A/N: I don't own any of the characters but my own.

It had been almost 2 weeks since Erin's ordeal and she had been staying with Hank and Olivia. She still hadn't heard much from Jay. Hank had talked to him and he told him he loved Erin but was really scared about becoming a dad. When Erin first told him, he pretty much panicked. After returning from Chicago, Diana and Ed started seeing each other. Jay had planned to fly out to see Erin and Kara was on Spring Break. She wanted to go to New York as well but Diana kept trying to talk her out of it but she wanted to see her. Ed decided to take the week off to spend with her. Olivia and Hank knew Jay was coming but he didn't want Erin to know. He ended up flying out with Kara and Hank met them at the airport

"Hey, Uncle Hank."

"Hey, Kid. Halstead."

"Hey."

"I thought Ed was meeting me."

"I think he had a meeting or something. I'm supposed to take you to see your Aunt Olivia and then Ed and your mom will meet us there."

"Ok."

They got their luggage and then they went out to Hank's SUV. He drove to the 16th. They got out of the SUV and went in. Diana happened to be there, so Kara ran up to her and gave her a big hug, while Hank kissed Olivia.

"Mom!"

"Hey, you!"

"Hey, Jay."

"Hey."

"Hey, Aunt Olivia."

"Hey. How was your flight?"

"Fine."

"Good."

"Mom, are you done for the day?"

"Yes, I am. I just need to go back to my office."

"Can I come with?"

"Sure. We'll be back."

Diana and Kara left and headed to her office.

"Can I talk to you two for a minute?"

"Sure."

Olivia, Hank and Jay went into her office and Olivia shut the door. Then they all sat down.

"What's going on, Jay?"

"It was wrong of me to act the way I did. I'm scared about becoming a father. My own father isn't in our lives and our mom is gone. Will knows about this and he thinks I can handle it if I really love Erin, which I do. I want to ask Erin to marry me and I want your blessing."

"You can have it on one condition."

"Which is?"

"Promise me you won't ever hurt her or your kid."

"I promise."

"Antonio may be different about it but if it was me, I probably wouldn't allow you two to work together as partners."

"We'll talk to him. She's going to be on Desk Duty until after the baby anyway."

"Oh, yeah. She knows that. Why don't you send her flowers or something?"

"I did that before I left Chicago."

"Nothing arrived yet that I know of."

"Not much gets passed him anyway."

"Yeah, no kidding."

Olivia started laughing and Hank gave her a funny look.

"I love you."

"Sure you do."

"I do."

Olivia went over, sat on Hank's lap and kissed him. Then someone knocked on the door.

"Come on in."

Ed opened the door and came in.

"Am I interrupting?"

"Yes!"

"Olivia! No, you're not."

"Obviously Kara is here if Detective Halstead is here."

"She went with Diana to her office but they'll be back shortly."

"Ok."

"I'm glad you're going to be spending time with her."

"Me too. I like both of them."

"I hope it works out between the two of you. I want you to be happy."

"Thanks. I hope it does too."

"Obviously you don't care who knows about this, since all your Poker buddies know."

"Yeah, I know. I had another job offer."

"From?"

"Conviction Integrity, so if I take it, I'll be working with the DA."

"Does this have anything to do with Diana?"

"No. The hours are better though."

"Before I retired, Antonio was offered a position as a Special Investigator for the State's Attorney."

"Better hours."

"Why didn't Antonio take it?"

"He was tossing it back and forth. Assistant State's Attorney Stone was the one that offered it to him. I knew about it and was fine with it. Antonio is a good Detective and would have done a good job running his own Unit. When I decided to retire, I asked him if he'd consider taking over Intelligence. Olinsky didn't want it and I wasn't sure if Lindsay or Halstead were ready to run the Unit."

"I'm not sure I would have been ready either."

"Does Rafael know about this?"

"I haven't talked to him."

There was another knock at the door.

"Come in."

This time is was Rafael.

"I heard a rumor."

"It wasn't about me."

"Probably because it was about me."

"Are you taking it?"

"I'm thinking about it. The question is, can we work together?"

"We're getting along better than we did a year ago."

"That we are. Olivia, I wanted to tell you myself, since I'm sure I would be investigating SVU cases."

"Oh, probably."

Then Diana and Kara came back.

"Ed!"

"Hey!"

Kara gave Ed a hug.

"I was offered a position with Conviction Integrity today. I'm thinking about taking it."

"Ok. I was going to ask if you wanted to help me run IAB."

"I'll pass. I'll answer any questions you may have about it but I'm not doing that again."

"I was going to say, if he's going back to IAB, I might as well retire. Maybe I'll move to Chicago and take over Intelligence."

"They'd love that."

"We would. Erin definitely would."

Hank's phone rang, so Olivia got up and went back to her chair, so Hank could get up. He left the room and took the call.

"So, Jay, is everyone coming?"

"From the Squad, yes. Platt is coming too and she's bringing Mouch. Chief Boden, his wife and son are coming. Will is going to try but he can't promise anything, since he wasn't sure of his schedule. Does he suspect anything?"

