Sorry for the wait guys…I don't have too many excuses so I am not going to worry you with them…but here is chapter 20…
The End
Six Months Later
Luke and Rachel were along a path in Central Park, Luke's arm was wrapped around her waist and Rachel's head was resting on his shoulder. The two had now been dating for six months and both were falling in love. Today was a rare day off for Rachel and since Luke on break for the holiday season, they wanted to spend the whole day together.
"Let's sit over here," Luke said as he pulled Rachel toward a large tree. He sat down with his back against the tree and guided Rachel to sit between his legs.
"This is nice. I wish we could do this more often," Rachel commented.
"I know, but until we come clean with my parents we have to sneak around."
"I know."
Luke started kissing the back of Rachel's neck and playing with her hands. The two were so caught up in what they were doing that neither saw the soccer ball coming toward them. Once it hit Luke's leg he stopped and looked up. A little boy was running up to them and as soon as he got a look at the boy's face, he knew he was in trouble.
"LUKE!!" screeched the young boy.
"H…Hey Gage."
"Daddy! Daddy!-" he yelled in the direction he had come from.
"Gage no!" Luke tried to stop him, but it was too late.
"Son? Gage where are you?" Elliot's voice could be heard.
"Here Daddy! Look, Luke is here!"
Rachel had gone wide-eyed and speechless when Gage ran up and now her mouth had gone dry as well. She couldn't believe that after doing such a great job at sneaking around for six months, they were going to get caught by Luke's little brother.
Elliot came around the tree and stopped in his tracks.
"Daddy, look, its Luke!"
"I see that son," he said calmly. "Lucas, Rachel"
"Hi Dad"
"Hey Cap"
"Rachel can you watch Gage for a moment while I talk to Lucas?"
Rachel looked at Luke and sighed, "Um…sure"
Luke got up and walked toward his father. Elliot led him a little farther from the other pair and glared at him for a second.
"Lucas Benjamin, what did I tell you about dating her?"
"Sir, I-"
"No don't talk! I told you that you were forbidden to see her. I told you that you could not see someone that is under my command or who is partnered with your mother. That woman is at least 6 years older than you! You should be dating someone in high school. You are still in high school and still 17 years old! I cant believe that you have been disobeying me! How long?"
"Si…si…six months sir."
"SIX MONTHS! That's it, I am calling your mother to come get you. You are in so much trouble!"
"Dad, we didn't do anything wrong. We are both of legal age and we love each other. You can't forbid me to see her!"
"I can and I just did. While you are still living under my roof, I can dictate when you go out and with whom!! You will not disobey me again."
"Yes, I will. I love her dad. I am going to propose to her!"
"Propose? Propose? You are 17 years old!"
"So?"
"If I had proposed to the girl I thought I loved at 17, then you wouldn't be here. You know nothing about love at 17."
Luke refused to answer him and turned back to return to his girlfriend and little brother. Elliot trailed after him.
"Take her home and get to the house," Elliot seethed.
Luke rolled his eyes and helped Rachel off the ground, "C'mon, I'll take you home."
"Okay. Bye Captain"
Luke and Rachel walked off and headed toward Rachel's apartment.
Later that night after Elliot yelled at Luke again, Luke was sent to his room. Olivia and Elliot had a long talk and decided that it was probably for the best if they let Luke date Rachel. Elliot wasn't happy about it, but he knew that being upset about this would make his wife upset with him and he didn't want her to be unhappy.
They told Luke the news and he happily thanked them for well over and hour. He then called his girlfriend and let her know. The couple was ecstatic.
As he told his father, that New Year's Eve, Luke proposed to Rachel. She happily accepted and the two were married a little over a year later.
27 Years Later
It was a sad day for the Stabler family. Today they were burying both Elliot and Olivia. El and Liv had died when a drunk driver hit their car as they were traveling back to New York from visiting Jake, Becca, Sydney, Tyler and Paige in North Carolina.
Even though the pair had long since been retired from the NYPD, it was only right that they each receive a cop's burial. There were hundreds in attendance to pay their respects for two of the finest officers that New York had ever seen.
Olivia and Elliot's children, Jake and Becca, Luke and Rachel, Gage and Elyse, along with their grandchildren, Sydney, Tyler, Paige, Luke's twins Erin and Ethan, and Gage's son Thomas, were sitting in the first couple of rows closest to the matching caskets. Each had tears in their eyes and heavy hearts.
The only good thing was that their parents had died together. Each of the children knew that it would have been impossible for one to live without the other, so dying together and being buried together is how their would have wanted it.
The End…
Sorry that the ending is sad and that this chapter kinda sucked and was kinda short…but I wanted to finish this story because I ran out of ideas and didn't want to leave you guys hanging for too long!! Please review and tell me what you think…
