I have an update for Distraction in the works, but I wanted to make a Thanksgiving one shot, so here it is, a few days late, but it's here! Enjoy.

Olivia looked in the mirror, fixing her hair and makeup, trying to get rid of her nerves. A smile formed on her face when she saw Ed come into the bathroom and felt his arms wrap around her. She closed her eyes and leaned against him. "This Thanksgiving is going to be the best."

Ed nuzzled into her neck, breathing in her perfume kissing the top of her head. "It absolutely will be. Noah's all dressed, he's eating breakfast and getting ready to watch the parade."

She turned and kissed his lips softly, quickly turning and slipping in a pair of bronze, dangle earrings then taking Ed's hands in her own. "I have to go season the turkey and get it in the oven. What time is your mom coming?"

He smiled and stroked the back of her hands with his thumbs. "She'll be here around one. I figure we have dinner around three?"

Olivia looked at her watch. "I need to get the turkey in soon," She rambled, starting to move towards the kitchen, rummaging in the cabinets for spices. "Ed, what if we don't have enough?"

Ed smiled and chuckled. He knew she was nervous about meeting his mother, but he also knew his mother was going to love her. "For four people? We'll be fine."

"Five. I invited Sheila too. I know I'm sorry, I had to. She's Noah's grandmother," she sighed and looked around.

"You got a sixteen pound turkey. They usually recommend one pound per person, one and a half if you want left overs." He chuckled and kissed her forehead. "You're going to have plenty. I promise," he whispered and kissed her softly. "Plus side dishes and what you have to munch on. Honey, relax."

Olivia shook her hands and let out a breath. "I know, I know, I just need your mom to like me." She looked over at Noah. "I get nervous meeting the parents," she looked back at Ed. "Historically speaking, I haven't been the kind of woman that a mother wants her son to date." Or marry, she thought to herself.

Ed kissed her softly once more. "I, Ed Tucker, can promise you that my mother will love you. You make me happy, and my mother has seen that. I think she already loves you." They shared a small laugh and he caressed her face. "Just be yourself, because I don't know how anyone can't love you for you." He kissed her again and she ran her hands over his chest.

She pulled back slightly. "Go hang out with Noah while I get the Turkey in the oven and start on some of the side dishes, Okay?"

He smirked. "Need me to lift the Turkey into the oven for you?" He asked feeling her hands on his muscles.

Olivia looked into his eyes with a playful glint in her own eye and smirked. "As much as I love seeing your muscles pull against your shirt when you lift something… I think I got it." She leaned in and kissed him.

Ed smirked and gripped her ass. "I'll leave you to it then." He kissed her sensually, running his hands up her back.

She forced herself to break the kiss and she gave him a love pat on his ass. "Go," she smirked and watched him walk into the living room and sit next to Noah as she took out a few different seasonings, lifted the turkey into the pan and took the butter, running it under the skin, making sure to take the gizzards out of the turkey and stuffing the bird with cut lemons, limes, oranges, and onions and seasoned it with a little salt, lemon pepper, some garlic, and thyme. She washed her hands and once the oven beeped that it was preheated she slid it in and looked at the list of what she had to make. Everything could wait a little longer before she got started so she walked into the living room and sat next to Ed, leaning over and kissing Noah, and cuddling up next to Ed.

He wrapped his arm around her as the Parade continued on the television. He kissed the top of her head, wrapping his other arm around Noah. This was his family. He knew this was what he wanted, for the rest of his life.

Olivia stayed cuddled with Ed and Noah for a little longer before she got up and started peeling potatoes and sweet potatoes. She put both on to boil and started washing dishes. To keep the kitchen clean as she cooked. While she waited she cut up cheese and pepperoni, and some vegetables. She took some peanut butter and cream cheese and spread some peanut butter on some of the celery and some cream cheese on some more.

The next few hours kept Olivia in the kitchen, making makes potatoes, sweet potato pie, green bean casserole stuffing, and gravy. She kept them all covered in foil and would heat them all back up once the turkey came out of the oven, while it was resting before it was time to carve it. She looked at her watch and looked at Ed. Caroline would be there in forty five minutes. "Ed!"

Ed walked into the kitchen. "It smells great." He saw the panic in her eyes. "What is it?"

"Your mother is going to be here in less than an hour and I'm panicking." She took a deep breath. "God, why am I so nervous," she asked with tears in her eyes.

