[Chapter Fifty-One]

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About a month after we took the detective exam, Elliot and I were sent home with envelopes with our results. It gave us our ranking, if we passed, and if we were getting into the squad of our choice. Those who ranked higher got their picks before everyone else did.

We went to Elliot's parents' house the day we got the results, and if we got in, we'd get the weekend off and start Monday. We didn't want to open the results in private, we wanted everyone to know so we couldn't hide it if we failed.

"So? Gonna open them or not?" Louisa asked as she came into the living room.

"I don't know if we want to anymore." I sighed, as Elliot ran his hands through his hair.

"We are stupid. We probably didn't even pass." Elliot spoke, and Josephine came up behind Elliot and smack him.

"Don't call your wife stupid." She smiled, and he laughed in response.

"Alright, we will open them now," Elliot spoke. He got up and walked to where my purse sat. He pulled out two envelops and handed me one of them before he sat down and sighed.

"If we don't pass we can always take them again," I spoke, and Elliot nodded.

We slowly ripped open the envelopes and I read through the results before jumping up.

"I aced it!" I exclaimed because I was very surprised. I was very anxious about the whole exam, and knowing that when my mind blanked that it actually hadn't was great.

"That's amazing!" Bernie smiled, as she came over and hugged me. I grinned as we parted and looked at Elliot.

"Love?" I asked quietly. 

"I'm scared." He breathed, and that's when I noticed he hadn't even pulled the results out.

"Don't be. You could repeat the answers in your sleep. Want me to open it?" I asked, as I walked over to him and sat down. Elliot nodded slowly as he passed it to me. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently as I pulled the paper out awkwardly with my other hand. I unfolded it and smiled before leaning over and kissing my husband softly.

"You passed it, baby. You are a detective." I smiled. 

"Really?" Elliot asked, and I nodded.

"You did amazing. One point below me." I grinned.

"I passed." He smiled, before standing and pulling me to my feet as he stood. He wrapped his arms around me and spun me around.

"We are detectives! Fuck yeah!"

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On Monday morning, Elliot and I woke up early and got dressed in actual clothing and not stupid uniforms that we have worn for the past three years. Elliot was going to Manhattan Narcotics, and I was going to Manhattan SVU. It really sucked that we still couldn't work together, but that rule was getting looked into and hopefully, Elliot would be able to join me one day.

"Alright, legacy kid. You will kick ass today." Elliot smiled, as he wrapped his arms around me as we waited next to our cars.

"You will to. I'm just hoping that since my Dad was the old Captain, that I don't get special treatment. I know that he told John to look after me after he was gone. Since I picked a dangerous profession compared to Cy." I spoke, before leaning in and kissing Elliot gently. He wrapped his arms tighter around my body before deepening the kiss.

"Don't worry. If you want to get shot, get shot." He grinned. I pushed him back and smacked his chest.

"Remind me to look into divorce." I huffed, and he smiled as he smacked my ass as I walked towards my truck.

"I want all the money in the divorce!" He smiled as I started to pull out. He waved at me and I took a slow breath and smiled. God do I love that man.

[*]

"Welcome to the family, Benson." John smiled, as he pulled me into an awkward hug. The squad had changed a lot since my father died. Three new detectives were in the places of those who had left. Detective Fin Tutuola, Detective Brian Cassidy, and Detective Monique Jeffries. I was the youngest and at almost 26 I may still have seen shitter things than they have. Especially Cassidy.

"It's good to finally be here, Captain." I smiled, as I elbowed him in the side a bit. He had also been promoted, which was awesome. It was just weird to see Captain John Munch on the nameplate on the door instead of Captain Donald Cragen.

"Alright, so this is my crew. Fin and Monique are partners, so you will be working with Brian. Everyone, this is Captain Cragen's daughter." John spoke, and the crew nodded.

"I worked with your father once. He was a good man." Fin spoke, as he walked over to me. He shook my hand before the others joined and did the same.

"Thanks. He loved getting to work with different detectives." I smiled, before grabbing the badge, gun, and handcuffs that John was holding out to me.

"Well, let's have you get settled in. Your desk is the clean one hidden by Cassidy's mess. You can bring in pictures and stuff to set up." He spoke, and I nodded.

"Thanks, Captain." I grinned, before walking over to the desk. I sat down and opened the drawers up. The first one I opened had a picture of my father with the mayor. I pulled it out and smiled as I looked back at John's office. He gave me a small nod as I put the framed picture on my desk before sighing.

This is where I'm meant to be.

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We caught a case right before everyone was going to go home, and Brian volunteered us to go out and work it. He said I needed to just jump right in and get used to how hard this job can be as soon as possible.

"How did you get this spot?" Cassidy asked as he drove towards the crime scene.

"What?" I questioned.

"How did you get the open detective spot? SVU is a hard place to get into since the mayor and his wife are starting to push a small number of rape kits getting tested."

"I aced my exam and since I was at the top of the list I got the spot. My husband was a point behind me and got the only open spot in narcotics." I spoke.

"So Daddy didn't do it for you, huh? He didn't save the spot for you even when he's dead?"

"No, he didn't. And I may be new, but I know what I'm doing. And acting like you are big shit isn't gonna get you far." I spat, before looking out the window. 

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