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Chapter 3
Elliot looked at Olivia like she had three heads. Her words shocked him through and through, freezing the tears in his eyes. Olivia immediately got self consious and proceeded to do what she felt was the most logical couse of action-she pulled Elliot's hands from her face, got up, and ran to the bath room.
'What did I do?' Olivia thought to her self. More tears appred at the back of her eyes. She tried to hold them back but it failed. She hated to be so vulnerable and weak. She stopped crying and cleaned up her face so she looked presentable and left the bathroom, trying to at least look calmer than she felt. She didn't even acknowledge that Elliot hadn't moved from the spot; she just looked past him, trying to calm the torrent of emotion welling inside of her. She walked out into the living room and was bombared with a hug from her little girl.
"MOOMMY!" The little girl squealed as she jumped into her mom's arms.
"Hey babygirl!" Olivia crowed as she picked up her three year old daughter Eleanor.
"I ain't no baby!" Elenor protested, crossing her arms and giving the cutest angry face.
"No, you aren't. But you will always be my baby," Olivia declared, before kissing the little giirl in her arms head.
Elliot was still in the room thinking how exited he was because she loved him too. He had loved her for years -yet he had never had the corage to tell her. 'I pushed her away beacsue sometghing tragic happened and I balmed her.' he thought to himself. 'I waited too long. She probaly found someone else. Someone who stuck around-unlike me. At least, they stuck around long enough to give her that little bundle of joy. How could I be so stupid?' Elliot was so angry at himself-and when he got angry he had to vent. Instead of punching a perp or a wall he raced out, determined to finaly tell her how he felt.
He raced out of the room and straight to where Olivia was holding Eleanor. He took Eleanor from Olivia's arms and put her gently on the ground. Before Olivia could say anything Elliots soft lips that she had stared at so many times before where on hers. They both drifted off to another world of pure joy and happniess, losing themselves in the bliss of the kiss they had both secretly wanted for so long. They didn't came back from this world of joy until Dickie decided to be inmature and made a fake pucking noise. "El," Olivia said once they broke apart. Reality began to seep back to her, and she had no clue where this came from or what was going to happen now.
"Liv, I love you to. I have for years, when me and Kathy spilt up the first time and realized my feelings for you. Kathy and I got back togther...but those feelings never left. When she died, I blamed you because I was with the woman I actually love. I NEEDED to make sure you were safe. I'm so sorry that I pushed you away. Can we maybe try to be a couple?" Elliot cut her off.
She just stared into his beautiful blue orbs and could see he actually meant it and it wasnt just beacuse she said it first. "Yeah, yeah we can." Olvia stated and Elliot got is signature Stabler grin. "But on one condition," she added. She looked at the six childrens faces. "As long as it is okay with the kids."
Elliot turned towards the children giving them a look asking for them to give Olivia and himself their opinion. The kids all looked stunned for a few moments. Then the signature Stabler grin moved across the four older Stablers- Eleanor and Eli didn't understand what was going on. Mureen walk over to the two younger children and knelt down to their level and said "mommy," she pointerd to Eleanor "and daddy," she pointed at Eli then contunied talking with her hands on her lap "are wondering if its okay with us if they date, or become girlfreind and boyfreind. Is that okay with you guys?"
Eli understood what they wanted, so he shook his head vigorously, but Ellie had no clue what was going on so she just ran up to Olivia with a giant grin and crowed "YAY?" in a questioning tone. "Moommy happy?" she asked Olivia as she picked her up.
Olivia gazed adoringly at her little girl in her arms and said "mommy is alwasy happy with you around, but I'm wondering... are you happy?"
Ellie looked at her for a moment and then screamed "clap along if you feel like a room without a roof, because I'm happy." She giggled and started clapping.
Elliot looked at Olivia wondering what that meant. Olivias caught the look and explained "she likes to quote song lyrics. That one is from the song Happy, therefore she is happy." She gave him a giant smile and Elliot leaned down and kissed her; this time it was Ellie's turn to shout "icky!" and they all burst out laughing. "Ellie how about you go pick out a movie, but not Frozen." Olivia put Eleanor down she ran to the movie rack. "Mureen, you and I can go get the ice cream and the rest of the Stabler clan can go sit in the living room." They all followed Oliva's directions.
He love her for years and never had the corage to tell her. 'I pushed her away beacsue sometghing tragic happened and i balmed her.' gh ethought to himself. 'I waited to long, she probaly found someone else. How could i be so stupid?' Elliot was no angry at himself, and when he got angry he had to vent it. instead of punching a perp or a wall he raced out detrimined to she her how he felt.
