Chapter Two

Every morning when she woke up the first thing Olivia did was go for a run. It did not matter the weather or the temperature or what she had to do that day, running woke her up and energized her and on mornings when ice and snow made it impossible she never felt as though she could focus properly. Olivia loved to run. She loved the feel of the asphalt beneath her feet and the sound of her breath in the still morning air. It always gave her time to herself just to think and feel free of whatever responsibilities she had to face that day. On the pavement she could just run, no worries. This particularly morning was no exception, despite the minor fact that four gentlemen from 1806 now occupied her apartment and had been sleeping when she left.

It had been a long day yesterday. She and Kate had managed to find them clothes and show them how to work most of the appliances in her apartment so she didn't have to worry about any repeats of the infamous 'microwave incident'. The sleeping arrangements had presented something of a problem. Olivia had managed to make Tom turn beet red when she suggested he just share her bed. She always forgot that young ladies of their time were rather… well… uptight about that sort of thing, and he was easily caught off guard by her forward behavior. So Tom ended up on the futon that her old roommate had left in the extra bedroom, sharing the room was Blakeney on an air mattress Kate had loaned her. Stephan and Jack occupied the two sofas in the living room, and much to Olivia's dismay last night Jack's snoring seemed to fill the whole place with a distinct snort that made it very difficult for her to fall asleep.

Of course, to be honest that was not the only reason she was having a hard time sleeping. Olivia had very badly wanted to stay with Tom that night and had to admit she was disappointed he had declined her offer. Of course, she had not exactly made it at the best time. Thinking on it, she realized there was no way Tom would agree in front of the others. It just was not in his personality to be so obvious in these things, and maybe when they were alone….

"Gah!" Olivia groaned, attempting to banish the thought from her head. That should be the last thing on her mind right now. She pushed herself into a faster and harder run, attempting to force the thoughts from her mind. The truth was Olivia had not been with anyone since her whole time travel experience when she met Tom, and that was a year ago at least. There was no was around it. The girl was horny.

It was not just that of course, she had truly missed Tom. She loved him. She knew she loved him. Olivia had promised to spend the rest of her life with him and she wanted to know every aspect of him. She had wanted to be in his arms and feel warm and safe and above all else loved. She had wanted him with her to ensure her that he was really there. But, Tom had told her in a soft voice when they were alone in the kitchen a moment that they should wait, "at least," Tom had said with a strange look and smile that she could not quite read, "Until we are actually wed." It was a sweet thought, but for someone with a past like Olivia's it was completely out of date. They did not know when they would actually get married. They had not discussed it yet. And Olivia knew that him being under the same roof as her and not being with him would make her even more impatient.

With a sigh she increased her pace, pushing herself to what she knew was her limit. Her muscles were going to protest later but she didn't care. The worse her muscles screamed from her hard running the less of a chance she would jump on Tom the minute he walked in the room.

It was getting hot outside. In fact, Olivia could see the heat waves radiating off the street. However, she always had to push her limits and as soon as her apartment complex was in sight, she put all her energy into a burst of speed, spiriting as fast as she could back home, despite the weak feeling in her legs that made them feel like jelly as she went. Olivia had always been athletic, and always pushed herself to the limit. It was part of what made her a rock climber, and she never backed down from a challenge, despite the painful protest of her screaming lungs and exhausted muscles.

When she reached her building she raced up the stairs, taking them two at a time, and burst into her apartment, collapsing on the floor unable to take another step. Kicking the door shut with her foot she lay on the floor a minute, giving thanks to the inventor of air conditioning and struggling to regain her breath.

"Olivia?"

She tilted her head back and looked up, seeing an upside down Tom because she had yet to get the energy to lift her head, much less sit up. "Hi." She panted, still out of breath from her long, and hard run.

"Are you all right?" Tom asked, clearly concerned. He had woken to find her nowhere in the apartment and had immediately worried. What if something happened to her? Where could she be? He could not bear to lose her again. Then she burst into the place like the devil himself had chased her and collapsed to the floor. He wondered if she was ill and knelt beside her, helping her to sit.

