69. You'll Never Not Be My Girl

Gosh, thanks so much for the reviews on the last chapter. I really wasn't expecting that kind of response. It really means a lot to me. I can't really tell you how much your support for not only this story, but for things that are going on in my crazy life really means to me. So thank you. It's disappointing to hear about the Linstead roadtrip not happening. But oh well, what can you do?

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Jay and Allie sat in the lobby of the hotel. It was Saturday night and the lobby was virtually empty. In fact, the whole building was eerily quiet. Surprising for a Saturday night.

Jay could hear the sounds of the parties wafting through the small windows from outside. There was a heat wave in Rockford that was absolutely unbearable and the old lobby didn't have proper air conditioning. Once the sun went down, the maintenance department would open the small windows that lined the ceiling to let the cool night air inside but it hardly did anything.

Allie leaned back in her chair, arching her back as she stretched. "I'm really sorry about the kiss, Jay. You do forgive me, right?"

Jay looked up from the book he was reading. "Yeah I do. You know that I can't be mad at you."

Allie reached up to swipe a bead of sweat from her collar bone just above her tank top. The movement caught Jay's eye and he quickly looked away uncomfortable.

"Could it get any hotter in here?" Allie asked as she noticed his reaction and she stretched again, arching her back even further so that her breasts thrust forward with the motion. She wasn't wearing a bra; that was obvious from the outline of her nipples through the fabric.

Jay caught sight of her out of the corner of his eye and he shifted uncomfortably in his chair.

Maybe him being here wasn't such a good idea.

"You know what Allie, since we've pretty much figured this out I think we should call it a night. It's too hot to even think never mind work and I want to call and check on Erin."

"Oh, I see" Allie said as she stood and leaned against the side of the table while Jay stacked the books they'd been looking over neatly to one side.

Jay slid his chair back and stood to face her and was shocked to find her standing so close to him.

He cleared his throat and stepped back slightly to put some much needed distance between them.

"I just want to check on here and make sure she and Evie are alright."

Allie laughed softly, sexily. "I imagine that she's fine. But I can understand why you have to call her. You're a good dad, Jay"

Allie moved closer to him subtly and her perfume wafted into his nostrils. Jay felt a lump forming in his throat and realized he better get the hell out of there while the getting was good.

"Um," Jay stuttered slightly. "Thanks."

"You're welcome. But I'm sure she's probably with Hank. Are you ok?" Allie reached out a hand and placed it on his arm.

Jay felt a jolt of something shoot through his body and he pulled his arm away.

"I'm fine. Have no fear Allie, I can always find my wife no matter where she is."

Allie shrugged as she stepped closer to him again. She gave Jay the once over with her eyes slowly. His wardrobe certainly has something to be desired. All those hideous Henley shirts he wore all the time. Why would Erin let him out of the house like that? If he wasn't so incredibly good looking, Allie certainly wouldn't be seen anywhere with him.

And it was more than obvious that beneath those hideous clothes there was one still incredible body. Allie's mouth watered as she imagined if he looked the same naked.

He was bigger than the last time she had seen him last fall, at Nadia's funeral more muscular it seemed, if she could remember right. He looked kind of flabby last fall, like the age had caught up with him, but now he was toned and very well defined even beneath his somewhat baggy clothing.

Jay swallowed hard under her steady gaze and he felt the first stirrings of something below his belt that he knew had no right to stir. Not for Allie anyway.

Allie licked her lips seductively as she turned to face him fully and she raised her hand to his chest.

"You know Jay, Erin is probably having a good time at home and she knows you're busy. What's the rush to call?"

Jay swallowed hard again as he lifted his hand to pull hers away from his chest but he didn't release her wrist.

"Allie, you're making me uncomfortable here. I think I should just go."

Allie stepped closer to him, her breath tickling the stubble on his chin and she looked up at him, licking her lips again as she moved her other hand daringly down his body, towards his crotch, feeling his arousal "You don't feel uncomfortable to me Jay."

Jay closed his eyes at the feel of her squeezing his aching flesh and he closed his eyes, a soft almost painful moan escaping his lips.

