Okay so this probably could have been two chapters, but i didnt like it seperat into two i just kept it as one. R&R thanks!

Chapter 10: Going home

Olivia sat on her bed watching her new foster children sleep. Casey and Alex had just left a few minutes ago and she was hoping that everything was going ok over at Elliot's. She was brought out of her thoughts by voices outside the door. The door opened and she saw Maureen walk through the door.

"Hey, Maur what are you doing here?" Olivia asked confused.

Before she could answer Elliot walked in carrying Eli with the twins and Kathleen following behind. "I'll explain later." He promised. Olivia nodded and looked at the girls and asked how they were doing. They all replied saying they were fine. Then she looked at Eli and said "Hi Eli, how are you?" he smiled and said "I'm good, I cut my foot today you wanna see?" he crawled up on her bed and showed her where his batman Band-Aid was. Katie and Maur sat on the roll away, careful not to wake Kelly or Oliver, Eli fell asleep in Elliot's lap, he was sitting in a recliner with Eli on his chest and the twins had fallen asleep on the couch. Elliot was starting to fall asleep listening to Olivia and the older girls talk girl talk. He was exhausted; he hadn't gotten much sleep since Olivia found the little ones. He was too tired to protest when he heard Katie ask Maur for Elis blanket from his bag. He felt the slight extra weight from the blanket that Katie had covered them with.

Olivia fell asleep just a few minutes later. The pain meds they had her on where making her tired.

When she woke up she felt a weight on her arm, she looked down she saw Kelly sleeping next to her and not on the roll away.

She looked up at the clock and saw it read 9:00 am. She was excited; she got to go home today! She looked over and saw that Elliot and Eli where still asleep. She was about to wake them when something caught her eye. It was a note. She picked it up and it read,

'Hey Livia, you fell asleep and we didn't wanna wake you so we let you sleep. You probably already know, but Kelly woke up just before we left and she looked kinda scared so we introduced our selves, I hope you don't mind but she wanted up with you so I lifted her up there. She fell asleep right away so we covered everybody up and left, I have class tomorrow and Kathleen is living with me so, anyway feel better Liv we will call you later. We love you.

Maureen & Kathleen.

She smiled and put the note back on the stand and slid out bed, she walked over to Elliot and gently picked Eli up off Elliot's chest and carried him to her bed and laid him down next to Kelly. She walked back over to Elliot and saw he was waking up, she figured his body registered the weight being lifted from his chest. She ran her knuckles gently down his cheek and smiled. He leaned up to give her a good morning kiss. As Elliot deepened the kiss, someone cleared there throat and they looked toward the door the, and saw the doctor standing there with smile on his face.

"Are you ready to be out of here?" Doctor Hodges asked

"Yes I am. I wanna be in my own bed and get my kids home."

"Yes, it looks like you have quite a few to get home" looking at the five sleeping children. He looked at Elliot and said "They look like you, are they yours?"

Elliot laughed and said "yea there mine, my pride and joy." The doctor smiled and said "Well I will go get those discharge papers and be back in an hour. That should give you some time to ready the troops." He chuckled quietly and walked away. Olivia looked at Elliot and asked, "So what going on with the kids, you didn't look happy when you walked in here last night. He laughed and said "Yea that's a bit of an understatement. When I got there I heard Lizzie talking to Eli, he had cut his foot with a knife that Lizzie had used to cut his sandwich with. He dropped it on his foot after Lizzie told him not to touch it, but he's five he didn't listen. Then Dickie informed me that Kathleen moved out after Kathy kicked her out for yelling back during an argument. Dickie said she had been going a lot of dates and didn't like when the kids interfered. She started yelling and screaming more. Then I found out the twins haven been to school in a week because as Lizzie put it someone had to clean the house and take care of Eli. Kathy hasn't even been home in two days. So I brought the kids with me." Elliot spoke quickly.

"Alright, well why don't you help me wake them up and get them dressed and we will all head back to my house." Olivia offered. "You don't have enough beds Liv." Elliot said counting the beds in his mind. There were only two, Olivia's, and the one in the spare room. Olivia smirked and said "You know those new couches I got for the office, living room, and the spare room?" when he nodded she continued "Yea they do something really cool, I will show you when we get back." "Okay why not" he murmured.

