Ruby walked into to the kitchen holding her favorite teddy and yawned. "Hey baby girl, did you have a good sleep?" Olivia asked her picking her up and giving her a cuddle. "Who dat mommy?" Ruby asked pointing to Elliot. "This is someone very special to mommy his name is Elliot, mommy used to work with him a long time ago, He came to have breakfast with us today. Is that okay?" Olivia told her daughter giving a slight smile to Elliot, Elliot knew there was no way Ruby could know he was her father, not yet anyway.
"Okay mommy, I want berry toast pwease" Ruby asked her mother. "Okay" Olivia said putting ruby down, "You go play while I make it, kay?" Ruby ran toward the lounge room to play with her dolls. Olivia started to make Ruby's breakfast, Elliot just stood there staring at her. "What?" Olivia asked and she put the toast in the toaster and grabbed the strawberry jam from the cupboard. "I always knew you'd be a great mom" Elliot said smiling at her. "She's my whole world" Olivia replied buttering the toast "Ruby its ready". Ruby came running into the kitchen and jumped up at the table. "Can I sit at big table wif you mommy?" Ruby asked with a big smile on her face. "Of course you can sweetie, would you like anything for breakfast Elliot?" Olivia asked as she made herself some toast this time with Vegemite and avocados.
"I might have some of that strawberry toast" He said giving Ruby a big smile "It looks very yummy". "Mhmm" Ruby said trying to talk through a mouth full of food. "Ruby please don't talk with your mouth full" Olivia asked her as she sat down at the table to have her toast. They all ate in silence until it was time to get ready for the day. Olivia wiped Ruby's hands and face and took her into the bedroom to get ready for day care, "What would you like to wear today?" She asked her. "Dress" Ruby said pointing to her favorite blue dress hanging in the closet. "Okay it's a bit cold outside so how bout we wear some tights too huh?" Olivia said as she grabbed the clothes from the closet and gave them to Ruby to put on. "Can't mommy" Ruby said trying to pull her dress over her head but got her head stuck in the arm hole. "Silly duffer, wrong hole" Olivia said fixing her dress and putting her shoes on. "Ready?" Olivia asked as she helped Ruby to her feet.
They both walked back into the lounge room where Elliot was sitting on the couch waiting for them. "Well don't you look absolutely gorgeous" He said to Ruby and she pranced out in her blue dress and black tights. "hehe you silly" Ruby said back hiding behind Olivia. "Well I have to drop her off at day care now and get to work, Don picks her up from day care and has her til I finish, I can ask if he can have her a little longer and we get dinner and talk if you want to?" she asked him as she put Ruby's jacket on and grabbed her own from the hook behind the door. "I would love to, say 7 at Luigi's?" Elliot said opening the door for them all to leave. "I'll see you then, say bye Ruby" Olivia picked up her daughter. "Bye bye Et" Ruby said giving him a big wave. And they both left their separate ways.
Elliot wandered the street for a while before making his way back to his apartment. He knew it would be empty, Kathy had Eli this week and it was his day off from work. He knew it would be a long day, but he was looking forward to dinner this evening, it'd be his chance to tell Olivia all that had happened to him while he was away. His chance to finally tell her how he feels and hopefully how she felt. 3 years is a long time after all.
Olivia dropped Ruby off at day care and headed to the station, she sent Don a message 'Ran into an old friend, do you mind watching Ruby a while longer tonight so I can meet them for dinner?' Not wanting to go into too much detail until she knew why Elliot was back and if he was back for good. 'Sure honey, anytime' Don replied. Olivia walked into the squad room to find no one else was there yet. 'Where is everyone?' she thought before realizing she told them all to come in late after closing the case yesterday. She went to the coffee station to make herself some coffee before going to her office and starting on her paper work. Her mind drifted to Elliot and the previous night. It had been exactly 3 years since she had seen him last. He came to her apartment after the shooting to tell her he was leaving for a while to clear his head before coming back to work. They were talking, it was a good chat to let everything about the shooting and the case out and close those wounds. Olivia was finally ready to let him leave. She walked him to the door and said goodbye telling him to stay safe and let her know how he was doing every few days. He promised he would. She was about to close the door when he turned and said " I love you Olivia" and that was it he kissed her, she wasn't expecting it and he caught her off guard she fell into him. Her hand grazed over his chest and she deepened the kiss.
The sound of knocking broke her from her thoughts. "Sorry to bother you ma'am" it was a Uni. "That's fine Bob, what's up?" Olivia asked closing the folder on her desk. " A call just came over the radio, young teen girl found in central park, couldn't find your team" the uni said. "Thanks Bob, I gave em the morning off, I'll call them in now" Olivia picked up her phone and dialed Fin's number. Bob walked out of her office. He had never seen the sergeant so deep in thought before, something was odd he thought and shook it off 'oh well'.