Long time no see, like always. Anyways, this story is sadly coming to an end. This was my first ever benoight story, so it'll always be my baby. Don't fret, this is not the last chapter, but it is coming within the next two chapters. So I hope you guys enjoy.


"I want to propose to her." Hank said over the phone to Erin. They had been living together for about six months now and the idea of marriage has been a constant thought in his mind. He knew he was ready. He was ready to spend his life with her since he first met her, but he didn't know if Olivia was ready. That's why he was talking to Erin.

"I saw this coming as soon as you decided to move across the country for her. But, if you're going to do it, you have to do it right and make it memorable." It made Erin happy that Hank had found love after Camille and it was with someone as amazing as Olivia.

He smiled. "It was that obvious, huh?"

"Oh, yeah. It's very obvious that you're whipped. Olivia can tell you to jump, and you'll groaned, but still ask her how high." She said laughing at herself.

"Watch it." He said but couldn't hide the smile on his face. He would do anything for Olivia and at first it scared him. He hadn't felt this way about anyone after Camille.

She laughed. "Do you have a ring?"

"Not yet. That's why I called you."

"Are you asking for my help?" Hank never asked for help and if he did, it's because he exhausted every other option. Even something like ring shopping would be something that he would want to do by himself, so the fact he was asking Erin meant a lot to her.

He rolled his eyes. "Are you sure you're not my child? Yes, I need you to find out what ring style she likes."

"I'll ask her to go shopping with me and say I want to get some ideas which isn't a lie. I wanted her to come ring shopping with me anyways."

"Jay just couldn't wait for me to leave Chicago." He said shaking his head. :But really, you wanted to take her?" It shouldn't surprise him as much as it did since Olivia walked on water according to Erin, but he wasn't expecting this.

Erin rolled her eyes. "You had to see this coming. And yes. She's going to be our stepmom soon, anyways. It only makes sense."

"I don't care, but he can't propose until he has my blessings, which he doesn't have. And you tell him I said that."

"How did this conversation even become about me? This weekend while I'm there, I will find out what she likes. Now I have to get back to work. Love you."

"Love you, too, kiddo." He hung up the phone and placed it on the nightstand.

Like clockwork, Olivia turned the shower off. She grabbed the towel and wrapped it around her body before walking to the bedroom. When she walked in, Hank had a smile on his face and it made her nervous. "What did you do?"

"Nothing." He said still smiling.

"Yeah, because that's believable."

He chuckled. "I can't just be happy?"

"No." She quickly replied with a smile on her face. "Seriously, what happened?"

"You know how Erin is coming this weekend?"

Olivia nodded.

"Well," he paused to make sure he was careful with his words. "She would like if you went ring shopping with her because Jay is having marriage fever." He said the last part like it was poison on his tongue.

She laughed as she climbed in the bed. "I know you're not happy that Jay wants to propose."

"Hell no, but I am happy she wants to take you with her."

"Let her grow up." She said playfully nudging him. "But I'll be more than happy than to go with her. I'm shocked she wants me there." She always had a close relationship with Erin but asking to go ring shopping is something you would do with your mother and she wanted Olivia there.

"Why are you shocked? Was she supposed to take Platt?" He asked chuckling.

"Well, maybe. Or Burgess." She said seriously.

"Oh, c'mon. You know she adores you and you're the only mother figure in her life." He said nonchalantly.

"Bunny?"

He rolled his eyes. "Gave birth to her. Doesn't make her a mother."

"She dealt with her addiction just like my mom did." She said getting slightly defensive. Both Serena and Bunny were far from good mothers, but addiction wasn't easy. They didn't purposely try to be bad mothers. Olivia had a feeling if the drugs weren't in the way, they would have been better at what they did.

"Yes, but I'm sure your mom never wanted you to be like her and didn't make you help her with things a ten year old should know nothing about." He could understand why Olivia felt the way she did, but she didn't know the whole story about Bunny. If he had to pick, he would chose a Serena over Bunny any day.

He was right to an extent. Besides the drinking and beatings, Serena tried to be a good mother. What she's heard about Bunny doesn't give her that impression. "I just don't want to overstep my boundaries. I'm not trying to replace anyone."

