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Elliot and Olivia walked into Cragen's office, and shut the door behind them. "What's the matter?" Cragen asked.
"Captain," Olivia began, "we know that you know."
"Know? Know what?" Cragen asked.
"Oh, come on. Warner told us you know about us." Elliot said.
Cragen looked down at his desk. It seemed like an eternity before he spoke again. "I do know." he said.
"Then why didn't you say anything to us?" Elliot asked.
"You have to understand. You two are one of the best teams I've ever seen. If I acknowledge the fact that you're dating, I would have
to report you guys to IAB. Not only would that possibly break this team up, but you guys would be separated. I didn't want to see that
happen." Cragen said. "And, personally, I consider you guys my friends. Which made my decision harder. You don't realize how much time
this took me. Report two of my best detectives to IAB, or pretend it isn't happening."
"Just one question, and then we're done here." Olivia said. "Who told you?"
"I couldn't remember if I tried. Everyone assumed I knew, so they would say things to me. And I mean EVERYONE. Don't be mad at whomever
it was." He said.
"Thank you, Captain." Olivia said. Her and Elliot left the office to return to work on the case they had recieved that morning.
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"Hey dad." Elliot heard as he walked into the house.
"Hey Kath." he replied. He put his things down and headed for his computer, but upon arrival, he found Maureen sitting there, surfing the 'net.
"Hey Maureen." he said to her.
"Hi daddy." Ever since she had moved out and started living in a dorm, she felt closer to her dad. She didn't know it, but Elliott loved it when
she called him daddy. "Where's Olivia?"
"She went on vacation this week. She had some aunts she was going to see. I was just going to see If I had gotten any E-Mails from her."
"Oh, sure." Maureen removed herself from in front of the screen. "Have at it."
"I'll wait until after dinner. There's someting I want to talk to you guys about."
"Okay. I'm making pasta. I've had a craving all week."
The pair suddenly heard Kathleen from the other room. "Maureeeeeeeeeen! When's dinner?"
"If you help me make it, soon." Maureen said, disappearing from Elliot's sight.
It had been awhile since just the three of them had sat down around the table and had dinner. What with Maureen in college, Elliot and
Olivia had been together for a good 10 months now, and Kathleen was constantly out with her boyfriend, Connor.
"So dad, what was it you wanted to talk to us about?" Maureen said, giving her sister a little kick under the table.
The girls knew exactly what it was. They had talked about it once. Or twice.
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Maureen had just walked into the house. She was visiting Kathleen for the night, and they got to talking about their dad and Olivia.
"I really like her." Maureen said. "Dad hasn't acted the way he has for a long time. It's good for him."
"I guess so." Kathleen said. "I like her, too. She really treats us good. Some of my friends stepmothers don't even know they're there.
Others just fight with their stepmoms because they want their dad's attention. I'm glad she's not like that."
"Wait, hold on. Did you say 'stepmother'?"
"Well, yea. You think dad and Liv are gonna break up anytime soon? Heck no. They're in love. No way are they ever going to break up."
Maureen had never thought about that before. She knew Kathleen was right. At one point or another, her dad was going to get married.
She was glad she liked Olivia.
"Can you just imagine the wedding?" Kathleen asked.
"Hey, maybe there'll be some cute cops there!" Maureen joked. Her and Kathleen always joked about cute cops with their dad. It bugged
him. A lot.
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"Well." Elliot figured there was no 'easy' way to break this to his daughters. "I want to ask Liv to marry me." He looked at each girl
and noticed that they were both smiling. "What're the grins for?"
"Dad. We know." Maureen said.
"Know what?"
"We always knew you guys were going to get married. It was just a matter of time." Kathleen seemed to finish her sister's sentence.
"And what do you think about that?" Elliot sat back in his chair, crossing his arms.
"Come on, dad. We would've told you by now if we didn't like her!" Kathleen finished.
"Have you talked about marrige with her before?" Maureen asked.
"No."
"So, got any ideas?" Maureen was shooting off questions. Elliot felt he was taking a test.
"No."
"Got a ring?" she asked another question.
"No."
"Anything?" they both asked.
"No?" Elliot felt guilty. He had no reason to, but being grilled by his own daughters made him feel like he had done something wrong.
