After fifteen minutes of foot tapping, Alex made her way downstairs.

David checked his watch and then looked at the security monitors. He spotted Alex coming down the hallway to the elevator. "Hey Sam!" he called, "She's coming!"

Sam pulled out his phone and dialed.

"Benson," Olivia answered.

"She's on her way out," Sam smiled.

"Thanks," Olivia replied.

Sam hung up and pocketed his phone.

Olivia dialed a number on her phone and put it to her ear.

"Southerlyn," Serena answered.

"She's leaving," Olivia added..

"Okay," Serena replied, "I'll see you in fifteen minutes."

"Bye," Olivia replied and hung up. She took a deep breath as she looked around. Nervousness was starting to settle in. This was it. The first date.

She walked to the door and pushed it open. She saw the guys and Kathy standing out front. They all turned to Olivia.

"Wow, Liv," Fin was the first to speak, "You look hot."

Olivia smiled and smoothed out her black dress. "Thanks."

"You really look amazing," Kathy smiled.

"Thanks," Olivia smiled at Kathy. She started nervously playing with the phone in her hands, "Okay…um…"

"Relax Liv," Elliot smiled, "Alex is going to be completely blown away."

"And we all know exactly what we're supposed to do," Munch nodded, holding up a fire extinguisher.

Olivia took a deep breath, "You guys are the best."

Elliot nodded, "We know."

Olivia chuckled as Serena pulled to a stop on the street behind them. She got out, smiling. "Damn, Liv, you look hot."

Olivia laughed.

Serena opened the backseat and got out the food. Kathy elbowed Elliot, who then rushed over to help. She handed him the food and grabbed a bottle of wine from the floorboard.

"How long until she gets here?" Serena asked.

Olivia looked at her watch, "Ten minutes."

Serena nodded and followed Elliot inside.

Alex was surprised to find a limo outside her apartment building. She looked at Sam who smiled and nodded. He opened the door for her.

There was a bouquet of white roses on the seat with a note. Alex sat down and looked up at Sam.

He nodded, "Have fun Miss Cabot."

"Thank you Sam," Alex smiled back, wonder exactly how many people Olivia recruited for this date.

After the door was closed and the limo was moving, Alex picked up the flowers and the note. She read the note, Alex, Sorry I couldn't pick you up. And don't worry, the driver knows exactly where you're supposed to go. When he stops just go into the red doors. Leave the flowers in the limo. I love you, Olivia.

Alex raised an eyebrow at the note. Red doors? Why would she worry if the driver knew where to go?

She looked out and window, trying to figure everything out. Soon the limo was in unfamiliar territory. Alex saw warehouses passing by as the sun disappeared.

The limo pulled to a stop and as promised, there were red doors outside the window. They were attached to a relatively small warehouse for the area.

Serena put her phone to her ear, "She's here."

Olivia replied, "Okay thanks."

Serena put her phone in her purse that was sitting next to her on the fire escape of the vacant building next door.

"Wow," Fin said picking up his drink, next to Serena, "Alex looks hot too."

Munch nodded in agreement.

Serena nodded, "Definitely."

Alex walked to the red doors and opened one, slipping inside before the closed behind her. She looked around and her breath was taken away. Along the walls were hundreds of candles of all sizes, shapes and colors, some on in holders and some just sitting on the floor. Mirrors were sporadically placed against the wall reflecting the soft glow, illuminating the large space inside. Old windows only on one wall, showed the seemingly distant lights of the city.

Then her eyes fell on the middle of the room. Olivia was seated at a table for two in a black dress. Tears leapt to Alex's eyes. No one had ever done anything like this for her.

Olivia stood and walked over to Alex.

"You look amazing," Olivia smiled softly, scooping Alex into her arms.

Alex held onto Olivia, "So do you. Thank you so much. This is so beautiful."

"You deserve it," Olivia smiled, "And so much more." She pulled away just enough to kiss Alex softly.

Alex leaned into the kiss, deepening it slightly. She felt Olivia's strong hands on her bare back. The sensation caused her to shiver.

