Due to a storm, I couldn't upload this. But now, this story is finished! This is the last chapter everyone. I appreciate everyone reading this and taking the time to review! I don't own them, but I wish I could. MERRY LATE CHRISMISCHANUKWANAZA!
"You're f---ing me!" exclaimed Munch.
"No way!" said Benson who just was equally shocked.
Stabler and Novak were speechless. There in front of them stood the Judge Elizabeth O'Donnelly, who was Cragen's date, and Lt. Anita Van Buren. O'Donnelly joined Cragen.
"I've been wondering why you've been running late," she said.
"I had to sort out my children's issues," said Cragen, "Especially Fin's. Are you his date, Anita?"
"Yeah," she said, "My husband had a business trip and apparently the word spread around I had no date and it got to Fin. He called the night he got that invitation to this ball."
"What about that call next day?" asked Munch.
"Oh I called him about just to ask him how are we going to get there. I hadn't told my squad and I knew he wasn't going to tell you guys."
"How'd you get here?" asked Cragen.
"I drove."
Novak, however, did not care about Fin's date. She was more curious about Cragen's.
"How in the world did you wind up with my ex-boss?" she asked bewildered.
"Well it so happens Casey that I co-sponsored this and I was not going to out with anyone. Then I find three messages all from the same person on my desk the day after the invitations arrived and it all happen to be from the same person," said O'Donnelly.
"You co-sponsored this?" asked Stabler, "You wanted to see us dance?"
"Actually, no. I wanted to see you guys suffer while dancing. Though I never thought I would see the day when I would get to see Casey waltzing in front of her ex-boss."
Novak forced a smile.
"If you guys want to see Fin, he's over there behind the curtain. He's been acting a little weird since he got here," said Van Buren.
"Okay," said Munch, "I'll be right back Casey."
"John, where are you going?" asked Novak, but Munch took off.
"Me too," said Stabler and he followed Munch.
"Ugh…El!" cried Benson after her partner, but Cragen stopped her.
"Captain Donald Cragen, you're not going to stop them?" asked O'Donnelly curiously.
"I've think they've had enough chastising from me for one day. I think I'll let them do what they want on Christmas."
"And what are we suppose to do with no dancing partners?" asked Novak irritated.
"Dance with Benson," said O'Donnelly.
Benson and Novak looked at each other, then looked at O'Donnelly.
"Let's dance," said O'Donnelly and Cragen obliged. They walked onto the dance floor. As they walked away, O'Donnelly whispered in Cragen's ear.
"If they screw this up, your ass is mine."
"Point taken," said Cragen nervously.
"Mind if I join you guys?" asked Van Buren as she watched walk onto the dance floor.
"No, since our dates have run off," sighed Benson.
"Do you know by any chance what they are up to?" asked Novak.
"I thought you would know," said Van Buren.
"No, we don't and it's p---ing me off," muttered Benson.
"Then that makes two of us," replied Van Buren.
"Okay, how much did you guys bring?" asked Fin.
"Fifty," said Munch.
"Twenty," said Stabler.
Fin glared at Stabler.
"If we're going to pull this off, you're going to need more than twenty, El! We agreed to bring fifty!"
"Hey, I had to buy gifts for four kids!" protested Stabler.
"You guys," muttered Munch, "The girls are not happy right now with us leaving them. You think we can hurry up so Casey doesn't make a fool of me?"
Fin sighed.
"Okay, fine. Van Buren didn't look to happy either."
"She's the Shift Lieutenant of the 2-7 squad for Christ sake! Of course, she's not going to be happy!" cried Stabler.
"Shhhhhhh," hissed Fin, "Don't announce it to whole f----ing world!"
"Seriously though, how did you manage to ask her out?" said Munch.
"I just found out…through channels," stuttered Fin.
Munch coughed the word "Gossip" and Fin smacked him on the head.
"Ow!" cried Munch.
"Stupid old man…" muttered Fin.
"Hush now, they've dimmed the lights," whispered Stabler.
The lights dimmed and the overture of the orchestra could be heard.
"They're getting ready to waltz," muttered Munch, "Ready?"
"Let's do this," said Fin.
"What the hell is taking them so long?" growled Novak.
"I'm starting to loose my patients," said Van Buren.
"I've lost mine long ago when El left with Munch," muttered Benson.
"Cragen seems to be doing well with O'Donnelly," said Novak.
"I think I see it the other way around. Did you notice after O'Donnelly whisper something in his ear, he has been acting a little tense on the dance floor?" asked Benson.
"Maybe she asked him to come over for the night after this is over," said Van Buren.
Silence.
"What? Don't pretend that your Captain is a saint now."
"Wrong," said Novak, shaking her head.
"Captain and O'Donnelly, one night stand? Nah, no way. It won't happen," said Benson.
"Boy, then you've been missing out on some juicy stuff I found out the other day," said Van Buren.
Novak and Benson got curious now.
"What has Cragen been doing that we don't know?" asked Benson curiously.
"I'm afraid I can't say," said Van Buren.
"Oh come on," said Novak, "Has he been…ummm…with O'Donnelly a little more than usual?"
"Maybe…" said Van Buren.
"Oh come on, tell us!" said Benson.
Van Buren only smiled.
"You ask him!" hissed Munch.
"It was Fin's idea!" hissed Stabler.
"You brought the less amount of money!" hissed Fin.
