*a/n I erred in chapter 3 saying Olivia would be accompanying Hannah to her 6th month checkup but should have said 5th(sorry) Keep those reviews coming they inspire me. You all rock xoxo! The rating will soon change to M so bear with me ok :D ****AND a big shout out to my big sis Kimberely who helped me with this chapter.
Olivia was thrilled when she found out Hannah would be having a boy. Olivia had secretly hoped for a girl but was overwhelmed with joy knowing she was going to be a mother to a baby boy. After the appointment the ladies went shopping for baby clothes.
"Is this a bad omen to be doing this so early?" Olivia asked. "Of course not there is no such thing as a bad omen when you're celebrating a pregnancy." Hannah held up two 0 to 6 month outfits seeking Olivia's approval. Olivia went for the light blue onesie with the teddy bears over the green one with footballs. She couldn't wait to call Nick on her way home and tell him the news.
"Lucy I'm home." Nick shouted emulating Ricky Ricardo. "Coming honey." Olivia was busy slicing vegetables for the tossed salad later. Nick handed off two bags to Olivia while he took the other three and pushed the front door shut on his back foot. "My goodness Ricky you have enough food here to feed an Army." "Well honey we have an army coming and have you seen Fin eat lately? Brother can sure pack away some food." They laughed their way into the kitchen and unpacked the food. "Look at these steaks Liv, that's the best cut of a ribeye you can get." She seemed unimpressed. Olivia didn't get excited over cuts of meat so any cut looked good to her. "How much do I owe you?" "Nada," he told her. "Oh come on now I don't expect you to pay for all of this, I want to pay you." "How about a little down payment now?" He wrapped his arms around her and pressed his lips to hers. Olivia closed her eyes and kissed him back with good intentions. Soon she was pulling back gazing into his eyes. "You're not one to barter with are you Nicholas Amaro?" Mmm no I'm not," he chuckled pressing his lips back onto hers. They engaged in a mini make out session until Nick pulled away. "I better go get Zara I told my mom I'd be back in an hour. I'll clean the grill when I get back." He slid his arm around her hip giving her a quick kiss.
Nick returned with Zara and her back pack full of her favorite Disney movies. "Hi Zara it's nice to meet you I'm Olivia." "Hi Olivia want to see my movies I brought?" "Sure I'd love to." Zara emptied out her back pack on the couch showing Olivia all her favorite dvd's. Nick looked on like the proud father he was. "Her movies are like an American Express card." Zara turned and looked up at her dad. "Daddy you always say that." She turned her attention back on Olivia. "Do you like Alice in Wonderland Olivia?" "I do and do you know what?" I watched a lot of Disney movies growing up." "Which one is your favorite?" "Well there's so many good ones to choose from so I guess if I had to pick one then my favorite one would be Lady and the Tramp." "Lady and the Tramp I don't have that one do I daddy?" "Nope I don't think you do sweetheart." "What is it about Olivia?" Olivia shot Nick a smile. "Well it's about these two cute dogs who like one another very much but because they come from different neighborhoods it's hard for them to see one another but they fall in love and they become the best of friends." Zara smiled at Olivia relieving her favorite childhood movie. "Honey why don't we put a movie in because I'm gonna help Olivia get ready for the party ok." "Ok daddy."
All of her guests had arrived. It was the first time the squad had met Nick's daughter. It wasn't hard to fall in love with how adorable she was and chatty too. Olivia gave the grand tour. The rocking chair had been moved down to the basement so the nursery looked like an empty bedroom with only a stand up dresser and floor lamp. Her house warming party was just kicking into high gear when Captain Donald Cragen got the call on his phone.
"I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news everyone. We just caught a case." Captain Cragen looked at Zara then to Nick. "Catch up with us after you drop off your daughter." He looked at Olivia. "I'm sorry about your party." "It's fine Captain things happen." "Munch you ride with me. Fin you and Rollins head to St. Matthews." Nick gave Olivia a look as he helped Zara pack up her things. Nick's mother wasn't exactly all smiles when she had to cancel her card game.
"Sorry ma." "It's ok mio we'll pop some corn get in our jammies and watch Disney movies all night long." his mother said pulling her close to her side. "Right mi pequeña?" "Right." Zara said looking up at her abuela.
