Okay...here's Chapter 4!!!
Disclaimer: Refer to chapter one!
Chapter Four: Happy Valentine's day!
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Olivia ran home to shower and rustled through her tidy closet. She tried on dresses of all different colors, red, green, beige, blue,
she even tried on the dress that she wore to the Christmas party at the precinct. Then she found the perfect one, she remembered
she had bought it for a party back where she used to live, but never ended up going. She thought it was perfect. A shimmering
violet cocktail dress. The top of the dress was rippled, the bottom was straight and fitted right below her kneecaps with a taunting
slit up the back of the dress. She pulled out some perfectly matching Audrey Hepburn stlye heels and applied a light purple eyeshadow,
contrasting her deep brown eyes. She was finally ready.
Olivia was bursting inside. It was 6:00 already. She couldn't wait until 7. She was getting dressed, and then her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Liv, it's me." Elliot.
"Hey. What's up?"
"Kathleen caught something. Some kind of bug. I can't come out tonight. I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry about it. Do you need anything?"
"No, thanks. I'll call you if I do." Elliot said.
"Okay. See you tomorrow." She said, formulating a plan inside her head.
"I'm really sorry, Liv."
"It's not your fault. Go take care of your daughter. Bye."
"Bye."
Before she had even hung up, she knew exactly what to do. Still in her dress, she opened her cupboards. She pulled out boxes of stuff, to come acroos
the exact one she was looking for. Knowing that Elliot wasn't exactly a gourmet chef, she hopped in her car and drove over to his place.
"Hang on one second!" She could hear being yelled from inside the house. The door opened and there stood Elliot in his sweatpants and an sweatshirt.
"What are you doing here? Looking like that? You could catch something from Kathleen!" Elliot continued rambling as Olivia brushed right past him.
She put whatever it was that she was carrying down, and headed straight to Kathleen's room.
"Hey, Kathleen." She said, heading inside the girl's room.
"Olivia?" Kathleen said. "What are doing here? Aren't you and dad going out tonight?" Kathleen looked completely confused.
"Come on, Kath. You think I'm more important than you are to your dad? Besides, I thought you could use a little company. How are you feeling?"
Olivia was going into a full-on maternal mode, feeling Kathleen's forehead.
"I've been throwing up all night. What do you think?" Kathleen was sick, all right.
"Kathleen. I came here to help your dad. And to take care of you. Now, if you don't want me here, just say so, and I'll leave you alone."
"I'm sorry. You can stay. I'm sure you're much better at playing mommy than my dad is at it." Kathleen joked.
Olivia had met Kathleen before. When her Elliot had first started working together. Olivia really like Kathleen, but she resented the tone that the
girl had just taken with her.
"Kath? Do you have a problem with me and your dad?"
"Why? You aren't going to dump him already, are you?" Kathleen was always one to stick up for her dad.
"No. Just, what you said, and the way you said it. You know, I like you. You're a good kid. And I like your dad. I don't want to hurt
him -- just yet." Olivia joked.
"Well, my dad hasn't dated since my mom died. If it has to be anyone, I'm just glad it's--oh man." At that, Kathleen ran into the bathroom.
Olivia left her to do her thing, and grabbed the stuff she had put down when she walked into the house.
"What are you doing here?" Elliot asked.
"I'm spending some quality time with my boyfriend and his family." Olivia winked at Elliot.
"That's really sweet and all, but, why the dress?"
"I was in the middle of getting ready for our date, and you called. So I just grabbed some things, and came over. Sorry it was so unexpected."
"Not that I mind. But don't you want something a little more...comfortable? And I don't want you getting sick."
"I have clothes in my car, dad. And so what if I get sick? I haven't been sick in a long time. It might be time for me to get sick.
Now, where are the pots in this place?"
"They're in the cupboard next to the refrigerator" they heard from the bathroom.
"Hey. How are you feeling?" Elliot asked, as the girl walked closer to the couple.
"Better. I think I'm ready to eat." Kathleen said.
"Well, good. Because I'm making some soup. From a box. I'm no cook, but I've eaten here before." Olivia teased, "And I'm
sure you wouldn't mind soup from a box." She looked at Kathleen, who was looking a little better.
"Guys," she started, "I'm sorry. This is the worst night to get sick."
"Oh, Kath. Don't worry. There will be more nights." Elliot said.
"Besides, when else do I get to play mommy?" Olivia said.
"Huh?" Elliot said, confused.
