A/N: This was a request from Ghostwriter. For this one, Justin, Al and Dodds are still alive and Erin is still with Intelligence. I don't own any of the characters except my own.

Second First Date

Hank and Olivia had started seeing each other on and off after the first case they had worked on. The first time they had slept together was New Year's Eve and they had slept together again during the Yates case. After that, they really hadn't kept in touch with each other. Olivia discovered she was pregnant. She told her squad and the 3 of them had pretty much figured out it was Hank's, so they were pretty surprised when she told them not to tell anyone about it, including Erin. She knew Erin and Amanda were pretty close. She did, however, tell Justin. A few weeks before Yates and Rudnick escaped from prison, Olivia gave birth to Chloe Rose. When they told her that Erin was coming, she told them not to say anything to her. If she asked where she was, she said to tell her she has home sick or Noah was. When Yates led them back to Chicago, Erin told Hank that Olivia was home sick and he had been disappointed that she wasn't there.

August 2018 - 2½ years later…

Olivia had decided to take Noah and Chloe to Chicago. She felt it was time to introduce Hank to his daughter. She knew it wasn't going to go well. They arrived at the hotel and got checked in. She put the kids back in the car and drove to the District. When she arrived, she got them out of the car and went in.

"Olivia, it is so good to see you!"

"You too, Trudy. This is Noah and this is Chloe."

"They're beautiful."

"Thank you."

"You had her?"

"I did."

"She looks just like you."

"She does but she has her daddy's temper and stubbornness."

"So, you're married?"

"No. She was the result of an on and off relationship I was in. He actually doesn't know about her. That's actually why I'm here."

"Olivia, are you telling me she's Hank's?"

"Yeah."

"Why haven't you told him?"

"I don't know. I was afraid to, I guess. I didn't want him to think he had to be with me because of her."

"All I can say is good luck with that."

"Yeah, thanks."

Then Justin, Olive and their kids came in.

"Justin!"

"Hey, Trudy. You remember, Olive, right?"

"Of course. This can't be Daniel."

"Yeah, it is. This is our newest addition, Henry. Hey, Olivia."

"Hey, Justin."

"Hey, Noah."

"Hey, Justin."

"You got bigger since I last saw you."

"He starts 1st grade soon."

"No way! Hey, Cutie! Remember me?"

Chloe nodded her head.

"Justin knows?"

"Yeah. He and Olive were there when she was born."

"That's why we're here, so she wouldn't be alone when she tells Pop."

Hank came downstairs to hand something to Trudy and Al was with him.

"Justin."

"Hey, Pop. Al."

"Hey, Justin."

"Papa!"

"Look at you!"

"I'm a big boy!"

"You sure are."

Olive handed the baby to Hank.

"This is your namesake."

"Hey, Little Hank. I'm your grandpa."

Then he saw Olivia.

"Look who blew in from New York."

"It's nice to see you too, Hank. You remember Noah, right?"

"Of course. Hey, Noah."

"Hi Hank."

Hank looked at Chloe.

"So, I assume this is why I haven't seen or heard from you in 3 years."

"Pretty much."

"So, why are you here? You want to rub in that you're now married and have a kid? Were you married when we were together?"

"I'm not married?"

"How old is she?"

"She's 2½. Hank, I'd like you to meet Chloe, your daughter."

"My what?"

"Your daughter."

"You sure about that?"

"Yes. I wasn't with anyone but you in that time and I haven't been with anyone since."

"Do you really expect me to believe that?"

"It's true."

Hank handed Little Hank back to Olive and then he went back upstairs. Everyone else headed up and Al let everyone in. By the time they got up to Intelligence, Hank had gone into his office and slammed his door shut. Olivia handed Chloe to Justin and went into Hank's office.

"I'm sorry I never told you."

"I don't think you are. You could have picked up the damn phone and told me. You could have done anything but did you? No. Instead you made me feel like what happened between us meant nothing or that I never meant anything to you."

"It meant everything to me."

"Bullshit!"

"I didn't know where things were going with us and I knew that neither one of us really wanted to leave our respective cities, so what was I supposed to do?"

