Hello people of earth! So thanks for the reading and the reviewing! Total wicked! So here is the new chapter! Read review and of course enjoy! Oh I realized that in the first chapter I said that Simon's wife name was Brielle, it's not, sorry! Her name is Tessa. Sorry if it caused confusion. Just thought I throw that in just in case I didn't address it before! ~
I don't own Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
It had been a month since Olivia had gotten that phone call from Terri Edwards. It was a Saturday and Olivia had the day off, along with Elliot. Both families were going to meet up later that day to go to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Elliot would always took his kids and had asked Olivia to join them last Monday. She had agreed happily. She had went with them last year and had a greet time and she was happy she was able to bring her nieces and nephew with her this time.
"Auntie Livvie!" Phoebe called from the bathroom.
Olivia rushed to the bathroom and said. "Yes?"
Phoebe turned and looked at her aunt with wide tear filled eyes. "I'm trying to braid how my mommy used to. But it now work" she whispered.
Olivia smiled and said. "How did she braid it?"
Phoebe explained and she smiled as she felt her aunts fingers work through her hair.
Olivia finished and looked at her handy work. Phoebe had simply wanted two french braids to the back. Olivia had clipped the strands at the end with green barrettes. She then stood up and turned Phoebe around to look at her niece. She had on a green shirt and a blue jean skirt with a pair of green leggins with white tennis shoes. Olivia smiled and kissed the top of Phoebe's head. "Come on darling. Let's go check on your brother and sister."
"Okay" she said with a smile. She got her aunts hand and they walked to Preston's room. Preston and Camille were sitting on the floor playing with his legos.
"You two ready to go?" Olivia asked.
Preston stood up and said. "Yes" he was wearing a green shirt with a dancing leprechaun on it with khaki pants.
Camille smiled at her aunt and smiled as Olivia picked her up. She was wearing a green jumper dress with a stockings that had green leprechaun hats on it. "PARADE!" she cheered.
Olivia laughed and she said. "That's right. Let's go downstairs and wait for Elliot and the others to get here!"
The twins raced down stairs and Olivia was close behind them with Camille. As soon as they got downstairs Olivia heard the horn beep and she smiled brightly. "They are here!"
The twins got their jackets on and handed Olivia Camille's coat. Olivia placed the 3 year old on the ground and then helped her inside of her jacket. She then got in her own coat. "Ready?"
"Yes!" they said excitedly.
Olivia laughed as she unlocked the door and they walked out. She opened the SVU door and smiled when the Stabler kids greeted her. "Hey you guys."
Maureen and Kathleen were in the back of the 2 rowed backseat. In between them was the booster seat for Camille. She helped Camille to the backseat and then helped the twins get buckled into the front with the Stabler twins. She then got in the front seat of the SUV and gave Elliot's waiting lips and kiss.
"EWWW" Dickie and Preston said at the same time.
Olivia and Elliot pulled away with a laugh and said. "Oh whatever"
Preston and Dickie both laughed and high-fived each other.
Elliot chuckled as he started the car and backed out of the driveway. He looked side ways at Olivia and said. "So has she?"
"No not yet" she answered, she knew exactly what he was talking about.
Elliot nodded and continued droving. He listened to the conversations going on inside the car with a smile. He was so happy that the kids all got along so well. He could tell that Olivia was glad about that too.
~Later~
They had arrived at a parking spot for the parade and where now at a good spot so they could be the first to see things and to get the candy and other things that would hopefully be thrown out. The kids were really excited everything that was happening around him. Olivia was a little nervous, she had a feeling that something was going to happen. And it wasn't a good something. Her eyes darted around counting to make sure that all the kids had not strayed off to look at something. She saw Maureen, Kathleen and Camille standing next to Elliot. They were showing Camille something up high. She saw Preston and Dickie in front of her talking about something across from them, they seemed excited at whatever it was. She looked around behind her and then by Elliot. She didn't see Phoebe or Lizzie. "Pheebes? Lizzie?" she called.
Elliot looked up when he heard Olivia's voice. He motioned for the boys to come over to him, along with the older girls. He too looked around trying to find Lizzie and Phoebe. "Lizzie? Phoebe?"
