"Good movie?" Mark asked as they stepped out of the movie theater holding hands.
"If I got to watch it I might know" Olivia said smiling as she wiped her lip and winked at her husband. Mark just smiled evilly as he wrapped his arm around her waist.
"Dinner time" Mark said leading her to his Mustang.
"In the car?" Olivia teased smiling as he opened the door for her.
"It's a surprise," Mark answered as she went in. He closed the door and went on his side and got in. "You know you're lucky I met you before this car"
"Cause the Mustang could give you a orgasm?" Olivia teased smiling as she put on her seat belt.
Mark looked over at her and turned on the car and when he heard the engine roar he moaned on purpose.
Olivia started laughing hysterically. "You need help you know that right?"
"I need you that's what I need," Mark said as playfully slapped her knee and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"You have me already" Olivia said smiling returning the kiss on the cheek. Mark just smiled and drove off.
After about ten minutes of their playfully insults to each other they got close to a huge building.
"Close your eyes" Mark ordered.
"Why?"
"Just do it"
"Not until you tell me why" Olivia said smiling.
"C'mon it's a surprise, you trust me right?"
"Of course I trust you"
"Then close your eyes" Mark said smiling. Olivia smirked and closed her eyes "No peeking"
"I would never do such a thing"
"You realize I knew you for about 17 years so I know the way you think detective"
"Eighteen" Olivia corrected, "We dated one year before getting married"
"Whatever" Mark said smiling still driving the car. Olivia grinned and slapped him on the knee "Evil woman"
"That's why you love me"
"I love you for your body that's about it" Mark teased grinning.
"Shut up or I'm opening my eyes" Olivia threatened smirking as she took his hand.
"Almost there" Mark told her as he pulled into a building and drove up the levels. When he finally drove to the roof of the building he stopped "Keep your eyes closed" He got out of the car and went to her side and opened the door for her.
She felt him take her hand and lead her out of the car. "Where are we?" she asked as she heard him close her door.
"Don't open your eyes yet," He said putting his hands on her waist and leading her to the hood of the car.
She felt his hands embrace her waist and pick her up and put her on the hood, "What are you doing?" She asked giggling.
"Just be patient jeez," Mark said as he got on the hood next to her. "Lay down" he instructed as he gently pulled her back to lye down on the window and hood. He interlaced his fingers with hers and gave her a small kiss on her cheek "Open your eyes"
Olivia opened her eyes and her mouth dropped seeing the site in front of her. She saw the complete city, it seemed like every light in the city was on. She saw buildings and the statue of liberty, and the ocean. The view was amazing.
Mark just grinned watching her.
"Oh my god" She whispered smiling.
"You like?" Mark asked stilling holding her hand.
"Oh my god I love, this is beautiful," She said grinning sitting up and looking over at him. "Where are we?"
"Old parking lot no one ever uses and most people don't know it exists" Mark answered smirking as he sat up and sat behind her making her in between his legs. He wrapped his arms around her stomach and held her.
"I knew you still had the romantic side in you" Olivia teased as she placed her hands over his as he gently kissed her cheek. She just smiled and traced over his gentle hands and just thought how much she loved him. "Where's my dinner?"
"I'll just order pizza up here" He answered smiling "So what do you like to do for fun?"
Olivia just laughed "Its not really a date where you need to find things about me"
"But I like finding things about you, remember when we were dating and you cut your hair" Mark teased and started laughing.
Olivia started laughing with him "You were so mean, you kept teasing me"
"And you kept punching me, your lucky I kept dating you"
"Oh whatever your lucky I didn't dump you since you were head over heels in love with me"
"I still am" Mark whispered smiling looking down at her. She smiled and looked up at him, she brought her hand up from his and put it on the back of his neck and pulled him closer and started kissing him. He just smirked and held her closer and kissed her back.
Flashback"Oh my god what happened to your hair?" Mark asked as he opened his door to his apartment and saw Olivia with short hair.
"You like?" She asked smiling as she gave him a kiss and walked into his apartment.
