A/N: This is the last chapter of this story. I don't own any of the characters except my own.
After Justin said goodbye to his family before he left for Germany, Hank said they would come see him in the summer. That included the Langans and Erin and Jay. By the time he had been gone a year, it had been extended another 2 years. Olive went to see him more often than anyone else but they all Skyped with him as often as they could, so he could see how much Noah and the girls had grown and he had met Erin and Jay's daughter, Adrienne as well as his and Olive's newest daughter, Elizabeth, during one of their Skype sessions. Jay and Erin had moved to Tampa a year and a half ago after they got married and had Adrienne. They got a house near Hank and Olivia. Erin was pretty much heading SVU and Jay was once again working under Hank as well.
In the days before Christmas, Justin was preparing to come home but he wanted it to be a surprise for everyone, including Olive, so he never told any of them that he would be home for Christmas. He called Trevor to see if someone could come get him at the airport and he had a plan on how to surprise everyone. Christmas at the Voight house had become chaotic when Emma and Vanessa were born but Hailey made it even crazier. Hailey was all Voight. She looked the most like Hank, despite looking like her mother and sisters at birth and she also had his personality. Hank thought it was amusing but at times she would stand in front of him with her arms crossed in front of her chest and give her father the same look he was so famous for. Hank had met his match with his youngest daughter.
This Christmas, Olivia's former squad, Melinda and the Barbas were coming as were Will, Natalie, Owen and the newest addition, Nathan. The group from New York was staying at a hotel and Will, Natalie and the boys were staying with Jay and Erin. The Halsteads came over to Hank and Olivia's before everyone else got there.
"Hey."
"Hello."
"Hey, Will and Nat."
"Hey, Hank."
"Nate is getting big."
"He is."
"Can Papa have a kiss?"
"K."
Adrienne gave Hank a kiss.
"Where's Mom?"
"Upstairs trying to get Hailey dressed but Hailey wants to wear what she wants to wear not what Mommy wants her to wear."
"HANK, GET UP HERE AND GET YOUR DAUGHTER DRESSED."
"Your daughter?"
"Yeah. He has a way with her."
"NOW!"
"COMING, DEAR."
Hank went upstairs and tried to reason with Hailey about what she should and shouldn't wear but they heard her tell him no. Olivia came downstairs.
"She's in a mood today. Is she still not feeling well?"
"She's doing better but she wouldn't take a nap today. Nate is getting so big. Hi there, sweet boy."
Nate smiled at Olivia.
"Hi Sweetie. You look very pretty."
"Tank you."
Adrienne gave Olivia a kiss.
"Who's all coming?"
Fin, Melinda, Rafael, Lucia, Amanda, Sonny and the 3 girls, Trevor, Alex and the 3 kids, Ed, Anne, Caroline, Jason and the 3 kids and then Olive will be here as soon as she feeds Beth and gets her dressed. Daniel and Katelyn are already here."
"I can't believe Amanda already had her 3rd."
"I know. Little Olivia was born the same day as Hailey."
"I can't believe Emma and Vanessa are in Kindergarten."
"Oh, tell me about it."
The doorbell rang, so Olivia went to answer it. It was the group from New York.
"Hi Auntie Liv."
"Hey, Jesse. Look at you. You get prettier every time I see you."
"Thank you."
"Liv, we brought a couple surprises: Munch and Casey."
"Oh my goodness! Casey, how are you?"
"I'm great, Liv. You look great."
"Thanks. So do you. NOAH, GIRLS, JESSE'S HERE."
Noah and the girls came downstairs and hugged Jesse, while Olivia invited everyone in and shows Casey around the house.
"Liv, I can't wait to meet your family."
"This is Noah, Emma and Vanessa. Hank is trying to get Hailey dressed. This is Mommy's good friend, Casey Novak."
"It's nice to meet you. How old are they?"
"Noah is 8 and in 2nd grade and these two are 5½ and in Kindergarten. Jesse, how do you like Kindergarten?"