"Inside joke, dad. You won't get it." Kathleen winked at Olivia.
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After dating for a few months, Elliot and Olivia were bracing themselves for the day that they would tell the people that they worked with about it.
Unbeknownst to Elliot, Alex knew everything. From their first 'date' up until when they started talking about 'going public'.
Alex had been sharing all this information with Munch. Before anyone knew it, Valentine's Day was approaching.
"Who's got plans this weekend?" Fin asked Thursday, the day before Valentine's day.
"Nothing." said Munch.
"I have a date." Olivia said nonchalantly, looking at Fin then at Elliot.
"What about you, Stabler?"
"Oh, Maureen is staying over this weekend. Her and Kathleen are probably planning some kind of 'family bonding' activity."
"Why?" Olivia asked Fin.
"Just wondering." Fin said. Then minutes later, he started singing a song.
"What's that your singing?" Munch asked him.
"Oh, just a little something I made up. Livia's got a daaate, Livia's got a daaate." He sang.
"Okay, boys. Enough picking on the girl." she defended herself.
"What about tomorrow night? Who's got dates?" Munch asked.
"Me." Olivia and Elliot said, at the same time.
"Whoa, Stabler. You haven't dated since Kathy died. This must be some chick."
Olivia coughed, and excused herself, claiming a tickle in her throat.
"Oh, she is." Elliot said, following her out with his eyes.
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The next day, as the detectives were hard at work, there was only one thing on Elliot's mind. The fact that he was ready to tell everyone about
him and Olivia. She had told him that anytime he was ready, he could tell anyone he pleased. She didn't know that he was ready. She was going to
be duelly surprised. The next thing he knew, a secretary was walking over to the partner's desk he and Olivia shared. And she was carrying a
huge bouquet of roses in a vase.
"Here you go, Detective Benson." She said, placing them on her desk.
Olivia looked at Elliot.
"Who are they from?" Munch said. He knew, so did Olivia. As did Elliot.
"I don't know." Olivia pretended. As she opened the card, she almost broke into tears. it read:
'Olivia,
You said when I was ready. I'm ready.
Elliot.
P.S. I love you.'
She glanced up at Elliot with tears in her eyes.
"Thanks." she said to him quietly.
"They from your hot date this weekend?" Fin asked, still clueless.
"Hm? Oh, yea." She said as she broke her gaze with her admirer. "Yes they are."
"What's his name, by the way?" Munch said, trying to get it out of them.
"Elliot. Elliot Stabler."
At that, Munch, Fin, and just about everyone else that could possibly be watching Olivia sat, in shock, with their mouths hung down to the ground.
"You're kidding, right?" said Fin.
"No, she's not." said Elliot.
"How did I miss that? How long has this been going on?"
"Since the day after the Holiday party." Olivia managed to say, above all the women standing around her desk, ogling the flowers.
She kept the card in her hand. That was something she did not want them to see.
"What is going on out here?" said a voice that made all the women scuttle back to their desks.
"Captain," Olivia started, but was inturrupted by someone who needed the Captain's attention more.
"Captain Cragen!" He heard.
"Yes, Ms. Cabot?"
"I need to talk to you for a minute." said Alex.
"Sure, one minute." Cragen replied, attending to the ringing phone in his office.
"Nice flowers." Alex looked at Olivia.
"Thank you." Olivia felt relieved. "and thanks for the little--."
"No problem. You don't have to tell him now, you know."
"Miss Cabot?" Cragen said, getting impatient with the commotion around Olivia's side of the desk.
Olivia looked at Elliot. Again.
"What? Do I have three heads?" he said, Fin and Munch still looking on.
"Do you mean that?"
"I wouldn't write it if I didn't."
Olivia almost said something out loud, then realized that Fin and Munch were watching. She took out a piece of paper, scribbled
something down on it, so that Munch and Fin wouldn't know, and handed it to Elliot.
'I love you, too.'
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Olivia sat in her apartment, astonished. The only thing she could do was to stare at the flowers and the card. Her and Elliott had plans this
weekend with Maureen and Kathleen. She really liked the girls, and was hoping that they like her. All of a sudden her phone rang.
"Hello?" She expected it to be Elliot.
"Hey there." It was Alex.
"Hi. What's up?"
"Not as much as what's up with you. Come on, what did the card say?"
"Okay, well here's the thing. I had told Elliot whenever he was ready to tell everyone, I would be ready. So he told me he'd let me know.
