A/N: As usual I don't own any of the characters except my own. Enjoy!
Their wedding was tomorrow and Amanda, Melinda and Lucy had stayed in Chicago to help with everything. The last week was starting to take a toll on Olivia physically. Even though she was now into her 2nd trimester, she was still experiencing some nausea but she mostly blamed it on nerves, since she was no longer sick in the morning. Earlier that week, she had gone on desk duty, which she hated but she knew she didn't need to be stressed out and she had also promised Hank she would. Hank had taken some of the week off and that gave Alyssa some time off as well. The guests from New York were arriving in the afternoon. Olivia had gone out to lunch with Amanda, Melinda, Erin and Lisa. Lisa's sister had Noah and Jesse for the day, so Hank could get stuff done and Lucy and Alyssa went shopping. Amanda told Fin where to find Olivia's office. Fin, Carisi, Dodds, Tucker, Cragen and Munch all came in on the same flight. Tucker and Fin both rented vehicles and after they got checked into the hotel, where Hank and Olivia had reserved rooms, they went to see Olivia. Kyle came into her office.
"Lieutenant, there a 6 gentlemen from New York here to see you."
"Send them in. Thanks."
"No problem."
Kyle went to get everyone and brought them into her office.
"Hey, guys. It's nice to see you. You too, Ed."
"My father sends his regards and his best wishes but he couldn't make it."
"I'm not too upset by that."
"I'm not either, actually."
"I need to tell you guys something, which we will probably be telling people tomorrow."
"Is everything ok?"
"Oh yeah. I just wanted you to hear it before then. Hank and I are expecting."
"There's gonna be a little Voight?"
"Yep."
"How far along are you?"
"13 weeks."
"Congratulations, Liv!"
"Thanks."
"Rollins, did you know about this?"
"Yes, I did."
"You two stayin' apart tonight?"
"We are. I'm staying at the hotel."
Olivia got a text from Hank asking her if she wanted to meet at the hotel. She replied back saying she did. He sent her the room number.
"Everything ok?"
"Yeah. Fine. I forgot there's something I need to take care of before tomorrow."
"Do you need our help?"
"No. Why don't the two of you show them around the City?"
"We could do that."
"When's Barba coming in?"
"He was leaving soon I think."
"When's Trevor coming in?"
"About that same time. We are going to be looking for a house while he's here. There was one in the same neighborhood that you and Hank are moving to."
"That'll be good for the kids."
"You're moving?"
"Yep. Justin is out of the Army because of his knee injury, so we needed more room with them moving in with us. The new house has a finished, full basement with rooms down there, so they will be downstairs."
"How many bedrooms?"
"4 upstairs and 2 downstairs. There are 3½ bathrooms and most importantly, there's a pool."
"Sounds nice."
"It is. We heard earlier in the week that they accepted our offer. I need to go."
Olivia left and headed to the hotel. When she got there, she went up to the Honeymoon Suite, knocked on the door and Hank opened it.
"Hey."
"Hey, yourself."
Olivia went inside and shut the door. They started kissing and undressing each other as they headed toward the bedroom. They got on the bed and made love. Afterwards, Hank was behind Olivia with his arms around her and his hand on her belly. She had her hand on his with their fingers laced together.
"We haven't done too much of this since I moved here."
"I know. We needed this."
"It's probably all we'll be doing all weekend."
"That's true. By this time tomorrow, we will be husband and wife."
"I can't wait for that. Now I'm glad they screwed up. I still need to go home and get my stuff."
"I brought it."
"All of it?"
"Yep."
"You didn't look at my dress, did you?"
"No. I'm looking forward to seeing you in it and helping you get out if it later."
"I'm sure you are, Sergeant."
"Always, Lieutenant."
"I love you, Hank Voight."
"I love you too, Olivia Benson soon-to-be Voight."
They made love again and they she headed back to work after she took the keycard for the room, while he headed home. By the time she got back to work, Trevor and Rafael were arriving.
"Hey, guys."
"Hey, Liv"
Rafael hugged Olivia and then the 3 of them went upstairs.
"Apparently they must have had a case."
"You're not with them?"
"Nope. I'm on desk duty for the next 6 months."
"Wait a minute, did Sergeant Voight get you pregnant?"
"Yes, he did."
"I need to process this for a minute."
"Oh, stop! What do you think we've been doing?"
"At least it's not Tucker."
"It never would have been. I feel nauseous just thinking about it. I might have considered this guy though. He's kind of cute and not a bad kisser."
"You're not too bad yourself."
Hank was standing in the doorway with the rest of the group from New York.
"Look who I found."
"I saw them before. I told Amanda and Melinda to show them around."