"I like it."
"Good."
Hank came downstairs with Daniel, Katelyn and Hailey.
"This is my husband, Hank, our youngest daughter, Hailey, who's 3 and 2 of our 4 grandchildren. Daniel is 6½ and in 1st grade and Katelyn is 3½. This is Casey Novak, who was another one of our ADA's."
"It's nice to meet you."
"You too. They're beautiful, Liv."
"Thank you. So, Amanda, let me see little Hannah."
Amanda took Hannah out of her carrier and handed her to Olivia. Olivia introduced Casey to everyone else.
"She is so precious."
"Thanks, Liv. Uncle Fin met his match with your namesake."
"Uh oh! That sounds like Hailey. Hank has definitely met his match with her. By the way, how'd you convince her to get dressed?"
"I said that we were going to take her presents back and Santa wasn't going to leave anything for her. After that, she got dressed."
The Tuckers, Bradfords and Cragens arrived and then Olive arrived with the baby. Trevor had gone to pick up Justin at the airport and Justin wanted to dress as Santa to surprise his family. Alex had come over with Sophia and the boys. Olivia had Casey open the door because she knew who it was.
"Casey, oh my goodness!"
"Hey, Alex!"
Alex hugged Casey.
"These are 3 of the 5 loves of my life. This is Jack, Ryan and Sophia. Mia could be born at any time now."
"I can't believe both you and Liv are married and have families of your own. Where's your hubby?"
"He'll be here shortly."
"Alex, please sit down."
"Thanks, Liv."
Alex sat down and then Jack and Ryan went to join the rest of the older kids, while Sophia crawled up next to Alex. Hank put Hailey next to Sophia and Amanda put little Olivia next to Hailey. Alex put her hands on her belly and started rubbing it. Sophia put her thumb in her mouth. Hailey had done the same thing, which she normally only did when she was tired.
"Honey, can you go get her blanket?"
"Yeah."
Hank went upstairs to get Hailey's blanket, while Olivia picked her up and held her after she handed Hannah to Sonny. She put her over her shoulder and rubbed her back. Hank came back down with her blanket and teddy bear. Daisy had come in to investigate everything. Hank handed Olivia the blanket and teddy bear.
"Casey, this is Daisy."
"Hey, Daisy."
The doorbell rang again and this time they knew it was Trevor. Hank was already up, so he went to answer it.
"I ran into Santa on the way over."
"Hi Santa. Come on in."
"Thanks."
"Look who's here."
"Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!"
"Santa!"
All the kids went to hug Santa and then he held his new daughter for the first time.
"Hey, Langan."
"Hey, Casey."
"Well, Hailey was quiet for a couple minutes."
"Yep. Casey, meet the husband."
"No kidding. Wow! How long have you two been together?"
"We've been together since 2014 and we got married in the fall of 2015. They were conceived on our honeymoon. They were 2½ when Sophia was born but it took us almost 6 months to get pregnant with her. This time we weren't really trying but we're done after this one."
"That's great."
"Where are you living these days?"
"I'm still in New York. I'm back with the Manhattan DA's office but I'm not in court though."
"You work with Rafael?"
"More like Jack McCoy."
"He's still there?"
"Yep."
"Good old Jack. I'd rather work with Liz."
"Are you still working?"
"No. I retired after Trevor and I got married, especially since I got pregnant right away. Trevor gave up being a Defense Attorney and helped Liv when she adopted Noah. Right around the time she got custody of Noah was when Trevor and I started dating and then we got married over a year later."
"That's great. Liv, are you still working?"
