The first half of the next day was almost identical to the previous one except for Alex made breakfast as promised and served it to Olivia in bed.
Later at the precinct, a boy's mother came in to report that he'd been molested. They set up a sting for the next day when the molester got back to town, but now there wasn't much they could do for Sam Cavanaugh.
Alex was exhausted from a long day in court when she walked into her office. There were a dozen red roses on her desk next to a box of chocolates. She smiled slowly.
Olivia was sitting at her desk, leaning back in the chair and staring at the ceiling, giving her eyes a rest from the black and white of the paperwork she'd been staring at for hours. Her phone ran interrupting her break.
"Benson," Olivia answered.
"You're sweet," Alex smiled into the phone, while opening her box of chocolates.
Olivia smiled, "Did you just get to your office?"
"Yeah," Alex replied, "Judge Bradley called us up to the bench twice."
"For what?" Olivia asked, "Did you curse at a defense attorney again?"
"No," Alex giggled, "Kressler kept objecting to everything I was saying. Bradley told him to can it. Anyway, I was just calling to thank you."
"You're welcome baby," Olivia smiled. Heads turned after Olivia said 'baby'.
"I love you," Alex said, popping a chocolate into her mouth.
"I love you too," Olivia replied, "Bye." Olivia hung up her phone and looked around at all the men staring at her.
"Baby?" Elliot smirked.
Olivia picked up a pen and threw it at him, "Like you've never said it your wife."
"She's your wife now?" Fin teased.
Another pen flew at Fin's head. "You guys seriously need to get a life."
Elliot looked at his watch, "I gotta go get Kathy and the kids out of the house." Elliot stood and put on his jacket, "Tell Alex thank you again."
Olivia nodded, "No problem."
Elliot walked out leaving Olivia alone with Munch and Fin.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?" Munch asked Olivia.
"Not for another hour," Olivia replied, "Why? You two have somewhere to be?"
"No," Fin smirked.
"But thanks for pointing it out," Munch added.
Olivia smiled, "I'll buy you a teddy bear if it'll make you feel better."
"I want a white one with a red heart," Munch stated, keeping a straight face.
"Done," Olivia nodded.
After another hour of paperwork, Fin walked over to Olivia. "I think you're date's here."
Olivia swiveled around in her chair to see Alex walking in, wearing jeans and a sweater. "I thought I was supposed to meet you at home."
Alex smiled, "You were, but I couldn't wait."
Olivia chuckled. She straightened up her desk and locked the drawers. "I'm ready."
"Bye guys," Alex waved to Munch and Fin, before walking out with Olivia on her tail.
Once they were in the car, Alex pulled a pair of Olivia's jeans out of the backseat and dropped them in her lap.
"Do I have to change now?" Olivia asked.
Alex nodded and took off.
Olivia deftly changed in the front seat before checking outside to see where they were going. She tried to figure out where they could possibly be heading, but was coming up totally blank.
"If I ask where we're going will you tell me?" Olivia asked.
Alex shook her head, "We're almost there. You can wait a few minutes."
"Says who?" Olivia pretended to be offended.
Alex smirked, "Says me."
Olivia looked out the window, they were close to the bay. Alex pulled into a bay yard where a few docks extended into the river.
Alex parked in the vacant lot and Olivia looked at her, "There's no one here."
"Give it a minute," Alex opened her door and got out. She opened up the backseat and got out a blanket.
Olivia got out and followed Alex to the dock. She gave her lover a questioning look.
Alex chuckled, "Be patient."
The sun was starting to go down and it glimmered orange on the water.
Olivia looked around the river before finally seeing a large white boat round a corner out of seemingly nowhere and start towards them. It neared a few seconds later and docked at the end of the dock they were standing on.
The boat had an awning that stretched across the back half of the boat and a small table set up in the front covered in a white table cloth with a single rose in a glass vase in the middle.
"Miss Cabot," a man on the boat in a uniform nodded. He roped an anchor on the dock and pulled the boat flush to the dock.
Alex smiled and pulled a stunned Olivia into the boat by the hand.
Once they were safely on the boat, the uniformed man retrieved his roped and pushed off of the dock. The boat quietly motored away.
"Would you like dinner to be served now Miss Cabot?" the man asked.
Alex nodded and led Olivia to the table as the man disappeared under the awning.
As soon as Olivia regained coherent speech, she looked at her lover, "This is amazing Alex."
Alex leaned over and kissed Olivia, "Not even half as amazing as you."
The man in the uniform returned with a cart with two covered plates on it, two wine glasses, and a bottle of wine. He set a plate in front of each woman and removed the lids. After pouring their wine, the man disappear with the cart.
"You are so full of surprises," Olivia mused out loud.
Alex smiled, picking up her fork, "Good surprises?"
"The best surprises," Olivia replied.
Alex wore a smug smile. "I save the best ones for you."
They ate quickly with minimal talking as the sun went down. Once they were done the man came back and cleared their places.
Alex leaned on the table and took a long sip of her wine. Olivia watched her, mesmerized by the blonde's graceful movements.
Alex caught Olivia's eyes and smiled. She carefully took Olivia's hand and stood, the almost forgotten blanket tucked under arm and her glass of wine in her other hand. Alex pulled her to a small bench what was positioned on the very front of the boat.
Once they were situated with the blanket wrapped snuggly around them, they looked out at the city lit up in front of them. It was one thing to see it on a postcard or the intro to your favorite TV show, but to see it at night from the river was breathtaking.
Alex smiled when she saw Olivia's eyes light up the way they did when they walked into Coney Island. Every chance she got, she'd do something to make Olivia's eyes light up like that. Take her anyone, do anything.
Olivia looked back at Alex, "This is…so much more than anyone has ever done for me. It's so beautiful Lex."
Alex softly stoked Olivia's face with her free hand, "I'd do anything for you."
"I love you," Olivia tentatively pressed her lips against Alex's, before intensifying the kiss.
They snuggled and watched the skyline move in front of them, showing them every angle of the beautifully lit up island.
A gust blew across the water and Alex shivered. Olivia pulled Alex into her lap and pulled the blanket over Alex's shoulders.
"You're a wonderful person Olivia Benson," Alex breathed.
"You are a beautiful person Alexandra Cabot," Olivia smiled.
Shivers shot up Alex's spine, but not from the cold. She wondered if she's ever get used to Olivia calling her beautiful. She hoped not.
Once they'd fully circled the island, they came back to the dock they left from. The man in the uniform appeared again and helped them out of the boat. He smiled, "Have a nice night."
"You too," Alex waved back at him.
When they got home, they engaged in a round of slow, thoughtful love-making before drifting off to sleep in each other's arms.