I forgot to put the disclaimer in the first chapter. Anyway I don't own the characters, but the plot is mine.
Match Making: Chapter 2
John went home that night and contemplated how he was going to approach the Captain and convince him to play match maker with Fin and Olivia. He considered just blurting it out to him and hope that Cragen didn't take his head off. Then again is he just hypothetically mentioned a possible romance between two detectives who worked together. John thought for a while longer on the subject and it hit him that he didn't know how Olivia felt about Fin. If she didn't love Fin then match making would be utterly pointless. With that thought John went to bed.
The next morning John decided to get coffee for the whole group and hopefully he could corner Olivia for lunch if they didn't have a case to work. Then he could possibly work out her thoughts. John drove to work with a sneaky smile on his face. When he arrived at work, everyone was there. He passed out coffee, not forgetting the Captain. They all noticed he goofy smile and when he sat down at his desk, Fin called him on it.
"You're in a good mood. What did you do or what are you planning to do?" Fin asked him suspiciously.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just feeling good today. I got a whole night's sleep without interruptions." John answered while keeping the cheesy grin on his face.
"Yeah right. You never bring in coffee and you are never in a good mood first thing in the morning. In fact you are the biggest anti-morning person I know, besides Olivia, so what is wrong with you? I mean did someone slip you happy pills or something?" Fin eyed him carefully.
"I guess you found me out. I rediscovered my 30 year old stash of weed and smoked a joint before work." John said deadpan. Elliot and Olivia, who had been listening in, laughed. Fin just shook his head and dropped the subject, knowing he wouldn't get anything out of John.
As they were still doing paperwork, John took the time to observe Olivia. He wanted to know if she watched Fin like he watched her. Throughout the morning John casually observed Olivia. She would glance at Elliot and at Fin and even at John himself, but she never paid more attention to one detective or another. When lunch time rolled around, John sighed and got up. Fin looked up at his sudden movement.
"Where are you going?" Fin asked.
"I'm going to get something to eat, you want anything?" John answered him with a question.
"Yeah, whatever you're getting'. I don't care." Fin replied and turned back to his file.
"How about you Elliot, you want anything?" John asked as he turned toward Elliot and Olivia's desks.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever you're going for. I don't care either." Elliot answered. John looked at Olivia.
"Liv?" he asked.
"Sure. Um....I'll go with you though." Olivia replied. John couldn't believe his luck. His plan was starting to works out perfectly. Now he would just need to get Olivia talking. John nodded to Olivia and went to tell the Captain they were going out for lunch and to see if he wanted anything. John rejoined Olivia a few minutes later. He picked up his coat and hat, and they headed out. They took John's car and once they were out on the road, Olivia turned to look at him.
"So, John, what's with the happy attitude all of a sudden?" Olivia questioned.
"Nothing much. I just felt like smiling. It seems I don't do it enough and I'm starting to get wrinkles." John quipped. Olivia laughed.
"Ok then, why were you watching me all morning?" Olivia looked at him slyly.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I was reading files all morning." John avoided her question, purposely hoping that she would catch on and they could have a discussion in which John could pump her for information regarding her feelings.
"Sure you don't. You forget that I'm a detective just like you and I know when someone is watching me. I know it wasn't Elliot because it feels different, and I know it wasn't Fin because he was turned the other direction with his nose buried in paperwork, so spill. Why were you watching me?"
"You do know that it could have been Cragen watching you."
"No. It was you. Start talking." John looked at Olivia out of the corner of his eye. There was a small quirk in her lips, like a smile try to escape from a cage, and there was a definite twinkle in her eyes. John sighed.
~ Well at least I've got her interested. Now can I get her to go with the flow of my topic? ~ John thought to him self.
"I was watching you for a reason...." John trailed off.
"And that reason was?" Olivia urged him to continue.
"Because I wanted to know if you looked at anyone...more than someone else." Olivia had an odd look on her face.
"I don't know what you mean." Olivia said, confused.
"I mean do you see anyone as possibly something more than a friend at work." John deliberately pretended to not know how to say what he was trying to say. Olivia obviously wasn't buying it. She looked like she was about to tell him to say whatever he was trying to say, straight.
"John, whatever it is that you're trying to ask, just ask it." Olivia said looking slightly amused.
"Are you interested in Fin?" John asked deliberately being blunt. Olivia obviously wasn't expecting that from him.
"He's a good friend and a great guy. I guess that I've never thought about him as anything more." Olivia said trying to appear honest. John saw right through her.
"Yeah, and I don't believe you." Olivia's head came up from her contemplation of the seat. ~I guess I was right. She has thought about him as more than a friend. What a gamble. ~ John thought.
"Ok. I have thought about him as more than a friend, but he wouldn't be interested. Every week it's some new girl that he's seeing. He doesn't see that I'm in interested in him. I find him very attractive and I wish that he was interested in me." The last part was whispered like Olivia didn't want it to come out for fear that it would reach Fin's ears.
"Really, and have you asked him out or even to go get a drink?"
"No. I don't want to chance rejection, John. Its one more thing I don't need in my life."