"Which we did. We went to Navy Pier."
"That boat is huge."
"It's supposed to rain tomorrow afternoon from what I've seen."
"Don't worry about that. Nothing is going to spoil tomorrow for us."
Everyone pretty much looked at Tucker.
"What did I do now?"
"Nothing yet. You do anything to sabotage Liv's wedding and I'll toss you into the Lake."
"Why would I?"
"Because you think you still have a chance with her. You could be the last man on earth and she wouldn't want to be with you."
"Fin, shut up! Do you want to lose your job? We're already short-handed."
"Who was here for the last week?"
"Don't start. I cleared it with Sergeant Dodds first. Carisi, how's Frannie?"
"She's fine. I took her over to my mom's."
"Can all of you give me a few minutes alone with Fin please?"
"Sure."
"Thanks."
Everyone left Olivia's office and shut the door. Then she started yelling at Fin. He got tired of listening to her and stormed out. Olivia sat back in her chair, rubbed her belly and started crying. Hank knocked before he went in.
"What?"
Hank opened the door and went in.
"You ok?"
"Does it look like it?"
"You don't need to be getting stressed out either."
"I know."
Hank kissed Olivia and then he put his arms around her. He started rubbing her belly again and then everyone came back in.
"You ok?"
"I will be eventually. I think he's unhappy with just about everything right now. He didn't say it but I can tell he's upset with me for leaving. He still thinks you're going to tell your father everything that goes on, so he doesn't know of he can trust you."
"I'm not like that. I may throw the Dodds name around a lot but that doesn't mean I'd betray the people I work with. My father on the other hand doesn't care whose toes he steps on. He's the Deputy Chief and doesn't let anyone forget it, including me."
"Has the NYPD told you to take the Lieutenant's exam?"
"No."
"Unbelievable. They are so sexist. One or both of them may have been looking for some after hours action. I know one of them was for sure. Trevor, when are Lisa and Emily meeting your parents?"
"They're flying in on Saturday. We figured now was a good time for the parents to meet each other."
"Have you set a date yet?"
"No. I'd like to get married before the baby comes. I'd also like to adopt Emily but we haven't actually talked about it."
"You didn't hear this from me but she wants you to."
"Sergeant, I hear you got my favorite Lieutenant pregnant."
"I did."
Lisa's sister came in with the 3 kids and their aunt.
"Hey, Olivia."
"Hey, Sarah."
Emily ran right to Trevor.
"Hey there, pretty girl."
"Noah, are you being a good boy for Sarah?"
"Yes."
"Hey there, sweet Jesse."
Carisi took Jesse.
This is my Aunt Maggie. Aunt Maggie, this is Olivia Benson, Lisa's new boss and Hank Voight, Olivia's fiancé. They are Noah's parents. This is Trevor Langan, Lisa's fiancé and Greg's best friend."
"You're a handsome one."
"Thank you."
Olivia introduced them to everyone else.
"Where are you from?"
"New York. How about you?"
"The same. I moved here a couple months ago. I was with the NYPD before I came here. Other than my fiancé, everyone else is from New York."
"When's the big day?"
"Tomorrow."
"Congratulations."
"Thank you."
"He's a handsome one."
"I think so too. Baby, what are you up to tonight?"
"I'll probably take Noah and Justin out for pizza."
"Chicago pizza any good, Sarge?"
"Oh, definitely. My two favorite places for pizza are Home Run Inn and Giordano's. Giordano's has deep dish. You guys should come with us."
"You need to see if these New Yorkers can handle deep dish, don't you?"
"Of course. You handled it."
"I prefer Home Run Inn though."
"Lisa took me to Home Run Inn. That was pretty good."
Hank got a call from Erin about a case. It sounded like another bad one. He told her he'd meet them there.
"Another bad one?"
"Yep. Unfortunately, we don't get many good ones."
"Need any help?"
"Sure."
"You coming, Rollins?"
"No. I don't travel with my badge or gun unless it's for work. I came here for a vacation."
Hank kissed Olivia and Noah and then he, Carisi and Dodds left for the scene.
"So, Ed, on the message you left, you said you were bringing someone."
"I am. This is the first time anyone from the NYPD is meeting her."
"When do we get to meet her?"
"You already have. It's Maggie. She lives in my apartment building and has for years. She asked me out."
"He's rather awkward sometimes."
