A/N: What plan? Who planned it? It isn't who you think! How is Dean involved, and what happens when the new locks are finally put on the doors?

DISCLAIMER: SVU and related characters belong to Dick Wolf. Story, dialogue, narrative and plot belong to TStabler©

"Look at all this stuff," Olivia said, her arms folded.

Elliot chuckled. "We can unwrap it and put it all away later," he said. "Right now, I want you to go put this on." He handed her a small, pink gift bag.

Olivia raised an eyebrow and reached into the bag. "El, there's nothing in here," she said, turning the empty bag upside down.

"Exactly," he murmured his voice low and his eyes filled with desire.

Olivia chuckled, letting him pull her close and sink his teeth into her neck. "God, El, I thought they'd never leave," she mumbled through her moans.

Elliot hummed in agreement against her skin. He pushed her toward the stairs and when they reached them, he lifted her into his arms. He kissed her sweetly as he carried her up and into their bedroom, and when he put her down and turned her around, she gasped. "Baby," she whispered.

"Fin and Ryan," he told her. "They came up here and did this for me when that pod person took over Kathy's body."

Olivia chuckled, looking around the candlelit room. "You didn't buy it either?" she asked, turning back toward him.

"I would sooner believe Munch's theory about robotic hotdogs and radioactive relish," he said, kissing her. They laughed as they kissed, and Olivia felt Elliot pulling on her jeans, tugging on her flowy top, running his hands all over her body. "Off," he barked, as if saying some kind of magic word that would make her clothes disappear.

"What do you say?" Olivia teased, sounding like a mother.

Elliot pulled away from her and gave her the begging eyes she could never refuse and the pout that made her heart melt. "Please?" he pled.

She laughed again and kissed him, humming in delight as his fingers toyed with her button and zipper. He had her pants down in moments, and then he slid his hand up, pulling her top over her head. He backed up for a minute and his face changed. His expression went from one of pure lust and desire to a look of love. Delicate and soft emotion.

"What?" Olivia asked, questioning why he was looking at her like that.

Without making a sound, he slid his hands over her only-slightly-swollen belly, looking into her eyes, and kissed her gently.

She understood.

Elliot whispered things she couldn't understand, as he eased her down onto the bed, and kissed every inch of her body he could reach. He pulled off his shirt and tie, but before he could shake himself out of his pants, his cell phone rang. He groaned in disappointment and dropped his head to Olivia's. "You pick it up, tell them we're in Mexico," he joked.

Olivia chuckled. "Baby, just…"

"Yeah," he sighed. "I'm the man in charge now, I have to take the fucking call," he griped. He rolled off of her and dug into his pocket to find his phone. He flipped it open and snapped, "Stabler, and it'd better be important."

He listed as Olivia watched, sitting up to drape an arm around him and plant small kisses to his shoulder and neck. She was stunned and mildly hurt when he pushed her away. She saw the look on his face and heard the tone of his voice, and knew whatever he was talking about was serious.

He snapped his phone shut and looked at Olivia. "Get dressed," he said. "We have a problem," he told her, quickly getting off of the couch and redressing.

"What happened?" she asked, rising off of the couch and stumbling over things on the floor to get to her clothes. She was met with silence. "What happened?" she asked again, louder.

Elliot sighed as he tied his tie. "Alex…"

"Oh, no," Olivia interrupted, hearing enough. "Go," she said, slipping into her shoes and zipping her jeans. She pulled a sweatshirt over her head and ran out with him, down the stairs and out of the house.


They ran through the doors of Mercy General, fast and panicked. They met Munch and Fin, who had responded to the call, and words of worry and relief were exchanged. Olivia felt mildly guilty. "I never should have told her to…"

"Don't blame yourself," Elliot demanded. "You don't get to do that. Not this time. She was doing the right thing, and he blew his fucking fuse. The same way he did with…"

Olivia sighed. "But I…"

"Don't," he said, his eyes flashing something like anger, but with softness behind it. Nothing like the anger she was used to seeing from Dean or her mother.

She nodded and wrapped her arms around him as he turned back to Fin. "Did he…"

"No," Fin said, cutting him off. "He just roughed her up a bit. Munch got there before anything else could happen."

Elliot tilted his head. "You just happened to go visit Alex when this happened?"

"She called me," Munch said, with his usual stone-faced expression. "She said she wanted to talk, but now I think she wanted me there to stop him. She knew what he was gonna do."

"Where is he now?" Olivia asked.

Fin chuckled. "With Cragen, McCoy, and a rep from the bureau," he said. "Getting his ass handed to him on a silver platter." He waited a moment, and then he nodded and winked and said, "Sarge."

Elliot chuckled. He turned and closed his eyes as he kissed Olivia's forehead. He couldn't help but be thankful that it wasn't her, that Dean had never laid a hand on her. If he had, he wouldn't have lived to see another day; Elliot would have made sure of that.

"You have to be the damned cutest couple I've ever seen," a female's voice from behind them said. They turned around and raised their eyes. "Surprised to see me?" she asked.

