I WIll Love You Forever

Disclaimer: Not mine

Summary: See ch1

A/N: WOW my in box was bursting with reviews! You guys made me soo happy that when I got home tonight I just had to post another chapter

This is the second to last and will answer most of your questions

the last one will just be a sum up chapter ENJOY!

Alright

Olivia sat on the edge of the precinct roof. She was still in her wedding gown, and let her feet dangle over the edge. She let the city breeze wash over her. She took a deep breath, and let what she had just done sink in.

"Liv…" Elliot said gently from behind her. "You okay?"

"How the hell did you find me Stabler?" She chuckled glancing over her shoulder.

"Well..." He began, taking a seat next to her. "I figured that you wouldn't go back to Mike's apartment, and I know that you always come up here to think, so… here I am." He answered.

For the first time Olivia looked up at him. "Oh, God, what happened to your eye?" She asked concerned when she saw the black eye forming.

"Oh," Elliot began noticing the pain in his face for the first time. "It's nothing."

"Did he hit you?" She asked, examining the bruise and causing Elliot to wince a slight bit.

"Really Liv, I'm fine." Elliot argued.

"You didn't put ice on this did you? It's gonna swell." She continued.

"You have turned into such a mom." Elliot smiled.

"I'm so sorry." She apologized.

"For what, you didn't hit me." Elliot answered. "So, wanna tell me what happened?"

"All he had to do was tell Andrea that he would have danced with her. If you only could have heard the disappointment in her little voice." Olivia sobbed as she looked back over the city.

"So you left Mike at the alter because he didn't tell Andrea that he would dance with her?" He asked not fully convinced.

"It wasn't just that." Olivia breathed. "It was everything. I just, well, look at me El. This isn't me." She said, hitting the puff that was her dress.

Elliot laughed lightly.

"I loved Mike, but I was just kidding myself when I thought it was the kind of love that lasts forever. I mean, I tried so hard to see us together. I tried to picture us sitting together, watching Andrea play in the park, but I couldn't. Every time I tried, you kept appearing in his place you stubborn son of a bitch." She continued.

"Besides, the bastard has a lipstick stain on his shirt collar." She sighed. After a pause she continued, "God, everyone probably thinks I am the biggest bitch in the entire world." She laughed.

"Nah, Manhattan maybe, but not the world." Elliot joked.

Olivia just elbowed him in the stomach.

"Look Liv, everyone just wants you to be happy. If it's not with Mike, then so be it." He comforted.

"Yeah, try telling Mike's family that." Olivia huffed.

"Okay, so maybe they hate you. But the people that matter are behind your decision one hundred percent." He answered. "So, where are you going tonight?" He asked genuinely concerned.

"Damn, I didn't think of that. Andrea and I can't go back home with Mike." She realized. "And I don't want to impose on the newlyweds (Casey and her husband). I guess I'll see if we can stay with Alex for the night." She finally decided.

"What, and be kicked all night by the future Mia Hamm?" Elliot laughed, referring to Andrea's habit to kick in her sleep. "Why don't you two just stay at my place."

"El, I don't think…" Olivia began, but was cut off. She was still confused about her feelings, and didn't want to rush into anything just yet.

"Come on Liv. Andrea has her own room there, and since the kids are going home with Kathy tonight, I have four other beds. And, you still have cloths there" He argued.

"You still have my cloths?" She asked surprised.

"Yeah, well, I guess I couldn't bring myself to get rid of them." Elliot answered quietly.

Olivia's heart swelled.

"Okay, fine." Olivia sighed, finally giving in to what her heart was screaming.

Back at the apartment Olivia lay awake in Maureen's bed. She couldn't sleep so she got up to make hot chocolate.

She padded into the kitchen, and was surprised that Elliot was already there.

"Hey, what are you doing up?" She whispered.

"Couldn't sleep. You?" He answered.

"Same." Olivia smiled. "What'cha makin?" She asked.

"Hot chocolate, want some?" Elliot offered.

Olivia couldn't help but laugh.

"What?" Elliot asked.

"Nothing, it's just that I was thinking the same thing." She answered.

"Well, great minds think alike." Elliot said as he offered Olivia a cup. "So, you wanna talk about it?"