"Mmph." Olivia allowed him to help her up, slightly amused by his obvious worry. She was regaining her breath, though was still flushed and sweaty. "I'm fine. I was running."

"From who?" Tom asked sharply, worried someone might have threatened her.

Olivia stared at him in confusion for a second and then laughed, "No one, Tom. Everything is fine. I always go for a run in the morning. It's a great way to wake up." She said, making a move to stand and get herself some water.

Tom quickly rose and helped her to her feet again, getting a better look at her clothing. 'Good Lord, she's barely dressed!' He thought. She was wearing extremely short trousers and a shirt that left her shoulders bare, save tiny straps, and clung to her figure leaving little to his imagination. He could see her chest heaving as she struggled to regain her breath, and even though she was quite flushed and sweating from the heat of the morning sun she was still the loveliest creature he had ever imagined. It took a great deal of will power for him not to grab her and take her on the spot.

Olivia smiled appreciatively, "Thanks."

Tom stared at her a moment, not releasing her arm. There was so much he wanted to tell her, so much he wished to say, but for the life of him he was unable to find the words. He pulled her closer to him, feeling her warm body close to him and closed his eyes. Her invitation last night had been so tempting, and had it not been for the presence of his Captain, the Doctor, and young Mr. Blakeney he had to admit he would have probably accepted. He was however, expected to behave as an officer and a gentleman, and seeing as how the offer had been made rather publicly, he had no choice but to decline.

However, at the moment the others were taking the air on the small balcony, and they were alone. He kissed her with all the passion he could possibly express, allowing the kiss to do what his words could not. Olivia was quite receptive to this action and met his passion with an equal fury. The couple was so involved in one another that neither of the heard the door open.

"Whoa! Hand check!" A male voice shouted from the door, entering the apartment and jumping to plop on the sofa.

Tom jumped in shock and quickly turned from Olivia to see a young man sprawled comfortably on her sofa with an air that told Tom this was not his first visit to Olivia's home. He turned back to Olivia his eyes full of questions.

Olivia rolled her eyes, stepping away from Tom and over to the man to give him a slap on the back of his head. "Rick Apperson do you ever knock?"

"Well, you're normally not kissing some odd looking dude, oh wait… you are." He shot back with a cheeky grin.

"I am not!" Olivia protested, causing Tom to raise an eyebrow as he watched the exchange. "Now what do you want?"

"Aw. Cutting straight to the chase Livie? Not even a smootchie smootch for your favorite boy toy?" The man, Rick, then proceeded to leap back over the sofa and lift Olivia off the floor around the waist. "Come on Liv. You know you love me."

Tom's eyes widened at the display, and was in pure shock, unable to move for a brief moment as Rick was carrying on with his future wife in a most indecent manner.

Olivia rolled her eyes again. "News to me, Rick. Now put me down before I'm forced to hurt you."

"Kiss first, Livie." Rick teased, refusing to put her down. "You know you want to. Why pretend otherwise?"

Olivia was about to say something but never got the chance to open her mouth. Tom had recovered from the initial shock and was obviously furious.

"I beg your pardon, sir, release her now!" He said in a cold, stern voice, Olivia swore he was nearly growling.

Rick paused, surprised, obviously unsure if he should take Tom's tone seriously. He looked up at Olivia frozen in action. "Livie?"

"You better put me down, Rick." Olivia said calmly, worried about the look Tom was not only giving Rick, but she as well.

He did so, releasing Olivia but kept the same teasing grin. "Next time, babe."

Olivia went back to Tom and gave his hand a squeeze. He was still glaring daggers at Rick, which was not good. "Tom, dear, this is Rick. Who lives across the hall and-"

"Is her secret lover!" Rick interrupted with a wink at Olivia.

