A/N: I really tried getting this written by the end of the year but it just didn't happen. I don't own any of the characters except my own.

The rest of the summer seemed to go by quickly. Lisa had found out that the and Trevor were expecting again. Jay had taken the Sergeant's exam and was waiting to get his results back. He, Erin, Justin, Olive and the kids, including Noah and Lexie, went to Washington DC. That left Hank and Olivia alone for that time, which they were looking forward to. Ed's parents were in the process of moving to Chicago as were Jenna's other grandparents and Paul and Ellen, so Ed and PJ went to New York and Joe went Hartford to help. Both Alex and Casey were on bedrest for the remainder of their respective pregnancies. Kathy, Jack and the 4 kids had come in again before the kids went back to school.

It was a slow day and everyone was at their desks. Olivia was in her office with Lisa, Jenna and Stephanie when Elaine came up with Kathy, Jack, Lizzie and the kids.

"Lieutenant, you have company."

"Thanks. Hey, Kath."

"Hey. Are we bothering you?"

"Not at all. Come on in."

"Thanks. These two are Jack's kids, Kelsey and Max. Kelsey and Max, this is Olivia, who helped me deliver Eli and who my Olivia is named after."

"It's nice to meet you both."

"You too."

Olivia got up and hugged Kathy, Lizzie, Eli and little Olivia.

"How long are you here?"

"For the week."

"We got rid of all the kids for the week. Justin, Olive, Erin and Jay took all 5 kids to DC."

"Is Lexie going to behave for that long?"

"We hope so."

"What are you and Hank up to while they're gone?"

"Enjoying the peace and quiet. Alyssa gets some time off and so does Meredith. Alyssa and Mouse went to New York for a few days. Alyssa wanted to see Lucy, so they were planning to spend time with her and her boyfriend. Lucy's boyfriend was able to get some time off as well. Both teams are without our tech person as well as being short a Detective.

"You're not out in the field?"

"Kyle has everything under control."

"I heard the baby could be here soon."

"Yep. Both Alex and Casey are on bedrest and both are being very stubborn."

"That's putting it mildly."

"Hey, Jenna."

"Hey, Mom."

"When are your grandparents moving here?"

"Both are moving this week. Dad is in New York helping his parents and Joe went to help Grandma Vivian and Grandpa George."

"PJ went to help his parents."

"Are you looking forward to having your in-laws living with you?"

"Yeah. We're pretty close and I'm also pretty close to my sisters-in-law."

"I even have a better relationship with them than I ever did."

"Even PJ said they're a lot better than they used to be."

"How's your aunt doing?"

"She's doing much better."

"That's good."

"We found out we're having girls."

"That's great! I am so happy to hear that."

"Any names yet?"

"Not yet."

"What about you, Stephanie?"

"We're working on it but we haven't come up with anything yet."

"We're having girls too but no names yet either."

"Wow! Sweetie, that's great! I'm happy for you too."

"Trevor really wants a son this time. He would like to name a son Gregory Joseph."

"How do you feel about that?"

"I'm good with that. I understand his logic because Sarah and Greg named their oldest Trevor. We had talked about that when I was pregnant with the twins. He wanted a son then too. Even though I had twins the last time, this time everything has been a lot different. We thought we were done but things happen. I think I'm done no matter what this time."

"I don't think I could go through that again. Lex is in the terrible two's right now and has a mind of her own. She clearly has Hank's personality."

"We're going through the same thing with Becca and Charli and now there will be another one to go through it with."

"But Lexie is so cute."

"She is but she's trouble. To be honest, Erin, Justin and Alexandra all have their father's personality. Hank says she has my feistiness."

"She definitely looks like you. I'm 4 for 6. The boys look more like Elliot."

Eli made a face.

"He hates hearing that."

"So does Dickie."

"When Kevin's friend was raped and he had gone with you, he said hearing what she had gone through really made his blood boil. I told him he sounded just like his father."

"That does sound like something his father would say."

"I have to go potty."

"Me too."

"Us too."

"I'll take you. Come on."

Jenna took the kids to the washroom.

"How's she doing?"

"She's doing pretty well considering. We go to the cemetery quite often. Jack's first wife is at the same cemetery."

"Dickie told me what happened to her. I am so sorry."

"Thanks. It's been rough but Kathy has been such a big support through all that."

"I heard she was not a fan of Elliot's."