This was wrong!

He knew this was wrong!

Jay released her hand and jerked back, bumping into the wooden chair behind him. He lost his balance and fell into a sitting position on the hard chair.

"Allie stop it!" Jay commanded as he moved to stand again.

Allie's eyes darkened she pushed on his chest to force him to sit again and she swiftly straddled his thighs, settling herself on his lap.

She slid her arms around his neck and lowered her mouth to his silencing yet another one of his protests.

Jay grasped her hips and tried to push her up but the feel of her tongue sliding between his lips made him snap. He pulled her roughly against him, thrusting his throbbing cock up against her.

Allie sucked his tongue into her mouth and pressed her full breasts against him. Jay rocked his hips against her seeking some kind of relief of the pressure building forcefully in his balls.

Allie quickly worked on pulling his shirt off. She ran her hands along the hard muscles of his chest and he groaned at the sensation her small hands were sending through his body.

Jay grabbed the hem of her tank top and lifted it above her head, breaking their kiss for only a second before his lips lowered and claimed one of her nipples roughly.

Allie moaned softly at the feel of his tongue on her heated skin and she slid her fingers in his hair.

Jay continued to suckle her hard, his other hand tweaking and tugging on her other nipple roughly. He wasn't being gentle. He didn't want gentle. And it was obvious that neither did she from the moans of pleasure coming from her mouth.

In the back of his mind Jay could see Erin's face appear and he pulled his mouth away from Allie's breast as unbearable guilt washed over him.

His breathing was harsh and he spoke in a low voice.

"Allie, we can't do this. I love Erin and I can't do this to her."

Allie slid her hand down his chest again and cupped him through his shorts.

"Jay, what she doesn't know won't hurt her."

Jay couldn't stop his hips from bucking in response to her hand touching him. Allie saw his eyes darken and knew he was hers, at least for the moment and she didn't want to give him another minute to change his mind.

She pulled the snap on his jeans open and pushed his zipper down. She slid her hand into the opening of his boxers and grasped him in her small hand.

Jay groaned and his head fell back as his eyes closed. He knew he was going to hate himself when this was through but he couldn't stop it. Jay grasped Allie's hips again and rocked against her hand.

Allie quickly stood and shoved her cotton shorts down her legs, dropping her black lace thong along with them. She pushed Jay's shorts down his thighs as he lifted his hips to help her.

His cock stood up straight begging for her and her eyes darkened as she imagined how it would feel buried deep inside her. He was larger than he felt through his clothes and she felt a rush of liquid pool between her thighs.

"I don't have a condom Allie. I don't have a need to carry them usually." Jay said through ragged breaths.

Allie smiled as she reached for her purse on the table.

"Well I just happened to have one. Isn't that lucky?" She purred as she took out the small foil packet and ripped it open with her teeth.

She rolled it down over his aching flesh and impaled herself on him instantly.

They both cried out at the sensation of him filling her and immediately began a frenzied rhythm.

Jay's fingers dug into the soft flesh of her hips as he thrust up into her hard. His mouth clamped onto her breast again and began sucking fiercely in tandem with his thrusts. Allie lowered her mouth of his ear and began sucking on the skin just beneath it.

"I've wanted this since the other night. At your house." She whispered before she took his soft lobe into her mouth and bit down hard. He bit her nipple just as hard in response and she cried out.

Jay felt all the blood in his body head south and his cock began to throb. Allie threw her head back as she felt the first rush of her orgasm overtake her and she screamed as her body trembled in Jay's embrace.

Jay groaned as she clamped around him and released her nipple from his mouth. He also threw his head back and thrust one last time before he exploded into the condom, his legs and arms shaking as his cock twitched and pulsed inside her tight sheath.

Jay's head lolled forward and dropped onto Allie's shoulder.

The guilt that consumed him at that moment was overwhelming and Jay felt like he was going to puke.

A soft gasp startled him and he raised his head off Allie's shoulder.

Jay's eyes widened as he saw Erin standing a few feet away, her hand covering her mouth and her eyes welling with tears.