Elliot went over to wake up Oliver, while Olivia woke up Eli and Kelly. When he woke up Oliver, Oliver had a deer in the headlights look and said "Livia?" Elliot smiled and pointed to where she was waking Kelly and Eli. That calmed him down and Elliot said "Why don't you go say good morning while I wake the twins?" Oliver looked at the two sleeping kids on the couch and nodded.

"Good mornin Livia!" Oliver said happily and lifted his arms to be picked up. Olivia lifted him up gave him a hug while the others woke up. The three younger kids were easy to get up but the preteens still on the couch were harder to rouse. Once everyone was awake the twins took turns in bathroom getting dressed. Olivia dressed Oliver in the clothes that Elliot brought for him. Then she dressed Kelly in her clean clothes. Olivia took the moment when everyone was in the room to introduce the kids to each other. "Okay Kelly, Oliver, this is Lizzie and Dickie, and that is Eli, those are Elliot's kids and they're very nice so you don't have to be afraid Okay?" Kelly and Oliver nodded and smiled. When everyone was dressed, adults included, Casey and Alex appeared in the doorway with bewildered looks on their faces.

When Casey walked into Olivia's room the last thing she expected to see were Elliot's three youngest kids there with them. Olivia had lines them up on the bed, with Oliver in her arms the other four kids were arranged on the bed; first Eli then Kelly next to him and then Lizzie and Dickie. It was almost comical how organized Olivia was, even in the hospital.

"Okay here are your discharge papers, I hope I don't have to see you back here." Doctor Hodges smiled and handed her the papers and shook the adults hands and left.

"Alright you heard the man. Let's go!" Olivia said excitedly. "Okay so ladies, I have to go sign some papers this afternoon and get the kids settled. But does anyone feel going shopping tomorrow? Both kids need some clothes." Olivia asked. "Yea I'm in." both Alex and Casey agreed. Olivia felt a tug at her sleeve and saw Lizzie looking at her. "Umm, Livia do you think I could go with you? I haven't been out of the house in forever, please?" Lizzie asked shyly. She knew her mom would have gotten mad if she asked and she hoped Olivia wouldn't.

"Of course you can, we can make it into a girl's day, your brothers and Oliver can stay with Elliot and you and Kelly can come with me and Casey and Alex. How does that sound?" Lizzie gave her a famous Stabler smile and nodded yes. "Cool, so can you guys meet me at my house at like 9:30?" "Sure sounds good to me." Both Casey and Alex nodded.

Olivia couldn't wait. She was finally going home and taking the kids she loved with her, all five of them. She really did love the Stabler kids. She loved them just as much as she loved Oliver and Kelly.

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Once everyone was in the car, they headed toward the social services building and dropped Olivia off. They parked across the street and waited for her to finish signing the papers. She came out and got back in the car and they headed to her was almost noon when everyone got back to Olivia's place. She told the kids they could watch TV for a little bit while she helped Elliot with the beds.

She took Elliot in the office and told him to watch. She pulled a lever from under the couch and then pulled up on the cushions and the couch transformed into a set of twin sized bunk beds. She had found these online and could help herself she decided to get three. They were very comfortable and if something ever happened and a lot of people needed to crash at her place she had plenty of beds.

Elliot just looked on amazed. He followed her as she went into the spare room and did the same thing with that couch. Olivia walked into the living room and said "Dickie and Lizzie, you guys can take and put your stuff on the beds in the office." The twins looked at each other and then at Olivia, they knew she didn't have any beds in there. Olivia laughed at their confused faces and said "Go ahead I just made the beds."

Lizzie and Dickie did as they were told and went into the office; they were surprised to see a set of bunk beds. They looked at each other and smiled, that was just awesome.

"I call top!" Dickie called and lizzie rolled her eyes. She put her stuff on the bottom bunk and they went back to the living room to see what was going one for the day.

They went back out to the living room and saw Olivia and Elliot making lunch. Lizzie looked at how happy her dad looked with Olivia. The way he looked at her, she could tell that he loved her. He hadn't looked at her mom like that in a very long time. Kathy went off the deep end when she and Elliot got divorced four years ago.

"Kids lunch time!" Olivia called from the kitchen. Dickie, Eli and Kelly all three went and sat at the table. Olivia asked "Where's Lizzie and Oliver?" Just then Lizzie walked in carrying Oliver, "We're right here. Oliver was stumbling over his shoes so I took them off and just carried him." Lizzie explained. "Oh okay, thank you." Olivia said taking Oliver from her arms. "Why don't you guys eat your sandwiches and we will watch some movies. Sound good?" She got a chorus of yes's. "Alright cool." She said.

