A/N: This chapter continues from the previous chapter titled 'Tree Decorating Party'. I don't own any of the characters except my own.
Christmas
During the weeks before Christmas, Hank and Olivia finished their shopping, did their cards and figured out what they were going to be making for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. When Olivia was at work, Lucy helped wrap presents. Even with Hank not working and Lucy now taking care of Jesse, she still helped out with Noah quite a bit.
Christmas Weekend…
The Friday before Christmas, Olive and Daniel were coming in from Arizona. Lucy and Jesse were at the house with Frannie, so Hank went to the airport to pick them up. He had dropped Erin off for her flight to Chicago, so he was already there. Trudy and Mouch, the Olinskys and the Bodens were arriving on Saturday. He pulled up just as Olive and Daniel were coming outside. He got out to help Olive with the bags.
"Hey, Hank."
"Hey. How was the flight?"
"Great."
"Erin said to say 'Merry Christmas' to you both. I just dropped her off."
"We'll have to call her."
"She said she'd call when she got to Jay's."
Hank hugged both of them and then they left after Olive put Daniel in his car seat.
"Where Gramma?"
"She's at work."
"We go see her?"
"That's all he could talk about for the last few days was seeing Grandma."
Hank shook his head and then he drove to the Precinct. Once they arrived, they got out of the SUV and went up to SVU. Everyone was out in the Squad Room.
"Hey."
"Hey, yourself."
"Someone wanted to see his grandma."
"Hi Sweetie."
"Gramma!"
Daniel gave Olivia a hug and then she hugged Olive before she kissed Hank.
"Peter is coming for Dinner on Christmas Day."
"Then that makes 14 of us."
"Wow! Who's all coming from Chicago?"
"Al and his wife Meredith, Trudy and Mouch and the Bodens. The Bodens wanted to get away for a few days. Terrance wants to go to Disney World but Wallace and Donna weren't sure they wanted to deal with all the crowds at Christmastime. They usually spend the holidays with Donna's family but they were out of town this year, so the 3 of them were on their own. The Herrmann's invited them to spend Christmas with their family but they decided on New York. They thought Terrance would enjoy Rockefeller Center with all the trees."
"I do want to take Daniel there while we're here."
"Everyone is flying in from Chicago tomorrow afternoon, so we're planning to do that tomorrow night."
"Are they staying with you?"
"Only Olive and Daniel are. Everyone else is staying at a hotel."
Then Al and Meredith came in.
"Hey."
"I thought you two were coming in tomorrow with everyone else."
"We decided to come in a day early. I worked part of the day and then we left. Everyone said to say 'Merry Christmas' to all of you. Everyone else is leaving tomorrow as planned. Boden and Mouch are at the Firehouse until tomorrow morning anyway. So, this is SVU, huh?"
"Yeah."
Then Peter came in.
"Peter."
"Al. Meredith. Olivia, do you have that file for me?"
"Yes."
Olivia went into her office and Peter followed. She got him the file he needed and then they went back out to the Squad Room.
"Sorry to hear about your dad and sister."
"Thank you."
"How do you like working here?"
"Olivia definitely keeps me on my toes. Is this your first time in New York?"
"No. We came out here just after Hank and Olivia moved into their new place. This is the first time I've been to SVU though."
"Has everyone from Intelligence been here?"
"Yeah. We all came out here just after they moved."
"How long are you staying?"
"Until the 2nd. Trudy, Mouch and the Bodens are coming in tomorrow."
Olivia's cell phone rang, so she answered it. After she was done talking, she hung up.
"Can you go get Noah at school?"
"What happened?"
"He was playing basketball and fell. He's complaining about his elbow."
"Yeah. I'll call you as soon as I know something."
"Should we come with you?"
"If you want to, that's fine. If not, you could probably wait around here and go home with Olivia."
"I'm still here for another few hours though."
"We could take them back to your place. Just give us the car seat.
"You sure, Al?"
"Yeah."
"Ok."
Hank kissed Olivia and then Al went down with him to get Daniel's car seat. Hank then drove to Noah's school and went inside.
"Can I help you?"
"I'm here for Noah Voight."
"He's right in here, Mr. Voight."
Hank was taken into the Nurse's Office. Noah was holding an ice pack on his elbow.
"Hi Daddy."
"Do you have your stuff?"
