Ok so I got this idea from a TV show called married at first sight. I hope you all love it. It will be a two-shot story but depending on the response there could be a sequel. REVIEWS would be AWESOME.
Chapter 1
Mystery Guy Residence
As he sipped his coffee he watched the sun rise slowly over the horizon turning the sky into an orange reddish color. A smile graced his lips as he thought about today. Today he was going to get married to the woman he love more than anything. He hoped and prayed that everything went according to plan. He has been planning this wedding for months, making sure everything was ready and perfect for her.
He sighed as he took another sip of his coffee. This wedding wasn't an ordinary wedding. He knew it was risky planning a wedding without the other person knowledge. The possibility of getting his heart broken into a million pieces was very likely. Yet he had confidence that by sunset he would be a married man.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out the small box that held the beautiful diamond ring. One thing he knew about his future wife was that she wasn't complicated, she like things simple. The ring was just that, simple yet elegant and beautiful. It was a simple silver band with a two carat sapphire diamond ring in the center and two one carat diamonds on both sides, it was perfect.
His mind drifted off to when had to convince her friends to come to the wedding. Convince them that this would work when he wasn't one hundred percent sure himself. He also had to make sure they could get her to the altar. Then there was her father, well he wasn't necessary her biological father but she looked up to him as a father figure in her life. At first he wasn't happy about the idea but when he gave it some thought he finally gave him his blessing to marry his daughter.
His mind came back to reality when his daughter tapped him on the shoulder. "Morning," He gave his daughter a smile as he finished his coffee that was now cold.
"Morning, how long have you been up?" She asked looking at her watch.
"A while, I was just thinking about the wedding." He sighed for the hundredth time this morning. "I just hope she will marry me today."
"Dad I'm sure she will everyone knows how much she loves you. Even her friends know that she'll say yes. Now you need to get dress for today. You're supposed to be excited you're getting married today."
He laughed at his daughter's excitement. "Yeah, let's go get ready I got a long day ahead of me." They made their way back into the house to start getting ready for today's activities.
Benson Residence
Olivia was woken up from her slumber by a loud cry. She quickly got out of bed and made her way over to Noah picking him up. "It's ok sweetie, mommy's here." Olivia grabbed a diaper and wipes before setting Noah on the diaper changer to change him. After changing him, Olivia checked her watch and saw it was already eight o'clock. "What do you say we make some breakfast." Olivia laughed when Noah clapped his hands in excitement.
Olivia made her way out to the kitchen and sat Noah in his highchair. She poured some cheerios on his tray and smiled as she watched him grabbed a hand full, she laughed when majority of the cheerios fell out of his hand as he tried to put them in his mouth.
Once Olivia got Noah situated she poured herself a bowl of Golden Grahams. When Noah was done with his cereal she handed him a bottle of milk.
As she was cleaning out her bowl there was a knock at the door. She smiled when she saw her three best friends, two of which she hasn't seen in months. "Hey guys." Olivia gave Alex, Casey, and Melinda a quick hug as they entered her apartment carrying bags and garment bags. "What's up with all the bags?"
"That will be revealed in time." Alex stopped in her tracks when she noticed all the baby furniture and toys in her apartment. Then she notices the baby boy in the high chair. "Umm…Liv do you need to tell us something." Alex looked over at her friend needing an explanation from her.
Olivia laughed as she walked over to Noah picking him up. "Alex, Casey, and Melinda I would like for you to meet Noah my son."
Casey put the bags she was holding down and took Noah from Olivia. "He is so cute." Casey gushed making Noah laugh.
Melinda looked over at Olivia. "Oh this is the baby Fin was talking about." Fin had told her that Olivia had been given guardianship of a baby boy.
Olivia nodded, "Yeah, a week ago the judge awarded me guardianship of him for a year. Then at the end of the year I'll be able to adopt him which I'm going to do. In fact the judge has already started the paper work so that by the end of the year the only thing I would have to do is sign on the dotted line." Olivia was shocked at first when the judge offered her the opportunity, she couldn't refuse it though. She had bonded with Noah and wanted to be his mother.
Alex gave Olivia another hug. "Liv I'm so happy for you. You'll make a wonderful mother." Alex knew how much her friend wanted to be mother and she was so happy that she was being given the opportunity to be one.
Casey handed Noah to Olivia when he started to whimper and reach out for her. "Ok we need to get down to business." Casey grabbed one of the garment bags and proceeded to unzip it and pulled out a dress.
Olivia gasped when she saw the most beautiful wedding dress. It was a strapless metallic lace and satin slim A-line wedding dress. It had a sweetheart neckline adorned with hand-beaded jeweled trim, beaded metallic lace bodice with inverted Basque waistline. On the back had a soft curved bodice with buttons that cascade down to a matching lace appliqués at the hemline and a chapel length train. "Casey you're getting married." Olivia couldn't believe Casey didn't tell her that she was seeing someone.