"It's ridiculous" Mark teased closing his door. Olivia looked at him and punched him in the shoulder. "Ouch, I was just kidding." Olivia just looked at him. Mark smiled and took her hand "You're a very pretty girl inside and out and the wacky hair doesn't change it"
"Do you like it?" Olivia asked moving closer to him.
"Of course, I love anything on you" Mark answered smiling. "Except that silly hair" He teased and ran away. Olivia quickly chased him playfully.
Mark ran into the kitchen and grabbed a spoon "I have a spoon and I'm not afraid to use it"
Olivia just smiled and grabbed another spoon "Bring it on federal agent" she teased standing on one side of the kitchen and looking at him on the other.
"Liv you want to spoon with me?" Mark asked smiling.
Olivia just laughed "How smooth"
"I know" Mark said smiling proudly "You want to kiss me?"
"No"
"Liar"
"You wish" Olivia teased stepping toward him.
"I want to kiss you, would you let me kiss you if I tried?" Mark asked with a wink.
"You offended me, why should I let you kiss me?" Olivia teased winking back at him.
"Because we have been dating for 4 months already" Mark answered moving closer to her. "And I love you"
Olivia just looked at him with her smile fading since that was the first time he said that to her.
"I know I'm weird but I do have feelings," Mark said smiling going up to her and wrapping his arms around her waist. "I love you Olivia Benson," He whispered softly looking into her brown eyes that were now sparkling.
"Oh my god" was all that left her mouth as she just looked into his eyes and felt tears come to her eyes.
"Ok if I ever felt bad this is it," Mark said sort of embarrassed that he put her in that position since he could see that she didn't feel the same way "I'm sorry Olivia, I didn't mean to do that to you, you don't need to say anything back its ok" he said as he let go of her. He looked at the ground and just walked away to his living room feeling extremely embarrassed.
Olivia just buried her face in her hands realizing what she just did. She loved him with no doubt in her mind but she was afraid of taking that next step. That step that told her that she found someone for her. Even with her being SVU she always loved that he never felt intimidated by her job or never showed a sign of not caring for her. She loved him and it was only fair for him to know.
She rolled her eyes looking at the spoon still in her hands. She wanted to smack herself over the head with it for letting him think that she didn't love him. She put it on his counter top and walked over to the living room.
Mark was just sitting on the couch playing with the spoon in his hands and starring at the floor. "I'm sorry for ruining the night liv," He said quietly.
She said nothing and walked over to him and sat down and took his hand. "I'm sorry for ruining the night"
"I should have never said that since you don't feel the same way and its ok, you don't need to"
It broke Olivia's heart to see his eyes get sad. "Mark I don't want you to think I don't love you…"
"Don't. Don't say something you don't feel, I don't want you to do that to yourself"
Olivia wiped the tear that she knew was going to fall down her cheek "I love you Mark Anderson" She whispered as she hugged him "I love you so much"
"Liar" Mark whispered teasingly with a small smile as he held her.
"You wish" Olivia whispered back smiling.
End Flashback
They walked into their house around 10 at night. Tommy was sleeping on the couch with the twins sleeping on his chest and The Teletubbies playing on T.V. Mark and Olivia just smiled.
"Look at my little soldiers" Mark whispered smiling as he closed the door.
"Lets get them to bed" Olivia whispered as she walked over and gently picked up Matt. Matt just moved slightly and rested his head on her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her neck and went back to sleep.
"C'mon buddy" Mark whispered gently picking Mike up. The other twin did the same and went back to sleep.
Olivia put Matt into his bed as Mark put Mike in his bed. Both of the twins kept their arms wrapped around their necks.
"Liv I think this is too much attachment," Mark whispered as he kissed Mike on the head and untangled his arms and covered him with a blanket.
Olivia just smiled and did the same with Matt. They switched sides and Olivia kissed Mike as Mark kissed Matt. They left the room and slightly closed the door.
Tommy was sitting up on the couch and rubbing his eyes.