"No, she was not. Neither was I. He threatened me when I started spending time with Olivia but not so much Eli."

"Probably because you would have protected her if he tried taking her."

"Damn straight I would have! I may not be their father but I love them as much as I love my two. I've grown to love all 6 of hers."

"And I love his two as much as I love all of mine."

"You've been more of a dad to us than our dad ever was."

Jenna came back with the kids. Olivia wanted Jack to pick her up, so he did.

"Do you have time for lunch or are you busy?"

"I have time. I haven't heard from Hank all morning. He left early with a case."

"Good. How about you, Jenna?"

"Of course. I haven't heard from Dickie today anyway."

Olivia grabbed her purse and Jenna went to get hers.

"Kyle, do you want to join us?"

"Sure."

They all left and headed to lunch. When they arrived at the restaurant, they got out of their vehicles and went in. They were taken to their table and looked at the menu. The server came to take their order.

"Mom headed over to see Alex this morning."

"She enjoys that."

Then Hank came in.

"Hey, Babe."

"Hey, yourself. How'd you know I was here?"

"I pinged your phone."

Olivia rolled her eyes, Hank kissed her and sat down. The server brought a menu for Hank and took his order.

"How's your case?"

"It's finally done. How's your morning?"

"Slow, actually. We had one case earlier and that was it. There isn't much we can do when the vic won't talk."

"Nope."

"It was so nice to be able to go back to sleep after you left and not have to deal with anyone but the dog."

"I'm sure it was nice. I would have much rather been home with you than workin' on that case."

"You would have made us both late."

"Probably."

Hank kissed Olivia on the cheek.

"Liv, I love that you are so happy."

"I don't think anyone but Hank could make me this happy. I know a certain person who thought he was the only person who could do that. Like I have said before, we were close but that was because we worked together. Yes, I loved him but not in a romantic way. I don't have a habit of falling in love with someone else's husband especially when they're still married. Dickie outright asked me if I ever slept with my partner and I said no. That's not me. He was always jealous of any relationships I got into and it was really none of his concern. I'm a big girl and I can deal with my own relationships. I didn't need him to act the way he did. I wouldn't have wanted him even if I wasn't with Hank. My life was less complicated when he was gone from it."

"I get it. Sometimes I wonder why I stayed married to him as long as I did."

"We wondered that too. We expected you to divorce him before Eli. He only came home because you told him you were pregnant. You're the one that raised us to be the people we are. He kept saying he wanted to move here but does he honestly think we know he wanted to be here because Olivia was?"

"We know that's why."

"If it came to it, I would have had an order of protection filed against him even though that probably wouldn't have stopped him. Again, I can't be held responsible for what Hank does. If he feels his family is being targeted or threatened in any way, he won't think twice about protecting us. I just don't get why Elliot was being such a hypocrite when Hank got into it with him since he's done the same thing."

"Anything to make himself look good."

"I don't get why all of a sudden Kevin wasn't good enough for me. I never cared that he was a nurse."

"His biggest problem was with me because of who my dad is. He was also jealous of the fact that Dickie has a better relationship with my dad than he did with him."

"Once we got older, they never had a good relationship. He never approved of his friends."

"He got to be like that with Eli too. He never seemed to have time to go to his games but yet he would do anything and everything for Olivia."

"Like the trips he always took her on and the rest of us never got that because he was too busy working."

"Exactly. Your grandmother said she thought he was cheap with the rest of us but decided to spend all his money on Olivia. He was basically trying to buy her affection. When Jack and I started seeing each other, Elliot never complained about the amount of time he was spending with Eli but when he wanted to spend time with Olivia, Elliot acted like it was the end of the world."

"I love Jack."

"Me too."

"I love you both too."

"We love Kathy too. She was there for us after Mom died."

"Yep, she was."

"I love both of you two."

"All Maureen, Kathleen Dickie and I care about is that he treats the 3 of you right, which he does. He's been more of a dad to us than Dad ever was."

"And you know I love the 4 of you as well. You can come to me for anything."

"We appreciate that."

They all kept talking and then their food arrived. Jack paid the bill and then they all headed out. Hank kissed Olivia and headed back to the District, while Olivia, Jenna and Kyle headed back as well. Kathy and Jack took Lizzie and the kids home and then they headed to the hotel, so the kids could go swimming for a while. Not too long after they got back, SVU had a case. The case pretty much lasted the rest of the afternoon. Hank ended up getting home before Olivia, so he started dinner and let Captain out after he changed his clothes. When Olivia got home, she went inside. Hank was outside grilling their dinner, so she went outside.