"Erin!" her name fell from his lips as he saw his world collapse around him.

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Erin sat bolt upright in bed choking, gasping for air as her heart thundered so hard in her chest that she thought it would come right through her skin.

Her head whipped to her left and sure enough Jay was beside her sleeping like a baby, soft snores coming from his nose as he slept. Erin's body flooded with relief as she sat calmly just watching him for a moment while she tried to regulate her breathing.

Jay was on his back, the sheet resting softly over his hips, barely concealing the part of his body that thirty seconds ago she wanted to divest him of. His right arm was thrown above his head and his left hand was resting gently on his stomach just above the top of the sheet. His wedding band was glistening in the moonlight that streamed through the bedroom window.

Erin laid back against the pillow and closed her eyes, the images of her nightmare rushing through her brain.

Allie coming to her home had really gotten to her, more than she would even admit to herself, obviously.

Erin turned on her side to face Jay, leaning on her elbow, her cheek resting softly in her palm.

He looked so peaceful and content the way he always did, a soft smile gracing his lips. He must be sleeping pretty heavily she thought, because he usually woke up whenever she would move abruptly in her sleep.

How could he be so unaffected by her, Erin wondered as her eyes swept over the features of his handsome face?

Erin could see the deep curves of her hips and her perfect breasts and her deep dark black eyes that were almost hypnotic. Erin knew, now, why Jay had been so affected by her that night in the kitchen. Who wouldn't have been?

She wasn't mad at him for it. After all when he came home he had told her about the kiss. But it didn't mean that she wasn't allowed to be pissed over it. Not pissed at Jay, well...not really. She knew Jay was naive when it came to Allie. Anyone could've seen Allie's motives, Erin sure as hell did. But Jay, he was different and in his eyes Allie was the one that got away. At least in Erin's opinion.

Erin smiled softly for the first time since she had awakened as she remembered him coming home that night. How he had admitted everything and the sincere look of contrition and guilt on his face and in his voice.

Erin reached out and softly placed her hand over his heart. It was beating steady and strong in his chest and he shifted slightly in his sleep, her name slipping softly from his lips. Erin felt tears sting her eyes.

Why was this bothering her so much? She trusted him. She did! At least she thinks she did. If her subconscious was any indication of her true feelings however, maybe she didn't. And that's what caused the tears stinging her eyes at that moment.

He had never given her any reason to doubt him, any reason to mistrust him. Jay was the most loyal and trusting person she had ever met. He loved her. He loved her more than anything in the world and Erin knew that. He would never betray her. At least not on purpose.

Erin's glanced at the clock on the nightstand, noticing that it was almost morning. The alarm would be going off in an hour for work. She really wasn't in the mood for work.

She moved her hand down his chest, her fingers just barely grazing his skin and he shifted again under her feather light touch. She placed her hand over his and ran her finger softly over his wedding band.

Erin had hated Allie on sight. The second she walked in the door, Erin felt her chest constrict and her throat close up. When she had heard Jay's trademark chuckle at something Allie must have said while they were in the kitchen, Erin felt her stomach begin to churn.

The perfume Allie had been wearing had been overwhelming the second she had walked into the door. It had permeated Erin's nostrils instantly and Erin wondered if she had bathed in it. Jay had seemed completely unaffected by her and Erin wondered if he acted that way only for her benefit. How could he be unaffected by her? Hell, Erin thought to herself ruefully, if she was a man, she would have gotten an instant hard on just looking at her.

Erin sighed softly as she lowered her hand again and pulled the sheet higher on Jay's waist. She didn't want to see that part of his body right now. She was afraid she might do something to it she would sorely regret in the light of day. Erin looked down at her own naked form, her part of the sheet having dropped away when she had sat up abruptly.

Erin looked at her breasts. They were full, a C-cup, but were nothing compared to Allie's most assuredly D-cup. Erin brought her hand to her right breast and cupped it's weight in her hand. She ran the pad of her thumb over her nipple softly and it hardened instantly. Jay loved her breasts even though Erin never thought much of them. He loved touching them and kissing them and suckling them. He would spend hours lavishing attention on them, even bringing her to orgasm at times from that alone.

