6 YEARS LATER…
Dickie and I have been married for 6 years now. Eric and Robin have been married for 6 years also. They have twin girls named Emily and Erica. Robin and Eric are currently enrolled in law school here in NYC. Dickie is attending the police academy, and I am still an SVU Detective.
Chester and Casey have been married for 6 years as well. Their daughter, Faith, is 6 and starting 1rst grade. (She is so psyched!)
Olivia's son, Connor, is also 6 years old. He is attending the same elementary school as Faith and is in the same class. (I think.)
Capitan Cragen is still Capitan Cragen. We had a few scares with the Brass, but he's still there.
Elliot and Kathy have been married for 30 years. Maureen is married with a son named Tyler. Kathleen is engaged to her high school sweetheart, Adam Bennet. They are due to wed this fall. Lizzie is attending Columbia U, and is majoring as a Pre Med student; she always wanted to be a doctor.
Munch has given up dating… He is still the wise cracking, government obsessed, conspiracy sniffing pain in the ass… That is my friend.
Fin started dating M.E. Warner, shortly after Dickie and I got married, they are now engaged, and due to wed this winter.
Everything is perfect, absolutely perfect.
"AUNT TETE!!" Faith wails, running into the bullpen and onto my lap, and starts crying
"What's wrong sweetheart?"
"Connor hit me!"
"Where did Connor hit you?"
"On the arm." she sniffles
"Lemme see." I rolled up the sleeve of her Elmo shirt, there was a small bruise
I gasped dramatically. For effect.
"Am I gonna die?" she asks
"No, I'm just messing with you." I teased
"That's not very nice!"
"I'm sorry." I gave her the puppy dog eyes
"It's okay. Are you gonna punish Connor?"
"As his sister, I can terrorize him. Only Auntie Liv can punish him."
"Okay." she says sadly
"Why don't you go say hiya to Uncle Munchie?"
"Okay, where is he?"
"In with Grandpa." I said, pointing to Cragen's office
"Okay!" she said happily, skipping off to Cragen's office
Connor came in next, dragging Chester with him.
"I got Connor from here." I stated, picking him up by the waist and taking him to the file room, where Olivia was doing research
"Mommy!" Connor shrieked, wriggling away from me, and climbing up on Liv's lap
"Hey kiddo, how was school?" she asks, giving him a kiss and hug
"Fun."
"Ah-hem." I interrupted
"Oh, hiya T. What's up?"
"Connor and Faith."
"What about them?"
"Connor," I started, bending down to his level, "Do you wanna apologize to Faith for hitting her?"
"Connor Daniel Benson! Why did you hit your cousin?" Liv exclaims
(I know that Connor is technically Faith's uncle, but because their the same age, we just call them cousins)
"Cause I was mad at her." he snuffs
"That's no reason to hit her." I say
"She stole my cookie at snack time!" he whines
"And I will talk to Uncle Chester and Aunt Casey about that, now, go apologize." I stated firmly
"Fine." he got up and stomped out of the file room, I followed as walked into Cragen's office
"Connor, what's up buddy?" says Cragen
"Faith," starts Connor, "I'm sorry for hitting you."
"And I'm sorry for stealing your cookie."
"Now… Hug." I say
"AWW, SHE HAS COOTIES!" Connor says
"HE HAS COOTIES TOO!" Faith wails
"You will not die of cooties! HUG!" I stated firmly
They hugged.
"Good, now, nap time." says Cragen, "I'll tuck you in." he says, getting up
"But I'm six!" says Faith, "Six year olds don't need naps!"
"Yes they do. Even old people like me need them." he says, putting one child on each hip and carrying them to the crib
"They are a piece of work." I huffed
"Yes they are." says Dickie, coming in behind me
"Sweetheart! How was your training?" I asked, giving him a hug and kiss
"We had firing practice today…"
"And?"
"And I kinda shot the old lady in the wheelchair."
"Why? Did she steal your lunch money?" I say sarcastically
"No, it was a mistake, and the instructor didn't see it."
"That's good. How much longer?"
"1 week."
"Ah, all things good come with time, love." I say
"You did."
"Aww, how sweet. You gonna stick around?"
"I was gonna go home, I just wanted to say hi."
"Well, hi."
"Hi, see you later."
"Bye, love you. Can I say hiya to Faith and Connor?"
"Capitan put them down for a nap. When they wake up, I'll call and you can say hi."
"Fine. I love you."
"I love you too."
He walked out and I made my way out to my desk.
I turned on my computer and about 20 minutes later, I got an IM.
UniDude94: Heyyy baby!
I logged on.
Goldbadgegirl: Dickie! I'm not supposed to IM work!
UniDude94: Aww, don't let the man get you down!
Goldbadgegirl: Ha-ha very funny. The 'man' is my CO and GRANDFATHER!! Do you know what happens when you piss him off?
UniDude94: Noooo…. shakes head sadly
Goldbadgegirl: He gets REALLY mad!!
UniDude94: Fine.
BossyGrandpaMan: GET OFF THE SERVER!!
Goldbadgegirl: SEE WHAT YOU DID?!
UniDude94: Sorry… I'll make it up to you l8tr. winks and gives puppy dog eyes
BossyGrandpaMan: 3…2…1…
Goldbadgegirl has logged off.
UniDude94 has logged off.
