A/N: I have once again sat down to write the next chapter of Divorce but came up with this instead. One day I will get that chapter written, I promise. I want to thank everyone who is still sticking with this story. When I started it I never once thought it would go as far as it has much less receive the welcoming response that it did. You guys are amazing and I don't say it enough. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
Olivia rolled over and sighed when she found Alex's side of the bed empty. After Alex's rant and Olivia's agreement to move in with the blonde, they had both cried, laughed, made love before crying and laughing more before making love a second time. It wasn't until their body had no more to give that they finally passed out in a mess of tangled limbs and sheets. After laying there and hearing no sounds coming from the apartment, she decided to go in search of the love of her life.
"Alex," Olivia said in a questioning tone when she saw the blonde hunched over the table. It had been a while since Alex had pulled a disappearing stunt after they made love and she was worried about what had caused it this time.
"Hey," Alex said looking up and smiling at Olivia who was leaning against the door frame, "I didn't mean to wake you."
"I learned while you were away I don't sleep well unless you're by me," Olivia said as she took a seat next to Alex, "That's neither here nor there. What's wrong?"
"Wrong? Nothing is wrong."
"Alex, it has been a long time since you needed time to process what happened in our bedroom," Olivia said as she leaned forward and placed a kiss on Alex's cheek, "What triggered it?"
Alex smiled as she leaned forward and ran her fingers through Olivia's hair. She had noticed that it had gotten longer while she was away and always seemed to fall in her eyes. Her eyes seemed to have an almost haunted look now and Alex was scared that she had over done it despite her nightly calls to Elliot to check on her.
"Alex…"
"Sorry," Alex said pulling back, "I noticed that you're letting your hair grow."
"I haven't had a chance to go and get it cut," Olivia stated as she cocked her head to the side and studied the blonde, "You want to talk to me?"
"I'm sorry, honey. I wasn't needing time alone to process what has happened. I couldn't sleep and I didn't want to wake you and I could tell by how you were snoring that you needed the rest. So, I decided that I would come down here and look over a few things."
"First of all, I don't snore," Olivia stated as she flicked the tip of Alex's nose, "Second of all, you just got back and have the weekend off. Can you please put any cases you have off till at least tomorrow night? I promise, after dinner, you can immerse yourself all you want in your cases, but, right now, I want to be selfish."
"You can be as selfish as you want," Alex said turning the computer she was working on to face Olivia, "But I wasn't working on a case. I was considering having my bedroom redone and us moving in there."
"If you want to move in there, we can do that in the morning. I never questioned it because you have seemed so happy in my room"
"I don't want to move in there until I, we, have remodeled the room. The last time I ever slept in there, Jess had broken in and almost killed you a second time. Every time I look in that room, all I see is her holding a gun to my head and you taking your chance and attacking her. I don't want to see that anymore. When I look in that room, I want to see our room."
"A fresh coat of paint won't make all that disappear."
"I know, but it's a start, a fresh start and that's what I want and need in there."
"Okay, you know I will agree to anything you want."
"I do, but I don't want you to just agree, Olivia," Alex stated, "I want your opinion and your input on this. This isn't going to be my room that I redo and we move into. This is going to be a room that we redo together to make it ours."
"If you want to get technical, it is your room that you're redoing and we are moving into."
"Fine, get technical," Alex sighed, "It is my room that I want to redo, but I want us to redo it. Once it's repainted, we can go and find us a new bedroom suit, something that suits the two of us. Please don't just please me on this. Give me your honest thoughts and opinions."
"My honest thoughts and opinions."
"Yes, please."
"Alright, here it is," Olivia said taking Alex's hands in hers, "I honestly don't care what color you paint the bedroom or even if we get a new bedroom suite. In the mix of everything, the only thing that I care about and want, which I know I'm getting, is you next to me."
"Let me put it to you like this then," Alex said with a smirk on her face, "Either you help me redo our bedroom or I will make it the pinkest and girlish room you have ever seen in your life, complete with the frilly bed set."
"You do realize if you did that and the guys found out about it I would never live it down. A) For sleeping in such a girly room and B) because they would harass me for being whipped."
"Then, detective, I suggest that you do the right thing and assist me with redoing the room or be prepared to be harassed by the guys. Because I will invite them over and show them the completed room."
"You wouldn't?"
"Try me," Alex challenged.
Olivia took a deep breath and swallowed. She could tell by the twinkle in Alex's eye and the smirk she was trying to hide that she was kidding, but as she learned earlier tonight you can only push a woman so far. Personally, she wasn't into seeing exactly how far she could push Alex a second time.
"If you ask me, I did the right thing tonight when I agreed to get rid of my apartment and move in here with you and, to be quite frank, I have no intentions of already screwing things up. So, if you want to remodel our bedroom and move in there, that is fine with me. My only request is that we go over color schemes and furniture sometime tomorrow. Right now, I want to be in our bed with you in my arms, two weeks was too long for me."
Alex sighed with happiness and content as she allowed Olivia to guide her from the living room and back into the bedroom.