"Hey."

"Hey. How was your afternoon?"

"Busier than the morning was. What's for dinner?"

"Steaks, baked potatoes and corn on the cob."

"That sounds good."

"We can eat out here and then spend some time in the pool later."

"You know exactly what I need after a long afternoon."

Olivia kissed Hank and went back inside. She went upstairs to put her gun away and then she changed her clothes before going back downstairs. Hank had everything on the table including the wine.

"Dinner is ready."

"That looks so good."

They sat down and had dinner.

"As much as I love our family, the peace and quiet is wonderful."

"It is. At least they took the kids."

"I am grateful for that. I wish the two of us could go away again. I loved our trip to Paris."

"I did too and even though we ran into Barba and Michelle, it was nice to be there with someone and not have to deal with the kids for that length of time."

"It was."

"Maybe I'll look into somethin' for Valentine's Day and your birthday."

"We should get serious about the trip to Disneyland."

"Yeah, we should."

They finished eating and then Hank took everything inside, while Olivia got the laptop. Once Hank got everything cleaned up, they looked to see what they could find.

"Around Thanksgiving?"

"That would probably work. Noah is off from school that whole week. Although it could be busy then. I'd rather go when it isn't busy."

"That's a good point. We took him out of school when we went to the Bahamas."

"We did. Maybe the first week, so right after her birthday."

"How many days do we want at Disneyland?"

"I'd say two. Once we make the arrangements, I'll contact Nick and Maureen to see if we can get together at all. Maybe the day after we get there and the day before we leave. There's other stuff we can see there too. I would just get a hotel room off-site and not something near the park. Maybe something between LA and Anaheim."

"That makes sense. This time we will have to pay for Noah to get into Disney though."

"We lucked out last year when we didn't have to pay for any of the kids, since Noah was still 3 when we went. Lexie may remember this trip more than she would Disney World."

"True. I would eventually like to take everyone again but it would be nice to just go with you and our two youngest."

"Like Erin and Justin both said, we don't have to include them in all of our trips. I'm very grateful they took Noah and Lexie with them to DC."

"I am too. We need alone time every once in a while."

"Yeah, we do."

They booked Disneyland and a hotel and Hank paid for it. Once he turned the laptop off, Olivia's phone rang for a video chat from Erin. They talked to everyone and Olivia told Noah and Lexie they booked their trip to Disneyland for just after Lexie's birthday. Both kids were excited about that. Once they hung up, Hank and Olivia went into the pool and swam around for a little bit. They started kissing, removed each other's swimsuits and made love. Once they had finished, they had their arms wrapped around each other.

"That was amazing!"

"Yeah, it was and you stayed quiet. I'm proud of you."

"Smart ass!"

Olivia splashed Hank.

"I'm teasing you."

"I know. We don't need the neighbors to know what we're up to. I can't guarantee I will be as quiet later."

"I can't wait."

Hank kissed her and then they put their swimsuits back on. It was started to get windy, so they got out of the pool, dried off and went inside. Hank put the TV on and they were expecting bad weather. They emptied the dishwasher and then went upstairs to take a quick shower. They got ready for bed and had the TV on in their bedroom. For now, Captain was in Noah's room. The bedroom door was closed but not tightly. They turned the TV off and made love again. Afterwards they were holding each other.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"I could get used to having no one here."

"I could too. We never had dessert."

Hank got up and put his pajamas on, while Olivia went into the bathroom. She put her pajamas back on and got back into bed. Hank came back with dessert.

"Oooh, ice cream."

"I figured we could share."

"I wouldn't have it any other way."

Olivia had some ice cream and then she fed some to Hank.

"I have my own spoon."

"That's ok."

Hank did the same thing she did. Once they were done, they made love again and then fell asleep. During the night, Captain ended up in with them.

They got up the next morning and got ready for work. While Olivia was finishing up, Hank went to let Captain out, fed him and fixed breakfast. After breakfast, they both left for work.

The rest of the week was pretty quiet for both SVU and Intelligence. They both had a few cases but nothing major. Hank and Olivia enjoyed the rest of their week without the kids and they had spent more time with Kathy, Jack and the kids while they were still in Chicago. Hank and Olivia both knew things would go back to being chaotic once the kids came home.

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