"Yeah. Right here."
"Ok."
Hank helped Noah get his coat on.
"Ow!"
"Sorry."
"Bye, Noah. Enjoy your break. I hope you feel better soon."
"Thank you. Enjoy your break too."
Hank took Noah's bag and then they headed out to the SUV. Hank helped Noah into his seat and then they headed to the Emergency Room. By the time they got there, Olivia and Carisi were there to see a victim.
"Mommy!"
"Hey, Sweetie."
"My arm hurts."
"I'm sure it does."
"Another case, huh?"
"Yeah. I'll check on you two before we leave."
"Ok."
Olivia kissed both Hank and Noah and Carisi ruffled Noah's hair before they went to find their victim, while Hank and Noah went to sign in. After a while, he was taken to a room and eventually taken to xray. Olivia and Carisi were done talking to their victim and saw that the rape kit was done. Olivia stopped by the ER to check on Noah.
"Anything?"
"He's been to xray but we're waiting on the results."
"I told Carisi to go back to the Precinct without me."
Olivia sat down next to Hank.
"How are you feeling, Sweetie?"
"It still hurts. I have to go to the bathroom."
Hank got up and then the nurse came in.
"He needs to go to the bathroom."
"Ok. He can just go. He's not connected to anything. The doctor should be in with you shortly."
"Ok. Noah, can you do this on your own?"
"Daddy, can you come with me just in case?"
"Yeah, sure."
Hank walked with Noah to the washroom and Noah went in. After he was done, they walked back and the doctor was just headed in. He showed them the xray and told them it was broken. He supported Noah's arm in a brace and a sling and went to do the paperwork, including the name of the Orthopedic Specialist. After he was released, Hank drove to the Precinct, so Olivia could get her stuff and tell the squad what was going on. She told everyone to stop over either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. She left and then Hank drove home. When they arrived, Olive was fixing dinner. Al and Meredith were sitting in the living room enjoying the tree and Al had lit a fire in the fireplace. As soon as Noah got his coat and shoes off, he went up to his room.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"Everything ok with Noah?"
"He broke his elbow."
"Wow!"
"Olivia, your tree is so beautiful."
"Thank you. We had a tree decorating party a few weeks ago. Did Lucy leave?"
"No. She's still here. Jesse and Daniel were watching a movie."
"That'll do it."
Lucy came out to the living room."
"So?"
"He broke his elbow."
"Ouch! Poor Noah. Is he doing ok?"
"He's a little cranky."
"Olive is making spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, so maybe that'll cheer him up. Jesse wants to stay for dinner, so Amanda and Carisi are coming here."
"That's nothing new. I'm glad he cares for them the way he does. She asked him to be in the delivery room with her. She doesn't want anything to do with the baby's father."
"I don't blame her for that. From what it sounds like, he's a jerk."
"Yeah."
"Do you want me to stay until Amanda gets here?"
"No. She'll be fine with us. Are you heading to your parents'?"
"I am. I put my gifts for you, Hank and Noah under the tree and Amanda's and Jesse's are in a bag by the tree."
"Ok. Thank you so much."
"You're welcome."
Olivia got the bag with Lucy's gifts.
"These are for you from us. There is something from Amanda and Jesse in there too."
"I'm glad you were ok with me taking care of Jesse."
"I'm guessing you won't be here as often once Amanda has the second one."
"I probably will. I love your kitchen."
"So we've noticed."
"I appreciate you allowing to do all my baking here."
"It's not that big of a deal. Noah loves to help."
"And sample."
"Hank loves to sample too."
"That he does. I should probably get going. I want to run up to see Noah first."
Lucy went up to see Noah but he had fallen asleep, so she came back down.
"He's asleep, so say 'Merry Christmas' to him from me."
"We will."
Then Jesse came out of the family room.
"Bye-bye, Lucy. Merry Christmas."
"You too. Is Amanda taking time off?"
"I told her too. Since I'm off until the 2nd of January, it'll probably only be Fin and Carisi working. I really haven't taken this much time off since we went on the cruise. We've gone to Chicago and we went to Arizona for Thanksgiving but that was long weekends. I want to enjoy our out of town guests."
"I'll be back late Wednesday, so if you or Amanda need me for anything, just call."
"We will. Thanks, Lucy."
"No problem. Merry Christmas."
"You too."
