How One Became Three [A SVU Fanfiction] ON HOLD

Twenty-One

Alex ended up laying with her younger sister. She wrapped her arms around Casey's body and held her close when she started to cry. She was so sick and tired of Fisher hurting their family, and Alex prayed that the cops would end up involved so that Fisher would be put away for good... or at least until his child was nearing eighteen.

"Where's Liv?" Casey choked out, after several hours of crying and clinging to her sister.

"I don't know. She freaked out and ran off... Mom went after her, but I don't know if they are back now or not." Alex replied.

"I guess that I kinda forgot about what happened to her... we all assumed that Fisher would finish his sentence, but instead he got just a slap on the wrist..." Casey frowned.

"She'll be fine, Case. I'm more worried about you now... and that baby." 

"It's fine, Alex. I'm not having contractions and this thingy is monitoring his or her heartbeat. That beeping is my baby's heartbeat."

"Do you wish that you would have gone into labor? Then you'd get something good out of the unpleasant situation that happened today?" Alex mused, and Casey shrugged.

"I don't want my baby to meet me for the first time and see these damn bruises..."

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While Alex and Casey were talking through everything that happened, Olivia was sitting in the cafeteria with her parents. She had her hands wrapped around a paper mug of steaming coffee, but it was mostly just there to keep her hands from shaking.

"Liv, everything will be okay. Casey and the baby are both fine... she's a little shaken up, but nothing that some love and support won't be able to help. She's going to fine, and so are you." Serena spoke gently.

"Fisher hurt me." Olivia sniffled, and her parents nodded as Serena reached across the table and rubbed her daughter's arm.

"We know that, love. But you have been doing great. It's going on a year since you were hurt, and if you want we can get you therapy to really help you move through this."

"I don't know why I'm so scared." Olivia whispered.

"Because you were hurt." Henry frowned.

"I don't want to make this about me..." Olivia whimpered. Serena frowned before standing as her phone rang. She quickly walked away from the table to answer it, as Henry looked at his daughter.

"We all know that you aren't faking this. You are truly scared. But I will always protect you and your sisters, okay?"

"Okay... thanks, Dad." Olivia whispered.

They sat there for a few more moments before Serena came to the table and smiled.

"So, Casey is in labor... they said that they won't try and stop it because she is thirty-seven weeks along. Alex is going with her to the maternity floor and we are supposed to join them. Okay?"

"Uh, I'm going to go home and grab her bag... or pack her bag. I'll be back soon." Olivia spoke, as she slid of her chair and moved from the cafeteria.

"Do you think she'll come back?" Henry mused, and Serena shrugged.

"I hope so. Especially since I know she won't want to miss her niece or nephew being born."

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Olivia went back to the house and started to pack up a bag for her sister. Casey still thought that she had a few weeks before her baby would be born, so she didn't even bother to pack her hospital bag. So once Olivia looked up what someone should pack when expecting a baby, she started to gather everything and shoved it all into a bag. Then she grabbed the outfit that Casey was planning on bringing the baby home in.