I'm not deserting you all on 'Bring It On!', this is just a little something that came to me the other day. I have plans for it if people think I should continue it on. But to do that you need to R&R!!!
Rating is M for future fun & games.
DISCLAIMER: Nope, still not mine.
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Stepping out of the SUV Olivia Benson looked at her surroundings. It was dark out and cold. No one should be outside at 4am on a cold December morning in New York City. But here she was standing outside JFK Airport at 4am in 20 degree weather with Elliot Stabler and his four children. Not only that but she and Elliot had only gotten off work an hour before.
"El, remind me again just why I'm here?" She asked through chattering teeth as they walked inside and towards the terminal to check in.
"You love my kids and wouldn't dare make them unhappy?" He started grabbing bags from everyone to get the luggage checked as quickly as possible.
That was true. Just a week ago Elliot had approached her needing a very large favor. Apparently close to a year ago one of the Stablers, it still wasn't clear which, had entered one of those silly contests at the mall to win a cruise for the whole family. All 6 of them. Here they were, one year later, down to 5 Stablers since Kathy had taken off never to be seen or heard from again right after that.
Oddly enough it was Kathleen who had come up with the idea to invite Olivia to fill the sixth space. It hadn't taken much to convince her sisters and brother to go along with it. They all loved their father's partner. With all four sets of blue puppy dog eyes begging him, Elliot just couldn't refuse anything they asked.
He had pulled Olivia aside the next day telling her all about the cruise and how his kids would be devastated if she didn't come with them. He had told her some sob story about how much she meant to them since she had been there for them ever since Kathy had left. She of course gave in and went home to start packing that night.
Now the six of them were standing at security waiting to get through to board United Airlines Flight 7819 for Orlando Florida. Neither adult entirely sure of how this was all going to play out.
Stepping through the metal detector everyone made it through fine except Elliot. He was asked to step forward and the security guard took out his hand held metal detector wand. Scanning his body everything went well until his waist. "Shit, my badge." Elliot explained he was a detective and in a sleepless haze had forgot to remove his badge before walking through.
Within minutes they were allowed to continue on their way towards to gate. "Dad, we're starving." Maureen whined. Looking up and down the stores on the concourse they found a Starbucks. After ordering 4 coffees, 2 hot chocolates, 3 cranberry muffins, and 3 blueberry scones they all sat down to eat and drink.
"Thanks for coming with us Liv." Kathleen said as she sipped her coffee. "Yeah, thanks!" The other 3 children chimed in. "You guys sure it's okay?" She yawned. "We're the ones that told Daddy to invite you." Lizzie explained. "Oh really? Here I thought that sob story was some ploy on your father's part." She chuckled. Elliot nudged her shoulder with his. "Nope, all my kids' idea."
They sat for another 30 minutes and finished up before discarding their trash and heading out of the shop. Stopping at a newsstand on the way to the gate they picked up some magazines for everyone. After paying they all headed over to get checked in at the gate. With no problems there they sat down to wait the 30 minutes until it was time to board.
"El, switch places with Mo, I need a pillow." Olivia grumbled as he got up and did what she asked. Once he was settled Olivia laid her head down on his shoulder. "Don't move, kay? I'm going to take a nap." She closed her eyes, hoping to get a few minutes of rest at least. Over at the other end of the row a hushed conversation was taking place.
"You think it'll work?" Dickie asked his sisters as they all glanced at the pair. By now both Elliot and Olivia had their eyes closed resting. "Oh yeah!" Lizzie said. "We can always give them a push if needed." Kathleen added. "Kat, look at them." Maureen pointed to where their father was running his fingers absentmindedly through Olivia's hair. "No help will be needed." "Alright, I give it until the last day of the cruise." Dickie said. "How much are we in for? I'm going for the 4th day." "$25 per person good? I say 5th." "Yep, and definitely the 2nd. He'll never last that long. Dickie you'll be in rooming with us and Liv with Dad." Maureen grabbed a piece of paper and started writing. "Okay, Dickie has the last day, Kathleen you've got 4th, Lizzie 5th, and I'm on the 2nd day. No money paid out until rooms are switched." They all agreed.
Just then there was a voice over the intercom. "We will begin boarding United Flight 7819 now. Any families with small children and those in wheelchairs are invited up at this time." When those 5 people had gone up the voice announced they would be boarding rows 1-10, shortly followed by rows 11-18. The Stablers plus 1 were seated two to a row in rows 15-17 so they got up then to board. "I'm sitting with Liv!" Lizzie yelled as she stood up. No one argued. Dickie and Elliot sat in the row behind them with Kathleen and Maureen in the row ahead of Olivia and Lizzie.
When they all sat down Elliot leaned over the seat in front of him to talk to Olivia. "I call the seat next to you on the connecting flight." He whispered in her ear then winked at her before sitting back. The first leg of their flight, to DC, only lasted about an hour and a half so it wasn't bad. A few minutes after take off Lizzie tapped Olivia on the shoulder. "Liv, can you braid my hair for me? I want to be ready for the warm weather when we get to Florida." Olivia turned in her seat and reached for the girl's long blonde hair. "Regular braid, French braid, how?" "Two French braids please." She pulled two hair elastics out of her backpack and handed them to Olivia.
