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

Trevor's surgery had gone well but he had a long recovery ahead of him. His mom stayed with him once he was released from the hospital. He was glad that she was back in his life. Olive went to see him whenever she had time between work and the 3 kids. Olivia stopped by whenever she could as well. Diana was doing the last minute preparations on Ed's party when she wasn't working. Erin and Jay had gotten the ok from Will to take Kara to New York for the weekend but they had decided to drive out. They left after work on Thursday, since Kara didn't have school on Friday or Monday. Erin did the first part of the driving, so Jay could get some sleep. They did stop at a hotel for the night, so they could get an early start in the morning to get to New York by sometime in the afternoon. When they arrived, they went to SVU right away. They went up and everyone was in the Squad Room.

"Hey, you 3."

"Hey, Aunt Olivia."

Olivia gave Kara a hug.

"How are you feeling, kiddo?"

"A lot better."

"That's great. How was the drive?"

"Long but at least I had my iPad to keep me busy plus my homework."

"Good."

Olivia put her hand on Erin's belly.

"How's our grandbaby?"

"Good so far. I'm starting to notice more of a shelf."

"That's great. Ed is on his way over here because he, Diana, Hank and I are going out to lunch."

Olivia texted Diana to tell her that Erin, Jay and Kara were there.

"She said she will be here as soon as she can."

"Ok."

Then Hank came in.

"Hey, Babe."

"Hey, Honey."

"Hi Daddy."

"Hey."

"Hey, Uncle Hank."

"Hey, kid.

Hank kissed Olivia, hugged both Erin and Kara and patted Jay on the shoulder.

"We ready?"

"Not yet. Diana is on her way to see Kara. I don't want Ed to know she's here and neither does Diana. It might ruin the surprise."

"That'll do it."

"You're so cute."

"Uh huh."

Hank put his hand on Erin's belly.

"Hello in there. This is your grandpa."

"I'm starting to get a shelf."

"Good."

Diana came running in.

"Kara."

"Hey, Mom."

"You're doing ok?"

"Yeah. Dr. Halstead said it was ok to travel but Erin and Jay decided to drive out."

"Thank you both so much for bringing her."

"No problem."

"You 3 better go before you get caught and spoil the surprise."

"Ok."

Kara gave Diana a hug and a kiss, while Erin hugged Hank and Olivia and then they headed to the house."

As soon as Ed got there, the 4 of them went to lunch. After lunch, Hank dropped Olivia off as the Precinct and then he went home. When he arrived at the house, everyone including Jay was in the kitchen baking cookies.

"Having fun, Halstead?"

"Not exactly."

"Here, Daddy, try one of these."

"Is it any good?"

"Yes."

Hank tried one of the cookies.

"That's not bad."

"Here, Papa."

Hank then tried the one Daniel gave him.

"Good."

"Mine are pretty."

"Yes, they are, Princess. Can Daddy have one?"

"Yeah."

Rachel gave Hank one of hers.

"That's good too. Are you planning to keep any of these here?"

"Definitely. If it's ok for me to leave early, I want to take some to Liv at the Precinct, Olive at work and Trevor."

"It's fine. Come on, Jay. You can help me set up for the poker game."

"Thanks."

Hank and Jay went downstairs to set up for the poker game.

"Do you have room for one more?"

"Yeah. Trevor is recuperating from knee surgery, so you can play tonight."

"Great. Thanks. What's for dinner?"

"I think I'm going to cookout hotdogs and burgers tonight."

"Uncle Hank."

"Coming."

Hank went back upstairs.

"What?"

"I get why Mom and Aunt Olivia don't want Ed to know I'm here but doesn't he play poker with you?"

"Yeah."

"What do they expect me to do, hang out by myself all night? Can't we just say I came to visit Mom for the weekend and have it not have anything to do with Ed's party?"

"Your mother and your aunt are both crazy."

Hank hugged Kara and went back downstairs, while Kara went back to the kitchen. Hank decided to call Olivia.

"Hi."