"If I didn't know better, I'd say say you were an amature!" One of the girls said.
"All I said was that I wanted to marry her. That's it. Not a word to Olivia."
"Yes, daddy." Maureen said.
"I'm going to check my e-mail. When I get back, I want you two cleaning up, okay?"
"Sure." Kathleen replied, as her dad got up from the table. She then looked at her sister. "I told you so!"
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Later that night, while Elliot was in the shower, the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kath, it's Olivia. What's up?"
"Oh, not too much, Olivia." Kathleen accented her name, as to let her sister know it was her on the phone.
"How's it going with Connor?"
"Great. We're going to dinner for his birthday tomorrow night. And, get this, his parents invited me!"
"Aww! That's great! Hey, is your dad around?"
"No. He's in the shower. Want me to have him call you on your cell?"
"Sure. Good luck tomorrow! Although, I'm sure you won't need it."
"Thanks, Liv. Bye."
"Who was that?" Elliot asked, walking out of the bathroom, dressed in sweats.
"Oh, it was Olivia. I thought you were still in the shower. She said you could call her on her cell."
Elliot waited a few minutes, washed some dishes, did some laundry, and then called her back. They weren't on the phone very long, but
she was coming back in a few days.
"Maureen?" Elliot called his eldest's name.
"Yes, daddy?"
"If I give you gas money, would you mind picking Liv up from the airport? I can't get a day off to do it myself."
"No problem. And I'll even do it for free. Well, besides the gas money. When and where?"
"She's coming back the day after tomorrow at 3 p.m. Gate 8."
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After Elliot briefed Maureen on things she could and couldn't say about him wanting to ask Olivia to marry him, she was on her way.
"Olivia!" she yelled as she saw Olivia coming out of the doorway.
"Hey Maureen!" Olivia yelled back. When she finally reached where Maureen was standing, she hugged her.
"How was your flight?" Maureen asked.
"I must be pretty boring, or something. Every person I sat next to there and back, fell asleep."
"Oh, stop it. How are the aunts?"
"Fine. Getting old. But, otherwise, fine."
They talked on the way to baggage check, and on the way to the car. Olivia never had a hard time talking to the girls.
"Just a warning, traffic's terrible." Maureen let Olivia know.
"That's alright. I just got back from vacation. I'm in no rush to get home."
"That's good. You hungry?"
"A little bit. Yeah."
"How about we get Kathleen out of school a half-hour early and go eat some lunch." (A/N-IDK what time schools get out in NY, but we
get out @ 1:30 here!)
"That works! But, how do we get her? Don't they have strict rules against that kind of stuff?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah. They say they have strict rules. Don't tell dad, but whenever I feel like having lunch, sometimes I take her out."
"Our little secret." said Olivia.
The girls went to lunch and talked about Olivia's trip. Then Olivia and Elliot's '10 month anniversary' came up.
"Do you guys have anything special planned?" Maureen asked.
"Not as of yet. Why? Is there some kind of surprise in store for me?" Maureen and Kathleen looked at one another, nervous.
"What's the look for?" asked, noticing the expressions on their faces.
"We, uhh...we don't know if, umm," Maureen said, digging herself a grave that was getting deeper with every syllable she uttered.
"No. No surprise." Kathleen said, completly calm.
"Then why did you look at each other that way?" Olivia asked.
"What way?" Kathleen was doing all the talking. Maureen was still speechless.
"You looked like...I don't know...nervous?"
"No we didn't." Kathleen shot back.
"Yes you did!" Olivia and Kathleen were going back and forth.
"How about the Jets? I hear they're gonna have a great season!" Kathleen turned to face Maureen.
"Not fair! You know I know nothing about football!" Olivia said, forgetting the previous argument almost altogether.
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"You coming over tonight?" Kathleen asked Olivia, as she got out of the car next to her building.
"I think so. Have your dad call me. Bye girls! Thanks for the ride, Maur!" Olivia said, waving.
"No problem! Thanks for lunch!" Maureen replied. She looked at Kathleen. "You think it'll be on their anniversary next week?"
"No. It's too soon." Kathleen said.
"You're right." There was a brief pause. "Let's go home."
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At about 6 that evening, there was a knock on the door.
"Come on in, Liv." said Elliot.