Nick joined up with the Olivia and Munch at the NYU campus and Olivia briefed him on the case. "17 year old girl was raped by some members of the rugby team but insists it didn't happen." Olivia's phone rang and she answered.
"When? Alright we're on the way. That was Amanda our victim was thrown down a flight of stairs she's in the emergency room with a broken arm claimed she fell down the stairs." Looks passed from Nick to Olivia to Munch. "I'll update the Captain." Munch said leaving them.
"Detectives over here." the nurse summoned them. "She's in the OR getting a pin for a badly broken arm." "Do you know how it happened?" Olivia asked. "I don't have the whole story but she claims she fell down the stairs." "Where?" Nick asked." "Couple blocks from home, good samaritan found her and called a bus. She's got a few fractured ribs, black eye and broken arm." Nick had doubts right away. "Her injures don't sound consistent with her story." He looked at Olivia then back to the nurse. "What else can you tell us?" Olivia said. "I think she's been raped more than once." Olivia looked hard at the nurse. "Why would you say that?" Olivia pressed the nurse. "She complained of abdominal pain so the doctor was obliged to do a vaginal exam. She's got pelvic inflammatory disease caused by gonorrhea." "Did you do an std screen with the rape kit?" Nick charged. "Yes detective!" Nick sighed. Cases like these hit hard with him. Olivia motioned with her head for Nick to move away with her. "The parents are in the waiting room." The nurse said. After talking to the parents Olivia and Nick were not on the same page. Olivia walked ahead of him as they exited the hospital.
"Are you serious Liv? "Yeah Nick I want to be sure to rule the parents out." "You think they tossed their daughter down a flight of steps?" "Father seemed pretty upset about their daughter having sex." Nick caught up to her touching her arm trying to slow her down. "She didn't she was raped." Olivia stopped and turned facing him. "And what if she fabricated the rape to cover up sexual activity? We've had lots of cases like that!" "Liv you saw that girl she was afraid of something!" "Maybe it was dad." She said walking away from him. "Oh you think he raped her?" "We've seen it too many times before Nick." Nick looked doubtful at his partner over the roof of the cruiser before opening his door and getting in. Olivia made eye contact staying with her gut feeling. They headed over to the dorms to meet Fin and Amanda.
""What's up with him?" Olivia asked looking at Fin. "He wishes he could choke one of the players and charge him with bigotry." "We need to take a closer look at the coach." Fin said. Getting back to the house they briefed Captain Cragen. Nick walked up behind Olivia as she was departing for the evening.
"Hey not so fast you gotta give me room to disagree with you if I don't think it's a viable lead." "Nick I've been doing this a lot longer than you and I when I smell a cover up I go with it." "You heard Fin we need to take a closer look at the coach." "And we will but I'm not giving up on my gut feeling…good night." "Night." He watched her walk out feeling they got nowhere. It took four days to close the case and as it turned out the coach of the rugby team had raped her along with two of his star players but the gonorrhea their victim caught stemmed from the father raping his daughter. That evening while lying in bed Olivia wondered if this was really going to work out with Nick. The constant being on guard so they weren't detected by others made her feel uneasy most of the time. When they were away from work where they could let their guard down usually ending up in her bed made her feel comfortable, relaxed and wanted. Why is it warned never to have an office romance she thought? She got up and went into the nursery and began to journal. Nick sensed Olivia was off the next few days at work. He caught up to her at the coffee station. "Have dinner with me tonight?" Olivia gave a quick sweep around the room. "I don't know Nick." "We need to talk and we can't do it here. Please Olivia." "Fine just let me know where to meet you and what time."
"If I knew you asked me to come out this far I would have told you no." she said jokingly coming towards him with the maitre'd on her heels. Nick stood up as Olivia was shown to the table. He came to her side of the table and pulled out her chair. It was a cozy table for two. The ambience was definitely romantic. Another waiter brought over the house specials. Olivia chose the cabernet. Nick ordered a domestic beer. "Thanks for coming. Are you giving up on us?" She looked across the table at him. "Nick I…" He looked down, his face was deflated. "Olivia just please give me a chance to change your mind, at least afford me that opportunity ok." When she lifted her eyes to meet his they were glassy.
