The next day

"What the hell are you doing here for?" Olivia asked.

"Um...brining you flowers..." Dick said.

"What for? We're not dating."

"It's...kind of an apology. For trying to change your mind."

"Don't be stupid, Dick. You can't apologize for being an asshole."

Dick winced. "Ouch."

"You were being an asshole, deal with it."

Suddenly, Dick kissed her.

Olivia smacked him. "You don't get to do that."

"I had a lot of time to think since I met you, Olivia. I can't stop thinking about you."

"That's because you're thinking about our little parasite."

"I thought about you all the time before we found out you were pregnant!"

"You still thought about it, Dick."

"I want to marry you."

Olivia looked at Dick sharply. "No you don't. You want an instant family. I'm not giving that to you or to anyone else. I'll never get married. Any husband I'd ever have would want me to have a bunch of kids. I'd be a walking incubator until I dried out."

"That is NOT what I want."

"Tell yourself that before you try to tell me that."

"I got you a ring," Dick blurted. "I have it with me."

She held up a hand. "No. You're not doing that. Absolutely not."

"But-"

"No. Just because we...heeded a call of nature together does not mean I know you well enough to even consider marrying you. Hell, I don't even know you well enough to consider dating you."

"Olivia, I-"

"You're only the father because you kept me from getting raped by someone who was affected by my hormone output."

"Olivia, could you stop talking like that? I looked into your medical condition; I know that the pheromones only work on both people if there is an attraction on both sides. Obviously, there is an attraction on both sides, because you willingly had sex with me."

"That doesn't mean I know you well enough! Go home."

"But-"

"I said to go home!" She pushed him out the door and shut it in his face. When she turned around, she saw that the flowers had been left behind on her kitchen table, along with a ring.

Olivia growled and pushed them off the table. The ring clattered to the floor and the roses scattered.

"Olivia," Dick said through the door. "Please-"

She opened the door and moved to slap him, but Dick caught her hand easily.

"Why do you keep pushing me away?" he asked, searching her violet colored eyes. "I...I want to be involved with my child's life, Olivia. You don't know how much it hurts me that you keep pushing me away like this."

"Well, then you know how much it hurt me for you to try to keep me from doing what I thought should be done, don't you? You have no idea what it's like to be told my body essentially is not my own. Getting an abortion is the only means of control I had!"

"You weren't really going to do it, were you? You made that appointment for show, right? You were going to make me think you'd had an abortion and then leave town, but you couldn't even do that. Is it just because you're scared? Or do you have another reason for it?"

Olivia glared at him. "Don't ever accuse me of that!"

Dick had been glaring at her, but now his expression softened. "You have no idea how I feel about you. I could forgive you for anything." His other hand went up to her face. He rubbed her cheek softly with his thumb.

"Yet you act like I'm a heartless bitch because it's what you really think."

"Hey, there's no need for that. I know nothing was planned. I... Ok, I acted too quickly."

"There's something else you ought to admit."

Dick sighed. "I should have respected your boundaries?"

"That's damned right! I should be allowed to make my own decisions without some lovesick puppy following me around to make me feel guilty for not wrecking another person's life as badly as my own! This...thing is likely to be born with the same problem I have."

"Please, don't call him that."

"Oh, my God. It doesn't occur to you this baby could be a girl?"

A smile started to form on Dick's face.

"What the hell are you smiling about?"

"You just called it a baby instead of a parasite."

"I did not."

"You did."

His hand moved to the nape of her neck. Olivia tried to ignore how it made her tingle all over. His face came closer to hers until his lips touched hers. He kissed her passionately. Soon, he felt her starting to kiss back and led her inside, kicking the door shut behind him.

Dick felt Olivia start to move around. She was putting her clothes back on. He ran the back of his fingers along her spine.

She reached back and slapped his hand. "No, you don't."

He shifted to get closer to her, pulling himself up to kiss the back of her neck.

"Are you trying to lure me back into bed?" she demanded.

"I might be," he said, kissing her neck again. "My offer still stands. We won't have to get married right away. We could wait until the baby's born, if that's what you want."

"Stop seducing me. I do work, you know."

"You're avoiding answering me," he said.

"I still don't know you well enough to get married, Dick. What is there about that that you can't understand?"

"You can get to know me."