Olivia's hands slid down to Alex's and led her to the table. Olivia pulled out Alex's chair and pushed her in. Alex looked down at the plate in front of her. "My favorite."

"I know," Olivia nodded.

Alex smiled over the table at Olivia, "How long were you actually on the phone with Serena?"

Olivia thought, "Three hours."

"Really?" Alex asked, "What did you talk about?"

"You," Olivia replied, "Half an hour about your favorite things and the rest of the time planning this."

"Wow," Alex picked up a glass of her favorite wine, "Did you learn anything interesting detective?"

"A lot of interesting things," Olivia smiled picking up her fork.

"Like?" Alex asked.

"Like," Olivia thought, "That you're quite the equestrian. You have a Captain and Tennille CD in the back of your collection. And you eat chocolate chip cookie dough by itself."

"Hey," Alex took her fork and pointed it at Olivia, "That CD was a gift."

"Sure…" Olivia smirked.

Alex couldn't help, but smile back. Trying to change the subject, she took a bite of her food, "Mmm. This is so delicious."

Olivia took a bite, "Wow. You sure do have great taste in food."

"I have great taste in everything," Alex smirked, "And apparently, so do you. This dress is fantastic, Liv. Thank you so much."

"Like I said," Olivia smiled, "You deserve it."

"I must have done something really great to deserve this," Alex replied, leaning back in her chair, looking at Olivia.

"You have absolutely no idea how incredible you are, do you?" Olivia asked leaning on the table.

Alex felt her cheeks get hot. "I…" Suddenly, the ever articulate Alex was at a loss for words.

"Aww," Serena smiled, seeing her best friend and Olivia both smiling from ear to ear. She picked up her phone and dialed.

"Who are you calling?" Munch asked, sipping his coffee.

"Elliot," Serena stated.

"Stabler," Elliot answered.

"Hey, it's Serena," Serena smiled, "Olivia asked me to call you every fifteen minutes and make sure you're not having sex on her couch."

"Don't worry," Elliot replied with a laugh, "We're still working."

"Really?" Serena asked, "What have you two been doing?"

"Um…" Elliot trailed off.

"Okay, I don't think I need to know," Serena smirked, "Just no sex on the couch. Tell Kathy I said hi."

Elliot said something to Kathy then started talking to Serena, "She says hi back and she wants to know how Alex and Liv are doing."

"They're doing phenomenally," Serena started, popping a chip into her mouth, "It looks like a fairytale. We could all go into business planning dates for other people. You know if we all decided to stop putting away criminals for the greater good of mankind."

Elliot laughed, "Okay, well I have to get back to work. Call me when they leave."

"Okay, bye," Serena said and hung up. She looked back through the window at Alex and Olivia, "Seriously, have you every seen anyone more perfect for each other?"

Fin shrugged, "I don't think so."

After they finished eating, Olivia rested her chin in her palm and looked at Alex, "You're so beautiful." After Alex blushed, Olivia took her hand. She pulled Alex up and then around the table, pulling Alex into down into her lap.

Alex felt so blissfully happy wrapped in Olivia's arms. She ran her hands up Olivia's arm and held onto the back of her neck. Alex nuzzled her face into Olivia's neck.

"I love you," Alex whispered and softly kissed Olivia's neck.

Olivia stroked Alex's hair, "Really?"

Alex lifted her head and looked at Olivia, "Of course. Why would you think I didn't?"

"I don't know," Olivia intertwined her fingers with Alex's and stared at them, "It's just…never mind."

Alex kissed Olivia's jaw, "Tell me. Please?"

"You're so," Olivia finally looked up at Alex and there were tears in her eyes, "perfect. You're Alexandra Cabot. You can have anything and do whatever you want." Olivia paused and lowered your voice, "Have anyone you want."

"Good," Alex took Olivia's face in her hands, "Because I want you."

"What happens when you stop wanting me?" Olivia asked as a single tear fell.

Alex took Olivia's face in her hands and wiped the tear away with her thumb. "What brought this on, sweetheart?"

Olivia looked down, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…"

Alex dipped her head down to catch Olivia's eyes, "Hey, whatever you're going through right now is okay. Just let me help you. Tell me what's wrong."

