Alex woke up the next morning and layed staring at the ceiling for a few minutes before getting up. Alex got up and got dressed for the day before going out into the kitchen to start her coffee. When Alex went to the kitchen she saw Calvin sitting in his pajamas at the table eating cereal. Alex raised her eyebrows at him, she fluffed his hair and walked past him.
Alex started the coffee and sat down at the table next to him. She put her arm on the table and put her palm under her chin leaning on it watching him.
"You're up early" Alex says to him.
Calvin shrugs, continuing to eat.
"You okay?" Alex asks her tone softening.
"Mm" Calvin says in response.
Alex gets up and gets her coffee and then sits back down at the table. She sips on her coffee sitting quietly while Calvin eats.
Calvin finishes his cereal, he gets up rinsing his bowl and putting it in the dishwasher. He stands at the counter and turns around looking at Alex.
"Are you and Olivia going to break up?" Calvin asked quietly.
Alex turned around to look at him. He looked sad and scared.
"Oh Sweetheart, come here, sit down" Alex tells him.
Calvin goes back over to the table and sits down next to her.
"Why would you ask if we are going to break up?" Alex asked him gently.
"You were arguing last night. I know Olivia said adults argue, but you were really mad at eachother" Calvin says looking at the table.
Alex heavily sighed.
"Sweetheart, sometimes Olivia and I are going to argue and I'm so sorry you had to hear that last night" Alex tells him gently.
"What's going to happen to me if you break up?" Calvin asked, looking up at Alex scared.
Alex's heart broke at the look on Calvin's face.
"Oh honey, Olivia and I are not breaking up. Okay? And even if we ever break up, no matter what, you will have both of us." Alex tells him seriously.
Calvin nods, surging forward hugging her. Alex sighs and wraps her arms around him hugging back.
"Okay, time to get dressed for school" Alex whispers to him letting go.
Calvin nods and goes to get dressed for school.
Alex finishes her cup of coffee, puts on her shoes and coat and waits on Calvin to finish getting ready.
Alex gets to work to find a bouquet of white tulips on her desk. Alex smiles and rolls her eyes at herself. She sets her stuff down on her desk and reaches for the card. It's in Olivia's handwriting of course.
"Beautiful flowers for a beautiful woman. They mean forgiveness which I hope is what you'll grant me.
Love,
Liv"
Alex gives a half smile at the card and puts it in her desk drawer.
Alex texts Olivia to tell her thank you for the flowers.
The next day at lunch Alex heads over to the precinct to see Olivia. She picks up Olivia's favorite tai food on the way. She's at her desk filling out a file.
"Hey" Alex greets her standing next to her desk.
"Uh, hi" Olivia says back, putting her pen down and turning to look at Alex.
Alex lifts the food in her hands and sets it on her desk.
Olivia looked from the food on her desk back to Alex.
"Thank you?" Olivia said, making it sound like a question.
Alex cocked an eyebrow and sat down in the chair next to her desk.
"You're welcome" Alex says, taking her noodles out of the bag and starts to eat them.
Olivia takes her food out and starts to eat too casually throwing glances over at Alex.
They finish up their lunch when Fin and Amanda walk in.
"Hey counselor" Fin says to Alex walking past her putting a light hand on her shoulder to get to his chair.
"Hey Fin" Alex says back.
Alex stands up throwing their trash away.
"Well, I better get going" Alex says to the group picking up her briefcase.
"Alex, wait, can we talk , just for a second?" Olivia asks standing up as well.
Alex nods and Olivia leads them into a conference room.
"I thought you wanted time and now you're here with lunch. I'm sorry, I just don't understand" Olivia says confusedly.
Alex rolled her eyes.
"You didn't respect that time when you sent me flowers" Alex tells her.
"Right, but I just wanted to show you how sorry I am" Olivia says, explaining the flowers.
"I know you're sorry, I know you didn't mean to hurt me. I was more mad that you could've gotten fired. I'm still going to be mad for a while just, will you just promise me it'll never happen again?" Alex asked her.
"Absolutely, it'll never happen again" Olivia nods her head telling her confidently.