"Nope. It's a good thing I decided to do this at a restaurant, since I'm not sure we can fit all these people in our house."

"Look at it this way, you won't have to clean anything up."

"True. He never said he didn't want a party for his birthday. 55 is a big deal."

"So is 50."

"Who's turning 50? Not me."

"You look good for almost 50."

"Thank you. I've got 3 men in my life turning 55 this year."

"Who else?"

"Ed's is the 24th of April and Fin's is May 11th."

"You'll be 55? I would have guessed older than that."

"You're funny."

"I said the same thing."

Hank came back and Erin, Amanda, Noah and Rachel were with him.

"This should be interesting, since neither of you should be driving."

"I drove, I admit it. Lucy said I could take her car. Amanda needed to get out."

Olivia shook her head. When Erin saw Jay, she gave him a big hug.

"I've missed you."

"I've missed you too."

"He was killed in jail?"

"Yep."

"Good."

"I got a call from the Realtor in Chicago that there was an offer on the house."

"Finally!"

"Erin, I have something to tell you."

"What?"

"I made an offer on a house."

"You didn't."

"I did."

"Halstead, are you saying you want to buy my house?"

"Yes. I know it would mean a lot to Erin to raise our family there. We've been talking about getting a bigger place anyway."

"Yeah, we have."

"I'm sorry I acted the way I did when you told me about the baby."

"I forgive you."

"If you still have the house, why did you two stay at a hotel when we were there?"

"Because there's no furniture. I got rid of it all."

"I did the same with my furniture. We bought all new stuff when we moved."

"Now that makes sense."

"Jay, I guess this means you're serious about becoming a family."

"I definitely am. I love you and our baby so much."

"I love you too."

Jay took something out of his pocket and opened the box.

"Erin, will you marry me?"

"Yes!"

Jay took the box out of the box and put it on Erin's finger before he kissed her. Hank and Olivia hugged them both.

"Congratulations, you two."

"Thanks. Liv, you'll help me, right?"

"Absolutely. I'll do the best I can long distance."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Noah and Rachel hugged them as well.

"Yay!"

Hank called the Realtor back and said he'd accept Jay's offer.

"Kara, this is Noah and this is Rachel. Noah and Rachel, this is Kara."

"Hi."

"Hi. It's nice to meet you both."

"You too."

Rachel looked at Hank, so he picked her up, while Noah went over to Olivia and crawled up on her lap.

"Are you Daddy's girl?"

"Yeah."

"How long until you can adopt her?"

"It was a year for Noah but there has been no other family to claim her. The Case Worker still doesn't like me but so far, we have done everything right."

Then Trevor came in.

"What's going on Trevor?"

"Miss Jackson said to meet her here."

"Hopefully it's good news."

"Let's hope so."

Miss Jackson arrived.

"We'll give you some privacy."

"Thanks."

Everyone except Trevor, Noah and Rachel left Olivia's office.

"What's going on, Miss Jackson?"

"Things appear to be going well between the two of you and Rachel."

"We love her and she and Noah have become pretty close."

"I'm going to approve you for adoption. You've been through this before and since no one has claimed her, I don't see the point in having you wait 6 months to a year. She can be adopted after 90 days."

"That's great news! Thank you."

"You're welcome. Good luck."

"Thank you."

Miss Jackson left.

"A few more weeks and we'll be a family."

"I can't wait."

"Is my past going to cause problems for this?"

"I'm sure they did a background check."

"I just don't want to screw this up."

"I happen to be one of the few people who has been lucky enough to have seen the gentle, loving side of you. Noah and Rachel love you and so do I. I'm sure she would have said something if there was a problem. This is our family."

"Is Rachel my sister?"

"Almost, Sweetie. A few more weeks."

"Yay!"

Olivia gave Trevor a look.

"Come on, you two. I think your mom and dad need a few minutes alone."

"Ok."

"Thank you."

"No problem."

Trevor took the kids and shut the door behind him, while Olivia sat on Hank's lap.

"What's wrong?"

"I don't want you to be pissed at me if this doesn't happen."

"I won't. I swear to you."

"I knew my time in prison would come back and bite me in the ass eventually."

"Stop! Just because you've been in prison, it doesn't make you a bad person. We're a family and we always will be. Don't worry about it. Trevor knows, since I told him when you adopted Noah. If something comes up, which I doubt it will, let him handle it."

"Ok."

They started kissing and then they joined everyone else in the Squad Room. Everyone headed to Hank and Olivia's for dinner. Once everyone ate together, the guys went to play Poker, while the women and the kids watched a movie. When the night was over, everyone went home. Ed drove Diana and Kara home. Kara was asleep when they got there, so Ed carried her into the apartment and set her down where Diana said to put her. They talked for a while and then Ed went home.

During the next week, Ed and Kara got to know each other better. He knew being a part of Diana's life also meant being a part of Kara's life. Olivia was hoping Hank's birthday party would happen without him finding out about it.

To be continued…

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