Broken ~ Law and order SVU

~15~

The next morning Olivia wakes up because of the sunlight streaming through a gap in between the curtains. Elliot's arm is still around her. She looks towards her left and sees two bright blue eyes staring back at her. "Morning baby." "Morning El." Elliot gives her a soft kiss on the lips. "Did you sleep okay?" He asks. "Best night of sleep I had in weeks." She kisses Elliot.

They decide to shower together and after they've done that they both go downstairs. Elliot starts cooking up some breakfast pancakes with chocolate chips because he knows they're Olivia's favorite. Then the phone rings. Olivia gets up to answer it.

"Benson." She says, for a moment forgetting she's not at her own place. "Olivia dear, good morning. It's Bernie. How are you honey?" Olivia smiles and walks with the phone in hand towards the kitchen. "Bernie good morning. I'm great. How are you?" "Oh, I'm fine honey. I was wondering if you, Elliot and the kids want to come over for dinner tomorrow night?" "Sure Bernie, we would love to come over for dinner. We have to pick up the kids from Kathy's around five p.m. tomorrow, so I think we'll be there around six p.m. is that okay?" "Yes honey, I'm looking forward to it. I'll see you all tomorrow. Say hi to Elliot for me." "Will do Bernie. See you tomorrow!" Olivia puts the phone down on the counter.

"That was your mom. We're eating dinner at her place tomorrow evening." Elliot puts a plate of pancakes in front of her and has one for himself. "Who says that I want to eat at her place?" He asks her, but by the flicker in his eyes Olivia knows he's joking. "Well then you stay here and I'll take your kids to see your mom." She tells him while grinning. He leans in to give her a kiss. "I love you, you know that?" He tells her. "I know, I love you too." She kisses him again and then starts eating her pancakes.

When they've finished their breakfast they decide to take a walk through central park together. Most of the time they come there it is because of a case and they rarely get time to enjoy being outside. Walking hand in hand with Elliot through the park is something Olivia never thought would really happen, but here they are. They buy a cup of coffee from a food truck and sit down on a bench, looking out on the playground.

Olivia is watching some kids play and she can't help but feel her heart sting just a little. She loves Elliot's kids, of course she does. But one of the things she's always wanted in life is to have a child of her own. She and Elliot haven't discussed the topic yet but Olivia is afraid he won't want more kids because he already has five of them. She feels a tear run down her cheek and tries to wipe it away carefully so Elliot doesn't see she's crying but Elliot being who he is doesn't miss a thing.

He puts his arm around her and when she doesn't look at him he knows immediately that something is wrong. "Liv, honey, what's wrong?" Olivia chuckles a bit and wipes away another tear. "It's nothing El. Just being stupid." She tries to shrug it off. "Liv, I've known you long enough to know you don't cry over nothing. So tell me." She looks him in the eyes and is once more overwhelmed by the care is his eyes.

"It's just... You know I love your kids right El?" He nods. "Yeah I do. You're great with them." She grabs his hand that's on her thigh. "I guess I was just wondering if I'll ever have kids of my own. You know. I always hoped I would be a mom someday." She looks down afraid of his reaction. But he amazes her once again. He puts a finger under her chin and forces her head a bit to look at her. He looks into her eyes and gives her a kiss on the forehead. "Liv. I know you love my kids, and I know you're like a mom to them too. But I understand that you'd want babies of your own. What I don't get is why you're crying though." He says and Olivia sees the question in his eyes.

"Well, we never talked about it and I guess I am afraid you might not want more children since you already have five children." Elliot laughs softly. "Liv, I would love another little stabler running around. You don't have to have any doubts about that." Olivia feels so relieved. "You really mean that El?" "Yes Liv, of course. The world needs at least one mini Benson." Olivia didn't think it would be possible to fall even more in love with Elliot but it just happened. She wraps his arms around him and kisses him deeply. "I love you so much El." "I love you baby."

A little while later they enter the house again. Olivia goes to make a cup of coffee for them both. Elliot grabs a laptop and sits down on the couch. When the coffee is done Olivia puts the coffee on the table and settles in on the couch as well. She crawls up next to Elliot and looks at the screen of the laptop. "What are you looking at?" She asks him. "Well... I thought since we may been speaking of extending our family in the future I thought maybe we could look for another house together. A fresh start for all of us." "Oh El, you're not doing that just because of me right. I know how much you like this house." "No Liv, of course I like this house but a new part of our lives is starting and I think a new house would be great. And if we manage to find one just a tad bigger than this one we can make sure all the kids have their own room. Because to be honest I don't think Lizzie and Dickie will be wanting to share a room for much longer. What do you think? Want to move to a new home with me?"

"Of course El. I would go anywhere with you."