A/N: Alex's mother is alive here and I only own Ash, Kevin, and Xander.
Olivia Benson walked to the Address Serena Southerlyn gave her and heard music faintly through the door when she got there. The voice was familiar to her and then it clicked.
Shakira.
She knocked as the music got louder when the door was opened. "Liv?"
"Ash?"
Ashley 'Ash' Cabot the younger sister of Alex Cabot stood in the doorway of the apartment or rather penthouse. Ash was an inch shorter than Alex and had dirty blonde hair but had the same blue eyes as Alex.
"Serena told me to come here." Olivia said as Ash nodded.
"Oh right come on in." Ash said moving aside and Olivia chuckled. "What?"
"I never noticed that before." Olivia said pointing to the tattoo of a double eight note with an infinity symbol around it. Ash looked down at her bare shoulder and smiled.
"I never wore tank tops to work." Ash smiled as Olivia walked in and was assaulted by a seven year old.
"Xander, careful, you can break her just like you can break a vase, just not as easily."
"Good to see you again Kevin." Olivia smiled as the man smiled at her.
"Same Liv, you should come around more." Kevin said. He had a good build like Elliot's and stood six foot. Sandy brown hair and hazel eyes to match. Xander was the younger version of his father but had his mother's blue eyes. Xander was short for Alexander. Kevin had agreed to take the Cabot last name since his uncle was Agent Jack Hammond the US marshal. He said he wasn't one for tradition in the last name sense, plus if their last name was Cabot they would have more respect than as Hammond.
"I'll try to, I miss this little trouble maker, he should come around the precinct a bit more, you too, or just because you are a DEA you're better than us?" Olivia teased.
"Nah, I just get busy at the office." Kevin shrugged as the phone rang. Kevin reached for it but Ash slapped his hand away.
"Touch it and you lose your hand." Ash threatened as she picked up the phone. "Hello? Yeah, kicking and screaming if you must, yep, good, I don't care, knock her unconscious if you have to, ok, see ya soon."
"What was that about?" Olivia asked as Xander smiled.
"Can I go get in my tux now?" He asked as Kevin chuckled looking at the clock. "Yeah let's get going, Grandma will be mad if we are late." Kevin said taking the boy's hand. Ash smiled and turned to Olivia who was confused.
"Mother is throwing a gala tonight and we're going." Ash shrugged.
"What was the whole kicking and screaming?" Olivia asked.
"That's for you incase we have to drag you cause you are coming." Ash smiled.
"I could easily take you and Kevin." Olivia said crossing her arms.
"Yes, but I have Casey, Serena, Elliot, Munch, Fin and Cragen at all exits of this building, you need to get your mind off things so we are going to a nice little gala." Ash smiled as Olivia sighed.
"Yeah right you don't have them…" Olivia trailed off as Ash brought her to the window and pushed a curtain to aside to see Elliot at the bottom of the fire escape waving with a grin on his face. "Ok, so maybe you do." Olivia gulped.
"Good, now come on, I'm pretty sure I have something you can wear." Ash said as she dragged Olivia into her and Kevin's room and into the walk in closet and closed the door.
Fifteen minutes later they were all standing in the living room in their dress attire. The boys were in matching black and white tuxes, Olivia and Ash were in dresses not matter how much Ash despised it.
Olivia's dress was a one shoulder swirl pleat dress by A.L.C with matching heels and Ash was in a black spaghetti strap dress with silver flats.
"I still say a suit with converse would be more comfortable." Ash mumbled as she checked her red Blackberry curve.
"Both you and your sister are crack berry addicts." Kevin sighed throwing his hands up.
"Come on we need to get going." Xander whined as she he grabbed Olivia and dragged her to the door.
"Come on Liv, enjoy yourself cause Xander isn't going to let go of you till we are safely inside the hotel ballroom." Ash smiled as she and Kevin exchanged a glance.
"They're coming!" Serena called from the limo and the guys joined her and Casey out by the front and smiled warmly at Olivia when they walked out.
"You look great." Cragen said hugging her and ruffling Xander's hair.
Ash had been working with the Special Victims unit for almost a seven months now and had grown to feel like a part of the SVU family. Cragen even welcomed her into it officially the day before Alex came back. They expected her to know about her return but was just as shocked as them to see her.
"You ready for tonight?" Fin asked as Olivia shrugged.
"I honestly don't know, being tricked then forced out isn't something that really ever happens." Olivia shrugged.
"Well we are all gonna be there." Munch said as Olivia took notice to the guys and saw they were all wearing tuxedoes.
"Kathy had Maureen come down and watch the kids and she is in the limo." the door opened and Kathy stepped out.
"Wow Liv, you look great." Kathy said as Olivia smiled.
"You too Kath."
"Come on we have to go." Xander said tugging on Olivia's hand. They laughed and got in the limo except Kevin.
"I have to go pick something up, I'll see you guys there." He said waving as he left.
Alex couldn't believe this, she was phone by Serena to get ready to go to one of her mother's galas at a hotel and that Kevin would be there to pick her up soon. She got ready and was currently sitting on her couch when the buzzer sounded. Alex didn't get why she had to wait for him, they only lived one floor down.