"Olivia, these are my children. If they even slightly felt like you were trying to replace Camille, they would have told you already. You're just naturally a mother, and it's okay to act on those feelings."


Hank stepped off of the elevator on the floor of the squad room and wiped his sweaty palms on his pants for the third time in the last ten minutes. He was on his way to ask for the squad's blessings and his nerves were in overdrive. He knew this group of people cared about Olivia more than anyone else in the world, and if they didn't think he was good enough to marry her, they would tell him.

"Well, if it isn't the man that steals our boss all the time. What can we do for you?" Fin asked jokingly.

Hank nervously chuckled as he walked farther into the room. "I'm actually here on important business." He said looking through the blinds to see Olivia on the phone in her office. "And since she's here, let me just get this over quickly."

The remaining members of the squad stepped closer to him. "What's going on?"

He took a deep breath before he spoke. "I want to propose to her. You guys are her family and having your blessings is important to me."

Amanda couldn't help the smile that spread across her face. "Of course. You guys are amazing together." It was a no brainer that two of them belonged together and she was happy that Olivia was finally getting her happy ending.

"You got my blessings, Sarge." Carisi said softly patting Hank's shoulder.

"I mean I haven't really been here long, but yeah, go ahead." Dodds said with a shrug of his shoulders before he went back to his seat.

Hank looked at Fin. It didn't matter that the rest of them said yes. If Fin said no, it was a no go.

"Hey, I like you. You make her happy and she stays off of our asses, so go ahead. Pop the question." Fin appreciated the fact that Hank even thought about asking them before he went to Olivia. It showed him that Hank really knew Olivia and paid attention to her.

Hank let out a sigh of relief and even smiled a little in front of the detectives. "Thanks. Of course, try to keep this a secret for me."

"Of course. Do you have a ring yet?" Amanda asked.

"No. Erin should be landing any minute now and she's going to be my little spy."

"She likes princess and cushion cut diamonds. She may settle for an oval shaped ring, though." Amanda said like this was common knowledge.

The four men all glanced at her with questioning looks on their faces.

"What? We do talk about more than just cases." She said defending herself.

It never occurred to Hank to ask Amanda or Melinda about Olivia's taste in rings, because he didn't think she ever talked about it. Knowing that she at least had some ideas in mind made him a little less nervous. Before he could ask his next question, he heard Olivia's voice.

"What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Coming to pick you up so we can pick up Erin." He said covering his ass easily.

"Oh, she is coming today. Let me just go grab my stuff." She said walking back into her office.

Dodds chuckled. "You're good."

"No, I thought about that before I left the house." He said with a slight smile on his face.

Olivia walked back out of the office and closed the door behind her. "Don't get into much trouble while I'm gone."

"Like I said before, always stealing our boss." Fin said chuckling as he watched the two of them walk away.


"You know your dad told me about Jay." Olivia said as her and Erin walked around the mall.

Erin smiled a little. "He asked to move in with me."

Olivia's eyes slightly widen, but she couldn't be that surprised. When you fall in love with someone that you work with, things tend to move faster than normal relationships. "That's a big step. Are you ready for it?"

She nodded. "I actually am. I do want to spend the rest of my life with him." Erin said with confidence.

"Well, you know I love you guys together, and I will convince the old man to back off some." She said chuckling.

"Please do. I don't even know what he has against Jay." She said as she walked into a jewelry store knowing that Olivia was going to follow her because she thought this trip was for her.

"He's dating you. Hank still sees you as the teenager that he saved off of the streets all those years ago. He likes Jay, trust me."

She rolled her eyes but she knew Olivia was right. Hank would always see her as his little girl no matter how much she hated it. "Well, regardless of what he thinks, I still want to do some ring shopping just to get an idea of what I may like."

"That's my girl." Olivia said with a soft smile. "I personally like the princess cut the most."

"Nice." Now Erin had to put on her detective face and make sure that Olivia didn't know she was here to gather information for Hank. "Have you guys talked about marriage yet?"

