Previously from Chapter 3
He started walking towards the door, getting ready to grab his coat he felt her grab his hand in hers
''Stay'' she said simply
'' You scared to be alone with em, Liv?'' He teased with his smirk, but she looked at him with complete seriousness
'' I'm not asking you to stay for them, I'm..Um..I'm asking you to stay for me'' she was afraid to look at him not exactly knowing what his reaction would be, he placed his hands on the sides of her face and gently lifted it upwards, and simply replied
''okay''
She pulled out of his grasp after a moment of looking into each other's eyes, she started walking towards her bedroom door, and stopped and turned back around
'' You gave my blanket away, so I'm taking you up on your offer to keep me warm'' she said smiling, and winked at him before walking into her bedroom
If Elliot's mouth had dropped any lower in that moment he may have bruised his chest from the impact. He didn't say anything, he started to kick his shoes off, and shimmied out of his coat, as quickly as he could, with the biggest grin on his face, he started walking towards the bedroom still in the same state of shock, and he turned out all of the lights. He stopped when he reached the door, and in a very Low whisper to himself he said
'' God Help me, I'm in love with my best friend'' as he walked through her bedroom door.
Chapter4
Elliot walked through the bedroom door still trying to hide his grin to no avail, he looked toward the bed, and saw Olivia sitting there with a pair of pajama pants sitting on her lap, with her head tilted down, when she finally looked up he saw the tears glistening in her eyes
'' Liv, you ok?'' he asked now with a serious look on his face
''Liv?'' he asked again when she just seemed to be staring off into space
'' It was dark and I went over to my drawer to get a pair of pajama pants, and I…I just grabbed a pair'' she trailed off, Elliot saw her lip start to quiver, and knew she was trying to hold back the tears that were starting to break through. He walked over to the bed, and knelt in front of her
''Liv talk to me'' he told her when he noticed she was trying not to say too much
'' The night I met Simon, we were sitting in my Living room, and he started asking me questions, to see whether I was worthy enough to be his sister'', she said with a slight laugh and a small smile
'' He asked me what my favorite cereal was, and I told him Captain Crunch, it was amazing Elliot because he said it was his favorite too'' she said as the first tear fell down her cheek Elliot wiped it away with his thumb, with a bit of a confused look on his face, then he looked into her lap, and everything was falling into place, she was holding a pair of captain crunch pajama pants in her lap
'' I spent Christmas Eve in Jersey with Simon, Lucy, and the kids, He told me a story, about how his parents started a tradition when he was little where he'd always get pajamas on Christmas Eve from Santa's elves, so he'd always have a new pair to open up presents Christmas morning, he told me that he wanted to keep the tradition going with Lucy, and the kids, and then he handed me a wrapped box with these in it.'' She held up the PJ's as the tears started to roll, and she began to sob, Elliot immediately pulled her down to floor, and into his lap, and held onto her with dear life, she sat in his lap, and violently sobbed for what seemed like forever, but in reality it was only about 20 minutes, when her breathing started to even out, she pulled her face out of Elliot's chest, and just looked at his face when she saw his own tears streaming down his face
'' you're crying'' Olivia said with a shy smile appearing on her face
Elliot took a deep breath and then replied'' That's because you're breaking my heart'' he told her and then a sympathetic smile crossed his face. She just smiled as more silent tears came
'' Is there anything I can do to make you feel just a little bit better?'' he whispered into her hair, when she nodded he pulled back and looked directly into her beautiful chocolate orbs
''Anything just name it Liv''
'' Don't let me go'' she shyly replied placing her head on his shoulder still looking up at him, his eyes widened at the request, he reached over and kissed her hair before looking down at her again
'' I think that's the easiest thing anyone's ever asked me to do'' he said while his face stretched into that beautiful Stabler smile she loved
He got up onto his knees with Olivia still in his arms, he reached one arm under legs, and one behind her back and used his strong leg muscles to stand up off the floor
Olivia realized what he was doing and a look of shock crossed her face
''Elliot, what are you doing you silly ass?'' She asked genuinely laughing for the first time since their phone conversation early that morning, Elliot just stood there with her in his arms, and watched her, and felt his heart melt