"Jenny get home by 9:30?" Mark asked as he took the remote control and switched the channel.
"Yea, and with five minutes to spare, I must say this Danny kid isn't that bad" Tommy answered as he got off the couch.
"Great, you can make the toast at the wedding" Mark teased rolling his eyes. Tommy just looked at Olivia who waved him off not to pay attention to Mark.
"Your such a dad sometimes, I'm going to go" Tommy said as he grabbed his car keys.
"What about that dog?" Mark asked as he sat down on the couch and Olivia sat down by him and cuddled closer to him.
"Casey came by earlier and picked him up" Tommy answered as he went out of the house "Bye" He called out going down the steps. Olivia and Mark just waved.
"Want to get to bed?" Olivia asked looking up at him and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Why?" Mark asked smiling suspiciously at her.
"Because" Olivia answered smirking taken the remote and turning off the T.V.
"Olivia Benson what are you up to?" Mark teased as she took his hand and pulled him off the couch. She wrapped his arm around her stomach and led him to their bedroom. They went in and Mark closed the door and locked it behind him.
"C'mon" Olivia instructed playfully pulling him to the bed.
"I wonder what's going to happen" Mark teased as she pushed him on to the bed and sat on top of him. He just smiled and held her by her waist as she grinned and played with his buttons on his shirt.
"I wonder what would happen if I…" Olivia teased and unbuttoned one of his buttons.
"Your so cute" Mark said smiling looking up at her as he took her hands and interlaced them with his.
"So are you" Olivia said smiling as she played with his hands and moved them back to her waist and unbuttoned his shirt all the way. She kissed his chest and took off his shirt.
"May I pretty girl?" Mark asked gently putting his hands under her shirt and getting ready to take it off.
"You better"
Mark smirked and took off her shirt and threw it to the ground. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her down and buried his face into her breasts. Olivia just giggled. Mark smiled and flipped her over so he was on top.
Olivia started kissing him as she led her hands down his chest and went to his belt but quickly felt his hand lead her back to his chest. She said nothing and kept her hands on his chest as they kissed.
Mark unbuttoned her jeans and played with the elastic on her panties and lightly touched her skin. Olivia led her hand to his belt again but he again moved it.
She broke the kiss "What's wrong?"
"I…I…Nothing" Mark whispered as he started kissing her again. Olivia said nothing and kissed him and went to his belt again and unbuckled it as she pulled his jeans off she felt his body tense up in nervousness.
She broke the kiss again "Mark we don't need to do this" She whispered as she wrapped her arms around his back.
"Yes we do" Mark whispered as he kissed her neck.
"Then what's bothering you?" She whispered stroking his back.
"The…I just…I don't know" Mark whispered as he rested his head on her shoulder.
"The scars?" Olivia whispered looking at him. Mark just looked at the wall and nodded. "I don't care about the scars,"
"I don't want you to think anything different of me"
"I would never think anything different about you because of some dumb scars" Olivia whispered stroking his hair and gave him a kiss on the cheek
"But its not the same" Mark whispered.
"You know every scar on my body and how I got it?" Olivia asked recalling when they were engaged of spending the whole night exploring each other's body and telling stories about their scars.
"Of course" Mark answered.
"Then I want to know all your new scars only if you let me" Olivia whispered hugging him. "Will you let me?"
Mark said nothing for a while and then took her hand and put it to a scar on his chest "I got tazard after getting in a fight"
Olivia just nodded. He led her hand to his ribcage "Baton from a guard, they beat me after I slammed a guys head into the tile of the bathroom" Olivia's eyes just got watery but she nodded.
He led her hand to his boxers "Knife, after…after I got raped" He whispered in a very low voice.
Olivia nodded with her eyes full of tears "Thank you" She whispered looking at him. "Thank you for letting me in"
Mark just nodded and hugged her. She hugged him back and kissed his cheek. He kissed her cheek and went to her lips. She kissed him back and gently pulled down his boxers. Mark's body tensed up for a second but Olivia hugged him "It's ok" she whispered softly in his ear. Mark just nodded and pulled her jeans down.
