It took a while for Olivia's mind catch up to Alex's words.

Alex closed her eyes and bit her lip. She can't remember ever being this nervous in her life. Not when Branch or Donnelly barked at her to get in their office. Not when she was opening the admissions letter she got from Columbia. Not when the first time she was first chair on her own case. Not even all those things put together described how Alex felt. This was the most nerve-wracking thing she'd ever done in the entirety of her life.

And damn Olivia was waiting a long time to reply.

"Alex," Olivia softly said, "Open your eyes."

Alex slowly opened her eyes, but didn't look at Olivia's face. She instead stared at their intertwined hands.

"Are you gonna look at me?" Olivia raised an eyebrow.

Alex's eyes slowly traveled up Olivia's arm, over her shoulder, up her neck, and finally rested on Olivia's face. There was a small smile tugging at the corner of Olivia's mouth. She pulled Alex, by her hands, closer and gave her a soft kiss.

When she pulled away she rested her forehead on Alex's, "I would love to move in with you."

Relief washed over Alex and ever tensed muscle in her body relaxed.

"So food?" Olivia asked with a smile.

Alex laughed at Olivia. She'd just asked her the biggest question of her life and Olivia was already thinking about food.

Alex stood up and pulled Olivia up with her, "Let's go."

"Go?" Olivia asked, "I though you wanted to stay in."

"You've lived here a whole minute. I wouldn't want you to get tired of it already," Alex smirked.

Olivia beamed and kissed Alex.

As they sat at a small table for two at the Italian restaurant down the street, smiling like fools, Olivia finally breeched the subject again, "So what are we going to do with all my crap?"

"Well, when I said move in," Alex smiled, "I meant bring your crap with you."

Olivia chuckled, "You know what I mean. There's not room for two couches."

"Which couch do you like better?" Alex asked, "Honestly. My couch won't be offended."

"I don't know," Olivia shrugged, "I have to sit on it again."

Alex linked her fingers with Olivia, "Well, you know if we put it in our apartment, we'll do more than sit on it right?"

Olivia smirked, "Right, we should go more than sit on it after dinner."

"I think that sounds like a great idea, Liv," Alex ran her thumb over Olivia's knuckles. She hadn't stopped smiling since Olivia agreed to move in with her. "Sam and David are going to be happy."

Olivia chuckled, "Yeah. Now they can stop asking me when I'm gonna move in with you."

"Speaking of which," Alex looked into Olivia's eyes, "When do you want to move your crap over?"

Olivia shrugged, "This weekend?"

"I'm sure I can get Nathan to help us," Alex nodded, "Serena will come, but she'll just tell everyone where to put stuff."

Olivia laughed, "Well, Elliot and Munch have helped me every time I've moved since I joined SVU. And Fin helped after he joined. So I'm sure we have them. So that's four people and us."

"Yeah, but only two of those four are actually going to work," Alex smirked.

Olivia nodded, "Last time I moved, the only thing Munch lifted for a lamp."

Alex giggled.

The food came and they continued to talk while they ate. "Which bed are we going to use?" Olivia asked.

Alex weighted it out in her head, "We could keep both of them and put the one we don't want to use in the guest room. Then we can just get rid of the bed that's already in there."

Olivia nodded, "Okay. After work this week, are you gonna help me pack?"

"Of course," Alex smiled.

After dinner, retrieved Alex's car keys so they could go to the soon vacant apartment that once belonged to Olivia.

Olivia unlocked the door and let Alex in. Once the door was closed, Alex attacked Olivia with her lips. Olivia's back hit the door with a soft thud. Alex pulled untucked Olivia's shirt and started unbuttoning her pants.

Once again Olivia was having a hard time thinking with Alex's mouth on her, but was able to get out a sentence, "I thought we were supposed to do this on the couch."

Alex smirked and guided Olivia backwards, before pushing Olivia back on the couch.

A few hours later, Alex laid back on the floor, exhausted, naked, breathing hard, and lightly glistening. Olivia rolled onto her side and looked at Alex.

Alex looked back smiling, "Wow."

"Really wow," Olivia smiled back.

"Okay so what's the verdict?" Alex asked.

"Well, we tried out the couch, my bed, the dining room table, and the kitchen counter, but I'm pretty sure that was just for fun," Olivia chuckled, "I vote for my couch, your bed, and my dining room table."

Alex nodded, "Okay."

"Really?" Olivia asked, "No objections?"

Alex shook her head, "I love your couch and your dining room table. We just need to find a few more chairs that go with it."

Olivia agreed and kissed Alex.

"Let's go home," Alex smiled.

They stood up and got dressed. Olivia grabbed as much of her clothes as she could carry and followed Alex down to her car.

Once they got home, they changed and cuddled on the couch. Alex was flipping through channels and Olivia was just stroking Alex's hair.

"Oh my God! Is it really almost Valentine's Day?" Alex asked.

Olivia thought for a second, "Yeah I guess it is."

"Well then you need to keep that night open," Alex kissed Olivia's cheek.

"Wow two dates in a row," Olivia smiled.

"Two?" Alex turned to look at Olivia.

"We're going out with Elliot and Kathy tomorrow night remember?" Olivia asked.

"Oh yeah," Alex nodded, "What are we going to do?"

"I don't know," Olivia answered, "I've never doubled with them before."

"Never?" Alex asked.

Olivia shook her head, "I've never really wanted them to meet anyone before."

"And I've already met Elliot?" Alex asked with a smile.

"No," Olivia took Alex's hand and kissed it, "My mom's gone. Elliot's like my big brother. They're the only family I have and you're really important to me. "

Alex's eyes filled with emotion and softly kissed Olivia. "Let's go to bed."

Olivia followed Alex down their hallway, into their bedroom, and into their bed.