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Olivia paced around the room searching for a photo album which had pictures of her in college. Her friends from college had called her last week informing her that they should all meet and hang out once, for old times sake. She thought it would be a terrific idea. With her busy life as a trauma surgeon and a mother of two beautiful girls she hardly got any free time. So when Abby her best friend from college called her up, Olivia was beyond excited.

Right now , Abby, Quinn, Huck and Harrison were all in her living room drinking wine waiting for Olivia. She had told them excitedly that she kept all the pictures of their fun times together.

Olivia opened her closet and kneeled down to open the drawer on the bottom. She found only towels there. Wait, the pictures were here when I saw them last month.She reminded herself, confused.

That's when it hit her. She put them all in a box and kept them safely in her study.

She immediately got up and sprinted to the study. She found the box at the top cabinet of her shelves which had many of her case files. She opened the box to find the pictures and was relieved. Phew.She opened the album and saw a picture of her and Abby in their dorm room smiling. She smiled looking at it. She flipped through to see more pictures and that's when she noticed one loose picture placed facing downwards. She turned it around and instantly her eyes went wide, her heart skipped a beat, memories came flashing down.

It was a picture of her in her white coat in an army camp in Afghanistan siting next to him.

Her body tensed as she looked at the picture. All those moments that she spent with him, that she had buried so deep into her head were coming back to the surface grasping for recognition and realisation. It had been 8 years.

She closed her eyes tightly to prevent those thoughts and again ...she could only see him. Fitz, she gasped.

The year was 2011, when Olivia was barely starting out. She was fresh from college and a new doctor. She always knew she wanted to become a trauma surgeon and therefore she signed up for any learning opportunities that came by while also starting her further studies. The excitement knew no bound when she was offered a chance to work at an US Army Camp with a senior doctor. Sure she didn't have much experience, but there were senior doctors that would supervise her. This kind of opportunity came rarely and she readily accepted. The amount of knowledge and experience she would again would be unparalleled to anything else, she thought.

Olivia smiled as she thought about her early 20s. The day she found out she would be working at an Army Camp for 6 months. She was so excited that day she went out and partied hard with Abby. She continued to think about how she met him there.

"Olivia" Cyrus called her. He was a great surgeon who was working there and Olivia had been assigned to work under him. They both forged a good friendship during the first weeks of working there.

"Meet Sergeant Fitzgerald Grant. He's the man keeping the country safe" he added smiling.

Olivia looked up to see him and her breath caught. Her features softened as she got up to greet him. Her eyes still taking in the huge frame of the tall,tanned and muscular man in front of her.

Fitz clenched his teeth to prevent himself from showing any emotions on his face as he processed the effect of looking at the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He looked neutral on the outside, but inside he could feel his body turn warm, instantly.

" Pope. Thank you for your service, Sergeant" Olivia introduced herself.

Fitz nodded his head saying "You're doing a great job. Thank you"

Olivia smiled looking at him. He looked about 6'2, she definitely noticed those bulging biceps, the broad shoulders, all gloriously tanned. His eyes were an all consuming beautiful colour of ocean blue. She turned her head to look at something else when she saw he had noticed her checking him out.

"I'll leave you guys to your jobs. See you later Cy, Dr Pope" Fitz said looking in their direction.

Cyrus patted Fitz on his back before he left.

"He's the son of 2 senators. His parents had big hopes on him to run for President someday,but Fitz was adamant about joining the Army and serving the country. He's a great man" Cyrus said looking at his files.

Olivia smiled in admiration.Fitzgerald Grant was something.

Almost 3 weeks passed since they met. Both of them being extremely professional were cordial to each other. But there were tons of moments of stealing glances, looking at each other from the corner of the eye. They knew they were attracted to each other, but no way in hell they would act upon on it. Or atleast that's what they thought then.

Their true feelings came out when there was an unexpected attack at the camp site. While the men fought back and won, it was Olivia who was hit in her thigh with a bullet. Olivia still remembers how he came running to hold her from collapsing on the ground. That was the first time he had called her form her first name, otherwise it was always "Doctor Pope" or simply "Pope".

"Olivia! Hang on. Do not give away. I will not let anything happen to you" Fitz said frantically. That was the first time she had seen any sort of emotion of his face. He was always stone faced, maybe that's what years of training, wars, death does to you. She remembered those blue eyes staring at her, her hands gently holding her waist, as he picked her up and ran to Cyrus.

Thankfully, the bullet did not hit the femoral artery, thereby saving her life. After a week of recovery Olivia was able to walk on her own, with just a small limp dude to the remaining pain.

All the while she was recovering, he came everyday. Everyday in the evening and sat beside her. They would just sit there staring at each other, having these indecipherable conversations without even speaking. Olivia's head was filled with so many confusing thoughts. Why was he visiting her everyday? Did she mean something more than a colleague to him? Did he care for her? Maybe he's just doing his duty. Well, visiting you everyday is not his duty, her brain reminded.
She knew she liked him. From the day she laid her eyes on him, she was attracted to him. His personality, demeanour, those rare occasions he smiled and more importantly his heart. His pure heart. Over the course of working there, Olivia realised what a caring man Fitz is. He was stern and strict, but also patient and sympathetic. Just everything about him was pulling her like a magnet.