Olivia moved down his body and kissed the scar on his chest and then the scar on his ribcage and then the scars on his penis. She moved back up and kissed his cheek "I love you" she whispered.
"I love you too," He whispered kissing her cheek.
After 10 minutes of making love they heard a knock on the door. They stopped and looked at each other.
"Mommy?" They heard Mike's voice.
"Are you guys awake cause there are ghosts in our closet" They heard Matt's voice.
Mark just shook his head "Don't answer and they'll go away" He whispered lying under Olivia and already inside of her.
"We can't just leave them out there" Olivia whispered kissing his neck.
"They'll go away," Mark whispered playfully tickling her. Olivia quickly covered her mouth so she wouldn't laugh to loudly.
"Stop" She whispered giggling pushing his hand away.
"Daddy?" Matt called again "We're scared"
"C'mon they're scared we cant just leave them out there, its not right" Olivia whispered as she pulled herself off of him. Mark took her and pulled her back. "Later, I promise" She whispered smiling giving him a kiss.
"Mommy?" Another knock on the door.
"Coming sweetheart" Olivia called out as she got off of Mark. Mark groaned and took the blanket and covered himself. Olivia grabbed her robe and pulled it on and then threw Mark's boxers on the bed. Mark pulled them on under the blanket as Olivia grabbed all their clothes and shoved them under the bed.
She unlocked the door and opened it and Matt and Mike where standing there holding their blankets. Olivia bent down to be at their eyelevel "What's wrong guys?"
"Ghosts in our closet" Mike answered.
"And beds" Matt added.
"You guys see them?" Mark asked sitting up in bed.
"No, but they are there, can you check and make them go away?" Mike asked looking at Mark.
"Why don't you guys just beat them up?" Mark asked smirking.
"Daddy, you can't beat up ghosts, that's why they are ghosts," Matt said throwing his hands up in the air at the same time as Mike.
"Daddy go check their closets and then check our closet for ghosts" Olivia said smiling stroking the twin's hair.
"You have ghosts also?" Mike asked looking up at her.
"Yes we do, so hurry up daddy," Olivia answered jerking her head to the twin's room. Mark smiled and got off the bed. He picked the twins up and put Mike on his back and held Matt in his arms.
"Lets go find those ghosts" Mark said going to their closet.
"You first" Mike suggested.
"How about we go together?" Mark asked smiling. The twin's just nodded. Mark opened the closet "BOO!" He yelled out on purpose. Both of the twins got startled, Matt him on the shoulder and Mike held on tighter.
"Don't do that," Matt yelled giving him a look, Mark returned the same look, both of the twins smiled.
"Lets yell out for the ghosts" Mark said. All three yelled out "Ghosts?" at the same time. "See no ghosts"
"Maybe they went under the bed," Mike suggested. Mark nodded and put both on the ground and kneeled down with them to look under the bed.
Olivia came to the doorway and saw them and smiled "BOO!" All three guys got startled. Mark just laughed but the twins started crying.
"Boys its just mommy" Mark said hugging both of them as they cried.
Olivia quickly walked over and bent down and took Matt in her arms "I'm sorry guys, I didn't mean to scare you"
"We thought you were the ghost" Matt choked out through tears.
"Mommy isn't the ghost she is too pretty, plus I think you guys scared away the ghosts already, they won't be bothering you anymore. You guys want to fly?" Mark asked smiling looking at the two. They smiled and nodded. Mark picked Mike up and held him as if he was a plane. "He is going to crash oh no" Mark landed him on the bed and gave him a kiss.
"Mattie has to fly too," Olivia said smiling. Mark smiled and took Matt and flew him around the room and put him in bed.
"I'm going to check mommy's closet for ghosts, if you guys see a ghost you yell out mommy or daddy and I'm here, I promise" Mark said giving both of them a kiss as Olivia kissed them on the head.
"Goodnight" The twins said in unison as they waved. Mark and Olivia waved and went out of the room.