"No. I retired from the NYPD when I moved to Chicago after Hank and I got married. When I moved, I lost Noah's nanny, Lucy but I just had to deal with Noah when I had the twins. After I got pregnant with Hailey and we moved down here, Hank knew I was going to need help with the twins because they were more of a handful than Noah was. Lucy finished school and really loves the nanny thing and has family down here, so Hank asked her if she would like her job back with us. She was more than happy to take it. She is still with us even though I'm home all day because I have our grandkids too. Noah and Daniel are both in school all day and they have all day Kindergarten here, so the twins are gone all day as well. Lucy gets them to school and picks them up. Right now, Olive is off of work because the baby is only 6 weeks old, so I still get Katelyn if she needs a break. Lucy went to see her parents for a couple weeks, so we are on our own."
"Wow! You've been busy. Alex, how old are the boys?"
"They're about 5½ and they are also in Kindergarten. Trevor works with his dad, so his mom helps me out with the kids. She helped out the boys when I was pregnant with Sophia and she's been helping me out with all 3 of them now."
"Liv, how long have you been married?"
"We started seeing each other in November of 2014 and got engaged just before Christmas the following year. Valentine's Day it will be 6 years and the girls were born in June, we were only engaged for a couple months."
Santa started handing out presents for each of the kids. They took their gifts, said thank you and hugged him again.
"I also have gifts for Olivia and Olive Voight and Erin Halstead."
When he came over to each of them to hand them their gifts, they knew what was going on.
"Oh my God!"
All 3 of them had tears running down their cheeks as they all hugged him.
"Olivia, what's wrong with you?"
"Look at Santa and tell me what you see. You're good at reading people."
Hank looked very closely at Santa, who had a huge grin on his face behind the beard.
"Justin!"
"Hey, Dad."
Hank gave Justin a big hug and then Olivia hugged him before Justin wrapped his arms around Olive and kissed her.
"Why didn't you call us?"
"I wanted to surprise you guys. I contacted Trevor and Alex and told them what I wanted to do. Trevor picked me up at the airport and I'm home for good now."
"That is so good to hear."
"It felt so good to hold my kids again especially Beth. This the first time I've met her other than on Skype and the first time I have met my niece. Katelyn probably doesn't even remember and I'm sure Hailey doesn't either."
"Daniel and Katelyn, come here."
Daniel and Katelyn came over to them.
"Look who's here."
"Yeah, Santa."
Justin pulled the beard down and Daniel's eyes lit up.
"Daddy!"
"Hey, Buddy! I missed you so much."
"I missed you too."
"Katelyn, do you remember me?"
"Yes!"
Katelyn and Daniel hugged Justin and then Noah and the girls came over. Noah, Emma and Vanessa hugged him right away but Hailey was a little hesitant at first.
"Sweetie, this is your big brother, Justin. He went overseas not too long after you were born."
"You get prettier every time I see you."
"Tank you."
"Give your big brother a hug."
Hailey gave Justin a hug and then everyone got some food.
"What's going on in the Morgue, Mel?"
"Same as always. I'm getting married again."
"Did Fin propose?"
"Yes, he did."
"Congratulations to you both!"
"Thanks."
"How's Brooklyn SVU treating you, Carisi?"
"Same crap different day. I like Manhattan better though."
"I can understand that."
"I miss working with Amanda and Fin. I did inquire about coming back but 1PP told me that we can't work in the same Unit. Well, that actually came from IAB."
"Yeah, the Rat Squad keeps going from bad to worse. The one in charge now is worse than Tucker if that's even possible."
"I didn't think it was."
"They have no clue what SVU does and because there have been so many complaints about Manhattan SVU in the past because of Stabler and Amaro getting physical with perps and both you and Rollins being arrested for murder, they are watching us like a hawks. Thanks a lot, Tucker."
"Who's in charge now?"
Fin told Ed who was now in charge of IAB.
"That figures. He's a piece of work. I can see where you'd say he's worse than me."
"I say the 3 of us leave the NYPD and move down here."
"And do what?"
"Our Unit has an SVU now. Erin heads it. Jay occasionally helps out but mostly they don't work together. Noah, tie your shoe or you're going to trip."
"Ok."
