow lines wiz by as she remembering the past year she had spent with Noah. She had come so close to becoming a mother and again it was all coming down around her.

"You alright?" Murphy asked as he glanced at her from the driver's side. Olivia just shook her head in answer.

Sitting impatiently on the hard chairs at Melinda's office Olivia was shaking her foot in anticipation. They had been waiting for twenty minutes now for the test results but to Olivia it had felt like a lifetime. She got up and began to pace the short hallway.

"This is taking a really long time" she said stopping in front of Murphy.

"Warner said it would take a while" Murphy pointed out.

"I know but I didn't think it would be this long."

Looking down at his watch Murphy said, "Liv it's only been twenty minutes."

An hour later Melinda emerged from her office holding some papers in her hands. Olivia, Murphy and Jonathan all stood up when they saw her approaching.

"So?"

"Jonathan Johnson is not Noah's biological father"

Olivia let out a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding and in her happiness hugged Murphy tightly, pulling away a moment later, slightly embarrassed but not really caring because Noah was still going to be with her. She felt bad for Jonathan but couldn't help but feel happy for herself.

"I'm sorry to have bothered you all. Even though he's not my son, I'm really glad Noah is with someone who really cares about him." Jon said.

Authors Note: So I've been flipping back and forth between making this guy Noah's actual father. I had started this story with all the intention on making him Noah's biological father and it was going to be about Olivia fighting for Noah and eventually losing him blah blah but I've decided to go in a new direction.

Little side note I really think that Noah's biological father will come to light next season and want Noah and Olivia will lose him. It's like the people who write the show don't want Olivia to be happy. Just saying.