A/N: Okay… here's the next chapter.

"Are you serious?" her heart thumped wildly against the wall of her chest.

Elliot sat up and nodded. "Yeah, I am… VERY serious. I love you, Olivia, I have from the moment you walked up to me, from the second I saw you… I loved you. I will ALWAYS love you. If you marry me, or if you don't, I will still love you."

Olivia blushed.

"So… how's about it?"

She laughed nervously. "How's about it?" she repeated. "THAT is how you are going to propose. Not WILL YOU MARRY ME? Or, Liv, be my wife… HOW'S A BOUT IT?"

He blushed with what seemed like embarrassment. "Yeah, well, I ain't so great with the sappy romance stuff," he shifted over on the bed and drew her against him. "Does that mean you won't marry me?" he looked worried for an instant.

"Hell no," she smiled.

"Is that a yes, then?"

"Yes what?" she was teasing him.

He groaned and leaned over to kiss her.

"Marry me, Olivia Benson!"

"Is that a request or a demand?" she asked stunned by the harshness of his tone.

He grinned. "Both!"

"Mmmm," she pretended to think about it.

"LIV…" he groaned again, this time with immense impatience.

She took his chin in her hands and grinned. "I love you, Elliot Stabler… more than anything… how could I possibly throw away a dream that feels so perfect and tell you, no, when the desire to spend my life with you positively thrills me."

"That's a yes," he confirmed.

"That is a yes, a thousand times."

He kissed her again, and again and again, until they were breathless and laughing.

"Now we can have a baby…" she teased.

"I'll start making arrangements and filing the paperwork, this afternoon," he offered, adopting a more serious tone.

"Are you-"

He put a finger to her lips and shook his head. "Don't say serious!"

She smiled. "Elliot, are you sure about this. I can understand if you feel that we are moving TOO fast…"

"Do you think that?" he pressed.

She considered it. "No, I don't, but I've wanted this longer than you. I've been alone, while you had Kathy and-"

"It doesn't work that way," he pointed out mildly annoyed with her comment. "You can be in a relationship or a partnership or a marriage… and still be lonely!"

She nodded. "Yeah, okay."

"So, we agree then, we are not moving too fast. We are going to get married and adopt a child!"

Olivia laughed nodding.

It sounded like a sweet dream.

The end is drawing near… both literally and writing-ly… lol.

I'd love a review or two… did you like, hate it, did you think it was shippy enough? :D