"FINE! Then we'll settle it the old fashion way," said Munch and he stuck out his hand.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors?" asked Stabler skeptically, "Weren't you complaining a month ago that this game was rigged?"
"I can't think of anything else better to do," growled Munch.
"Okay, then. Fine. Let's just get this over with," whispered Fin.
Stabler and Fin stuck out their hands.
"Rock, paper, SCISSORS!" they all shouted quietly.
Stabler and Munch had rock while Fin had scissors.
"Rock beats scissors, Fin," said Munch.
"Damn!" hissed Fin.
"Come on now, go!" hissed Stabler.
"Give me your money first," said Fin.
Munch handed over his fifty while Stabler reluctantly handed over his twenty. Fin snatched it from him and went over the orchestra director.
"120 bucks says if you turn this party over to me, you can still earn what these guys are paying you," whispered Fin.
The orchestra director looked at Fin out of the corner of his eye while still directing the orchestra to let him know that he was interested.
"You want to take a break?" asked Fin.
The orchestra director halted the orchestra and took the money from him.
"Where's your nearest surround sound stereo system complete with CD player?"
"Over there," said the orchestra director.
"Okay, we are in business!"
Fin sprinted to the stereo and popped in a burned CD he made earlier while in the squad room. Then he sprinted back to the orchestra and grabbed the mike.
"Is that Fin onstage?" asked Benson
"If I can have your attention everyone," Fin began.
"Oh no," said Cragen as O'Donnelly was eyeing him angrily.
"Some coconspirators and I have decided to liven up things a bit here," said Fin and Stabler and Munch walked on stage reluctantly.
"If there is a God, Cragen's chances of having a one night stand with O'Donnelly are not dashed," said Van Buren.
"WHAT?" shouted Novak, "My ex-boss…"
"Shhhh," said Benson, "Quiet! What the Captain does in his spare time is no one's business!"
"Look who's talking," said Novak.
"And we thought since that this is the first annual NYPD dance, we thought we could…"
Fin waited for the music to come on. Smash Mouth began to blare loudly.
"GET DOWN MAN!"
"YES!" shouted Benson, Novak, and Van Buren.
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an L on her forehead
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an L on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Fin jumped down from the stage and met Van Buren on the dance floor. Stabler and Munch followed suit only Munch landed in Novak's arms.
"Ah," said Munch, turning red.
"Well? Is this what you were planning?" said Novak.
"Yeah."
"I like it!"
Munch began to spin Novak around and Novak broke free from him and began to dance. So did Munch and everyone made a circle for them seeing as they were taking up most of the space.
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Stabler found Benson in the crowd looking in a much better mood.
"You know," said Benson, moving to the beat, "This turned out to be a much better event than I thought it would be."
Stabler pulled Benson close and whispered, "Merry Christmas, Liv."
Benson blushed.
"Thanks El," she whispered.
"Does this mean I can beat you next year in the snow ball fight?"
"When hell freezes over, then I might."
She wrapped his arms around him and he grabbed her waist. They began to move back and forth to the beat.
Hey now you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
Cragen and O'Donnelly were probably the only ones dancing properly on the dance floor since everyone forgot about doing the waltz.
"Now I can get used to this, Captain," said O'Donnelly.
"Me too," said Cragen.
"Oh I bet," she replied.
"Say, are you doing anything tonight?"
"What did you have in mind Captain?"
"Well…maybe some peace and quiet?"
"At my place?"
"If you want…"
They both smiled, as they knew what would happen later that night.
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The waters getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire how about yours
That's the way I like it and I never get bored
Fin and Van Buren were moving to the beat in their own groove.
"Now, I didn't you couldn't dance like this, Detective Tutuola," said Van Buren.
"Boy Scout, always prepared," said Fin smiling slyly.
"I didn't know that Boy Scouts teach boys to dance."
"Well, I really wanted that cool badge."
"What did it look like?"
"Hmmm…if I remember right, I think it had music notes on it."
"Reminds me of my Girl Scout music badge."
"You were in Girl Scouts?"
Hey now you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars…
Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go…GO!
You'll never shine if you don't glow
The orchestra director went over to the switchboard and while no one was looking, flipped on the disco ball. The dance floor whooped as the reflection of the light began to spin around them. He sighed and made his way to the pub to grab a Barcardi and cola.
Munch and Novak were now joined by the others and their circle got bigger. Munch picked up Novak and twirled her around. Benson and Stabler began to do some remixed form of The Waltz. Cragen and O'Donnelly were doing The Waltz in a faster time signature. And Fin and Van Buren were in their own world doing their own groove.
Hey now you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
The squad were getting ready when someone stopped them.
"Hey, can I get picture of you guys?" said a photographer for hire.
"Don't see why not," said Cragen.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!" yelled Munch.
"You've been having too much to drink," said Novak.
"He always has too much to drink," said Fin.
"But we can always have more back at the house," said Stabler.
"I think I'll pass," said Van Buren.
"Me too. Tomorrow, I have to go back to work and I like to think on a clear head," said O'Donnelly.
"Smile for the camera," said the photographer.
"What are we going to say?" asked Benson.
"Hanuakah?" suggested the photographer.
"HAPPY HANUAKAH!" shouted everyone.
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
Executive Writer: Munchkin25
The End
On a side note, I don't own Smash Mouth, their All Star lyrics, or Chuck Norris. So tell me what you think by R&R please!