Curiosity
Olivia came back to the lab an hour later.
"Hey. Anything new?" she asked as she walked down the few steps toward Peter.
Peter was sitting in front of the computer and looked up to notice she was alone.
"Hey. Nope. Nothing new."
"Where's Walter?"
"Oh, well, Walter realized he needed to get some more syringes which led him to crave an Orange Push Up. So Astrid took him out for a treat."
"I see." Olivia said amused.
"So..." Peter began. He had that sparkle in his eyes as he smirked at Olivia, hoping she would talk about her lunch date.
"So...what?" Olivia asked, apparently clueless of what he was after from her.
"So...you went out for lunch."
"Yeah." She took off her coat and draped it on the back of Walter's chair. She noticed Walter's scribbled notes on the desk and picked up the paper tablet to try to decipher any of his findings on their latest case. She could feel Peter's eyes staring at her. When she turned around to look back at him, sure enough, he was still staring. And smirking.
"What? I can't go out to lunch?" Olivia asked, with her own smirk on her face.
"Do you have a brother I don't know about?" Peter asked, still keeping the smile on his face so that he wouldn't come across as being too demanding for information.
"Oh you mean Lucas? No. Lucas is not my brother." Olivia finally gave away at least that much.
"Huh. Lucas. I would have guessed his name was Romeo."
"Okay," Olivia sighed in defeat and plopped down in Walter's chair. "If you REALLY must know..." Olivia smiled despite herself. "Lucas is a defense attorney. We met on a case I was prosecuting back before I joined the FBI. One thing led to another...and then, well, he just wasn't ready for a commitment and it dragged on longer than it should have. So when I got the job offer here in Boston, I left."
"So what's he doing in town?"
Olivia's demeanor immediately changed from a playful mood to a serious one.
"He came to warn me."
"Warn you? About what?"
AN: Next up....Concern