Declan Murphy was Not having a good day. He was tired, he was cold, he was always cold now-a-days. Serbia was always cold, the summers did not even get that warm. On top of that he had just spent another 12 or so hours with scum on scum and now his phone was screaming at him.
Ring Ring! Ring Ring! Ring Ring!
I should probably answer that he thought. "3драво" he said. "Taking your undercover job pretty seriously, another to chase it to a different continent, huh Lt" replied the voice of Olivia Benson. Wasn't that a shock, this was his undercover phone. "How did you get this number?" he asked. "Oh I have my ways" she replied. That did not surprise him. Hell hath no fury like an Olivia Benson with a mission or a job. "The reason I am calling is to ask how your assignment is going and when you might be coming back, we are really short-handed here, we could use you around".
"Short-handed, didn't you just get a new guy" he asked.
"Carisi is good, but Nick moved to California and Rollins is going on desk duty soon…"
"Wait, why is Amanda going on desk duty?"
"She is going to fight me until the last minute, but she's pregnant, she is going to have to eventually."
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Him and Amanda had a moment, well a night, well a weekend, there was a blizzard. There is a good chance that the baby is his. "Really" he asks, trying to play it cool. "Yep, she says the baby isn't Nicks, I'm sure you noticed those two, but apparently whatever they had stopped being sexual a while ago" she said. Well that ups the odds he thought. Amanda Rollins pregnant with a child that is probably his, that was, well, something else. Another thought occurred to him. "Wait, isn't it like 3 AM there" he asked. "We just finished a case, Fin is catching a few hours in the crib, Carisi is flipping through his textbooks, and Amanda went to take Franny out and change and shower before starting her next shift, I had some free time and thought I would call". He was worried for a moment, thinking of her working until 3 AM chasing some potentially dangerous bozo and then just going back to work, no rest or a break, but he knew her, despite the whole gambling thing, she knew her limits pretty well.
" I will try to wrap this up Sargent Benson, but I'm going to be honest, it may take me awhile, and even if I do get this finished quickly, there is no guarantee I will be able to stay awhile" he finally replied, and didn't that just kill him. He really wanted to be there for Amanda right about now.
"I understand, I just thought you should know about Amanda, and its Lt. now, goodbye".
Well she did not become Lt for nothing, Declan thought smirking, maybe he could just fly back for a little bit….