What would you do if you had a second chance? Would you take it, or would you leave it... Somehow Alex begins her life back in 2010. Will she make the same mistakes, or will she do what she wants to do, what she should have doneā¦.
Law and Order
Special Victims Unit
Fan-Fiction
"A New Life"
Chapter 6
It has been a few months since the happy couple was married. Alex and Olivia are defiantly enjoying their married life. The two also adopted a puppy, a boxer mix. They weren't quite sure on the other mix, their girl was mixed with. Alex assumed the other half is Great-Dane. Olivia was not so sure since the baby is half the height of a Great-Dane. Alex told her it probably causes the boxer in her is shorten her growth.
Alex picked the girl up, it was by accident. The women were searching the internet looking for a puppy to adopt, they a male pitbull mix and went to inquire about him. When they got there they were told the dog was unfortunately adopted out. Alex wanted to check the other dogs, to be honest, she wasn't thinking she would find one, she did not like any of the other dogs that were listed on their website.
Alex was right at first, they were looking and did not find one they were interested in. They were about to leave when they saw their girl. She came in from the outside, with a toy in her mouth. Alex saw her at first and bent to look at her. The canine immediately put her head in Alex's hand and wanted to be pet.
They asked to see her one on one. As soon as they brought the puppy into the room, she immediately jumped into Alex's arms, right then Olivia knew that Alex was smitten with the puppy. Unfortanly they were not able to bring the dog home that day. The dog was just brought in that day, and she was listed as a stray. The canine has a seven day wait period, after a week of no one asking if their dog came in. Thankfully Alex and Olivia were able to receive the dog, as soon as they brought their dog out, the dog got so excited that she peed on the floor when she saw them.
That was two months ago, and the girls do not regret any moment with their puppy, they named her Penny-Lane, yes after the Beatles song. Penny is a sweetheart when she wants to sleep, she curls up and lays her body around Alex or Olivia, someday she will even suck on someone's finger or foot. Also, Penny has a habit of climbing up on Alex or Olivia, and nibble on their ears.
Olivia came home from a hard day of work, all she wanted to do was take a bath and lay down with one of her girls. One thing that got her upset is Elliot was pestering Olivia to go on a date with one of his neighbors. Apparently, the neighbor met Olivia at one of Elliot's BBQ and thought Olivia was attractive. At the time the neighbor was married, but now that he is not he keeps asking Elliot to talk to Olivia. Olivia has yet to tell Elliot or anyone about her marriage to Alex, they were still in the honeymoon stage. Olivia kept telling Elliot no that she was not interested in dating right now. But Elliot wouldn't let up. Finally, Cragen saw that Olivia was about to snap decided to separate them.
Olivia walked into the door and was expecting Penny to come running up, that was her first clue that something was off. Another clue is the TV or Speaker was not on. Alex liked to listen to the news or listen to her music when she gets home from work. She was relieved and cautious when she saw Alex sitting at the dining room table with a woman in a suit. Alex sees her and gets up and gives her a kiss, Olivia immediately relaxed. Alex was letting her know that she is not in danger.
"Sweetie, this is Mrs. King, she is our caseworker for the adoption agency," Alex totally forgot about they had a meeting.
"Oh hi, I'm sorry I forgot or I would have been earlier," Olivia says shaking the woman's hand.
"It's okay, I have actually just arrived myself," Mrs. King says. "So, Mrs. Cabot-Benson your wife here has been telling me that you have been with the force since '96?"
Olivia smiles at the Mrs. Cabot-Benson. "Sorry, I'm still getting used to hearing Cabot-Benson." Alex smiles that and squeezes Olivia's hand. "But yes, I have been on the force since 1996, and with Special Victims, since 1998."
"Now you two have only been married only two months?" Mrs. King says. "How long have you two been together?"
Both Alex and Olivia agreed to say that they have been together off and on since 2001. "We have been together since 2001, only separated because of my time in Witness Protection," Alex says.
"So you are not on Olivia's first application because?" Mrs. King asks reading Olivia's first application.
"At the time, I filled that out, I was under the assumption that Alex was not coming back. I was not privy to the information the US Marshalls had in Alex's case," Olivia says watching Mrs, King fills out the paperwork. Hopefully, Alex and she are approved for this adoption. She doesn't know if she could handle another rejection.
"Okay from everything I see and hear, I do not see any reason you should be able to adopt. I wish all my applications are just as qualified as you," Mrs. King says packing up her files, she then shakes both Alex and Olivia's hand. Alex proceed to see her out of their home.
"OH MY GOD" Olivia says, she cannot believe that just happened. Alex turns and jumps into her arms. They were just about approved for adoption. "We're going to be parents."
A/N Thank you all for the reviews and favorites and followers. It really means a lot, and makes me want to write more. I know I said I probably only update once a month, but this story is really taking off now. Okay the story of how they got Penny is how I got my new puppy. We now have two dogs. Bella our oldest is nearly 12 years old, so we know that she is not going to be with us for much longer. So after my dad died, we decided to get another do for more protection. Penny although is a afraid of everything. thank you again for believing in me. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.