He wrapped his arms around her. "Okay," he held her close and stroked her hair. "It's okay."

"I love you so much, I don't want your mother to hate me," she pulled back and wiped her eyes. She shook her head. "I'm going to go fix my make up, do me a favor?" She saw him not. "Put out the veggies and other things to munch on for when your mother gets here." She kissed him softly and smiled. "Thank you, my love."

Ed watched as she walked away and put out the veggies and other small items to pick at. He heard the buzzer of the apartment and he buzzed back asking who it was, when his mother's voice came over the intercom he buzzed her in and ran into the bathroom. "Liv, baby, mom's here."

She finished up, putting a little more perfume on and let him lead her out to the living room. She picked Noah up. "You ready sweet boy?"

Noah looked at his mother. "Ready for what?"

Olivia smiled. "Tucker's mom is coming over, we're going to meet her for the first time!"

Ed heard the knock at the door and opened it, greeting his mother with a hug and kiss, inviting her in, introducing Noah, who curled into Olivia's neck. "And mom," Ed continued. "This beautiful woman is Olivia Benson."

She blushed but extended her hand. "Mrs. Tucker, it's so great to finally meet you. I'm sorry about Noah, he can be shy around strangers." She smiled, but Caroline, rather than shake her hand, pulled her into a hug. Olivia let out a breath she didn't know she was holding.

Caroline smiled. "First, please call me Caroline. Mrs. Tucker was my mother in law. Second, it's wonderful to finally meet the woman who brought the smile back to my son's face."

Olivia smiled at Caroline and quickly looked over at Ed, then at Noah, and finally back at Caroline. "Well, between Ed and this little guy over here, they've brought light back into my life and put an almost permanent smile on my face." She kissed Noah's head and set him down, letting him run back to the couch. "I'm sorry, can I take your coat, get you a drink?"

Ed walked over with a glass. "I got her covered. Mom, a Blarney Stone."

Caroline gratefully took the drink and took a sip. "Thank you. This is why you're my favorite son."

"Ma, I'm your only son."

"Still my favorite."

Olivia smiled and took Ed's hand. "Please, Mrs—" She caught herself. "Caroline, make yourself at home."

Caroline smiled and hugged Olivia again. "You have a lovely home, and it smells delicious in here. I'm going to enjoy some of these incredible snacks, and hang out with Noah a bit," she kissed her cheek.

Ed smiled at his mother and as she made a plate of snacks and walk over to the couch and start talking to Noah. "Told ya she'd love you."

Olivia looked at him and took a deep breath. "I feel better." She kissed him softly, looking into his eyes. "I love you so much, Ed. Thank you for putting up with my crazy this morning."

He shook his head. "I love your crazy, because I love every part of you." He leaned in to whisper in her ear. "Literally and metaphorically."

She gasped and pulled away. "Ed Tucker!" She quietly gasped in fake shock. "Your mother is right there," she whispered and giggled.

He kissed her and hugged her tight. "We have forever," he whispered and they stayed like that for a couple minutes, only breaking when the buzzer went off again.

Olivia smiled. "That's Sheila. I have to get that." She gave him a chaste kiss and then walked to the door, buzzing Sheila in, opening the door for her. "Sheila, Happy Thanksgiving, please come in." She stepped aside and let the woman in, seeing Noah smile as his grandmother walked in. She walked over to Ed and smiled. "Sheila, this is my boyfriend, Ed Tucker." She looked at him and smiled and looked over at Caroline. "And this," she said walking over to her, "is his mother, Caroline Tucker."

Sheila smiled. "It's lovely to meet you all. I brought some wine, I hope you like merlot."

Olivia smiled. "It's perfect, thank you, I'm going to go let this breathe for a little bit before we serve."

With everyone there, Olivia put the finishing touches on dinner, making sure the turkey was fully cooked before taking it out of the oven and putting the sides in, to heat back up, and started on the gravy. "Dinner in about half an hour everyone." She smiled at everyone in her apartment, her family. Everyone was getting along and she couldn't help but smile bigger as Ed walked over to her. "Hey you."

Ed wrapped his arms around her from behind. "Hey, That turkey looks and smells delicious, and that gravy is smelling amazing."

She grinned. "So, I didn't need help lifting the turkey, but I do need help carving it. I've never been good at that, truthfully."

He smiled. "At your service, my love." He kissed her softly.