She slowly woke up from her bed. Sleeping and resting for a week made her very irritated and bored. It was 7pm in the evening. She came out of her room slowly and went out in the open. It was getting dark, the air was chilly and she hugged herself tighter. She looked to her right to see that his office lights were on. She decided to go talk to him if he was still there.

She went to his office and was let into his chamber by his guard who smiled and enquired about her health.

"Sir Dr Pope is here to see you." He informed.

Fitz instantly looked up from his file he was reading. Olivia? Here?

"Let her in" he said calmly.

Fitz got up from his chair to see Olivia slowly walking in with a slight limp. He walked little closer to help her out, but she put out her hand subtly as if telling him she was fine.

"Dr Pope. Did you need anything? You shouldn't have taken the trouble to come all the way here" he said walking back to his chair, careful to not show his face to her. He was sure his expressions would give him away. He had a hard time controlling himself when she was around. He felt she was the flame trying to melt away the mask he always wore to the outside world.

Olivia sat down on the chair infront of him. So formal, he is. She thought.She ignored his sentence and said "I came to thank you. Thank you for saving my life" she said looking into his eyes. She saw how he behaved when she was around. He used to clench his teeth, gulp, not make eye contact. It must mean something! Oh come on! She thought.

"It was my duty" Fitz replied simply sitting down infront of her. Olivia smiled externally, but she was slightly irked at his response.

"You came to see me everyday. Was that also your duty?" She asked, this time. She was herself surprised at her boldness. To be honest, Olivia liked him and she knew he had feelings but was just being difficult or whatever that he was trying to be.

Fitz was at a loss of words. He wasn't prepared for this question coming so directly from her. He couldn't tell her the real reason. He couldn't tell her how much it pained him to see her whimpering in his arms after being shot. He couldn't tell how he felt as if his life had ended as he saw her getting shot and ran towards her. He couldn't. He didn't know why. He didn't know why she had to come into his life and make him a mess. He didn't know why he was so attracted to her, why he cared so much about her without even knowing anything about her or even having a decent conversation with her. Why was this happening to him ?

"Dr Pope, you are very important to us and to the country. I wanted to see for myself that you were getting better." He answered, looking away.

Important to "us" and "country"! Olivia scoffed internally. She knew he was lying. He didn't even look at her while talking.Olivia was hurt. She had built up this whole situation where they would probably become friends or tell each other their true feelings and ...she just felt disappointed. Or maybe he didn't like her that way she liked him? Maybe she misunderstood him? Maybe she cooked up a story by thinking too much. Regardless or what the real situation was, Olivia felt rejected. She felt like a stupid, dumb teenager for crushing on someone who didn't have any feelings for her.

Fitz saw her face change slightly. He knew she wasn't expecting this answer. But, there wasn't anything he could do. He liked and respected her way too much to start something that would only end in heartache and regret. He was not the kind of man to just hook up randomly with someone for the sake of attraction. They were two people living in diametrically opposite worlds thrown together due to coincidence. Or atleast that's what he thought.

Olivia looked at him one more time and said "That is very kind of you. Thank you again. I should go, you seemed busy when I came in" her words stung him. He could sense the disappointment in her words. He kept looking at her as she got up. He tried to get the door for her, only to see her move slightly faster and open it for herself. He stood at the door looking at her walk away slowly into the night.

A week passed since they last spoke in his office. Olivia kept her distance. Gone were the days where she would steal glances or smile at him whenever she saw him. She remained cordial to him, like everybody else. Fitz was getting irritated at her behaviour, but hey, he brought this upon himself!

One evening, he exited his office early to go to his room to take a quick shower before he addressed the soldiers about an important matter in the mess. His ears suddenly picked up the giggling sound of a woman nearby. He instantly recognised the voice. Olivia.He turned to see Olivia sitting on a jeep with a coffee mug laughing and talking to Edison Davis, the head of their unit. They seemed to be having a great time. Edison was telling her stuff and she laughed in response. His blood boiled. The anger that rose within him could literally be felt as a heat wave if you stood near him. What the hell was she doing with him?Edison Davis was a player. He had his ways and charm that tricked any woman to fall to him. He would only end up hurting Olivia, he thought. What did you do then?His brain reminded.

Just as he thought of going and telling Edison off, he told himself that Olivia and her personal life was none of his business. If she wanted to date him, then he was nobody to interfere or intervene. With great difficult and inner battle, he walked fast to his room, trying to ignore how beautiful she looked when she laughed.

Olivia was enjoying talking to Edison and the highlight was when she saw Fitz seething in anger looking at them. She knew he was mad. She saw him clench his fists and look at Edison like he wanted to kill him. But, as expected he just ignored and walked away. After seeing today's expression on Fitz. It had become clear to her that he liked her too. She saw how he walked towards them slightly , stopped and then walked back. He looked crazy.

This is going to be fun, she thought smirking.

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