"Hey. Our niece brought up a valid point. If she's at the house, Ed will be here for dinner and the poker game. She wants to know why we can't just tell him that she's here to see Diana for the weekend and therefore it would have nothing to do with his party."

"That is a valid point. She's here. Hold on a second."

"Yep."

Olivia told Diana what Hank said.

"She agrees."

"Good. When are you coming home?"

"Probably my usual time. What did you have in mind?"

"I think you know the answer to that."

"I'll try to get out of here a little early."

"I can't wait."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Olivia hung up the phone.

"Your mom agrees."

Kara rolled her eyes and shook her head.

"Is Liv coming home early?"

"She said maybe a little early."

"Ok. We're just about done here anyway."

Lucy finished up and then she left to deliver the cookies. A little bit after Lucy delivered the cookies, Olivia went home. When she arrived at home, she parked in the garage and went inside.

"Hi Mommy."

"Hello, my loves."

Olivia kissed Noah and Rachel.

"Where's Daddy?"

"Upstairs."

"That's a good place for him."

Olivia went upstairs and Hank was in the bedroom.

"You're home."

"Yes, I'm home."

Olivia shut and locked the door and then she locked her gun up before joining Hank on the bed. They started kissing, undressed each other and made love. Afterwards they were holding each other.

"I needed that. What a week! I'm ready for another vacation but just us this time."

"Aren't we going to Paris soon?"

"Yeah and Diana did say she got two suites."

"Then we will at least have some time alone."

"You're right."

They kissed and made love again before getting out of bed to get dressed. They joined everyone else downstairs and Hank went out the get the grill ready. Jay got the burgers and hotdogs ready and took them out to Hank. Everyone arrived at the same time. Olive came in through the garage and everyone else rang the doorbell. Kara went to answer it.

"Hi Mom."

"Hey, Sweetie. It is so good to see you."

"You too."

Kara hugged Diana.

"Good to see you, kid. I'm glad to see you're doing better."

"I'm glad too."

Kara hugged Ed.

"It smells good, Liv. Is Voight out barbequing?"

"Hotdogs and burgers."

Hank and Jay brought everything inside and then they all ate before the guys went down to play poker, while the girls and the kids picked a movie. Once they got through the first movie, the kids were all asleep, including Kara.

"What are we watching now?"

The guys came upstairs.

"Are you guys done already?"

"Yep."

"We were just about to pick another movie. Why don't we all watch one together?"

"No chick flicks."

"Shawshank Redemption?"

"That works."

"I think I'm going to head home."

"We can pick something else."

"That's ok. It's been a long day."

"Night, Barba."

"Night."

Rafael left and headed home.

"I think I'm going to go read for a while. One movie was enough for me."

"Ok. Goodnight."

"Night."

Olive hugged Hank, Olivia, Erin and Jay and went upstairs to her room. Hank put the movie in and they all got settled. By the time the movie was over, the guys were the only ones still awake.

"Reminds me of a case we worked on."

"The escape of Greg Yates and Carl Rudnick?"

"That would be the one."

"We should probably go. It's late."

Hank shut the TV off and then everyone got up to stretch before they got ready to leave. Ed woke up Diana and then he carried Kara out to the car. Amanda woke up and she and Carisi left. Fin left as well. Hank locked up and carried Olivia up to their bedroom and Jay carried Erin up to the guest room. The next morning after breakfast, Diana and Olivia and did the last minute preparations for the party that afternoon, including picking up the cake. Diana picked up Olivia and they went on their errands.

"How is everything this morning?"

"Great."

"What are you smiling about?"

"Ed and I got close last night. Instead of taking us home, he took us to his apartment. We got closer when we were in Chicago but the time wasn't right. I definitely know he's the one I want to spend the rest of my life with and I want him to be Kara's dad."

"Does he want the same thing?"

"He said he wants to be there for both of us. I'm almost thinking of asking him to move in with us when we move into the new house."

"That's a big step."

"Yeah, I know."

"Just make sure it's really what you want"

"I know. I will."

