A/N: Thanks for all of the positive feedback and suggestions. I know the last chapter was so short, so I decided to add another one today in honor of Valentine's Day. I hope you enjoy some 6-year-old AO love. :) By the way, there is going to be one chapter for each year that they've known each other.

February 14, 1980

"Mommy!" Six-year-old Olivia shouted as she held the front door open. "Mommy! We're going to be late!"

The moment she got home from school, little Olivia put on her white turtleneck and new jeans that her mom had bought her for special occasions. She wasn't allowed to get them dirty so Olivia was extra careful when she had her after school snack. When she finished eating, she grabbed her blue tunic from her drawer and asked her mom to fix her hair. Olivia wasn't big on appearances, even for a six-year-old, but she always made sure she looked nice for her Daisy Girl Scout meetings because they were at Alex's house. Olivia was at Alex's house at least once a week, but she was still amazed by it.

"It's like a castle and Alex is like a princess," Olivia told her mom once they were in the car. "I wish Alex was my princess."

"She can't be your princess," Serena Benson said as she smiled at her daughter.

"Why?" Olivia asked.

"Because if Alex is your princess, that means you can't be Mommy's princess anymore," Serena explained. "If Alex is your princess that means you're her princess too."

"Mommy, you're silly," Olivia said and started giggling. "I don't want to be a princess. I'm Wonder Woman, remember?"

"Do you want to be Wonder Woman when you grow up?" Serena asked playfully.

"I don't know," Olivia said. "I might just be Wonder Woman now and when I'm all growed up I want to be a policeman."

"Police officer," Serena corrected. She may have only been six, but Ms. Benson was already teaching Olivia about feminism and the social construction of gender.

"Sorry, Mommy. I forgot," Olivia said. "Can girls be police officers? My teacher asked us what we wanted to be and all the boys said they wanted to be police officers or fire fighters, but when I said I wanted to be a police officer, meanie Jeffrey said I can't because I'm a girl."

"And that's why Jeffrey is a meanie," Serena said and pulled over into a parking lot so she could hold her daughter's little hand.

"Why did we stop, Mommy? This isn't Alex's house."

"I want to tell you something, Olivia," Serena began, "you're a smart little girl and a brave little girl. You can be anything you want to be when you grow up and I don't want you to ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something because you're a girl."

"Okay, Mommy," Olivia said and gave her a hug. "I love you."

"I love you, too, Livvy."

While she was hugging her mom, Olivia caught something out of the corner of her eye. Without so much as a warning, Olivia got out of the car and started running over to a stray dog that was aimlessly wandering around the parking lot.

"Here, boy!" Olivia called out and tried to whistle.

"Olivia Lorraine Benson!" Serena shouted as she chased after her daughter. "Stay right there, sweetheart. Don't go into the street."

"He's lost," Olivia said frantically. "We have to find his home."

"Livvy, he'll be okay," Serena told her daughter. "He probably just wandered off."

"What if he gets hurt? Or what if someone steals him, Mommy?"

"No one will steal him, baby," Serena insisted but her words weren't good enough for her daughter.

"But what if he stays out all night, Mommy? It's cold and what if he shivers and gets hungry? We have to find his home."

Little Olivia looked at the dog's collar and found an address engraved on a medallion.

"His name is Scruffy," Olivia told her mom.

"And where does Scruffy live?" Serena asked as she began petting the dog. "Can you read the address, little one?"

"I'm a big girl, not a little one," Olivia insisted. "Yeah, it says 538 Fourteenth Street. He lives in Fallbrook like us! We need to drive him to his home, Mommy."

Twenty-seven-year-old Serena had a dissertation to work on and a six-year-old to drive to a Girl Scout meeting, but she soon found herself with a dog in the backseat of her car as she drove to Fourteenth Street. She may have seemed overwhelmed, but she knew it was a small sacrifice if it meant her little girl got to be a hero to a lost dog.