So, as I'm working, I get the flowers. I open the card, and it says 'Olivia, You said when I was ready. I'm ready. Elliot. P.S. I Love
You.' So Fin asks me if they're from the 'hot date' I have this weekend, and I told him yea. And Munch asks what his name was and I said
his name is Elliot Stabler. That's when everyone started clamoring around my desk, and Cragen came out."
"Awww! I wish I could find a guy that would do that for me!" Alex said. "So what are you two up to this weekend?"
"Maureen is down from Hudson, and her, Elliot, Kathleen, and I are going to dinner. The girls are staying at my place Saturday night.
Elliot thought it would be good for us to get to know each other or something."
"That's cute. Well, I'll let you get ready for dinner. Have fun. Bye!"
"Bye Alex." she said, hanging up the phone. She then picked it back up, and dialed Elliot.
"Hello?"
"Hey Maureen! What's up?"
"Hey Olivia. Not too much. Wanna talk to my dad?"
"Sure, thanks. See you tonight."
"K." Olivia heard Maureen yelling for her dad.
"Hello?"
"Hey you."
"Hey Liv. What's up?"
"Nothing. I was wondering what was going on tonight."
"To be honest, I don't know. All the girls told me was that they made reservations and we have to dress nicely."
"How nice?"
"I don't know. Hang on." Elliot handed the phone to Maureen.
"Yes?"
"Hey Maureen, what are you wearing tonight?"
"A skirt. And a nice blouse. So is Kathleen."
"Okay. Thanks."
Maureen handed the phone back to Elliot.
"Thanks. What time am I coming over?"
"You aren't, I guess. The girls said that we're picking you up at 6."
"Okay. See you then."
"Bye. Love you."
"Love you, too." Olivia was smiling. She was then off to get dressed.
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Please review! I like them! PLEASE!
*McCoyMunchkin - haha that's exactly what my sister said...only time will tell my friend! You'll just have to keep reading
to find out!
*SVUCrazy - Thanks a bunch!
Just so you all know...I watched Stphanie March's final show on Tuesday...HOLY S--T! That completly blew me and my sister away!
But we just keep thikning *the only reason she's in witness protection is so that she can come back and visit!!!*
Disclaimer: Refer to chapter one!
Chapter Four: Happy Valentine's day!
----------------------------------
Olivia ran home to shower and rustled through her tidy closet. She tried on dresses of all different colors, red, green, beige, blue,
she even tried on the dress that she wore to the Christmas party at the precinct. Then she found the perfect one, she remembered
she had bought it for a party back where she used to live, but never ended up going. She thought it was perfect. A shimmering
violet cocktail dress. The top of the dress was rippled, the bottom was straight and fitted right below her kneecaps with a taunting
slit up the back of the dress. She pulled out some perfectly matching Audrey Hepburn stlye heels and applied a light purple eyeshadow,
contrasting her deep brown eyes. She was finally ready.
Olivia was bursting inside. It was 6:00 already. She couldn't wait until 7. She was getting dressed, and then her phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Liv, it's me." Elliot.
"Hey. What's up?"
"Kathleen caught something. Some kind of bug. I can't come out tonight. I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry about it. Do you need anything?"
"No, thanks. I'll call you if I do." Elliot said.
"Okay. See you tomorrow." She said, formulating a plan inside her head.
"I'm really sorry, Liv."
"It's not your fault. Go take care of your daughter. Bye."
"Bye."
Before she had even hung up, she knew exactly what to do. Still in her dress, she opened her cupboards. She pulled out boxes of stuff, to come acroos
the exact one she was looking for. Knowing that Elliot wasn't exactly a gourmet chef, she hopped in her car and drove over to his place.
"Hang on one second!" She could hear being yelled from inside the house. The door opened and there stood Elliot in his sweatpants and an sweatshirt.
"What are you doing here? Looking like that? You could catch something from Kathleen!" Elliot continued rambling as Olivia brushed right past him.
She put whatever it was that she was carrying down, and headed straight to Kathleen's room.
"Hey, Kathleen." She said, heading inside the girl's room.
"Olivia?" Kathleen said. "What are doing here? Aren't you and dad going out tonight?" Kathleen looked completely confused.
"Come on, Kath. You think I'm more important than you are to your dad? Besides, I thought you could use a little company. How are you feeling?"
Olivia was going into a full-on maternal mode, feeling Kathleen's forehead.