Caroline and Sheila looked on at Olivia and Ed. "They are so in love," Sheila commented.

Caroline couldn't help but smile. "It's amazing to see. She put a smile back on my son's face, one I haven't seen in decades."

Time passed quickly, Olivia had the turkey rest for twenty minutes before Ed carved it. While he was carving the turkey she took out the side dishes and set them out buffet style. Once the turkey was carved she set out plates, forks and knives and she smiled. "Dinner's ready!"

Everyone lined up and made their plates, Olivia poured wine and Ed made his mother another Blarney Stone, and Olivia made sure Noah had a cup of apple juice. Once everyone had taken their seat she smiled. "How about we go around and say what we're thankful for?"

Sheila smiled. "Can I start?" She waited for Olivia to give her the go-ahead and she nodded. "I am so thankful for you, Olivia. For giving me the chance to be in Noah's life. I know it's not always been easy, but I am forever grateful to you." She looked over at Noah and smiled.

Noah grinned. "I'm thankful for my mommy, and Tucker, and Gramma, and for Eddie, my Elephant."

Caroline looked at Olivia, Ed and Noah. "I am thankful for Olivia, too, and Noah, it's been so long since I've seen Ed smile the way he does around the two of you. Thank you for bringing him happiness."

Olivia looked around and took a deep breath, tears in her eyes. "I promised not to cry, but ask Ed and Noah, I'm a very emotional person. Um, I'm thankful for all of you. Ed, for loving me, even at the times I'm unloveable, and for helping me see the light in the darkness I can get stuck in. And my sweet Noah, I know you may not know it now, but you helped me more than I can say, more than you can understand, from the moment I met you. Sheila, I know we got off to a rocky start, but thank you for giving Noah another connection to family, and Caroline, thank you for raising an incredible son."

Ed took a deep breath. "I am thankful for so much, but more than anything, I'm thankful for Olivia." He looked into her eyes. "Thankful she gave me a chance to show her just how much I love her, to show her that she's so worthy of being loved. Thankful she forgave me for the things that have happened in our past." He saw her chuckle. He took her hand and stood up. "Olivia Margaret Benson, I am thankful that you showed me that I can trust people again, and I'm thankful you've shown me love." He got down on one knee and he smiled at her.

She gasped. "Ed," she felt her tears slip down her face. "What—"

He put a hand up. "Let me get this out while I remember all of it." He chuckled saw her nod. "Olivia Margaret Benson, I've loved you longer than I can possibly say. I've known for a while now, that I've wanted to spend my life with you. I want to give you the world and if I could I'd give you the moon, and the whole solar system if you wanted it, I would find a way to give it to you." He looked into her eyes. "But all I want, for the rest of my life, is for you to be the one I fall asleep with, and wake up next to. To be able to call you my wife. So, Liv, will you marry me?"

Olivia nodded. "Yes." She wiped her eyes. "Yes, Edward James Tucker, I will marry you." He stood up and pulled her up and kissed her, taking the ring from his pocket, slipping it on her finger. She looked at the ring and she smiled. "Oh, my God, This is beautiful."

Ed smiled. "It was the ring my dad proposed to my mom with."

Olivia gasped. "Caroline, this…"

Caroline smiled and stood up. "I'm happy Eddie could give it to the woman of his dreams. Welcome to the family dear."

Olivia smiled and hugged Caroline and let out a breath. She looked at Ed and smiled. "So, now that I probably have raccoon eyes, how about we enjoy dinner." She looked at Ed and they both sat down and she looked at the ring, mesmerized by it.

They enjoyed dinner and laughed and talked. Once dinner was done, Olivia offered up some pie and cookies for everyone and they sat around and laughed and ate dessert. As it started getting later, Caroline headed home, Sheila offered to take Noah for the night so Ed and Olivia could celebrate their engagement. Olivia agreed and once Noah's bad was packed they headed to the hotel Sheila was staying in.

Once everyone had gone Olivia made sure the dishes were in the sink so she could they could do them tomorrow, she made sure the doors were locked and then walked into the bedroom, taking her earrings off, feeling Ed's lips on her neck. "Mm." She pushed her hips back into his.

Ed smirked and rested his chin on her shoulder, meeting her eyes in the mirror. "Have I mentioned lately how absolutely, breathtakingly beautiful you are?" He asked in all seriousness, his hands lightly holding her hips.

