One Heart
Summary: See ch1
Disclaimer: Not mine
A/N: Not too many reviews, I hope there are more to come!
Lizzie's Problem
"So, what do you guys think of this one?" Elliot asked.
It had been about a month since Olivia had met Elliot's mother, and he was shopping with his kids on his weekend.
This wasn't just any ordinary shopping outing though, Elliot had made one of the biggest decisions of his life. He decided that Olivia was the only woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with, and now he was shopping for the perfect ring.
He had made the decision one night a few weeks before. It was a Wednesday night, and his kids were over. Olivia had gotten off of work early, so she agreed to have dinner at his apartment. He was in the kitchen clearing the table when he heard the all too familiar yelling of his children.
"Dickie! Give that back!" Kathleen screeched from the hall that held all of the bedrooms.
Dickie bolted from the hall into the living room, and flung himself over the couch, and then hid behind Olivia.
"Dickie! You little Brat, get back here!" Kathleen screamed chasing after her brother.
"Whoa whoa whoa!" Olivia said holding her hands up to Kathleen and acting as a human shield between the two siblings.
Elliot decided to watch from the window in his kitchen.
"What's the problem?" Olivia asked.
"That little Dork took my journal!" Kathleen yelled trying to hit him around Olivia.
"Okay, okay. Seize fire!" Olivia said, trying to separate the two.
"Dickie, could you please give her back her journal before I get killed in the cross fire!" She almost begged.
"But she was writing about me!" Dickie whined.
"Well, I thought that she was allowed to, seeing that it's her journal." Olivia pushed.
"But Olivia." Dickie complained.
"Dickie, please. I really don't want to have to call your father." She continued.
"Fine!" He pouted, and handed the journal back to Kathleen.
"Thanks Liv." Kathleen smiled.
"No problem hunny. Just, try not to kill your brother next time." She smiled.
When he saw how natural Olivia seemed with his kids, something was moved inside of him. He knew that she was the woman for him.
"Well guys, do you like this one?" He asked in the ring shop.
"It's kinda, dull." Maureen answered. "What about this one?" She asked pointing to a very ornate ring.
"I dunno that one seems kinda busy for Olivia. I was thinking of something a little simpler." Elliot responded.
"What about this one Dad?" Dickie asked pointing a purple ring out.
"Dickie, that's not even a diamond!" Kathleen scoffed.
"So, who says an engagement ring has to be a diamond?" He asked. "Are you the queen of engagement rings?"
"Alright you two, cut it out." Elliot warned them. "How about that one?" He asked indicating a ring with an emerald cut stone in the middle and two smaller emerald cut stones on either side.
"Oh Dad, its perfect." Kathleen swooned when she saw it in the display case.
Elliot asked the man behind the counter to show him the ring. He held it up and saw how it sparkled under the lights.
"Dad, she'll love it." Maureen smiled.
"Yeah, it's cool." Dickie agreed.
"Okay, so we have three positive votes, what do you think Liz?" He asked, turning to find his youngest daughter. "Lizzie?" He called.
"She's over there." Kathleen informed him. She was standing at case of necklaces, but she seemed to be spaced out.
"Liz, hey Liz." He called finally getting her attention. "I think I found the ring. You wanna see it?" He asked.
She nodded her head and walked over to look. "It's nice. I like it." She said simply. "I'm gonna go sit over there on the chair, okay?" She asked indicating the chair in the corner of the store.
"Okay sweetie. We'll be done in a minute." He told her, a little concerned. "Is she alright?" He asked his other kids.
"Yeah, she's been like that all week." Kathleen scoffed.
"Is this about Brian?" He asked.
Brain was Kathy's new boyfriend. Kathy had told Elliot that Lizzie wasn't crazy about him, and Lizzie had even approached him about it earlier that day.
"What else would it be about?" The teenager huffed.
She had told Elliot that she just didn't like the guy, but couldn't tell him why. Elliot just figured that she was a little jealous that her mother was now giving her attention to someone else. He had told her that she needs to remember that he made her mother happy, but she wouldn't budge.
"I don't understand why she hates him so much." Kathleen offered. "He really is nice Dad. He even made us all dinner last night, and Mom's so happy." She said as they paid for the ring.
Elliot was still concerned with the way his daughter was acting. "Hey Liz." He began. "What's up?"
"I already told you. But you don't care." She huffed as they exited the store and began walking back to his apartment.
"Liz, I do care, but you can't tell me what makes you not like him." Elliot defended. "Did he say or do something that made you uncomfortable?" He asked. He hated that he had to, but he needed to be sure his kids were safe.
"Oh my God Dad!" She yelled startling him. It was usually Kathleen who freaked out, not her. "Not everything is always about your job! Not all my problems have to do with child molesters and rapist!" She yelled. "Maybe I just don't like the guy! I can't tell you why, because I don't know. I just know that something's off with him!"
"Elizabeth, I talked to the guy." Elliot said pulling her to the side of the street so that he could talk to her. "Hell, I had dinner with him and your Mom the other night. If either your Mother or I had a reason to think something was wrong with him, do you think she'd still be dating him?" He asked.
"Whatever Dad." She said waving him off. "Let's just go home." She said pushing away from the building she was leaning against.
TBC... Review! I know this chapter was a little dull, but it will make sense later
