Here we go guys...Chapter 8! The very last in my first L&O: SVU fanfic!
Please review! I hope you liked it!
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It was now June, and things were heating up, wedding wise. The date had been set: August 10. They were getting married outside,
in the more 'country' side of New York state. Munch and Alex were Best Man and Maid of Honor, due to their valiant efforts in
putting the pair together. Fin and Cragen were groomsmen, while Maureen and Kathleen were bridesmaids.
The whole list of invited totaled about 100 people. They wanted it small. There was going to be a reception afterwards at a
nearby hall. Everything was planned, down to the very last detail. Except for the dress.
And now, onto our final chapter...
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"Liv!" Elliot said, hoping to get her awake. "Come on, babe. We're going to be late for work!"
"Okay," he heard coming from underneath the sheets, "you get in the shower, and I'll be awake by the time you get out." Olivia
was not a morning person.
"I swear to God, Liv. If you make me late...!" Elliot said, grabbing his things and getting ready for his shower.
"Yup, okay. Just get in the shower." she said. As she heard the door to the bathroom shut, she sat up in her bed. She couldn't
believe it would only be a few more months until she became Mrs. Elliot Stabler. She looked at her left hand, and still, she
could not believe it was happening to her. The last thing she had to do was to find the perfect dress.
That was it. Then it was over. Until the wedding day, of course. But she figured she would go this weekend with the Stabler
girls and take a look-see at what was out there. She was deep into the thought of what her dress would look like when the bathroom
door opened up again.
"Done already?" she asked.
"Yes. Now go. I don't want to be late. Cragen would bite our heads off."
Olivia got dressed and the two headed out in the same car, not thinking of the suspicions they would arouse.
"Car troubles again, Liv?" Olivia and Elliot heard from behind them.
"Yup." She said, and winked at Fin as she walked right by him.
Once they were out of earshot, Fin turned to his partner. "Whatever it is that brought her here is a Godsend."
"Why do you say that?" Munch asked.
"Have you seen Elliot this happy in the years we've known him?"
"You're right. Now let's get to work."
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That Saturday, the girls had plans to go look for Olivia's dress. They had been looking for weeks and still could not find the dress
Olivia was looking for. They had tried a few on, and they liked them, but nothing that was spectacular. Olivia picked the girls up
at about 1, and they were on their way.
"Where are we going?" Maureen asked.
"Actually, I heard about a little boutique that we haven't visited yet. It's a ways away, so if guys need to catch up on your sleep,
feel free." Olivia said.
"Well, finals ARE next week." Kathleen said.
After an hour and a half ride, the girls finally arrived. As they walked in, they noticed the whole place was draped in floor-length
white curtains, the walls were an odd shade of white, and the hardwood flooring was spotless.
"Well. Let's get started." Maureen said.
Olivia searched the first rack she saw, and found so many dresses. She tried on a fitted strapless dress, but found it to be not in
her style. She then tried another three dresses on, none to her satisfaction. Looking at the final rack before they left, she was
instantly attracted to a dress.
As she walked out of the dressing room, Maureen and Kathleen stood, aghast.
The dress was a pure white, off-the-shoulder classic. The top of the dress was an ornately embroidered almost-corset, and the bottom
was a ballgown bottom, made out of toil and billowed to the floor. On the toil, if you looked very closely, there was a small amount
of embroidered crystals that shone brightly when they caught the light.
Maureen was the first to say something. "Oh...my..."
"God." Kathleen finished for her.
"Does it really look that good?" Olivia asked, turning to face the mirror. As she saw her reflection, she froze. She didn't want to
turn into one of those bawling babies, but she knew beforehand that she'd have some kind of special feeling when she found it. And the
feeling was hitting her at that very moment.
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"Daddy, we're home!" Kathleen called as they entered the house.
"Hey guys. How'd it go?" Elliot asked.
"Fine." said Olivia.
"Is that it? Just 'fine'?'" Elliot replied with.
"Well, I can't tell you exactly. But I found my dress." she smiled, not only on her face, but you could hear it in her voice too.
"Wonderful. Now what's the plan for tonight?" Elliot asked.
