Disclaimer: Still haven't received THAT letter that gives them to me…but Dick said it was in the mail…pouts

A/N: Hope yall liked the last chapter… I don't know how much more drama there should be, so I skipped some years to let the kids grow up and to move the story along some – it will be a common thing in the next few chapters…

Retiring?

2 Years Later

"Momma! Momma!" Olivia smiled as she heard a little voice yell to her as she walked into their house after work.

After Luke and Elliot had recuperated from their gun shots wounds, Elliot and Olivia decided that with four children they should move. It took six months, but the family was able to find a four bedroom house in a less populated part of Queens. It was a beautiful brownstone with a good size yard located about ten minutes from Elliot's parent's house. The kids loved being so close to their grandparents and Elliot and Olivia enjoyed the almost built-in babysitting. They went out more as a couple then they did before the twins were born. Since Jake was on his way to college, the house was the right size for them to expand and grow. While they didn't want anymore children, the extra room would allow Elyse and Gage to eventually have their own space and still have a place for Jake when he came home for breaks and summer.

A year after the move Elliot and Olivia helped Jake move into a dorm at Elon University in North Carolina. He received a scholarship to play baseball there and was going to study psychology and criminal justice. The best part for Jake was that Becca also received a scholarship there to play volleyball. As of now, the two have been together for five years. Everyone had told them that they would never make it after Jake moved back to New York with his family, but the distance actually made them stronger. They were excited about the fact that they would be able to be together in college and possibly beyond.

Olivia took off her jacket, unclipped her badge and locked her gun and holster in the drawer her and Elliot used to keep the little ones away from their firearms. Olivia almost fell over after the force of her youngest hit her legs.

"Momma!" Gage greeted again.

"Hey buddy! Where's your daddy?"

"On the sofa seepin'"

"Really? Did you and Elyse tire him out today?" Olivia had left Elliot with the children because it was Saturday and she had to go in to finish a case that she had started with Fin.

Gage smirked, the smirk he got directly from Elliot, and shook his head, "No momma…We be perfect for daddy."

Olivia rolled her eyes at the sheepish look on her son's face, "Yeah, okay. Why don't we go wake him up? Want to?"

Gage nodded animatedly in response. Olivia put her finger to her lips to tell him to be quiet. Gage smiled and tip-toed to the living room right behind Olivia. Elyse immediately turned from the movie she was watching when she heard Olivia and Gage came into the room. Olivia motioned for her to be quiet and to come over to her. The three had a 'pow-wow' and decided how to wake-up Elliot. When the group broke up, the twins could barely keep from laughing.

"Ready?" Olivia whispered. At the twins' nod, she counted, "One-Two-Three!"

On three the twins ran to the couch and jumped on their father. Olivia heard a distant

'oof' and went to see how much damage she had caused. She walked to the couch and looked over the back at her husband and youngest children. Elliot's eyes were now open and he was trying to regain the breath that he lost while being woken up.

"Thanks Liv," he finally breathed out.

"Anytime, baby, anytime. That is what you get for sleeping on the job." She leaned over the back and gave him a kiss on the lips.

"Yeah, yeah. I was only asleep for like half and hour. They were watching a movie, what kind of trouble can they get into watching a movie?"

She glared at him, "Do you really want to know?"

He shook his head, "No not really."

"Exactly. Now, where is your other son?"

"Um…" he scratched his head, "I think he went to Chad's. Yeah, he went to Chad's. He'll be home at six."

Olivia looked at her watch, it was now five thirty. She shook her head and walked toward the kitchen to get a drink.

Elliot started to tickle Gage and Gage wound up on the floor laughing. Elyse went back to watching her movie and Gage quickly ran back to his father to exact his revenge. Olivia looked on as she poured herself a glass or water and took inventory of the food in the refrigerator. She decided that they should just order Chinese and she would venture to the grocery store tomorrow.

She heard a key in the lock of the front door and looked up to see Luke walk into the house, "Hey buddy, how are you?"

"Hey mom. When did you get home?"

"Ten minutes or so ago. How was Chad's?"

"Good. We just played 'Guitar Hero' and stuff like that. What's for dinner?"

"How about Chinese? Does that sound okay?"

He nodded and went to join his father and siblings in the living room.

Olivia stuck her head out of the kitchen, "El, honey, can you come here?"

Elliot pushed himself off the couch and made his way to the kitchen. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. He bent his head and kissed the side of her neck, "You need me?" he asked between kisses.

"Yeah, I need to tell you something serious, so stop," she said while trying to contain her giggles.

Elliot kissed her neck another time and turned her around for a full on kiss then sat down at the kitchen table.

"Okay, I am now in serious mode. So…go!"

Olivia rolled her eyes, "Actually I need you in cop mode."

Elliot furrowed his brow and tilted his head, "Okay," he said hesitantly.

"Well, after we wrapped up the case today, Cragen wanted to talk to me. So I went in his office not know what to expect. He basically told me that either you or I need to take the Captain's exam. He said that he is retiring at the end of the year and he wants one of us to be his successor."

Elliot was speechless. He had never thought of the fact that Cragen might one day retire. He had been a cop for a long as Elliot could remember.

"So, I was wondering…do you want to take it?"

"Um, I don't know. I haven't really thought about it. What about you?"

"I don't really want to be a captain and I think that you would make a great captain," she said as she walked over and sat down on his lap.

Elliot wrapped his arms around her so she would fall and looked into her eyes, "I think you would make a wonderful captain, but if you don't want to then I can do it. It is something that I used to want to do, but I never actually thought I would get the chance."

"Well, then it is settled. We will tell Cragen that you are going to take the exam. When you pass, you will be trained by him to take over his post and be our new fearless leader."

"Wow. You wouldn't mind taking order from me?" he asked with a smirk.

She glared, "As long as you know that once we are off the clock, I wont necessarily follow them."

He chuckled, "Okay, then its settled. Are you going to help me study? If you do can we play strip trivia? You ask me a question and every time I get one right, you take off an article of clothing."

She shook her head and smiled. She leaned in and gave him a small kiss on the lips, "I;m hungry. Here is the phone," she said handing it to him, "get us some Chinese!"

Elliot mock saluted, "Yes ma'am." He leaned in gave her one last kiss and then watched her back as she traveled into the living room to play with her children.

A/N2: So this is a little shorter, but I needed to set up the whole changing ranks thing…Thanks for part of the idea Rach…wink…you know what's coming!!