Hello everyone! Thanks for the nice reviews. I promise there is more plot to this story. I just have to build some background first. Here is a little more. Enjoy!

"That's my good boy," Olivia smiled at her son, sitting in his highchair with baby food on his face. The baby giggled and reached for the spoon his mother held firmly in her hand. Olivia had convinced herself that he was a genius for trying to grab the spoon and feed himself, but then she'd read it was common at eight to nine months. She lifted the spoon to his mouth and he took another bite before spitting it out to signal he was done eating. Olivia wiped his face and picked him up, carrying him into the living room. Maureen would be there soon and she wanted to be ready for their meeting.

She pulled out the resume again, placing Noah in his play pen and sat on the sofa reading through it. Maureen was a bright girl and she had a lot of education. Besides that, she was Elliot's daughter. She couldn't think of anyone else she'd rather entrust with the care of her son. A quick knock on the door brought her to her feet. She looked out the peep hole, then unlocked the numerous locks she'd had installed on the front door. "Hi," she smiled at Maureen, standing before her carrying a small girl with blonde curls and piercing blue eyes. "Come on in."

Maureen walked in and glanced at Noah, playing in his play pen. "Do you mind?" she asked. Wondering if she could put her daughter in the play pen with Noah.

"Of course not," Olivia agreed. "Go ahead." She looked on as Noah tried to sum up the little girl. He wasn't used to other children. "She's precious," Olivia looked in awe at the little girl…Elliot's granddaughter, and looked for a glimpse of her ex-partner in the child's face. She definitely had his eyes.

The little girl grabbed Noah's teddy bear and held it close, and Noah responded with tears. He wasn't used to sharing with other children either. "Kate…" Maureen rushed over to the play pen. "That's Noah's teddy."

"No Mama…" the little girl cuddled the bear. "Mine."

"It's okay," Olivia insisted. "Noah has to learn to share."

Maureen looked at Olivia and smiled, "And Kate needs to learn not to take things. She's older. She has to learn to get along with the baby," She grabbed the bear from the sobbing girl and handed it back to Noah. "Kate…if you want to play with Noah, you have to be nice. You can't take his things." She pulled her daughter's own stuffed bear from her bag and handed it to her. Both children seemed content with that and played happily, mostly on their own and ignoring one another.

After an hour, it seemed Olivia and Maureen had reached an agreement about money and hours. Maureen agreed to watch Noah during the day and to stay late if Olivia couldn't get away from work. Olivia agreed to let Maureen bring Kate with her every day. She even offered to let them stay with her on late nights so Maureen wouldn't have to drive back to Queens.

"I'll be here first thing in the morning," Maureen promised, as she picked her daughter up from the play pen. "I really think this is going to be great."

"Me too," Olivia agreed. "Thank you so much. I was really worried about finding someone I could trust to take care of Noah."

Maureen smiled and looked at her daughter, "Say bye-bye to Olivia," she coaxed the small girl.

"Bye-bye," the tired child waved her hand and then lay her head on her mother's shoulder.

"Bye Precious," Olivia waved back at her and sighed.

"We need to get home," Maureen said to Olivia. "Dad's probably wondering where we are." She kissed her daughter on the cheek, "Let's go see Poppy," she said and the girl smiled and giggled. Maureen waved good-bye as Olivia watched them walk down the hall and closed the door. She laughed to herself at the thought of someone calling Elliot Stabler "Poppy" and yet there was something so endearing about it that she longed to watch him play with his little granddaughter. She looked over at her son, nearly falling asleep in his play pen and reached down to carefully pick him up.

"Come on little one," she kissed him gently on the cheek. "It's time for your bath and bedtime." She walked over and carefully locked all the locks on her door, then took Noah to the bathroom for his bath.