"Do you want me to go to the door with you?" Serena asked once they had arrived at the house.

"No, I can do it," Olivia insisted. "Wonder Woman wouldn't have her mommy go to the door with her."

"Okay," Serena said and playfully touched Olivia's little nose. "But I'm waiting at the end of the walkway where I can see you. You may be Wonder Woman, but you're still just six-years-old."

"Deal," Olivia said excitedly. She opened the car door and walked with Scruffy to the front porch. Olivia rang the bell and started smiling when she saw an elderly woman answer the door.

"What do we have here?" the woman asked politely once she saw the six-year-old in a Girl Scout tunic.

"Hi, my name's Olivia," she told her. "I found Scruffy in a parking lot and me and my mommy drove him here so he wouldn't get stolen or be hungry tonight."

"I'm Mrs. Miller. You have to be the sweetest little girl I've ever met," the woman said and smiled at Olivia.

"Thank you," Olivia said politely before turning to the dog. "You can go inside now, Scruffy. You're nice and safe at home."

"A good little girl like you deserves a reward. I've been inside all day and I wouldn't even have known he left. Scruffy would have been lost and scared if not for you," Mrs. Miller said. "I baked some chocolate chip cookies and, if it's okay with your mommy, the two of you can come inside and have some with me."

Olivia knew she had a meeting to attend, but she was never able to turn down freshly baked cookies. Once the older woman explained everything to Serena and she had her permission, Olivia was inside the house eating chocolate chip cookies and playing with Scruffy.

"Sweetheart, we have to go," Serena told Olivia. "You're already late."

"Bye, Mrs. Miller. Bye, Scruffy. Thank you for the cookies," Olivia said as she prepared to leave.

"If you ever need a baby-sitter for this little girl, Scruffy and I would love to have her over," Mrs. Miller told Serena.

"Oh, don't tell me that," Serena teased. "I just might take you up on your offer."

Olivia arrived at her meeting an hour late, but Serena told the assistant troop leader what had happened and the assistant troop leader told Mrs. Cabot, the girls' troop leader.

"Olivia has a story for all of us," Mrs. Cabot told the girls.

Without hesitation, Olivia got up in front of her troop and told the story of what had happened to her earlier. The girls hung on to her every word and asked her questions about the dog and how she knew what to do in that situation.

"Mommy," Alex said to Mrs. Cabot. "I think Olivia should get a petal for that."

"Yeah!" the other girls said excitedly.

"I think you're right," Mrs. Cabot told the girls. She pulled out a small bag of petal badges from a crate and held up the rose-colored petal.

"Oooh, the rose-colored petal," Alex said, impressed. "I am dazzled."

The adults couldn't help but laugh at little Alex's outburst. She was so proud of Olivia and she just couldn't wait to tell her.

"What does the rose-colored petal mean?" Mrs. Cabot asked the girls.

"The rose-colored petal is only given to Daisy Girl Scouts who make the world a better place," Alex said proudly. "Girls like Olivia."

"That's right," Mrs. Cabot told her as she handed Olivia the petal. "Olivia Benson, by helping a lost dog you did your part in making the world a better place."

Olivia tried not to blush as everyone clapped for her. Once the other girls had returned to their Valentine's Day crafts, Alex grabbed Olivia by the hand and led her into the living room.

"You're a hero," Alex said and gave her a hug.

"Thanks," Olivia told her and tried to prolong the hug.

"Can I see your petal?" Alex asked.

"Okay," Olivia said and handed it over.

Alex was in awe as she touched the stitching on the petal. "Olivia?"

"What?"

"You're the nicest and bravest and prettiest girl in the world and I love you so much," Alex said and quickly kissed her on the lips.

Olivia had experienced so much that day. She had candy and punch at school, saved a lost dog, earned a new petal, and received a kiss from Alex. As much as she loved being a hero, she knew no matter what else happened the highlight of her day was that kiss from Alex.