Beginnings Chapter 27: Surprises, a law and order: svu fanfic

"Olivia are you ready?" Robert asked as he entered the room.

"Almost" Olivia answered back "It's hard to get a shirt on when you have IV's coming from your arm."

"You want me to get you a nurse?"

"No I'm just frustrated that all."

"It's going to be fine. Come on I have your wheel chair here and we only have a few minutes before everything will go to hell in a hand basket."

"Let's get going." Olivia said as she sat in the wheel chair.

"Mom how much longer are you going to be?" Alex asked impatiently.

"Just a few minutes. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"I need to get back to Olivia. What if something happens while I'm gone."

"Alex you have to relax." Crystal said as she turned to face her daughter "I know its scary when the one you love is shot and you have to spend the next twenty four hours wondering. Those long hours waiting for a doctor to come out and let you know the outcome is the worse. Once they make it out of the woods you have to relax and give them some space."

Alex looked at her mother with a questioning look.

"The United States Army paid for your father's law degree. He was injured in Vietnam. The five days I waited for him to come state side was the worse. Once he was here I never wanted to leave his side. He finally had to tell me to leave."

"I never knew" Alex said as she opened the door and stepped out of the car once her mother had parked.

"It's not something we talk about often. The main thing you have to remember is that not only are you dealing with her being shot but she is to. She has to find her own way to handle what has happened to her. Sometimes the best way to do that is for her to spend some time alone."

"Follow me" Crystal said as she led Alex through the hospital corridors.

Alex fell in step behind her mother thinking about what she had just discovered. She had never considered the toll that being shot was taking on Olivia. Olivia had always acted as if she was ok since that night. She never acted as if she was traumatized or had any lasting effect.

"Why are we going in here?" Alex asked when she realized where her mother stopped.

"Because for me when I was in your situation prayer was the best thing for me. I know that you and Olivia are not that active in church but sometimes you need to unload your thoughts on someone who isn't going to give their input. That is where prayer comes in. You can tell him everything your afraid to voice. So are you willing to give it a shot?"

"I'll try anything."

"Good" Crystal said as she opened the door and waited for her to enter.

Alex stopped in her tracks when she saw what was before her. Olivia stood at the end of the aisle along with the priest they had hired for their wedding. There were a few of their closest friend and family seated in the pews.

"You ready sweetheart" Robert asked as he walked up and took his place by Alex.

"Since the day I met her." Alex choked out as tears poured from her eyes and took her father's arm.

Robert nodded and soft music began to play as he escorted Alex down the short aisle to Olivia.

"Who gives this woman?" The priest asked when Robert and Alex stopped.

"Her mother and I do." Robert answered as he handed Alex's hand to Olivia.

Olivia smiled as she took Alex's hand.

"How? Why?" Alex asked as she stepped up and faced Olivia.

"How is the help of your parent's. Why is because I didn't want to spend one more day not being married to you. It may not be the wedding you planned but it's all I can give you right now."

"It's better than I planned."

"Ladies shall we continue."

Both ladies nodded not taking their eyes of each other.

"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to witness and bless the exchange of vows that will bind Olivia and Alex together in the covenant relationship of marriage. Your marriage will be the union of two lives-two hearts that beat as one-so welded together that they walk together, work together, bear each other's burdens and share each other's joys. I want to remind you to be friendly, loving and tenderhearted, and forbearing of one another in love. Remember, the vows you are about to take are as binding in adversity as they are in prosperity and that these vows are to be broken only by death."

"Into this holy union Olivia and Alex now come to be joined. If any of you can show just cause why they may not be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace."

After a minute the priest continued

"If either of you know any reason as to why you may not be legally wed speak so now."

"There is none." Alex whispered.

"Very well. Alex please take Olivia's hands and repeat after me I, Alex, take you, Olivia, to be my lawfully wedded wife, secure in the knowledge that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love. "On this special day, I give to you in the presence of God and all those in attendance my sacred promise to stay by your side as your faithful wife in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as through the good times and the bad."

"I, Alex, take you, Olivia, to be my lawfully wedded wife, secure in the knowledge that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love. On this special day, I give to you in the presence of God and all those in attendance my sacred promise to stay by your side as your faithful wife in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as through the good times and the bad."

"I promise to love you without reservation, comfort you in times of distress, encourage you to achieve all of your goals, laugh with you and cry with you, grow with you in mind and spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as long as we both shall live."

"Olivia if you would please repeat after me. I, Olivia, take you, Alex, to be my lawfully wedded wife, knowing in my heart that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love. On this special and holy day, I give to you in the presence of God and all those in attendance my sacred promise to stay by your side as your faithful wife in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as through the good times and the bad."

"I, Olivia, take you, Alex, to be my lawfully wedded wife, knowing in my heart that you will be my constant friend, my faithful partner in life, and my one true love. On this special and holy day, I give to you in the presence of God and all those in attendance my sacred promise to stay by your side as your faithful wife in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, as well as through the good times and the bad."

"I promise to love you without reservation, honor and respect you, provide for your needs as best I can, protect you from harm, comfort you in times of distress, grow with you in mind and spirit, always be open and honest with you, and cherish you for as long as we both shall live."

"May I have the rings please?"

Crystal stepped forward and handed the priest the rings.

The priest held the ring up so that everyone could see

"The wedding ring signifies the uniting of these two women in holy matrimony. There is no ending and no beginning the same as their love for one another."

"Please take this ring" The priest said as he handed the ring to Olivia "and repeat after me. Alex, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you."

"Alex, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you." Olivia said her voice full of emotions as she slid the ring onto Alex's finger.

"Now Alex take this ring and repeat after me." The priest said as he handed the ring to Alex. "Olivia, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you."

"Olivia, I give you this ring as a symbol of my vow, and with all that I am, and all that I have, I honor you." Alex whispered as unsteady hands slid the ring onto Olivia's hand.

"Now that Olivia and Alex have given themselves to each other by solemn vows, with the joining of hands and the giving and receiving of a ring in the presence of this company, by the authority of the state of New York I now pronounce you wife and wife. Those whom god has joined together, let no man put asunder."

"Olivia you may kiss your bride" the priest said with a smile on his face as he faced Olivia.

Olivia stepped close to Alex and gently kissed her. In no time her need and desire for Alex coursed through her as she deepened the kiss. It wasn't until she heard the eruption of applause that she finally broke the kiss.

" Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to present Mrs. and Mrs. Olivia Benson."