A/N: Porter meets Olivia, Elliot meets Trevor, Casey and Fin deal with having the baby, Alex and Joey go on a real date, and something unexpected happens with Brian and Kathy!

DISCLAIMER: SVU and characters are owned by Dick Wolf. This story, all of it, is owned by TStabler©

October 12th, 2000

"This is a really nice place," Alex said, looking around. "You know that I'm still in high school, you sure you wanna be seem in a place like this with me?"

Joey laughed and nodded. "I'm sure," he said. "God, are all women this self-loathing?"

"Pretty much," Alex said.

"Well, not around me," Joey said. "You don't get to do that crap around me, got it?"

"I got it...Joey," Alex said, pausing before his name. She was going to call him "Elliot," and she didn't want to do that. She didn't want to ruin things with him, but he was so much like his brother, it was sinful. She couldn't have been happier.

"Firearms," a commander said, while crossing in front of a table of Marines, "are deadly weapons for both your target and you. If you can not assemble one correctly, and quickly, someone else will probably shoot you in the head! You maggots have to be able to put your guns together and load them in less than thirty-eight seconds, and right now, only two of you can do that." He glanced at Porter and Elliot, then turned to pace in the other direction. He held up a stopwatch, clicked it, and said, "Your time starts now!"

Elliot grabbed the handle and shuffled bits and pieces of metal around, clicking and locking them together. He looked up next to him and saw Porter almost at the same point in assembly he was. He moved faster, tightening his jaw. Finally, he shoved the ammunition clip into the slot and put his gin down. "Done, Sir," he declared loudly.

Porter scoffed and finished, slamming his gun down less than five seconds after Elliot. He'd been so close. But tonight, when he convinced him to take him to meet Olivia, he'd get even. The promise he made to his father might be a hard one to keep.

"That's it," Melinda said, handing Fin the baby bag. "If you need anything, call me. Have fun, and remember that he can't have..."

"Whole milk," Fin finished, smiling down at Ken. "He only takes soy formula, and he's got very sensitive skin so I shouldn't freak out if I see a little redness, anything will do it. I know, Mel." Fin looked up at her and said, "He is my son."

"How can you watch this drivel?" Trevor asked, throwing popcorn into his mouth.

"This drivel is one of the highest-rated shows on television," Olivia retorted. "You should love it! It's about cops, lawyers, justice..."

Trevor scoffed and interrupted her. "It's not about justice! It's about that hot cop who can't find a man because she's married to the job! It's about the other cop with the temper having a raging hard-on for his hot partner, but he can't do shit about it because he's married and Catholic, Olivia! The legal-cop-crime angle is just a clever guise to cover up the soap-opera!"

"Are you crazy?" Olivia asked, her eyes wide. "He does not want his partner! He's happily married, with, like, five thousand kids! This is the first episode you've ever seen and you're jumping to stupid conc..."

"Look!" Trevor interjected again, pointing to the screen. "They are looking at each other like they're gonna kiss! That's the look you give someone when you wanna kiss them."

Olivia scoffed this time. "You look at me like that, and I don't..."

"You just proved my point," Trevor said, looking at her as if he wanted to kiss her.

Olivia cleared her throat, suddenly feeling awkward, and put her bowl of popcorn down, thankful they weren't sharing one. "I'd kill to be twenty-one right now, because I think I need a drink."

Trevor looked down into his popcorn and lifted a few more kernels into his mouth. "I was just being honest," he said, chewing.

Olivia got up to get herself a drink and that's when her door opened. She didn't even have to look. She smiled, turned and ran, jumping into his arms.

"Kathy," Brian said, gently shaking her awake. "Kath, honey?"

Kathy blinked her eyes open and smiled at her husband. "What?" she said.

"We have to pack, tonight," Brian said.

"What?" Kathy said, shooting up off the couch. "Why? Where are we going?"

Brian opened the hall closet and pulled out their luggage, tossing it onto the floor. "My parents finally get it, they know I love you, and they know I didn't just marry you because you lied to me." He started pulling their clothes out of the drawers and tossing them into a suitcase. "They want us to move into the upper level of the house. Kathy, they wanna pay my tuition, they wanna be a part of their granddaughter's life. Do you realize how much money this is gonna save us?"

Kathy smiled at her husband. "Enough to have another baby," she said, biting her bottom lip.

"Yeah, in a few months, when Maureen's older we could..." Brian stopped, looked up at her, and slowly walked toward her. "Why did you say that?"