After she fed Oliver and ate her own sandwich everyone sat down on the couches to watch 'How to Train Your Dragon' this movie was a favorite of the twins and she was sure everyone else would like it too. She sat on the larger couch with Oliver in her lap, Kelly next to her and Lizzie on her other side. Elliot sat on the smaller couch with Eli and Dickie on either side. They all settled in for the night. Tomorrow was gonna be a long days for the girls.

Two movies later Oliver and Eli started to get restless. They are little you can only expect them to sit still for so long. Olivia got up and got the bucket of Legos out for Eli and the toy cars out for Oliver. "Hey El, you wanna stay here and watch the boys and me and the girls can go start dinner?" "Sure Liv, me and the boys can hang out here."

Olivia, Kelly, and Lizzie headed toward the kitchen. "Okay so what should we do for dinner?" Olivia asked. "Anything but pizza please. Eli, Dickie and I have eaten frozen pizza for dinner every day for a week." Lizzie said. "Okay, so no pizza. What about you Kelly what sounds good to you? We have chicken, ground beef, or pork?" Olivia gave her a few options. "Umm chicken?" she said almost like a question. "Okay chicken it is. Lizzie, you and your brother like my crispy mustard chicken, so how does that sound?" "It sounds good, I love your crispy mustard chicken and I don't think Elis ever had it so he can try some." Lizzie said. "Great, so can you get the bread crumbs out of the cabinet and I'll get the chicken from the refrigerator." Olivia grabbed the chicken and started to clean it. "Hey Kelly can you get the mustard and the mayo out of the fridge please?" Kelly smiled and nodded.

Kelly had never really gotten to help so she was excited. She grabbed the mayo and mustard and took them to Olivia. "Thanks. Now come over here." Olivia called her over and set her on the counter.

"Okay so now sit criss cross. Good, here's your bowl and a measuring cup. Can you put one cup of mustard in the bowl and one cup of mayo in too?" Olivia asked her. She nodded and carefully put one cup of both mayo and mustard in the bowl and asked Olivia "Now what?" "Well now you can take that wooden spoon behind you and mix it up until it is all one color. It should be a light yellow instead of bright yellow." Olivia instructed. "Okay I can do that." While she stirred the mix Olivia told Lizzie "So Lizzie you know how to crush the breadcrumbs right?" "Yep." With that everyone finished their jobs and Olivia coated the chicken with the mustard mix and put the bread crumbs on top and put in the oven to cook.

They had the whole kitchen cleaned up by the time dinner was done. Olivia asked Lizzie to go get the boys and tell them dinner was done. When Lizzie came back she said "You have to see this. " So Olivia followed her to the living room where she saw Elliot and Eli building things out of Legos and Dickie was playing with the cars with Oliver. Both Elliot and Dickie where making funny noises while playing with the little ones, making them laugh. Olivia quickly grabbed her camera and took a few pictures silently before taking one with the flash causing both Elliot and Dickie to whip their heads around to where Olivia and the girls were standing laughing hysterically at the look on their faces. Olivia then called them for dinner. Elliot walked over to Olivia and whispered "You know paybacks a bitch right?" to which she replied "Bring it Stabler!" they both laughed and sat down to eat.

Once everyone was done with dinner she and Elliot took the three younger kids and dressed them for leaving the older ones to get dressed in the bathroom and office. Olivia put Kelly up on the top bunk because she was the oldest. She then put Eli on the bottom bunk while Elliot put Oliver on the bigger bed. "Goodnite guys, get to sleep we have a big day tomorrow. Love you." Olivia told them and kissed each of their head, watching Elliot follow her and do the same thing.

Elliot walked toward the office and knocked on the open door, "Hey, Goodnite guys see you in the morning." "Night dad" the twins replied at the same time. Olivia walked in as he walked out, "Goodnite guys, get to sleep we have a big day tomorrow." "Okay Livia" Speaking at the same time again. Olivia just chuckled and went into her room where she knew Elliot would be waiting. She crawled into bed and snuggled down into his arms. "Love you El" Olivia mumbled tiredly. Elliot tighten his arms around Liv "I love you too Liv, Goodnite."

TBC

Just so you know, i didnt make the chicken recipe up, its a recipe that has been in my family for a while. :)