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A/N Thanks to my beta Emily. Also I wanted to thank all of you for reviewing. This is the final chapter, and I just wanted to thank everybody who stuck by it and reviewed :) You made me want to continue this. Thank you and enjoy the last chapter of "Modern Day Romeo and Juliet"
JFK airport, 7:55 PM
"Okay, what gate is the flight at?" Elliot asked as the two of them ran into the airport. They had gotten stopped for about fifteen minutes by a traffic cop because they were speeding, and they now had only five minutes to get to the gate. Olivia quickly looked at the paper
"gate D5 come on, we have to hurry" she said hastily as the two of them looked at the clock. They ran as quick as they could to the gate.
"Whoa whoa wait, you need to go through security, please wait in the back of the line" the security officer said blocking them.
"No no no, you don't understand, I have five minutes to get to my flight, otherwise the love of my life is gonna go to LA and I'll never see him again. So can I please go through?" Olivia said hopefully. The security guard looked at her for a moment and looked like he was thinking about it.
"No, you two get in the back of the line, now." Olivia groaned in frustration but they both went to the back of a long line.
"We'll never get there in time" Olivia said sadly. Elliot throught for a moment before he realized something.
"Um Liv, you know how we both say to never, never abuse our power?"
"yeah. so what does that have to do with anything?" then she realized what he was getting at.
"God I could kiss you right now" she said happily. They both pulled out there badges and held them over there head
"all right, NYPD, we need to get to the head of the line, now. It's a police emergency" Olivia said professionally. They quickly got out of the line and went up to the guard again.
"Hey! are the two of you are hard of hearing or something? I said get in the back of the line!"
"police sir, we need to get to gate D5 now, or a wanted rapist will be on his way to LA. Do you want that on your head?" Olivia said sternly. The guard sighed then took another look at the badges.
"Fine, go ahead, but if anyone asks, I didn't let you go" he said a little annoyed. Elliot and Olivia smiled at him before they ran through the metal detector.
"Witch way do we go?" she asked looking around the airport. Elliot quickly looked around and saw a large sign above them.
"D gates 1-10, this way, come on" he said grabbing her hand and they both began running fast towards the gates.
"There it is! gate D5, we have one minute." They both ran towards it just in time to hear
"final boarding call, flight 121 to LA" a women said with a heavy Brooklyn accent. Olivia and Elliot looked at each other for a few seconds.
"Well this is it, seven years as partners, it all comes down to this" Elliot said softly.
"I know, I don't know what I would do without you Elliot, your my best friend" she said a little teary.
"Your my best friend too Liv. Hell, you and this job are the only things I got left. Your the best partner anyone could ever ask for" he said getting tears in his eyes. Olivia let a few tears fall before she pulled him into a hug.
"I'm gonna miss you so much" she said through her tears.
"I'm gonna muss you too Liv. But it's for the best, your gonna be happy, and you deserve that more then anyone else in the world. I better get an invite to the wedding" he said with a small laugh. Olivia nodded then released the hug and sighed.
"Well here goes, I'm off to the land of celebrities. I'll call you when I get there okay?"
"you better." Olivia let out a small chuckle then wiped her tear and took a deep breath before going up to the ticket counter and handed the women the ticket. She scanned it then handed it back
"I"m sorry honey, this ticket's been canceled." Olivia looked at her in confusion
"what? no it's not, I just got this three days ago, I didn't cancel it."
"Whats going on Liv?" Elliot said coming up to her.
"I'm not sure, look, who canceled the ticket? Because I sure as hell didn't." The women sighed with boredom and typed a few things in the computer
"Micheal Angelo Wallace did three hours ago. He bought the ticket, so he was allowed to cancel the ticket, I'm sorry." Olivia got wide eyes and looked down.
"He canceled the ticket, why would he do that?" she said softly.
"Look we're just un cancel it, we can do it right?" Elliot said hoping they could.
"I'm sorry sir, Mr Wallace all ready collected the refund money."
"okay then we buy another ticket. I mean, theres got to be some way to delay the flight right?"
"No sir, the flight is filled up, and theres not another flight to LA until 4 AM tomorrow if you want to buy another ticket."
"No, no its' okay" Olivia said softly.
"what? but Olivia-"
"no Elliot, I mean what was I thinking? dropping everything just to go to LA with a guy who canceled the ticket."
"Olivia come on, look, he canceled the ticket three hours ago, he waited three days to cancel it. He waited for you Liv, that proves that he's in love with you. If you were him, and it was down to just three hours to the time of the flight, would you cancel the ticket?" Olivia thought for a few moments
"yeah, I guess I would. Come on, I have time to go home and pack, lets go" she said walking away from the ticket counter with Elliot following.
The car ride was mostly silent, both of them not wanting to say something to the other in fear of crying again. When they pulled up to her building they both got out of the car and went inside.
