A Protector's Love [Benson and Carisi]

{Sixty-Nine}

Everyone but Robbie and Allison knew about Olivia's pregnancy, and it wasn't until the night they found out that they were having two little ones instead of just one, that they realized that.

"Do you think Robbie would hate me if I called him right now? They just got home from their long honeymoon... so hopefully they won't be sleeping and pissed off..." Olivia trailed off, as she laid in bed beside her half-asleep husband. Dominick was exhausted from their big day, and he had been running numbers in his head all night. Like how they would manage to either afford to add onto their current house or renting another one.

"What?" Dominick yawned. Olivia looked at him before smiling softly at him.

"My big brother doesn't know about the babies... I want to tell him as soon as possible." Olivia spoke. Dominick pushed himself up before running his hand over his wife's arm.

"Call him if you want. I'm going to go get a snack and then I'll be back." Dominick yawned. He kissed his wife before leaving their bedroom as Olivia grabbed her phone and quickly dialed her big brother's number.

The phone rang for a while before Robbie answered his phone.

"Olivia?" He asked.

"Hey, Robbie! How was your honeymoon?" Olivia asked as she tried to push off telling him about her pregnancy for a few minutes.

"Uh, it was good. Allison and I are both exhausted and sunburnt... are you okay? You never call this late unless something happens." Robbie spoke. Olivia took in a deep breath before speaking.

"So, I was acting all emotional at your wedding because I'm pregnant. I found out the morning of your wedding, and the symptoms have become more pronounced since."

"Hold on..." Robbie spoke.

"Hold on? Robbie, I'm not-"

"I'm getting Allison. I feel like I'm not hearing you right." Robbie spoke.

Olivia smiled as she heard her brother call for his wife before they both joined the call.

"Okay, you are on speakerphone now," Robbie spoke.

"Alright, so I'm pregnant," Olivia spoke.

"Really?" Allison exclaimed.

"Yes, really... and we found out some more news too." Olivia breathed.

"Bad or good?" Robbie breathed.

"Depends if you think twins are a good thing."

***

Everyone responded well to the news of Olivia's pregnancy. And everyone was over the moon excited about the fact that Olivia was pregnant with twins. But with a pregnancy with twins, it was a little more difficult for Olivia. She had a small body that had a hard enough time being pregnant with one baby, but being pregnant with two was taking its toll.

She was exhausted all the time, was getting sick more often than she did during her first two pregnancies, and she had achy hips from around her 10th week of pregnancy. Now, at 14 weeks pregnant she was tired of everything.

"How are you holding up, Olivia?" Dr. Smith asked, as she walked into the examination room and smiled at her patient.

"I wish I was closer to having these babies than I actually am." Olivia sniffled, her emotions already getting the best of her. Dr. Smith grabbed a box of tissues before passing them to Olivia.

"Talk to me, Olivia. I want to help you in every way possible." Dr. Smith spoke gently.

"Dr. Smith, I'm huge already. Like, I have never shown this much at 14 weeks!" Olivia cried as she held her bump.

"It's normal though. You have two babies growing in there."

"I get sick every morning and every night... I can't get enough sleep... and my hips. My god. My hips are killing me. I feel so much pressure down there, and I have no idea what is wrong." Olivia whimpered. Dr. Smith hugged her patient, before sitting back on her stool.

"Olivia, you are a small woman, but you can carry these two babies amazingly. I can give you some medicine to ease the morning sickness, and if you want to nap for hours at a time then go ahead. You are growing two humans. And in regards to your hips, give me a few minutes to examine you before giving you any other information. Okay?"

"Okay." Olivia sniffled.

Olivia was examined, and both babies and mother were doing good. The babies had strong heartbeats and both had good blood flow. Dr. Smith explained to Olivia that her hip pain was due to the babies being low in her body, but that would hopefully ease once the babies move. But even with everything that Dr. Smith had done for Olivia, she was still worried that Olivia might be getting depressed again since this whole pregnancy was harder than anticipated.

***

When Olivia got home from her doctor's appointment and after doing her grocery shopping, she found her mother and mother-in-law at her house.

"What are you two doing here?" Olivia spoke quietly, as she carried in a few bags of groceries, but there were still many more in the van.

"Liv, can we help?" Madalyn asked, and Olivia nodded hesitantly.

Once all of the bags were in the house, they worked silently to unpack and put everything away. Olivia was just wiping down the counter with a disinfectant wipe when Serena started to speak.

"Are you doing alright? Like, not feeling anxious or depressed?" Serena asked quietly. Olivia gave a small shrug because she was worried that she might get sent away again.

"I'm fine,"  Olivia spoke.

"Dr. Smith called me and said she was concerned. So I called Madalyn and we need to talk."

"Momma, I'm anxious. I'm scared to death that we won't be able to afford these babies. We need a new house, but we are still in this rental agreement for awhile longer. Dominick thinks he needs to work extra hours, just so I don't have to work through this pregnancy. But we need money. I need to feel better, but that won't happen. So yeah, I'm anxious, but I cannot help it." Olivia huffed, as she placed her hands to her swollen midsection.

"Let us help. We can figure this out together." Madalyn smiled gently.