"It's not important," Olivia muttered.

"Liv," Alex softly kissed her and rested her forehead on Olivia's, "It's important to me."

Olivia took a deep breath, "Believe it or not, I've dated my fair share of high society girls," she paused, watching Alex smile. "And none of them want to bring a cop home to mommy and daddy. And I don't want to get so far into this and find out I'm just a interim date. But I did. I'm already so far in, it…it scares me."

Alex stroked Olivia's hair. She seriously wanted to kill everyone who'd ever done that to Olivia. But murder is against the law so she'd settle for yelling and making sure they never worked in New York City again.

"There's no reason to be scared of me," Alex smiled sweetly, "I'm so in love with you."

Tears broke the barrier of Olivia's eyes and started to fall. Her whole life, she had been scared of what she could become. She'd said before, Half my genes are drunk and the other half are violent. She'd settled a life of solitude because of it. And who loves someone like that? The squad at SVU had slowly become her family, but who wants to fall asleep next to that at night, knowing what she came from? Who wants to be with someone bred from hate and violence? Someone who statistically should turn out like her mother who was tanked every time she got home from school? Up until now, Olivia was sure no one would.

Alex looked at her like there was nothing else in the room. She kissed her like every time she had to let Olivia know how she felt with each kiss. And Alex said I love you like she meant it with all her heart every time.

"Are you okay?" Alex asked softly, wiping away Olivia's tears.

Olivia nodded, finally smiling.

Alex smiled, seeing Olivia's smile.

"I love you," Olivia stated before kissing Alex with everyone ounce of passion and love inside of her.

Alex was breathless when she pulled away. She leaned into Olivia, resting her head on Olivia's strong shoulder.

"Dance with me?" Olivia simply asked.

Alex stood and offered her hand to Olivia, "I'd love to."

Olivia took Alex's hand and led her to an open area. She dropped Alex's hand, walked over to a small CD player and turned it on.

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Olivia pulled Alex close and they slowly swayed back and forth, basking in the warmth and love coming off one another.


Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies

I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

Olivia twirled Alex, who giggled like a school girl. When Olivia pulled Alex back, she gently kissed Alex, neither woman missing a step. The rest of the dance, they never broke eyes contact and smiled from ear to ear.


And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

"Are you crying?" Fin asked Serena.

Serena wiped her eyes and glared at him. "Shut up."

Munch raised an eyebrow at Serena.

"If you could see that far," Serena stated, "You would see one of the most beautiful things in the world."

Fin chuckled.

Serena hit him in the stomach with the back of her hand. "Jerk."

"You know I'm just playing with you," Fin pulled Serena into a one armed hug.

The music went off, but they were still swaying together in the middle of the massive room surrounded by candles.

"This is the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me," Alex held Olivia as close as their bodies could get through the material of their dresses.

Olivia smiled and kissed Alex's forehead, "I'm glad I could do this for you."

This was by far the best date either woman had ever been on with anyone. Never in a million years had Alex thought that the best date of her life would take place in an abandoned warehouse.

"Are you ready to go?" Olivia asked.

"Go where?" Alex asked back, but she didn't really care. At this point, she'd follow Olivia anywhere.

Olivia smiled, "It's a surprise."

"Okay," Alex nodded.

Olivia stated walked to the door with Alex behind her. "Wait," Alex paused, "What about the candles?"

"It's already taken care of," Olivia took Alex's hand.

Alex raised an eyebrow and threaded her fingers through Olivia's. "If you say so."

The limo was already waiting outside. Olivia opened the door for Alex before getting in herself and closing the door.

"C'mon," Serena told the other two, "They're leaving."

They all climbed down the ladder. Munch and Fin picked up two fire extinguishers they hid behind the dumpster and went inside the warehouse after the limo pulled away.

Serena followed them inside while on the phone.

"Stabler," Elliot answered.

Serena replied, watching Munch and Fin extinguish the candles, "They're on their way,"

"Okay," Elliot replied, "We're almost done."

"Good," Serena replied and closed her phone. She smiled.

Part II of Mission: Best Date Ever was in play.