"Ok. Come on lets order go in and order the food and get back before the boss thinks we were eaten by a tourist." Olivia laughed as she realized they hadn't been moving for the last 5 minutes or so. They went into the restaurant and order lunch for five, to go and waited silently at the bar for it to come out. The ride back to the precinct went by faster than Olivia anticipated, with John making wise cracks and silly jokes to get her to laugh. They walked in the main door that the office was on just as John told her another lame joke.
"...and the string said 'I'm a frayed knot.'" Olivia laughed as Fin and Elliot groaned. "Hey don't make such nasty noises about my jokes. Olivia thought it was funny and we might hoard the food." John quipped as he handed out lunch and Olivia passed around the drinks.
"And what joke would that be?" Cragen asked from the door way to his office.
"A string joke." Olivia said quickly and handed him a cup. John passed him a bag a second later. The Captain just nodded and returned to his desk.
John sat at his own desk, his smile gone. He was too deep in thought to keep it up. He mechanically ate his food while he formulated a plan to break his idea to Cragen. Hopefully the Captain would be the last to leave, and John could talk to him, get his opinion. With that thought John smirk returned and he busied himself with the ever growing stack of files in front of him.
John was having an extremely lucky day. Olivia went to lunch with him and now Cragen was still in his office and everyone else was gone. John finished the file in front of him and got up to see if he could talk to the Captain. Hopefully he was in a good mood. John knocked on the door and the Captain told him to come in.
"You heading out, John?" Cragen asked.
"Yeah, in a few, but I wanted to talk to you first." John answered.
"What about?"
"Well I've got these two friends and they work together. They are in attracted to each other but he doesn't know that she's interested in him and she doesn't know he is attracted to her. To top it off, they work together and I want to tell them to go ahead and take the leap but I'm worried about what would happen if their boss found out because it's kind of against regulations." John kept his eyes on the Captains, trying to read his reaction to the information.
"These two people wouldn't happen to work here, would they?"
"If I say yes, then you might have grounds to dismiss both of them."
"Well, if it's the two I'm thinking about then I have no problem with it, as long as they keep it out of the office and off the job. Now will you tell me straight out what you're planning?" John looked slightly shocked but then realized that he was speaking to the Captain.
"Well I want to get them together and I found out at lunch that Olivia is attracted to Fin and I found out yesterday that Fins attracted to Olivia. Neither thinks that they have a chance with the other. I want to set it up so that they end up together in different situations and hopefully they will just come to it on their own, but I'm fully prepared to lock them in the broom closet together if I have too." Cragen laughed.
"Alright John. Now how do you propose to throw them together as much as possible?"
"Well, I was thinking of trading partners for the next case we get....."
Match Making: Chapter 2
John went home that night and contemplated how he was going to approach the Captain and convince him to play match maker with Fin and Olivia. He considered just blurting it out to him and hope that Cragen didn't take his head off. Then again is he just hypothetically mentioned a possible romance between two detectives who worked together. John thought for a while longer on the subject and it hit him that he didn't know how Olivia felt about Fin. If she didn't love Fin then match making would be utterly pointless. With that thought John went to bed.
The next morning John decided to get coffee for the whole group and hopefully he could corner Olivia for lunch if they didn't have a case to work. Then he could possibly work out her thoughts. John drove to work with a sneaky smile on his face. When he arrived at work, everyone was there. He passed out coffee, not forgetting the Captain. They all noticed he goofy smile and when he sat down at his desk, Fin called him on it.
"You're in a good mood. What did you do or what are you planning to do?" Fin asked him suspiciously.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just feeling good today. I got a whole night's sleep without interruptions." John answered while keeping the cheesy grin on his face.
"Yeah right. You never bring in coffee and you are never in a good mood first thing in the morning. In fact you are the biggest anti-morning person I know, besides Olivia, so what is wrong with you? I mean did someone slip you happy pills or something?" Fin eyed him carefully.
"I guess you found me out. I rediscovered my 30 year old stash of weed and smoked a joint before work." John said deadpan. Elliot and Olivia, who had been listening in, laughed. Fin just shook his head and dropped the subject, knowing he wouldn't get anything out of John.
As they were still doing paperwork, John took the time to observe Olivia. He wanted to know if she watched Fin like he watched her. Throughout the morning John casually observed Olivia. She would glance at Elliot and at Fin and even at John himself, but she never paid more attention to one detective or another. When lunch time rolled around, John sighed and got up. Fin looked up at his sudden movement.
"Where are you going?" Fin asked.
"I'm going to get something to eat, you want anything?" John answered him with a question.
"Yeah, whatever you're getting'. I don't care." Fin replied and turned back to his file.
"How about you Elliot, you want anything?" John asked as he turned toward Elliot and Olivia's desks.
"Yeah, sure. Whatever you're going for. I don't care either." Elliot answered. John looked at Olivia.
"Liv?" he asked.
"Sure. Um....I'll go with you though." Olivia replied. John couldn't believe his luck. His plan was starting to works out perfectly. Now he would just need to get Olivia talking. John nodded to Olivia and went to tell the Captain they were going out for lunch and to see if he wanted anything. John rejoined Olivia a few minutes later. He picked up his coat and hat, and they headed out. They took John's car and once they were out on the road, Olivia turned to look at him.
