I figured you all deserved an update that wasn't a year, considering my updates on this story have been pretty poopy. Anyway, on to the story!
Oh another thing, this chapter is a huge time jump, sorry in advance.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN LAW & ORDER:SVU OR ITS CHARACTERS
Seven Months Later
Olivia stood in front of the mirror looking at her body for the umpteenth time. The first few times, while they were undercover, she and Elliot hadn't used any protection, so it wasn't much of surprise when she had found out she was pregnant. Of course neither of them had planned on it happening, but now that they were expecting a baby, they couldn't have been happier. "Liv, you look absolutely fine," Elliot said as he walked into the room he now shared with her. After Olivia had left the hospital Elliot had invited her to stay in his house, knowing she needed someone to take care of her and make sure she didn't overexert herself in fear that she would pull her stitches. When she had found out she was pregnant they decided it would just be best for her to move in with him, after all his house was much bigger than her tiny old apartment.
Olivia continued to stare at her bare stomach in the mirror. She could swear she had gained more weight than a woman her age should have, but then again she was nearly 8 months pregnant. "I just want him out ," she complained.
Elliot sat on the edge of the bed and watched as she released her shirt so that it covered her swollen stomach. She sighed, loudly, before she made her way over to Elliot, sat next to him, and laid on the bed with her feet hanging over the edge. Elliot let out a chuckle. She was definitely not enjoying not being able to move much, which included sex. "I know you do baby, but you have to keep him in there for a little while longer." He placed his hand on her thigh and chuckled once more when she placed her hands over her face. "So Liv, I was thinking, if you want to stay home today you should."
Olivia dropped her hands, craned her neck and looked over at her boyfriend. Today was the fourth and hopefully last day of Gordon's trial. Sure, the stress of everything was making her irritated, and it made Elliot worry about the baby, but she wasn't going to miss the jury convict the man who deserved nothing but life in jail. "Oh no you don't, I'm going to that trial," she said as she watched Elliot stand up and remove the towel that had been keeping him somewhat decent this whole time. She watched him smirk and she wanted nothing but to kick him. He knew she couldn't have sex anymore, not until after the baby was born, so the fact that he liked to continuously tease her irritated her even more.
She waited until he stood closer to the bed before she kicked her leg up, hitting him in the thigh. "What was that for?" Elliot asked, surprised by her display of violence.
"Oh don't play coy with me. You know exactly what that was for."
Elliot let out a laugh, before he crawled onto the bed and hovered over her, carefully avoiding her belly. From this angle Olivia could see his hard dick and wanted nothing more than for the man to make love to her, but her thoughts were quickly interrupted by her phone ringing. "You better get that," Elliot said with another smirk.
Olivia glared at the man. "I hate you."
"No you don't, you love me," Elliot said, kissing her lips to emphasize his point.
Olivia kissed the man once more before rolling her eyes. "Yeah yeah, that's what you think," she said before she pushed him away so that she could reach her phone.
Olivia sat in one of the benches in the courtroom, in-between Elliot and Cragen. When their boss had first found out the two were expecting a baby he did what any one in the situation would've done. He got angry at first, and then later congratulated them, after separating them at work of course. He knew they hated working apart from each other but he knew it was a sacrifice they were willing to make in order to keep their little family together.
To the right of Elliot sat Daniel Boyd, the FBI agent who had been undercover with the two detectives while they were in the trafficking ring. He had stayed in town to assist in the trials of Karusso, Drew, and Princeton, who were now all in Rikers Island serving time for sexual assault, rape, and solicitation. At first Elliot hated the man for lying to them all, but after a while he realized how crucial it was that no one knew his identity. He and Olivia had even gone out for drinks with the man, where he later assured him that all evidence of their relationship would be kept a secret. That was a week before Olivia had found out she was pregnant.
The four sat in the first bench, right behind the prosecutor's bench. As Elliot put it, they wanted to have a good seat when Alex got the jury to convict the bastard who had stabbed his girlfriend. Alex, who sat quietly at her bench, watched as the defense questioned the man on trial, carefully writing notes on each question and answer that was spoken. She knew she had an air tight case, after all she had had Elliot, Olivia, and Parker testify, but she wanted to make sure she got Gordon convicted for every single thing he had done. Which meant she wanted ever slap, hit, and word spoken to not only be recorded, but heard by the jury as well.
She watched as the defense attorney thanked the jury before turning on his heel and retreating to his bench. Alex stood from her seat, glanced over her notes once more, before she approached the defendant. "Mr. Gordon, what is your relationship with Detective Olivia Benson?"
"Objection! Speculation," the defense attorney said, trying to get Alex to back off of his client.
Alex looked over at the defense attorney, Mr. Alston, and rolled her eyes. "I'll rephrase the question." She turned back to Gordon, who was very annoyed that he was still having to go through this. "Do you know Detective Benson?" she asked, raising a picture of Olivia.
Gordon looked over at Olivia and gave her a glare. If it weren't for her and Elliot, he wouldn't be here, on trial. Olivia, feeling very uncomfortable with this man constantly staring at her, grabbed Elliot's hand. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze, letting her know that he wasn't going to let anything else happen to her.