Erin rolled onto her back and looked down at her small baby bump of her stomach. She was curved just not as much as Allie was. She had put on weight in the last year.

Not a lot, but enough to have people comment on it. Their comments weren't bad, they were very complimentary actually, saying that she looked healthier and more alive than she had in a long time.

Erin had never had a problem maintaining her weight. She was naturally slender and she could eat almost anything and not gain a pound. Kim had once called her a wicked horrible bitch because of it.

But Erin always felt like she was built like a boy and was always amazed when Jay would worship her body like it was perfect. She was far from perfect but Jay always made her feel like she was the most beautiful and sexy woman he had ever seen. With the small amount of weight she had gained, she also gained more curvature to her hips and stomach, her breasts had enlarged slightly and her thighs looked like more than just thin sticks.

She had been upset at first about the weight gain, but never said anything to Jay, trying desperately to watch what she ate for the first time in her life. However, one night after she had collapsed onto the bed in exhaustion after she and Jay had a marathon love making session, Jay had pulled her close and told her that he loved her body with her new pregnancy weight.

It was the first time he had addressed her weight gain and Erin almost pulled away mortified. Jay saw her reaction and laughed softly as he proceeded to show her, the same way she had shown him. She was in awe of how he loved every part of her body. By the time he was finished, Erin was more than thrilled with her new weight and stopped trying to lose it the very next day.

Erin shivered slightly as she remembered that night. When they had finally fallen asleep in each other's arms, she had been sure she wouldn't be able to walk the next day. Him either.

Erin gently kicked the sheets off her legs and raised her knees, placing her feet flat on the bed as she examined her own body.

The image of Allie straddling Jay's naked waist rushed into Erin's mind and she rested her hands on her stomach lightly, her legs sliding back down. Why couldn't she shake that image from her mind? Why did she even have that stupid dream? Erin felt herself getting angry. Angry at herself for being so stupid. Angry at Jay for being with Allie. Angry at Allie for being a skanky whore. Angry at Allie for even existing.

The alarm sounded loudly on the nightstand and Jay reached a hand out to turn it off without even opening his eyes. He rolled onto his side and slid his hand over Erin's stomach, pressing his body close to her. He lifted his head and kissed her shoulder softly before moving his head to her neck just as gently.

"Morning beautiful," he murmured against her neck before he laid his head back down on the pillow and smiled sleepily at her.

Erin flinched slightly at his touch, the image of his lips on Allie's breast still fresh in her mind. Jay felt her tense and he lifted his head so he could look at her.

"What's wrong Er?"

She didn't look at him. "Nothing." She said quickly, too quickly. "I just didn't sleep very well."

He leaned in to nuzzle her neck softly. "Why didn't you wake me? I could have helped tire you out. I thought I had last night."

Erin moved to sit up, swinging her legs over the side of the bed. "We have to get ready for work" She said as she reached for her silk robe that Jay had tossed haphazardly onto the floor the night before.

Jay sat up and furrowed his brow. "Yeah, but I have plenty of time." He reached his hand out and ran his fingers softly down her bare spine.

Erin stood and slid her arms into the robe. "Well, I'm going to take a shower first then."

Jay watched her retreating back with a look of confusion on his face as she stepped into the bathroom and shut the door.

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Kim fell back against the pillows, gasping for air, sweat covering her flushed skin. She closed her eyes as the tremors in her body subsided.

Adam laid next to her, his own breathing frantic and labored. Sweat pooled on his forehead and his body shook with tiny convulsions as he licked his dry lips.

Kim turned to look at him and she smiled softly. Adam felt her eyes on him and turned his head to look at her as she reached her hand out and caressed his cheek gently.

"God, Darlin, I will never doubt you again."

Kim laughed, the sound sultry and seductive as she turned onto her side and slid her fingers down his sweat covered chest. Adam's body trembled and a soft moan escaped his lips.

