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We begin after the episode Undercover Blues airs. Olivia makes some big changes in her life after the aftermath of the trial. There's tension between Benson and Amaro stemming from Nick's interference into her relationship with Brian but it's only visible by them.
Nick had had it with the constant noise coming from Olivia's freezer. He threw off the blanket and got up fetching his trousers. He was checking out the freezer compartment of her refrigerator when she came into the kitchen in her bathrobe. "Amaro stop finding things wrong with my place." Olivia walked to the cupboard and retrieved the canister of coffee. Her eyes were barely open and there was crankiness in her voice. Next she filled the carafe with water and poured it down into the machine.
"Sorry but the noise this thing cranked out all night kept me up." he said. Nick fiddled with the ice maker, jarring the motorized arm to try and get a better look at the water line.
"You're mad we didn't have sex. Is this why you're wrestling with my freezer at 6:30 in the morning?"
"You don't hear the constant whirring at night when the ice maker is trying to crank out cubes?" Your motor is about to burn out," he said with his back still to her. "Grrrreat, I knew something couldn't be right with how quick he did his inspection."
"No…I'm not mad." He said turning to face her. She cocked her head giving him a faint smile.
"I do want to make love to you. I just feel I'm not ready yet, you and me, I'm still getting used to that. Be patient with me?" Nick walked to her and placed his hands on her hips.
"I know and I will be." He leaned in and gave her a quick peck then rested his forehead against hers. He pulled back looking around. "This house…it's only twenty years old so it's a solid home but now on the other hand those post-world war one and pre-world war two homes, just be lucky you don't have the electrical systems and pipes they have. There so antiquated compared to the building codes today. A fire waiting to happen so you might want to ask Fin to have his brother in law Sam to come over and look at the ice maker, he used to be a plumber." "Well then why didn't I just have him fix my leak?"
"Because then I wouldn't be here." She smiled. "Good point. I'm going to go take a cold shower, you?" Nick laughed. "I'll pick up a thermometer after work."
"See you at the house." "Yep," he said pushing the fridge back into place. After a quick shower at his place and change of clothes he walked in greeting everyone. A young male about fifteen years old was escorted into the squad by a uni with blood smeared on his jacket and hands. He had his younger brother with him. All heads turned in the direction of the officer and the boys. Nick got up followed by Olivia.
"I'm Detective Amaro this is Detective Benson why don't you have a seat right here." Nick took the extra chair from Olivia and scooted it next to the one the older brother was sitting in. After taking the brother's statements Fin, Nick and Amanda left to question the mother and the crime scene. The younger brother complained he was hungry so Olivia fetched food for both boys. Nick, Fin and Amanda returned. The father's body was exactly where the older brother said but the mother was nowhere to be found. Olivia worked on finding a family relative. When they finally did find the boy's mother she swore she had no idea her husband was molesting the children but after being pressed on it she broke down saying she couldn't stop it. She was charged with neglect. Her eldest son accused of her being an alcoholic saying she wouldn't know because she was passed out every night. In closing the case after two days, the oldest boy was not charged and both boys received counseling.
It was Friday afternoon and Nick was rushing to get out of the office to catch his plane to Washington. It pained Olivia that she couldn't say good bye to him the way she wanted. Nick felt the same way. Next day Olivia hopped the train to Connecticut to meet with Hannah, her surrogate. Hannah was a 36 year old married mother of 3, a high school English teacher and a girl scout leader to her two daughters. They met up for lunch at a diner and had a short wait before they were seated. The waitress came by and took drink orders. This was the third time the ladies met. Hannah wanted Olivia involved as much as her job would allow with doctor appointments, etc. Olivia was none the less overjoyed to accompany Hannah to appointments and offered to drive all the time. Hannah told her when her protruding belly wasn't able to fit behind the wheel then by all means Olivia could drive. She had just entered her fourth month and Olivia had a hard time keeping her eyes off Hannah's baby bump and couldn't believe in six months she would finally be a mother. One thing Olivia was grateful for was now she had family support. She breathed a sigh of relief after her brother passed the background check even with his criminal past. His parole officer was instrumental in writing a very supportive letter on Simon's behalf and his willingness to show that he had made a life change and was committed to his family was helpful for his case.
"Well at my check up last week they still couldn't tell me the sex but I swear to you Olivia it's a girl. My belly looked like this with my oldest and I'm craving things I craved with her." "A healthy baby is all I want." The ladies smiled as the waitress brought their drinks and took their order.