Alex opened her door and her brother in law smiled. "Come on, the limo's waiting, Ash and Xander will meet us there." He said as Alex locked up and followed him down.
After small talk with Caroline the group sat at the reserved table and sipped champagne while Xander drank a sprite.
Cragen stood and held his hand out to Olivia. "Would you like to dance?" Olivia smiled and took his hand. Cragen led Olivia to the dance floor as Ash's phone beeped.
"They're here." She said as the women squealed and giggled except for Ash who just smiled victoriously and the guys exchanged guy hugs.
"You guys know what to do right?" Casey asked as everyone nodded.
"I run up and ask Aunt Livy if she can come look at the stars with me while you guys drag Aunt Lexi to the balcony." Xander said as the adults smiled.
"Do a good job and you got yourself a plate stacked high of chocolate chip pancakes." Ash said as he smiled.
Kevin brought Alex to the table and sat her in the empty seat next to Serena and took the seat next to Ash beside Alex.
"So why did you all drag me out here?" Alex groaned as they glared.
"Don't be a party pooper Cabot." Munch huffed crossing his arms.
"Yeah." Fin added as Casey nodded at Xander who smiled and got up running towards Cragen and Olivia.
Xander made his way through the crowd and tugged on Olivia's dress. "Aunt Livy can you come watch stars with me, you should be able to see the full moon out." Xander said happily as Cragen nodded at the woman he has considered his daughter and she let the seven year old drag her towards the balcony.
Ash, Fin, Elliot, Kathy and Serena watched the two walk out onto the balcony and stood up. "Hey let's go look at the stars, I hear the moon if full out tonight." Kathy smiled as everyone stood and Kevin pulled Alex up.
"Come on Lexi you used to love doing it in Texas so let's go." Kevin said as they dragged her towards the balcony. They pushed her out as Xander ran towards his parents and dropped something into a plant unnoticed.
"You two are talking and neither is coming in till you do." Serena instructed as they shut the doors and all pulled out ear pieces and put them in. Kevin helped Xander with his. Caroline walked up and took the piece from Cragen who helped her put it in.
"Man am I glad for my job right now." Kevin smiled as the women shushed him and listened.
Alex leaned against the marble rails and sighed. "So, they tricked into coming as well?" Alex asked as Olivia nodded.
"Serena told me to go to your sister's place to get things explained to me, then I saw her tattoo, a bit off the topic, but why did she get that?" Olivia asked as Alex chuckled,
"She was in high school, she absolutely loved music so she got the tattoo, we all thought it suited her, now back on subject, they planned this." Alex huffed as Olivia nodded.
"I guess they did, but really Alex, after three years of being back you only contacted your mother?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah," Alex said looking away.
The others were looking through cracks they made in the curtains and acted as if they were making small talk.
"Why? Were you scared?" Olivia asked as Alex shrugged.
"What? Don't shrug, you were scared." Serena hissed as they shushed her.
"Don't give me a shrug Alex, I at least deserve the truth, you owe me that." Olivia said as Alex sighed.
"Fine I was scared, but not of the other's or coming back but of you, after our night when I came to testify, I was afraid you would've moved on and forgotten about me." Alex blurted.
"Well if you came to say goodbye, you would never had thought that." Olivia said calmly.
"Damn it Liv, what do you want from me?" Alex demanded.
"The truth Alex, all of it, why you didn't say goodbye and why you thought those crazy things, I loved you, damn it I still love you, I never stopped, I tried going dates to pass the time, but every time it felt as if I was betraying you and you weren't even here Lexi." Olivia nearly shouted.
"If I went to say goodbye I wouldn't have been able to leave Liv, after the night before it would've been impossible." Alex shot back.
The others exchanged glances and shuddered a bit.
"And we never knew how long I would be in the program, I tried to move on but I couldn't you plagued my dreams, my thoughts, then I see you guys on the news, then Jack asks me to come back, I wasn't thinking straight." Alex sighed.
"You could've answered our calls, your own sister didn't know you were back." Olivia said as Alex sighed rubbing her temples.
"So I made bad choices, I just wish I knew how to make up for them."
"To go a mile you must first take a step." Olivia said.
"Damn it, why do you have be the mature one in this?" Alex chuckled as Olivia smiled.
"Because, I was hurt Alex, but you gotta learn forgive and forget, I'm ready to forgive you, just not ready to forget." Olivia said as she took a step towards Alex. "But if you're ready to forget so am I."
"Liv, all I really want to be with you again, I want to forget about everything and just be in your arms, the one place I actually feels safe, I just want to feel safe." Alex whispered as Olivia stood in front of her and cupped her face.
"So how does this make you feel?" Olivia asked bringing their lips together in a small sweet kiss. Olivia pulled away but Alex wrapped her arms around her neck and pulled her back in for a deep, long, passionate kiss.
"I guess I got my answer." Olivia smiled as she held Alex close and protectively.
"Never let me go?" Alex asked.
"Never." Olivia answered as she kissed Alex's temple.
Should I continue or just keep it a one shot? Please let me know.