"Not really. I've been thinking about it, but I don't want to pressure him into anything he's not ready for yet. We have a good arrangement right now, and when the time comes, I'll be ready to say yes." It just occurred to Olivia that marriage had not been a topic of conversation between the two of them. If she was being honest, it already felt like they were married. She was just waiting on Hank to pop the question, but she guessed she needed to drop some hints first.

"I mean you guys already act like you've been married for twenty years so I can see why there's no rush." She said as she glanced over some rings. "What about this one?" Erin pointed to a ring that just had the main stone on it.

"Exactly." She said before she looked at the ring she was pointing out. "That's nice, but I like this one more." It was a cushion cut diamond that had three diamonds on each side of it. "It's not too flashy, but it's not boring either."

Erin mentally took a note and nodded her head. "You have nice taste in rings. I feel like you've done this before."

Olivia threw her head back and laughed a little. "Yeah, in my spare time. Nothing serious. I just wanted to know what I liked."

"This is why I brought you. We have similar taste anyways, so anything you pick out, I'll probably like." She said hoping she wasn't sounding too obvious.

"This store actually has my all time favorite ring." She said walking over to the case that had it.

Erin smiled to herself and knew that Hank owed her big time.


"This is probably one of the best birthdays I've had in a long time. Thank you." Olivia said as they walked in their bedroom. Hank had threw a party for her at a nice restaurant with her squad and she finally got to meet Hank's new squad. She never really liked celebrating her birthday after she found out what happened to her mom, but Hank was changing her feelings about a lot of holidays now.

Hank had debated the entire night when to propose to her. He had first planned to do it at the party, but he didn't want her to feel pressured into saying yes because they were in public. So, he played with the ring in his pocket all night and couldn't wait for them to get home. "You deserve it." He said as he watched her kick off her heels.

"But now I am exhausted." She said as she plopped on the bed.

He couldn't help but to smile at her beauty as he took his shoes off and climbed into bed with her. "I'm glad you had fun."

She turned on her side to look at him. "Are you okay? It seems like you've been on edge all night." She didn't want to bring up his mood, afraid an argument would happen, but she knew something was going on with him.

She was right. He's definitely been on edge all evening but not because anything bad. His hand went into his pocket as he fiddled with the box one last time. "Benson,"

"Oh, no." She said sitting up in the bed. "You're using my last name. This is serious." The worse case scenarios all ran through her mind at the same time.

"It's nothing bad." He said slightly smiling. "You know I love you."

"Henry, just spit out it, please." She said with a slight shake to her voice. She was having a strange sense of deja vu. This is exactly how her and Brian's break up happened. If that was his plan, he could wait until tomorrow, so her birthday wouldn't be forever ruined, again.

He rolled his eyes. "Olivia, shut up and let me speak. This is supposed to be romantic."

She had no idea what he was going to say but she pressed her lips together and crossed her arms. She gave him a look that told him he was free to continue.

"Benson, you're my favorite pain in the ass. I truly do love you no matter what. I never thought I could love again until you came and turned my world upside down. I know you're stubborn as shit and won't change your last name, but will you marry me?" He asked as he took the box out of his pocket and opened it to reveal her dream ring.

It was a purple princess cut diamond ring, that had small diamonds surrounding it like a halo. The sides of the ring were covered with small diamonds, also.

Tears immediately filled Olivia's eyes as she nodded her head. She didn't trust her voice right now. She held out her left hand to allow him to slip the ring on.

"Is that a yes?" He said with his hand slightly shaking. He wanted to make sure that he read her nod right.

"Yes, you ass!"

He smiled as he took the ring out of the box and slid it on her finger. "I love you."

"I love you, too." She said before she grabbed his face and kissed him hard. This was a birthday that she will never forget.


So, I have a question for you guys. Do you want the next chapter to be the last chapter with the wedding and part of the honeymoon or do you want the next chapter to be the planning of the wedding and then the chapter after that would be the last chapter with the wedding and the honeymoon OR do you guys want the last chapter to be a long chapter with the planning, wedding, and honeymoon? Leave your answers in the reviews please or tweet me queenimance