"Hi, El." she said, kissing him. "I missed you."
"I missed you too, babe." Elliot said.
"EWWWWWW!" Maureen and Kathleen were behind the corner watching the scene, and decided to interject before they could no longer watch.
"Haha girls, funny." Elliot said, turning around to face them. "Now, was there something you wanted?"
"Just to say hi to Liv." Kathleen said. "So, uh, hi Liv!"
"Hey Kath." Olivia said, as if she hadn't seen her since she left. "How was dinner the other night?"
"Great! I'll tell you more about it later, me and Maur were just about to go and get some...ice cream."
"We were?" Maureen said, looking at her sister. "We were!" she said, finally catching on.
"Any preferences?" Kathleen asked.
"Anything chocolate and from Ben & Jerry's." Olivia said.
As Maureen and Kathleen left the house, the older faced her little sister. "Why are we getting ice cream?"
"Because. They haven't seen one another in a week. And, as disguisting as it may sound, they need 'alone time'. Is it making
sense now?" Kathleen said.
"Yea. It does sound pretty disguisting, though."
Inside, Elliot and Olivia talked.
"So, how are your aunts?" he asked.
"They're okay. I think a whole week was a little too long to actually spend with them. Old people can get kind of boring. No
offense." she joked.
"So what? I'm only about 3 years older than you. Are you implying I'm old?"
"No. Well, if you ask..." Olivia sat on the couch.
"Well, I didn't. You hungry? Want a drink?"
"No, I'm stuffed from lun--" Olivia stopped there. Elliot didn't know about her impromptu lunch date with his daughters.
"Lunch? Where'd you go for lunch?" Elliot said, sitting himself next to her.
"Did I say lunch? I meant brunch. They had one at the hotel." Olivia said. Elliot gave her a look that just exuded 'I don't believe
a word you're saying'. "Okay, you caught me. Maureen, Kathleen, and I went to lunch after she picked me up. But it was our little
secret! Please don't tell them you know!" Thankfully, she left out the part about taking Kathleen out of school.
"So that's why they like you so much, huh? You keep their secrets from me?" Elliot said.
"Hey, there are some things that dads aren't entitled to know." she hesitated to say the next thing. "Right now, I'm the closest they've
got to a mom. So therefore, I'm entitled." She looked at him, hoping he wouldn't take that last part the wrong way.
"Yeah, about that." he said to her.
"About what?" she asked, nervous.
"When was the last time you thought about us?"
"I think about us all the time. Why, Elliot?"
"No reason." he said. There were a few moments of silence. "I missed you so much."
"Yea, I missed you, too." she said. They kissed for a few seconds, then there was a knock and a jangling of keys.
"We're back!" they heard yelled from outside. "Are you decent?"
"Maureen!" they heard Kathleen say to her older sister from the other side of the door. As they walked in, they found the couple just
sitting on the couch.
"You'll have to excuse my daughter." Elliot said. "She doesn't remember that I'm her father, not a college buddy." he said.
"El! It was a joke. Laugh a little." Olivia looked into his eyes. After a few seconds, she broke the contact. "So what'd you guys get?"
she asked, getting up from the couch and heading towards the kitchen, where the girls were.
After ice cream was eaten, Maureen went home, and Kathleen went to bed, Olivia and Elliot sat on the couch watching TV.
"You're quiet tonght." Elliot said to her, pulling her into his arms.
"Am I? I didn't quite notice." she said, tensing up a bit.
"What's wrong?"
"Just...what you said before, it's kind of bugging me."
"How so?"
"Well it felt like, I don't know...it seemed completly random. Like something big was going to happen. And then you just dropped it."
"I've just been thinking about us a lot lately."
"Why?"
"Olivia. We've been together for ten months. You're a part of my family. My daughters love you. And I love you, too."
She was relaxing, but she could feel him starting to tense up.
"Elliot, you're getting anxious."
"I know. I have something to give you." He looked at her, and pulled something out of his pocket.
"El...is this..."
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A cliffy! I know...I know...but just wait unitl the next chapter! It gets better, I promise!
Happy 16th birthday to me and my sister last Wednesday! (the 29th)
Please review!
Disclaimer - Chapter 1 has it!