"Dad. Grandma and Grandpa are coming down to visit. They called yesterday. Remember?" Maureen said.
"Oh, right. Why don't you to go upstairs, do some studying and get ready until they get here. It shouldn't be too long now."
With that, the girls disappeared upstairs to await their granparent's arrival.
"You don't seem all that nervous." Olivia said.
"Why? What reason do I have to be...oh...you haven't..." Elliot said.
"Well, once. But it was only for a few minutes, and we weren't dating. Do they know...?"
"Of course they know. They're my parents. They just don't know it's you. They don't really remember meeting you."
"Oh. Well, I guess I should go home and get ready. I'll be back in a little while." Olivia kissed him and went on her way
to prepare herself for meeting her future in-laws. By the time she got back to the Stabler's, his parents were already there.
"Liv, these are my parents." Elliot said.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Stabler." Olivia extended her hand.
"Please. Call us mom and dad."
Elliott gave Olivia a knowing look. "Is it alright if she calls you Robert and Eleanor?" he said. (A/N, I have no clue as to
what the names of Elliot's parents are.)
"Sure, if you'd like." Eleanor said.
After dinner was done, Olivia took Kathleen to pick up Connor. Elliot was in the living room talking to his parents.
"She's a very nice girl." Eleanor said.
"Pretty, too." said her more silent counterpart. "But she seems to have a problem with calling us mom and dad."
"Yeah. Well, she hasn't exactly had it made." Elliot said.
"What do you mean?" said Eleanor.
"Well, Olivia is an only child, and was raised by a single mother, who died a few years back." he said.
"Well, what about her father?" Robert asked.
"That's what makes calling someone 'dad' so wierd to her. Her mother never knew who Olivia's dad was." Elliot's parents
looked puzzled, so he explained. "Her mother was raped." he admitted. "But don't say anything around the girls. I don't
know if they know."
At that very moment, Olivia came walking in with Connor and Kathleen in tow.
"Hey! We're back!" Kathleen looked at the adults in the room. "What're all the pouty faces for?"
"Oh, nothing. We were just on our way out." After Eleanor and Robert said goodnight to everyone, Elliot asked Olivia to walk
them to their car, because he had one thing or another to do.
"You know Olivia," started Eleanor, "Elliot is very lucky to have someone like you in his life. His eyes just light up when you
walk into the room. He really loves you."
"Oh, thank you. I love him very much as well."
"Good." Eleanor said. As her husband climbed into the car, she stood outside it, still talking with Olivia. "Olivia."
"Eleanor?"
"I just want to let you know that no matter what happened in your past, or happens in your future, Elliot will always be there
for you. I'll make sure of it."
"I know. Now, you'd better get going before Robert drives off without you!"
They said their goodbyes, and the elder Stablers were on their way home. Olivia walked into the house and started grabbing her
things to head home.
"You leaving already?" Maureen asked.
"Yeah. Actually, I wanted to talk with you and your sister. Is she still with COnnor?"
"I think she could spare a moment. I'll go get her." And as soon as she had left, she came back. "Now, what's up?"
"Let's sit outside. I want to talk to you guys." They walked outside and sat on the steps outside the house. "I know this is
kind of a wierd time to tell you something like this, but I just wanted you guys to know before I married your father."
"What? You're not pregnant, are you?" Kathleen asked.
"No. It's something a little more serious. You guys have never met my parents, right? Well, there's a reason for that. When
my mother was in college, she was raped. They never found the man who raped her, but there was just one little problem. She was
pregnant with his child. And that child is me. So I just want you guys to know that. And to tell you to be careful." Olivia's
admission was followed be a silence. Then it was broken.
"Hey babe." it was Connor. "You comin' back some time soon?" he asked.
"Yeah. I'll be right there." she said, turning to Olivia. "Liv, just because you don't have a mom and dad doesn't mean you don't
have a family. We're your family. And we always will be." And on that note, Kathleen hugged Olivia and went back inside, while
Maureen sat outside with Olivia a little while longer.
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Finally, it was the big day. After months and months of planning and preparation, it was all going to go down.
"Hey Liv." Kathleen said, waking up at around 10 and walking into Olivia's kitchen.
"Hey Kath. Did you sleep well?"
