A/N: This is the second part to the previous chapter titled 'Gone but Not Forgotten'. I was getting teary as I wrote this. I don't own any of the characters.

Goodbye, Al

The day before Al's funeral, Fin, Amanda and Sonny flew into Chicago and Hank and Olivia went to pick them up. They arrived at the airport and the 3 of them got in after they put their luggage in the back.

"Sorry to hear about Olinsky."

"Thanks. I appreciate you being here."

"We're family. You're with Liv and she's our family, so you and your squad are our family too."

"How's Noah?"

"He's great. He was happy that Jesse was staying with him. He said to tell you that he loves you both."

"I've called him every night since I've been here. I know I need to be there with him but Hank needs me right now."

"He understands."

"He said he did."

"Stone said he'd be here."

"Good."

"How are you holdin' up, Voight?"

"It's been hard. Al was my best friend."

"I'm sure that is hard."

"Hank and I finally got engaged last night."

"Wow! Congratulations, Liv!"

"Thank you."

"He's been thinking about doing it for a while but he didn't want to until we had a serious talk. He's planning to retire and move to New York."

"I had hoped that when I decided to get married again, I'd have Justin or Al by my side. Now I have neither."

"It looks like there will be two more openings in Intelligence. Jay and Erin got back together and he's planning to move to New York as well. I told him that I would love to have him join SVU but he's thinking more like ESU as a shooter. I told him I'd see what I could find out."

"I couldn't see Halstead investigating sexual assaults all the time. If Erin hadn't taken the job with the FBI, I would have gone to you next. She likes doing that stuff. We do get sexual assault cases and it's not easy to deal with."

"How do you think we feel? We have to deal with that shit every damn day. I worked in Narcotics before SVU and that was nothin' compared to this."

"I worked in the Gang Unit before Intelligence. I have a great deal of respect for the 4 of you for doing what you do."

"I like when both squads work together."

"Me too."

Hank continued driving and dropped the 3 of them off at the hotel. Hank and Olivia went back to the house for a while until they had to go to the wake. Meredith wanted Hank, the rest of the squad and Trudy with her, so Jay dropped Erin off at Hank's and then he and Hank went to the Funeral Home and then Erin and Olivia would pick up Fin, Amanda and Sonny up to meet everyone else there. The Intelligence Unit and Trudy arrived shortly before Meredith did. Hank offered her his arm and the two of them walked in together. The Funeral Director met them and walked them into the room. Meredith wrapped her arms around Hank as soon as she saw her husband and he put his arm around her. Antonio did the sign of the Cross as he knelt down at the casket. Hailey offered Meredith some tissues.

"Thanks, Hailey."

"No problem."

"Hank, where's Erin?"

"She's coming with Olivia and her squad."

Hank's phone rang, so he looked to see who it was.

"I need to take this."

"Sure."

Hank stepped out of the room and took the call, which was from Noah. After he talked to Noah, he joined everyone else.

"Everything ok, Boss?"

"Yeah. That was Noah. Olivia called and told him we were engaged."

"You're engaged?"

"Yeah. I asked her last night."

"Erin and I are too. I'm hoping to transfer to the NYPD. Lieutenant Benson said I can join SVU. I told her that I was hoping for ESU as a shooter."

"I'm more than likely going to retire, so I can be in New York with Olivia and Noah."

"That's great! Congratulations!"

"Thanks. Antonio, I think you can handle things."

"I hope I can."

"I know you can. I meant what I said when you went to work for Peter Stone. You deserve to lead your own unit."

"When are you leaving?"

"I'll probably give them 30 days' notice. They'll be glad to get rid of me anyway."

"Now there will be 3 openings in Intelligence. Did you know about Halstead?"

"Oh, yeah. He's been spending a lot of time at the house. Olivia and Erin went shopping, so Jay and I talked. He told me he wanted to propose to Erin and he wanted to transfer to New York. I told him that I wanted to propose to Olivia, retire and move to New York. We've both been thinking about it for a while."

"I wanted to propose to Erin a year ago but she left before I could."

"I've been wanting to propose to Olivia too but I couldn't make up my damn mind as to how I wanted to do it."