"He's been a pain in my butt for years. He wanted to start something between us but I never saw him that way. I was with SVU in New York for 17 years and we only started getting along better a year ago. Hank and I have known each other a year and a half but we have officially been together for 4 months. I was in love with him and couldn't admit it. We worked on 3 cases together in the last 18 months. I didn't like him too much when we first met but by the end of the first case, we respected each other. By the end of the second one, I started realizing I wanted more but not sure I wanted a long distance relationship. By the third case, which was related to the second one, we were together but hadn't gone to the next step yet. I had come here for the case but I had told him I was planning to come here for Valentine's Day anyway. I was here a few days longer than I planned to. Noah's nanny brought him out. He was getting my engagement ring and wanted the boys to help pick it out. He has an adult son, who started calling me Mom a couple months ago and this guy is 2. One of Hank's detectives has been a part of his life since she was a teenager. He loves her like a daughter and so do I actually. She and I have a better relationship than she does with her mother. She also helped pick my ring out. This was her choice. We had planned on getting married next year at this time but the venue messed up. They are taking care of everything, including paying for us to stay in the Honeymoon Suite and we get a free dinner cruise for the mix up. We have the Suite today through Monday morning."
Olivia's phone rang and she saw it was Erin.
"This can't be good."
Olivia answered it.
"What happened?"
"It's not Hank. Fin was shot in the shoulder and he's on his way to Med."
"Ok. I'll be there as soon as I can."
Olivia hung up.
"Fin's been shot. She didn't give me details though."
Olivia, Amanda, Melinda, Barba, Don, Munch and Ed left and headed to Med, while everyone else waited in Olivia's office for the Squad to come back. Olivia arrived at Med and they all went in. They saw Atwater first.
"Kevin, what happened?"
"The suspect started shooting at all of us. He was going to shoot Sarge and pulled the trigger but Fin jumped in front of him."
"Is Hank here?"
"No. He and Olinsky took the guy back to the District with Dawson and Halstead."
Olivia found where Fin was and gave him a hug.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. I'm sorry about before. I know I need to apologize to Tucker and Rollins too."
"I love you. You know that, right?"
"Yeah. I love you too."
"Do you need surgery?"
"Nah! They said I should be able to leave."
Everyone else from the NYPD came in to check on Fin and Hank came in as well. Olivia ran right into his arms.
"When Erin called, I thought something had happened to you. I'd like you here for your child's birth."
"I'd like to be here for our wedding too, since it does come first."
As soon as Fin got the ok to be released, everyone went in separate directions. Hank took the guys with him back to the 21st to show them around and Olivia took Amanda and Melinda back to her office. By the time they arrived, Trevor had taken Noah to meet up with the other guys. They waited Lucy, Alyssa, Olive, Erin, Kim and Trudy before they met Gabby, Sylvie, Donna and Cindy at Home Run Inn. The guys, including the firefighters, went to Giordano's after Hank picked up Justin and Daniel. Both groups had a great time. The girls all headed to the hotel, while the guys headed to Molly's. Hank dropped Justin and the boys off and joined everyone else after he got the boys to bed. Lisa had dropped Emily off at Sarah's before joining everyone else in Olivia's Suite. Erin and Olive brought their stuff to stay with Olivia.
"Did you two actually decide to write your own vows?"
"Yep. I'm sure he had a few choice words about it."
"The other day, I went into his office and there were all these crumpled up pieces of paper all over everywhere. He asked why was he doing this and I asked him if he meant writing his own thing or getting married. He said writing his own thing. I told him he was writing his own thing because you both wanted something nontraditional. I'm not even going to tell you what else he said."
"We didn't decide this, I did, so I'm sure he had a few choice words about not being into this mushy crap. When I told him I wanted to do this, he asked me if he didn't go along with it, would I arrest him. That's his thing now. If he doesn't like something I suggest, he'll ask if I'll arrest him if he doesn't go along with it."
"One of these times, you should tell him you will. Honestly, you have made him a better man. I like him like this."
"So do the rest of us."
"You've been a lot better since you and Mouch have been together, Sarge."
"At least I'm married, Burgess."
"I need alcohol."
"We should have grabbed a couple bottles from Molly's before we came here."
"So, Lisa, when are you getting married? He's hot by the way."
"Yes, he is. Honestly, I don't know when we're getting married."
"So, Olivia, why didn't you ever go after him?"
"Sometimes I wish I had. It's not like I didn't have feelings for him at some point because I did. Most recently was a year ago when he helped me with the adoption."
They heard the door unlock and then all the guys came in.
"Hello, ladies."
"Hello."
"Non-alcoholic champagne for the expectant mothers. Congratulations to you both!"
"Thank you."
"Olivia!"
"What?"
"When were you going to tell us?"
"Tomorrow."
Hank was going to sit by Olivia but then Erin moved, so she was right next to her.
"Move!"
"Say please."
"Erin!"