"I told you I'd get you hard again Adam," Kim said softly as her finger reached his navel and dipped inside.

"Burgess, you'll kill me if you do that again." He whimpered softly as he felt his cock twitch.

Kim laughed again as she removed her hand from his belly button and reached up and released the clasp on the handcuffs that secured Adam's wrists to the headboard.

Adam slipped his hands out of the cuffs and rubbed his wrists softly, massaging the dark red marks he was sure were going to bruise.

Kim rested her head on the pillow beneath her and she sighed and Adam rolled onto his side and he reached out to pull her into his arms. She rested her head on his chest and Adam rubbed the still damp skin on her back.

"Remind me to thank Platt again for giving you those handcuffs for your bridal shower, Darlin. That is if I can actually walk the next time we see her."

Adam whispered against her hair as she giggled and kissed his chest lightly.

"They have come in handy from time to time, haven't they?"

He chuckled, the sound muffled by her hair. "Yes they have, love. But next time, you're the one cuffed to the bed because I don't know if I'll live through that again."

Kim turned her head so she could look up at him. "Well, you know, Adam, the last time I was cuffed to the bed I ended up at the chiropractor with a dislocated hip."

Adam closed his eyes and cringed as he remembered that night. He hadn't meant to lose control like that. She had been right there with him the whole way and neither one realized, while they were lost in the throes of passion that the force of his thrusts into her body had knocked her hip and pelvic bone right out of alignment. But when Kim tried to stand the next morning, she went crashing to the floor in agony.

Adam had insisted that she go to the hospital and the attending physician, after doing and exam and x-rays, sent her to the chiropractor.

Kim snuggled closer to him, seeing the guilt as it swept across his face.

"I was just teasing sweetheart."

Adam opened his eyes and looked down at her. "I know, Burgess. I still feel awful about that though."

Kim pinched his stomach playfully and his body jerked in reaction. "I told you before. That wasn't your fault. I was the one begging you to do it harder."

"Yes you were. Screaming it actually." Adam growled as he lowered his mouth to kiss her softly as she giggled and sucked his lower lip into her mouth. They kissed softly for a few moments, just enjoying the taste of one another, then Adam pulled his lips away and let his head fall tiredly against the pillow again.

"I'm going to go take a shower. Erin's going to be here soon." Kim said as she stood and grabbed her short silk robe that was hanging over the bedpost.

"Mmm hmm," Adam responded as he started to drift off. Kim smiled at him and decided to let him have a quick nap while she showered. She had, after all, just worn him out. But Jackson was with her parents for the weekend, they had to take advantage of that.

Kim walked toward the bedroom door and before she had even opened it, she heard him snoring.

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Kim wrapped her robe around her as she used the towel to wring the water out of her hair. The sound of the doorbell startled her and she jumped slightly. She hurried down the hall to the front door and after seeing who it was in the peep hole, she pulled the door open.

"Erin," Kim squealed as she reached out and hugged her friend tightly.

"Hi Burgess!" Erin responded as she hugged Kim back. "Whoa there Burgess, suffocating."

Kim laughed as she released Erin and stepped back to let her in.

"Am I here early Kim? I thought we said eleven?" Erin asked as she motioned to Kim's attire.

"No, we said eleven. We just got up a little late this morning." Kim felt the color rising in her cheeks. She and Adam had lost track of time this morning that's for sure.

"Ahhh," Erin responded as she grinned. She got the point. "So, this place is great Burgess. You guys have really made it your own since it was mine and Jay's"

Erin walked around the large living room of the apartment that Kim and Adam had redone. Erin smiled at the memories she and Jay had shared here. It was Everly's first home and her and Jay's first home as a married couple, but while it held so many memories, she was happy to be where she was. With her growing family.

"Thanks. Go ahead and look around and let me get dressed. I'll be right back."

"Okay," Erin said as she walked into the kitchen admiring the warm sage color that Kim had painted on the walls.

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Kim and Erin stepped into the room and shut the door.