Lucy opened the door to leave, Amanda and Carisi were coming in.
"Hey, baby girl."
"Mama!"
Jesse ran over to Amanda and gave her a big hug.
"Where's Frannie?"
"Sleeping."
"That figures."
Hank went to check on Olive and helped set the table, while Olivia went to check on Noah and Amanda and Carisi went to sit in the living room. Olivia came back down and went into the kitchen.
"I woke Noah up but he doesn't want to eat anything. I gave him some medicine to help with the pain, so for now, we'll just let him sleep."
"Ok. If he gets hungry later, we can make him a sandwich or he can have some cookies."
"I'll set some spaghetti aside for him, so he can have some tomorrow."
"That would be great."
"Dinner is just about ready."
Olivia went to tell everyone in the living room that dinner was about ready and Hank went to get Daniel. Everyone sat down and ate and then after dinner, Carisi took Amanda, Jesse and Frannie home and Al and Meredith went to their hotel. Olivia and Hank cleaned up the kitchen, while Olive went to give Daniel a bath. After she got him ready for bed, she brought him down to say goodnight.
"Gramma, story."
"Ok. Come on. Say goodnight to Mommy and Papa."
"Night-night, Mama. Night-night, Papa."
"Goodnight."
Olivia took Daniel upstairs and read him a story. Noah had woken up and came into Daniel's room.
"Hi."
"Hey. Are you feeling any better?"
"Yeah. I'm kind of hungry."
"Ok. Olive saved you some spaghetti and meatballs, so you can have that tomorrow if you want. What do you want to eat?"
"Ok. Do we have any bananas?"
"I think there might be a few there. Do you want peanut butter and banana?"
"Yeah."
"Ok. Go down and tell Daddy that's what you want. Maybe since you slept so long, we'll let you stay up for a while and we can watch a movie."
"Ok. Night, Daniel."
"Night-night, Noah."
Noah went downstairs and told Hank what he wanted to eat. Hank made him the sandwich, while Olivia read Daniel his story and tucked him in. She went back downstairs and then the 4 of them picked a movie to watch. Olivia and Olive were asleep before the movie even ended. Hank covered both of them with blankets and helped Noah get ready for bed. He gave him some more medicine, tucked him in and kissed him. Hank went to get ready for bed and went to bed.
The next morning, Hank woke up and noticed Olivia was sleeping next to him. He kissed her cheek and then she woke up.
"Hey."
Hey yourself."
"You could have woken me up after the movie."
"You were both sleeping so peacefully."
"Did Noah make it through the movie?"
"Yeah. I helped him get ready for bed and gave him some more medicine before he went to bed."
"Good. I locked the door when I came in."
"Did you?"
"Yep."
"What are we going to do about that?"
"I have an idea."
Olivia and Hank undressed each other, started kissing and then they made love. Afterwards they were holding each other.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"As bad as this year started out with what happened to Noah, it turned out to be one of the best years of my life."
"It did for me too. I'm glad I decided to retire and move here to be with you and Noah. I didn't want you to think you had to give up your job here to be with me in Chicago, especially when you weren't ready to retire when Ed was a couple years ago."
"I'm starting to get frustrated with work. I love what I do but I feel like I've been neglecting the two most important people in my life because I'm there so much. At the hospital yesterday, I had such a hard time focusing on what I was doing because all I could think about was Noah."
"Don't get so worked up about it. Ok? You get to spend some time with him while you're off."
"I know and I also wanted to spend some time with you and Olive and Daniel while they are in town."
Hank and Olivia started kissing again and then they got up to take a shower. In the meantime, Olive had gotten up and started breakfast. By the time they were out of the shower, the boys were both up and breakfast was ready.
"Morning."
"Morning."
"How are you feeling, Noah?"
"It still hurts but I feel better."
"It will probably hurt for a few days. We were able to get you in at the Orthopedic Specialist after the first of the year, so you will go there before school starts up again."
"What will they do there?"
"They will either put a cast on your arm or leave the brace on to wear in place of a cast. They'll probably take more xrays to see how things are progressing. If they decide not to put a cast on, it makes it easier for you to take a bath and all that. If you get a cast though, it could be on up to your shoulder."
Noah made a face and then they all had breakfast together. Olive went to take a shower, Hank got Daniel dressed, and Olivia helped Noah get dressed. Al and Meredith arrived at the house and rang the doorbell. Noah and Daniel were downstairs, so they went to answer the door.