"We could have figured something out."

"We weren't going to raise her in two different cities if that's what you're thinking."

"Oh, right. We can't upset your life. It's always about you and what you want. My feelings don't matter to you and they never have."

Hank and Olivia were yelling loudly at each other. Hank told her he didn't care what she did and told her to stay out of his life before storming out, leaving Olivia in tears. Deep down she knew he was right. Erin and Olive came in to try to calm her down, while Justin filled everyone else in. He put Chloe down, so she went into Hank's office and crawled up into his chair. Olivia took a picture of it.

"Mama."

"Hi Baby."

"She's beautiful."

"Thanks. I know I was wrong for keeping her from Hank and he has every right to be upset with me."

"Then why did you keep it from him?"

"Because I had no idea where things were going with us and I didn't want us to raise her in two different cities. A part of me thinks he would have 'done the right thing' and wanted to marry me. I know he's not ready to leave Chicago and I'm not ready to leave New York, so we wouldn't have gotten anywhere by doing that. I didn't want him to think he had to marry me just for the sake of the baby and those marriages never last."

Then Justin came in.

"Sorry it didn't go well."

"I deserved it. I probably shouldn't have come here to tell him at all."

"Do you love him?"

"Yes. Probably more than I ever realized. We should go."

"Are you leaving right away?"

"Maybe tomorrow or the day after."

Olivia picked up Chloe and then she walked out of Hank's office. She got Noah and then they left. They went back to the hotel and then they decided to go to the beach for a little while. They changed and then Olivia drove to the beach. Little did she know was that Hank had gone to the beach to clear his head. She didn't see him but he saw her. Olivia put sunscreen on both kids and then the kids went to play in the sand at the edge of the water. Hank watched as the kids played together. That little girl was his daughter. She was beautiful and looked just like her mother. Olivia glanced over her shoulder and saw Hank, so she got up and walked over to him.

"You following me, Sergeant?"

"I've been here, Lieutenant. I come here to think."

"I am sorry. If you want to be pissed at me, then be pissed at me. I do want you to get to know your daughter."

Noah had seen Olivia talking to Hank, so he ran over. Chloe wasn't too far behind.

"Hank!"

Noah gave Hank a hug.

"I missed you."

"I've missed you too, kiddo."

"Chloe, this is Hank, your daddy."

Chloe went over to Hank and put her hand on his leg.

"Daddy."

Chloe put her arms up, so Hank picked her up. She wrapped her arms around his neck.

"She's beautiful like you."

"Thanks. She has a stubborn streak like you do though."

"I guess it was bound to happen. Can we have dinner?"

"Why the change of heart? Not that long ago, you told me to stay out of your life and you never wanted to see me again."

"I know but I figured we could talk about this."

"Ok. That sounds like a plan. I could probably get Erin or Justin to watch them I'm sure."

Then Justin, Olive, Erin and the boys arrived at the beach and found them.

"You two ok?"

"We're having dinner to talk about things."

"Good. Noah and Chloe can stay at the house with us."

"Thank you. Where are we going?"

"I'll take care of that. You do need to dress up though."

"Which means I need to go shopping."

Hank made a couple phone calls and hung up after he was done.

"Reservations are made."

"Ok. Can you two help me find something to wear?"

"Of course."

Olivia went to get her stuff and left her keys with Justin. She kissed both kids, Olive kissed Justin and the boys and then they left with Erin. Noah, Chloe and Daniel went to play in the sand.

"So, what's the plan, Pop?"

"I made reservations at the Signature Room. The first time we went on an actual date, that's where we went. I want tonight to be as special as that night was."

"That was also New Year's Eve though, right?"

"Yeah, it was but that was also the first time we were together."

"Do you love her?"

"Yeah, I love her. I have from the moment we first met. Even though it has been over 3 years since we have seen each other and now I know why, I never stopped loving her."

"I think she feels the same way about you. I kept trying to get her to tell you about Chloe but she kept saying that she didn't want you to think you had to be with her just because of the baby."

