Chapter 1: The Plan.

Rated: PG

Oliver and Brody are sitting at their desks at the station between cases and Oliver is staring off into space.

"Why are you so distracted today Fish?" asks Brody.

"I'm just a bit nervous." Oliver answered.

"About what?" says Brody.

"Well, I am going to ask Kyle to marry me in front of all our friends." Oliver said in a low voice. "And I need your help."

"What?" a shocked Brody replies. "What did you say?"

"You heard me." said Oliver. "It's been on my mind for a while and I know Kyle is dying for me to ask and I think it's time."

"Congratulations Fish, I can't believe your finally going to do it but why do you need my help?" says Brody while shaking Oliver's hand.

"Well, I've never thrown a party and well, I need some help convincing some people." Oliver said with a scrunched up face. "Jessica has thrown a lot of parties and I could really use her help in planning this."

"Jess is coming to pick me up for lunch. We can ask her then." replies Brody as Oliver agrees.

The guys get back to work and about 45 minutes later Jessica walks into the police station. Oliver and Brody pull Jessica aside and give her a brief overview of the situation. Jessica is so happy that she hugs Oliver.

"Congratulations Fish." says Jessica. "Let's get Layla involved and let's go into John's office to talk."

They walk over to Layla's desk and give her the overview and invite her into John's office with them.

"I can't believe your finally going to pop the question Oliver." says Layla as she hugs Oliver.

"It's the perfect time." replies Oliver. "If things go right, we can help the community and Kyle will be totally surprised.

Oliver starts discussing the plan he came up with for the party to be a fundraiser for the LGBT, thrown by Mayor Lord but the real reason for the party would be the popping of the question.

"What's going on here?" says John walking into his office with Bo, wondering why all these people were in his office.

"Well, we are organizing a party for Fish, so he can..." Layla starts to say.

"Layla, I don't want everyone to know." Oliver interrupts Layla. "If Kyle hears about this the surprise will be over."

"Well, this is my office; I have a right to know." says John.

"Ok, I give up. I've asked these three to help me throw an engagement party." responds Oliver. "I'm going to ask Kyle to marry me."

"It's about time Fish." Bo says congratulating Oliver, while shaking his hand.

"Congratulations Fish." John says while shaking Oliver's hand. "So you are going to do it? Good for you."

"Yes, I think it's about time." Oliver said.

"He's a good man Oliver. You're a lucky to have him. If it wasn't for Kyle, John Jr. and possibly Marty would have died during childbirth." says John. Oliver shakes his head acknowledging John's comment.

"You have both have helped and saved many lives in Llandview in the past four years, I don't think you have any idea how important you both have become to this community." says Bo. "So what do you have in mind?"

An ever embarrassed Oliver pulls out four binders that contain multiple typed written pages in them. The pages describe the engagement party. The detail made it clear that Oliver had been thinking about this for a while.

"It's a good thing you're gay because you are so anal Fish." giggles Layla. "I can't believe the detail you have."

"Hey!" replies Oliver, not knowing whether or not to take offense.

"It looks great Fish." says Jessica while looking over the engagement party information. "There doesn't seem to be much to do here for us to do though. Basically the Mayor and LGBT do all the work."

"I don't have any experience in throwing a party and I thought your input would be valuable." replied Oliver. "Do you think Mayor Lord will mind throwing the party with the LGBT?"

"That might be tricky." Bo replied. "Why do you want her and the LGBT?"

"The Big Gay Wedding is what brought Kyle and me together. The fifth year anniversary is coming up and Mayor Lord and the LGBT put the whole thing together." replies Oliver. "I want the memory of the day to be present at the party when I propose."

"But why so public?" asks John.

"I was so deep the closet when Kyle came back into my life, that I need to do this for him to show him that my love for him is so deep that I'll never hide again." responds Oliver.

"You are such a romantic Oliver Fish" says Jessica while nudging Brody. Everyone starts to laugh when Oliver's face starts turning red.

"I say we have a meeting with Mayor Lord, LBGT and us and put the rest on hold until then." says John with everyone agreeing." Layla, can you make the calls and let them know that Bo and I will want to speak to them?"

"Will do." answers Layla. "And I'll let everyone know of the status and time."