"Sorry."
Erin moved and then Hank sat down next to Olivia. He put his arm around her as she put her head on his shoulder. Chris poured non-alcoholic champagne for all of them and they did a toast.
"Trevor, when are we getting married? I really don't want to wait."
"I haven't really thought about it but I would like to get married as soon as possible. My parents are coming in on Saturday."
"I could care less about family. I do not want my mother there."
"We don't need to discuss this now, do we?"
"I guess not."
There was a knock at the door, so someone went to get it. It was Sarah and Maggie.
"Someone wanted her mommy."
"It's probably not me she wants."
"There's something else too."
"What?"
"Gram died."
"Great, now that means another trip to New York. How did our dear mother take the news?"
"The same way she always does. She doesn't think she has a problem and yet she polishes off a bottle of wine a night usually."
"There has been something wrong with Pauline since Dad died and that was over 20 years ago."
"Yeah and she hates me because I followed in Pop's footsteps."
"He'd be so proud of you though. He'd be proud of all of his grandkids but it was obvious that you were always his favorite. He always knew you were going to be a cop. He also would have admired you for being a single parent. He would have been proud of Kevin for dying a hero almost 15 years ago. Honestly, even after that long, the pain hasn't gone away yet and it probably never will. I still can't bring myself to go to the site and find his name on the fountains. He was 25 years old and wasn't supposed to die that way."
Maggie broke down, while both Lisa and Sarah tried calming her down.
"This is her son?"
"Yeah. He was a firefighter with the FDNY. He didn't quite make it out of one of the towers before it collapsed. Sarah and I had just gotten married not too long before this happened. Lisa took his death the hardest, since they were the closest in age."
"What happened with your grandpa?"
"He was killed in the line of duty."
"Was he with the NYPD?"
"Yep. Our mom was the only one who left. She's the middle of 3 girls."
"Your aunt is divorced?"
"No. She was never married. She was raped and ended up pregnant as a result. Kevin was her entire life until he died."
"That happened with my mom too. I always felt like she resented me. I often wondered why she kept me."
"He asked me that once. I wanted to be a mother but I guess I was only supposed to be one for 25 years. Men can be so useless sometimes. A friend of mine met this guy a few years ago and got married. She was in her late 40's and got pregnant. The baby was perfectly healthy considering her age but her husband lost interest. Their marriage didn't even last a year."
Olivia gave Hank a look.
"That won't be me. I swear to you. I'm a man of my word and you know that."
Olivia got up and went into the bedroom. Hank followed her and shut the door.
"You know I'm crazy about you and I love our baby already. Am I going to have to prove to you how much I love you again?"
Hank started kissing Olivia.
"Uh huh!"
"Can you be quiet?"
"That depends."
"I'm not even going to ask."
"Because you already know."
Hank went to lock the door and then he went back over to the bed. He kissed Olivia again as they undressed each other and then they made love. Afterwards, he had his arms around her and she had her head on his chest.
"You feel better?"
"Yes."
"I think we will just stay here for a little while. We will be getting comments from those people out there."
"So, let them. It's not like none of them know what we're doing."
They heard a knock on the door.
"What?"
"There's a surprise for Liv out here."
"I hate surprises."
"This one you'll like."
"We'll be right there, Fin."
They got out of bed and got dressed. They kissed again and then they went to join everyone else.
"Nick!"
"Hey, Liv. How come I had to hear from Fin that you were getting married?"
"Well, I haven't heard from you in almost a year. You never answered any of my texts or returned any of my calls."
"Yeah, I know. I'm just trying to be as active in my kids' lives as I possibly can. This is a big deal, Liv."
"Yeah, I know. We had originally set the date for the same day next year but the venue put it down wrong."
"I'm not really surprised you two ended up together either. It was a little obvious that you two had feelings for each other when we did the Yates case with them."
"That's when I started realizing it. I just didn't know how to bring it up and I wasn't sure I wanted to be in something long distance. We finally got together in January. I transferred here a couple months ago."
"I couldn't believe it when Fin said Rollins had a kid now."
"Yep. She's a great mom."
"How's Noah?"
"He's great. He's getting so big. He loves being in Chicago. He's become friends with my Sergeant's daughter, who is the same age as him and her nephew, who is 3."
"That's great. I can't wait to see him."
"I'm sure he'll be happy to see his Uncle Nick. Did you meet Sergeant Dodds?"
"I did. Fin told me you were held hostage again. So, you are actually friends with Tucker now, huh?"
"Yeah. He wanted more but I never felt that way about him."
"I noticed the spark between you and Voight right away when we had that case involving Lindsay's half brother but I kind of noticed something between you and Langan too."