Chloe came over to Hank and wanted him to pick her up again. He put her over his shoulder and started rubbing her back until she fell asleep.

"Daddy loves you. I'm just sorry I couldn't have been in your life sooner."

Justin took a picture and sent it to Olivia. Meanwhile in the store, Olivia was notified of a text, so she checked it.

"Oh, that is adorable!"

"What?"

Olivia showed the picture to Erin and Olive.

"Daddy-daughter bonding. She's asleep."

"Why did you tell Justin and not me?"

"Because I knew you'd tell him."

"He had the right to know."

"I know that, Erin! You don't have to keep reminding me of that."

Olivia found a dress and then they took her back to the hotel. Justin arrived with Olivia's car and parked it for her. Hank was behind them with the boys. Justin stayed with the boys, while Hank took a sleeping Chloe in and Noah walked in by himself.

"She's still asleep?'

"Yeah. She wasn't happy when I put her in her car seat but she went right back to sleep."

"She does that sometimes. Should I just bring them over to your house?"

"That's fine."

"Do you want me to take her?"

"I got her."

They took the elevator up to Olivia's floor and then they walked to her room. Olivia unlocked the door and Hank set Chloe down on one of the beds after he kissed her head. Then he left. Noah went to take a bath to get cleaned up and once he was done, Chloe was awake, so Olivia put her in the tub. Olivia ended up in the tub with Chloe and Chloe helped make sure Olivia was clean.

"All cween, Mama."

"Thank you."

Once they were done, she dried herself and Chloe and then Olivia put a robe on. Noah was dressed and sitting on the bed playing on the tablet. Olivia got Chloe dressed and then once that was done, she dried her hair, did her makeup and got dressed.

"Mommy, you look pretty."

"Thank you."

"Pwetty, Mama."

"Thank you, Baby. I'm going to pack your pajamas and some extra clothes, since I'm not sure how long Hank and I will be out tonight."

"Ok."

Olivia got some things together for the kids and then they left for Hank's. When they arrived, Olivia parked in front of his house and got the kids out. They walked to the door and rang the bell. Justin answered it.

"Hey. Come on in."

"Thanks."

"You look beautiful."

"Thank you."

Olivia and the kids came in and joined Olive and the boys in the living room.

"POP, YOUR DATE IS HERE."

"I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN."

Hank finished getting ready and then he came downstairs.

"You look beautiful."

"Thanks. You look handsome."

"Thanks."

Then the doorbell rang again, so Hank answered it.

"What, Erin?"

"I'm just here for moral support."

"You're just here to be pain in the ass."

"Who me?"

"I know you too well."

"I resent that."

Erin straightened Hank's tie and Hank rolled his eyes.

The doorbell rang again and this time it was their driver.

"You hired a limo?"

"Yep."

"I'm impressed."

"You ready?"

"Sure."

"Have a great time, kids! Don't stay out too late!"

"We can stay out as long as we want."

"Noah, Chloe, we're going."

Both of them came to give Olivia a hug and a kiss and then they both hugged Hank.

"Have a good time."

"Thank you."

Hank and Olivia left and got into the limo.

"Spill it. Where are they going?"

"He said he made reservations at the Signature Room."

Justin went to fix dinner. When the limo arrived at the Signature Room, they got out.

"Hank, you didn't."

"Yeah, I did."

Hank offered her his arm and then they headed inside. They went up and then they were shown to the table, which happened to be the same one they were seated at before. It had an amazing view of the city. Hank ordered a bottle of Champagne and then that came to the table. Hank had ordered when he made the reservations, so they didn't have to do anything.

"What did you do?"

"I recreated our first date. You hate it, don't you?"

"No. The exact opposite. I love it. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Hank poured the Champagne and then they clinked glasses before they drank.

"It seems to me that we drank the entire bottle the last time we did this."

"We did but we don't have to this time. We need to talk anyway."

"Yeah, I know we do. You have every right to be pissed at me. Honestly I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to take me to court."

"I won't do that but I want to get to know her better."