Noah tied his shoe and then he, Jesse and Daniel went to get more food. When Noah came back, his shoe was untied again and this time, he tripped on it. His plate flew into Hailey and got all over her dress. Hank picked her up before she threw a tantrum.
"Hailey, I'm sorry."
Hailey wiggled out of Hank's arms and then pushed Noah.
"Hailey, no!"
Hailey stood in front of Olivia with her arms folded in front of her chest and glared at her.
"She really does have her father's temper."
"Oh yeah. Especially when she's pissed."
"Time for bed, Hailey Olivia."
"No!"
Hank picked Hailey up.
"Say goodnight to everyone."
"No!"
"Honey, why don't you get her ready for bed and then maybe Justin can read the "The Night Before Christmas" to the kids?"
"Ok. Come on, Peanut."
Hank took Hailey upstairs and got her ready for bed.
"Mommy, I'm sorry."
"I know you are. She's just cranky today. This is what happens when she doesn't have a nap."
"Katelyn is the same way sometimes. Luckily, she took a nap today."
"Liv is like that sometimes too. Most of the time I can get her to take a nap when Hannah is asleep."
"Sophia goes through that too. Trevor's mom has been staying with me while he's at work to help out with her and she goes to get the boys at school. She has Daddy wrapped around her little finger though."
"Hailey is a Daddy's girl too. I'm hoping a lot of this with her is just a phase."
"She is 3."
"Yeah, I know but she's also a Voight."
"Do the twins like school?"
"They do."
Hank came back downstairs without Hailey.
"Where's Hailey?"
"She fell asleep."
"Good. I'll take her stuff up to her."
Olivia got up and took Hailey's teddy bear and blanket up to her. She kissed her on top of the head and went back downstairs. Olivia sat next to Hank and he had his arm around her. Emma and Vanessa climbed up on their laps and Justin started reading "The Night Before Christmas" to all the kids. By the time he was done, the little ones were asleep. Everyone left and went home or to their hotels. During the night, Alex went into labor, so instead of calling his parents to have them come stay with the kids, he called Hank and Olivia.
"Hey, Trevor."
"Hey. Can I bring the kids over? Alex is in labor."
"Yeah. No problem."
"Thanks."
Hank hung up the phone.
"Do you have to go in?"
"No. That was Trevor. Alex is in labor, so he wanted to know if he could bring the kids over. Go back to sleep."
"Kiss first."
Hank kissed Olivia and then she turned over to go back to sleep, while he went downstairs. Daisy followed him.
"Hey, girl. You need to go out?"
Hank walked to the back door and let her out and then he saw Trevor coming across the street with a sleeping Sophia in his arms and the boys dragging behind him. Hank opened the door and Trevor handed Sophia to him.
"Sorry about this. We really appreciate it. Thank you."
"Don't worry about it. You and Alex stayed with Olivia when Erin came to get me at the airport when Hailey was born. Let us know something."
"I will. Thanks again."
"No problem."
"Be good, guys."
"Ok."
Trevor kissed the 3 kids and then he took Alex to the hospital.
"We're sleepy."
"Hold on. I need to let Daisy in."
Hank went to let Daisy in and then they all went upstairs. He put all three of them in the same bed and got them tucked in before getting back into bed with Olivia. Several hours later, everyone woke up. Justin, Olive, Erin, Jay, Will, Natalie and the kids had come over the made breakfast. The kids all went downstairs first.
"Hey, guys."
"Hi."
"What are you doing here?"
"Mommy had to go to the hospital to have the baby."
"Oh, wow!"
"PAPA!"
Hank and Olivia came into the kitchen.
"I hear you, Miss Adrienne."
"She has wanted her Papa as soon as she woke up this morning. Adrienne, say Merry Christmas to Papa and Grandma."
"Ho! Ho! Ho!"
"Same to you."
"Did Hailey sleep all night?"
"She sure did. Good morning, Peanut. Can Daddy get a kiss?"
"Ok."