Braiding hair had been a learned skill to Olivia. The past 11 months since Kathy left and she began spending more time with Elliot's girls helped her acquire that one. She was becoming a bit of an expert at it by now and had Lizzie's hair finished up in 10 minutes. Kathleen, having looked back and seen what was going on, asked her sister to trade places with her so she could have her hair done too. "Same braids Katie?" Olivia asked receiving a nod in the affirmative. Kathleen handed her two more hair elastics from Lizzie's backpack and turned so Olivia could reach her hair. Another 10 minutes later found Maureen in what should've been dubbed the most popular seat on the plane.
"Mo? What's going on?" Olivia asked, confused as hell. "I know for a fact you and Katie can braid your own hair." "We…uh…we miss you. Yeah, that's it." Maureen glanced down. "This is about your mom isn't it?" She sighed. "Don't tell Dad?" Olivia wasn't sure if she was stepping into trouble but she wasn't losing the trust she'd earned from the Stabler kids. "Promise." "Kathy, she never did anything like this with us. I mean sure when we were all real little she'd do our hair or whatever. Once we were about 8 or 9 all that would stop. She said we could either figure it out ourselves or with Kat and Lizzie I could help them." Olivia pulled the girl into her arms. "We just wanted to remember what it felt like having a mom do our hair. It's been so long we all forgot." Olivia kissed her forehead. "Sorry if we made you uncomfortable." "Not at all baby girl. You know I love you, your sisters, and your brother. Anything you need from me you let me know." Maureen hugged her back. "Thanks Liv!" She got up and headed back to her seat, sending Lizzie back to her own.
With about 45 minutes left until they landed at Dulles Olivia decided to take a nap. Shortly after she drifted off Olivia started having a dream about Elliot. It had started years ago when they became partners. They started off as nightmares after a rough case. Then they turned to mostly innocent romantic dreams. Nothing hardcore. Ever since Kathy left though they had gone full blown erotic. This one, was one of those. Things were just getting good and the captain's voice came over the air waking her up. "We will be beginning our descent into Washington Dulles International Airport. Please make sure your seats are upright, tray tables stowed away, and seatbelts fastened. Thank you for flying United Airlines."
Ten minutes later the plane had touched down and all the passengers were getting off. Walking over to the screen Elliot looked and saw their next flight was on time. Looking at the map of the airport they noticed the gate was of course at the total other end of the terminal. "Alright guys, we've gotta get moving. It's 7:45 and our flight leaves at 8:52. Let's hit it!" Olivia called to the group and she headed off down the concourse. They made it to the gate at 8:15 and checked in. Sitting down to wait to board they started discussing seating arrangements.
"Who's sitting where?" Elliot asked hoping there would be a free seat by Olivia. He didn't want to seem too overanxious to sit by her in front of his kids. "Lizzie, Maur, and I want to sit by each other." Kathleen spoke up first. "Okay, I guess that means it's Dickie, Liv, and I in the next row." "Dickie, come on, let's go sit over here." Lizzie said as the Stabler kids all got up and headed to the other side of the waiting area.
"Well, well, well, seems as if we've been deserted Miss Benson." Elliot moved over to the chair next to her. "It would sure appear that way. Think you can handle being deserted with me?" She joked as she nudged his knee with hers. "I'm not sure. It might be too much to handle." He winked. To any bystander they looked like two people in love. They were, however neither would admit it to the other.
A while later it was time to board the plane. Walking back to their seats Olivia was staring at Elliot's ass. What she didn't realize was that his daughters who were behind her noticed. The girls kept nudging each other and whispering about what was going on. Arriving at their seats in row 17 Lizzie, Maureen, and Kathleen say on one side of the aisle while Olivia, Elliot, and Dickie say on the other. With a little over two hours in their flight Olivia asked the flight attendant for a pillow and rested her head on Elliot's shoulder once again.
Twenty minutes later, after he was sure everyone was sleeping, he bent down and kissed Olivia on the forehead. Little did he know his son was faking sleep. After he had kissed her, Elliot closed his eyes to get some sleep himself.
By the time the flight was almost over everyone had gotten some much needed sleep. Especially Olivia and Elliot. Olivia was the first to wake up, she thought. Glancing over to the other side of Elliot and seeing Dickie sleeping, then across the aisle to see the girls sleeping she reached her head up and kissed Elliot lightly on his lips. Not knowing that much like her twin, Lizzie was an expert at faking sleep.
Just as she removed her lips from his Olivia felt Elliot stir beneath her. "Hey, Goodmorning!" He said in a deep scruffy just waking up voice. "I definitely feel more like it is now after sleeping a couple of hours." She reluctantly pulled herself off him. Or at least tried too. While they were sleeping Elliot's fingers had somehow gotten tangled in Olivia's belt loop. He was making no attempt to disentangle himself either. The captain announced they were landing so Olivia needed to sit up. "Ummm…El? I really need to put my seatbelt back on." He couldn't figure out exactly why she was telling him. "So do it." She blushed and gestured towards her waist. "I really can't until you move your hand." He blushed back. "Sorry." He pulled his hand away so Olivia could buckle her seatbelt.
Over the next 25 minutes the Stablers plus 1 got off the plane, gathered their luggage, and headed to the shuttle to go to Port Canaveral and the cruise ship. 45 minutes later they arrived at the dock. Everyone got off the shuttle and just stood there amazed at the enormous size of the ship.
"Alright guys, let's go get on board!" Elliot exclaimed pushing them towards the boat.