"I've been throwing up all night. What do you think?" Kathleen was sick, all right.
"Kathleen. I came here to help your dad. And to take care of you. Now, if you don't want me here, just say so, and I'll leave you alone."
"I'm sorry. You can stay. I'm sure you're much better at playing mommy than my dad is at it." Kathleen joked.
Olivia had met Kathleen before. When her Elliot had first started working together. Olivia really like Kathleen, but she resented the tone that the
girl had just taken with her.
"Kath? Do you have a problem with me and your dad?"
"Why? You aren't going to dump him already, are you?" Kathleen was always one to stick up for her dad.
"No. Just, what you said, and the way you said it. You know, I like you. You're a good kid. And I like your dad. I don't want to hurt
him -- just yet." Olivia joked.
"Well, my dad hasn't dated since my mom died. If it has to be anyone, I'm just glad it's--oh man." At that, Kathleen ran into the bathroom.
Olivia left her to do her thing, and grabbed the stuff she had put down when she walked into the house.
"What are you doing here?" Elliot asked.
"I'm spending some quality time with my boyfriend and his family." Olivia winked at Elliot.
"That's really sweet and all, but, why the dress?"
"I was in the middle of getting ready for our date, and you called. So I just grabbed some things, and came over. Sorry it was so unexpected."
"Not that I mind. But don't you want something a little more...comfortable? And I don't want you getting sick."
"I have clothes in my car, dad. And so what if I get sick? I haven't been sick in a long time. It might be time for me to get sick.
Now, where are the pots in this place?"
"They're in the cupboard next to the refrigerator" they heard from the bathroom.
"Hey. How are you feeling?" Elliot asked, as the girl walked closer to the couple.
"Better. I think I'm ready to eat." Kathleen said.
"Well, good. Because I'm making some soup. From a box. I'm no cook, but I've eaten here before." Olivia teased, "And I'm
sure you wouldn't mind soup from a box." She looked at Kathleen, who was looking a little better.
"Guys," she started, "I'm sorry. This is the worst night to get sick."
"Oh, Kath. Don't worry. There will be more nights." Elliot said.
"Besides, when else do I get to play mommy?" Olivia said.
"Huh?" Elliot said, confused.
"Inside joke, dad. You won't get it." Kathleen winked at Olivia.
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After dating for a few months, Elliot and Olivia were bracing themselves for the day that they would tell the people that they worked with about it.
Unbeknownst to Elliot, Alex knew everything. From their first 'date' up until when they started talking about 'going public'.
Alex had been sharing all this information with Munch. Before anyone knew it, Valentine's Day was approaching.
"Who's got plans this weekend?" Fin asked Thursday, the day before Valentine's day.
"Nothing." said Munch.
"I have a date." Olivia said nonchalantly, looking at Fin then at Elliot.
"What about you, Stabler?"
"Oh, Maureen is staying over this weekend. Her and Kathleen are probably planning some kind of 'family bonding' activity."
"Why?" Olivia asked Fin.
"Just wondering." Fin said. Then minutes later, he started singing a song.
"What's that your singing?" Munch asked him.
"Oh, just a little something I made up. Livia's got a daaate, Livia's got a daaate." He sang.
"Okay, boys. Enough picking on the girl." she defended herself.
"What about tomorrow night? Who's got dates?" Munch asked.
"Me." Olivia and Elliot said, at the same time.
"Whoa, Stabler. You haven't dated since Kathy died. This must be some chick."
Olivia coughed, and excused herself, claiming a tickle in her throat.
"Oh, she is." Elliot said, following her out with his eyes.
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The next day, as the detectives were hard at work, there was only one thing on Elliot's mind. The fact that he was ready to tell everyone about
him and Olivia. She had told him that anytime he was ready, he could tell anyone he pleased. She didn't know that he was ready. She was going to
be duelly surprised. The next thing he knew, a secretary was walking over to the partner's desk he and Olivia shared. And she was carrying a
huge bouquet of roses in a vase.
"Here you go, Detective Benson." She said, placing them on her desk.
Olivia looked at Elliot.
"Who are they from?" Munch said. He knew, so did Olivia. As did Elliot.
"I don't know." Olivia pretended. As she opened the card, she almost broke into tears. it read:
'Olivia,
You said when I was ready. I'm ready.
Elliot.
P.S. I love you.'
She glanced up at Elliot with tears in her eyes.
"Thanks." she said to him quietly.
