Present Day 2011
Calvin,Elliot and Olivia were sitting in the living room with Max.
Calvin was 17 going on 18 and a senior in high school. Gracie was now 7 years old and still in elementary school. Elliot was still in the Army, but by now he was a Lieutenant General and wasn't deploying as much as he use too. Olivia was still working for SVU along with everyone else. She had aged, but you couldn't tell one bit. And then Max was 4 years old and was a "horse dog" as Gracie would say.
"So Calvin" Elliot said. "Have you chosen a school?"
Calvin shook his head. "This decision is so tough. I've been accepted into NYU, Harvard and Yale. It's not necessarily the easiest decision ever" he said looking at the acceptance letters.
Calvin was very bright and athletic. His GPA was a 4.75 and he played football along with being in National Honors Society, Beta Club, and Deca. He was also quite popular. Along with dating the head cheerleader Kate. Who also happened to be Melinda Warner's daughter.
"Where do you wanna go?" Olivia said. "Harvard the school of Law accepted you. Yale wants you for law as well. Both excellent law schools. And NYU wants you for football. It's a wonderful school as well. You'd like it."
Calvin nodded. "I really like NYU. And it has a law school too. But Harvard. I mean you don't just get accepted into Harvard or Yale on any given day." he said "It'd be cool to be at Harvard."
Olivia nodded. "Talk to aunt Casey about Harvard Law School. She went there. She loved it."
Calvin nodded again.
"Where's Kate going?" Elliot asked
"Either NYADA, AMDA, or University of the Arts which is in Philadelphia. She wants to major in Musical Theatre." he said. "She got a scholarship to NYADA. And her GPA is just as high as mine." Calvin said
"Good for her" Olivia said smiling "Kate has her mothers gift. Melinda was an amazing singer and dancer."
Elliot nodded "Yep. Best in the choral class at our school."
Olivia nodded "She got a scholarship to NYADA. Full ride. But she chose Dartmouth up in New Hampshire and became an ME instead"
Calvin looked at both his parents. "All of you went to school together?"
Elliot and Olivia nodded. "Same catholic school. All of us graduated together.. Except Elliot and Uncle Fin. They were a year ahead. But we were all friends. All extremely close." Olivia said smiling.
"Well Olivia could've graduated early, but she wanted to wait." Elliot said smiling
Olivia rolled her eyes "You're just lucky your ass made it out of high school." she said laughing
Calvin was more curious. "Tell me the story of how you two met" he said smiling
Elliot and Olivia smiled and nodded. "Alright. It's a long story so brace yourself." she said
Calvin nodded "We got is at her friends house tonight. It's just you two, me and Max" he said. Max looked up from the floor then jumped up on the couch and on both Olivia and Elliot's lap.
"Damn dog thinks he's a lap dog" Elliot said. Half his body is on Elliot. Half on Olivia.
Olivia laughed and Max wagged his tail. "But we love him" she said petting Max's head.
Calvin laughed. "Okay so tell!" he said eagerly
Olivia and Elliot nodded. "You wanna start?" Elliot said "It's always better when you tell it."
Olivia nodded "Okay. she said It all started in August of my freshman year..."
August 30th 1990
"Olivia hurry up!" Casey exclaimed "We're gonna be late for our first day of highschool!" she exclaimed.
Olivia came out the door with a makeup hidden black eye. "Sorry. I had to finish putting on makeup."
Casey looked at her "Dammit what'd your mother get pissed about now?" she said looking at the eye.
Olivia shrugged. "I had forgotten to fold the towels." she said "No worries. We gotta go get Melinda come on"
Casey stopped in front of Olivia.
"Casey! I almost tripped and fell!" Olivia said catching herself before face planting into the concrete.
"Olivia you need to tell someone." Casey said.
"When pigs fly Casey." Olivia said rolling her eyes.
"Olivia you cannot keep living in that hell hole." she said.
Olivia closed her eyes "Casey I can't tell or they will place me in some god forbidden foster home. And then I'll never see you or Melinda ever again. Is that what you want?"
Casey shook her head "But they're gonna figure something is wrong. How'd you even get into this school?" She asked
"My aunt. or god aunt Elizabeth Donnelly. She paid for it." Olivia said starting to walk
Casey stopped again and Olivia almost fell again
"Casey I swear to God if you stop suddenly again, I won't be the only one with a black eye." Olivia said
"You mean the prosecutor Elizabeth Donnelly whose only lost maybe 3 cases in her entire career?" She said excitedly
Olivia nodded "Yeah? So?"
Casey gasped "She is my idol! I aspire to be Donnelly!" She exclaimed.