"I want that too. I just didn't know where we were really headed with our relationship. I didn't want you to think we had to get married just because I was pregnant. Those marriages never last."

"The thing is, I probably would have married you but not just because of her. I would have married you because I love you."

"You love me?"

"Yeah, I do. I have from the moment we met. These last 3 years, I have been going crazy. I thought about calling you several times to find out what went wrong between us. I thought I did something wrong."

"Trust me, you did absolutely nothing wrong. I love you too, Hank, so that's not the reason I didn't tell you. It's just me being me. I suck at relationships and apparently at communicating. Everyone kept telling me I needed to tell you, including Noah. Justin was with me when I gave birth and he's been trying to get me to tell you since the beginning. She's been asking about her daddy more lately, so I knew I had to tell you. I took the kids down to see Justin and Olive for Noah's Spring Break, which was just before Henry was born. I wanted to be there when he was born but it didn't work out that way. Chloe knows Justin is her big brother but now it's time for her to know her daddy."

"Would you allow me to keep her here?"

"I'd consider it. Noah may want to come too."

"That's fine. When is he back in school?"

"After Labor Day, so we still have all next week yet."

"Maybe they could stay with me and I can bring them back after a week. That way, you can get something done without having them in your hair."

"That would be wonderful. I'll see if Noah likes that idea."

"Ok. Do you think Chloe would like that idea?"

"I think she might."

They got their salads and then after a while, they got their meals, which happened to be exactly what they had eaten on their first date. After they had dinner, there was dancing. As they danced, they gazed into each other's eyes and then they started kissing. They returned to the table to have dessert. After dessert, Hank paid the bill and they left the restaurant hand in hand.

"Tonight was amazing. Thank you."

"You're welcome. I'm sorry I acted the way I did."

"I'm sorry I never told you about Chloe. I guess I deserved to have you treat me the way you did."

A carriage was waiting for them.

"Hank, the carriage too?"

"Yep. I wanted tonight to be exactly what we did on our first date."

"You're too much."

Hank helped Olivia into the carriage and then he got in. The carriage started moving and they were taken around the city. Olivia put her head on Hank's shoulder and he kissed her forehead. She looked up at him and then they started kissing. By the time they arrived back where they started, they both knew where this was headed next. The limo was waiting for them when they got back.

"Hank."

"Huh?"

"We know how our date ended the last time. Do you want it happen again as much as I do?"

"Yeah, I do."

"We could go back to my hotel instead of your house."

"There are too many people at my house."

Hank told the driver to take them to the hotel Olivia was staying at. When they arrived, Hank tipped the driver and then they walked into the hotel as they held hands. They got into the elevator and went up to her floor. They got off the elevator and walked to her room. Olivia got her key card out and opened the door. As soon as they walked in, put the 'do not disturb' sign on the door and shut it. They started kissing and headed over to the bed as Olivia started undressing Hank and he started undressing her. They got on the bed and Hank kissed the scars on her chest and stomach. Once they were completely undressed, they made love. Afterwards Hank had his arms wrapped around her and she had her head on his chest.

"The last time we made love was when Chloe was conceived."

"Yep. I want to make this work this time."

"I do too. Not just for Chloe but for us too. We both should have tried a little harder the last time."

"Why didn't you ever date?"

"A part of me still had hope for us. I wanted that more than anything else. I have had other men ask me out but I said I needed to come clean to my daughter's father about her. I'm just not sure why I waited as long as I did. There's no excuse for that."

"If you haven't already figured it out, I have forgiven you for that."

"I just don't want to screw this up. I love you, Hank."

"I love you too."

They started kissing and made love again before falling asleep in each other's arms. The next morning, Olivia got up, took a shower and got dressed. Hank got dressed and then he called a cab to take them to his house. They arrived and went in as everyone was having breakfast.

"HELLO."

"IN HERE."

Hank and Olivia went into the kitchen.

"Did you two stay out all night?"

"Of course not. She has a hotel room, don't forget."

"Someone got lucky last night!"

"Stop!"

"What does 'get lucky' mean?"

"Never mind. You're too young to hear this conversation."

"But I want to know."

