Disclaimer: I only own Amerie, Kenni and Jason Phillips. SVU, the characters, spongebob and Tinkerbell are not mine.

AN: Aww... this chapter is sooo cute I love it

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Chapter Three

Shoes, Family and Shaving Foam

~~SVU~~

Here he was, in the mall with three generations of the woman he loved's new-found family, looking at shoes. Rows and rows of dainty little pink shoes. It was so good to see her relaxed and smiling and laughing. He noticed how all three of them had the same smile and those gorgeous russet coloured eyes. But they all had different hair. Olivia's shimmery golden brown locks obviously hadn't passed on to her daughter, whose hair was reddish-brown and her daughter's hair was light golden curls, that had a reddish tint when the light hit them.

"Papelit?" it took Elliot a minute to realise the three year old was talking to him.

"Yes, my love. What do you want?" he cooed

"I need sooz but I donno what ones. Whadda you feenk?" She held up two different shoes towards him and tilted her head to the side, questioningly. She looked so much like Olivia when she did that.

One pair were pale pink patented slippers with pink, white and purple flowers running up the side. The other, was a soft purple-pink shoe that had pictures of Tinkerbell on them. He remembered when Amerie had told the little girl to decide on one pair of shoes.

"Ooh, this is such a hard decision. You know what, if your mommy wants to buy you one pair, I'll buy the other pair and you can have both."

They had explained this to Amerie who was eventually convinced.

"If you really don't mind. She's not even your family."

"Hey, I have three daughters, an ex-wife and a girlfriend. Enough women to show me that they can never have enough shoes. Besides, it seems she already considers me family." He smiled down at the little girl, who grinned back.

~~SVU~~

"That was really nice of you." Olivia said, quietly, as they walked to the counter to pay for the shoes.

"Anything for someone so cute. Especially your granddaughter. Did you hear what she called me earlier?"

"No. What'd she say?"

"She called me Papa Elliot. Only it was more 'Papelit'" he said

Olivia felt a smile creep up on her, along with a warm rush of love. She kissed Elliot on the cheek and whispered "I'm so glad she accepted us so quickly."

"Me too." He murmured into her hair, before kissing her forehead and turning to see the cashier smile knowingly as Olivia blushed watching Elliot go to pay for the shoes.

~~SVU~~

They were such a loved up couple. She was proud to call Olivia her mother and she saw how openly happy she was away from the stress of work. She understood how they loved one another. It was so obvious.

She looked up at the man she had secretly loved for almost twelve years, and smiled as she caught his eye. His retirement from the force was in ten months. Well ten months and sixteen days. Ten months and sixteen days until she could shout from the rooftops how much she, Olivia Benson, loved him, Elliot Stabler. Olivia was so happy to be surrounded by people who loved her. By her family.

~~SVU~~

Elliot was happy to walk along the street with his new family. Olivia's daughter had inherited many things from her mother, such as her eyes. But also her dry sense of humour and silvery laugh. Every time he laughed, he looked at Olivia to see that, yes indeed, she was laughing too.

They were on their way to Amerie's apartment. She had invited them back so they could talk some more. After buying some clothes, including pyjamas for both Amerie and Kendra, they made their way, walking the four blocks to the apartment. Once inside, Kenni ran to her room and brought out a huge Spongebob plushie doll that was almost as big as her, which made walking, let alone running difficult. A man with his face smothered in shaving foam and wearing just jeans walked out to greet his wife and child. The child in question gave her father a hug, getting a little shaving foam on her forehead, saying "Eww! Da-dee you got foam on my face!"

He laughed and wiped it off. He told his daughter to "go wash your face and give your hair a brush to get ready for dinner." As she ran to her room, he called after her "And put Spongebob back where you got him."

"'Kay Daddy!"

Turning to his wife he said "Welcome home hun." Noticing the other two he looked a question at his wife and she suddenly realised she hadn't introduced her mother and stepfather.

"Oh my gosh, sorry, um, Jason this is Olivia, my mother and Elliot, her partner."

"In both work and at home" said Elliot shaking his new son-in-law's hand

Realising he still had cream on his face, Jason said "If you'll excuse me, I'll go finish up in the bathroom and then see you guys out here in a moment" when they nodded he turned and went back in the bathroom and finished shaving.

Amerie watched her husband go with a soft smile playing about her lips. She turned and offered them a seat on the couch, and something to eat or drink. The four of them chatted about everything and nothing for ages until she noticed the time and offered them to come out with them for dinner, to which they politely declined, as they were on call and may get asked out to work during the meal. After exchanging contact information and goodbyes, Elliot and Olivia left and Amerie, Jason and Kenni went out for a meal together.

Meanwhile, Elliot and Olivia ended up just going to get some takeout and watch some TV in Olivia's apartment.

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AN: FLUFF!

lol

If you want me to end it I shall if you want me to continue I have much more written

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this relationship works both ways and if we don't communicate effectively, I don't know how we can still be together :'( *sniffs*

somebody think of the children! will somebody PLEASE think of the children?