I Will Love You Forever

Summary: See ch 1

Disclaimer: Not mine

A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, you guys had some great ideas! I liked them all, but I have a specific idea about the way this story is going to go, and guys, just trust me!

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Bedtime Heartaches

Later that night Olivia sat across the table from her fiancé. He had made her favorite meal; complete with candlelight.

"Is something bothering you?" Olivia asked, noticing the look on his face.

"No. Why?" Mike asked.

"Mike, I can tellwhen something is wrong, you get thisadorable far off look on your face. Sojust tell me." She pushed.

"How long are you and Elliot gonna be partnered?" He finally breathed.

"Probably until one of us leaves the unit." Olivia answered confused. "Why?"

"Well, to be honest with you babe, I don't know how much I like the idea of you spending every day with your ex-boyfriend." He answered.

"Oh come on Mike. You should be one to talk, you dated your secretary." Olivia laughed.

"That's totally different!" Mike defended. "I never dated her, we just slept together a few times, and she's not the mother of my child! I could never see myself spending the rest of my life with her!"

"Is that what you're concerned about?" Olivia asked, placing her fork on her plate. "Mike, Elliot was the first man who I felt ever really loved me, hell, he was the first person I felt ever really loved me! And yeah, I would have married him if he had asked." She said, and then took Mike's hand in hers. "But he didn't, and that was four years ago. A lot has changed since then."

Olivia got out of her chair and walked over to her fiancé. She sat on his lap, and wrapped his arm around her waist. "When he died I thought my life was over. I never thought that I could be happy again. And then you, literally, stumbled into my life." She smiled. "You reminded me what it felt like to happy. You made me smile again, something no one had been able to do. I was broken, and you put me back together again. You loved me, and I fell in love with you." She said, looking into his emeraldeyes. She placed her hand lovingly on his cheek. "Elliot may have been the first man to love me, but I want you to be the last." She finished and placed a lingering kiss on his lips.

"I…Love…You." She whispered between chaste kisses.

"I love you too." Mike answered as he wrapped his arms tighter around Olivia.

"I think that I'm done eating." Olivia smiled.

"Maybe we could move onto dessert then." Mike answered seductively.

Olivia took her fiancé's hand and led him off into their bedroom.

Later that night Olivia lay awake in Mike's arms. She tried to sleep, but something was bothering her that she couldn't shake. She loved the man sleeping next to her in her bed, and she wanted to marry him, but no matter how hard she tried to picture them together in the future she just couldn't.

Back at Elliot's apartment he was reading to his new daughter. That night Elliot had learned so much about everything he had missed. Lizzie and Dickie weren't little kids anymore. They were both seeing people, and his older daughters had grown into beautiful women. Maureen was almost finished with her residency and planning on becoming a physiatrist. She was in a serious relationship, and looked like she would probably marry the guy. Elliot wasn't too thrilled with it, but knew he would have to accept it. Kathleen was in college, and to his surprise was majoring in pre law. And of course there was four year old Andrea, who was in preschool and thought boys were "icky".

"Okay Sweetie, we read the next chapter, and now I think that it's time for bed." Elliot smiled.

"But Daddy, I'm not tired." Andrea said through a yawn.

Elliot's heart swelled when she called him "Daddy", but she had to go to sleep.

"Andrea, you can barely keep your eyes open, you need sleep." Elliot ruled. "Now climb into bed."

Andrea pouted, but listened to her father. She was sleeping in Kathleen's bed. Kathleen agreed to share with her for the night. She climbed in, and Elliot pulled the covers up to her chin.

"Good night Baby." Elliot whispered as he kissed her forehead lightly.

"Night Daddy, I love you." She squeaked back.

Her words put tears in Elliot's eyes.

"I love you too sweet heart." He whispered as he closed the door.

After watching some television with his other children they turned in. Everyone had to get up in the morning. Elliot was the only one left on the couch by 11.

He was lost in his own thoughts.

"I can't believe that she's engaged." He thought to himself. "She promised me that she would love me forever. God, I should have told her. I should have tried harder to let her know I was alright." He fingered the diamond ring as he sighed and let his head rest against the back of the couch. He was so frustrated with the current situation that he didn't even hear his oldest daughter enter the room.

"You okay Daddy?" Maureen asked quietly, so as to not wake her siblings.

Elliot looked up at her. "Yeah baby, I'll be okay." He said forcing a smile.

Maureen made her way across the room and joined her father on the couch.

"You wanted to marry her, didn't you?" She asked.

"Yeah, I did." He sighed as he held up the ring.

"She was destroyed when you left." Maureen began suddenly. She loved her father dearly, but she couldn't shake the need to defend Olivia. After all, she had become like a second mother to allthe Stabler children over theyears her father had missed."The only person who could even make her smile was Drea." She said, using her little sister's nickname. "Mike makes her happy."

"I know he does, and I want her to be happy, I just would have preferred if she was happy with me." Elliot answered. "I just hope he treats her well. I hope he treats Andrea well."

"He does Dad." Maureen told him. "Don't let this kill you Dad, we already lost you once." She pleaded.

"Hey, kiddo, I may have lost her, but I still have 5 fantastic reasons to stick around." He comforted. "You don't have to worry about that." Elliot paused for a moment. "Although, depending on how well dinner with this Matt guy (her boyfriend) goes, I may be having a heart attack in the near future!" He laughed.

"Daddy!" Maureen laughed and tossed a pillow at him. "Trust me, you'll like him."

"Why don't you head to bed Maur, you've got an early morning." Elliot said.

"Alright, night Daddy." Maureen said. She got up, gave her father a kiss on the cheek, and headed off to her room, leaving Elliot alone again, thinking about what could have been.

TBC... I know that this was kinda short, but I wanted to get something posted! Tell me what you think! I think that you'll apprecaite where this story is heading in the next chapters!

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