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"He what?" Elliot asked through his phone.
"He threw up, El." Olivia sighed. "Look, you take Summer to Sarah's graduation party. I'll stay here with Dickie. The doctor said he's not contagious, so I'm alright. Go be with your sister. This is a big day for her." She rubbed Dickie's back as he slept on the couch. Beethoven was sitting right in front of Olivia on the floor.
Elliot pulled up to his mother's house. He got out and opened the back door to get Summer. "Are you sure? I could just come home. I'm sure Sarah would understand." He unstrapped Summer from her carseat and picked her up. He didn't want Olivia to be all alone with Dickie. She was seven months pregnant, and he would feel much better if she would let him help with this.
"El, I'm sure she would. But, I'd feel guilty for you missing out on this. After this summer, she's going off to college. We've seen Rebecca about three times since she went to college. I'll see Sarah another time." Olivia insisted.
"Okay." Elliot agreed unsure. "But, if anything happens, call me. Okay?"
"Of course." Olivia smiled. "Now, let me talk to Summer." Elliot smiled and held the phone to Summer's ear. "Hey baby!"
"Mommy!" Summer squealed. Elliot smiled at his beaming daughter.
"Hey Murmur! Are you going to see Grandma and aunt Sarah?" Olivia asked.
Summer smiled. "Yeah."
"Do you want to say hi to Beethoven?" Olivia asked. Beethoven's ears perked up and his head tilted just the slightest. Olivia smiled and kissed his head.
"Bee!" Summer squealed. Olivia held the phone near Beethoven's ear. He started sniffing it. "Hi Bee!" Beethoven jumped the slightest and whimpered into the phone. Summer laughed. "Wuv u!" Beethoven licked the phone and barked softly.
"Ew! Now I have a slobber covered phone." Olivia chuckled. She wiped off her phone and held it back up to her ear. "Can I talk to Daddy? Love you."
"Wuv u!" Summer grinned.
Elliot beamed with pride and put the phone back to his ear. "Our baby is growing up, Liv."
"Don't remind me." Olivia chuckled. "I love you. I'll see you when you come home. Bye baby."
"Love you too. Bye hon." Elliot smiled and put his phone in his pocket. He kissed Summer's head and looked at the house. "Oh my god!" The house was covered in balloons with the school colors. There was a volleyball net up and a bunch of people were swimming. There was also a cake that was five layers. "Summer, I think Sarah finally drove Grandma over the edge." He walked into the garage and hugged Sarah. "Hey kiddo! Congrats!"
Sarah smiled. "Thanks! Where's Liv and Dickie?"
"Uh, Dickie got sick. She told me to come since Dickie wasn't contagious. She'll probably come see you this week." Elliot said.
"Oh, I hope he feels better." She said and smiled when she saw Summer. "Hey Murmur!" She gently took Summer into her arms and kissed her head. "I'm going to miss you when I go to college."
Elliot smiled as his sister interacted with his daughter. "Yeah, she'll miss you too. You are the only one who has time to take her to the mall. Alex will probably do that over the summer quite a bit."
Sarah smiled at her brother. "How's Olivia doing?"
"She's doing good. This pregnancy isn't as complicated as Summer's was. We've paid more attention to her pregnancy and she's doing perfectly." Elliot beamed. "Kendle is keeping her awake at night, but Summer isn't a huge sleeper. It kind of works out for her." He chuckled.
Sarah laughed and handed him Summer. "I'm just going to warn you now. Kathy is here. She has DJ though."
"YES! DJ is awesome!" Elliot smiled. "He and I go for runs together everyday."
"I know. You tell me every time you come here." Sarah chuckled. "We have chicken over there in the roaster."
"Thanks Sarah!" Elliot smiled. He kissed Summer's head as he walked over to the table. "What should we get Summer?" He looked down at Summer. She was staring at the buckets of ice cream at the end. Elliot laughed. "I think Mommy made an impact on your eating habits." He looked up. "Hey, there's Grandma!"
Bernie smiled and walked over to them. "Hey Elliot! Hey Murmur!" She kissed Elliot's cheek and took Summer into her arms. "There's my beautiful little granddaughter. I bet Daddy was singing the whole way over here."
Summer smiled and looked at Elliot. "Daddy!"
Elliot smiled and pretended to eat her hand that was reaching towards him. "Are you telling me to hurry up?"
Bernie chuckled. "Where's Olivia?"
"Dickie is sick. Olivia wanted to stay home with him to take care of him." Elliot explained. "She's going to call if she needs anything, but I may leave a little earlier so she isn't alone around him all day."