"Hi Uncle Al and Aunt Meredith."
"Hey, Noah. How are you feeling?"
"My arm still hurts but I am feeling better."
"Good."
"How are you, Daniel?"
"Good."
Hank came downstairs.
"Hey, Al. Meredith."
"Hey, Man."
"Hank."
They Olivia came downstairs.
"Hey, you two."
"Hey."
"Trudy just texted me and said they were at the airport and should be boarding the plane soon."
"Good."
Olive came downstairs and then they decided what they wanted to do. Several hours later, Trudy, Mouch and the Bodens had arrived in New York and went to the hotel as soon as they got their luggage and their rental. They got checked in and then they headed over to Hank and Olivia's. When they arrived, they rang the doorbell. Olivia answered it.
"Hey, everyone."
"Hey, Olivia."
"How was your flight?"
"It was fine."
"Come on in."
"Thank you. This is nice."
"Thanks. We love it."
Everyone came in, hugged Olivia and took their coats off. Terrance immediately took his shoes off and then everyone else did too.
"Hey."
Hank got up and hugged Trudy.
"Olinsky and I miss you."
"That's what I heard."
"We told Terrance about the trees, so he's looking forward to seeing them."
"I won't even tell you what he asked me this morning."
"What?"
"He asked if they had fire trucks in New York. I contacted the Chief at the Station that I worked with when I came out here after 9/11. I actually just saw him a couple years ago when I came out here with Casey and Severide, so I guess that means I have to take Mouch."
"It's not like Terrance doesn't see the fire trucks in Chicago."
"Exactly, especially since he just visited us yesterday."
"Lindsay stopped in at the District yesterday."
"She texted me."
Noah and Daniel came out of the family room and Noah hugged everyone
"Noah, what happened?"
"I was playing basketball and I fell."
"He broke his elbow."
"Ouch! I'm sure you know Halstead's dad died, right?"
"Yeah. He came out here to see Erin not too long after that."
"Severide lost his dad too."
"I heard that from Jay. When he told Erin, she called and talked to Severide for a while."
"He's been pushing Stella away though."
"I don't think he's ever really gotten over Shay's death."
"That's true. That was hard on all of us."
"I've known Benny for years."
The guys went into the living room to talk, the boys went to the family room and Olivia showed Meredith, Trudy and Donna around.
"Olivia, I would love to see where you work."
"That could be arranged. Maybe the guys can take the boys to the Fire Station and we can head to the Precinct."
"That sounds like a plan."
They went downstairs and told the guys. They agreed and decided to meet at the 9/11 Memorial before heading to Rockefeller Center. Everyone left and headed wherever they were going. When they met up, they walked around the Memorial and decided to have dinner. After they had dinner, they headed over to Rockefeller Center. It had started snowing enough to make it more festive. They saw the people skating and all the trees. Everyone bought hot chocolate and then once the boys started getting tired, they headed back to Hank and Olivia's before mostly everyone went back to their hotel. Hank got the boys to bed and then everyone else went to bed. On Sunday, they did whatever last minute things that needed to get done.
Christmas Eve/Day…
For Christmas Eve, they had decided to prepare a turkey dinner. The group from Chicago was going to be there. The boys were watching movies and Hank was busy trying to put the boys' bikes together. They decided to get Daniel things that he could use whenever he came to visit them and Olive thought that was a good idea. When everyone arrived, Hank was still downstairs. Olivia answered the door.
"Hey, everyone. Hank is downstairs trying to put some stuff together."
Al, Mouch and Wallace went down to help him.
"Olivia, can we help with anything?"
"I think we're ok. You can stay in here if you'd like or the boys are watching movies in the family room."
"Let's go see what they're watching."
Everyone went into the family room and watched the movie with Noah and Daniel, while Olivia went back into the kitchen. She took a glass of wine to Trudy, Meredith and Donna. She knew Hank had beers downstairs, so the guys were probably drinking them. She and Olive finished making dinner and then they all ate. The guys had finished downstairs, so after dinner, they all watched a movie together before everyone left.
The next morning, Noah and Daniel woke up early and went downstairs. Santa had been there. They both saw their new bikes and ended up waking everyone else up. Hank, Olivia and Olive came downstairs.