"Yeah," Elliot said, nodding. "You…you're not here to see a doc…"

"No, Elliot," the woman said with a smirk. "I'm here because I missed your wedding, you're having a baby, I had to find out from Kathy where you were. And why haven't you brought the kids to see me? It's been almost two years, Elliot."

Elliot narrowed his eyes. "Kathy called you? When?" he asked, sounding irritated.

The woman chuckled. "This morning. Said you were having some kind of party, but I couldn't get out here until now. I went to your place, and that's when she told me you'd left her, you got remarried, you were expecting a child…you left your wife and kids for your partner! Elliot, this is not how I raised you." She turned her attention toward Olivia. "You must be the home wrecker," she said, folding her arms.

"Mom!" Elliot yelled. "Kathy kicked me out a year ago, we got divorced before I even asked Liv on a date, so anything Kathy told you about…"

"Do the kids like her?" his mother asked.

"They love her," Elliot said, smiling. "I can't believe her. I knew she was being way too nice," he mumbled. He turned to Olivia and said, "She poured on the sugar because she knew my mother was gonna get involved."

Olivia looked at him. "Why don't you take your mother down to the café, and talk to her?" she suggested. "Tell her the truth."

Elliot lowered his voice. "My mother…Liv, the reason I never talk about her is because she…"

"I what?" his mother interrupted. "I care a little too much? I refuse to conform to the constricting society around me, and I live my life without inhibition? Is that so wrong?"

Elliot sighed. "See?" he mumbled to Olivia. "Mom, you remember hearing all about Olivia. Liv, she is…"

"Oh," his mother said, her eyes widening. "Oh, well, now it all makes sense," she said. She blinked and said, "I'm sorry, dear. I didn't…I think Kathy may have embellished a little bit."

"She lied, Mom," Elliot said. He turned, realizing this was all happening in the waiting room of a hospital. "Uh, guys, this is my mother. Mom, this is John and…Fin," he said, deciding not to attempt to tell his mother his full name. "They work with Liv."

His mother looked confused. "And you don't? I thought she was your…"

"I got a promotion," Elliot interrupted. "I'm sorry I haven't called, Ma, but you have to understand that…"

"I do," his mother said. "And I came down here to tell you…"

"Detectives," a doctor said, stepping up to them. "She's going to be fine. She's got a fractured wrist, but she's calmed down enough now, and ready to talk to you. She's requesting Detective Benson, or, uh, well, I guess it's Stabler now, and Detective Tutuola."

Olivia smiled at the man that they'd been working with for years, and she said, "Thanks, Bill."

Fin looked at Munch. "Sorry, man. Guess she ain't comfortable talkin' about this in front of you," he said. He walked toward Alex's room and waited in the middle of the hallway for Olivia.

Olivia kissed Elliot quickly, running her hand down his arm. "I love you," she whispered.

"I love you, too, baby," he murmured, begrudgingly letting her go. He watched Fin rest his hand on her shoulder, felt a very brief pang of jealousy, and watched them disappear down the hall. He turned to his mother and asked, "What exactly did Kathy tell you?"

His mother shrugged. "She told me you left her for a younger woman, your partner. She told me that it was a shotgun wedding because she was pregnant, and she wanted me to come talk some sense into you."

Elliot rolled his eyes. "I've been with Olivia for a long time, and I asked her to marry me long before…"

"She's wearing the ring," his mother said, giving him a small smile. "You gave her my ring. She's really the one isn't she?" she asked, her smile growing.

Elliot smiled back at his mother. "She is," he said, nodding. He took a wavering step and reached for his mother, who took two large steps and pulled her son into her arms.

Elliot sighed, then, for once thankful that Kathy had tried to screw him over. She had unknowingly given him back his mother. He did, however, fear the many other things she would try, now that they were neighbors.

"They aren't home," Kathy yelled across Elliot's driveway to the men at the door. "They're cops," she said. "They're working. Can I help you with something?"

One of the men, wearing an orange vest, called back to her. "We just installed the new locks. We gotta leave 'em the keys."

Kathy smirked. "I'll take them," she said. "I will make sure they get them, I'm…family."

The man eyed his colleague, and they both shrugged, thinking it couldn't really hurt anyone. He bounded over the hedges, crossed the driveway, and walked up the lawn to Kathy. "Here ya go, lady. Just sign right here," he said, handing her a clipboard and a pen.

She signed her name, vouching for the keys, and smiled at the man. She watched him walk away and looked down at the three keys dangling in her hand. She tilted her wrist and looked at her watch, then she turned around and opened her front door. "Hey kids," she called, "I will be right back. I have to run to the store." She heard various replies from her children and ran toward her car, hoping she could get to the hardware store before they closed. She smirked as she realized she really was going to love being Elliot's next door neighbor.

A/N: Uh-oh! What does she do? What happened to Alex, and what does Dean's confession reveal? And Olivia gets a surprise from Simon and Ed! But what is it? When friends and neighbors become family, chaos ensues. Review here, or on Twitter: TMG212