Olivia had felt like striking Peter just after he had said those dreadful words. The worst of all was that the sentence had been true. Since the second she had been smelling that coat, John had become something far away, barely recognizable. Oh! And all the kisses!, she thought. This time she definitely wouldn't be able to look at John in the face.

Olivia confirmed this suspicions when she went to the hospital to help John go to his house. Yes, nobody knew they were a couple, but she was still his partner, it was the thing she could do. However, he seemed hurt she hadn't spend any time at the hospital with him, and a bit more when she left him alone at the door of his apartment. She did manage to give him a quick kiss, but that was it. She thought of all the cheap motels. The secret relationship, she sighed, not better that the other one she was hiding.

She was so confused. On the one hand, John had always been there for her; on the other, Peter seemed so right, as if she fitted perfectly with him. And she thought all of this, even if he was a con man. It was this small detail that tipped the scale into John, but she still couldn't make a decision. She just knew she had to make a decision, she couldn't keep living like this forever. So she called the only person she knew who could handle two guys at the same time: Rachel.

It had not been hard to convince her and Ella to come visit, as Rachel explained on the phone, she was having problems with Greg, so the invitation came at the best possible moment. Olivia only had to wait one day until she could talk to her sister and she successfully avoided the two men in her life (did she ever thunk that she would have two men in her life?). She went to the FBI headquarters, while Peter was at the lab and John was still not cleared to go to work. She was able to leave a bit early to go pick up Rachel and Ella from the airport.

"Ella bear" she said as she hugged her niece with all her might.

"Aunt Liv! I brought Mr. Whiskers so he could meet you" the little girl showed her a very disheveled plush cat.

"Hi Rachel" Olivia said, still smiling, with Mr. Whiskers in her hands.

They went to her flat after eating Italian. Ella wanted her aunt to read her a story and Olivia happily complied. When the girl was finally asleep, Olivia opened a bottle of whisky and offered Rachel some.

"If I recall correctly, you were the one who called me on the phone yesterday, do you care to share?"

"But I think it's more important to talk about Greg, now. You guys are separating!" said Olivia, avoiding to look into her sister's eyes.

"Olivia, I already told you everything on the phone! It's you who I always need to press for information!"

"Alright… ok" Olivia paused to get some air in "Remember how I always envied that you could have two boyfriends at the same time?"

Rachel gaped at her.

"Please don't look at me like that"

"Are you cheating on John?"

"No, well, yes, It's just… I'm confused, Rachel!" she blurted out.

"Ok, easy, you are my sister, I love you and I'm not going to judge you, but please tell me what is going on".

Olivia poured herself another glass of whiskey before she told her sister the story.

"So, I can't look John to his eyes, even though I already fell in love with him, or at least I felt that way before Peter. And yes, Peter makes me feel a way I've never felt before, but it's behind John's back! And I don't feel good about it, not good at all".

"Oh Livy, I'm sorry! I know you can't be with two guys at once and this looks so confusing. So, you have two choices, you can either be faithful to John, or you have to tell him it's over. Also, Peter seems like trouble, but it's up to you to decide. Hell, you can even be alone if you want to, or be with three at the same time, you will still be my sister". This last sentence made Olivia laugh heartedly.

"Thanks Rach, I knew I was doing the right thing by calling you".

Olivia went to take a quick shower before sleeping. She had decided to tell Peter to stop. John seemed safe and she had fell in love once, she could probably do that again. When she stepped out of the shower, she could hear Rachel talking to somebody else in the living room. She managed to put some pajamas on and she grabbed her gun out of instinct; it was Peter.

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Hope you guys liked it! I think one more chapter and that will be the end! Will Olivia really chose John though? You'll see.