BossyGrandpaMan: Much better.
I got up when I heard crying from the crib. I ran up there to find Connor crying.
"Connor, what's wrong sweetie?" I ask
"I had a nightmare." he sobs
"What about?"
"Mommy."
"What did your Mommy do?"
"No, one of those bad men hurt her!" he sobs into my shirt
"It was just a dream; no bad men will hurt your Mommy."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure, wanna get up and watch SpongeBob?"
"YES! I LOVE SPONGEBOB!"
"I'm trying to sleep!" moans Faith, waking up
"Okay, then you'll miss SpongeBob…"
"SPONGEBOB?! I LOVE SPONGEBOB!"
Then both jumped up and ran out up to the lounge, waiting for me to turn on the TV.
"Aunt Tete! You have to turn on the TV!" says Faith
"Yeah, T, you have to turn on the TV!" Connor begs
"Ah, no, you are a big boy now. Big boys can turn on the TV by themselves." I countered walking down the stairs
"Aw fine!" Connor huffs, turning on the TV
"Nice job, Connor!" I say
I walked back to my desk, where Robin and Eric where strolling up, carrying a load of books.
"Damn these books!" Eric says, letting them crash on my desk
"Hard day?" I ask
"You don't know the half of it." says Robin, letting her books sit on the floor
"I got time before Dickie takes me out to dinner." I smiled, "Pull up a chair."
"Okay," starts Robin, taking a seat, "We get to class late, because downtown traffic was CRAZY. Then Professor A-Hole gave me and Eric an extra written assignment! We can't help the traffic!"
"What happened next?" I ask Eric
"Okay, so we get to our next class on time, and Professor B.S. gave us a pop quiz on Parental Custody hearings! We weren't prepared! We didn't even go over Parental Custody hearings!"
"Maybe, he wanted to see what you knew before going over it. Some teachers do that."
"I never thought of that." says Robin
"Did anything else happen?" I ask
"They ran out of Mac & Cheese!" says Eric, "I always have Mac & Cheese on Wednesdays!"
"Oh wow. So, how was Emily and Erica's day?" I ask
"Their still at school. We have them enrolled in after-care." Robin says
"I'm sure that Chester could pick them up with Faith and Connor." I say
"I'll talk to him. I know that they hate it." Eric says, getting up and going to talk to Chester
"What time do they get out?" I ask, grabbing my car keys
"You don't have to go get them." Robin says, getting up
"Its okay, their fun to have around. What's the address?"
"48 West 59th Street, I'll call and tell them you're gonna pick them up."
So I drove to Emily and Erica's school, which I hadn't realized, was Faith and Connor's school. I ran up the steps and into the main office.
"Where is the After-Care program?" I asked the secretary
"In the gymnasium. You need to sign in first." she says
So, I signed my name.
Trinity Stabler
"Mrs. Stabler, here is your hall pass. Go to the end of the hall, and make a left."
I took my hall pass and followed the woman's directions. I walked into the gym; there was a table on the left side with a sign that read:
P.S. 56's After-School Recreational Program
I walked over there.
"How may I help you?" the man asked, extending his hand as he got up
"I'm here to pick up Emily and Erica Cabot."
"And you are?"
"Trinity Stabler, I'm their Aunt. Their mother, Robin called and said that I was going to pick them up."
"Let me check that. It's for safety purposes of course."
"I understand. NYPD."
"Really? You can't be older than 25. You're a very accomplished young lady."
"I'm actually 20."
"What precinct?"
"16th. Manhattan SVU."
"Ah, you really understand safety. Yes, our records show that Robin Cabot called and said that Trinity Stabler would be picking her daughters, Emily and Erica up. Lemme get the girls for you."
He picked up the megaphone and yelled:
"EMILY AND ERICA CABOT! YOU'RE AUNT IS HERE TO PICK YOU UP! PLEASE COME OVER HERE!!"
Two little redheaded girls dropped their basketballs, they looked around. Confused.
I waved.
They screamed and ran over, each one grabbing a leg.
"AUNT T!" they both screamed
"Yes, it's me. Your Mom told me to come pick you up today."
"Yay!" says Emily, the oldest by 1 minute, she had curly, fiery red hair, and loved to wear dresses. She was bubbly, and very cute
"I love you!" says Erica, was the youngest, also had red hair, but was a total tomboy; she lived in sneakers and overalls
"Come on, grab your bags." I say, prying the girls off gently
"Are we going home?" asks Emily
"No, we're going to the precinct." I say
"Are we gonna see Auntie Liv?" asks Erica
"Yes."
"And Uncle Elliot?" asks Emily
"Yes."
They came over with their bags and we exited to the car.
"And Uncle Munchie?"
"Yes."
"And Uncle Fin?"
"Yes!"
"And Grandpa?"
"Yes! They will all be there! Get in the car!" I said, opening the car door
"Whoopee!!" says Erica
The ride to the precinct was short, and I took one hand of each girl and led them up to the bullpen.
"AUNTIE LIV!" they both screamed, running over and hugging her
"Hey kiddos, how was school?"
"We learned how to play basketball!" says Emily
"And football!" says Erica
"Really? That's sooo cool! Go say hi to Grandpa!"
They ran into Cragen's office, and screamed.
I ran in after them.
There was Cragen, passed out on the floor.