Olivia took a step backwards, her back colliding with the wall as she scanned the living room with wide eyes. "What were we thinking?" She whispered, eyes still glued on the bodies on the floor.
The woman next to her shifted slightly, pushing her shoulder against Olivia's. "You thought it was a good idea at the time," Alex commented as she rubbed the side of her chin gently, surveying the damage that began hours ago.
"Well yeah but six of them? I thought we agreed on two!" Olivia groaned in frustration as another woman walked up to her, smiling.
"It's so nice of you to do this, Olivia. My husband speaks so highly of you but I never suspected you had kids!" Olivia forced a smile at the mom, nodding in response. "This is just delightful, all the moms getting together and having kids socialize."
Not eight of them, Olivia thought as she watched as a two year old drooled on Alex's couch. She's going to kill me for suggesting this. "Yeah, just wonderful." She tried to sound pleasant but it was obviously forced as Alex elbowed her in the rib. "Uh, this is Alex by the way. My…" She paused, unsure what to say as she glanced at the blonde for help. Did she introduce her as a girlfriend? That sounded immature. Life partner? No, they weren't committed to that level. Lover? No, she was saving that for when they finally had sex. Someday, she thought hopefully.
"We live together," Alex filled in, giving the woman enough knowledge yet not nearly enough for her to draw any unnecessary conclusions. She seemed nice enough and if her husband was a police officer that knew Olivia he was probably a tolerant man.
"You two have such a beautiful home," The lady continued, obviously trying to fill in the silence. "And two beautiful children. Lexie looks just like you, Alex. Those big blue eyes and blonde locks. Absolutely adorable. Sometimes I wish Jacob would've gotten my blue eyes instead of Paul's brown ones. Sometimes I wonder if he's really mine with that dark hair and eyes!"
Alex forced a polite laugh, at least one more convincing than Olivia, before excusing herself and walking over to Ben who was sitting on the couch alone. "Whatcha doing Benjie?" Alex questioned as she sat on the arm of the couch, looking down at the little boy.
"I 'unno. Just watching," He answered as he looked down at the younger kids who were playing with his hot wheels. "Can I have some apples?"
Alex smiled and nodded as she stood up. "Sure buddy, how about you come help me cut them up?" He smiled wide as he jumped off the couch and followed Alex into the kitchen.
Almost six hours later, Alex plopped down on the couch wearily, leaning heavily against Olivia. She sighed deeply as she grabbed onto Olivia's arm and pulled it close to her chest. "We are not having any more kids."
Olivia chuckled as she glanced down at Alex, a goofy grin on her features. "Not even another mini you?" Olivia teased as she gently stroked the short blonde locks in her lap. Lexie was passed out there and Ben on the other edge of the couch.
"They're pain in the asses, Liv. Well except our two. We're going to have to have the entire apartment cleaned. I'm not sure we're going to be able to get the puke smell out of the front door mat. I might just toss that." She shivered at the thought of having to clean it.
"Yeah, tossing it sounds like a good idea." She yawned as she extracted her arm from between Alex's and instead wrapped it around the blonde's back, pulling her against her chest. "Hey, look at the bright side. These two are so exhausted from playing with everyone and I think Benjie made a new friend. Amanda was absolutely smitten with him, did you see her following him around?"
Alex giggled against Olivia's chest, smiling happily. "She's a cutie, too. Our little boy is such a charmer, giving her his legos so that she could build a chair for her doll." She yawned much like Olivia, snuggling deeper into her chest as she stroked the top of Lexie's forehead. "They're exhausted and so are we. Maybe next time we'll be invited to play time at Jeanette's and we won't have to be the ones chasing around so many children."
"We can certainly hope." Olivia yawned again, blinking back her sleep as she glanced at the clock, noting that it was only seven. "Since when did we become those old people that fall asleep before eight?"
"We're not," Alex countered as she readjusted, picking Lexie up off of Olivia's lap as she laid down there instead. She rested her head in the detective's lap as she placed Lexie on her chest, cuddling up with the little girl.