"Also, we should probably talk to Calvin. I talked to him this morning because he was so scared about what would happen to him if we broke up" Alex says, sighing
"You told him that wasn't going to happen, right?" Olivia questioned shocked.
"Of course Liv, I also told him if something were to ever happen that we did break up , he would always have us both. I just think we should reassure him is all" Alex tells her.
"Yea, absolutely" Olivia agrees.
"Okay, so come over for dinner and we'll both talk to him" Alex says.
"Okay, I'll be there" Olivia says.
Alex nods and heads out of the room and out of the precinct to go back to her office.
Olivia took a deep breath and went back to her desk.
"Trouble in paradise?" Fin snickered at her as she sat down.
Olivia just rolled her eyes at him and didn't say anything back.
Olivia finished out her day on time and went to Alex's apartment. She opened the door and smelled dinner cooking. She walked in and closed the door behind her and clicked the lock. Alex was standing at the stove stirring a pan of boiling chicken. Olivia leaned against the doorway silently watching her.
"Hey" Olivia said softly.
"Hey, I'm making chicken tacos tonight. Calvin is in his room" Alex told her.
Olivia nodded and headed down the hallway towards his room.
Olivia knocked on his door and opened it enough to stick her head in. He looks up towards the opened door.
"Mind if I come in?" She asks him.
He shakes his head and sits up leaning against his head board.
Olivia comes in and stands at the foot of his bed.
"How are you feeling?" Olivia questioned..
Calvin shrugs.
"Fine, I guess" He tells her.
Olivia sat down on the edge of the bed.
"You know Alex told me about the conversation you had with her this morning" Olivia tells him.
When Calvin doesn't say anything she continues.
"I know we scared you, but there is no one that will take you away from us again. You're our son, you never have to worry about that" Olivia takes a breath.
"And if Alex and I decide we don't work out then you will still be ours, no matter what" Olivia assured him.
Calvin nods in silence.
"That night when my mom came and got me and pulled me away from you, I was scared, I didn't want to go. Every Time my mom and one of her boyfriends or girlfriends would argue she would get so upset and she didn't care if I was around. The only thing that mattered was her drinks or her pills. I don't want to go anywhere else and I don't want you guys to forget about me" Calvin tells her quietly looking down at his hands tangled together.
"Sweetheart, we could never forget about you. I want you to know that you mean the world to both Alex and I. We love you so much and you're never going anywhere else. You're our son" Olivia tells him scooting over and pulling him into a hug.
Calvin nods, hugging her back.
Unknown to Olivia and Calvin, Alex watches them from the doorway, she slowly backs away so they don't see her.
They come out to the kitchen a few minutes later as Alex is setting out plates.
"This smells great" Olivia says to her, smiling.
"Thank you" Alex says back.
They each make their plates and sit down to eat.
Calvin bites into his taco and gives Alex a thumbs up.
Alex grins at him and starts eating too.
After they eat Olivia suggests a game to play before bed. They get out uno and play a few hands. Finally Alex tells him to go wash up before bed. Once he's in bed Olivia and Alex sit on the couch.
"You were really good with him" Alex softly tells her.
"Someone was snooping" Olivia says, smirking back at her.
Alex rolls her eyes.
"Not on purpose" Alex says shrugging.
" I know you did this all initially for me but you're a wonderful mom Alex and I couldn't have asked for anyone better to be on this journey with" Olivia says giving Alex a lopsided smile.
"I love that kid" Alex says, chuckling.
"He's very loveable" Olivia agrees smiling at the love shining from her eyes.
"You know before witsec I never thought of myself as motherly, but then, the Feds gave me custody of Antonio and we made it work. It was then that I knew I could do it. " Alex tells her.
"Sweetheart, there's nothing Alexandra Cabot can't do" Olivia tells her, chuckling.
"Damn right" Alex sassed back smirking.
Alex leans into Olivia's arms snuggling close.
"I'm still mad" Alex mutters as Olivia puts a blanket over them both.
"I don't expect anything less" Olivia whispers, kissing Alex's head.
"How about we do something together this weekend, a belated anniversary outing?" Olivia questioned
Alex looked up at Olivia and gave her a soft smile and nodded. Olivia thought she was adorable like this.
Olivia turns on the TV as they lay there in silence enjoying the comfort of each other.