Olivia opened the door to Justin and Adam. "Hey guys, how was your trip?" She asked helping them with their bags.
"It was good." He stated. "It was worth it to set up tonight," Justin informed.
Liv walked them to the spare bedroom. "Well here is your room and the bathroom just out the door."
"This is cute," Justin stated.
"There is a nice view." Adam appreciated the view of the park.
"Yeah, Alex likes being here so she can run in the mornings and not have to go far." Olivia smiled thinking about Alex running.
"And I'm sure you join her?"
"Sometimes, but I prefer to not run. I do it for a living." Olivia laughed out loud.
"And when she says she is out of shape don't listen to her." Alex interrupted standing in a silk red number. "Her out of shape isn't our out of shape." Alex nudged Olivia's shoulder remembering their first work out session.
"Well, maybe we can put you to the test." Justin smiled
Olivia saw Adam shaking his head. "Maybe when it isn't freezing outside nobody needs to get a cold," she smiled at Alex fixing her hair. Adam quietly said thank you.
"So who's all going and where is this 'dinner'?" Justin asked all the questions as he started to unpack his suitcase to get out his outfit.
"A couple of Olivia's fellow police officers, and my coworkers and a couple of friends," Alex stated listed the guest list.
"What about your mom and dad?" Justin asked.
"Nope."
Justin hugged his cousin, "It will take time." He stated from previous experience.
Olivia tried to give Alex and Justin sometime to chat, "Do you know what else takes time, this mug so I will take a quick shower to get ready." She stated as she touched Alex's shoulder.
Olivia and Alex were at Mulligans greeting everyone for their engagement dinner. Olivia watched the room fill up and laughed at the look of the room seeing that the cop bar is filled with cops and lawyers.
"Why Detective Benson I do believe you are smiling," Elliot stated as he handed her a beer.
Olivia had a loving look as she looked at Elliot, "Can you imagine how many times we have said how many we hate lawyers, and I am now going to marry one." Olivia laughed at the irony of her life as she watched Alex interacted with her family and coworkers.
Elliot handed Kathy a drink as well, "Well I like her so she is safe." Elliot gave Olivia his seal of approval.
Elliot and Alex were the only two opinions that mattered. "I think I like her too." Her heart filled with joy as she watched Alex laugh.
"Well, congrats I'm glad she said yes, I saw the ring." Kathy smiled. Olivia looked at Elliot, "The man forgot to take it out of his pocket."
"Thanks, Kathy, what did you think of the ring?" She questioned.
"It's a very reserved taste. Quite lovely especially for Alex." She stated.
"I'm happy it screams Alex."
Abbie handed Alex a drink"I am so glad you two are finally here." Abbie stated as she was holding Alex's hand to admire the ring. "And if you listen to me sooner." Abbie likes to think she opened Alex's eyes about Olivia.
"Are you going to get her a ring?" Casey asked.
Alex took a sip of her drink, "She said she doesn't want one but She has been eyeing a necklace." Alex smiled knowing she wants to get the jewelry for her favorite Detective, even if Olivia basically declined it. "She deserves it."
"I want to come with you to get it." Abbie's southern accent shined out in excitement. "We both should, especially if we are in the bridal party."
"Deal, and of course you are, and Justin is already planning everything in his head" Casey looked around the room. "Case are you looking for someone?" Alex questioned her friend.
"Hey, where is Trevor? He should be here." Casey stated out loud
Alex's stomach sank, "Did he say he was coming?" She was curious about her "friend". She finished her drink.
"Yeah, he called me a couple of hours ago." Casey stated taking a sip of her beer, "He said he was coming, maybe he got caught up?" She suggested. "Maybe he managed to get a date." She shrugged.
Alex took a deep breath, "Okay well why don't we get a shot." She walked with the two to the bar.
Olivia made her way through the friends at Mulligan's. She was talking to a group as she watched Alex interacting with her friends.
"I'm really concerned, I don't know how to help her." Olivia sighed out to George.
George touched Olivia's shoulder, "This is going to be the hardest part for her." George can relate to Alex's feelings.
Olivia watched Alex throwback another shot, "Excuse me, I will be right back. Michael, it was a pleasure to meet you."
"I'll swing by in the morning," George stated as he looked at Alex.
"Why don't the six of us do breakfast?" They nodded as an agreement.
Olivia walked behind Alex, "Hey," Olivia smiled at Alex, "What are we doing?"