"Okay, Erin, spill it. What the hell is going on with you?" Kim asked as she turned around, her hands resting on her hips.

Erin bit her lip nervously as she debated whether or not she should tell Kim anything. Kim looked at her quizzically and raised her eyebrow.

"Well, I had this dream….." Erin began as they both moved toward the couch.

Jay approached Kim and Adam's door and raised his hand to knock when he heard Erin's voice on the other side. He leaned his head closer and listened.

"So, then she straddled his waist and they fucked like animals." Erin closed her eyes as the images of her dream came flooding fresh into her mind.

"Oh, God Erin." Kim responded as she reached out to clasp Erin's hand. "How awful."

"Tell me about. So, then I walked around the corner and saw them as they finished and Jay looked up at me with a horrified look on his face and he said my name and that's when I woke up. I couldn't even breath when I woke up and there he was sleeping soundly beside me without a care in the world. I wanted to push him off the bed at that moment."

Kim laughed at that and Erin joined her after a moment and then she sighed. "I swear Kim, it was so real. I know he'd never do that but I really don't trust Allie. And I don't know how to tell him that without him thinking I don't trust him. And I can't get those images out of my head. I see them every time I close my eyes. I know he knows that something is bothering me because I've been distant. I can tell he's reached his breaking point and that's why I just needed to get away today. I'm not mad at him over the kiss, I knew Allie was up to something and I know I'm just being hormonal and pregnant. Am I wrong to feel this way? I don't want to tell him who he can and can't be friends with. But if she moves back here...I can't compete with her. She's got Jay's past. She was there for all of the things I wasn't"

"Erin, just tell him about it. It was a dream. That's all. You know that Jay would never do that to you and he knows you know it. If he wanted to hurt you, he'd have kept the kiss from you. And so what if Allie has his past? YOU are his wife. YOU are the mother of his children. He loves YOU...not Allie"

"I know Kim. Like I said I just feel so stupid. Why is my mind coming up with these scenarios. It just stresses me out."

"Erin, he's seen her naked. That's the bottom line of it. No woman is ever really truly comfortable with any woman their husband has seen naked."

Erin laughed, feeling somewhat better. "I guess."

Kim reached her hand out and touched Erin's shoulder. "Trust me, just talk to Jay"

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"Can you give the baby a kiss?" Erin asked as she held a plastic baby doll in her arms.

Everly looked down at the baby doll in her mother's arms and knelt down as she gently gave the baby a kiss on it's plastic head.

"So nice" Erin praised. "Do you want to know something fun?"

Everly nodded and sat down on the floor next to Erin.

"Do you know what's in here?" Erin asked placing a hand on her stomach.

"Baby!" Everly said.

"Yes! Your brothers or sisters are in mommy's tummy. And guess what? In a few months, they're going to be here and they're going to come home and live with us. Doesn't that sound fun?" Erin asked.

"No" Everly said shaking her head.

Erin raised an eyebrow and looked at Everly "You don't want them to come here and live. It's gonna be so much fun. In fact, they got you a present"

Everly smiled at the word "Present" and she excitedly clapped her hands.

"Let's go get it!" Erin said as she stood up and reached for Everly's hand.

"Yay!" Everly said as she walked into the living room and held her mommy's hand.

Erin pointed to the big pink and white bag in the corner and said "Let's go see what it is"

Everly let go of Erin's hand as they walked to the corner and she watched as Erin grabbed the bag and knelt down on the floor.

"Mine?" Everly asked as she looked at Erin.

"Yes. It's yours" Erin said "You want to open it?"

Everly took a step forward and grabbed the tissue paper out of the bag. "Yay! Tank ooo"

Erin laughed at Everly's excitement over the paper and she shook her head "That's not your present silly"

Erin pulled the rest of the tissue paper out of the bag and held it open for Everly. "This is your present from the babies"

Everly looked in the bag and reached in and pulled out a stuffed bear with "Big sister" written on the chest of the bear, a small t shirt with the same sentence, a book about being a big sister and a plastic Sofia the First tea set.

"YAY!" Everly said as she held the bear in her hands.