"I've been hearing that a lot lately."
"You don't see it?"
"Oh, yeah. I won't deny I had feelings for him at some point. He was my lawyer when I was being charged for a murder I didn't commit and I had feelings for him then. I also had them again when he helped me with Noah's adoption. I just never admitted it until recently. He's engaged to my Sergeant, so he's going to be moving here eventually. Fin and Rollins are ready to move here."
"I am too now. That pizza was awesome!"
"You'll have to try Portillo's before you leave."
"I'm looking forward to it."
"I think I want to move here too."
"I would love to have all of you here. You'll all have to come back around the Holidays. We'll be settled into our new house by then and you can meet the newest addition."
"When is that supposed to be happening?"
"Mid November."
"You two adopting?"
"No. We're having one."
"Liv, that's great! Congratulations."
"Thank you. It was a total shock. I found out last week and I went on desk duty this week. I'm thinking pink though. We both want a daughter."
Olive got a call from Justin.
"I have to go. Daniel is running a fever and the Children's Tylenol isn't working. Justin is about ready to go to sleep because he already took his pain meds. He knows he needs to get a good night's sleep because tomorrow will be a long day. He said your big day is more important to him than the pain in his leg."
"I'll take you home. I have his seat in my SUV anyway."
"Ok. Thanks."
Olive hugged Olivia and then Hank kissed her.
"I made an appointment for you and the girls at the Salon tomorrow morning."
"Ok. Did you bring your stuff?"
"No, I didn't. I know when you'll be gone, so I can drop it off then."
"That works. I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
"Definitely."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Hank kissed Olivia again and then he and Olive left. Pretty much everyone left except for Erin, Lisa and the group from New York. Everyone got caught up with Nick and then they all went to their rooms. Olivia tried falling asleep but she had a hard time. She was excited but nervous at the same time. Hank was going through the same thing at the house but he decided to wait up for Olive. He had fallen asleep before she got home with Daniel, who had a slight ear infection.
The next morning, after Olivia and the girls got up and took their showers, they met at the hotel restaurant for breakfast before heading to the Salon. Hank dropped his stuff off at the Suite and then they headed back to the house to get ready. Once the girls were done at the Salon, they went to get ready. Melinda, Amanda, Lisa and Emily went up to Olivia's Suite once they were ready. Erin opened the door and they as soon as they walked in, Olivia came out of the bedroom.
"Wow! You look gorgeous."
"Thank you. The 5 of you look great too."
"How do you feel?"
"Excited and nervous."
There was another knock at the door, so Erin went to answer it. It was the rest of the group from New York and Nick.
"Wow! Olivia, you look beautiful."
"Thank you, Trevor. You're looking pretty handsome yourself."
"Thanks."
"I agree, Lieutenant. You look beautiful."
"Thanks, Carisi."
All the guys agreed that Olivia looked beautiful.
"I look handsome, right?"
"Yes, Fin. You clean up nicely."
"Thank you."
Erin had left the door open a bit, so Olive and the boys just walked in.
"Oh, wow! Olivia, you look gorgeous."
"Thank you. How's Daniel feeling?"
"He's doing fine this morning. He just had a slight ear infection."
"Good. Who is this handsome young man?"
"Me, Mama. You pretty."
"Thank you, Sweetheart. Say hi to Uncle Nick."
"Hi, Uncle Nick."
"Hey, Noah. Wow! You're getting to be a big boy. It's been almost a year since I saw you last."
"What's going on at the house?"
"You don't want to know. Alvin and Antonio were there. Dad was cussing at his tux because it was too long and Justin said his was too short. On my way out the door with the boys, I yelled at both of them to try switching them because maybe they had the wrong ones. Men!"
"They're both a challenge sometimes. Trust me. I've known them longer than most people."
"I think he'd be happy getting married in his jeans and leather jacket. I'm glad he went with the tux and not his uniform. I didn't want a cop wedding."
"He hates dressing up but he hates wearing his uniform more."
"Ed, is Maggie meeting you here?"
"There. She said she's been on the phone with her other sister most of the morning. We talked quite a while last night. She knows more about me than most people I work with do. I don't talk about my personal life because to me, that's what it is: personal. Cops like to gossip."
"They sure do."
"She seems very nice, Captain Tucker."
"Thank you, Detective Rollins."
"I agree with Rollins."
"Me too."
"Same goes for me."
"Thank you. By the way, Detective Tutuola, I talked with Sergeant Voight last night and he spoke with IAB about what happened yesterday. They plan on giving you a citation for your heroics. He gave them my contact information and will send it to me to present to you."