Alex smiled as she wrapped an arm around Olivia's neck, "Olivia! Would you like a shot?" Alex handed her fiance a glass.
Olivia looked at Casey and Abbie who seemed to be having fun and didn't want to call Alex out for over-drinking. "Hey, Al." She placed the glass down, to try to gain eye contact "We need to make a toast."
"You're right." Alex took the shot that Olivia refused, "Let's go." Alex looked at her friends, "Ladies." She took Olivia's hand walk over to their table.
Olivia sat them down for a moment. "Alex," she played with the blonde's hair. She finally gained eye contact from the beautiful blue eyes, "Are you okay?"
Alex smiled at her fiance, "I love you." She inched closer to Olivia. She loved how caring Liv is to her. "And I'm glad we here in front of our friends celebrating our love." Her hand brushed up and down Olivia's thigh. Alex watched her hand play with Olivia's skin.
Olivia watched Alex's nose flare. Alex bit her lower lip, "Al we can go home; if this too much." Olivia was very concerned with Alex's actions and noticing the lack of Trevor. She quickly held her hand
"No," Alex lifted her eyes to Olivia, "This is our party." She softly kissed Olivia, "And I want to put danceable music on. And Dance and after we have fun here with our friends. YOU… Are… Going… fuck… me" Alex started navigating the night in between kisses. "So… hard…" Olivia pulled away from Alex. She gave her a look to try to get to open up. Alex squinted at Olivia. She stood up with her glass of water. She tapped the glass, to get the room's attention. "I want to welcome everyone, and thank everyone for joining us on a day to celebrate," Alex put her hand out for Olivia. "The engagement between Olivia and I. Now everyone please enjoy tonight. We have an open bar and in a few minutes, we will have the floor open for dancing. And if we haven't had a chance to say hello we will be making our rounds together in a few minutes." Alex laughed out seeing a couple of her coworkers around.
They sat down, Alex slowly pulled Olivia closer to her so she could talk in Olivia's ear privately, "See I'm fine, I delivered that speech perfectly. Is it so wrong that I want you to go home and make love to me."
"No," Olivia looked into Alex's eyes, trying to read Alex. "Are you sure?"
"Olivia Benson I love that you are this concerned but I'm fine, even if Trevor didn't make it and my mom is being my mom. I'm great because I have you."
Olivia knew she shouldn't push Alex anymore than what she was doing, especially in a public place. "Okay." She locked eyes with Alex. She loved those blue eyes, she would do anything for them. "If you're fine, I'm cool with that."
Alex sighed out a loving smile, "You're cool with that." She pulled Olivia in for a kiss. "I love you."
Olivia took a deep breath, "I love you too." Alex smiled at Olivia. "Babe Elizabeth Donnelly is here."
Alex turned to see her mentor walk through the door. Alex forgot she invited her as she had one too many drinks. "Okay let's go greet her." She stood them up as she walked them to Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth Hi," Alex greeted the blonde.
"Hello, Alex, and detective Benson thank you for the invitation." She handed them a bag. "I can't stay long I have work in the morning, but I wanted to at least make an appearance."
"That's okay other people didn't show up who said they were coming up," Alex uttered.
Olivia quickly responded, "What Alex meant to say we appreciated that you stopped by." She fixed Alex's rude comment.
"That's okay Olivia." Elizabeth gave a motherly look to the sad inebriated Alex and placed her hand on the cheek. "Alex just because you don't work for me anymore doesn't mean we can't talk." Elizabeth gain Alex's eye contact. She held Alex's hand "I am so happy for you. You didn't make your career everything, you didn't choose over having love, and you are still succeeding. You don't have to hit my age and struggle with all the what-ifs because you gave it all up for the job." Elizabeth looked at Olivia, "You too Olivia."
"You have what ifs? And you agree with my decision?"
"Yes, and yes, the day you handed in the disclosure papers I was sad to lose one of my best ADAs but happy for you. Congrats." Elizabeth smiled.
Alex jumped into a hug from her mentor, "Thank you I needed to hear this."
"You're welcome," The music changed to the danceable music for Alex, "That's my queue, I will see you later."
A tear escaped Alex's eye as she watched Elizabeth leave, "Are you okay?" Olivia asked.
Alex smiled as she looked at Olivia, "I'm great," she took Olivia's hands, "Come on, let's go dance." The girls walked on to the floor to enjoy their time on the dance floor together.
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