"Okay, make sure you don't get sick. You're too old for spankings." Bernie warned shaking her finger.
"Mom!" Elliot groaned. "Don't say that out loud. Come on, I gotta feed Murmur before she gets crabby."
Bernie chuckled. "Okay, I'll talk to you later." She walked over to Sarah.
Elliot shook his head and kissed Summer's head. "If I ever do that to you, I'm sorry." He sat down at one of the tables with Summer in his lap and smiled down at her. "Unless it's a boy." Summer squealed and grabbed Elliot's finger. Elliot grinned and cut into his chicken one-handedly. "Murmur, you're not making this easy."
"Elliot?" A voice asked.
Elliot froze. He didn't want to deal with this right now. He looked up. "Hi Kathy."
"Elliot! How are you?" Kathy asked sitting down with Martin near her. He was playing with a little book.
"I'm okay. How are you?" He asked not really caring.
"Eh, I'm alright. Martin started school this past year. Carmela is already two and a half. We just found out I'm pregnant again." Kathy said without a smile.
"Congrats! Liv and I are expecting a little boy in July. Casey and she are hoping that Kendle will be born the same day as Kenny. Kenny is Fin and Casey's son. He'll be one this summer. Uh, William just turned four. Dickie will be four in Augest. Summer will be two in October." Ellito smiled down at his daughter.
Summer looked up at him with a huge smile. "Daddy!"
"What?" Elliot asked kissing her forehead.
"Mommy?" Summer asked grabbing his nose.
Elliot smiled and kiss her palm. "Mommy is taking care of Dickie. You'll see her when we get home. Do you want a cracker?" He asked as he grabbed one and broke it in half.
"Yeah." Summer grinned reaching for it.
He gave it to her and smiled. "Remember to say please."
"PEAS!" Summer said loudly as she bit into the cracker.
Elliot chuckled. "I love you." He smiled as he kissed her head. He looked up to see Kathy smiling at him. "Where's DJ and Carmela?"
"Oh, he took her for a walk down the beach. Martin was thirsty, so we came in here." Kathy explained. "DJ told me a while ago that Summer was taken?"
Elliot's slight smile disappeared. "Uh, yeah. Someone took her out of her carseat at a grocery store last spring. It was the worst day of my life." He tightened his grip on Summer and leaned his jaw against the side of her head. "We'll find the guy. Ever since that day... I've been a lot more protective of her. I was before, but that day shook me to my core."
Kathy leaned over to take his hand. Elliot slid it off the table. "Elliot, it's okay to let go and feel what you really are feeling."
"Yeah well, I really want to be with my wife right now. But, I'm here for my sister. I'm proud of her. She graduated from high school." Elliot smiled looking over at Sarah. "Plus, even though I don't want her dating boys, I want her to be as happy as I am. I never thought I could be this happy. With Olivia, it just makes sense." He looked over Kathy's shoulder and smiled as a man walked up. "Hey DJ!"
"Hey El! When did you get here?" DJ asked sitting next to Elliot.
"I got here about twenty minutes ago." Elliot smiled. He looked down at Carmela sitting in his lap. "Hey Carmela."
Carmela smiled. "Hi Elliot." She looked down. "Hi Murmur!"
"Mela!" Summer squealed.
DJ chuckled. "That never gets old."
"I don't think it ever will." Elliot smiled. He kissed Summer's head and gave her another cracker.
"Peas!" Summer grinned.
Elliot chuckled. "Very good Summer!" He talked with DJ for a while longer and left for home. He carried in a sleeping Summer. Olivia walked up to him with the biggest smile on her face. She kissed his cheek. "Hey baby. How's Dickie?"
"He's okay. He felt better after he took a nap. Dr. Lucas just said to keep him hydrated and give him. Aparently, it's going around in kids. Mostly kids his age." Olivia sighed. "How was the party?"
"Kathy was there." Elliot groaned handing her Summer.
Olivia kissed her head and rolled her eyes. "What'd she want?"
"She brought up Summer's thing last spring. She... uh, she told me she was pregnant." Elliot said.
Olivia's eyes widened. "Really?" She leaned into his side as they walked into the living room. "That's... I don't know what to say."
"Yeah, I just said congrats." Elliot sighed. "Summer is learning to be polite."
Olivia's jaw dropped. "She didn't say peas, did she?"
"She did, and I must say, it was the cutest thing ever." Elliot beamed and kissed Olivia. "I love you and our life together. Thanks for loving me."
Olivia smiled. "Thanks for loving me, saving me. Everything. I love you so much."
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