"They from your hot date this weekend?" Fin asked, still clueless.
"Hm? Oh, yea." She said as she broke her gaze with her admirer. "Yes they are."
"What's his name, by the way?" Munch said, trying to get it out of them.
"Elliot. Elliot Stabler."
At that, Munch, Fin, and just about everyone else that could possibly be watching Olivia sat, in shock, with their mouths hung down to the ground.
"You're kidding, right?" said Fin.
"No, she's not." said Elliot.
"How did I miss that? How long has this been going on?"
"Since the day after the Holiday party." Olivia managed to say, above all the women standing around her desk, ogling the flowers.
She kept the card in her hand. That was something she did not want them to see.
"What is going on out here?" said a voice that made all the women scuttle back to their desks.
"Captain," Olivia started, but was inturrupted by someone who needed the Captain's attention more.
"Captain Cragen!" He heard.
"Yes, Ms. Cabot?"
"I need to talk to you for a minute." said Alex.
"Sure, one minute." Cragen replied, attending to the ringing phone in his office.
"Nice flowers." Alex looked at Olivia.
"Thank you." Olivia felt relieved. "and thanks for the little--."
"No problem. You don't have to tell him now, you know."
"Miss Cabot?" Cragen said, getting impatient with the commotion around Olivia's side of the desk.
Olivia looked at Elliot. Again.
"What? Do I have three heads?" he said, Fin and Munch still looking on.
"Do you mean that?"
"I wouldn't write it if I didn't."
Olivia almost said something out loud, then realized that Fin and Munch were watching. She took out a piece of paper, scribbled
something down on it, so that Munch and Fin wouldn't know, and handed it to Elliot.
'I love you, too.'
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Olivia sat in her apartment, astonished. The only thing she could do was to stare at the flowers and the card. Her and Elliott had plans this
weekend with Maureen and Kathleen. She really liked the girls, and was hoping that they like her. All of a sudden her phone rang.
"Hello?" She expected it to be Elliot.
"Hey there." It was Alex.
"Hi. What's up?"
"Not as much as what's up with you. Come on, what did the card say?"
"Okay, well here's the thing. I had told Elliot whenever he was ready to tell everyone, I would be ready. So he told me he'd let me know.
So, as I'm working, I get the flowers. I open the card, and it says 'Olivia, You said when I was ready. I'm ready. Elliot. P.S. I Love
You.' So Fin asks me if they're from the 'hot date' I have this weekend, and I told him yea. And Munch asks what his name was and I said
his name is Elliot Stabler. That's when everyone started clamoring around my desk, and Cragen came out."
"Awww! I wish I could find a guy that would do that for me!" Alex said. "So what are you two up to this weekend?"
"Maureen is down from Hudson, and her, Elliot, Kathleen, and I are going to dinner. The girls are staying at my place Saturday night.
Elliot thought it would be good for us to get to know each other or something."
"That's cute. Well, I'll let you get ready for dinner. Have fun. Bye!"
"Bye Alex." she said, hanging up the phone. She then picked it back up, and dialed Elliot.
"Hello?"
"Hey Maureen! What's up?"
"Hey Olivia. Not too much. Wanna talk to my dad?"
"Sure, thanks. See you tonight."
"K." Olivia heard Maureen yelling for her dad.
"Hello?"
"Hey you."
"Hey Liv. What's up?"
"Nothing. I was wondering what was going on tonight."
"To be honest, I don't know. All the girls told me was that they made reservations and we have to dress nicely."
"How nice?"
"I don't know. Hang on." Elliot handed the phone to Maureen.
"Yes?"
"Hey Maureen, what are you wearing tonight?"
"A skirt. And a nice blouse. So is Kathleen."
"Okay. Thanks."
Maureen handed the phone back to Elliot.
"Thanks. What time am I coming over?"
"You aren't, I guess. The girls said that we're picking you up at 6."
"Okay. See you then."
"Bye. Love you."
"Love you, too." Olivia was smiling. She was then off to get dressed.
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Please review! I like them! PLEASE!
*McCoyMunchkin - haha that's exactly what my sister said...only time will tell my friend! You'll just have to keep reading
to find out!
*SVUCrazy - Thanks a bunch!
Just so you all know...I watched Stphanie March's final show on Tuesday...HOLY S--T! That completly blew me and my sister away!
But we just keep thikning *the only reason she's in witness protection is so that she can come back and visit!!!*