Chapter 6- All Is Taken Care Of.
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Elliot and Olivia walked into Cragen's office, and shut the door behind them. "What's the matter?" Cragen asked.
"Captain," Olivia began, "we know that you know."
"Know? Know what?" Cragen asked.
"Oh, come on. Warner told us you know about us." Elliot said.
Cragen looked down at his desk. It seemed like an eternity before he spoke again. "I do know." he said.
"Then why didn't you say anything to us?" Elliot asked.
"You have to understand. You two are one of the best teams I've ever seen. If I acknowledge the fact that you're dating, I would have
to report you guys to IAB. Not only would that possibly break this team up, but you guys would be separated. I didn't want to see that
happen." Cragen said. "And, personally, I consider you guys my friends. Which made my decision harder. You don't realize how much time
this took me. Report two of my best detectives to IAB, or pretend it isn't happening."
"Just one question, and then we're done here." Olivia said. "Who told you?"
"I couldn't remember if I tried. Everyone assumed I knew, so they would say things to me. And I mean EVERYONE. Don't be mad at whomever
it was." He said.
"Thank you, Captain." Olivia said. Her and Elliot left the office to return to work on the case they had recieved that morning.
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"Hey dad." Elliot heard as he walked into the house.
"Hey Kath." he replied. He put his things down and headed for his computer, but upon arrival, he found Maureen sitting there, surfing the 'net.
"Hey Maureen." he said to her.
"Hi daddy." Ever since she had moved out and started living in a dorm, she felt closer to her dad. She didn't know it, but Elliott loved it when
she called him daddy. "Where's Olivia?"
"She went on vacation this week. She had some aunts she was going to see. I was just going to see If I had gotten any E-Mails from her."
"Oh, sure." Maureen removed herself from in front of the screen. "Have at it."
"I'll wait until after dinner. There's someting I want to talk to you guys about."
"Okay. I'm making pasta. I've had a craving all week."
The pair suddenly heard Kathleen from the other room. "Maureeeeeeeeeen! When's dinner?"
"If you help me make it, soon." Maureen said, disappearing from Elliot's sight.
It had been awhile since just the three of them had sat down around the table and had dinner. What with Maureen in college, Elliot and
Olivia had been together for a good 10 months now, and Kathleen was constantly out with her boyfriend, Connor.
"So dad, what was it you wanted to talk to us about?" Maureen said, giving her sister a little kick under the table.
The girls knew exactly what it was. They had talked about it once. Or twice.
**********
Maureen had just walked into the house. She was visiting Kathleen for the night, and they got to talking about their dad and Olivia.
"I really like her." Maureen said. "Dad hasn't acted the way he has for a long time. It's good for him."
"I guess so." Kathleen said. "I like her, too. She really treats us good. Some of my friends stepmothers don't even know they're there.
Others just fight with their stepmoms because they want their dad's attention. I'm glad she's not like that."
"Wait, hold on. Did you say 'stepmother'?"
"Well, yea. You think dad and Liv are gonna break up anytime soon? Heck no. They're in love. No way are they ever going to break up."
Maureen had never thought about that before. She knew Kathleen was right. At one point or another, her dad was going to get married.
She was glad she liked Olivia.
"Can you just imagine the wedding?" Kathleen asked.
"Hey, maybe there'll be some cute cops there!" Maureen joked. Her and Kathleen always joked about cute cops with their dad. It bugged
him. A lot.
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"Well." Elliot figured there was no 'easy' way to break this to his daughters. "I want to ask Liv to marry me." He looked at each girl
and noticed that they were both smiling. "What're the grins for?"
"Dad. We know." Maureen said.
"Know what?"
"We always knew you guys were going to get married. It was just a matter of time." Kathleen seemed to finish her sister's sentence.
"And what do you think about that?" Elliot sat back in his chair, crossing his arms.
"Come on, dad. We would've told you by now if we didn't like her!" Kathleen finished.
"Have you talked about marrige with her before?" Maureen asked.
"No."
"So, got any ideas?" Maureen was shooting off questions. Elliot felt he was taking a test.
"No."
"Got a ring?" she asked another question.
"No."
"Anything?" they both asked.
"No?" Elliot felt guilty. He had no reason to, but being grilled by his own daughters made him feel like he had done something wrong.
