The Unknown: Book 3 {A Bensler Fan Fic}

Chapter 18

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Finding out that Aubrie was pregnant was amazing. Everyone bonded over her pregnancy, and my family was in such a good place.

"Ryan, would you mind handing me that bag?" I asked, as I stood in my kitchen with Kora and her boyfriend, as we prepared Elliot's 45th birthday dinner.

"Which one?" He questioned, and I smiled.

"The one with that green stuff. I'm making salad, if you know what that is." I teased, and he smiled. He tossed me the bag, before handing the chicken he cut up, to Kora who was making Elliot's favorite chicken lasagna.

Once Kora introduced us to Ryan, he became one of our family members. We were even closer to him than we had been with Dakota. He and Kora had such great chemistry, and they were always laughing and having fun. Elliot, Ryan and Noah were always cracking jokes and teaching each other. He is just awesome.

"So, what did you get Dad?" Kora asked, as she continued to make Elliot's dinner.

"Well, since there is barely any kids living here anymore, and you are leaving soon for college, because you refused to stay out of school until the rest of your class went to college, I went a little bigger this year." I smiled, and she eyed me.

"Last year you got him a new holster for his gun. What would be even bigger than that?" She teased, and I sighed.

"I got help from his father, and we bought back the truck."

"What truck?" Ryan asked, and Kora elbowed him, as tears grew in her eyes.

"Momma, he loves that truck." She smiled, and I nodded.

"I know. The owner kept it exactly the same, so it'll be like walking into a time machine when we were teenagers." I smiled, and she walked over to me and hugged me tightly. I rubbed her back, and Ryan just stared at us completely confused.

"I'm just gonna pretend I know what the truck is, and say he'll love it!" Ryan exclaimed, and Kora laughed.

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"That was an amazing dinner. Thanks beautiful women." Elliot smiled, as he reached over and rubbed my arm, and smiled.

"Well, anything for you, baby." I grinned. Elliot leaned over and kissed me, before looking over our kids sitting around us.

"Dad-" Aubrie started, because she knew what Elliot was going to do.

"It's my tradition, child!" Elliot laughed, and we all rolled our eyes.

"Might as well, but you leave my age out of this, Stabler." I spoke, and he smiled.

"I don't know, if I want to." He replied, and I stood up and started to clear the table, but he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto his lap, before he started to speak.

"Isn't it crazy to think that I have a 25 year old daughter? Or triplets, who started out as twins, who are 19? Or that Kora is 17, Jamie is 11, and my baby, Charlie is 6. It's crazy. I'm not looking old, am I?" He asked, and Ollie went to speak, but Greg covered his step son's mouth with his hand, and we laughed.

"You aren't the one who is aging, El." I spoke, before leaning in and kissing him softly, making our kids awe, but James still made a vomiting noise.

"You get better with age, Liv." Elliot smiled, and we got lost right there. He kissed me again before hugging me close, and it took our kids speaking to bring us out.