Olivia and Elliot's eyes connected and he nodded at her, indicating for her to stay with the kids. But she shook her head no. She had to find her niece. She had to find Lizzie. Her heart was pumping hard in her chest as she scanned the crowd looking for the dirty blonde head that had a green bow. Or the dark brown head that had french braids clipped with green barrettes. She saw no sign of them. Her eyes widened as she turned to yet again look at Elliot. She realized he had did the same.
He rushed over to her ,after he made the kids sit down at the fold out chairs they had brought, "Did you see them?" his voice was strangled with fear.
"No" she choked out. She felt tears in her eyes but she couldn't let them fall. She could feel the others kids staring at them. She had to be strong. "I took my eyes off of them to take a second and then they just vanished" she choked the last word.
"It's okay Liv. They couldn't have gotten far. We'll split up okay?" Elliot said. He could tell his partner was on the verge of freaking out.
She nodded but said. "What about the kids?"
"I told them to stay there until" But Elliot froze as he stared behind Olivia. He could see Lizzie and Phoebe. Along with an older man, who seemed to be guiding the kids away. Elliot growled and he rushed past Olivia and pushed through the crowd.
Olivia ran after him trying to see what he was seeing and when she did her heart dropped. She sent a prayer to whoever was listening. Please don't let them move, please don't let them go!
~5 Minutes earlier~
"You should leave us alone" Phoebe said as she bit her bottom lip. She and Lizzie had followed a lady that was selling balloons wanting one. But they had lost sight of her and then had lost sight of their families.
"Yeah my daddy is a police office" Lizzie said as her bottom lip trembled.
"Well so am I! In fact your daddy told me to take you both to the station" the man said. His eyes darted around making sure that no one was paying attention to them. Of course no one was, there were thousands of people around doing many different things and weren't paying attention.
Phoebe looked at him with narrowed eyes and asked. "Badge"
"I left it in the car. How about you two come with me? Then I can show you the badge and then we can go to the station." he said with a smile at the two young girls.
Lizzie got Phoebe's arm and gently pulled her friend closer to her, and away from the man. "Come on. Let's go. He no police officer. Daddy said that police office always carries badge."
The man made a grab for Phoebe's arm, but she pulled away and the little girls turned to run and smashed right into Elliot.
"DADDY" Lizzie cried trying to wrap her arms around his leg.
But Elliot gently placed her away and ran after the retreating man. Olivia came up to the two girls and dropped on her knee's hugging them both close to her. "Don't you two ever and I mean ever walk away like that!" she picked up both six year old girls and held them close to her chest.
Elliot soon came back and panted. "Bastard got away but I got a license plate." he took Lizzie from Olivia's arms and held the now crying girl. "Shh daddy's got you princess"
Olivia kissed the top of Phoebe's head, both of their hearts were beating fast, as they hugged one another. "Oh Pheebes you scared me so much" she whispered into her nieces hair.
"I sorry" she whispered back.
Olivia looked back at Elliot and then they went back to the other kids. When Maureen and Kathleen saw Lizzie and Phoebe they both breathed a sigh of relief. Even after what had happened the kids still wanted to stay for the parade. So they stayed at tad bit longer. But neither Olivia or Elliot put the 6 year old girls down. Soon they were back at Olivia's place the kids were playing in the playroom while the adults were sitting on the couch. Olivia was curled up in Elliot's lap. She had been crying. "Elliot. That had been to close!"
He nodded and kissed the top of her head. He could feel her pounding heart and he knew that she had been truly afraid, just like he had been. "It was. Don't worry we are going to catch that girl before he can try something like that again, to any little girl"
She nodded and wiped her eyes and she looked at him. "At least the girls knew not to believe that phony ass cop story"
Elliot smiled at that. "I always told my kids that if the police officer didn't have any proof he was an officer then don't believe him."
Olivia nodded and then rested her head against his chest. She breathed in his scent and just stayed there, trying to erase what she had felt a few hours ago with what she was feeling now. She loved how she was feeling now.