His face turned from a smile to completely serious while looking directly into her eyes '' you told me not to let go'' he gently leaned forward and kissed the side of her face, then he leaned over and kissed the other side, he pulled back and looked at her, she had her eyes closed, she slowly opened them they were looking into each other's eyes, his slipped down to look at her lips, he slowly leaned forward, but before he could make contact they heard the faint whimper of a baby starting to cry, they both let out a faint laugh and touched their foreheads together
''I better go check on them'' she said
'' Yeah they may be hungry'' he said without moving
''Yeah'' she smiled
''Yeah'' He said smiling back
''Um Elliot?!'' she said still smiling at him
'' Yesss?'' He responded smirking that famous stabler smirk
'' You have to put me down first''
''Oh, right'' he responded as he slid her down his body, and onto her feet with his arms still around her waist, they once again held eye contact for a few seconds
''Ill be right back, make yourself comfortable'' she smiled at him as she walked out the door, Elliot followed her to the door once she was out of eyesight , after a few moments of listening to her soothe one of the babies, he heard her walking towards the spare bedroom door, and he backed up
''Aunt Livvy?'' came the faint whisper from Charlie sitting up on the couch, Olivia walked around and sat on the couch with him
''Whats up honey cant you sleep?'' she asked stroking his hair
''I missed you a lot Aunt Livvy'' he said looking up with his big blue eyes
'' Oh Charlie, I missed you too baby………………… I really missed you too'' She said hugging the boy.
''Dad said you have a crazy job, and that's why you couldn't come see us a lot.''
'' Yeah your dad was right, I work a lot'' she said
''Are you still gonna work a lot now with us here'' he asked
'' I'm gonna figure something out to be here with you, and your brother, and sister, as much as I can, ok sweetie?''
Charlie nodded and Olivia kissed his head, and stood to go back to bed
'' Aunt Livvy, is Elliot your boyfriend?''
This made Elliot's head shoot up from the bedroom door
'' No Charlie Elliot's not my boyfriend. Why do you ask?'' She asked the young boy a little confused
'' I like him, he's cool.'' He replied, and Olivia just nodded
'' And dad told me he's your soul mate'' he replied, and this time both Elliot and Olivia's heads shot up
''Your father told you WHAT?!!!'' she said a little exasperated
'' He said that he wished you would tell Elliot that you Love him, because than you would be happy like you deserved, and you can only be happy with Elliot because your soul mates.'' Charlie told her a little afraid of his aunts reaction
Olivia stood and stared at the young boy in shock for a moment, while a blush and a small smile crept onto her face she kneeled down once again and kissed Charlie on the head
'' Goodnight Charlie, I love you'' she told him before turning off the hall light, and walking back to her bedroom.
''Love you too Aunt Livvy'' he replied sleepily through a yawn
Olivia walked into her bedroom to find what appeared to be an already asleep Elliot sprawled out onto her bed, she smiled, and grabbed her pajama bottoms, and NYPD t-shirt, and headed to the bathroom, she reappeared 5 minutes later, she carefully climbed into bed, as to not wake Elliot, she laid on her side with her back to her partner, when all of a sudden she felt an arm sneak around her waist, and pull her back
''Come here'' he told her in a very low sexy Stabler voice
'' I thought you were asleep, I didn't wanna keep you up all night'' she replied
''And what If I said I wouldn't mind being kept up all night'' he said with a smirk
She immediately whips her head around and sees the smirk planted on her face ''you're an ass, Stabler, but you're a warm ass'' she says as a smile spreads across her face
''Yeah that's what I thought'' he says smiling, as he snuggles in more, he lifts his leg and places it over both of hers, along with his arm around her she thinks she has never been so comfortable, and after the conversation she just had with her nephew, the thought comes to mind that maybe her baby brother is somewhere smiling that he had a little something to do with this. As they both start drifting off to sleep, Olivia is thinking about the talk her, and Charlie just had, and Elliot is thinking about the conversation he just overheard, because he heard every single word. He kisses her earlobe, and closes his eyes
''Night Liv''
''Night El''
Okay definitely a harder chapter to write, I think I was cryin until halfway through it, I promise to be quicker next time. Everyone has been awesome about reviews, Okay speaking of which everyone knows my rule 15 reviews, and I update LOL