Yearning
By: Liv-x-Case-Benson & dcmasters
Ch. 7: Full
It was strange. What drove some couples apart only seemed to make them stronger. It was six months after the miscarriage and Casey had gone for treatment months earlier, but a pregnancy test when she should have been seven weeks gone, eight weeks ago, had come up negative. She was disappointed, but decided maybe her body wasn't ready and to wait a while longer. Now though, she had arrived at work and felt rotten.
Although she hadn't been sick, she couldn't ignore the slight weight gain either and wondered whether the original test had been wrong. Going to the pharmacy on her lunch break, Casey grabbed a test, going into the toilets in the mall and waited. '15 weeks pregnant' it stated. She bought another five tests before she believed it.
Smiling, she put the tests into one of the boxes and stuffed it in her bag, making her way to the precinct. "Is Liv around?" she asked as she walked in.
"She stepped out to grab a coffee," Elliot said, looking through files. "Should be back soon."
"Ok, thanks," Casey replied, sitting at Olivia's desk waiting patiently.
Olivia walked in ten minutes later, sipping a hot coffee. "Hi Case," she said, smiling as she sat on the edge of her desk. "What's going on?"
"I need to go over your testimony for tomorrow. Is there a free room we can use?"
The detective nodded, leading her into a free room and closing the door.
Casey smiled softly, wrapping her arms around the detective, kissing her neck lightly.
Olivia smiled, hugging her tightly. "This is...unusually risky."
"Are you saying you're disappointed?" the attorney pouted.
"Of course not, but if you wanted me that badly, you could've told me to lock the door."
Casey smirked, staying close to her. "I wanted to ask you something..."
"And your question would be?"
"Hypothetically speaking, what would you prefer... a girl or a boy?" she whispered in the detective's ear.
"Well, I honestly don't care one way or the..." She looked at Casey. "So the slight weight gain, and NOT that that's a bad thing...ever. But...but you must've known before now, right?"
"I did a test a couple of months ago that said negative, and I never felt icky until this morning," Casey said, emptying the tests into the table. "I did six just to be sure."
Olivia turned over each test. Each one had the same result: Positive. Turning back to Casey, she smiled widely, hugging her. "I love you. And I promise I'll try not to stress you out so much."
"I love you too," Casey grinned, kissing Olivia deeply, "whilst I was on the way over, I phoned a private clinic that can fit us in for a scan in about twenty minutes. Think you can escape?"
Olivia nodded. "I haven't taken my lunch break yet. I'll just grab something on the way back."
"Come on then," Casey smiled, taking Olivia's hand as they walked out.
They were called into their appointment on time and Casey lay more nervously than the first time as she watched the technician frown. "I just need to get a doctor," she said as Casey's heart sank.
Olivia held her hand tighter. "Don't worry. At least not yet."
Casey nodded, putting on a brave face as the doctor entered, repeating the scan for much longer, occasionally, glancing at Casey and Olivia. Her hand tightened on Olivia's with every passing minute.
Olivia cleared her throat. "Is there a reason it's taking so long?" she asked, kissing Casey's hand.
"Sorry, the technician just wanted to be sure as part of the scan is obscured because baby is lying so far up in the uterus..."
"Is anything wrong?"
"No," she smiled, turning the screen so they could see, "Though you will need three of everything."
Olivia's jaw dropped. "E-excuse me...but I think I'm hearing things wrong. D-did you just say three? Not one. Not twins. Triplets?"
"No, you heard correctly. Miss Novak seems to have what we call a di-tri-pregnancy. It's basically one baby in one gestational sac and twins in another."
"So...are there risks to them developing this way? Is one child going to get more nourishment than the others? Will they be smaller?"
"It's most likely for labor to occur earlier in triplet pregnancies and we recommend taking maternity leave, if for no other reason than to rest your back as much as possible, from around 28-30 weeks. Obviously with multiples the risks are higher, but you're nearly sixteen weeks so I don't envisage any immediate problems and they all look healthy. One may be smaller than the other when they're born, but it all looks great," she smiled as Casey still lay in shock.
Olivia nodded. "Uh...sorry she's..."
"It's fine. We'll get you some photos," the doctor smiled as they both left.
"T-triplets..." Casey managed when they were alone.