Casey chuckled as she shook her head. "Nope, but you are." Casey saw Olivia's face turn from amusement to flat out disbelief.
Olivia laughed a little. "Very funny guy's but the last time I check I was single." Olivia went to put Noah in his play pen.
"I'm serious Liv you're going to get married in exactly four hours from now." Casey knew they had to convince Olivia to go through with this soon so that they would have enough time to get dress and down to the wedding site in time.
"Casey first I'm not going to marry some complete stranger, especially with someone you picked. All the blind dates you set me up with, they were jerks who only wanted to get into my pants." Olivia wasn't sure what her friends were pulling but she wasn't going along with it. "Plus I have Noah now, so I'm not going to have some stranger who might not even want kids around him." Olivia looked over at Noah who was oblivious to the conversation as he played with his toys.
Casey crossed her arms as she sighed in frustration. "Liv he's not a stranger and he loves kids. In fact he has some of his own."
Alex could see this getting nowhere so she stepped in. Alex guided Olivia to the couch and sat down. "Liv you know I love you like you were my sister. I wouldn't agree to this if I knew that this was a bad idea." Alex could still see in Olivia's face that she wasn't one hundred percent on board with this. "Liv, Fin and Munch are going along with this and you know how protective they are of you. They agreed with this because we all know that this guy is perfect for you. If that doesn't convince you this should, Don and Liz are on board with this. Don has even given this guy his blessing to marry his daughter. He's even going to give you away. To top it all off his kids are also on board with this." Alex could see what she was saying was working.
Melinda sat on the other side of Olivia she gave Olivia a warm smile. "Liv we all want you to be happy, you deserve it, especially after this past year. All of us know that this great and handsome guy will make you and Noah happy." Melinda smile grew when she saw Olivia smiling. "So what do you say we get you all dolled up and ready to get married." Melinda said getting excited.
Olivia sat there silent for a minute thinking about what her friends said. What really stuck in her mind was the fact that Cragen, the one she loved as a father gave this guy his blessing. She knew if Cragen had given his blessing and Fin, Munch and her friends were all on board then maybe she should too. Olivia turned to Noah, the most important person in her life right now. She smiled as she watched him hold himself up by holding onto the edges of the play pen. She turned her attention back to her friends. "What if I decide after seeing this guy that I don't want to marry him?"
"Then you say something when the priest ask if there is anyone who believe these two should not get married speak now or forever hold your peace." Casey said trying to act like the priest making everyone laugh. "But trust me you won't have any objections when you see him." Casey added.
Olivia nodded, "What will Noah wear down the aisle?"
"We'll call Cragen and Liz to stop by a store and pick a little Tux for Noah. Now we need to get your hair and make-up done and get you in this dress and down to the beach." Alex stood up grabbing a bag with all the make-up and hair stuff in it taking it out.
"Exactly how long have you guy's known about this wedding?" Olivia asked curious to just how long her friends kept this a secret.
Melinda shrugged, "Oh about five to six months now." Melinda said nonchalantly not seeing Olivia's eyes double in size as she called Cragen letting him know if he could get a tux for little Noah.
Alex and Casey set Olivia down in a chair as they got to work on her hair and make-up. Noah who wanted some attention too started to cry. "I got him Liv." Melinda walked over to Noah picking him up starting to play with him, so that Casey and Alex could finish helping Olivia get ready.
Precinct
Fin walked into the squad room to find Amanda, Nick, and Barba there talking in front of the media screen. "Hey guys you want to go to a wedding this afternoon?"
Amanda raised an eyebrow. "Who's getting married?" Amanda asked taking a sip of her coffee.
"Olivia." Fin simply said but burst out laughing when Amanda spit out her coffee.
"I'm sorry did you say Olivia as in Olivia Benson?" Amanda grabbed some napkins and cleaned up the coffee off the table.
Fin nodded, "Yup."
"To who, I thought her and Brian broke-up months ago?" Nick asked after he came over his shock.
After giving it some thought Fin decided not to tell them. "Sorry guys I can't tell you. To be honest Liv doesn't even know who this guy is."
"Wait, what you mean she doesn't know who she's marrying." Barba asked.
"It's complicated to be honest, this guy loves Liv and she loves him too. He decided he wanted to marry her now not in a couple of months. I wasn't on board at first but after I gave it some thought I agreed to help out." Fin tried to explain.
"What happens if she doesn't want to marry the guy?" Nick asked.
Fin shrugged, "Then when asked if she would take him as her husband then she would say no." Fin had wondered that himself but the guy assured him that if she didn't want to marry him then she could refuse to.
Well I guess we have a wedding to go to." Amanda said trying to sound excited about it.
"I just want to go to see how everything goes." Barba said.
"Good, I'll text you guys the place and time. See you all in a couple of hours." Fin turned and left.
Nick wasn't sure about this whole thing. He really wanted to check this guy out before Olivia decided to marry him. But then he knew how close Olivia and Fin was and if Fin gave the thumps up for this guy then he guess he should too.
