Hello from (not-so) sunny Florida! I'm sorry I haven't updated in forever but, just cause you guys waited, I have about four new chapters for you guys! clap Thank you, thank you! Alrighty then, here is chapter 10 of You've Changed Me!
Olivia got out of the hospital three days later. Elliot dropped her off at home that afternoon but Olivia didn't want to get out of the car.
"What's wrong Liv?" Elliot asked.
"I just don't like living here in Staten Island. It's too quiet, nothing like the city," she sighed. Elliot smiled, kissed Olivia on the forehead, and watched as she entered her apartment. Elliot picked up some real estate papers on his way home from every store he could think of.
Danielle stared at her father as he entered the apartment with the papers. "Are we moving or something?" Danielle asked curiously.
"No, but Liv might," Elliot said as Danielle shrugged her shoulders and walked off.
The next morning, Danielle woke up with an exciting feeling in her stomach. Today was her sixteenth birthday, and she was totally ready for it. She turned over and saw a huge bunch of daisies on her desk. She opened the card that was laying on the desk next to the vase and began reading:
To our sister on her special day: Happy Sweet Sixteen Danielle! We love you! Love, Mom, Maureen, Kathleen, Elizabeth, Dickie, and Eli
Danielle smiled as she put the card away and got dressed. She joined her father in the kitchen where he greeted her with a big hug. "Happy Birthday, Dani!" He said.
"Thank you, Daddy!" Danielle replied as she sat down to a batch of her dad's waffles. As she was finishing them, there was a loud knock on the door. To Danielle's surprise, Fin was on the other side of the door.
"Sorry to interupt you guys, but there's an emergency at the station," he said urgently. Elliot grabbed his jacket and raced after Fin. Danielle solemnly followed, knowing that once there was an emergency, nothing else mattered. Forget that it was her sixteenth birthday. Her job came first.
The car screeched to a stop in front of the precinct. Elliot and Fin rushed inside, while Danielle trudged indoors. She opened the door to the SVU Unit and it was pitch darkness.
"Daddy?" She yelled. No answer.
"Olivia?" She yelled once again. Still no answer.
"Fin? Munch? ANYONE?" She screeched. No answer.
"Happy Birthday to You..." she heard voices sing. Suddenly a flicker of candlelight from the doorway broke the darkness. Danielle turned around and saw her father and Olivia carrying a huge chocolate birthday cake with pink icing all over it. Fin and Munch were in the spirit, wearing brown and pink, which were Danielle's favorite colors, polka dot party hats. She saw her father's friend and former Assistant District Attourney Casey Novak, current ADA Kim Grayleck, and the psychologist, George Huang, wearing special pink ribbons. The whole room was decorated in pink and brown streamers and confetti all over the place.
No words could come out of Danielle's mouth. She was speechless. "Oh my god, Daddy! This is incredible!" she finally sputtered. "Happy Birthday Danielle!" Olivia smiled and said as she gave Danielle a huge hug.
"Thanks, Liv," Danielle exclaimed as she surveyed the decorations that her father and workers had done. Danielle walked around to where Fin and Munch were standing.
"Man, if it weren't your birthday, I would so not be wearing this piece of crap right now," Fin grumbled.
"But you look so cute in the hat, Fin. I just love it!" Danielle joked. Munch stifled his laughter, but Fin took some confetti laying on the desk and threw it at Munch. Danielle quickly escaped from the confetti war and strolled over to where Casey and George were.
"Danielle!" Casey exclaimed as she gave Danielle a hug. She hadn't seen Casey in about three months, ever since she had stopped working at SVU.
"Hey, Case! How long have you known about this?" Danielle asked curiously.
"For about two weeks," Casey sheepishly replied.
"It was very difficult to keep a secret this big from you," George added.
Danielle glared at them as she heard a glass clink and saw her father standing in the front of the room. She watched him closely, wondering what was happening next.
"Well, as some of you may, or may not, know. Olivia and I have been seeing each other for about a month now. Olivia has been saying how much she hates living in Staten Island," Elliot said and Danielle was almost certain she knew what was coming out of her father's mouth. "Olivia will be moving in with me at the end of the month," Elliot ended. Shock waves went across the crowd. Danielle ran across the room to the front.
"Are you serious?" Danielle asked.
"Very serious," Olivia replied.
"Oh my god!" Danielle exclaimed as she gave Olivia a huge hug and realized that this was the best birthday ever.