I decided to make this the last chapter. The whole point for this story was to give Olivia closure from Elliot's departure and I think I accomplished that. I just wanted to thank each and everyone of you that read/reviewed/alerted/favorited this story. Honestly, it means so much to me that I can't even thank you guys enough.
I hope you like the last and chapter and I would love to know what you think.
Flashback is in italics.
They closed their case a week later and Elliot went back to Queens Homicide. Their relationship was going really good and they were very happy finally being with each other. They decided to tell the squad about thier relationship as soon as they closed the case, even though both of them were nervous about it.
The squad just finished their case and Elliot was heading back to Queens Homicide tomorrow. Elliot and Olivia were in the locker room getting ready to go home.
"Do you think we should tell them now?" Elliot asked, anxious to see how they would all react.
She looked up with a scared look on her face. "Yeah, I think we need to tell them."
He held her hand. "Don't be scared. Everything will go fine."
"I know, I'm just nervous to see how they'll react."
They walked out into the squad room and were glad that Cragen, Munch, and Fin didn't leave yet.
"Do you guys have a minute? Liv and I would like to talk to you guys," Elliot spoke up.
They looked toward the couple, confused. "Sure," Cragen answered.
"Um, ok so I don't know how else to say this-"
"You two are dating?" Cragen inerrupted Elliot.
FIn and Munch smiled because they expected this was going to happen.
Olivia and Elliot were surprised that they all seemed to know.
"Um, well yeah we are but, how did you know?" Olivia asked.
They all laughed. "Oh c'mon, we're detectives. We saw this coming from a mile away," Fin joked.
"So you guys are okay with this?" Elliot asked.
"Like Fin said, we saw this coming from a mile away. You two are meant for each other. Besides I don't think anyone else can handle the two of you," Munch intervened.
Elliot smiled and held Olivia's hand.
"If you hurt her, I'll kick you ass Stabler," Fin threatened.
"We all will," Munch joined in.
Olivia laughed. "Thanks guys but, I think I can kick his ass if he gets out of line.
Elliot smiled. "Well we should go, Liv. I guess I'll see you guys around. Maybe we can grab a few drinks this weekend?"
"Of course, stay in touch man." Even though Fin had his problems with Elliot in the past, he still saw him as a brother and he had to admit that he did miss Elliot when he left the squad. They all did.
"Goodnight," Cragen said.
They both walked out hand in hand and headed to Elliot's apartment.
Olivia was at her desk doing research on their recent case when Elliot walked in.
"Elliot, man what are you doing here?" Fin asked.
"Hey guys, I just came by to take my beautiful girlfriend to lunch." He walked over to Olivia and kissed her.
"Ew, get a room," Munch joked.
"Oh shut up." He laughed then turned back to Olivia. "Can you spare me an hour?"
"Anything for you." She kissed him in front of Munch on purpose.
Munch just rolled his eyes and shook his head.
Elliot and Olivia walked to the diner across the street and found a table. They ordered their food and while they were waiting for it, Elliot decided to bring up what he had wanted to talk to her about yesterday.
"I wanted to talk to you about something."
"What is it?" she asked as she took a sip of her drink.
"We've known each other for thirteen years and I know we've only been dating for a little over a week but, I've loved you for a really long time. So I was wondering how you would feel about moving in together."
She looked up at him, completely shocked. This came out of no where and this was the last thing she was expecting. "Are...are you serious?"
He nodded. "I've never been more serious about anything in my life, Liv. I love you and you love me so why not move to the next step."
She smiled. "Wow I really wasn't expecting this."
"So? What do you say?" he asked as he held her hand.
She nodded and couldn't stop smiling. "Of course."
He kissed her and was very excited to live with the love of his life. "Really?"
She nodded. "Really. Where do you have in mind?"
"Somewhere between Queens and Manhatten so that it's not too far away from our jobs. We'll figure it out."
"I'm excited to start looking for a new place. I've been wanting to move out but, I never imagined I would be moving in to a place with you."
"We'll start looking as soon as possible. I'm so happy that you said yes or I would look like an idiot."
She laughed. "Of course I want to move in with you. I love you."
"I love you too."
Olivia got home from work that night and called Elliot.
"Hello?"
"Hey babe, are you still at work?"
"Yeah baby, we're heading home soon though so I'll come over as soon as I finish."
"Ok, see you then."
"I love you."
"Love you too, bye."
She grabbed the newspaper that she picked up on her way to work today and started looking at the ads for apartments. She was truly excited to move in with Elliot and she wanted to do it as soon as possible. They spend everynight with each other so it wouldn't be that much of a difference.
Half an hour later...
Elliot walked into her apartment with a bag of chinese take out. He walked over to her and set the bag on the table.
He leaned in and kissed her. "Hey beautiful."
"Hey babe. I'll go grab some plates."
She walked back with two plates and set them down on the coffee table. They put food in their plates and settled on the couch.
"I was looking at the ads for apartments and they had some pretty nice ones."
"We can go look at a few tomorrow if you want."
"Sounds good. I can't wait to move in with you."
He kissed her. "Me too. Can you imagine if we never told each other how we felt?"
She laughed. "I don't even want to think about that. I'm just glad we're finally at this point with each other. I love you so much."
"I love you too, forever and always."
The End!