"Do I have a choice?" She sighed.

Elliot shook his head and motioned to the couch. Olivia plopped herself down and curled up against the arm. Elliot took a seat next to her.

"So, why couldn't you sleep?" He asked.

"You know, how bout you answer that first." She said annoyed.

"Well, I was thinking." Elliot answered.

"About what?" Olivia pushed.

"I'm sorry that I screwed everything up for you. You were happy before I came back. You had everything you wanted." He sighed.

"El, you didn't screw anything up. And I didn't have everything I wanted." She assured him.

"You had the prefect daughter, and you were getting married to a good guy Liv. What else could you have wanted?" He asked.

"El, he was far from the perfect husband. I mean, he would make love to me, and I would feel like I was doing something wrong. When he held me, I never felt safe and warm, and complete… and you were still dead." Olivia answered and turned her gaze to her cup.

"I really hurt you, didn't I?" Elliot asked, taking her hand gently.

"I loved you Elliot, and you left me. You promised that you would never leave me." She said holding back tears.

"Well you promised that you would love me forever." Elliot countered. He didn't yell, he simply stated it quietly.

"I needed someone El. I was so lonely, and so broken. You were dead Elliot; I never thought I'd see you again." Olivia defended.

"Hey, I'm not mad Liv. I'm glad that you found happiness, I just wish it had been with me." He answered honestly. He didn't even notice that he was stroking her hand now.

"What do you think would have happened if you didn't get shot that night?" Olivia asked suddenly. She wanted to change teh subject

"I don't know Liv." Elliot answered, not wanting to tell her the truth. He was afraid to take this too far.

"You're lying." Olivia stated matter of factly.

Elliot looked down, and then began speaking again. "I was gonna ask you to marry me that News Years Olivia. I was gonna ask you the afternoon that I came back." He revealed.

Tears began to fall from Olivia's eyes.

"I'm so sorry Elliot." She said.

"Sorry for what?" Elliot asked.

"I said that I would love you forever, and you came back and I was engaged to someone else. I never meant to hurt you. I just didn't want to be alone anymore." She said through tears.

Elliot pulled his ex-lover to his chest, and smoothed her hair.

"Please don't cry Olivia." He begged. "I hate it when you cry."

"I love you Elliot." Olivia whispered into his chest. "I never stopped."

Elliot cupped her face in his hand and kissed the tears on her cheeks. "I love you too Liv." He said. "So, what do we do now?" He asked.

"I don't know, but I can't live the rest of my life the way I spent the last four years." She said.

"You don't have to." Elliot answered. "You asked me what would have happened if I had never gotten shot that night." He began. "And, well, I would have gotten on my knee." He continued, "And I would have told you that I loved you more than I have ever loved any woman before in my life. Then I would have told you that I could never imagine my life without you in it." He pulled his ring out of his pocket. "And then, I would have pulled this out, and asked, Olivia Benson, will you make me the happiest man in the world, and be my wife?" He finished.

"You… you've kept this for four years?" She asked.

"Four long years." Elliot smiled. "So, will you?"

Olivia threw her arms around Elliot's neck and kissed him with all the passion she had. All the hurt and pain from the past four years, and all the joy form the past four months went into her kiss.

"I never thought I would hear you say those words." She smiled as she let him slip the ring onto her finger.

"So, is that a yes?" Elliot asked through a smile.

"It is definetly a yes!" She smiled back

Olivia returned her lips to Elliot's, and separated his lips with her tongue. The re discovered each other's mouths before Olivia pulled Elliot down over her. Elliot's hands began finding their way under her shirt. He felt her shudder from his cool touch, but then she stopped him.

"El, wait." She said.

"What? Liv, I have been wanting to make love to you again for four years. I don't know how much longer I can hold out." He whined.

"I know the feeling." Olivia smiled. "It's just that Andrea is in the other room, I don't think that couch is the best place to get re-acquainted." She smiled.

"Good thinking." Elliot agreed.

Before she could react, Elliot scooped her up in his arms and carried her into what would soon be their bedroom to get "re-acquaineteed" witheach other.

TBC... the next chapter will be the last, it is just gonna sum everything up!

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