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The rain was lightly hitting her. She didn't notice. "Elliot, I thought you weren't coming for another hour."
"Yeah." Elliot sighed scratching the back of his head. "Listen Liv, I don't think you should go out on your date."
"Why?" Olivia asked. "Don't pull the jealous act El. It's one date that probably won't go to a second."
"Yeah, but what if it does. I don't know who this guy is; neither does Arsa. And, what do you mean by the jealous act?" Elliot asked.
"You always act jealous when I get a guy in my life. When I was dating Kurt, you went to his office telling him he needed to act like a decent boyfriend. When Dean came around, you did everything to keep me from talking to him." Olivia growled.
Elliot scoffed. "I don't know what your talking about." Olivia crossed her arms over her chest. "Okay, okay. Yeah, I did know what I was doing. Look, it's only because I want what's best for you. Those guys aren't even worth your time. I'm not even worth your time, but I always wonder why you spend it with me."
"Elliot, what are you talking about? We've been best friends forever. Why wouldn't I want to spend my time with you?" Olivia challenged.
"Because you deserve so much better than me. Or Kurt, or Dean. You deserve the best guy in the world that can give you everything. Yet, you date all these guys that are total chumps. Or, you hang out with violent psychopaths like me." Elliot admitted.
Olivia was taken aback. "El, you are not a psychopath. You are violent, but that's only on occasions when you are under stress. Plus, I have to face it. El, I'm in my forties. Not a lot of guys are willing to be with someone my age. They all look for woman who are younger."
"Liv, you don't know that. Any guy would be lucky to have you." Elliot said looking into her eyes. "Where's the guy you were going out with tonight?"
"He's waiting for me at the bar down the street. He's taking me to dinner." Olivia said not mentioning the fact that dinner was at Hooters.
Elliot's eyes widened slightly. "See, now we know this guy isn't for you. You deserve a helicopter to take you anywhere you wanted to go. Not to Hooters." Olivia's eyes widened. "Arsa told me."
Olivia watched the raindrops fall down his face. "El, I need to do this for me."
"Why?" Elliot asked. "You don't need to go out on a date. Liv, if you need to, let me." Olivia opened her mouth to speak. "Just listen to me first." He took a step towards her. They were inches apart. "The thing I've wanted to tell you, since we met again on that awful day, was that... I love you. I have loved you ever since we met sixteen years ago. I remember mostly everything from that night. I remember every little thing that you have done over the past decade.
You scratch right above your eyebrow with your knuckle when you want to avoid a subject. You tuck your hair behind your ear when your close to figuring out something. Your nose twitches when you sleep. Your smile just gets a little bit wider when Arsa or I are mentioned in a conversation. You eat breakfast at exactly seven thirty if you'r up by that time. You know what I'm thinking before I even think it sometimes. You love running, but you hate the idea of getting up and actually doing it." Olivia smiled. Elliot kept talking.
"You always smile, even when you feel like you should be in a corner. You think that you're not beautiful enough to date any guy you want. The truth could not be further from that. You get these little gold flakes in your brown eyes when you're extremely happy. You have them in your eyes everytime you wake up and look at me. Now, you need to know that this is me. I'm not making this up; I'm telling the truth. Because, I love you and I want to be everything for you, even if I will never be enough. Because, I know that I will do everything to make you happy."
Olivia was still smiling. Elliot watched the little gold flakes in her eyes stir. She looked up at him. "I love you too. From day one, I have loved you. You are everything I need. You have no idea how much I love seeing those blue eyes of yours in the morning. You make me the happiest person ever. No matter what you do, I have to smile. Just because, it's you. El, I love you." She put her hands on his chest as he put his hands on her hips.
Elliot dropped his wet forehead to hers. Olivia looked into his eyes and bit her lip. They met in the middle and kissed. Olivia snaked her arms up around his neck and put her hands on the back of his head. Her whole body was buzzing with an electric current. She deepened the kiss when Elliot opened his mouth.
Elliot slowly lifted her up so her legs were around his waist. Olivia followed on cue and secured her ankles together behind his back. He put one of his hands on her thigh while the other one was on her back, holding her to him. Olivia moved one of her hands down to his bicep and squeezed lightly. She smiled into the kiss as his teeth grazed her tongue.
They pulled away breathing heavily. Their eyes were closed. Olivia could feel the adreniline rush through her as she stayed still, wrapped around Elliot with his arms around her. Elliot's heartbeat was racing. He could hear it in his ears. He couldn't help the smile that formed on his lips. They both opened their eyes at the same time and laughed lightly at the situation.
"Look, I know this is new to us, but I've known you for sixteen years." Elliot grinned. "Marry me?"
Olivia smiled even wider than she thought possible. "Yes."
"Yes?" Elliot asked.
"Yes." Olivia confirmed with a light chuckle.
Elliot kissed her hard and pulled back. "Look into my pocket." Olivia stuck her hand into his shirt pocket and gasped when she opened it. "It's all yours Liv."
Olivia kissed him and put on the ring. "I love you Stabler."
"I love you too, Benson soon to be Stabler." Elliot smiled. "I guess we have to tell our daughter that we're getting married."
"Yeah, I guess we do." Olivia chuckled. She kissed Elliot again. "I think she'll be happy."
Elliot looked over Olivia's shoulder and smiled. "I think she is too." He turned slightly so Olivia could look through the door to see what he was looking at. Olivia smiled.
Arsa was cheering and jumping around with Olivia's door man. They could both hear their cheering. "I wonder how she'll feel when we tell her we're getting married."
"God, I love the sound of that." Elliot smiled and kissed her cheek.
"Hey!" Olivia said sternly. "You missed my perfectly good lips right here." She smiled and kissed him. Elliot chuckled into the kiss.
When they pulled away, Elliot gently put her down on her feet. Olivia wrapped her arms around his torso and laid her head against his chest. Elliot wrapped his arms around her back and watched his daughter and the door man dance.
Ned, the door man, stopped dancing. Olivia held up her left hand and waved her ring finger. Ned's jaw dropped. He put out his arm and stopped Arsa's dancing. He didn't even look at her as he pointed. Arsa looked and her jaw dropped as her smile got bigger. "OH MY GOD!"
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