Title: A Very Fringe First Day of Spring

Pairing: Peter/Olivia, Rachel/Olivia

Characters: Olivia Dunham, Rachel Dunham, Ella,

POV: Olivia

Genres: Holiday,

Spoilers: You have to pretend 1.10 never happened because I want this to work with the rest of the "A Very Fringe Holiday" series. So yes, Liv is here, Fringing it up.

Warnings: None

Challenges: Spring

Part of a Series?: Yes, "A Very Fringe Holiday"

Word count: 594

Olivia absolutely loved spring. The fresh air, the new leaves and flowers, the occasional chance of rain, the fact that Peter Bishop wasn't bundled up under that pea coat and scarf…

She sighed forlornly at her kitchen table, slurping on lukewarm coffee while she thought about the past few days. Her sister kept assuring her that she was going to move out and while Olivia was more than to have her privacy once more, she wasn't looking forward to being alone in the apartment once again. She hoped her protests of her sibling and niece having to rush out were being taken seriously.

On the other hand though, she was less than happy that Rachel wanted to stay in Boston. She could only assume this was because she had really made eyes for a certain Peter Bishop. She wanted to be nasty and mean about the situation, to cut her sister down to size by pointing out that Peter was the type of guy who wanted a woman with a career and ambitions similar to his own.

But there was a nagging doubt of, 'But Liv, she's normal.'

That was the small fact that bothered Olivia; she was never normal no matter how hard she tried. She didn't like many comedy films because she found the humour to simply be too stupid, so she really wasn't one to take to the cinema for a date. And she was somewhat of a picky eater, so when she went out to dinner she was usually ordered a plain salad with a side of lemon, croutons and beets if she was feeling fancy. She stuck to watching to news channels and the occasional Law & Order episode, so when people laughed and recounted 'Friends', 'The Office', and '30 Rock', she could only listen blankly, having no idea what they were talking about. She only had one copy of Redbook, an issue that she had bought over three years ago when she had tried to interest herself in women's magazines, but the lacklustre articles had failed to capture her interest. Her 'work clothes' and 'play clothes' were more or less the same thing, jeans being the main difference.

No, Olivia wasn't just a plain Jane, she was simply boring. Sometimes when she saw Peter smiling at her, she longed to confess to him that she simply could never make him happy. 'I'm dull and uninteresting! I think too much about work! I haven't changed my hairstyle since the third grade! I still listen to the same terrible music from high school! There's something in my fridge that smells and I can't figure out what it is!' But she'd always just smile back and keep her mouth shut.

"Liv," Rachel started as she joined her at the kitchen table, "I was watching Oprah yesterday while Ella was taking a nap and she was talking about making a change in your life. I was really inspired to make things happen. I figure the first day of spring is a perfect day to set plans into action."

Olivia smiled kindly at her little sister. "So what did you have in mind?"

"Well, I wanted to ask you about Peter…"