"And has a serious problem with mixing fantasy with reality." Olivia continued, glaring at her neighbor, and worried that Tom had released her hand and looked extremely hurt. She best get rid of her unwanted guest as soon as possible. "Did you need something Rick?"

"Um…. yeah… I'm out of salt. Do you have any?" He asked.

Olivia went into her kitchen retrieving the salt and tossing the container at Rick. "Go nuts." She said casually.

"Oh I am nuts, Livie, you know I'm ALL nuts." He grinned, catching the salt. "Care to investigate?"

"Um… let me think… no. In case you haven't noticed Rick, I've already got company, so could you please leave already?" Olivia asked bluntly, wanting to explain the whole Rick fiasco to Tom, who was staring at Olivia in disbelief, shock, and hurt.

Rick nodded, "Use protection kiddies." He said. "And you, my friend are a lucky man." He said to Tom, a wicked look in his eyes and he grinned at Olivia. "I speak from experience and on behalf of half the guys in Newberry in saying that she's a little wild thing in bed."

"Apperson!" Olivia glared icily at him. She was not amused, not in the least, and was quite ready to kill the young man if he did not leave. He was digging her deeper and deeper into a hole and she did not appreciate his sense of humor at the moment.

Rick had known Olivia Corin long enough to know he had pushed her too far and best leave now before he had a seriously huge dent in his head. "Okay, okay, I'm going." He turned and left, pausing in the doorway. "Later, lover." He teased, before slamming the door behind him and dashing back to his apartment, knowing there was a good chance she was chasing after him.

However, Olivia had bigger problems at the moment, and slowly turned to face Tom, worried about what he may think.

Tom stared at her wordlessly. It seemed to him she had found someone to fill his place, and he was quite familiar with her and her home. He was not quite sure how to react or what to say. However, he began to feel quite jealous and his eyes narrowed angrily. He had known she was forward in her affections, and what Rick had said about Olivia and half the men in the town certainly plagued him. He did not like the thought of her being with anyone else one bit, and felt suddenly possessive of her. "He seemed rather familiar with your apartment." Tom commented coolly.

"Well, he's always coming over here for one reason or another." Olivia said, trying to act as if nothing had happened. "Tom, are you okay?"

Tom was clenching his fists, he had never felt so jealous in his life and his jealousy was making him furious with Olivia. He needed to get out and think a moment. It was hard enough being in the future, but learning the woman he loved more than anything was quite free with apparently several young men was too much. "No I am not 'okay', Miss Corin." He said angrily.

His sudden formality stung her and she reached for his hand, wanting to explain everything to him. That Rick had been joking and teasing her, and that she had not been with anyone since she met Tom and he could never have any competition.

However, he jerked his hand away from her, "I suppose I should not have expected loyalty." He said harshly. "We were separated by 200 years at least."

"Tom…" Olivia was about to protest, argue that she had been absolutely loyal. Quite frankly he was making her angry himself now. How dare he judge her? But she kept her temper in check, wanting to explain things to him first, and then if he was still angry she would then argue with him.

However, she never got the chance. At that moment the others came in off the balcony. Stephen excited at sighting a blue jay, Blakeney sharing his exclamations, and Jack looking somewhat bored but at least in a better mood than last night. They noticed Tom and Olivia glaring at one another.

"Mr. Pullings? Miss Corin? What's amiss?" Stephen asked, innocently.

Tom refused to have this conversation in front of them, and he also could not stand being in the room with Olivia at the moment. He was too jealous, too angry over her apparent infidelities, and so he turned and headed to the door without a word, leaving the apartment, saying over his shoulder that he was going to get some air and shutting the door behind him with a snap.

Olivia stood perfectly still a moment, as if he had slapped her in the face rather than speak harshly to her. Anger began to build up at his sharp accusations, and now he had stormed out like a child. He was not going to walk away from her. Not like that. He had no right to speak to her so. She had waited an entire damn year for him, even though he had been in the past and everyone said he was not real, everyone thought she was crazy and she still stayed loyal to him. After all that he was not going to get away with treating her this way.