Olivia nodded, hugging her gently. "Yes honey. Are you ok?"
"Uh huh," Casey smiled, "just shocked."
Olivia helped her sit up, hugging her. "We'll need a bigger house. And triple everything."
Casey grinned, kissing her softly. "Can I tell everyone when we get back to the precinct? I want to do everything differently this time."
Olivia nodded, handing Casey her clothes. "Yes, but I need food first."
"And we should probably eat too, huh?" Casey smiled, rubbing her small bump after getting dressed.
Olivia smiled, kissing Casey's belly. "And, being as it's triplets, you may want to start maternity shopping now," she said, standing again.
"Can we pick up something on the way? I want to show my bump off. It gets bigger once I've eaten."
"Of course it does. They're happy once they're fed," Olivia said. "But I don't think I have the time to shop now. I've got an oversized NYPD t-shirt in the back you can wear if you want though."
"I have court. Here, tighten the ribbons on the back of this blouse to pull it in."
Olivia sighed. "Casey, it's nothing to be ashamed of and hide."
"I said tighten them so it pulls the top in around it, Liv. I want to show them off. I'll do it," she said, reaching around pulling them tighter until she was satisfied enough of the bump was showing, leaving enough room for it to expand when she ate. "Much better."
"Sorry, I was thinking the opposite," she said as the doctor reentered the room. Olivia gestured for the door to be closed. "Uh, this isn't a question I'd normally ask anyway, but being as it's triplets, uh...as far as sex goes, uh..."
"Fine as long Casey wants to," the doctor smiled.
Olivia smiled. "Ok."
"Lunch first," she smiled.
They arrived at the precinct an hour later, knowing Olivia would probably be in trouble. But neither of them cared. Casey smiled when she saw everyone, including Cragen, right where she wants them. She pulled Olivia's arm around her waist further. "Everyone. Listen up, Olivia and I have an announcement... I'm pregnant..." she grinned.
Elliot smiled. "Congratulations guys."
Olivia smiled. "Thanks."
"There's one more thing..." she added, looking at Olivia with a nod.
"Yeah," she said with an exaggerated sigh, trying to hide a smile, "I guess there is. We're going to have our hands full because we're not only having one, or two. It's triplets."
Elliot looked beyond surprised, giving a long whistle. "Wow, you certainly will have your hands full."
"And I am so looking forward to it," Casey grinned as everyone else proceeded to congratulate them allowing her to show off the photo. She turned to Olivia a short while later. "We've got to go."
Olivia nodded. "That's right, you've got court," she said, walking her out.
"I'm going to go home for a lie down after we finish in court. I want to rest and relax as much as possible."
Olivia nodded. "Could you work half days?"
"Yes, as long as I'm not at trial. I'll talk to Branch about it.
Olivia smiled, kissing her cheek.
Casey gave Olivia a deep kiss before finally tearing herself away.
By the time Olivia made it home. Casey was crashed out on the couch, hand resting against her stomach.
Walking in, Olivia closed the door quietly, kicking off her shoes and sitting beside Casey, kissing her. "Hi baby," she whispered in her ear.
"Hi," Casey whispered, moving much closer, still smiling.
Olivia smiled at her. "How are you guys?"
"We're sleepy," Casey replied, her eyes still closed as she attempted to crawl up into Olivia's lap.
Olivia pulled Casey into her lap. "What about dinner?"
"Let me sleep on you for another half hour?"
The detective nodded, pulling a blanket around them. "What do you want? Boys or girls?"
"As long as they're healthy, I don't mind. You?"
"Me either. But I doubt we'll get any sleep for the first year..."
"I don't care as long as everything is ok and you don't get much now anyway."
Olivia nodded. "That's true, but at least three set of well developed lungs aren't the cause."
"I thought you liked a challenge."
"Not when I'm going to be up for days on end," the detective said, "but I'll still love them."
"Maybe they'll take after me and be quiet all the time..."
Olivia smiled. "Better start hoping and praying now then."
"I'm going to be huge."
Olivia smiled, hugging her close. "I don't care. You're mine. They're ours. And I'll love all of you."
Casey smiled, kissing her gently. "Our family."
Olivia smiled wider. "Yes. One big, happy family."
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