"So, John, what's with the happy attitude all of a sudden?" Olivia questioned.
"Nothing much. I just felt like smiling. It seems I don't do it enough and I'm starting to get wrinkles." John quipped. Olivia laughed.
"Ok then, why were you watching me all morning?" Olivia looked at him slyly.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I was reading files all morning." John avoided her question, purposely hoping that she would catch on and they could have a discussion in which John could pump her for information regarding her feelings.
"Sure you don't. You forget that I'm a detective just like you and I know when someone is watching me. I know it wasn't Elliot because it feels different, and I know it wasn't Fin because he was turned the other direction with his nose buried in paperwork, so spill. Why were you watching me?"
"You do know that it could have been Cragen watching you."
"No. It was you. Start talking." John looked at Olivia out of the corner of his eye. There was a small quirk in her lips, like a smile try to escape from a cage, and there was a definite twinkle in her eyes. John sighed.
~ Well at least I've got her interested. Now can I get her to go with the flow of my topic? ~ John thought to him self.
"I was watching you for a reason...." John trailed off.
"And that reason was?" Olivia urged him to continue.
"Because I wanted to know if you looked at anyone...more than someone else." Olivia had an odd look on her face.
"I don't know what you mean." Olivia said, confused.
"I mean do you see anyone as possibly something more than a friend at work." John deliberately pretended to not know how to say what he was trying to say. Olivia obviously wasn't buying it. She looked like she was about to tell him to say whatever he was trying to say, straight.
"John, whatever it is that you're trying to ask, just ask it." Olivia said looking slightly amused.
"Are you interested in Fin?" John asked deliberately being blunt. Olivia obviously wasn't expecting that from him.
"He's a good friend and a great guy. I guess that I've never thought about him as anything more." Olivia said trying to appear honest. John saw right through her.
"Yeah, and I don't believe you." Olivia's head came up from her contemplation of the seat. ~I guess I was right. She has thought about him as more than a friend. What a gamble. ~ John thought.
"Ok. I have thought about him as more than a friend, but he wouldn't be interested. Every week it's some new girl that he's seeing. He doesn't see that I'm in interested in him. I find him very attractive and I wish that he was interested in me." The last part was whispered like Olivia didn't want it to come out for fear that it would reach Fin's ears.
"Really, and have you asked him out or even to go get a drink?"
"No. I don't want to chance rejection, John. Its one more thing I don't need in my life."
"Ok. Come on lets order go in and order the food and get back before the boss thinks we were eaten by a tourist." Olivia laughed as she realized they hadn't been moving for the last 5 minutes or so. They went into the restaurant and order lunch for five, to go and waited silently at the bar for it to come out. The ride back to the precinct went by faster than Olivia anticipated, with John making wise cracks and silly jokes to get her to laugh. They walked in the main door that the office was on just as John told her another lame joke.
"...and the string said 'I'm a frayed knot.'" Olivia laughed as Fin and Elliot groaned. "Hey don't make such nasty noises about my jokes. Olivia thought it was funny and we might hoard the food." John quipped as he handed out lunch and Olivia passed around the drinks.
"And what joke would that be?" Cragen asked from the door way to his office.
"A string joke." Olivia said quickly and handed him a cup. John passed him a bag a second later. The Captain just nodded and returned to his desk.
John sat at his own desk, his smile gone. He was too deep in thought to keep it up. He mechanically ate his food while he formulated a plan to break his idea to Cragen. Hopefully the Captain would be the last to leave, and John could talk to him, get his opinion. With that thought John smirk returned and he busied himself with the ever growing stack of files in front of him.
John was having an extremely lucky day. Olivia went to lunch with him and now Cragen was still in his office and everyone else was gone. John finished the file in front of him and got up to see if he could talk to the Captain. Hopefully he was in a good mood. John knocked on the door and the Captain told him to come in.
"You heading out, John?" Cragen asked.
"Yeah, in a few, but I wanted to talk to you first." John answered.
"What about?"
"Well I've got these two friends and they work together. They are in attracted to each other but he doesn't know that she's interested in him and she doesn't know he is attracted to her. To top it off, they work together and I want to tell them to go ahead and take the leap but I'm worried about what would happen if their boss found out because it's kind of against regulations." John kept his eyes on the Captains, trying to read his reaction to the information.
"These two people wouldn't happen to work here, would they?"
"If I say yes, then you might have grounds to dismiss both of them."
"Well, if it's the two I'm thinking about then I have no problem with it, as long as they keep it out of the office and off the job. Now will you tell me straight out what you're planning?" John looked slightly shocked but then realized that he was speaking to the Captain.
"Well I want to get them together and I found out at lunch that Olivia is attracted to Fin and I found out yesterday that Fins attracted to Olivia. Neither thinks that they have a chance with the other. I want to set it up so that they end up together in different situations and hopefully they will just come to it on their own, but I'm fully prepared to lock them in the broom closet together if I have too." Cragen laughed.
"Alright John. Now how do you propose to throw them together as much as possible?"
"Well, I was thinking of trading partners for the next case we get....."