Saving Myself (Law and Order)

Chapter 36♡

(Ariel's P.O.V)

I was up late last night texting Brett. He's so cute. Getting up, I saw my backpack and suitcase in the corner of my bedroom. I couldn't wait to go away. My phone bleeped. It was my godfather.

I hope you have a wonderful time away on vacation. We'll see each other when you get back. Oh, and Happy birthday!!! Love you.💗Xx

He was so sweet. Yes, that's right. I'm now 15! I couldn't believe that. Time had gone so quick. Going into the hallway, I noticed that no one was actually still in bed.. that was weird. Getting my slippers on, I went downstairs. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!" Elliot and Olivia hugged me. They had made breakfast. "Thankyou!" I saw an envelope on the table. "Happy birthday sister!" Paige gave me a card with a little present. "You're so sweet. Thankyou." I gave her a quick hug. Sitting at the table with them, I told them that Barba had texted me. "That's nice." My phone then bleeped numerous times as we had breakfast. "Finn, Amanda and Nina said to enjoy being 15!" They both giggled. "We also have your birthday night to have when we get back from vacation. "That will be a lovely thing to do."

When we finished breakfast, I opened the envelope as Olivia smiled at me. I gasped. "This is the best gift ever! I love you all so much." They had officially signed papers to be my proper parents. And my surname was going to be Benson. "YOU'RE OFFICIALLY MY SISTER ARIEL!!" Paige gave me a huge hug. "So, Mom." Olivia cried..  "I love you and Paige so much sweetie." Elliot hugged me. "And Dad." He rubbed my cheek. "I always knew that you'd be my daughter one day." When we got dressed, we all decided to head to the hospital as Liv and Elliot had the gender scan. We waited in reception as Olivia went in the room with Elliot. "So sis, are you ready for vacation?" She high fived me.. "Of course! I'm so looking forward to it." She then asked me about Brett. "Are you going to see him when we get back?" Blushing, I saw that he texted me again.

Happy birthday. I'd love to take you out when you're back from your vacation. 💛💛x

Brett x

"Do you think having a brother will change things?" I said no. "We'll all just be close. He may tease us though. And be overprotective like Dad!" She laughed at that. Texting Brett back, Paige told me about pre-school. "It's going well. I'm ready to be 6 years old though." She was already so grown up. Ria then texted me saying happy birthday. So did Zara. As we waited, we played a few games. "Do you have any new friends at pre school?" She counted for a bit. "You have 5." She was popular! As Mom and Dad came walking towards us, they were smiling. "Your baby brother is very active. He's healthy though so that's good to hear. Are you ready to head to the airport?" We both practically ran outside to the car.

Once we were all checked in, we decided to get some food. "All I'd like is a cupcake." We both laughed at Mom. "The icing is just too nice. How's Brett?" He made me blush. "He's good. Dad?" He seemed deep in thought.. "Yeah?" I asked him what was wrong. "I'm just a bit tired." As Mom ate her cupcake, Dad asked us what we wanted to do on vacation. "I'd love to swim and build sandcastles." As he hugged Paige, I told him what I wanted to do. "I'd love to take lots of photos. And just chill." When we were done, Mom and Dad held hands whilst walking to the gate. "They are too cute sis." She agreed with me. "Let's go and have a fab time!" We watched them kiss. "Ewww! Save it for when we get there! Paige made me laugh so much.

When we reached Californina, we were all super tired. "Let's get checked in." Dad comforted Mom. The hotel was gorgeous. It had so many bright colours on the walls. The atmosphere seemed so cool as well. When we saw our rooms, we were really impressed. "You two have a room across the hall from us ok?" Dad said that they wanted to give us some privacy. "I'll still pop in to help Paige." Mom said that she was going to get some rest. 'I'm tired. See you too soon." As me and Paige settled in, she took out her colouring book. I had brought one along too. I thought it would help as I was still in therapy. We just sat in silence doing our own thing. I couldn't stop thinking about Brett. We had been friends for ages. I was going to take things slow. He knew everything. I could be open with him. When it got to about 5pm, we looked through our suitcases.

I had brought some dresses, tops and a variety of shorts. Deciding to get in the shower first, we heard a knock at the door. "It's Mom." Opening it, Paige gasped. "Your cheeks are all red!" She then came in to help Paigey choose an outfit. 'I like this outfit a lot Mommy." She chose a flowery skirt with a cute slogan top.

"You will look beautiful honey." Hearing Mom, I opened the door. "Hey. The bathroom is free now." Mom saw the smile on my face. "Did Brett text you?" I said yes. "I can't believe that I'm 15." As she went to sort Paige out, I got my outfit out. I was deciding to wear a cute top  with a skirt and trainers.   I also decided that I was going to leave my hair down tonight. Brushing it, I straightend my outfit out. Looking in the mirror, I smiled. Tonight was going to be GREAT! Once we were all ready, we went to find Elliot. He was waiting downstairs. 'Your little brother is kicking me like crazy. And I'm still craving cupcakes." We giggled as Dad saw us. "You girls look beautiful." He looked very smart. "Let's go to dinner."

Dinner was lovely. They all raised a glass to me. "We are so proud of you Ariel. We love you so much. Happy birthday honey." Dad kissed my cheek. "Thankyou very much." After taking a few photos, Mom seemed a bit tired. "Are you alright?" She nodded. "Yeah.. just got a lot on my mind from work." Elliot kissed her. "You can talk to me babe. " She looked a bit tense. "I'm ok. Trust me." Dad comforted her. 'This ice cream is so yummy Ari!" I took a bit. "It is!"

(Elliot's P.O.V)

As we walked near the riverbank as the girls were sat at the table, I wrapped my arms around my gorgeous girlfriend. "They are so happy. I love both of them so much. Are you ok?" She cried a bit.. "I am.. and I'm not. What if something messes us up?" Reassuring her, I placed my hands in hers.. "Nothing will mess up our lives ok? I can tell that your hormones are all over the place." I laughed at that. "I know that they are. Feeling him move every day is so, so lovely. Do you think I could borrow you for some one on one time later on Stabler?" Every time she said Stabler, it made my knees weak. "Of course you can. I'll make your insides quiver Liv." She made me want her even more. "How was your chat with Charlie the other day?" The thing about Liv is that she had a way of figuring things out.. we were detectives after all.💛

"You'll have to wait and see." Paige piped up. "Can you two  please stop?!" We kissed again just to wind her up!😂 "Ewww!" Once the girls went back to their rooms, we said night. Giving them both hugs, Ariel thanked us. "For the best birthday ever." We said that we had 2 more days to have fun. "We love you and your siblings so much. See you in the morning." As the door closed, I surprised Olivia with a passionate kiss. "You said that you wanted one on one time." She giggled at my voice going all low.. "Just remember that I'm always going to be hot for you Benson."

She undid my shirt.. then I went inside her. Just pleasuring her slowly.. she yearned, moaned, screamed.. "That's it Liv.. let go." She kept saying that she loved me. "Ell.. just go... I love you." Hearing her voice made me feel good. We were really, really good right now.😍

Author's note: the pictures below are Paige and Ariel's outfits!💛💛💛
Lauren x