"Let me check for those ghosts" Mark teased pushing her inside of their bedroom and locking the door behind them. Olivia just laughed and pushed him onto the bed and stood above him. Mark just smiled as she took his boxers and pulled them off and then slowly took off her robe. Mark sat up and pulled her on top of him and kissed her.
Olivia woke up at 9 and it was raining outside. She rolled her eyes and got out of bed only in Mark's boxers and one of his t-shirts. As she was changing into her jeans Mark came in.
"Hey cutie" He said smiling as he closed the door behind him and looked at her sitting on the bed pulling on her jeans.
"Hi" She said grinning as she took off his shirt and grabbed one of her sweaters.
Mark kneeled down by her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Last night was amazing"
Olivia just smiled and pulled on her sweater "I definitely agree"
"Maybe we can have an encore tonight?" Mark asked smirking as he moved on top of her.
"Maybe" Olivia teased grinning as she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his cheek. Mark kissed her cheek and then went to her lips. Olivia kissed him back and then they heard a knock on the door.
Mark groaned and broke the kiss "Why every time?"
Olivia just smiled "Who is it?" She called out.
"Your offspring" James called back.
Olivia laughed and pushed Mark off of her. Mark got up and wiped his lip "Come in"
James opened the door and stuck his head in a little bit "Dad some lawyer dude is looking for you"
"Lawyer?" Mark asked confused.
"That's what I said," James answered rolling his eyes. Mark rolled his eyes and went out of the room. Olivia followed and James went up to his room.
Mark opened the door and a man with a nice suit and a briefcase was standing there. Mark just looked at him totally confused "Can I help you?"
"Are you Mark Anderson?"
"Yes I am, and you are?"
"Jeffrey Ross, I'm an attorney"
Mark and Olivia looked even confused now. Jeffrey sensed that they were confused and spoke up again "I'm Nicole Porter's attorney."
Mark's eyes just got wide at the name. He knew it well, his ex-girlfriends name. Olivia looked up at Mark and sensed that he knew whom Nicole Porter was.
"Mr. Anderson I think its better if we talk in private" Jeffrey said in a completely serious tone. This time Olivia didn't giggle at the name since she was completely concerned at what was going on.
"Why don't you come in," Mark offered moving out of the way and still in complete shock.
Jeffrey came into the house and Mark led him to their living room. The twins were lying on the couch and watching cartoons.
"Guys go in your room," Mark said picking them up and putting them on the ground.
"Ok, daddy" Mike said as he and Matt ran in thier room.
"Who's Nicole Porter?" Olivia asked quietly looking at Mark.
"My ex" Mark answered quietly as he sat down on the couch next to Jeffrey and Olivia joined him.
"Mr. Anderson unfortunately I'm here to bring some rather bad news," Jeffrey said sort of uncomfortably. "Ms. Porter passed away last week from lung cancer"
Mark's mouth just dropped and he just kept looking at the attorney. Olivia looked at Mark and saw his face went completely pale.
"I think we should do this in private"
"It's fine" Mark said taking Olivia's hand.
Jeffrey looked at Olivia and then Mark and nodded "She left everything to her son and the father of her son"
Olivia looked confused for a second and quickly realized what the attorney was talking about.
"What's that got to…" Mark started and stopped realizing what was going on. He was the father of that child. "What? That's not possible"
"The child is 18 and Ms. Porter left him in your custody"
"If he is 18 he doesn't need a guardian" Olivia spoke up.
"Um…under these circumstances he does" Jeffrey said pulling out an envelope from his blazer. He started to give it to Mark but Mark was in complete shock and wasn't paying attention, Olivia took the envelope and opened it and pulled out a piece of paper.
She looked at it and then read out loud "Under the state law of New York Mr. Dexter Zane Porter is not allowed without guardianship until the age of 21. His parole requires guardianship until the age of 21 after being in the juvenile center for 2 years for the assault of Neal McCormick." Olivia finished and her mouth just dropped realizing that her stepson was a convict. Total shock came over her realizing that he would be living with them.