"If I didn't know better, I'd say say you were an amature!" One of the girls said.
"All I said was that I wanted to marry her. That's it. Not a word to Olivia."
"Yes, daddy." Maureen said.
"I'm going to check my e-mail. When I get back, I want you two cleaning up, okay?"
"Sure." Kathleen replied, as her dad got up from the table. She then looked at her sister. "I told you so!"
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Later that night, while Elliot was in the shower, the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kath, it's Olivia. What's up?"
"Oh, not too much, Olivia." Kathleen accented her name, as to let her sister know it was her on the phone.
"How's it going with Connor?"
"Great. We're going to dinner for his birthday tomorrow night. And, get this, his parents invited me!"
"Aww! That's great! Hey, is your dad around?"
"No. He's in the shower. Want me to have him call you on your cell?"
"Sure. Good luck tomorrow! Although, I'm sure you won't need it."
"Thanks, Liv. Bye."
"Who was that?" Elliot asked, walking out of the bathroom, dressed in sweats.
"Oh, it was Olivia. I thought you were still in the shower. She said you could call her on her cell."
Elliot waited a few minutes, washed some dishes, did some laundry, and then called her back. They weren't on the phone very long, but
she was coming back in a few days.
"Maureen?" Elliot called his eldest's name.
"Yes, daddy?"
"If I give you gas money, would you mind picking Liv up from the airport? I can't get a day off to do it myself."
"No problem. And I'll even do it for free. Well, besides the gas money. When and where?"
"She's coming back the day after tomorrow at 3 p.m. Gate 8."
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After Elliot briefed Maureen on things she could and couldn't say about him wanting to ask Olivia to marry him, she was on her way.
"Olivia!" she yelled as she saw Olivia coming out of the doorway.
"Hey Maureen!" Olivia yelled back. When she finally reached where Maureen was standing, she hugged her.
"How was your flight?" Maureen asked.
"I must be pretty boring, or something. Every person I sat next to there and back, fell asleep."
"Oh, stop it. How are the aunts?"
"Fine. Getting old. But, otherwise, fine."
They talked on the way to baggage check, and on the way to the car. Olivia never had a hard time talking to the girls.
"Just a warning, traffic's terrible." Maureen let Olivia know.
"That's alright. I just got back from vacation. I'm in no rush to get home."
"That's good. You hungry?"
"A little bit. Yeah."
"How about we get Kathleen out of school a half-hour early and go eat some lunch." (A/N-IDK what time schools get out in NY, but we
get out @ 1:30 here!)
"That works! But, how do we get her? Don't they have strict rules against that kind of stuff?" Olivia asked.
"Yeah. They say they have strict rules. Don't tell dad, but whenever I feel like having lunch, sometimes I take her out."
"Our little secret." said Olivia.
The girls went to lunch and talked about Olivia's trip. Then Olivia and Elliot's '10 month anniversary' came up.
"Do you guys have anything special planned?" Maureen asked.
"Not as of yet. Why? Is there some kind of surprise in store for me?" Maureen and Kathleen looked at one another, nervous.
"What's the look for?" asked, noticing the expressions on their faces.
"We, uhh...we don't know if, umm," Maureen said, digging herself a grave that was getting deeper with every syllable she uttered.
"No. No surprise." Kathleen said, completly calm.
"Then why did you look at each other that way?" Olivia asked.
"What way?" Kathleen was doing all the talking. Maureen was still speechless.
"You looked like...I don't know...nervous?"
"No we didn't." Kathleen shot back.
"Yes you did!" Olivia and Kathleen were going back and forth.
"How about the Jets? I hear they're gonna have a great season!" Kathleen turned to face Maureen.
"Not fair! You know I know nothing about football!" Olivia said, forgetting the previous argument almost altogether.
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"You coming over tonight?" Kathleen asked Olivia, as she got out of the car next to her building.
"I think so. Have your dad call me. Bye girls! Thanks for the ride, Maur!" Olivia said, waving.
"No problem! Thanks for lunch!" Maureen replied. She looked at Kathleen. "You think it'll be on their anniversary next week?"
"No. It's too soon." Kathleen said.
"You're right." There was a brief pause. "Let's go home."