"You look like you're about to pass out too, Alex." Olivia grinned as blue eyes fluttered open to look up at her. She stroked the longer blonde locks now in her lap before tapping the tip of Alex's nose. "Just go to sleep."
Alex yawned softly against her will. "Maybe just a little nap. We'll wake up in twenty minutes and put these two in bed so we can have some alone time." Olivia nodded even though she had a feeling that twenty minutes was going to turn into a few hours.
"Sounds like a plan," She agreed as she pushed her fingers through Alex's hair once more before returning to her forehead. She began massaging there gently, pulling a soft moan from Alex's lips.
"That feels really good," She whispered, her eyes completely closing so that she could absorb the full feeling of Olivia massaging her forehead.
"Shh, go to sleep." Alex smiled faintly as her eyelids sagged down completely. Olivia continued rubbing Alex's forehead until she heard her breathing even out. Once she was sure Alex was fast asleep, she leaned back into the couch cushions and closed her own eyes.
Olivia groaned a bit later as pain shot through her neck. She bit back another groan of pain as she pulled up her head and blinked away the sleep in her eyes, recognizing the living room. Guess they had fallen asleep for a lot longer than they expected. She yawned as she nudged the sleeping blonde in her lap. "Alex."
"Hmm?" Alex moaned softly, turning slightly as she cuddled up further in Olivia's lap.
"Alex, it's almost midnight and my neck is killing me. Let's go to bed."
"Comfy…" Alex groaned as Olivia tried to shift her off of her lap.
"At least one of us is," Olivia whispered as she rubbed the back of her neck. She hated waking the blonde but she knew her body was going to hate her tomorrow if she kept this up. "Come on, sit up a bit." Alex merely shifted a bit and Olivia slipped her way out from under her, the blonde immediately collapsing back down on the couch in exhaustion.
Olivia laughed quietly as she shook her head at the blonde. She certainly was exhausted. She scooped up Ben and brought him to bed along with Lexie, pulling the covers up around both of them and kissing both good night.
She returned to the living room and kneeled down on the floor as she shook Alex. "Hey, come on let's walk to our bedroom. Then you can sleep in until ten if you really want."
Alex groaned softly, a hand gently pushing up against Olivia's chest. "Sleeping," She whispered as she snuggled back into the couch cushion.
Olivia sighed as she slipped her arms under Alex's body, one under her upper back and another underneath her knees. "Come on sleeping beauty. Wrap your arms around my neck so I can carry you."
Alex let out another groan as the brunette lifted her up slightly. That woke her up. Alex cried out softly as her eyes flashed open and she wrapped her arms around Olivia's neck. "Liv," She moaned quietly as she buried her head against Olivia's chest.
"Just a second," She said as she stood up and walked Alex toward their bedroom, pausing as she turned sideways and carried the blonde through the doorway. "There we go." She skillfully pulled the covers back and lowered Alex onto the mattress.
"Mm, thanks," Alex whispered as she grabbed onto the pillow and curled up. "Hold me."
"Let's at least get you out of your jeans." Alex didn't seem to respond so Olivia unhooked her jeans and pulled them down her legs so that she wouldn't have to sleep in them. "Blouse, baby," She instructed as she pulled at the bottom of Alex's shirt and tried to drag it up. Alex huffed as she moved just enough for Olivia to pull it off, leaving her in underwear and a tank top. She immediately curled up under the covers as she shivered.
Olivia smiled as she pulled off her own jeans and shirt and quickly changed into her sleeping shirt before slipping into bed behind Alex. She wrapped her arms around the thin waist in front of her and pushed her legs up against the bare ones in front of her.
After a few seconds of readjusting, she pushed her nose between Alex's blonde locks and against her neck, sighing softly as she inhaled Alex's soothing scent. With a gentle kiss against the back of Alex's neck, Olivia drifted off to sleep.