"I know this is not your style to enter into a relationship with someone who's married but I'm not married Liv. Yes on paper I am but I've been separated for over a year now and I've tried to save it and you know I have. We're not going to see eye to eye on every case that's what makes us-us." "Nick I'm not used to walking on egg shells or having to look over my shoulder being worried about my job or repercussions of the other one involved. This isn't fair to either one of us."
"Just wait you said you would hear me out. The therapist my sister and I saw after my father left told my mom that I would probably model the abusive behavior after him. My mom told me that men who bet up on women only prove their insecurities not their strength. She said I had to be my sister's protector now. I never wanted to be a woman's protector as in their body guard but more the protector of their love." "I need some time. I want to be sure I'm doing the right thing. "I'm falling in love with you." "I'm sorry I know you disa-" Olivia's eyes grew wide hearing what she thought she just heard.
"You heard me right; I'm falling in love with you Liv. I'm going to put in for a transfer so you don't need to walk on egg shells or look over your shoulder or worry about me." Olivia was speechless. "Nick…first of all Cragen won't let you transfer you're too good to let go. I've tried it and Fin's tried it. He'll stall until you get tired of asking him about it. Second I won't allow that to happen. Wow you sure know how to make me feel this small." "Not my intention." He slid his hand across the table and caressed hers. He was glad she didn't pull back.
Nick gave her the space she requested. He didn't come by after work, didn't call at night or on the weekends when he was with his daughter. Everything he used to do made Olivia miss him. Work was even going well, something she thought would backfire. That evening after her shower she stepped reaching for her moisturizer and accidently knocked over his cologne he had left. She took the top off the bottle. It was definitely his smell alright. One weekend she decided to paint the nursery. She watched a few on line tutorials and was proud of the half-finished job. Nick was surprised when his phone alerted him that he had a text from Olivia.
You alone?
Yes why what's up?
Painting the nursery this weekend do you think if I put moons and stars on the ceiling Leo will wake up and think he's been kidnapped by a band of gypsies?
That's funny Liv haha your call.
You're no help. Next night she was right back at it. Olivia was standing back admiring the neat job she had done that day. The next day at work he asked her what color she chose. "A two tone tone blue with a really cute border." "Nice." he said. "How was your weekend with Zara?" "Fun, she wore me out as usual." She smiled listening to him replay his weekend. She missed hearing him tell her about Zara and what they did. Olivia was just about to call it a night since tomorrow was work. She needed a shower badly. Remnants of paint were evidence on her clothes, hands and face. Her doorbell ringing startled her.
"Thought I'd come by see this gypsy camp you were creating." She smiled at him as he entered. He joked that she had all the paint on her. "Wow I'm impressed its looks like a professional's job." "Thank you." They stood admiring her work. "Oops forgot to remove the tape." Olivia removed the tape and was just about to climb the ladder to touch up the area where the tape stuck when Nick came up from behind her. He took the brush out of her hands and put it the tray then turned round her slowly. He looked at the bandana that surrounded her head then slowly removed it letting he hair spill out. He touched the paint smear that was on her chin. They held their gaze. I can't stand be away from you any longer." he said. "Me either." His lips crashed onto hers. Olivia threw her arms around his neck pulling him closer. Soon they were pawing at each other's clothes. They sank onto the tarp that covered the floor, their mouths intertwined. He was hungry for her as she was him.
Nick's lips circled her nipple without actually touching it. His tongue traced the curve of her breast, his fingers squeezed her buttocks then grazed her crotch. Olivia trembled in anticipation. He lifted her leg until it straddles his. Nick kissed a path down her body; he held her breasts like they were precious. He drew one of her nipples into his mouth. He suckled tenderly. His mouth was warm, familiar to her, she missed this she missed him. Olivia playfully bit him and began pushing on his shoulders, urging him to keep moving. She sighed when his tongue circled her navel. She shivered when he sucked the surrounding skin into his mouth and bit delicately. Again, without being asked, she opened her legs in a not-so-subtle invitation. Nick ran a single finger over her slit, paused when he touched her clit and pressed his finger into her. She gasped when he grabbed her hips, rolled her with a strength that startled her then entered her. Off to a slow start Nick pumped his length into Olivia harder and faster. The relief was sweet afterwards as they rolled together on the stained tarp kissing.