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At about 6 that evening, there was a knock on the door.
"Come on in, Liv." said Elliot.
"Hi, El." she said, kissing him. "I missed you."
"I missed you too, babe." Elliot said.
"EWWWWWW!" Maureen and Kathleen were behind the corner watching the scene, and decided to interject before they could no longer watch.
"Haha girls, funny." Elliot said, turning around to face them. "Now, was there something you wanted?"
"Just to say hi to Liv." Kathleen said. "So, uh, hi Liv!"
"Hey Kath." Olivia said, as if she hadn't seen her since she left. "How was dinner the other night?"
"Great! I'll tell you more about it later, me and Maur were just about to go and get some...ice cream."
"We were?" Maureen said, looking at her sister. "We were!" she said, finally catching on.
"Any preferences?" Kathleen asked.
"Anything chocolate and from Ben & Jerry's." Olivia said.
As Maureen and Kathleen left the house, the older faced her little sister. "Why are we getting ice cream?"
"Because. They haven't seen one another in a week. And, as disguisting as it may sound, they need 'alone time'. Is it making
sense now?" Kathleen said.
"Yea. It does sound pretty disguisting, though."
Inside, Elliot and Olivia talked.
"So, how are your aunts?" he asked.
"They're okay. I think a whole week was a little too long to actually spend with them. Old people can get kind of boring. No
offense." she joked.
"So what? I'm only about 3 years older than you. Are you implying I'm old?"
"No. Well, if you ask..." Olivia sat on the couch.
"Well, I didn't. You hungry? Want a drink?"
"No, I'm stuffed from lun--" Olivia stopped there. Elliot didn't know about her impromptu lunch date with his daughters.
"Lunch? Where'd you go for lunch?" Elliot said, sitting himself next to her.
"Did I say lunch? I meant brunch. They had one at the hotel." Olivia said. Elliot gave her a look that just exuded 'I don't believe
a word you're saying'. "Okay, you caught me. Maureen, Kathleen, and I went to lunch after she picked me up. But it was our little
secret! Please don't tell them you know!" Thankfully, she left out the part about taking Kathleen out of school.
"So that's why they like you so much, huh? You keep their secrets from me?" Elliot said.
"Hey, there are some things that dads aren't entitled to know." she hesitated to say the next thing. "Right now, I'm the closest they've
got to a mom. So therefore, I'm entitled." She looked at him, hoping he wouldn't take that last part the wrong way.
"Yeah, about that." he said to her.
"About what?" she asked, nervous.
"When was the last time you thought about us?"
"I think about us all the time. Why, Elliot?"
"No reason." he said. There were a few moments of silence. "I missed you so much."
"Yea, I missed you, too." she said. They kissed for a few seconds, then there was a knock and a jangling of keys.
"We're back!" they heard yelled from outside. "Are you decent?"
"Maureen!" they heard Kathleen say to her older sister from the other side of the door. As they walked in, they found the couple just
sitting on the couch.
"You'll have to excuse my daughter." Elliot said. "She doesn't remember that I'm her father, not a college buddy." he said.
"El! It was a joke. Laugh a little." Olivia looked into his eyes. After a few seconds, she broke the contact. "So what'd you guys get?"
she asked, getting up from the couch and heading towards the kitchen, where the girls were.
After ice cream was eaten, Maureen went home, and Kathleen went to bed, Olivia and Elliot sat on the couch watching TV.
"You're quiet tonght." Elliot said to her, pulling her into his arms.
"Am I? I didn't quite notice." she said, tensing up a bit.
"What's wrong?"
"Just...what you said before, it's kind of bugging me."
"How so?"
"Well it felt like, I don't know...it seemed completly random. Like something big was going to happen. And then you just dropped it."
"I've just been thinking about us a lot lately."
"Why?"
"Olivia. We've been together for ten months. You're a part of my family. My daughters love you. And I love you, too."
She was relaxing, but she could feel him starting to tense up.
"Elliot, you're getting anxious."
"I know. I have something to give you." He looked at her, and pulled something out of his pocket.
"El...is this..."
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A cliffy! I know...I know...but just wait unitl the next chapter! It gets better, I promise!
Happy 16th birthday to me and my sister last Wednesday! (the 29th)
Please review!