I Will Love You Forever

Summary: See ch 1

Disclaimer: Not mine

A/N: Okay, so this is VERY short, but I have to go out tonight, soI had to write it this morning, but I also (still) have to write a paper this morning, so that's why it is so short. Hope you still like it!

p.s. Keep up reviewing, I would love to break 100, but sadly, I don't see that hapening :(

Rooftops

Olivia, Andrea, Mike, and Mike's mother and sister sat in the office of their wedding planner. It had been three months since Elliot was first introduced to his daughter. The group was finally setting a date for Olivia's wedding.

Olivia couldn't believe how fast her engagement was moving. It had only been five months, and she had already picked a dress, location, and was almost finished choosing the flowers and centerpieces. (Well, more like her future mother and sister in law had chosen all of those things.)

"Mommy, I'm hungry." Andrea whined.

"Angel, Mommy told you before that we will get lunch after we talk to the wedding planner." Olivia soothed.

"But Mommy.." Andrea continued.

"Drea, we will take you to eat in a little bit." Mike scolded.

"Mike.." Olivia began to protest to his harsh tone.

"Why doesn't she wait outside?" Her mother in law offered in a tone Olivia wasn't sure if she liked.

"No Donna, she's fine here." Olivia snapped back.

"Well hello all." A perky woman said as she entered the room, unknowingly stopping an impending fight.

"We're just fine thank you." Mike's sister answered for everyone.

"Good to hear it. So, my schedule says that we're all here to pick the date for the big day." The planner informed as she made her way behind her desk.

She opened her book and thumbed through it. "Now, it says here that you all plan to get marry at St. Patties, and want the reception at Tavern On the Green." She noted. The truth was the Olivia's dream would have been to get married on a cliff in the sunset, and celebrate on the beach; but it didn't seem she had much of a say in this wedding. But, as long as Mike would be standing next to her at the alter, she figured she could deal.

"I have a few dates open for the two." The planner continued. "We have one a month from now, one four months from now, and one six months from now." She offered and looked up at her clients.

"Well, four months seems like a long time, considering you two have already been engaged for five." Donna offered to Olivia and Mike.

"The only earlier date is in a month though." Olivia answered. "I don't think we can be ready by then."

"Why not, the dress has been finalized, we picked the cake, we've narrowed the flowers to three choices; I don't see what the problem is." Donna argued. "What do you think Mike?"

"I think Mom's right Liv." Mike answered. "I mean, why wait any longer than we have to?" He smiled taking Olivia's jand

"Alright." Olivia sighed realizing that she was defeated. "Next month it is." Besides, she already lived with Mike, and she loved him, so why wait to make it official?

After the meeting was over, and the group ate, Mike dropped Olivia off at the precinct, and took Andrea home. He had protested to Olivia working; he wanted her home with him. But Olivia had insisted, saying that they had their whole lives to be together, and some abused child might need her now. The truth was Olivia needed to be alone for a while. She loved Mike and Andrea, but she didn't need to have him pawing at her or her daughter pulling at her hand today.

She knew that Mike was perfectly capable of taking care of Andrea, and took comfort in the fact that she could lave them and take care of herself for a change.

After stopping in the bull pen she discovered that there were no cases on deck, so decided to hit the roof. She was stressed and needed to think.

She thought that she had escaped unnoticed, but failed to see John watching her form the corner of the room. He could tell that something was bothering her, and wasn't about to let her get away that easily.

Olivia stood at the edge of the building, and was too deep in thought to hearMunch come up behind her.

"What'cha doin up here?" He asked, cautious not to startle her and make her fall.

"Thinking." She answered tersely after jumping a little.

"About anything good?" Munch asked.

"Not really." Olivia sighed crossingher arms tighter in front of her chest.

"Wanna talk about it?" He pushed. Olivia was like a sister to him, and he hated seeing her like this.

"It's just that, things made sense three months ago John, and now, everything is so screwed up." She sighed, not looking at the man standing behind her. She really didn't want to talk about her feelings; that made them real. But she knew that if she didn't get it out now, she would explode later. She already found herself getting very short tempered with the people she loved.

Just the other day she snapped at Lizzie when she was visiting. Her daughter's sister was helpingDrea with homework, and Elizabeth accidently knocked a glass off the table. Olivia yelled abaout the mess, and could tell she had hurt Elliot's daughter. She apoligized later, but still felt bad about it.

Even Drea was getting on her last nerve. She knew her feelings were really geting to her when she had to bite her tongue to stop from telling her baby to go away and leave her alone when she only wanted to play with her mother. And she could wanted to hit Mike the other night when he started nuzzling her neck when they were going to sleep. All he wanted to do was make love to her, and she wanted to kill him.

"You mean since Elliot came back?" He stated more than asked; bringing Olivia back from her thoughts."This wouldn't have anything to do with the impending wedding, now would it?"

She finally broke down, and turned to face her friend. She needed to talk to someone, anyone, and Munch was there.

"I love Mike." She began, although she wasn't sure why she felt the need to say it. "I do, I just… I can't shake the feeling that I'm doing something wrong." She breathed. "He was dead John. I was miserable for two years. Mike saved me."

"Liv, no one thinks you're doing anything wrong. Take it from someone who knows, the heart is fragile, but it happens to be one of the body's few re-generating organs. You loved Elliot, and you probably always will just because he's Andrea's father. You were broken when he "died", but you fell in love again. Hell, maybe it's fate that he left. Maybe you're supposed to be with Mike." John tried to comfort.

Olivia offered a weak smile. "I hope you're right."

John walked closer to Olivia, and placed his hands comfortingly on her crossed arms.

"Look Liv, the engagement period is there so that you can make sure you said yes to the right man. You are allowed to take all the time you need." He offered, seeing that Olivia wasn't one hundred percent sure about what he had just said.

"I just wish I had time to think this over." She sighed. She could see confusion written all over Munch's face. "Donna set the date. I'll be a blushing bride in a month." She clarified.

"Wow." Was all John could say. "That is what I call a dilemma."

"It'll all work out." Olivia offered, suddenly with a change of heart. "I hope." She added under her breath.With that she turned and returned to the 1-6.

John watched his friend disappear into the building. He wished that he could do something to make her feel better, but he didn't know what.

He knew that she loved Mike, but he also knew how her eyes used to shine when she and Elliot were together. Sadly, he hadn't seen that shine in four years. Even though Mike made her visibally happy, no one had been able to make her eyes shine. He thought he had seen it for a feeting moment tha day Elliot had come back, but it was long gone now.

TBC... REVIEW, so I know that people ARE reading, and that I have a reason to continue!

Plus, I need to know if you guys like the way this story is going, should I change the plot? should Elliot and Olivai end up together, or is that too predictable? Would it be more in character if she stayed with Mike? I need ideas people!