Benson's Residence
Alex had just finished Olivia's make-up and Casey was almost finished with her hair. Olivia watched Noah having fun with Melinda who was playing with him. "Hey guys let's say I decide to marry whoever this guy is. Who's going to watch Noah while we're on our honeymoon?" Olivia wasn't quite ready to leave Noah when she just got him.
"Don't worry Olivia he'll be in good hands." Melinda assured Olivia.
Olivia nodded she was still nervous to leave Noah. She trusted her friends and know that they would protect Noah but she was his mother now and that was her job.
Melinda could tell on Olivia's face that she was nervous about leaving Noah with just anyone. "Liv if you want we can check with Don and Liz to see if they'll watch him." Melinda suggested seeing Olivia nod.
"Ok I'm done, now let's go put on the dress and then we'll get ready." Casey grabbed a hand mirror and handed it to Olivia. "What do you think?"
Olivia smiled at her reflection in the mirror. Casey did a bun with little crystals throughout it she also had a little hair hanging on the side of her face. Alex did a natural glow with the make-up, she was impressed. "I love it guys."
Alex nodded glad that Olivia loved their work. "Ok, let's get your dress on." Alex said as there was a knock at the door.
Melinda stood up picking up Noah in the process. "I'll get that it's probably Don and Liz." Melinda walked over to the door opening it to reveal Don and Liz. "Hey guys, come in."
Don and Liz walked into the apartment. "We picked up the tux for you guys." Don said holding up a garment bag. "Hope it'll fit him."
Melinda looked at it. "It should."
"Let me see this precious little boy." Liz took Noah from Melinda.
Cragen walked over to Olivia giving her a hug. "How are you doing Liv?"
Olivia pulled back smiling up at her. "I'm doing great Do-dad."
Don heart warmed when Olivia called him dad. "That's good, so when did you get this little guy." Don looked over at Noah who was smiling at Liz.
"About a week ago, you remember baby boy doe?" Olivia received a nod from Don. "That's him, we found his mother during a case but she was murdered. The judge gave me guardianship of him for a year then at the end of the year I'll be able to adopt him." Olivia explained.
Cragen could see in her eyes how happy she was. "I'm happy for you Liv."
"Ok as much as I love this moment, we need to get her and Noah dress so that we can get to the beach on time." Casey said wanting to get thing going.
Don nodded, "I'll get Noah ready while you guys get ready." Don took Noah from Liz as the ladies headed towards Olivia's bedroom to get ready. Don looked down at Noah who was looking at him as he sucked on his pacifier. "Let's get you dress for mommy's wedding." Don grabbed the little tux he bought and started to dress Noah hoping it would remain clean at least through the wedding and pictures.
Don was sitting on the couch with Noah bouncing him up and down making him laugh when Olivia's bedroom door opened up. Don stood up as the ladies walked out of the room. Casey, Alex, and Melinda wore an elegant chiffon turquoise sweetheart strapless knee-length A-line cross over gathered draped flowers dress. "You guys looked great." Don eyes filled with tears when he saw Olivia. "Liv…you look stunning."
Olivia smiled at Don, "Thanks dad." Olivia looked at Noah and smiled at how handsome he looked. She walked over to Don and took Noah from him. "You look so handsome Noah." Olivia kissed his chubby cheeks causing Noah to laugh.
Casey grabbed her ringing phone and answered it. After hanging up she looked at the group. "The limo is down stairs we need to go." Casey picked up some bags as everyone started to head out of the door.
Alex and Liz helped Olivia with her dress as Don carried Noah and Melinda carried his car seat down to the car. Once everyone was in the limo they head off.
Olivia looked out the window when they pulled up at the beach where the wedding was being held. She took a deep breath as the driver opened the door for them. With some help from Alex and Casey Olivia stepped out of the limo and looked around. From what she could see, the wedding area was filled with flowers that she couldn't really tell what type from where she was, the altar was the shape of a heart that was made up of white and blue flowers. Olivia heard music start to play, this was it; in less than an hour she could be a married woman. She watched as her friends and Noah made their way down the aisle. Soon it was their turn.
Don set a comforting hand on Olivia's shoulder. "Are you ready Liv?"
Olivia closed her eyes and took a slow relaxing breath, letting it out slowly. "Yeah, I'm ready."
Cragen gave her an encouraging smile. "Ok, let's get married." Cragen handed Olivia her bouquet of white and turquoise lilies and roses. Cragen then took Olivia's arm into his as they started to make their way towards the aisle.
When they made it to the aisle Olivia took in her surrounding, the aisle was lined with flowered all the way down to the altar. The aisle itself was covered with white and turquoise rose petals. The altar was made with the same flowers, it was beautiful. Her eyes then fell to the groom and her heart stopped as they locked eyes. "Oh my God…."
So what do you guys think should do a second chapter? Reviews are greatly appreciated.