"Can you let Nick know to be here a little bit early?" Oliver says to Layla. "I want to explain what's going on before we have the meeting, so he isn't blindsided by the news."

"I'll do that Fish." says Layla. "That's very nice of you."

Everyone went back to work and Layla made the phone calls to everyone. The meeting was set for that afternoon at 3:00pm.

Even though Oliver, Kyle and Nick worked things out, their relationship was still really strained but he's moving on with his life. Fifteen minutes before the meeting, Amelia and Nick walk in the door. Oliver walks up to them and let them know they will have the meeting in the conference room and asks to speak with Nick privately. Amelia and Nick look at each other but Amelia walks into the conference room to wait for the meeting to start.

"Thanks for coming early Nick." Oliver says nervously.

"What do you want Oliver?" Nick replied while looking at Oliver strangely.

"Before you walk into the meeting, I wanted to explain the reason why were having it so you are not caught off guard." answered Oliver.

"Ok, go ahead." says Nick looking at Oliver nervously.

"I'm going to ask Kyle to marry me and I would like the LBGT and Mayor Lord to help me propose in a way that we all can profit from." Oliver said, looking straight at Nick.

"Oh." Nick says with sadness in his eyes. After a light pause, "I'm happy for you."

"I get it Nick." responds Oliver. "I had the same thoughts when it was Kyle and you. If after the meeting you don't feel comfortable with my proposal for the party, I'll find another way. I don't want you be hurt more than you already have been. It's something that I still feel guilty about."

"I appreciate that Oliver but I'll be ok." expresses Nick. "I've moved on. I'm dating a new guy and he makes me happy."

"That's great." says Oliver. "The Mayor is here; shall we start then?" Oliver walked Nick to the conference room and waving in Mayor Lord into the room. He then went and got the team of six.

Everyone was seated in the conference room. The ever impatient Dorian says "Ok, will someone tell me what this is all about?"

"I can." Oliver replies. "It's about the five year reunion of the Big Gay Wedding."

"What about it?" a surprised Dorian asks.

"I'd like to have you and the LBGT to hold a fundraiser in honor of the Big Gay Wedding about 6 months before the anniversary." replies Oliver.

"Why six months before and why are you interested in the first place and why us?" asks a shocked Amelia.

"Well, for one, I thought it would be a good fundraiser for LBGT and secondly, I want to propose to Kyle at the fundraiser, in front of everyone and then get married on the actual anniversary date." says Oliver. "We can say we are having it early so the married couples can have their anniversaries in private."

"Well, I don't hate the idea." says Dorian. "It was a great beginning to my reign." waving her hand around in a circle. Congratulations Officer Fish but what's in it for me?"

Amelia says "I think we are with Dorian, We don't hate the idea either but we are not sold either."

Oliver pulls out his proposal binders and passes them all around and says "Here is my proposal." Oliver sat there nervously as everyone read his proposal.

"I think you missed your calling Oliver." Nick snickered. "This is terrific and so detailed." Everyone shakes their head in agreement.

"You want to honor me?" says Dorian looking kind of sheepishly.

"You stood up for the LGBT community and did what you could for us, even going to jail." said Oliver. "And we should honor those at the local LGBT, like Amelia and Nick, who worked with you to promote the wedding ceremony. We can also show our support for those who are married."

"I will try to get as many of the Buchanan's there as I can." says Jessica in thought.

"Nora and I will come." said Bo. "I'm sure Vicki and Charlie would love to come as well. This town hasn't had a good black tie event in a long time."

"Black Tie, fundraising, honoring the big gay wedding anniversary, the couples, the honorees and then my proposal, would make the evening well worth it for everyone." said Oliver. Nick and Amelia were looking at each other, while Dorian seemed to be daydreaming about being honored already.

"Yes, I think I sold It." thought Oliver. "Kyle is really rubbing off on me."

Amelia spoke up "I think we should do it. I think we should follow Oliver's blueprint although we may want to change it a little bit."

"You don't have to use it at all." said Oliver. "You do what you want. Just as long as I get to propose, I'll be happy."

"I agree too. Let's do it." says Dorian, who finally came out of her daydream.

Bo stands up and says "Ok, then lets break on this and remember, nobody should tell anyone about Fish proposing to Kyle." Everyone agreed and went back to work.

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to any of the characters included. They are the property of ABC television.