Monday went as fast as the weekend had gone. Elliot found himself in a conference room with his lawyer going over things and his new partner Sandra was there by his side for support. He was so worried that Kathy would get full custody of the twins and he would never see them again. He wished he had Liv by his side she would know exactly what to do and say to him to make him calm down. He shook the thoughts of Olivia from his head; he had to focus on the task at hand.

He heard his lawyer talking but couldn't make out what Peter was saying, he was too nervous to pay attention. He could feel Sandra shaking his arm trying to get his attention to make sure he was okay. He was nervous as hell but there was no turning back now; so he just prayed for the best.

Olivia ran around her room looking for a pair of shoes to go with her outfit. She was so glad so got the baby ready before she got herself ready otherwise she would be running really late. As she heading for the closet, she glanced up at the clock it read 9:15. She had to be in court by ten.

"Brian, I'm almost ready then we could leave," Olivia yelled from her bedroom.

"Okay, I'm going to go put Ella's bag in my car and set up her car seat base. I'll be right back up."

"Okay."

Olivia had called Casey the night before and asked her to come to the court hearing with her but she had a big case project to work on. So she called Brian, he of course agreed to go with her. Olivia was slipping on her shoes when she heard Brian come back into the apartment. She walked out of the bedroom and smiled at Brian who was holding Ella's in her car seat.

"Thank you again so much for agreeing to come with me. I didn't want to go alone and I really couldn't at least without a sitter and I hate leaving Ella with someone I'm not comfortable with."

"Olivia, its fine. You need to calm down. Do we have everything we need for her for the day?"

"Yes, let me grab my purse and we can leave."

The car ride to the courtroom was pretty quiet aside from the little noises Ella made to make sure everyone in the car knew she was there. They found a parking spot quickly, Brian picked up the car seat from the car that held Ella while Olivia grabbed her purse and the baby's diaper baby. They walked together into the courtroom, down the hall, and turned into the second courtroom. They found seats on the left side of the courtroom and sat down.

A few minutes later, she saw Elliot's ex wife Kathy walk into the courtroom with a man that looked to be a lawyer. Kathy mumbled something to him and they started to approach Olivia. When they reached Olivia, the man held his hand out for Olivia to take.

"Hi, I'm Jack Launder. It's very nice to meet you Miss Benson. Thank you again for helping us out."

As Jack and Kathy walked away, Kathy turned to Olivia and said,

"I'm really sorry Olivia."

Olivia wasn't sure what she meant but she was starting to think she was not here for a court hearing for Mercy General Hospital. She looked down at Ella who was contently sleeping in her car seat. She felt Brian tap her shoulder and he motioned for her to look up. As she looked up, she watched Elliot walk by. Her heart dropped. Elliot. Why kind of hearing was she at that involved Elliot?

The first witness called was Elliot's oldest daughter Maureen, and then Kathleen was called. They were asked about how their father treated them and their younger siblings while they were growing up as well as how their mother treated them. Olivia was confused was Kathy's lawyer had called her to testify for Kathy. She couldn't give a real testimony about how El treated his children, she really only saw him during work. Peter, Elliot's lawyer, had just told Kathleen that he had no more questions for her and that she could step down when Jack started to speak.

"The defense calls Miss Olivia Benson to the stand."

Before she knew it she was up on the stand being sworn in, she could feel Elliot's eyes all over her there were so much she wanted to say to him but she would have to wait.

"Miss Benson, how do you know Elliot Stabler?"

"He was my partner for twelve years."

"Miss Benson, Elliot Stabler will tell anyone that he only has four children is that true?"

"Yes."

"We both know that's not true. Miss Benson, if I do recall you have a three month old daughter Gabriella Nichole Benson…am I right?"

"Yes."

"Has she ever met her father or better yet has her father ever met her, or given you any child support for her?"

"No."

"Was he there for you during the pregnancy at all, was he there for her birth, and was he there for either of you at all?"

"No."

"Miss Benson, can you please tell the courtroom who Gabriella's father is."

Olivia looked up at Elliot, closed her eyes then opened them; in her head she softly apologized and said sorry to Elliot.

"I'm sorry, Miss Benson…I don't think I heard you."

"Elliot Stabler."

"So did you maybe not tell him because you knew the kind of father he was and wanted better for your daughter then what his other four children had?"

"No, she couldn't have a father better then Elliot."

"Miss Benson, please tell the truth."

"I am."

Jack turned and looked at the judge.

"Miss Benson, spent the last twelve years partnered with Elliot Stabler, by now he should be someone she could trust but instead she hid her pregnancy from him. That leads one to believe that Mr. Stabler might not be secure enough or that great of a father figure."—Jack turned to Olivia and said, "Thank you, I have no further questions."

Elliot's lawyer rose, looking clearly stunned. Olivia looked at Elliot, she was sorry; he could see it in her eyes.

"Miss Benson, you said that you never informed Elliot Stabler of your pregnancy. Why is that?"

"When I found out I was pregnant Elliot was going through a bad divorce and his children were very upset over it…I didn't want to make matters worse because he was doing the best that he could."

"Miss Benson, if all the divorce matters hadn't being going on would you have told Elliot about the pregnancy?"

"Of course, I would have."

"Why?"

"Because Elliot is an amazing man, you should see the way his face would light up when he was talking to me about his kids. If I could choose any man in the world to have a baby with, I would choose Elliot. He is trustworthy and honest; he never lets you down."—Olivia looked at Elliot, with tears in her eyes and said, "Elliot, I love you…I never meant to hurt you by not telling you about Ella and I definitely didn't want you to find out about her this way. I always wanted you to be apart of her life, you just had so much going on; I didn't want us to be in the way." –Olivia looked back at Peter and said, "Elliot has always been a great father, he would literally walk through fire for his kids and I was stupid to hide Ella from him but he shouldn't be punished for the mistakes I made."

"Thank you that will be all."

Olivia walked off the stand. The trial continued for two more hours and Olivia had to leave the courtroom to change and feed Ella. Instead of going back into the courtroom, she sat with Ella on a bench outside of it. She looked up as she heard the sound of heels approaching her. Casey. She explained to Casey what had happened and that the lawyer had lied to get her here. By the time she finished telling Casey what had gone on in that courtroom, she couldn't stop crying. All she could think about was how much she had hurt El and that she might have just ruined his chances of getting custody of the twins.

Olivia started to calm down, placed Ella back in her car seat and looked up to find that court had been dismissed. Next thing Olivia knew, Elliot was walking towards her with an expression on his face that she couldn't read.

How do you all like it so far? Should I keep going? I'm new so please give me a chance. =]