"Isn't that so nice of the babies?" Erin asked rubbing her hand over her bump.

"Yes" Everly said.

"Can you tell the babies thank you?" Erin asked as she looked at Evie.

Everly slowly walked over to Erin and knelt down and kissed Erin's belly "Tank ooo"

Erin pulled Everly into her arms and tickled her as the baby laughed.

"You're so silly. Mommy loves you so much" Erin praised.

"Wub oooo" Everly said with a sigh as she sat down on her mother's lap.

"You want to help mommy with dinner?" Erin asked as she stood up.

"Yes" Everly said as she tightened her grip on Erin's shoulder as Erin stood up and adjusted Everly on her hip.

"Are you excited to go to Vacation Bible School tomorrow?" Erin asked "It's gonna be your first one. All your friends are gonna be there. It's going to be so much fun"

Everly clapped her hands and said "Mama go?"

Erin nodded "Yes, mommy's going to be there with you"

Everly sighed as Erin set her down on the counter and looked in the crock pot. "Dad-dee?"

Erin looked over her shoulder at Jay who walked in the kitchen.

"Hey bug" Jay said with a smile as he gave Erin a quick kiss.

Jay picked Everly up off the counter and looked at Erin. "You OK?"

Erin nodded and looked back at the dinner in the crock pot. "I'm fine"

"Erin, I think we should talk..."

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"Do you think she'll like this?" Hank asked as he lit a candle and looked down at Noah who was standing beside him.

"Yes. Me do" Noah said as he pulled at the tie that was around his neck. "Dis off?"

Hank shook his head and knelt down beside Noah. "Later, remember we have to look nice for your mother. It's going to be a special night"

Noah looked over at the swings at the park and pointed. "Me go dere?"

"Later" Hank promised.

Noah looked over at the parking lot and saw Olivia walking over towards them.

"Mama!" Noah called and ran over to her.

"Hello, handsome boy" Olivia greeted as she knelt down as Noah ran into her arms. "You look nice. Too nice for the park. What did you do today?"

"Stuff" Noah explained as he took Olivia's hand as she stood up.

"What kind of stuff?" Olivia asked as the two started to walk over to where Hank was standing.

"Me not know" Noah said.

"Sure" Oliva said as they made their way to the picnic table.

Olivia looked at the table and smiled. Hank had made her favorite dinner and set the table with candles and a small cake in the center of the table.

"Hank, this is too much" Olivia said with a sigh.

"It's not that much" Hank said as he took Olivia's hand. "I just wanted the three of us to have a nice night"

Olivia sat down and pulled Noah into her lap. "How was work?"

Hank shrugged his shoulders. "It was good. We're looking into a narcotics case. Hoping a couple CI's will bring us some more leads in the next few days"

"Good. I'm proud of you" Olivia said with a smile.

"Thanks, Liv" Hank cleared his throat and looked over at the picnic basket. "Would you mind handing me a napkin?"

"Sure" Olivia said as she reached into the picnic basket and felt around the empty basket until she felt a small velvet box.

Olivia took a hold of the box and pulled it out. "Hank..."

Hank quickly stood from the table and moved over to Olivia. "Liv...When my wife died, I had all but closed off any intentions of loving again. But then, you happened. And like most things in my life, I wasn't sure how to truly appreciate it. But over time the feelings I had grew from annoyance to admiration, and I realized that you have this strength that I can't even begin to describe how much I admire. You're strong, loyal, smart, funny, kind and you have the ability to put me in my place like nobody. I am so in love with you and Noah and I want to spend the rest of my life making you feel as happy as you both make me. So, Olivia Benson..." Hank's voice trailed off as he knelt down in front of her.

"Will you marry me?"

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I hope that you guys like this chapter. I was debating about the route I wanted to go down. But not to fear, Allie is far from gone. She'll be around.

Still kind of bummed about the Linstead Road Trip, but I can't say I'm surprised. The way it kept being put off didn't give me much hope for it. But hopefully Derek won't let us down.

I'll have a little bit of faith in him.

Please Review.