"I guess. I bet you didn't."
"Actually, I did. All I had to do was keep singing 'Get Me To the Church On Time' to myself all night, and I was out like a light."
"Funny. So what time do we get started?"
"Well, we have all appointments at the salon in an hour, so why don't you wake your sister up and we can start getting ready."
"Sure."
Olivia noticed she was very calm. It was her wedding day, after all. She should be freaking out about one thing or another.
The next thing she knew, her phone was ringing.
"Hello?"
"Hi Liv."
"What are you doing calling me? Elliot, seriously."
"I just wanted to hear your voice before I saw you. That's all. See you in a few." And with that, Elliot hung up.
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"Girls," Olivia said, on their way to meet Alex, "You wouldn't happen to know where your dad is taking me, do you?"
"What? Us know where you're going on your super-secret honeymoon? Are you crazy?" Maureen said.
"I know, stupid question. There's the salon. Let's go." And all the girls hopped out of the car.
Meanwhile, at the Stabler residence...
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"Knock knock." Fin, Cragen, and Munch were all standing outside Elliot's front door, waiting to get inside.
"Hey guys. You're just in time. Liv brought her stuff over last night to be all moved in. I figured since we have a few hours
to spare, we can get started."
"Oh man, I forgot to turn my stove off!" Munch said as he started walking down the hall.
"John, you know what a stove is?" Cragen said to Munch's back.
"Haha Cap'n. I'm coming. You guys could sure use a real man to help move these boxes, I'm sure."
"Whatever, Munch. Just get your skinny ass in here."
The men spent the morning unpacking some things, and talking about the day ahead of them.
"You know, Stabler, you seem surprisingly calm." Cragen commented.
"I know. It's wierd. With Kathy, it was so...soon. I was so young. Kathy was really wierd about the whole no seeing the bride
before the church deal. I already talked to Olivia today."
"You what?" Fin whipped his head around to look at Elliot.
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"He what?" Alex looked at Olivia with a shocked expression.
"Yeah. He called me." Olivia smiled.
"Why are you smiling? He could have jinxed you! This is not amusing!" At this point, Olivia had stopped listening.
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"She didn't care, Fin. I could tell."
"And how is that? You know women. They get all in a tizzy about nothing, but this, El, this is big."
"Well, I hardly think that it's anything to call off a whole wedding about!"
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"I know, Liv. But it's a tradition!"
"Well, tradition is overrated. Are the girls done yet?"
"Yeah, we're done Liv." said Maureen. "Now, let's go get you all dressed and what not!" And they all went back to Olivia's
apartment to get ready.
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As Elliot stood at the make-shift altar, he didn't feel the sense of nervousness that he felt when he stood waiting for Kathy and
himself to get married. It was almost like a calm.
Once the limo pulled up, Elliot snapped out of his dreamland and didn't look for Olivia, but looked at his two daughters
first. The moment he saw them, his smile brightened a few thousand watts. He was so happy that they were so happy for him.
The girls joined him at the altar, and Maureen gave her dad a knowing nod.
It was almost like time had stopped for him when he saw Olivia's foot, knowing that she was making her way to be his wife.
Once she was in his full sight, he smilied widely.
Olivia could not believe that this was the moment she'd been waiting, not a few months, but her whole life for. As she walked down the white
'aisle'and saw everyone on their places, she almost cried. But she was Olivia Benson. She doesn't cry. But she almost did.
It was a short ceremony, about 45 minutes. They exchanged their vows, rings, and said their "I do's." After that, they ran back down the
aisle and into the limo, to soon be joined by their wedding party.
At the reception, Munch stood to make his 'Best Man' toast.
"Olivia, Elliot. You guys are my friends. And I like to see my friends happy. And you are two very happy people. When Olivia first came
to the One-Six, I didn't think she would change the precinct's atmosphere. Since you showed up, were all friends. We never could have
imagined being friends." He went on for a little while more, but right before he stopped, he added in, "by the way. Remember the
Christmas Party? The first one? Ever find out what happened to your car?" He winked at her and sat down.
Then it was time for Elliot and Olivia to dance. Their first dance as a married couple. They danced to "Baby, I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney.