She blushed. "Every chance you get." She turned in his arms and kissed him softly. She broke the kiss and ran her hands over his chest. "Every woman in the world, and you picked me, not just for now, for the rest of our lives," she whispered, awed by him. She shook her head. "I don't know why, but my God, am I glad you did."

He caressed her face and looked into her eyes. "Every other woman in the world… but none of them are you." He kissed her nose and held her close. "No other woman has managed to challenge me, challenges everything I thought I knew, and show me what it really means to be loved and love. No other woman has captured my heart the way you have, and I wouldn't want them to."

Olivia felt tears in her eyes and she wiped them away. "I've only showed you the same love you've shown me. I had to learn how to lean on someone, because for most of my life I've been alone. And even being with other people, I knew it wasn't going to be forever. I couldn't—" she stopped herself, wiping her eyes. "I couldn't give them everything, let out the darkness inside me if it was only temporary." She shrugged. "But you were different, Ed Tucker."

Ed wiped her eyes and kissed her forehead. "You're never going to be in this alone again." He looked into her eyes. "And even through all the history we have, good and bad, the fact that you trust me enough to let me in, means the world to me."

She smiled and caressed his face. "Trust," she whispered. "That's the key here, to what we have, to how strong our love is. We trust each other." She nodded. "I've never had anyone that I trusted completely and totally." She smiled. "Not… not anyone." She took his hands in hers, intertwining their fingers. "That's why it's all different. Not just how deep our love goes, but everything about this relationship is different."

He tilted her chin up. "Everything?" He asked, a gleam in his eye, a knowing smirk on his face.

Olivia wrapped her arms around him. "Oh yeah," she whispered and kissed him softly. "Absolutely everything." She looked at him, raising her eyebrow. "I could show you if you really wanted, but you're a little over dressed."

Ed kissed her passionately. "You seem to be a little overdressed yourself," he murmured against her lips. He walked her back against the bed, threading his fingers through her hair.

She let out a moan into the kiss and broke it softly. "Oh, I can take care of my own clothes," she whispered and moved them so he was closer to the bed, she pushed him down. "You see before you, sex was about getting an orgasm, a release. Even with Cassidy, who was the longest relationship I had before you, it was merely about getting to that goal, and towards the end, it was just about getting him off because I looked at myself as disgusting, because of what Lewis did to me. I know it wasn't my fault but I didn't feel beautiful, much less sexy." She started unbuttoning his shirt, pushing it off his shoulders. "But it all changed with you." She sat on his lap and lifted his chin. "The first time a couple has sex is generally just… abysmal. But with you, it was incredible, and every time since then has been just as incredible, if not more so." She got on her knees in front of him, starting to unbutton and unzip his pants. "You see with you, I've never had to fake an orgasm. For the first time in my life, I trust the man I'm with enough to completely let go, and not worry about anything, and enjoy all the sensations." She pushed him back and crawled over him. "And now, I crave you," she whispered in his ear, straddling him.

Ed listened to her, touching her gently, mesmerized by her movements, by her words. "How about we indulge, feed our cravings?" He whispered and pulled her into a passionate kiss, holding her close to his body. He felt her lips move to his jaw, then his neck. He watched as she moved down his body and stood up and took his pants off of him, tossing them over her shoulder.

She moved back over his body and she smiled. "Better, but now I should get out of these uncomfortable clothes, if we're going to feed our cravings, that is. Of course if you'd rather we lay like this," she saw him hurry to sit up and she smirked. She started unbuttoning her shirt, her eyes locked on his. Once her shirt was open she threw it to the side revealing her lavender lace bra. She did herself of her slacks and socks and stood in front of him in her bra and matching lavender lace thong. "Much better." She saw him stand up and he picked her up. She giggled and wrapped her legs around his waist. "See something you like, Tucker?"

He laid her on the bed and kissed every inch of skin that was exposed to him. "I see the most beautiful woman in the world." He kissed her inner thighs, gently nipping at the skin, looking into her eyes. "I'm going to worship your body, all night. Make you come over and over."

Olivia arched her back and let out a moan. "Please do something." When it came to Ed he knew every place to kiss, to touch, to make her come undone. He'd memorized her body over and over again, like a favorite book, or a map of his favorite place. Each time they were together he recommitted the map to memory.