"Would you like to meet her and maybe get an autograph?" She said joking.
Casey nodded fast "Can I really?!" she said
Olivia nodded "Sure. After school we will go to the District Attorney's office. And you can gawk over Liz"
Casey jumped up and down like a 5 year old girl.
"Casey cut it out." Olivia said "Come on we gotta go get Melinda then go to school" she said pulling her best friend away from her house.
When they arrived at Melinda's she was waiting outside.
"Finally" Melinda said standing up. Melinda lived in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Both her parents were Surgeons.
"I thought you two forgot about me." She said walking with her friends "Olivia your eye"
Olivia nodded. "Blame Casey for making us late. and yeah I know. My mother. It's a long story"
Melinda nodded "Lets go before we're late" she said.
"Melinda!" Her mother stopped her
Melinda turned around "What?" she said looking confused
"Would you three like to take the car to school?"
Melinda nodded "Yeah lets do that instead of walk. Since we're already gonna be late" she said looking at Casey.
Casey looked down. "Sorry" she said
The three girls hopped in the car and they drove off.
When they arrived at school, they all got their schedules.
"What do you two have first period?" Casey said.
Olivia and Melinda looked at their schedules. "I've got Honors Biology. What do you two have?" "I've got honors Bio too!" Melinda said excitedly. Casey sighed "I have honors english first period"
Olivia sighed. "Well it looks like we've all got Latin 3 together and Honors US History together and Choir together. And Casey you and I have French 2 together along with gym and Algebra 2 together. So we'll see each other!" She said smiling at her best friend.
"None of you took theater?" Melinda said
Both girls shook their heads.
"Well y'all suck" she said
The three girls laughed.
The warning bell rang
"I guess that's our cue" Olivia said.
Casey sighed "I wish I was with you guys"
Melinda and Olivia hugged Casey before walking the opposite way to class.
"I wonder if we will meet anyone cute" Melinda said joking with Olivia.
Olivia rolled her eyes. And both girls walked into class.
Their teacher greeted them "Miss Benson you will be sitting next to and Miss Warner you will be next to "
Elliot looked up and saw the most beautiful girl ever. Curly brown hair and chocolate brown eyes and gorgeous olive toned skin. She was perfect.
"Hi" he said "I'm Elliot."
She looked at him. Buff and attractive. Brown hair and ice blue eyes that could make you melt in an instant.
"H-Hi. I'm Olivia" she said shyly
He smiled at her. Something about her. Was different. Than any other woman she'd ever met.
Something about him was different. She felt as if gravity pulled her close to him.
"Hey I'm Raf." Barba said to Melinda.
"Hello. I'm Melinda" She said shaking his hand.
She noticed his schedule "You have theater next period?" She asked
He nodded. "I'm a thespian. I love it."
"Me too! I'm not a thespian yet, but I have theater 3 next period." Melinda said excitedly
Raf smiled. "You'll love it. You should consider Drama Club and the winter musical. It helps with Thespian Society points."
Melinda smiled "Alright I will!"
Suddenly the bell rang
Elliot looked at Olivia. "So you're a sophomore right?"
Olivia shook her head "Freshman." she said
Elliot was shocked "Woah. I never would've guessed." He said.
Olivia laughed softly. He didn't know her but he was already head over heels for her.
Olivia felt the same about him. She didn't know what it was, but she liked it. A lot.
" and Miss Benson. Stop talking or I'll send you out." The teacher said.
"Sorry" they both said in unison. Then they both looked at each other and giggled softly.
Suddenly a note appeared on Olivia's lap
How do you like this class so far? And your partner is fine;)
Olivia looked at Melinda and rolled her eyes
Oh hush.. He is nice looking though.. Anyways this class is slightly boring and the teacher scares me.
Olivia handed Melinda the note.
Melinda laughed softly
Suddenly another note appeared in Olivia's lap
I know we just met and everything, but if you're free this afternoon, I'd love to take you to get coffee. If you like coffee.
-Elliot
Olivia looked over at him and smiled
I'd love that.
-Olivia
Elliot smiled at her.
Awesome. Meet me in the commons after school. I'll be waiting
-Elliot
Olivia looked at him and nodded. The perfect start to freshman year.
"You're father had me at hello" Olivia said smiling up at Elliot.
Elliot kissed her forehead "You're mother was the perfect one for me."
Calvin looked at his parents and smiled. He hoped one day he could have that with Kate.
"Then what happened?" Calvin said
Elliot and Olivia smiled. "The coffee date neither one of us will forget" they said smiling.