The next song was "At Last" by Etta James, and John had asked Alex for a dance.
"Look at them," Olivia commented. "Wouldn't they make such a cute couple?" she said, winking at her new husband.
Later that night, when it was almost time for the newlyweds to depart and there were but a few close friends and family left, Elliot
decided to tell everyone where he and Olivia would be going on their honeymoon. He called everyone's attention.
"I want to tell you all where my wife and I will be spending the next week. Olivia has always expressed an interest, to me, that
she wants to go to Bermuda. Well, I am taking her on a one-week cruise there on our honeymoon." Elliot said, looking at Olivia.
"El! Thank you so much!" she said, getting up to give him a kiss.
"Anything for you, baby." he whispered in her ear.
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Just before it was finally time for the newlyweds to depart, Elliot grabbed Olivia's hand.
"Yes?" she asked him.
"I've been thinking about something, Liv."
"About what?"
"And I've talked to the kids about it, too."
"El, come on. Spit it out already."
"We want you to adopt them. You don't have to. But just think about it."
"Elliot. How can you ask me something like that?"
Elliot's baby blues made their way to look at the ground.
"And then, to boot, you expect that I may say no? Of course I will." Olivia looked at Elliot and then she looked to her
new children who were entertaining the few guests left.
"And now," started the DJ, "it is about time for the new Mr. and Mrs. Stabler to depart."
The couple said their goodbyes, waiting to tell the children Olivia's decision until they returned.
As they got into the limo, they realized it was actually Sunday. This meant they didn't have much time to get to the port they
would be leaving from after they packed. They headed home before the children got there, packed a few little things, since Elliot
had packed for them both already. Then, they changed into somthing a little more comfortable and headed for the port they would
be leaving from and spending their first of many days and nights as Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Stabler.
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That's it, kids. After somewhere in the vicinity of six months of writing this damn thing, I finally finished! That is, of course,
if you don't want an epilogue. That might take a little while to write, but if I get enough reviews in the positive, it might
just happen.
McCoyMunchkin -- still got that plot bunny? Or did I take too long? LoL E-Mail me, plz!
Please review! I hope you liked it!
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It was now June, and things were heating up, wedding wise. The date had been set: August 10. They were getting married outside,
in the more 'country' side of New York state. Munch and Alex were Best Man and Maid of Honor, due to their valiant efforts in
putting the pair together. Fin and Cragen were groomsmen, while Maureen and Kathleen were bridesmaids.
The whole list of invited totaled about 100 people. They wanted it small. There was going to be a reception afterwards at a
nearby hall. Everything was planned, down to the very last detail. Except for the dress.
And now, onto our final chapter...
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"Liv!" Elliot said, hoping to get her awake. "Come on, babe. We're going to be late for work!"
"Okay," he heard coming from underneath the sheets, "you get in the shower, and I'll be awake by the time you get out." Olivia
was not a morning person.
"I swear to God, Liv. If you make me late...!" Elliot said, grabbing his things and getting ready for his shower.
"Yup, okay. Just get in the shower." she said. As she heard the door to the bathroom shut, she sat up in her bed. She couldn't
believe it would only be a few more months until she became Mrs. Elliot Stabler. She looked at her left hand, and still, she
could not believe it was happening to her. The last thing she had to do was to find the perfect dress.
That was it. Then it was over. Until the wedding day, of course. But she figured she would go this weekend with the Stabler
girls and take a look-see at what was out there. She was deep into the thought of what her dress would look like when the bathroom
door opened up again.
"Done already?" she asked.
"Yes. Now go. I don't want to be late. Cragen would bite our heads off."
Olivia got dressed and the two headed out in the same car, not thinking of the suspicions they would arouse.
"Car troubles again, Liv?" Olivia and Elliot heard from behind them.
"Yup." She said, and winked at Fin as she walked right by him.
Once they were out of earshot, Fin turned to his partner. "Whatever it is that brought her here is a Godsend."
"Why do you say that?" Munch asked.
"Have you seen Elliot this happy in the years we've known him?"
"You're right. Now let's get to work."
