Cassidy [A SVU Fan Fic]

Thirty-Six

Elliot continued to do therapy over the next few months. Bernie kept trying to call Olivia and see if she had anything new to tell about the boys, but she kept avoiding her calls. Olivia wanted nothing to do with Elliot and Bernie, all she wanted was to focus on her ever-expanding family.

"Annie, it's okay. Momma has you." Olivia cooed, as she held her newborn close. Brian was getting the boys from school so they could come and meet their new baby sister. Olivia rocked the brown-haired baby girl and hummed softly to her until Annie's soft crying had faded into tiny hiccups.

Olivia kept looking at her small daughter as Annie went back to sleep and Olivia was wondering if she would be able to take care of Annie as well as she had taken care of the boys. It was already so different for her. Everything went easier while pregnant with Annie, and now that her daughter was here, Olivia also noticed that Annie was already a calmer baby for the most part. But she couldn't help but wonder if that would last. 

"Finally, I have a niece." Amanda smiled, as she walked into Olivia's hospital room. Olivia looked up at smiled.

"She may be a little girl, but God is she gonna be a tomboy. With all of her brothers running around." Olivia grinned. Amanda walked over and sat down a gift bag on the table beside Olivia's bed, then she looked down at the baby that had calmed completely in her mother's arms.

"So, little Annie, eh? Did you come up with a middle name yet?" Amanda asked, and Olivia shook her head.

"No. The nurse said we don't have to decide till the day we leave and sign the birth certificate." Olivia spoke. She leaned down and kissed the wispy brown hair that covered her daughter's head before passing her over to Amanda.

"You could give her the name Annabelle then just call her Annie. It would help with the middle name."

"Yeah, I told Brian that we could do that but he doesn't want to. He said he'll come up with a middle name even if he had to make up a random one." Olivia spoke, as she shifted in the bed a bit before grabbing the bag and pulling out a blanket. It was white with silk around the edges and a small angel sewed onto it.

"This is beautiful, Amanda. So dainty compared to the blue and orange ones you got for the boys." Olivia smiled.

"She is going to be a girly girl even if I have to register her in beauty pageants. It's my duty as her Aunt." Amanda laughed softly.

"Sure, like Brian will let you do that," Olivia spoke. 

Amanda sank down onto a chair and examined every inch of her niece's face. She saw that she did look more like Olivia than she did Brian, but she also looked like what Cassidy looked like when he was born. She had a little bit of hair, but most of it would be gone from when she sleeps. But Amanda knew that Annie was going to be just as sweet as her brothers and would help Olivia finish healing from what Elliot had done to her.

"She's stunning, Liv. Like, absolutely beautiful. Jesse is going to have fun playing with her when she's older." Amanda breathed, and Olivia nodded quietly.

She was starting to think about what a girl with Elliot would have looked like. How maybe she would have taken more after him with his lighter complexion or if she'd end up with some dirty blonde hair how Danny has.

"Liv?" Amanda asked.

"I'm just thankful that Brian is Annie's father because I fear that Elliot would've done something to our precious little girl."

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When Brian got the boys from school, he decided to take them home to get them changed and then to give them a snack before heading up to the hospital. Brian had gone upstairs to help Joey because he always puts his pants on backward when the phone downstairs rang.

"Daddy, should I get that!" Cassidy yelled, and Brian yelled back at his son and told him too.

Cassidy picked up the phone and hit the talk button before holding it to his ear.

"Hello?" His small voice spoke.

"Cassidy, is that you honey?" Bernie questioned.

"Grandma! Yeah, it's me!" Cassidy exclaimed.

"How are you doing, baby?"

"I'm good! We get to go see Annie today." He squealed.

"The musical?" Bernie questioned, and Cassidy laughed and shook his head before speaking again.

"No, our baby sister. Momma had her while we were in school!"

"Oh... well tell her that I send my congratulations," Bernie spoke.

"Your what?" Cassidy sighed.

"Don't worry about it, honey. Now, I'm gonna let you go and I'll call you later. I love you, Cassidy."

"Love you too, Grandma. Bye!"

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Cassidy didn't tell his father about who called. He was too excited to see his baby sister that he didn't remember to tell his father.

"Alright, I know you are all excited to meet your baby sister, but make sure you talk quietly so we don't scare her. Okay?"

"Okay." The boys said in unison. Brian sat Joey on his feet outside of Olivia's room, before grabbing his hand and helping him into the room behind Danny, Hunter, and Cassidy.

"Hey, my loves. How are you?" Liv asked, as she shifted a bit and got Annie off her chest and into her arms instead.

"We are good. Can I hold her?" Cassidy spoke, and his mother smiled gently at him.

"Of course you can hold her. Babe, can you help Cassidy get into the chair and then take Annie over to him?" Olivia question and Brian nodded. 

He walked over and helped Cassidy get situated in the chair before he walked over and took his small daughter into his arms and laid her gently into her big brother's arms. Cassidy held her carefully and smiled when he saw her open her eyes a bit to look at him.

"Momma, is Grandma Bernie Annie's grandma too?" Cassidy asked, and Olivia's eyes shot to his face.

"What?"

"Well-"

"No, she isn't Cassidy. And why would you ask that?" Olivia questioned, rapidly.

"Because she called tonight and I told her about-"

"No," Olivia whispered, and Brian knew that his wife was about to start crying.

"It's okay, Livvie. Don't worry about it. She should have the decency to not tell Elliot."

"She better not, because I don't want him to try something," Olivia whispered.

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