"It means that I'm lucky your mom and I had such a good time last night. I'm going to go take a shower."

"Ok."

Hank kissed Olivia and then he went to take a shower.

"Mama!"

"Hi Baby Girl! Were you good?"

"Uh huh."

Then Olivia looked at Justin.

"She was fine and so was Noah. The 3 of them slept in Dad's bed. Do you want something for breakfast?"

"I'll wait for your dad but I will have some coffee though."

"Ok."

Justin got Olivia a cup of coffee and Noah, Chloe and Daniel went into the living room.

"Here you go."

"Thanks."

"Sure. How'd things go?"

"Great. We're trying to make things work this time. Not just for Chloe but for us too."

"That's great. I really hope you two can make it work because you're good for him. He hasn't been this crazy about anyone since my mom."

"I know. It would make things easier if we were in the same city. That's all."

"I think he knows that."

"He wants to keep her for a week. Maybe I should just call Dodds and take more time off."

"You don't trust Dad?"

"I do but I think I need more time off. The last time I was off was when we came to see you before Henry was born. It's tempting to leave them both here with Hank, so I can get stuff done. I know I'm going to have to let him spend time alone with her though. I'm surprised she took to him as quickly as she did."

Hank finished in the shower, got dressed and came downstairs.

"I'm thinking about taking some time off. Is that ok with you?"

"When?"

"Next week. I can call Dodds and tell him that I'm taking the week off."

"Sounds like a plan to me."

Justin made breakfast for Hank and Olivia, while Olive went to take a shower. Then Justin went to take his shower, while Hank and Olivia ate. They got the kids dressed and then they went to Navy Pier as a family. Hank spent time with Chloe and it made Olivia happy to see them getting along so well. Later that day, Olivia called to tell Mike that she was planning to be gone for a week and she also called Lucy to tell her that she didn't need her this week at all because she was in Chicago. She checked out of the hotel and stayed with Hank for the remainder of their time there. Sunday afternoon, Justin, Olive and the boys left and headed home, leaving Hank and Olivia alone with Noah and Chloe. Noah loved all the places Hank took them in Chicago, including Fire House 51.

By the end of their time in Chicago, Olivia and Hank were closer than they had ever been and it was going to be hard for Hank to let them go. He walked them out to the car and had Chloe in his arms. He put her in her car seat.

"Chloe, you be a good girl and Daddy will come see you soon, ok?"

"K, Daddy."

"I love you."

"Love you."

Hank kissed Chloe and then he helped Noah into his booster seat. Noah gave Hank a hug.

"Thanks for everything, Hank. I had a lot of fun."

"You're welcome."

"Love you, Hank."

"I love you too, kiddo."

Hank shut the door and then he walked over to Olivia.

"I'll let you know for sure when I'll be coming out there."

"Ok."

Olivia had tears running her face.

"Come here."

Hank wrapped his arms around Olivia and held her.

"I am going to miss you so much."

"I'm going to miss you too."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Hank kissed Olivia and then she got into the car.

"Bye-bye, Daddy."

"Bye."

"Bye, Hank."

"Bye, Noah."

"Take care of yourself, Hank."

"You too. Take care of our kids too."

"I will. We'll see you soon."

"Ok."

Olivia started the car and drove away. Hank went back into the house. Even though their visit didn't start out on the right foot, the rest of it had been amazing. He loved every minute that he spent with his daughter. His daughter. He never would have guessed in a million years that he would ever be a father to a daughter after he and Camille had lost their daughter before birth. He loved Erin very much and he didn't care that he wasn't her biological father, even though he wished he was. He wasn't going to lie. He loved Noah too. In time, he hoped he would be able to be a full-time father to both of them but for now he wanted to see how things were going to go between him and Olivia before he decided to make a commitment to her. Things between them had never been better during the week they had spent together but their biggest obstacle was still the distance between them. He knew one thing. He wasn't going to let anything keep him from his daughter now that she was a part of his life. He had already lost the first 2½ years of her life and even though he had bonded with her in a short time, he didn't want to miss another minute of it.

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