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That Saturday, the girls had plans to go look for Olivia's dress. They had been looking for weeks and still could not find the dress
Olivia was looking for. They had tried a few on, and they liked them, but nothing that was spectacular. Olivia picked the girls up
at about 1, and they were on their way.
"Where are we going?" Maureen asked.
"Actually, I heard about a little boutique that we haven't visited yet. It's a ways away, so if guys need to catch up on your sleep,
feel free." Olivia said.
"Well, finals ARE next week." Kathleen said.
After an hour and a half ride, the girls finally arrived. As they walked in, they noticed the whole place was draped in floor-length
white curtains, the walls were an odd shade of white, and the hardwood flooring was spotless.
"Well. Let's get started." Maureen said.
Olivia searched the first rack she saw, and found so many dresses. She tried on a fitted strapless dress, but found it to be not in
her style. She then tried another three dresses on, none to her satisfaction. Looking at the final rack before they left, she was
instantly attracted to a dress.
As she walked out of the dressing room, Maureen and Kathleen stood, aghast.
The dress was a pure white, off-the-shoulder classic. The top of the dress was an ornately embroidered almost-corset, and the bottom
was a ballgown bottom, made out of toil and billowed to the floor. On the toil, if you looked very closely, there was a small amount
of embroidered crystals that shone brightly when they caught the light.
Maureen was the first to say something. "Oh...my..."
"God." Kathleen finished for her.
"Does it really look that good?" Olivia asked, turning to face the mirror. As she saw her reflection, she froze. She didn't want to
turn into one of those bawling babies, but she knew beforehand that she'd have some kind of special feeling when she found it. And the
feeling was hitting her at that very moment.
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"Daddy, we're home!" Kathleen called as they entered the house.
"Hey guys. How'd it go?" Elliot asked.
"Fine." said Olivia.
"Is that it? Just 'fine'?'" Elliot replied with.
"Well, I can't tell you exactly. But I found my dress." she smiled, not only on her face, but you could hear it in her voice too.
"Wonderful. Now what's the plan for tonight?" Elliot asked.
"Dad. Grandma and Grandpa are coming down to visit. They called yesterday. Remember?" Maureen said.
"Oh, right. Why don't you to go upstairs, do some studying and get ready until they get here. It shouldn't be too long now."
With that, the girls disappeared upstairs to await their granparent's arrival.
"You don't seem all that nervous." Olivia said.
"Why? What reason do I have to be...oh...you haven't..." Elliot said.
"Well, once. But it was only for a few minutes, and we weren't dating. Do they know...?"
"Of course they know. They're my parents. They just don't know it's you. They don't really remember meeting you."
"Oh. Well, I guess I should go home and get ready. I'll be back in a little while." Olivia kissed him and went on her way
to prepare herself for meeting her future in-laws. By the time she got back to the Stabler's, his parents were already there.
"Liv, these are my parents." Elliot said.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Stabler." Olivia extended her hand.
"Please. Call us mom and dad."
Elliott gave Olivia a knowing look. "Is it alright if she calls you Robert and Eleanor?" he said. (A/N, I have no clue as to
what the names of Elliot's parents are.)
"Sure, if you'd like." Eleanor said.
After dinner was done, Olivia took Kathleen to pick up Connor. Elliot was in the living room talking to his parents.
"She's a very nice girl." Eleanor said.
"Pretty, too." said her more silent counterpart. "But she seems to have a problem with calling us mom and dad."
"Yeah. Well, she hasn't exactly had it made." Elliot said.
"What do you mean?" said Eleanor.
"Well, Olivia is an only child, and was raised by a single mother, who died a few years back." he said.
"Well, what about her father?" Robert asked.
"That's what makes calling someone 'dad' so wierd to her. Her mother never knew who Olivia's dad was." Elliot's parents
looked puzzled, so he explained. "Her mother was raped." he admitted. "But don't say anything around the girls. I don't
know if they know."
At that very moment, Olivia came walking in with Connor and Kathleen in tow.
"Hey! We're back!" Kathleen looked at the adults in the room. "What're all the pouty faces for?"
"Oh, nothing. We were just on our way out." After Eleanor and Robert said goodnight to everyone, Elliot asked Olivia to walk
them to their car, because he had one thing or another to do.
