This is slightly AU but the first few chapters take place between 'A Study in Pink' and 'The Blind Banker' and continue on from there following the story line of the show as best as I can.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but Scarlett and Oliver.
Chapter 1: The Monroes'
Even now with soaking wet hair and skin covered in goosebumps. Scarlett was getting wolf whistled; through she would never admit it as she was the least vain person you could ever meet. Scarlett was every man's dream, she had a body most women would kill for, large but not too big breasts, an impossibly small waist and nice sized hips. As well as she was incredibly beautiful, she had long jet black hair that ran in large curls over her shoulders and the most dazzling emerald green eyes. But what Scarlett was proud of was her personality, Scarlett Monroe was a model, she had worked very hard to get her job, but she was proud that unlike everyone around her, she was still the small person she had always been. She was not vain, pretentious or rude and had not fallen prey to media that told her to be skinny and have surgery. She was the same bubbly English rose she had always been. She was loud, happy go lucky, down to earth and most of all she was intelligent. Very intelligent although she like many other people suffered from dyslexia, she didn't let it bother her and prided herself in her own skills and intelligence, having achieved a degree in English Literature and foreign languages.
She had grown up without knowing her mother; Clio Monroe had died only hours after Scarlett's birth having suffered a fit. Through Scarlett knew much about her mother from her elder brother Oliver. He was 4 years older than her, their father had left very early on. Leaving Oliver and Scarlett in the care of their grandmother, she was old and by the time Scarlett was 2 she had passed away. Oliver 6 and Scarlett 2 were taken into care, but were soon adopted by a couple who could not conceive. Nancy and Phil Harrison became their parents and even to this day both Oliver and Scarlett refer to them as Mum and Dad, through both kept the memory of their true mother alive by using her surname. They didn't know much about Clio as Oliver was only young when had died, but with the help of their adoptive mother Nancy they learnt more about Clio, their real mother.
Clio Monroe was a children's nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital and worked very hard, she was a caring and beautiful woman and between them, Scarlett and Oliver had many photographs. Oliver had joined the army when he was 20 and was still there, he had just returned to Afghanistan after a short spout of leave. When he had first joined the army he had met a man called John Watson, he was a doctor in the same squadron as Oliver, and they in turn had become good friend, John was a year younger than Oliver, Scarlett had met John many times and she in turn had become good friends with him. She had even gone on a date with him but after finding it to strange they both decided not to do it again. And that was why she was walking in the pouring rain in early February down Baker Street, Oliver had a few things to return to John, but had been shipped out before he got a chance to go, so Scarlett had volunteered, liking the idea of catching up with an old friend.
She was excited to met John again; he was a good man and friend. She was interested to see what he had been up to since getting back from Afghanistan, John hadn't told her much over the phone when she had last spoken to him, to tell him about Oliver. Her curiosity was defiantly peeking.