Kathy smirked at him. "This one's really yours, Daddy."

Alex walked toward Joey's car, and she reached for his hand. "I had a really nice time tonight," she said.

Joey squeezed her hand. "So did I," he said. "It's just a shame we won't be having a second date."

"What?" Alex asked, stunned.

Joey sighed and let go of her hand. "You called me 'Elliot,' three times, during dinner. You threw in an 'El' in there, too, which is odd because the only one who has ever called him that is Olivia." He scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry I'm not my brother, and I'm sorry you have this secret desire to be Olivia, but I'm not gonna put my heart on the line and let you only kind of love me because you're still really in love with him."

"Joey," Alex sighed, "I really didn't do it intentionally! I swear, I want you, not him."

Joey cleared his throat and walked toward the street, hailing a taxi. When one stopped, he opened the door and gestured for Alex to get in. "Call me when you mean that. Alex," he said. He handed the driver a twenty and walked toward his car. He didn't look back.

"He's so sweet," Casey said, rocking Ken in her arms. "I can't believe he's yours."

Fin smirked. "Are you sayin' I'm not sweet, Novak?" he asked, kidding.

"No," Casey said, giggling. "I just...Kathy getting pregnant made sense, you having a kid...with Melinda...it's not you."

Fin sighed, and wrapped an arm around Casey as one of his hands rested on the baby's belly. "We were careful, Case. I swear, I don't know how he happened. But looking at him, I don't regret him. Not one bit."

"You shouldn't," Casey said. "He's your son, Fin. Accident or not."

Fin furrowed his brow. "Accident," he mumbled. "She said she was on the pill, and we used a condom each and every time. I don't really know how he got here."

Casey looked at Fin and raised an eyebrow. "I don't think she would do something like that, Fin."

"Neither of us really knows her, Case," Fin said, kissing her forehead. "She might."

Elliot laughed as Olivia leaped into his arms, and he held on tight. "Oh, baby," he said. "I missed you so much."

"At least you're closer now," Olivia said, kissing his neck. "God, I hate you not being here."

"Liv," Elliot said, suddenly sounding confused, "Who's the guy on your couch who looks like he wants to hurt me?"

Olivia pulled herself away from him a bit to look at him. "That's Trevor," she said. "The friend I told you..."

"Oh, no," Elliot said, smirking. "You didn't tell me he was a he. And you didn't tell me he, uh, looked like that."

"Looked like what?" Olivia asked, tilting her head.

Elliot chuckled. "You're not attracted to him? At all?" he whispered to her, nuzzling her nose.

"Nope," Olivia said, nuzzling his in return. "He's just a friend. No one, El, no one gets to me. I've got everything I want, right here."

Elliot went for it, he kissed her, holding her close. He didn't intend on the kiss lasting as long as it did, and he didn't intend on giving two other men an interesting little show, but he had to kiss her. He pulled away when he suffered from lack of oxygen. "That's Dean Porter," he said, jerking his head to the right. "My bunkmate, and fellow Marine."

Olivia looked up, breathless and flushed. "Nice to meet you," she said, smirking.

"Likewise, Misses Stabler," Dean said, smirking back at her.

Olivia looked down at him and asked, "How long are you staying?"

"Only a few hours, baby," Elliot said, kissing her again, walking with her still wrapped around him to the couch. "I'm getting a three-day pass next week, though."

Olivia smiled. "I know," she said, kissing him again. "For your birthday."

"Yep," Elliot said. "And I know exactly what I want." He winked at Olivia, then said, "Help yourself to a drink, and have a seat, Porter."

"Thanks, Stabler," Porter said, grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge with a chuckle. Repaying his father's debt was gonna be hard with Olivia looking like that.

Olivia, straddling Elliot as they sat on the couch, kissed him again, then heard a throat clear next to her. She pulled away, laughing. "I'm sorry. Trevor, this is my husband, Elliot."

"Nice to meet you, man," Elliot said, holding out his hand.

Trevor shook it, noting the incredibly strong grip he had, and said, "Yeah." He and Elliot exchanged a friendly look with just a bit of a glare, not realizing, not for a moment, that they were destined to be enemies. They would find out, though, very soon.

A/N: Will Alex get over Elliot and give Joey a real chance? Will Fin and Casey enjoy the rest of the weekend with Kenny? What does Elliot want for his birthday, and does he get it? And what does Trevor have up his sleeve.