"You know Olivia," started Eleanor, "Elliot is very lucky to have someone like you in his life. His eyes just light up when you
walk into the room. He really loves you."
"Oh, thank you. I love him very much as well."
"Good." Eleanor said. As her husband climbed into the car, she stood outside it, still talking with Olivia. "Olivia."
"Eleanor?"
"I just want to let you know that no matter what happened in your past, or happens in your future, Elliot will always be there
for you. I'll make sure of it."
"I know. Now, you'd better get going before Robert drives off without you!"
They said their goodbyes, and the elder Stablers were on their way home. Olivia walked into the house and started grabbing her
things to head home.
"You leaving already?" Maureen asked.
"Yeah. Actually, I wanted to talk with you and your sister. Is she still with COnnor?"
"I think she could spare a moment. I'll go get her." And as soon as she had left, she came back. "Now, what's up?"
"Let's sit outside. I want to talk to you guys." They walked outside and sat on the steps outside the house. "I know this is
kind of a wierd time to tell you something like this, but I just wanted you guys to know before I married your father."
"What? You're not pregnant, are you?" Kathleen asked.
"No. It's something a little more serious. You guys have never met my parents, right? Well, there's a reason for that. When
my mother was in college, she was raped. They never found the man who raped her, but there was just one little problem. She was
pregnant with his child. And that child is me. So I just want you guys to know that. And to tell you to be careful." Olivia's
admission was followed be a silence. Then it was broken.
"Hey babe." it was Connor. "You comin' back some time soon?" he asked.
"Yeah. I'll be right there." she said, turning to Olivia. "Liv, just because you don't have a mom and dad doesn't mean you don't
have a family. We're your family. And we always will be." And on that note, Kathleen hugged Olivia and went back inside, while
Maureen sat outside with Olivia a little while longer.
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Finally, it was the big day. After months and months of planning and preparation, it was all going to go down.
"Hey Liv." Kathleen said, waking up at around 10 and walking into Olivia's kitchen.
"Hey Kath. Did you sleep well?"
"I guess. I bet you didn't."
"Actually, I did. All I had to do was keep singing 'Get Me To the Church On Time' to myself all night, and I was out like a light."
"Funny. So what time do we get started?"
"Well, we have all appointments at the salon in an hour, so why don't you wake your sister up and we can start getting ready."
"Sure."
Olivia noticed she was very calm. It was her wedding day, after all. She should be freaking out about one thing or another.
The next thing she knew, her phone was ringing.
"Hello?"
"Hi Liv."
"What are you doing calling me? Elliot, seriously."
"I just wanted to hear your voice before I saw you. That's all. See you in a few." And with that, Elliot hung up.
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"Girls," Olivia said, on their way to meet Alex, "You wouldn't happen to know where your dad is taking me, do you?"
"What? Us know where you're going on your super-secret honeymoon? Are you crazy?" Maureen said.
"I know, stupid question. There's the salon. Let's go." And all the girls hopped out of the car.
Meanwhile, at the Stabler residence...
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"Knock knock." Fin, Cragen, and Munch were all standing outside Elliot's front door, waiting to get inside.
"Hey guys. You're just in time. Liv brought her stuff over last night to be all moved in. I figured since we have a few hours
to spare, we can get started."
"Oh man, I forgot to turn my stove off!" Munch said as he started walking down the hall.
"John, you know what a stove is?" Cragen said to Munch's back.
"Haha Cap'n. I'm coming. You guys could sure use a real man to help move these boxes, I'm sure."
"Whatever, Munch. Just get your skinny ass in here."
The men spent the morning unpacking some things, and talking about the day ahead of them.
"You know, Stabler, you seem surprisingly calm." Cragen commented.
"I know. It's wierd. With Kathy, it was so...soon. I was so young. Kathy was really wierd about the whole no seeing the bride
before the church deal. I already talked to Olivia today."
"You what?" Fin whipped his head around to look at Elliot.
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"He what?" Alex looked at Olivia with a shocked expression.
"Yeah. He called me." Olivia smiled.
"Why are you smiling? He could have jinxed you! This is not amusing!" At this point, Olivia had stopped listening.