"Oh, boy! This is the bike I asked Santa for."
"Guys, calm down. Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas."
"Why don't you see what Santa left in your stockings?"
"Ok."
Olivia got the boys their stockings, so they could see what they had gotten and then she, Hank and Olive looked in their own stockings.
"Can we open presents?"
"You can open some of them but not all of them. Everyone will be here later."
Olivia put some Christmas music on and then Hank pulled out the gifts that he wanted them to open before everyone else got there, which was related to the trip to Disneyland.
"Everyone has to open these together and that includes Erin and Jay."
They got a Skype call from Erin and Jay, so they all got in front of the camera as best they could. Noah told them about his arm and Erin and Jay told everyone they were engaged. Then as a family, they all opened their Disney gift.
"No way!"
"Holy crap!"
"Sweet!"
"Awesome!"
"Yay!"
"This is so amazing!"
"I'm glad you all like it."
"When are we going?"
"Noah's Spring Break. I thought we should make this a tradition after the cruise this year."
"Oh, definitely."
Olivia kissed Hank.
"For you, there's more. I called Amaro and told him when we were coming out there, so you will get to see him when we're there."
"You are so amazing! I love you."
"I love you too. All of you. Even you, Halstead."
"I did ask you for your permission to marry Erin."
"Yeah, you did."
"Aw! He did?"
"Yeah."
"He's pretty much your dad, so who was I going to ask? Bunny?"
"I don't want her to know anything. She will try to ruin everything for me as she usually does."
"So, are you planning to move here?"
"Yeah, I think so. I proposed the night she arrived and we told Will and Nat last night. He's fine with me leaving Chicago, since he has Nat and Owen now. He said that will give them a reason to come visit. I just need to get a job."
"I'll let you know. I'm actually looking for another Detective. Of course I don't know how you feel about investigating sexual assault cases though."
"It's fine."
"I'll check around though too."
"Ok. Thanks."
"Sure. So, how did he propose?"
"We went on a carriage ride around the city looking at the lights and he asked me then."
"Does the squad know?"
"Not yet. We're all going to Molly's on New Year's Eve, so we'll tell them then. I wanted the families to know first."
"I'm happy for you two. Congratulations."
"Thanks."
They finished their conversation with Erin and Jay and then they hung up. They opened a few more presents before Olivia went to put the Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls in the oven and then they all had breakfast. Everyone got ready and then they took a family selfie in front of the tree.
A few hours later, Olivia got the cheese and crackers and the vegetable trays out, so everyone munched on those. When it got to be closer to the time everyone was coming, Hank put the roast in. The doorbell rang, so Noah went to answer it.
"Merry Christmas, Uncle Ed."
"You too, kiddo. How's the arm?"
"It's better today."
Ed took his coat and shoes off before going into the living room.
"Merry Christmas."
"You too."
Olivia got up and Ed kissed her cheek.
"This is for you. Your favorite."
"Thank you."
He then gave candy canes to the boys.
"What do you say, Daniel?"
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"Thank you, Uncle Ed."
"You're welcome."
"You two can eat your candy canes later."
"Ok."
Ed sat down and then Hank came out of the kitchen to hand him a beer.
"Thanks."
"Sure. Merry Christmas."
"You too. This is for you."
"Thank you."
"What did you get, Daddy?"
"Beer."
"Yuck!"
Hank shook his head and then the doorbell rang again. Hank went to get it this time. It was Peter and the group from Chicago.
"Merry Christmas."
"You too. Come on in."
Everyone took their coats and shoes off and went into the living room.
"This is Ed Tucker, Olivia's ex. Ed, this is Alvin and Meredith Olinsky. I've known Al a long time. This is Trudy Platt and her husband Randy McHolland or Mouch as everyone calls him. I've also known Trudy a long time. She's the Desk Sergeant at the 21st District where I was. Mouch is a firefighter at Station 51. This is Wallace and Donna Boden and their son Terrance. Wallace is the Battalion Chief at Station 51."
"You're the one that was with IAB?"
"That would be correct."
"Actually, I met Captain Tucker before."
"Yep."
"What?"
"When Casey, Severide and I were here. We stopped in to see Olivia and met him then."
"Ok."
Olivia got up and went to get Terrance's stocking.
"Santa left this here for you, Terrance."