"Do you want me to help you pack?" Elliot asked her as they got to her apartment.
"Yeah, thanks El" she said with a small smile. She opened the door and got wide, surprised eyes. Her entire living room was covered in white roses and was lighted by at least a hundred tiny white candles. But thats not what got her attention
"hi Olivia" Mike said softly, standing in the middle of her living room wearing a nice white suit.
"Um you know what, this may be the time for me to wait outside" Elliot said a little confused shutting the door behind him. There was silence in her apartment for a few seconds
"wha, what are you doing here?" she asked in a little bit of shock.
He shrugged then went up to her
"I had to see you again."
"But your supposed to be flying to LA."
"I know"
"then why are you here in this... extremely romantic setting?" she said looking around her living room again.
"I realized that I wouldn't of been able to to go on without you."
"Mike you don't understand, I was going to fly to LA with you."
"I couldn't tear you away from your home, I know how much this all means to you."
"Yeah but you mean more to me then anything here. I would of survived in LA." Mike shook his head
"it was wrong to make you choose. I realize that now, thats why I canceled both of our tickets." Olivia got wide eyes
"yo, you canceled both of the tickets?" he nodded
"yeah"
"what about your job, what about your career? I mean we've been to every IAB office in New York city and they all said that they won't hire you."
"Jersey City's only thirty minutes away. I called them and they said that they'd be happy to have another IAB officer."
"But what about-"
"plus they don't investigate NYPD, so they don't care if we're dating or not."
"I can't believe you'd do that for me, I love you" she said hugging him and letting a tear run down her face. He hugged her back and then released it.
"There's something else Olivia. When I was driving to the airport, knowing that I may never see you again, I realized that I loved you more then anything and" he got down on one knee "I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and I don't know what I would do with out you. Olivia I have never felt this way about anyone before, and I know I never will again. Olivia Benson, will you marry me?"
"yes!" she yelled happily. He quickly stood up and they shared a passionate kiss. When they released it they smiled at each other then there was a knock at the door.
"Can I come in?" Elliot asked.
"No" Olivia said happily pulling Mike into another kiss. They released it once again then there was another knock on the door.
"Can I come in yet?"
"yes" she said joyfully, a smile never leaving her face. He opened the door and Olivia turned to him.
"I'm engaged!" she said happily.
"Congratulations Liv!" he said pulling her into a hug. She hugged him back then Elliot released it and turned to Mike who had a huge grin on his face.
"If you hurt her" Elliot said his face and voice turning serious "I and all the detectives in the squad will turn your life into a living hell."
"You'll have to beat me to it" he said, a smile not leaving his face. Elliot nodded then turned to Olivia who couldn't control the grin on her face.
"I'm gonna go and tell Cragen to stop looking for your replacement."
"All right, but don't tell him I'm engaged, I want to tell everyone myself" she said going up to Mike. Elliot nodded then pulled her into another hug
"congratulations Liv. Your lucky to have a guy like him" he whispered but Mike heard him. He released the hug then turned to Mike
"Wallace"
"Stabler" Mike said happily wrapping his arms around her waist and laying his head on her shoulder. Then Elliot left, leaving the happy couple alone.
"So, what do you say, we have a little celebration future Mr Benson" Olivia said turning around and grinning at him.
"I think that would be perfect future Mrs Wallace" he said smiling at her then pulling her into a kiss.
"you know" Olivia said pulling away form the kiss. "This kind of reminds me of some Shakespearean play. You know, two people from opposite ends fall in love and like and over come everything to be together."
"Yeah, kind of like, a modern day Romeo and Juliet. Except with a much happier ending."
"Ending, I think you mean to say, a much happier beginning."
The End
Final authors note: Thank you to everyone who reviewed, you made me want to continue and finish this, especially the people who stood by this from the beginning. And yes, I'm am working on the sequel as we speak. And hopefully you all enjoyed it. And heres a little preview of the sequel "Taming of the Squads." (Hopefully you all know that I got the name from another Shakespearean classic, "Taming of the Shrew")
"Elliot will you just drop it!" Olivia yelled at him.
"No I won't Liv, you have to tell him. He stayed in New York for you, he lost his job for you!" he yelled back at her.
"I know that! and I feel terrible about this, but what good will it be to tell him? And I swear to god if you tell him, I will never forgive you" she said angrily.
"Fine, but you know what, your going to have to tell him eventually, and if you don't tell him then I will" he said a little coldly before walking back inside. Olivia glared at him before sitting down on the bench and felt a tear roll down her face. How was she going to tell her fiancée, the man of her dreams, that she and her partner had slept together?
Don't you all hate teasers? I do. But luckily, I know what happens. The rest of you are just gonna have to wait to read it :)