Ed kissed up her stomach, unhooking her bra, taking her right nipple into his mouth, sucking, running his tongue over it. He heard her sigh, his hands running over her sides as he looked into her eyes, her hands cradling his head to her breast. He released her nipple with a pop and gently blew on it, hearing her gasp and moan. He smiled. "I love hearing you moan."

"I don't think I've ever had to seriously try to be quiet until you came along, but tonight, since I don't have to worry about waking Noah up, you're really going to hear me moan, and scream." She pulled him in for another kiss. Her legs wrapped tighter around his waist, her hips meeting his. She grunted in frustration at the two pieces of fabric preventing him from being able to enter her.

He broke the kiss and once again kissed down her body, his tongue running along her skin. When he got to her hips he pulled her panties off, licking up her slit, looking up at her as her moans filled the room. He kissed her lower lips before sucking on her clit, pushing two fingers inside her. He felt her hand on the back of his head as she opened her legs wider for him, as his mouth continued working her over. He pulled away as his fingers continued to move out of her, her hips moving against his hand. "God, you're beautiful," he whispered before his mouth attached to her clit again.

Olivia was writhing beneath him as his mouth and fingers worked her over. "Ed," she gasped and looked down at him, the movements of her hips becoming more and more erratic. "Oh, God, yes!" She gripped her sheets and let out a guttural moan as pleasure overtook her body. "Oh!" She pulled him up and kissed him passionately, his fingers still moving inside her as she rode out her orgasm. She pulled his hand away and brought his fingers to her mouth, sucking on them gently, looking into his eyes. She smiled and buried her head in his neck. "What you do to me," she whispered.

Ed ran his hands over her sides. "I love watching you," He whispered, feeling her arms around him. "I love tasting you, I love getting to worship your body, I love that I get to love every inch of you, inside and out."

She smiled and pushed his boxers off his hips. "Lucky for you, we have forever, and we have all night to celebrate," she smiled. "That's plenty more orgasms… for both of us." She laid back and pulled him on top of her. "Now, make love to me," she whispered and bit her bottom lip. "I want to feel every inch of you."

He lined himself up at her entrance and looked in her eyes as he slowly pushed into her, burying himself deep inside her. He stilled himself and took a deep breath as she adjusted to his size. "Ready?"

Olivia nodded and gripped his shoulders. "Please move," she whispered, her hips slowly moving into his. She felt him match her pace and she let her head fall back, a moan falling from her lips. "Mm. Faster." She leaned in and gently but on her shoulder.

Ed groaned and started moving his hips faster into hers, feeling her hips meet his. He moved harder and her moans got louder. He massages her breast with his hand and watched as her skin started to flush, her breath got heavy, he moaned as her nails scraped along her back. "That's it baby." He brought her leg up around her waist, allowing him to get deeper. "Oh, God you feel amazing."

She whimpered and rested her hand on his chest, slowing him for a minute so she could maneuver her body, assuring he could get as deep as humanly possible. She moved her leg from around his waist to over his shoulder. He started moving again and her eyes got big then screwed shut. "Oh, fuck!" Her back arched and she looked in her eyes. "Don't stop. Fuck, please don't stop."

Her moans only egged him on, moving his hips harder and faster into her, her moans getting louder until her internal muscles were milking him and she was ready to come. "That's it baby, come for me. Come on."

Olivia looked into his eyes, trying to wait for him. She shook her head. "Come with me baby, please. Come with me, I can't hold on much longer. Please, oh God!"

Ed leaned in and kissed her and his hips moved harder and faster, their skin slapping together, feeling her nails drag along his back as he released inside her as she came around him. Their bodies shook and once they had finished he broke the kiss and let her leg down from off his shoulder. , her knee bent, her foot on the bed. "God, Liv," he whispered, rolling off her.

She smiled and looked at him. "I know. Oh, God, trust me I know." She chuckled. "We're good at that."

He laughed and took her hand in his. "Damn straight." He looked over at her. "I love you," He whispered.

Olivia rolled on her side and rested her head on his chest, her hand with the engagement ring on it resting on the opposite side of his chest. "I love you," she smiled as her breath slowed down to normal. "Best Thanksgiving ever."

Ed chuckled and kissed her softly. "We should have a bit more to eat before round two. We need the energy."

She laughed and kissed his chest. "Oh, hell yeah. Especially if round two is anything like round one."

A/N: Hope you enjoyed. Please review (please remember if the only comments you have are about Olivia's weight, keep them to yourself.) Thanks.