"How'd you finally do it?"

"That's not the point."

"Well, it kind of is if people ask."

"What I do in the privacy of my own home is no one's business but mine."

"Must have been after sex."

"No comment. Ruzek."

"Yeah, Boss."

"After I move to New York, I want you to look out for Meredith."

"You got it, Boss."

"Hank, I'll be fine. Really."

"I'd feel better."

"Ok."

"I can't picture you and Halstead spending more time together."

"Well, I have not seen Erin this happy in a while. She has been wanting to come back here but wasn't sure how things would work out after she so abruptly left. I know Jay wanted to propose sooner. She just needed to get her life together and adjust to her life in New York."

"How far does she live from Olivia?"

"Same building, which is great if Olivia has a call during a call during the night, she doesn't have to wait for Lucy to get there. She just calls Erin to stay with Noah."

"That helps."

"At that hour, it does. Pretty soon, she won't have to worry about calling anyone."

"You planning to adopt him?"

"I hope to."

"He's how old?"

"5."

"I remember when my kids were 5. Eva can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. I've had some moments with Diego but not as bad as with her."

"Both Justin and Erin were pains in the ass as teenagers."

"So was Lexi."

"Who was worse, Justin or Erin?"

"Justin but he made me proud when he got older. He took the Army thing seriously and he grew up with he became a father."

"At least you still have your grandson."

"Yeah but he lives so far away. He'll be even farther once I move to New York."

People started coming in and Olivia, Erin, Fin, Amanda and Sonny were among the first to arrive after some other officers from CPD. Hank was talking to someone when he saw Olivia come in.

"Excuse me."

"Sure."

Hank went over to Olivia and kissed her.

"How are you holding up?"

"I'm better now that you're here."

"I'm going to have to go home eventually. You know that, right?"

"I know."

Hank took Olivia's hand as then they went up to the casket. He then introduced her to some of the CPD Brass. Jay went up to the casket with Erin and Fin, Amanda and Sonny all went up. Sonny did the sign of the Cross before he knelt down and then they introduced themselves to Meredith before they went to talk to the group from Intelligence. The ones from 51 and Med came in to pay their respects and stayed for a while.

A couple hours later, Peter arrived in Chicago and he decided to bring Noah and Jesse for their mothers, along with Lucy. He got a rental and then drove to the Funeral Home. He arrived at the same time Mark and Anna arrived.

"Peter, good to see you."

"You too, Mark. Anna."

"Peter. Who's this?"

"This is Noah Benson, Jesse Rollins and Noah's nanny, Lucy Huston. This is the State's Attorney, Mark Jefferies and the Assistant State's Attorney, Anna Valdez."

"It's nice to meet you."

"You too."

"Hold my hands, you two."

Noah and Jesse held Lucy's hands and then they all went inside.

"Peter, how's New York?"

"It's been interesting so far."

Jesse saw Amanda right away.

"Mama!"

"Hey, baby girl! Thanks for bringin' her."

"It was Mr. Stone's idea."

"Thanks, Peter."

"No problem."

"Where are Mommy and Hank?"

"Right over there. Come on, Jesse. You need to pay your respects."

"Ok."

Amanda took Jesse up to the casket and Noah found Hank and Olivia, who were sitting down.

"Hi."

"Noah, what are you doing here?"

"Mr. Peter brought me, Jesse and Lucy. Aren't you happy to see me?"

I'm always happy to see you."

Olivia gave Noah and hugged and then Noah hugged Hank.

"Hank, is that your friend?"

"Yep."

"I'm sorry."

"Thanks."

"Can I go up there?"

"Yeah. I'll take you."

"I'll go too."

Hank and Olivia got up and took Noah up to the casket. Meredith walked up to them after talking with Jesse and Amanda.

"This must be Noah."

"It is. Noah, this is Mrs. Olinsky."

"Hi. It's nice to meet you and I'm sorry for your loss. I was also sorry to hear about your daughter too."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Noah hugged Meredith.

"Sweetie, go sit with Jesse, ok?"

"Ok."

Noah went to find Jesse and then Lucy went to pay her respects.