"Thank you! Mama, Daddy, look."
Wallace gave Terrance a thumbs up and then Ed gave him a candy cane.
"Thank you. Mama, can I eat this now?"
"No. You can eat it on the plane going home. How about that?"
"Ok."
"He loves candy canes."
"Noah and Daniel do too."
Hank got up and went to check on dinner. Olivia followed him into the kitchen and wrapped her arms around him, while Noah told Peter and Ed about how he broke his elbow.
"Are you mad?"
"No. That was before we were together."
"I figured they would have told you that they saw me. It's not like you and I weren't in touch when Ed and I were together."
"Everything is fine."
"Ok. Good."
Olivia kissed Hank and then they finished fixing dinner together. Once dinner was ready, everyone sat down and ate. After dinner, Trudy, Meredith and Donna cleaned up, since Hank and Olivia had done all the work preparing the meal and once the kitchen was clean, they opened presents. Hank and Olivia had the boys open their bigger presents in the morning, so they had their smaller presents to open. Olivia had gotten Terrance some smaller gifts that could be packed easily. Once everyone was done opening their presents, they had dessert and coffee or hot chocolate. The doorbell rang, so Olivia went to answer it. It was Fin, Melinda, Amanda, Jesse, Frannie, Sonny, Trevor, Rafael and Lucia.
"Merry Christmas!"
"You too."
Olivia hugged everyone as they came in. They went into the living room and then she introduced them to mostly everyone from Chicago. Fin and Amanda knew Al and Trudy and Fin also knew Chief Boden. Olivia introduced Lucia to Hank. Amanda sat down on the sofa and Olivia sat next to her and put her hand on Amanda's belly.
"I just want this over with."
"It will be soon."
"How was dinner with the Carisi clan?"
"Kind of overwhelming."
"How's Mia?"
"She's doing fine. Thanks for askin'."
Olivia gave everyone their gifts and then they opened them. Amanda let Jesse open Frannie's present.
"Here, Frannie."
Frannie took her new toy from Jesse and then she put it down to give both Hank and Olivia kisses.
"You're welcome, Frannie."
"How's the arm, little man?"
"It still hurts but it's better."
"What happened?"
Noah told the Barbas, Trevor and Melinda what happened. The boys went to play, while the adults talked for a while. The Bodens left, so they could put Terrance to bed. He gave Hank and Olivia hugs and thanked them for his presents. Trudy, Mouch and the Olinsky's left as well after they hugged Hank, Olivia, Olive and the boys and said goodbye to Peter. Olive took Daniel to get ready for bed and Hank took Noah up to help him get ready for bed. Noah and Daniel came back down and said goodnight to everyone. After both boys kissed Olivia, they went back upstairs and Hank read them both a story.
"Jesse's favorite book is 'If the 'S' in Moose Comes Loose'."
"The boys love it."
"I bought it for Jaden and he seems to like it."
"I read that I don't know how many times to my nieces and nephews at the Langan Family Christmas the last few days."
"I've read it to Daniel every night since I got it for him."
"The same with Noah."
Hank came back downstairs.
"How many times did they have to read the story to them?"
"Only once. They fell asleep almost as soon as I was done."
"If you want to read it again, you can always read it to me."
"Smarty pants!"
Olivia knew what he wanted to say but he didn't in front of Jesse. Hank tried sitting next to Olivia but Frannie had taken over as she was chewing on her new toy.
"Frannie, get down!"
She stopped chewing, looked at Amanda and then went back to chewing on her toy. Amanda just rolled her eyes. Jesse went over to her and took her toy and threw it, so she had to chase it. She jumped down and ran after it, so then Hank was able to sit next to Olivia. He put his arm around her and then she put her head on his shoulder. Everyone talked for a while and then Jesse was about asleep, so Amanda and Sonny left with Jesse and Frannie after they hugged Hank and Olivia and thanked them for their gifts. Everyone else left shortly after they did after they hugged Hank and Olivia and thanked them for their gifts. Hank locked up and then the 3 of them went up to bed.
The rest of the week went quickly and before they knew it, it was New Year's. Everyone that was in from out of town were headed back to Chicago or Phoenix the day after New Year's but everyone spent as much time together as they could. Olivia ended up taking off from work when Noah went to the Specialist and he ended up having a cast put on. He at least had time to get used to it before he went back to school.
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