Hailey gave Hank a kiss and then she gave one to Olivia.
"Can we check our stockings?"
"Sure."
Noah, Emma, Vanessa, Hailey, Daniel and Katelyn went to check their stockings and then Daniel and Noah brought everyone else's in for them. Then the doorbell rang, so Noah went to answer it. It was Trevor's dad.
"Hi Mr. Langan. Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas to you too, Noah."
"Come on in."
"Thank you."
Trevor's dad came in and followed Noah into the kitchen.
"Merry Christmas, everyone."
"Merry Christmas to you too."
"Merry Christmas, Grandpa."
Jack, Ryan and Sophia went to give Jim a hug.
"Mia Noelle finally arrived just a little bit ago. Here's her picture."
"Oh, she is precious. How much did she weigh?"
"8 pounds even and 19 inches long. Alice is still there fussing over her, so I figured I would see what these 3 are up to."
"They're fine. They pretty much just got up."
"Coffee?"
"Sure. Thanks."
Olivia got Jim a cup of coffee.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
"Grandpa, when can we open presents?"
"As soon as your dad and grandma leave the hospital. You can open all your big presents and then take the smaller stuff to the hospital, so your mom can open her stuff too. How does that sound?"
"Ok. Can we have breakfast first?"
"Of course. Hank, Olivia, thank you so much for taking them."
"It was no big deal. They can stay here anytime."
Everyone had breakfast and then Jim took the kids home to get them dressed. By then, Trevor and Alice were there, so they opened presents. The Voights and Halsteads opened their presents after breakfast. The group from New York came over for Christmas dinner. After dinner, Olivia, Erin, Olive, Anne, Caroline, Casey, Melinda and Amanda went to the hospital to see Alex. By the time they got there, Trevor was the only one there and he was holding his new daughter.
"Hey."
"Hey, ladies."
"Alex and Trevor, she is beautiful."
"Thank you."
"Are you planning to have any more after this one?"
"Probably not. We're happy with the 4 we have."
"I know Hank was disappointed when we found out the last one was a girl but he loves her as much as the other two and she is more and more like her daddy every day."
"Did she sleep last night?"
"She did. She went down for a nap today and they were all playing with their new toys when we left. Thank you both so much for picking Justin up at the airport."
"No problem. How was it having him home?"
"Wonderful. This was the first time we slept in our house together as a family. He and I had a lot of catching up to do. It's been about a year. I last saw him for Valentine's Day. Even though Beth is only 6 weeks old, Justin said he wants another one because he would like another son. I said we're done with 4 no matter what. He has Daniel."
"Jay wants a son, especially now that Will and Natalie have one together."
"That makes sense but he is so cute with Adrienne."
"He is. The funny thing is, Will wants a daughter. Nat does too."
"Did Will adopt Owen?"
"Yeah, he did. Things started off a little rough between them and Owen didn't like him at first. He'd throw his blocks at Will and hit him in the eye but Will kept coming around. Owen eventually got used to having him in his life and the more Will was there, Owen eventually started calling him 'Daddy'. When Will wanted to propose, he included Owen. Owen helped him pick out the ring and when Will finally asked Nat to marry him, he also asked Owen if he could be his daddy. They both said yes. Helen, Owen's grandma, accepted Will in their lives and because Will and Jay's mom is gone, they both wanted her to be a grandma to Nathan as well. Will was the one that asked her. She agreed and she and Will have become pretty close as a result. You two are the only grandparents Adrienne has really. Jay doesn't have a great relationship with his dad but he has met her and I cut all my ties with Bunny, so you are her only grandma. I wouldn't have it any other way though. If Bunny ever found out that I had a daughter, she probably try to mess her up just like she did me."
"I'm honored to be her only grandma."
"How many kids do you want, Erin?"
"I'd be ok with two if we ended up with a son the next time. I think Jay would too. We've already started trying for the next one. How about you and Sonny?"