"Any new cravings since last month?" Olivia asked. "No not really but I do want peanut butter more often like on bagels or toast which I nevvvver ate before." Olivia chuckled at her remark. "So Olivia have you thought about any names yet, I know it's early but I couldn't wait to think of names as soon as I found out I was pregnant."
"Yes I have, at night lying in bed I'll look at my list and I'll scratch off that name and add this one." They laughed inviting looks from the couple seated across from them.
"I'm so happy I could do this for you." "Me too." "Must have been so hard for you when the adoption agencies turned you down before." "Yes it was." She said with sadness. "Well you're going to be a great mother and this little girl or little boy is going to be the fourth most luckiest kid on the planet behind my three." They roared in laughter but this time even the waitresses whizzing by serving trays of food took notice.
"You know what? You and your family should come down for a cook out one weekend. How's that sound?"
"That would be wonderful I let the family know. Thank you Olivia, it's been a long time since I've been to the city." Olivia smiled across the table at her taking a sip of her water. Their food arrived and they enjoyed the rest of their time over grilled chicken caeser salads. Nick called her later that evening. Olivia laughed scolding herself for feeling like a school girl when she saw his name displayed across her phone's screen but none the less she was happy to hear from him.
"Hi." She said. "Hi how are you?" "Good-tired," Olivia told him. She stifled a yawn. "So how was your visit with Hannah?" "Great although they couldn't tell her the sex so I'm going with her next month for her 6th month. Nick she looks wonderful and the baby is doing fine and she's convinced it's a girl."
"Oh really? You woman and your superstitions." Olivia scoffed. "How's your visit going with Zara?" Nick looked down at his sleeping daughter on the couch. "She's fast asleep right here beside me." he said yawning. "You sound tired." "I am, I'm pretty much wiped but we went to the Mall and rode the carousel a few hundred times then did the discovery museum, came back here ordered room service and watched well I should say attempted to watch all of Hotel Transylvania on paper view but she didn't last to the end."
"Aw poor baby, busy day with her daddy." "Yeah. They're calling for showers tomorrow so I don't know if we'll get the Zoo in or not." "Well she's had a pretty fun weekend so far." Olivia said. An awkward silence happened.
"Miss you." Nick said. "I miss you too. What time do you get in tomorrow?" "Plane lands at 7:10." "I'll pick you up we can go catch a bite." "I like that." "Well I'll let you go, you enjoy the rest of your time with Zara and I'll see you tomorrow." "Thanks good night." She took off the blanket and got up from the couch and went into the nursery. She got her journal out from the top drawer and began to write. When she finished she got washed up for bed. Her nightly ritual began as she got comfy under the covers. Scarlett got a happy face as well as Josephine and Abagail…for now. For the boys she had Leo and Isaiah as the front runners.
She waited for Nick outside arrivals. The rain had moved into New York by now so she had the wipers set to interment. She circled the round-about at JFK before spotting him waving.
"Hey you." he said getting in and tossing his bag in the back. "Hi yourself." Nick leaned over attempting to kiss her but she pulled away. "What?" he looked puzzled at her avoidance. Olivia did an all around. "Liv I'm not being followed she won't be served until next week, relax." "Sorry I'm just nervous." She leaned in giving him a slow but quick kiss." "Now that's much better." He said smiling. Olivia smirked then checked her side mirror pulling out into traffic. They stopped at a local mom and pop place near her place.
"Man it don't get no better than this." Nick said taking a huge forkful of his stromboli. "Want a bite?" "Sure." He swirled the cheese around his fork passing it other. She placed her hand over his taking the forkful of the puffed turnover guiding it into her mouth. "You're right that is good." They ate their meals making small talk.
After showing him her list of baby names he told her he liked Scarlett the best for a girl and Leo for a boy. He joked with her that they could call them car car and lee lee for short." She looked at him giving him the stink eye. "I'm kidding Liv I'm kidding. "You better be she laughed. "Does that mean you're in it for the long haul?" Nick looked at her placing his two fingers under her chin. "Every diaper change, every late night feeding, and every illness so yes I'm in it for the long haul." Olivia smiled looking into his eyes. "I can't tell how nice it is having you here." She said kissing him. "It's nice being here with you." Olivia let down her guarded stance with Nick sinking lower under the covers kissing him.