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"She didn't care, Fin. I could tell."
"And how is that? You know women. They get all in a tizzy about nothing, but this, El, this is big."
"Well, I hardly think that it's anything to call off a whole wedding about!"
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"I know, Liv. But it's a tradition!"
"Well, tradition is overrated. Are the girls done yet?"
"Yeah, we're done Liv." said Maureen. "Now, let's go get you all dressed and what not!" And they all went back to Olivia's
apartment to get ready.
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As Elliot stood at the make-shift altar, he didn't feel the sense of nervousness that he felt when he stood waiting for Kathy and
himself to get married. It was almost like a calm.
Once the limo pulled up, Elliot snapped out of his dreamland and didn't look for Olivia, but looked at his two daughters
first. The moment he saw them, his smile brightened a few thousand watts. He was so happy that they were so happy for him.
The girls joined him at the altar, and Maureen gave her dad a knowing nod.
It was almost like time had stopped for him when he saw Olivia's foot, knowing that she was making her way to be his wife.
Once she was in his full sight, he smilied widely.
Olivia could not believe that this was the moment she'd been waiting, not a few months, but her whole life for. As she walked down the white
'aisle'and saw everyone on their places, she almost cried. But she was Olivia Benson. She doesn't cry. But she almost did.
It was a short ceremony, about 45 minutes. They exchanged their vows, rings, and said their "I do's." After that, they ran back down the
aisle and into the limo, to soon be joined by their wedding party.
At the reception, Munch stood to make his 'Best Man' toast.
"Olivia, Elliot. You guys are my friends. And I like to see my friends happy. And you are two very happy people. When Olivia first came
to the One-Six, I didn't think she would change the precinct's atmosphere. Since you showed up, were all friends. We never could have
imagined being friends." He went on for a little while more, but right before he stopped, he added in, "by the way. Remember the
Christmas Party? The first one? Ever find out what happened to your car?" He winked at her and sat down.
Then it was time for Elliot and Olivia to dance. Their first dance as a married couple. They danced to "Baby, I'm Amazed" by Paul McCartney.
The next song was "At Last" by Etta James, and John had asked Alex for a dance.
"Look at them," Olivia commented. "Wouldn't they make such a cute couple?" she said, winking at her new husband.
Later that night, when it was almost time for the newlyweds to depart and there were but a few close friends and family left, Elliot
decided to tell everyone where he and Olivia would be going on their honeymoon. He called everyone's attention.
"I want to tell you all where my wife and I will be spending the next week. Olivia has always expressed an interest, to me, that
she wants to go to Bermuda. Well, I am taking her on a one-week cruise there on our honeymoon." Elliot said, looking at Olivia.
"El! Thank you so much!" she said, getting up to give him a kiss.
"Anything for you, baby." he whispered in her ear.
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Just before it was finally time for the newlyweds to depart, Elliot grabbed Olivia's hand.
"Yes?" she asked him.
"I've been thinking about something, Liv."
"About what?"
"And I've talked to the kids about it, too."
"El, come on. Spit it out already."
"We want you to adopt them. You don't have to. But just think about it."
"Elliot. How can you ask me something like that?"
Elliot's baby blues made their way to look at the ground.
"And then, to boot, you expect that I may say no? Of course I will." Olivia looked at Elliot and then she looked to her
new children who were entertaining the few guests left.
"And now," started the DJ, "it is about time for the new Mr. and Mrs. Stabler to depart."
The couple said their goodbyes, waiting to tell the children Olivia's decision until they returned.
As they got into the limo, they realized it was actually Sunday. This meant they didn't have much time to get to the port they
would be leaving from after they packed. They headed home before the children got there, packed a few little things, since Elliot
had packed for them both already. Then, they changed into somthing a little more comfortable and headed for the port they would
be leaving from and spending their first of many days and nights as Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Stabler.
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That's it, kids. After somewhere in the vicinity of six months of writing this damn thing, I finally finished! That is, of course,
if you don't want an epilogue. That might take a little while to write, but if I get enough reviews in the positive, it might
just happen.
McCoyMunchkin -- still got that plot bunny? Or did I take too long? LoL E-Mail me, plz!