"We're planning to try for one more. Sonny really wants a son but he said if we only have girls, we only have girls."
"Did he adopt Jesse?"
"He did. Declan was never too interested in being a father to her nor did he ever really send money for her, so my lawyer basically told him that he either needed to start acting like a father and be financially responsible for her or surrender his rights completely. He chose to surrender his rights. She knows Sonny is not her real daddy and I have told her about Declan."
"Noah knows everything about his past. Now that he is old enough to understand, I sat him down and told him about Ellie and Johnny D. Amaro had come for a visit around that time and Noah thanked him for helping us become a family."
"How is Nick?"
"He's good. He brought both Zara and Gil and they went to Disney World and Universal Orlando. I hadn't seen him since the wedding anyway. He couldn't believe that Ed was now Hank's boss but the two of them sat down and worked out their differences. They have both changed a lot in the time they haven't been with the NYPD. He said he couldn't believe that you and Carisi were together and had a family but he was happy for you. He said he was thinking about going out to New York this coming year to see all of you."
"That could be fun. Did they stay with you?"
"No but we had them over for dinner a few times. He said the warmer weather suits me. I admit that it took a while for me to get used to living down here, especially after the kids and I had to relocate to Chicago during the hurricane. I am just so glad that Hank made it in time for Hailey's birth though. This has been the best 7 years of my life and I love Hank more and more every day. I'm glad Hank came to New York to convince me to spend Christmas with him and his family in Chicago. It was a big decision for me to give up my job with the NYPD to move to Chicago to be with the man I love but I don't think I could have done it for just anyone. I am more in love with my kids every day as well and now I get to see my grandchildren grow up. I also reconnected with people from my past and made amends with some of them, namely Ed. Moving down here helped me reconnect with Alex and that actually made the transition to being down here easier. I miss my New York family like crazy but I am glad you come see us as often as you can and we've gotten up there as often as we can as well. We both miss our Chicago family but we also see them as often as we can too."
"I'm glad we reconnected a few years ago too and I'm glad our kids are so close."
"I'm glad they're so close too. Noah and Luke have been best friends since they met as well."
"They sure have. You and I have become pretty good friends as well."
"We have and our husbands have too, which completely surprised me because Hank usually wants nothing to do with anyone that has been with IAB."
"That's the truth. After what happened with Jin and Stillwell was the one that had him murdered."
"Ed now sees how he was especially with that kid that was with IAB here for a while."
"I remember him saying that he understood why no one liked him. I'm glad he and I have become friends. I wasn't too happy when I first found out that he was Hank's new boss though. I just hope the friendship we have established these last several years continues."
"He does too."
"Olivia, do you want to hold her?"
"Of course I do."
Olivia sat down and then Trevor put Mia in her arms. Casey held her and then after a while, everyone left. By the time Olivia, Erin and Olive arrived at the house, Jay, Will, Natalie and Justin had gone home with the kids and Hank had their 4 tucked into bed. Erin and Olive said goodnight to Hank and Olivia and left. Hank and Olivia got ready for bed, got into bed and held each other.
"I missed you."
"I missed you too. I wouldn't change my life now for anything. I was in love with you from the moment I met you and I remember our first Christmas together."
"Me too. I had to convince you to bring Noah to Chicago to spend it with my family. It's our family now."
"It sure is. Then shortly before our second Christmas together, you proposed and I told you that I was pregnant. I'm glad I was able to give you 3 healthy daughters."
"I am too."
"Hailey went down ok?"
"Yeah. She was good today."
"I am so happy Justin is home for good. Our family is finally living in the same state."
"They sure are."
"I love you so much."
"I love you too."
Hank and Olivia kissed and fell asleep in each other's arms. The group from New York was leaving in a few days, so Olivia spent time with them before they left and they all got to spend time with Alex and the baby before they left as well.
It didn't take long for Justin to get used to being home with his family. They were glad he returned to them safely. He decided to go to school to begin the next phase of his life with the support of his family.
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