Olivia was blinded by the tears that ran down her face. She felt so stupid to think that she and Elliot might have another chance. But she had to stop crying and be strong; she didn't want Lizzie to see her like that. So she wiped her eyes and got up in search of a cup of coffee.
Elliot was furious as he drove the ten minutes to the apartment building from the hospital. PREGNANT. Sandra was pregnant; he just could not wrap his mind around it. He parked the car in the first parking space he could find, locked the door and ran inside. Before he knew it he was pounding on the Sandra's door.
"Hey El, what are you doing here? Why aren't you at the hospital with Lizzie?"
"Liv's with her, better yet when were you planning on telling me that you are pregnant?"
"I'm not, I went to the doctor to get checked to make sure I definitely was but as it turns out I'm not. It was a false positive. My doctor says it happens all the time from stress which also cause my missed periods."—Sandra said as she moved closer to Elliot. She wrapped her arms around him, looked up at him and said, "But we can start trying whenever you want. I'm so excited for us to be a family."
"Sandra, there is no US and thanks to you, I might have lost Liv. She hates me."
"You still aren't over her. God, El what is it going to take. I can't wait around for you forever."
"Don't because you will be waiting an eternity. I love Liv; she's the one I want to be with; she's the one I want to have a family with. It's been her all along; I don't know where you get your crazy ideas from. Bye, Sandra. See you at work, Monday."
"Actually, you won't I'm transferring out. I'm moving to Staten Island. I can't stand to be here and not be with you."
Elliot shaked his head as he walked away. He didn't know where she got this stuff from, but she was making it up. He could not wait to get back to Liv; he missed her so much already. That's the one thing he couldn't picture, his life without Liv. He had already been about eight months, without her and that's the longest he ever wanted it to be. Never again did he want to be without her.
When Elliot finally made it back to the hospital and to Lizzie's room, he found the two of them asleep again. They were all cuddled up on the bed with coloring books, a box of sixty-four crayons all over them, and The Little Mermaid playing on the television in front of them. He picked up the coloring books and crayons, all sixty-four of them; then pulled the sheets over Olivia and Lizzie. He turned the movie off then sat down in the chair across from the bed. Elliot just sat there and watched them; he couldn't believe how much Olivia could be of comfort to Lizzie. It was really as if she was Lizzie's biological mom, who is quite funny because not once did Lizzie ask for Kathy; she wanted Liviee. He smiled to himself as he thought about it, he wanted this to be his life; he couldn't wait to make it permanent. He heard two girl's voices getting closer to the room, they really sounded like Maureen and Kathleen.
"Dad, when were going to tell us she was in the hospital?"
"It happened so fast, I'm sorry one minute they were gone and the next Lizzie was found in the ER. It just all happened so fa—"
Elliot couldn't even finish his sentence before Maureen interrupted.
"What do you mean gone and found? What happened?"
"Let's go out in the hall so we don't wake your sister and Liv."
"Dad, what is going on?" Maureen and Kathleen said in sync.
"Samantha picked up the twins from camp Thursday, but something happened and she left the twins with Olivia. She forgot to call me and let me know, so when I got home from work they were gone. I fell asleep waiting for them to get home because sometimes she'll take they to the park or the library later in the day. When I woke up it was around midnight and they still weren't here so I called the cops. Around one we got a tip that a woman had come in with two children matching Dickie and Lizzie's description; so Cragen and I came here to check it out. That's where we found Lizzie and Olivia asleep. Casey had came and picked up Dickie and Ella, so Liv could stay here with your sister."
"Jez, Dad your life is starting to actually sound exciting."
"So is everything okay with Lizzie?"
He explained to them about the surgery and that they were going to keep her here for a few nights just for observation since the Tonsillitis seemed to appear so suddenly.
"Okay, so in other words, she's going to be fine."
"Yeah, pretty much. I just feel bad. Liv can't seem to leave her. Every time she leaves the room Lizzie freaks."
"Well, now that you've brought up Liv; Maureen and I were wondering if anything was going on between you and her yet."
"Seriously Dad, don't mess it up this time."
"I think I already did. Sandra told Liv that she was pregnant and that the baby was mine."
"What! Now you're going to have children from THREE different women?"
"No, Sandra lied she's not pregnant. She was just trying to get rid of Liv. I guess she thought if Liv left again, I would be done and wouldn't even try to find her."
"Well, that's stupid."
"Yeah girls it definitely is. I love Liv with all my heart and I would never want her to get hurt. I don't know how to prove that to her. I can't imagine my life without her; just this past eight months have been horrible without her. I want to make a life with her and all of you; I want us all to be a family."
Liv laid in bed holding tight to Lizzie as the tears ran down her face. Their yelling had woken her but she didn't want to say anything. Now she was glad she didn't, she loved El too and wanted everything he wanted. All she could do now is wait until he told her that she is what he really wants.
"Awee, Dad that is so romantic."
"Yeah, Dad you HAVE to tell her."
"Yeah, I have to find the time. Things have been a little hectic around here. Are you girls planning on staying? Or would you want to do your dad a favor?"
"Depends on the favor." The girls said once again in sync.
"Can you go to Liv's place and watch Dickie and Ella so Casey can catch a break, or at least get some sleep. She's been with them since basically I guess a little after midnight Thursday."
"Yeah, sure we can go. Tell Lizzie we hope she feels better and that we'll come to see her in the morning."
"Thank you girls. Love you two, bye."
Elliot hugged them both goodbye, then went back into the room where Liv and Lizzie were still fast asleep. He couldn't wait to tell her how he felt, but first he wanted to get a ring.
So what do you think so far? Want me to keep going? I have a bunch more ideas up my sleeve that are ready to be written for the next chapter!
