Olympia's pov
It was a hot, (and I mean hot!) sunny summer day. I was sitting on the porch of my house, eating a purple popsicle, or what was left of it since it was quickly melting in the sun.
I sighed as I thought about how I could be working at the squad today. but I wasn't, because Ms O had forced me to take a day off because I 'work too much' or something.
she said I solved so many cases that at this point, it was required that I take a day off.
It was the second time she forced me to take time off work. The first time being when i solved so many cases that I was required to take a vacation. And otis didn't even get to go with me! The only reason I agreed to that (besides the fact that I kinda didn't have a choice cuz she's my boss) was because my vacation outfit was soooooo awesome! You've gotta trust me on this one, it was awesome.
I licked the last bit of my melting ice pop, as I enjoyed the warm sun shining on my face.
"Olympia?" I heard someone say in the distance. I instantly looked up, smiling already. I'd know that voice anywhere.
"Otis!" I exclaimed happily, as I stood up to discard my ice pop in a nearby trash bin.
"Hey, partner." Otis greeted, walking towards me. He was wearing a white t shirt with a blue, flannel, long sleeved shirt over it, along with black jeans and black converse. It was interesting seeing him out of uniform, but it was…. nice.
"Hey, partner!" I called, running up to him and waving.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Oh, Ms O let me take the day off since it was a slow day." Otis explained.
"Really, she just let you have the day off that easy?" I asked, a bit confused.
"Well, I might've sorta asked her for the day off…." Otis admitted, avoiding my line of sight for some reason.
I probably should've just left it there, but my curiosity was begging me to keep prying. "Why'd you ask for the day off?" I couldn't help but ask.
"Because, I knew you had the day off and I…. wanted to hang out with you." Otis admitted, saying the last part a bit quieter, but I heard him clearly.
"Aww! You asked Ms O for a day off just to hang out with me?" I replied in the form of yet another question. Stop asking questions, Olympia!
Otis' cheeks were now an ever so slight shade of pink as he nodded slightly "Yes. Now, can we please stop talking about feelings…." he pleaded quietly.
I nodded and graciously dropped the subject. "Yeah. So, what do you wanna do?" I asked. Another question, seriously, Olympia? "I mean, let's go get ice cream…. if you want." I corrected.
"Yeah, let's do that." he replied, nodding seriously once.
We then walked off, headed for the nearby ice cream shop.
As we were walking, I couldn't help but glance over at Otis. He looked so different in casual clothes... so cute...
Wait, what?
Luckily, Otis hadn't noticed that I was sort of staring at him, since he was just looking straight ahead. But eventually, he looked over in my direction, me instantly diverting mt gaze away from him as I blushed a bit, hoping that he wouldn't notice.
Before I could ponder that too much, we reached the ice cream shop, me instantly smiling like a little kid and sort of forgetting my previous thoughts. I say 'sort of forgetting' because I didn't really forget my thoughts per say, just temporarily pushed them out of my mind, but no matter how hard I tried, there was no way that I would be able to just forget the fact that I just realized that I found Otis... cute.
Did I have a crush on him? Have I liked him all this time and just didn't know it? Or am I reading too much into this and should just leave it alone?
So many questions...