"Meredith, this is Noah's nanny, Lucy Huston. Lucy, this is Meredith Olinsky."

"Lucy, it's nice to meet you."

"You too. I am so sorry for your loss."

"Thank you."

Lucy hugged Hank.

"I'm sorry for you loss as well."

"Thanks."

One of the higher ups came up to Hank and told him something. He then went to talk to his squad. He went back over to talk to Olivia.

"I need to go. One of the inmates at the Cook County Jail was sexually assaulted and murdered."

"Oh, lovely. Just please be careful."

"I will. I love you."

"I love you too."

Hank kissed Olivia and Jay kissed Erin. Most of the police officers that were there left and headed over to the Jail. Erin took Fin, Amanda, Jesse and Sonny to the hotel and then she went back to get Olivia, Lucy and Noah to take them back to Hank's. Erin then went to Jay's apartment. Lucy had fallen asleep and Noah fell asleep in his bedroom. Olivia managed to stay away until Hank got home. Jay dropped him off and went to join Erin at his apartment. Hank went in and locked up before he went upstairs.

"That was something."

"What?"

"The victim was Denny Woods."

"Are you serious?"

"I'm very serious."

"You knew nothing about this?"

"No, I did not. I swear on my own life that I did not know anything about this."

Hank was looking her straight in the eye, so she knew he was telling the truth.

"I didn't mean to accuse you."

"I forgive you."

"I wouldn't really blame you anyway. That guy sounds like a real ass."

"You got that right."

Hank went to change for bed and then he joined Olivia. They kissed each other goodnight and then they fell asleep in each other's arms. The next morning, everyone got up, had breakfast and got ready to go.

"Looking handsome in that uniform, Sergeant."

"Thanks. You look great in yours too, Lieutenant."

"Thank you."

The doorbell rang, so Hank went to answer it. It was the entire unit, Trudy, Erin, Fin, Amanda, Jesse and Sonny.

"Did Meredith get the pallbearers or did CPD?"

"Meredith did. Antonio, Atwater, Ruzek and Halstead and then Fin and Carisi. She wanted to include Olivia's squad in this, since Al spoke so highly of them. We're all walking in with Meredith behind the casket."

"Got it."

They all left and headed to the funeral. By the time the service started, they took the casket down the aisle followed by Meredith, who was on Hank's arm and the rest of the unit, Olivia and her squad and Erin. Hank and Jay were in the same row, so Erin and Olivia would sit with them and everyone else sat behind them. Hank knew what he had planned to say but he wasn't sure he could get through it without getting upset. Olivia knew he was getting a little worked about it but she held his hand until the moment he had to go up to eulogize his best friend. He hadn't written anything down and everything he talked about came from his heart. He almost broke down several times. He even announced his retirement from the Police Department in 30 days. Once he concluded his eulogy and said his final goodbye to Al, he lost is and so did the rest of the squad. He went over and hugged Meredith and then he sat down. He took Olivia's hand again. She leaned over and whispered to him how proud she was of him. Anyone else that wanted to say something about Al did, which was most of the squad and Erin. At the conclusion of the service, they processed out to the hearse. The street was lined with Police Officers. As the casket was being placed in the hearse, all the officers saluted their fallen brother. They processed to the cemetery. On the route to the cemetery, Truck 81 and another ladder truck held the Flag for the procession to pass under as the firefighters and paramedics saluted as the hearse went by. Once they arrived at the cemetery, they had the graveside service and then Al was laid to rest next to Lexi. Before the left the cemetery to go eat, Hank and Erin went over to Camille and Justin's graves. Olivia and Jay stayed by the cars with Noah and they saw Hank and Erin hugging and holding each other. They walked back towards Olivia and Jay and then Hank went back to Al's grave. He stood there staring at it for a few minutes with tears running down his face.

"Goodbye, Al."

He went to the car and they all headed to the restaurant. Within the next couple days, Olivia, Noah, Erin, Fin, Amanda, Jesse, Sonny and Lucy headed back to New York but in just 4 weeks, Hank would be with Olivia and Noah all the time and Jay would be with Erin all the time. No one from Intelligence really wanted to go back to work but life had to go on as normal as hard as it would be without Al.

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