A/N: Sorry for the delay. I completely lost my inspiration for writing for awhile.. But hopefully it's now back to stay. Please read and review for more. Follow me on Twitter: XPurpleStormX ... This chapter is for Shannon! You know who you are. Love ya, girlie!
Disclaimer: Only own Bella.
Luckily it was a slow morning for the Chief of Detectives' and since the secretary liked Olivia and what she did as a Sex Crimes Detective, she allowed Olivia an appointment to see the Chief bright and early the next morning. Eight AM sharp. So that they were able to catch the Chief as he came in to start his day.
With Elliot holding her hand, she pushed the stroller containing a sleeping Bella, who was covered over with a blanket to protect her from the sun and wind, Olivia walked into the huge building, which was known as 1PP, for her meeting.
"Baby, are you really certain about this?" Elliot asked softly as they walked into a stylish elevator which was going back up.
Olivia sighed in frustration as the heavy silver doors slid to a close and Elliot pressed the button for the floor that they needed. "Elliot, we've been over this like a million times since yesterday. You even asked earlier when I was nursing Bella. I am sure. I'm not letting Tucker and Porter manipulate and black mail us. I won't stand for it," she replied firmly, her voice full of anger.
Nodding, Elliot sighed and decided to keep quiet.
The rest of the quick elevator ride was silent, the only noise was the slow, even breathing of Elliot and Olivia and the much quicker soft breathing of Bella as she continued to sleep.
The elevator came to a halt followed by a ding and the doors sliding open, indicating that they had reached their floor.
"Ready?" Elliot asked, caressing the back of her hand with the pad of his thumb.
Olivia nodded and they walked out of the elevator, just as Bella started to cry. She'd hoped the baby would sleep through the whole thing but it obviously wasn't to be the case. She stopped and walked around to the front of the stroller. "Hang on, Belle," Olivia cooed as she lifted up the blanket before gently picking up the screeching newborn. "Hey baby, it's okay. Mama's got you," she whispered, rubbing the baby's back.
It took a few minutes as they walked toward the office and Olivia's humming and back rubbing to calm Bella but she eventually fell back to sleep.
"The chief is ready for you, Olivia," the secretary said from the desk as soon as she saw Olivia walk up with Elliot, Bella still in her arms. She nodded with a small smile. "Thanks, Georgia," she thanked the young woman.
The short blonde woman stood up and opened the chief's office door. "Detective Benson is here, sir. With Detective Stabler and their child." She listened for a second before nodding and turning back to Olivia. "You can go in now."
Olivia nodded and walked into the large, tidy office with Elliot close behind pushing the empty stroller.
"Detectives," the chief greeted them and motioned to the chairs in front of his desk with his hand. "Take a seat please. Nice to see you this morning"
"Thank you," Olivia replied and very gently sat down with Bella, as to not wake her.
Elliot sat down in the chair beside her, the stroller beside him. He decided to keep quiet as he didn't want to come in the first place but he was just here for support.
"Now what did you want to talk about, Detective Benson?" the chief asked, his hands clasped together on his desk in front of him. He had nothing at all against these two detectives. He knew they were together, as a married couple, but he continued to let them work together because he knew that they came as a team. And he liked their work. He liked them in general. He knew they were good people. Very good detectives.
Rubbing Bella's back, Olivia sighed. "I feel like I've gone to the headmaster and tattling on another kid now."
The chief furrowed his brows. "Benson a tattle-tale? I don't think so. If you're here, it must be bad. What is it? Please don't tell me you're quitting to stay at home with the little tyke there," he said softly, nodding toward the sleeping baby in her arms.
"No, no. Although I might change my mind at the end of my Maternity Leave," she tried to joke but then shook her head, clearning her throat and grew serious. "Yesterday, Elliot and I had the unwanted pleasure of Agent Dean Porter and Sargent Tucker on our doorstep..."
The chief nodded. "Okay and what were they doing at your home? Unless you invited them, they had no need to be there."
"They came with two transfer forms for me and Elliot... Blackmailing us into transferring, just because he thinks he'll lose his job because he allowed Elliot and I to continue to work together even though we are now married," she explained honestly.
The chief sighed and scratched his beard, not losing eye contact with the detectives sitting in front of his desk. "Well Porter's a Fed, so unfortunately I can not touch him. But Tucker on the other hand, is going to pay for blackmailing. I will not have that. Especially toward two of my best detectives. I do not like people who blackmail, especially when they're just trying to cover their own ass," he said, nodding, as he thought of what could be done to Tucker. "I'll think of what I can do and call you in a few hours to keep you updated," he assured Olivia and Elliot before standing up and extending a hand to them.
Elliot and Olivia followed suit and shook hands with him. "Thank you, Chief."
"You're very welcome, Detective Benson. Thank you for coming to me with this, instead of trying to take it into your own hands," he said, shaking Elliot's hand but looking at Olivia.
Olivia nodded and she and Elliot left the office, just as Bella decided it was time to protest her wet diaper. "Good timing there, baby girl," Olivia laughed softly, rubbing the baby's back before kissing the crown of her head. "Now where can I change you?" she wondered to herself and looked down the hall. She never had to worry about it before, so she didn't know where the restrooms were. "Oh, Georgia, where can I change my baby?"
Georgia, the secartary, looked up from her desk with a smile and pointed down the hall. "There is a pull down change table in the women's toilet, Olivia. Third door on your left."
Olivia nodded to her with a thankful smile. "Thank you very much."
Olivia quickly change Bella and walked out again to find Elliot waiting patiently just down from the restroom. "All clean now, Daddy," she said with a smile before laying Bella down in the stroller.
Elliot smiled. "That's good. Let's go get us some lunch then," he said, watching Olivia slide Bella's pacifer into her mouth, to soothe her soft, upset cries as she settled back into her stroller for another short nap before it was time to eat again.
"Sounds nice. Where at?" she asked, covering the baby with the blanket to block the sun and wind when they left the building.
They stepped into the elevator as Elliot took her hand and she pressed the ground button floor with her free hand.
The elevator doors slid closed and Elliot said, "How about your favourite restaurant?"
Nodding, Olivia smiled. "Sounds good to me. It will keep my mind off things for a while, which is good too," she replied, leaning into him. She just wondered what would happen to Tucker. And if it was possible for Dean Porter to pay for black mailing them as well. She'd just have to wait and see.