Without so much as a word to the others Olivia suddenly stormed out after him, slamming the apartment door behind her with a loud crash that shook the lamp on the table by the door.

Blakeney watched her go, completely confused by both of their anger and looked to the Doctor and Captain, his young eyes wide with surprise at their behavior. "What just happened sir?" He asked innocently.

"I have no idea, Lord Blakeney." Jack replied, surprised to see Tom so angry, apparently angry with Olivia, and judging by her reaction, he was not going to hear the end of whatever it was anytime soon.

"Apparently," The Doctor said, sitting on the sofa at leisure. "We missed something." He observed mildly. He however, was not particularly worried and was quite certain that whatever it was they would work out. No doubt a mild lovers quarrel, one that probably stemmed from Olivia being a stubborn and emotional creature he suspected. "Now," He continued, looking around the room in interest. "I should very much like to study this television machine more. Jack, pray, where is the remote?"

A/N: Everyone throw rocks at Tom! He's being a jealous fool of a man! He's also ticked Olivia off… which is never a good thing…. Haha only there a day and they're already fighting. Shesh. Sorry about such a short chapter but yet again I've written a story that's impossible to break up… gr.

Gabrielle: Haha I hope it is funny. It amuses me anyway. I'm glad you've been enjoying my junk. Thanks for reviewing!

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Anyana: Haha ooh I wish Santa would bring me a Pullings… though I don't think he'd do so hot in most of the classes I'm taking next semester. Something tells me American Foreign Policy will throw him…

Tom: We should just fire at them all!

Me: Dude… it's about what the Americans are doing… not what YOU want to do to them.

Tom: Oh… well… they should surrender to us!

rolls eyes Anyway… he'd still be nice to have around for other things… mwahahaha!

Happy to be back and hoping to get much writing done over my break… especially this week because I have one more class Friday… but I've turned in all my work… so all I have to do is pack to go home and everyone I know is gone so… writing! Thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoyed my short chapter!

Wing Pikepaw: Haha yes I agree, this is scary. There's just so much oddness in this story it's insane. But that's me for you! I know this chapter wasn't so great but stick with me! Insanity is promised!

Ithildi: Haha I had to put Stephen in this story… can you imagine what he'll do when he finds the discovery channel?? Hehe! Just too much insanity to ignore! Thanks for reviewing and hope you stick with me through this plotless maze!

Miss Flossy: Haha don't worry… they get to use their uniforms eventually… they'll also get into trouble in other ways… haha. And lucky for them Olivia's in an apartment and not a dorm… so they have a kitchen and won't have to eat at the dining hall… at least not often… Haha and Mowett's taking care of things on the ship eh? Is he making the entire crew speak only in rhyme? Haha poor guys… anyway thanks for reviewing and can't wait to read your sequel! Sounds interesting to say the least hehe..

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TheMusingFit: Haha I'm glad you love Kate. She'll be showing up a lot methinks as she's one of Olivia's really good friends. She has a lot of crazy friends and it'll get confusing… but hey! The girl is popular! Hope this chapter lived up to your expectations! Cheers!

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Elessar King: Haha yes I know… ewwww…. Kissing….. All My Pullingses is on again! But since she's not a Pullings yet would it be All My Pullings? I'm confused. Sadly I don't get to show up until January… sigh… but when I do it's going to be mad! Whoo! Thank you for killing document manager. Have some ice cream. Mmmmm ice cream. We are so random indeed. Next chapter has more randomness I PROMISE! This chapter was bad. I'm ashamed. Until next time m'dear, do mind your head!

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Wow thanks for the reviews guys! I feel loved! Hugs from Pullings all around! And if he's busy Jack will have to fill in! See? Isn't reviewing my story well worth it? You get hugs from Pullings and Jack! Well my stomach is protesting not eating all morning so until next update: Happy Holidays!