"I didn't do it for that. I did it because the last thing I wanted was to have Liv go through the rest of her life without the person she chose to spend it with and have to raise Noah and the baby by herself.
"Fin, you didn't just do this for Liv. You did it for me, Justin and Daniel. Liv would never have to raise Noah and the baby by herself because she has me and Justin and always will. Hank is the only father I have had and I don't want to lose him."
"You know I appreciate what you did but you're lucky you didn't get yourself killed. You have been the one constant in my life over the years. You've seen me at my best and at my worst. People have come and gone from my life but for 16 years, you have never let me down. I'll be the first to admit that sometimes I don't deal with change very well. I didn't deal with Elliot leaving too well and I surely did not want to have to get used to a new partner, especially the cocky, young one I got stuck with, who was really no better than my previous one. Now, I'm about to marry one with the same type of personality. You've also been around for most of my "relationships" if that's what you want to call them."
"Yeah, you've had some real winners. I'm glad you finally found the one."
"Yeah, me too and because of you, I can spend the rest of my life with him."
"I guess I'm just a softy when it comes to you."
"So is Hank. I know I can get him to do just about anything."
"You and me both. He has a soft spot for both of us."
"That's very true."
Erin took pictures of the group before they left. Olive put Noah's seat in the limo that was waiting for Olivia, Don, the girls and Noah, while everyone else took the shuttle to Navy Pier. When they arrived, they were met by the photographer. They went on board and got their flowers. The guys got their butonniers and Erin went to find Hank.
"Wow! You look handsome."
"Thanks. You look beautiful yourself."
"Thanks but I'm not the one you need to be worrying about. She does look gorgeous though."
"I'm as nervous now as I was when I married Camille."
"You'll be fine. You already make her happy, so there's really nothing to worry about."
"Sometimes I can't believe this is happening."
"She loves you and she chose you."
"I still don't think I deserve her."
"You do. Trust me. She's the only one you listen to. Besides, you got her pregnant, so you're not getting out of it that easily."
"Yeah, I know. I just wonder how I ever got this lucky."
"I thought you two would be perfect for each other when I first met her and I was right."
Then Amanda found them.
"Erin, she's having a meltdown."
"Ok. I'll be right there."
Amanda left and then Erin did too after she kissed Hank's cheek.
"What's wrong?"
"This is the one day in my life that I kind of always thought my mom would be here for. Instead, I have no one."
"You do. Noah is your family and so is the group from New York. I learned a long time ago that family consists of the people who have been there for you during good times and bad times. Bunny might be my mother but she is far from being my family. She has been the cause of most of my grief and pain. You're more of a mother to me than she will ever be and I never knew my real father, so as far as I'm concerned, Hank is the only dad I need in my life."
"You and I are a lot alike. I never knew mine either. Nothing I ever did was good enough for my mother."
"I know how that goes. You've met my family. My sister is the criminal but can do no wrong in my mother's eyes. I have the nerve to have Kim arrested and I'm the bad one. At least I have done something with my life and I am trying to give my daughter that stability I never had. I've gotten more support from the people I work with than my own family. I just want to be a better mother to Jesse than my mother was to me."
"That's all I want for Noah and this baby. I love Noah more than life itself and I don't want him to go through what I went through. I don't want to end up like my mother."
"None of us do."
"I know I don't. I've never really had a good relationship with my mother. My sister can do no wrong but my mom at least has a relationship with the boys. She never really established one with Emily. I'm raising my daughter the best I can. It is hard when I get a call in the middle of the night but thankfully Sarah and Greg are so supportive of me and love to take care of her. She's the daughter they never had."
"Thankfully, Lucy was always available when I needed her at all hours of the night. We haven't had any need for Alyssa during the night yet and probably won't for a while."
"I'm always calling Lucy at all hours."
"I won't need to be getting someone to watch Emily in the middle of the night with me going on desk duty."
"You'll also have Trevor soon enough."
"Definitely. He's amazing. She has him wrapped around her little finger. She has never taken to anyone as quickly as she took to him."
Lisa got out her phone.
"This is what I saw when I got to his room last night."
Lisa showed Olivia the picture of Trevor and Emily.
"Oh, that is too cute! He is going to make an amazing dad. It looks like he already is though. He looks like he is so comfortable with her."
"I can't wait for us to be a family."
"What do you want to have?"
"I'd kind of like a son this time but I'll be happy with another daughter. Actually, maybe another daughter would be better, since my sister already has 4 boys. I don't want Emily being the only girl in the family. I wish my Aunt Maggie had another child. It may have filled that void in her heart after losing Kevin. Is it wrong for me to have mixed feelings about her being in a relationship with Captain Tucker?"