"I met her when she was brought to my house," he answered, trying to avoid incriminating himself.
"Do you mean the house you kept kidnapped women in, until you prostituted them out." Alex smiled when she saw Gordon glare at her, knowing it was a sign she was getting to the man. There was no way he was going to change the jury's mind, she only wanted him to own up to hurting her best friend. "You were under the impression that she was a Russian immigrant, correct?"
"Yes."
"When did you find out Detective Benson was not who you had thought she was?"
Gordon turned back to look at Olivia. "She and Detective Stabler started to talk and when I saw the two of them sneak off I knew something was up. I followed them one time and when I heard her on the phone she sounded completely different than what I knew her as."
Alex nodded, before she walked closer to the jury. "Is it true that you held a gun to Detective Benson's head?"
Gordon let out a frustrated breath. It was at this point that he knew there was no point in trying to lie or get himself out of it. "Yes."
Alex smirked. "Mr. Gordon, did you stab a police officer?"
"I didn't know the bitch was a cop-"
"Nothing further," Alex interrupted, before she moved over to her bench and took a seat.
It only took an hour for the jury to come back with a decision. Cragen had just gotten back to the precinct by the time Alex called him to tell him the jury was ready. He of course didn't want to travel all the way back, so he told her to call him with the results. Unlike Cragen, Olivia, Elliot, Daniel, and Alex had stayed fairly close to the courthouse. They had all gone to a nearby coffee shop, enjoying small talk and talk about Olivia's unborn child, until they had to return to the courtroom.
Olivia sat quietly in-between Daniel and Elliot, watching as the jury filed into the room one by one. She was nervous, although she wasn't sure why. She knew the D.A. had a solid case against this man, but she couldn't help but feel a little jittery about this. She grabbed Elliot's hand and squeezed gently as she felt another wave of nerves hit her. She felt her stomach muscles spasm which made her shift in her seat, causing Elliot to get worried. "You okay?" he whispered softly. Olivia nodded, before she released his hand.
Alex sat at her bench, hoping to get this over with soon. She wanted this man to get what he deserved, especially since he had hurt her best friend. She watched as the whole jury sat down, before she, Gordon, and Mr. Alston stood up. The judge looked out at everyone, before he turned to the jury. "Has the jury reached a decision?"
Olivia watched as a taller man with red hair stood up. She felt her stomach spasm once more, this time a little harder. "We have your honor."
The judge nodded. "On the charge of solicitation, how does the jury find the defendant?"
The red head looked down at the piece of paper he was holding in his hand. "We the jury find the defendant Nathaniel Gordon, guilty."
"On the charge of rape, how do you find the defendant?"
"Guilty."
The judge looked back down to the notes in front of him. "On the charge of kidnapping how do you find the defendant?"
"Guilty."
"On the charge of attempted murder, how do you find the defendant?"
"Guilty."
"And on the charge of assault of a police officer, how do you find the defendant?"
Alex looked over her shoulder to Olivia. Of all the charges this was the one everyone was worried about. Alex let out a small sigh, hoping things would work out for them. She watched as her friend scrunched her nose and visibly cringed, before she raised an eyebrow. Something wasn't right.
Olivia looked up in time to see Alex staring at her, and gave her a small smile, trying to reassure her that things would be okay. Once she saw the blonde turn away she let out a sigh. After the third time her stomach had another spasm she knew it was something more serious. She knew she needed to get out of there, but she had made up her mind that she wasn't going to leave until she heard every single decision. She looked up at the red headed man standing and waited for him to read the jury's decision.
The red head looked over at Gordon, moved to Alex, and let out a sigh. "We find the defendant, guilty."
Alex let out a sigh of relief. She quickly grabbed all of her files into a neat pile, before she stood. She watched as the bailiff walked over to Gordon to handcuff him.
Olivia, once she had heard all the charges, stood quickly. She needed to get out of the courtroom and try to calm herself down and figure out what was happening to her body. She stepped into the isle before she heard a commotion coming from the front of the courtroom. She looked up and saw Gordon struggling to get away from the bailiff.
Everyone in the courtroom watched as Gordon grabbed the officer's gun, pushed him away, and pointed it at Olivia. "You bitch!" he yelled. It was her fault he had been caught. If it wasn't for her he would have gotten away with everything.
The single shot echoed throughout the courtroom. Alex watched as the bailiff, as well as a few other spectators, tackled Gordon. Handcuffs were quickly put on him and he was soon pulled out of the room. Once Gordon was out of the room, she quickly ran down the isle to the people surrounding the people on the floor. "Liv!" Alex called out, as she took off her jacket and placed it on her friend, hoping to stop Olivia from shivering. She quickly stepped away and took in the scene before her. "Somebody call an ambulance," she called over her shoulder.
She dropped down next to man on the floor. "Don't worry," she said placing a hand on his shoulder, "An ambulance is on its way."
I don't really know how a lot of court things go. I was kind of away from home in a car writing this, so I couldn't go back and reference anything. I hope you all got the gist of it anyway.
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this. One more chapter left. I purposely made this one a cliffhanger so you would have to read the last chapter ;) Please review.