Adjusting

Spoilers: All Seasons

Disclaimer: I only own a few of the Cortexiphan kids and Callie in this fic...nothing else unfortunately. JJ Abrams owns the rest.


Olivia laid on their bed with her computer, with proceedings going forward on Micah Darnel, it left her with a week off before she started in Science Division. Peter walked into the room to find her on her belly, feet in the air and computer in front of her. Peter watched her from the doorway and took in the sight before him, it made his heart swell that he could get the carefree Olivia that she had held back for so long…her hair was no longer in ponytails and she once again wore a more causal clothing style unlike the suits she'd been wearing for a while. Seeing her lounged across their entire bed in just his button down and panties took his breathe away but not in a sexual way, instead it was a type that he couldn't imagine he would get the sight for the rest of his life.

"Blue or green?" He looked at her, "which color suits Callie better…blue or green?"

Peter walked over, "her eyes are blue so…blue, why?" He set his coffee down and crawled over her till he laid beside her on the bed, "hmm…she doesn't seem like the dress type, blue jeans and shorts to get messy in."

"It's for court, they said they are proceeding against Darnel quickly because of the classification of the crime…it's going to be in a private court and the date is set in a month. They're going to start prepping her in two weeks."

"She's not ready."

"You try telling them that, I tried to stress that she can't appear…they agreed a video testimony is good enough but she'll have to at least appear as the judge asks her questions."

Peter pinched his nose, "there's a little issue with that…she's mute because of what he did. I suspect that's why he did it…so she can't ever say anything. She knows only basic sign language and her telepathy can't be known to that entire room."

"Let's just get through tonight's appointment with Sam and see what he says, he's always been able to tell things just from a look." She smiled, "besides, you get to play that roll you've always wanted to secretly play."

"Yeah, which one is that?"

Olivia chuckled, "over protective dad, the one that gets to threaten people for a legitimate reason."

Peter chuckled and pointed to a dark blue dress with a white collar, "that one, some Mary Jane's and she's set."

"Do me a favor and order it, size 4T…I have to get a shower." She kissed him and left him with her computer as she gathered her clothes.

"Which card, yours or mine?"

Olivia looked at him from the closet, "uh, which has more money on it?"

Peter checked their bank accounts quickly and after a few moments looked at her, "at the moment, your American Express has the most."

"Use that one then, no wait…Nina said to use the corporate card so use that one."

"No offense Liv but I don't want Massive Dynamic paying for everything. She's considered a ward of the custody, making her little more than a lab rat no matter what type of cage she's in."

She sat on the bed, clothes in hand. "The past two weeks, the more we spend time with her the harder it is to leave her. She's different from Nick and Sally and James."

Peter rubbed her arms, "Liv…Sweetheart, she's barely ready to go out tonight. She's not ready to even stay anywhere but at the EC…it's a double edge sword."

"Everything is so new to you still, not having Walter here, our jobs are about to be different…the time changes. I keep thinking about next week, how this year there won't be us getting Walter ready to Halloween and trying to keep him from scaring all the kids. Throwing this little girl on top of all that…"

"Hey," he kissed her head and leaned his against hers, "we'll figure this out." Peter chuckled and pushed her hair out of the way behind her ear and shoulder. "I think it's you that the court needs to be worried about…you're going all mama tiger already so even one wrong look at Callie and you'll be pouncing with a gun."

Olivia laughed and looked at him, "you have a wild imagination Mr. Bishop."

"Oh you don't know how wild," he kissed her neck, "but I'm willing to show you."

"Hmm…as enticing as that sounds, I have to get a shower." She leaned down and kissed him before getting up and left for the bathroom. Peter shook his head and watched her leave, a smirk on her face as she left the bedroom. "But if you hurry up, you maybe able to join me."


Peter chuckled, he was head over heels in love with the woman who teased him on every level of his life. He just grabbed her wallet from her messenger bag and paid for the dress before shutting down the computer. As exciting and sexy as sharing a shower with Olivia sounded, he actually had work he had to do packing up most of the house.

Olivia found him packing up some of the lab equipment Walter had left at the house, she ran her hands over his shoulders, kissing his head. "I expected you to join me."

"Hmm, well we actually have to take Callie shopping so the sooner we get out of here, the sooner we can get to New York and the sooner we can bring her back to Boston and shop before going to see Sam."

"I talked to Nina, just now…she says that it would probably be best to keep Callie overnight and bring her back tomorrow since it will be late. I made up the guestroom that is closest to us, I think it'll be fine considering you never used it."

Peter looked at her, "are you going to move in or just live here and keep the apartment you never use?"

"Haven't decided, my lease is up in a few weeks…do you want me to move in?"

"You practically are, I mean you haven't been to your apartment in two weeks except to get a few changes of clothes and check on your fridge." He looked at her as he taped the box up, "I'm not going to force you but I'd like you to. Besides, this house is big enough to find opposite corners if we get in a fight."

Olivia looked at him, "let me think about it, in reality we've only been together two months and two weeks even if it seems like a lifetime to you because of that alternate timeline. Everything is still new and we're still adjusting…especially with Callie."

"Just let me know what you decide." He picked up the box and walked to the living room where most of the boxes were.

"Peter…" Olivia sighed and shook her head, letting him brew was best instead of pressuring him.


A/N: Their fight continues next and they have some people throw reality in their faces.