"Not at all."
"I woke up during the night and went to sit outside to think. He came out to get some air and we actually talked. I think he cares about her but he's not quite ready to admit it yet."
"At least he's finally accepting that it never would have happened between us."
Trevor came by with one kid under each arm.
"Were they bad?"
"Bathroom."
"I'll take her."
Trevor took Noah to the bathroom, while Lisa took Emily just as Don found them.
"They're getting ready to start."
"The Flower Girl and Ring Bearer had to go the bathroom first."
"That'll do it."
"Liv, you ok now?"
"Yeah."
Trevor and Lisa came out of the washroom with the kids and then Trevor went to sit down, while they all got ready to start heading down the aisle.
"Don."
"Yes."
"I want to thank you."
"For what?"
"For always being there whenever I needed you and for being the father I never had."
"To be honest, you and Amanda were always my favorites. I always felt the need to protect both of you because I knew what your life was like with your mother and her because I understood what she was going through with her gambling addiction. You have made me proud with everything you have accomplished in the last couple years becoming a Sergeant and now a Lieutenant. Maybe Captain Benson will be a reality in the near future."
"If it is, it'll be Captain Voight because I'm changing it. I'm still trying to get used to the Lieutenant thing. I'd like to enjoy my family now that I have one. I might actually consider taking on a less active role in the cases, even though that's what I love doing just so I can take on a more active role in my kids' lives. I'm not ready to retire yet but basically only get involved when I have to like you used to. I still have to discuss it with Hank obviously but we'll see what happens after the baby comes."
"I'm sure it won't be an easy decision to make but you will do what's right for you."
"Since you're the father I never had, there's something else I'd like to ask you."
"Go ahead."
"Would you be a grandpa to our kids?"
"How does Hank feel about this?"
"He's fine with it. It would mean so much for them to have one grandparent, even of it is only an adopted grandparent."
"Of course I will."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
"I'm so glad you were able to be here."
"I'm glad you invited me. What would you have done if I wasn't able to make it?"
"I probably would have seen if John would have done it. If he wasn't available, who knows? I probably would have gone back to having Fin do it. Then Hank would have had to find another Groomsman."
Olivia kissed Don's cheek and he kissed hers. Everyone started heading down the aisle. Noah and Emily stole the show. They both came down looking serious but when Noah saw Don walking Olivia down the aisle, he decided he would help. He put the ring pillow down, ran back, took her hand and walked the rest of the way with her. During the ceremony, both Olivia and Hank became emotional as they did their vows and exchanged rings. After they were pronounced husband and wife, they kissed and headed up the aisle followed by their wedding party. The photographer took pictures and then everyone did some dancing before the food came out. Olivia and Hank chose 'Unforgettable' as the song for their first dance and the second song they chose to dance to was 'Here and Now'. Olivia danced with Don, while Erin danced with Hank. Everyone took a break from dancing to eat. During the meal, Justin and Erin gave their speeches for the toast. Olivia and Hank were going around thanking everyone for coming. She went over to the group from the Fire Station and Trudy, pulled up a chair and sat down.
"Thank you all so much for coming."
"Thank you for inviting us. Congratulations."
"Thank you. I am exhausted and my feet are killing me."
"It won't get any easier the farther into the pregnancy you get."
"I can hardly wait for that."
Antonio came over.
"Dance with me, Gabby."
"Why?"
"Because I asked you to."
"More like demanded."
"Come on. Please."
"You're lucky I love you."
Gabby and Antonio went to dance as Justin came over and sat down.
"Hey, Mom."
"Hey. You doing ok?"
"It's bothering me but I did take my pain killer."
Ed came over to the table.
"Would you like to dance, Lieutenant?"
"Oh, sure."
Olivia put her shoes back on and went to dance with Ed. Trevor noticed how uncomfortable she seemed to be, so he decided to cut in.
"Mind if I cut in?"
"I do."
"I don't."
Ed went back to his seat, while Olivia danced with Trevor.
"Thank you. Talk about awkward."
"No problem. I actually needed to talk to you anyway."
"Sounds serious."
"I talked to her sister and aunt about this. I'm thinking about seeing if Lisa will want to get married, while we're in New York. Both Sarah and their aunt like the idea. I just need the ok from you for her to get the time off."
"I'm fine with it."
"Great. Thanks."
"No problem."
The song ended and Olivia went to find Hank, who was sitting with his Squad.
"Can I borrow you for a minute?"
"Absolutely."
Hank got up, took Olivia's hand and they headed over to their table.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing really. I just wanted to spend some time alone with you."
"Is that all?"
"Yep."
