All This Time

Chapter 22

"Good morning, beautiful," Elliot whispered in my ear before kissing my neck softly.

"Good morning," I responded with a smile.

"Are you going to talk to Cragen today?" he asked as he kept kissing me.

"Not if you keep doing this," I said with a small laugh.

"Alright, go get dressed, you. I'll stay here and watch the twins," he said before we kissed.

"Throw me your shirt?" I asked with a smile.

"Here you go," he said handing me his shirt from beside the bed.

"Thank you," I said, kissing him one last time before getting out of our bed.

I gathered up some clothes and quickly went into the bathroom to change. Cragen wasn't leaving for a few more hours and I was hoping that I could change his mind. I got dressed and kissed Elliot and the twins goodbye.

When I got to the precinct, Cragen's things were put back into place, just as they were before.

"Cragen? Nice to see you're staying," I said, smiling as I walked into his office so we could talk.

"I put some thought into it and I didn't have the nerve to leave you...Elliot. Or any of the squad for that matter. I just wasn't ready. Liz said that she understood why I was doing what I was doing and that she was happy for me. We are just going to start spending more time on the weekends. So, from now on, everyone will have the weekend off no matter what. We aren't taking any calls on weekends," Cragen said.

"Thank you..." I said before I hugged him. It took him a moment to process everything, but he finally hugged me back and everything was back to normal. "Elliot and I will be back soon, by the way."

"Take as much time as you need, Liv," he said, as we let out of the hug.

"We'll probably be back in a few months. Possibly whenever the twins turn 1," I said.

"That's great! I'll see you then. You better be ready to work," he said as we both laughed.

"Trust me, I will! You try about a year with Elliot Stabler," I said, us both laughing. "But, it's great. I love being with him, and he makes me happy."

"That's great, Liv. I'm happy for the both of you," he said.

"Yeah...thank you," I said, it getting a bit awkward.

"Liv, I'm sorry for saying all that a little while back about how he hurt you and how he didn't deserve to be with you and all that stuff. I was wrong. He's a great guy and you deserve someone like that. It was wrong of me to say what I said. It's your life and I shouldn't judge you for it and I'm sorry. I should've been happy and supportive for the both of you from the very beginning. I'm glad that you two are together. The chemistry you both have is immense. It's incredible. I'm just glad that you're happy with him," he said, turning away.

"Cap, it's fine, really. I know you were just trying to do what was best...the way he left me the first time and all. I ran into Alex the other day and she was saying the exact same thing, it caused me and Elliot to have a pretty big fight and I felt horrible for the things I said to him. It was awful...but like I told Elliot all of you guys have an opinion on our relationship and that's okay. I'm not changing it. You have that right and I'm just glad to know that you care," I said, trying to smile to keep from crying. "You're like a father to me and you know that...you're like a father to both, me and Elliot."

"And I'll always be here, no matter what. You and Elliot can always count on me. Even when I do leave one day, I'll still be right there, Liv. Don't you ever forget that, okay?" he said as I nodded my head and turned to walk out.

"Thank you, really," I said as I smiled before I walked out and drove home.

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"So, how'd that go?" Elliot asked me as I walked through the door.

"It went pretty good, he's staying," I said as I walked over to the couch and sat down beside him, taking Emily from one of his arms so I could sit to where he could hold me.

"How rude?!" he exclaimed, laughing as he wrapped his arm around me and I got comfortable holding Emily in my arms.

"What?!" I said, smiling.

"You totally just moved her so you could take her spot. How selfish!" he said, kissing my forehead.

"Hey, we all have to learn to share daddy. Isn't that right, Emily?" I said, kissing her as she made some noises that I couldn't understand.

"Okay, that's fair," he said, smiling.

"I'm hungry," I said.

"Chinese?" Elliot asked.

"Mm that sounds amazing right about now," I said, laying my head on his chest.

"You want me to order it?" he asked.

"Will you?" I asked, whining.

"Of course, anything for you," he said as we kissed.

"When was the last time you fed the twins?" I asked, because the twins were beginning to become a bit fussy.

"Probably about 3 hours or so ago, I was fixing to feed them right before you walked in the door, but got distracted," he said with a smirk, causing me to have one too.

"I see. I see," I said with a laugh. "So I guess while you order our food, I'll feed our children."

"Sounds good, babe," he said before picking up his cell phone and calling the Chinese restaurant and ordering us food.

I got up from the couch and went to make two bottles for the twins. Making sure they were warm enough I walked back into the living room and fed the twins.

The Chinese food got there just as I finished feeding the twins.

"I'll get it," I said to Elliot as I walked back into the living room from putting their bottles in the sink.

I walked to the door, answered it, and payed for the food. I went back into the living room as Elliot and I ate our food and began watching a movie.

"I love you," I said.

"I love you, too," he said with a smile.