Ed and Kara arrived at Hank and Olivia's. They got out of the car and went to ring the doorbell. Hank went to answer it.

"Morning."

"Hey. Why are you so cheerful this morning?"

"Mom and Ed did it last night!"

Hank tried not to laugh. Ed gave Kara and look and she started giggling. Kara went in and went to find everyone else.

"Is that true?"

"Yeah, it is. I love that woman so much and last night confirmed how I really felt. It is wrong that I want to marry her and spend the rest of my life with her and Kara?"

"No, it's not. Olivia and I were together 3 months when we got engaged and 6 when we got married."

"How long were you and Olivia together before you slept together?"

"I had feelings for her for a while and I was pissed when I admitted it to her and she told me about the 2 of you. She came to Chicago and apologized for what had happened and said that you 2 had broken up because she realized how she felt about me. She got me to break down in her arms. She told me she wanted to make love, so we went back to her hotel."

"Right away."

"Yeah."

"It took us a month. "

"She did care about you and a part of her still does."

"Yeah, I know. I still care about her too. I think I want to pick out a ring. Should I have Kara help me?"

"That would help. It will make her feel like she's part of the whole thing."

"That's true. Did you include Noah?"

"No. I did it all on my own. It was hard with him here and me in Chicago. If we had been in the same city, I may have taken him with me. I didn't even tell Erin I was planning to propose. "

"I just want this relationship to last. I love both of them."

"They both love you too. Ever since Kara could talk, she has wanted a dad. Diana was hesitant about getting into a relationship because she didn't want to bring just anyone into Kara's life."

"I can understand that. After my last relationship prior to Olivia, I was hesitant about getting into a relationship at all."

"I know that feeling. Our situations were different but we didn't want to get hurt again. Mine was from death and yours was from a lack of trust. I'm scared that something is going to happen to Olivia and I really don't want to be put through that again."

"I get it. In the few months she and I were together, I worried about her too."

"I know you do and I appreciate it. I also appreciate what her squad does for her too. I wasn't sure we could get along, since you were IAB and I'm usually one of IAB's worst nightmares."

"I wasn't sure we could either, since we were both in love with Olivia at the same time."

"Just promise me you'll be good to both of them."

"You know I will. I thought I loved Olivia but it's different with Diana. It is so much easier dealing with a 10-year old girl than a 2-year old boy. How do you do it with Noah and Rachel and make it look so easy?"

"I was already a father and a grandfather don't forget."

"That's true. A part of me wishes I had one of my own."

"I messed up with Justin when he needed me the most. It wasn't until he became a father that I started seeing him as a responsible adult. Erin is 32 and I just recently found out that she was mine. I should have known about Erin when she was born and I should have been a better father to Justin after Camille's death. I get to try again with Noah and Rachel. Look at it this way, you get to interrogate all of Kara's boyfriends. You get to make those rules. I never got to do that with Erin. I was never a big fan of her and Halstead being together but then I realized that he wasn't so bad. He's marrying her and they're giving me another grandchild."

"Do you know anything about the donor father?"

"No. Diana picked something and never mentioned it."

"She's not yours is she?"

"I've never donated. Kara did ask me one time if I was her father and I said no. I'm flattered that she would ask me that though. For the longest time, I was the closest she had to having a father."

"I think I want to adopt Kara if Diana will let me."

"I think she will and Kara will love that idea. I'd give Diana the ring first though."

"Oh yeah. I will."

"Do you want some coffee?"

"Yeah, sure."

Hank got Ed some coffee. Once Diana and Olivia picked up the cake and the stuff from the travel agent, they dropped the cake off at the restaurant and headed back to the house. By the time they got back, Ed and Kara were gone.

"Hello. We're back."

"We need to talk. Excuse us."

"Sure."

Hank took Olivia upstairs.

"Again? You've been pretty frisky lately."

"No. I need to tell you something."

"So tell me."

"Ed took Kara to look at engagement rings. He wants to propose to Diana."

To be continued…

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