"You looked like you were in a deep conversation with Trevor."
"Not really. He was telling me that he wants to see if Lisa will get married while they're in New York. He wanted to ask if it was ok for her to have the time off."
"Ok. Is something wrong?"
"No. I would really like to kiss you but somewhere private. Of course, there is something else I'd rather be doing right now too."
"We will soon enough. I can't wait to get you out of that dress and into that bed where I can make love to my beautiful wife all weekend."
"Keep this up and we won't make it to the hotel."
"Why don't you wander off and I'll come find you in a few minutes."
"Got it."
Olivia left the room and went to find somewhere where they could have a few minutes alone and reapplied her lipstick. Hank left to go find Olivia and once he found where she was, they started kissing passionately. After being gone for a while, they joined everyone else and the first person they ran into was Erin.
"There you two are. They want you two to cut the cake and you need to throw the garter and bouquet yet. Oh, and by the way, Hank, pink is not your color."
Hank gave Olivia a look.
"Thanks a lot."
"You're welcome."
"You're lucky I love you as much as I do."
"I know I'm very lucky. I love you too and I can't wait to see what happens these next 6 months as we move into our new home and prepare for the birth of our child. Will it be easy? No but at least we will have our love for each other and the love of our other 3 children, as well as the rest of our family and friends to help us through it. I never thought I would say this as I am not a religious person but I feel very blessed right now."
"I do too and I have never been a religious person either. I'm glad I got another chance to be a husband and father and I seem to be getting another chance with Justin too. Our relationship really suffered after Camille's death and I never thought we'd be able to fix it. He really grew up since he has become a father and I couldn't be prouder of him. Then there's this one. She probably knows me better than I know myself somedays. She may not be my biological daughter but she's a lot like me."
"Yes, I have noticed that. Of course, there are a lot of similarities with her and me as well. She reminds me a lot of myself at that age."
"I guess you could say that you have both influenced me. I don't take any crap from anyone and I don't care what anyone thinks but I also have sympathy for the victim's I'm trying to help."
"That's my girl."
"Mine too."
"Liv is a way better mom than Bunny ever was."
"You're right about that, Kid. I may not say this often enough but thank you for convincing me to go to New York 4 months ago. It was the best decision I could have made. I never expected to find love again but this time, it found me. It just took me over a year to realize that I was in love again. I know I said I had no interest in getting involved with someone again after losing Camille but I felt something the moment I walked into Olivia's office 18 months ago and she threatened to arrest me. No woman has ever talked to me like that before. I just never thought I stood a chance and I didn't think I was good enough for her."
"I'm glad you showed up in New York when you did 4 months ago. I know I'm the one that called Ed but deep down, I really wanted you to be the one to get me out of there. I was so glad when I heard that he knew nothing about you being inside the townhouse. I knew you had done it on your own. I'm just sorry you got shot because of me."
"I'd do it again if I had to."
"I really appreciate the negotiating he did but if you hadn't been there, I wouldn't have wanted him to get the wrong impression about something starting between him and me just because he did what he did. As soon as Joe was shot and killed, I had to get to you because I needed you to know how I felt about you. I just didn't want to have my heart broken or not have you really remember anything about the conversation we had had on the ambulance because of the pain meds you were on."
"I wasn't that out of it yet but a part of me hoped that I wasn't imagining the entire conversation."
"I meant every word and now you are stuck with me for the rest of your life."
"Good."
They kissed each other and hugged Erin before they went to cut the cake. After they fed it to each other, they told everyone about the baby. Olivia threw the bouquet and Maggie caught it, while Ed got the garter, even though they both tried getting out of the way and both were a little embarrassed by it. Everyone did more dancing before the boat docked back at Navy Pier. Hank and Olivia were the first to leave. They said goodbye to everyone, hugged their family and headed to the limo to go to the hotel, where they would spend their first night and first couple days as husband and wife, mostly making love and just being in each other's arms. They did spend some time at the pool, which gave them more time with their out of town guests and they even got to meet Trevor's parents. His parents immediately fell in love with Lisa and Emily as soon as they met and they were also introduced to Lisa's parents, which went surprisingly well. They told both families about the baby as well. It didn't take much for Trevor to convince Lisa to get married while they were in New York, so he made the arrangements for that and because her parents were also going to be there, he made sure her mother would be there for their wedding, which was going to take place at the Courthouse. By Sunday, everyone from out of town headed home and by Monday, it was back to work for pretty much everyone, except for Fin. When Justin had his surgery, Hank took the entire day and Olivia took some of the day off, so they could be there for Olive. The surgery had gone well and he was on the road to recovery with the help of his family.
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