Olivia and Mureen wentr to the kitchen and as soon as they entered Olivia embraced Mureen because when Olivia and Elliot were asking the children about there no annonced love for each other, Olivia noticed a look in Mureens eyes t5hat she sees everyear. Mureen tryed to hold back the tears, but falied miserbly. She sobbed into Olivias shoulder. "I want my mom back. I miss her so much, I miss being a family." Mureen said inbetween sobs.
The last part of that sentence broke Olivias heart, 'maybe this reltionship with Elliot is a bad idea.' she thought. Olivia pushed that thought to the back of her mind and pushed the thought that she had to calm Mureen down. Olivia whispered calming things like "It's okay" and "Your okay". Olvia didnt relize that she wass now crying to, that thought she pushed to the back of her mind came back and she felt to bad because she was trying to calm Mureen down but think so shelfish thoughts.
Meanwhile in the living room Ellie finally chose a movie. She brought it over to Elliot shouted "MARY POOPINS! MARY POOPINS!" Elliot took the movie and went over to the DVD player and put the movie in and turned on the TV. On his way back to the couch he grabedd the remote adn sat down on the right side of the couch. Dickie was on the ground with Eli, Lizzie and Kathleen were sitting on the love seat in a deep coverssation, he couldnt hear what it was aboaut, but he assumed it was about the kiss that just happened. He rembered the kiss, the place the kiss toook him, the amount of sparks that flew during that kiss. Elliot doent belive in magic, but the kiss he just shared with Olivia was magicaly. He was so lost in thought he didnt even notice that Eleanor came and climbed on his lap.
As soon as the movie started Olivia and Mureen exited the kitchen and entered the living room with six different flavores of ice cream in small tubs and eight spoons. Olivia handed out the ice cream as Mureen gave out the spoons. Olivia sat on the couch next to Elliot and Ellie and Mureen sat on the other side of Olivia and cuddled into her side like she did everyyear. Olivia insinclty wraped her arm around her pulling her closer in the procces. Elliot put his arm around both Olivia and Mureen and pulled them closer to his body.
Once it was over Olivia picked up a asleep Eleanor for Elliots lap and carried her to her light pink bedroom, once Olivia enterd the bedroom she walked over to the white crib and gently laid her in it. She closed the door and hheaded back to the living room. "It's late, why dont you guys just stay the night?" Olivia asked the Stablers.
Elliot looked at his kids and said "where would we sleep, because I dont think we can all fit in the living room.
Olivia rolled her eyes and she openmed her mouth to speak but Mureen cut her off "Eli could sleep on the blow up bed in Ellies room, Kathleen and Lizze could stay in the spare bedroom, Dickie and dad could stayout here in the living room, and I could sleep in Olivias room, like I do every year. Kathleen and Lizzie I have a couple pairs pj's here you can borrow, and I know Liv has HUGE sweatpants that would probaly fit the Dickie and dad. Is that okay with you Liv?"
"Yes, of coarse, and my sweatpants would fit you guys." Olivia answered.
"Kids?" Elliot looked around the room at his kids tired faces. The nodded in agreement. "Are you sure Liv, we don't want to over stay our welcome?"
"You guys are like my family besides the team, you can never, and I mean never over stay your welcome. Okay?" They nodded in unnderstandment. "Okay, l'll go grab the clothes, I might have a t-shirt for Eli to sleep in. Ill be back."
Olivia went into the room and Elliot turned to his kids when he knew Olivia could'nt hear him "are you guys sure you are okay with Liv and I dating?"
"We are but, but im afraid she is going to replace mom." Kathleen said looking down at her feet.
Nobody noticed that Olivia came back. "I would never replace your mom, if you aren't comfortable with this we won't date, but im not trying to replace your mom, I promise." She said in a sincer voice, the one she used to do with victoms.
"Even if it makes you unhappy?" Kathleen asked.
"Yes." Olivia said without even thinkiing about it. "You are more important to me then my happiness.
Kathleen ran over to her and wrapped her arms around her neck. " I just miss her so much. I miss having someone to girl talk with, one that isnt my sister. I miss the motherly advice. I want my mommy back." Kathleen sobed into Olivias shoulder like Mureen did only a few hours earlier.
Olivia wraped her arms around her and whispered into her ear "sweetie, I wish I could take all your pain away and bring back your mother. But, I can't. The most I can do is try to help you, and be there for you. Anything you need or want me to do, I'll do everything in my power to do it for you. Okay?" Kathlenn nodded and wraped her arms tighter around Olivias neck. Elliot just stood there with a sad smile on her face.
After a few moment Kathleen pulled away and wiped the tears off her face and Olivia handed out the clotthes and told them where the bathroom was. The kids went to get chnged and went to bed. Both Olivia and Elliot could'nt sleep, they had to much on there mind.