Dr. Samuel Collins rolled over to his right to look and pushed his new bride's hair behind her ear. He never thought he would be this happy again. Sam had been dating Olivia for the last four years. Three days ago they finally married and were now celebrating the last day of their honeymoon in Nova Scotia.
Olivia Benson felt her husbands touch and smiled.

"Mmmm good morning."
"Good morning gorgeous. It's a beautiful day and the ocean looks amazing. Want room service?"

Olivia had finally been in the right place in her life. Four years ago she had given up hope on love. She had given up hope on ever having a family of her own. Then she met Sam. He was a neurologist that was assisting another doctor in a case she was investigating. They had dated for about a year before Sam really began to struggle with Olivia being a sex crimes detective. After about a month of being apart Sam had decided it didn't matter to him and that he couldn't live without her.

"How about we get some fruit and go lay on the beach? Did you call Charlee?"

Sam grabbed his cell phone from the bedside table and shook it at his bride. Charlotte was Sam's eleven year old daughter. Her mother had died from cancer only six months after Charlee was born. Sam had spent seven years as a single father. It was one of the things that made Olivia absolutely crazy about him- he was an amazing dad. She had become very close to Charlee in the past two years. There were even times when heard the girl refer to her as her mother. Three weeks before the wedding Sam and Olivia had talked to Charlotte about Liv legally becoming her guardian. They were officially going to become a family.

Sam tapped his "home" icon on his cell phone and put it on speaker.

"Good morning married people." Charlee's full time nanny picked up the phone.

"Good morning Kate. How was the soccer game last night?" Sam asked.

"A. mazing. Charlee girl scored a goal and had two assists."

"I got lucky!" They heard the voice of their eleven year old come through the speaker phone. "What time will you guys be home tomorrow?"

Liv took the phone from her husbands hand. "Early in the morning- so we will be waiting for you when you get home from school. We miss you sweet heart."

"Miss you guys too. Don't forget to bring me back some sand."

"Don't you have a big science test today? Did you study enough?"

"Of course- but I don't really need to study. I'm a certified genius remeeeemmber?"

Liv rolled her eyes and both her and Sam let out a small laugh. The truth was Charlotte really was a genius, but not only that she was incredibly mature for her age. There were times when they had to remind themselves as parents that she was in fact just a little girl.

Sam yelled from the other side of the room. "Hey certified genius doesn't get you out of putting in effort."

"Yes dad I know. Welp it's seven forty... I have to go my ride is here. I will text you after my test. Love you guys! See you in the morning."

"Love you too baby. You'll do great." Liv tossed the phone on the bed and went over and put her arms around her husband. She was quite literally in paradise.