The second and final chapter of "Don't You Wanna Stay" has finally arrived! I hope you enjoy this chapter, and just as a fair warning, I'm a sucker for happy endings. Occasionally I'll write something with a sad ending, but not very often. I'm going to keep this AN short and sweet and say that a ring definitely comes into play later. Enjoy!

He barely managed to mask his heartbroken feeling as he just nodded again and pulled out his cell, calling for a cab. When one pulled up he helped her inside and looked at Casey to give the driver the address of the hotel he assumed she was staying at.

Instead she rattled off his address and he looked at her in utter shock. "I meant take me home in every sense of the word, John," She said quietly, amusement dancing in her voice and her eyes. He almost smacked himself on the forehead for missing that one. Casey took his hand and said, "I haven't been able to look at another man, John. I don't know if that's love, but I do know that you've been invading my thoughts and my dreams lately too. Yes, it is moving way too fast, but maybe that's what I like about our relationship,"

The cab pulled up at John's place and as he paid the driver, she got out and waited at the door for him. As he unlocked the door and pushed it open, they were both well aware of the fact that the last time she had stood on those steps he had kissed her and she had told him goodbye. Then she'd run to Philadelphia.

Don't you wanna stay here a little while?

Don't you wanna hold each other tight?

Don't you wanna fall asleep with me tonight?

Don't you wanna stay here a little while?

We could make forever feel this way

Don't you wanna stay?

As they walked into John's living room, Casey took her jacket off, placed it on the sofa and turned to John. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, their lips meeting gently. He reached down and pulled her up in his arms and as he walked to his bedroom, Casey suddenly broke the kiss and he stopped walking.

"What? What is it?" John urged when Casey didn't say anything. She was seemingly struggling to find the right words to say.

"I don't want to just make love, John, I want to make love last. Does that make sense?" Casey said hesitantly, and John nodded firmly.

"Absolutely."

When the morning sun filtered into John's bedroom, Casey awoke to find John still sleeping, his arm draped across her waist. She stared at him for a long moment and that feeling that John had talked about suddenly slammed into her heart. With wide eyes, pale cheeks and an open mouth she realized that she had indeed fallen in love with John Munch.

And she realized that she just might get that happy fairytale ending that she never thought would ever happen to her.

Then the second thought hit her: she hadn't planned on staying in New York City. But how could she leave, now that she'd found the love of her life? It didn't make sense to go back to Philadelphia and leave the man she loved behind. It would hurt her and it would really hurt him and she couldn't do that to him, not again.

She slowly got up but this time instead of pulling her clothes on she grabbed Munch's shirt and pulled it on. Quietly she went into the living room and pulled her laptop and cell phone out. Casey tried to be as quiet as possible as she worked for a good hour until she was finally finished.

John awoke suddenly and glanced around to find Casey was gone, but he saw her clothes were still on the ground. Relief filled him as he sank back down among the pillows, calling out, "Casey?"

"Yes?" She said, walking back into the room, pushing her hair out of her face. He appreciated the view of her wearing just his shirt for a long moment, putting his hands behind his head. "Like what you see?" She asked in a teasing voice, walking over to the bed and leaning down, putting her hands on his bed.

"Maybe," He replied, raising his eyebrows. She crawled onto the bed, a grin on her face. When he reached for her, though, she pulled back and had him raising his eyebrows again.

She crawled back off of the bed and quickly went back into the other room, grabbing a stack of papers and taking them back into the bedroom. John was sitting up, a puzzled look on his face on as she dived back onto the bed, handing the papers to him.

John took them but cupped her face in his hands, giving her a slow and sweet kiss. "Morning," She said with a dreamy smile on her face. He ran his fingers through her hair and stole another kiss before settling back and glancing at the papers

Oh yeah

Oh you feel so perfectly babe

Oh you feel so perfect baby

Don't you wanna stay here a little while?

"What're these?" He asked, and Casey sat back, gesturing for him to read the papers. He read through them, his eyes getting wide as he recognized a bill of sale with her apartment in Philadelphia, and also her letter of resignation for her job at the Philadelphia TV station. She had been an analyst for the news station while she worked to get her license back.

Basically, everything that tied her to Philadelphia was now gone, and she did not have a reason or an obligation to go back. She could stay with him in New York City, and that thought made him an extremely happy man.

"I didn't want to go back. Now since I've got you back, and I don't ever want to let you go, ever again," Casey said quietly, reaching up and touching his cheek gently.

"I won't let you go. I'd made up my mind to go on this rant about how you can't leave me and how I wouldn't let you leave. Are you telling me it was all for nothing?" John said in fake exasperation, and Casey let out a laugh.

"Yes I am. I got up early and managed to severe all my ties with Philadelphia via internet and phone calls. You want to know something really corny?"

He took her hand and looked at him, nodding his head and saying, "Go ahead."

"When I woke up this morning, I glanced over and watched you sleeping for a moment and I was hit with that feeling you talked about yesterday. I thought 'holy crap, I am in love with this conspiracy-loving gorgeous SVU detective, am I lucky or what?'"

John slowly smiled and said, "I love you,"

"I love you too," Casey said simply and John pulled her to him, pressing his mouth to hers and she wrapped her arms around his neck, drawing him close to her.

"I really need to go to work," John murmured regretfully, and Casey nodded, pulling back.

"So I'm guessing you want your shirt back?" She said slyly, slowly unbuttoning the buttons. He swallowed hard as the shirt came off and she held it out for him to take.

"I can be late."

He threw the shirt and it landed back on the floor.

Don't you wanna stay here a little while?

Don't you wanna hold each other tight?

Don't you wanna fall asleep with me tonight?

Don't you wanna stay here a little while?

We could make forever feel this way

Don't you wanna stay?

Both Munch and Casey walked into the precinct a good hour late and she squeezed his hand before going into Cragen's office to discuss how the case was going, legally. Munch went and sat down at his desk, a smile on his face.

"Dear God, is the apocalypse coming? John Munch is smiling," Fin commented, dropping into his own chair.

"Casey's staying in New York," John said, and Fin grinned.

"Good for you, John. Is that why you're late?"

John just shrugged his shoulders as Elliot and Olivia came into the precinct. Olivia went straight over to John and raised her eyebrows. "She's staying." John told Olivia, and she asked,

"Did you tell her?"

"Yeah. And she feels the same."

Olivia laughed and pulled John to his feet, wrapping his arms around his neck for a brief moment before pulling back but keeping her hands on his arm. "Finally! One of my matchmaking tactics worked!" She exclaimed, and as Elliot, John and Fin burst out laughing, Casey walked out, saying playfully,

"Get your hands off my man, Benson,"

"You can have him, Novak," Olivia said with a fake sniff, stepping back. As Casey walked over to him, John decided it was now or never.

"I was going to wait until our date tonight, Case, but I just can't. It's not the ultimate romantic spot to do this, but," He dropped to one knee and pulled a small box out of his pocket. Casey gave a little gasp and put her hands over her mouth. "Casey Ann Novak, will you do me the greatest honor and pleasure of marrying me?" John asked, opening the ring box.

"Oh John, yes of course I will," She said, tears springing to her eyes as he slipped the ring on her finger, wrapped his arms around her and twirled her around before kissing her.

They couldn't have been happier, having each other and being surrounded by their friends who were basically their family.

The end! I know, it got a bit corny at the end (according to my best friend who is currently reading this over my shoulder) but I'm keeping it because like I said, I'm a sucker for a happy ending and I seriously wanted them to get engaged or something. Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed this little song fic story!