Chapter 6

As soon as the game was over at the park, They spent the rest of the day like a little family just hanging around the city doing a lot of nothing.

Finally, when they were back at Liv's place. Peter was sitting on the couch, helping Noah with homework while Olivia was in the kitchen, making dinner but they had decided that now was as good as any to tell Noah about the two of them. Peter started the conversation.

"So Noah...how would you feel if instead of just you and me being close friends, I was maybe good friends with your mom too?"

"You're already good friends with my mom," Noah said innocently and kept writing as Peter looked over his shoulder at Olivia. She laughed quietly as she looked back at him and shrugged her shoulders. "Peter, how do you spell 'nature'?"

"N-a-t-u-r-e, nature…" He said carefully, all the while thinking of how to come at this from another angle. Olivia rolled her eyes, still laughing at his gesture. He was so sweet the way he was taking time with Noah, insisting to Olivia that he had this. But it was clear to see that he didn't. "...and you're right. I am friends with your mom, but what I meant was…" he started as Olivia came and sat down beside him on the couch.

"Hey Noah…" she called to him softly from where he was seated on the floor at the coffee table. "...eyes up here for a minute." Noah stopped his homework and got up from his seat on the floor to sit between the two of them on the sofa. "So, Peter and I...we um…well, the last few months we..."

"Months?"

"Yeah, sport." Peter said, "I guess it has been that long." He said looking at Olivia. "..and we.."

"...decided that, we wanted to take things…"

"You like each other?"

"...yes, but not in the way you're thinking," Olivia said smiling. Noah turned to Peter.

"Man to man, I know you like my mom like you like a girl- right?"

Peter was as gobsmacked as Olivia was, it showing on both their faces. "I really do...I like her a lot." He smiled as he allowed his thumb to graze Olivia's hand, gently rubbing the back of it.

Noah nodded as he turned to Olivia. "Mom, do you like Peter?"

Olivia looked at Peter and smiled, quickly turning away from him and putting her head down, blushing uncontrollably. He couldn't help but smile. "I do actually...very much."

Noah let this sink into his head for a moment. Then he looked at his mother, and then at Peter. "Okay then..." And he got back down on the floor and back to his homework while Olivia and Peter again sat shocked as they looked at each other and then simultaneously at Noah who was busy writing.

"Okay?" Peter said to him, not believing it went that well.

"Are you gonna make her happy?"

"I'm certainly gonna try,"

"Good, but if you hurt her, I have to beat you up!" Olivia looked at Noah, then Peter smiling proudly with a "that's my boy!" look on her face. Peter thought it was too cute and played along, although he was hella impressed by Noah's desire to protect his mom.

Trying to stifle a laugh as he tussled Noah's hair. "I think she's safe, bud."

...

The two weeks that followed was filled with the humdrum of work that left no time for she and Peter to see much of each other. They were however happy that they'd decided to send letters announcing their intentions to their superiors. God knows Olivia didn't want a repeat of the whole incident she went through with David where they'd waited too long to disclose only to lose their chance when everything changed suddenly. She wouldn't make that mistake this time around. Did she love Peter? No, but, she felt for him deeply and wanted to make sure that she protected this- thing they had going.

"...so what happened Saturday?" Casey asked as she, Melinda and Olivia all walked to the courthouse from Casey's office. Melinda and Olivia were both testifying as expert witnesses in a murder trial that Casey was prosecuting, and since the weather was warm, they'd decided to walk the few blocks.

But, Liv was mortified. She knew exactly what Casey was referring to but she hadn't had the chance to tell anyone yet about Peter and her- not that it was a secret anymore... Hey, it's not a secret anymore! She suddenly remembered, and very proudly turned to Casey and announced:

"Saturday was good. We uh, we had a great night and then we spent the day with Noah on Sunday. "

"Okay, back up a minute…"

Melinda put her phone away and whipped her head around. Had she heard right? "...and, have I missed something? Who is we?"

"We…" Olivia said as she finished sending her text and put her phone away. "...are Peter Stone and I… we've sort of started seeing each other."

"...Peter Stone? The ADA who's like twelve?"

"Ha ha…"

"I'm kidding!" Melinda said as she pushed Olivia's shoulder with hers, making Olivia smile. But she was shocked to say the least. Olivia with Peter? She did not see this coming! …but when did this happen?"

"...and she won't talk about the sex…" Casey interrupted. Melinda was hella impressed as she turned back to Liv.

"It's that good, huh?"

But Olivia was quiet for a minute as the three of them kept walking, then she finally spoke very calmly after she took a sip of her coffee. "It's sooooo good!"

"Miss Benson!"

It was that Thursday when they each got called to their respective boss' office and subjected to a long talk amongst other things. But in the end, they were both glad to have done it. Now there was no cause for impropriety on either part. Not that there would be. Peter was thinking hard about transferring out of the sex crimes unit. If things worked with Olivia, and he wanted them to really work. He'd be free and clear to take things further- if that's where they were going. The truth was, he'd thought about them a lot this past week. Every time he'd send her a text to see how her day was going, it made him realize more and more just how special she was to him and he was so glad when Saturday rolled around again and finally, they both had the day off along with their first official date. Nothing special though, per Olivia's request. She just really wanted a night where they could be in each others company, get to know one another and not be bothered. His solution: dinner and a movie. She thought it was perfect.

They'd ended up talking more that night than they ever have and learning so much about each other. Olivia found out that Peter's baseball career ended due to a shoulder injury, that his favorite color is baby blue, his favorite food is spaghetti, like Noah, but he decided against Italian tonight because he always drops sauce on his clothes.

"...so you grew up…?" He asked as they walked back to his apartment, arm in arm.

"Lonely. I didn't find my brother until about ten years ago."

"You have a brother?"

"I do...from my father..." She said, "but let's not talk about that. We haven't really seen each other in two weeks…"

"Two very long weeks!" He said, smiling as he backed her against his building and wrapped his hands around her waist under her jacket and slowly leaned in to claim her lips in a fiery kiss. She wrapped her arm around his neck, the other hand going to his butt and settling into one of the back pockets of his jeans to pull him in closer.

They must've stayed there like that, kissing for what seemed like forever before the need for air finally forced them to pull their mouths apart and breathe properly. But he still skimmed her neck hungrily with his lips and found that spot...

"Peter…" she was holding on to his jacket with both hands and a fierce grip as she buried her head against his neck. To say she was losing it was an understatement as she tried hard not to cry out but god, it felt so-damn-good! "Take me upstairs...NOW!"

They'd ended with the two of them in his apartment, kissing their way upstairs on the elevator, and barely making it inside where they made love all night. Later when she was lying totally spent, and totally sated in his arms, her eyes fought to stay open as she lay there with her head across his stomach.

"Remind me again why I never dated a younger man?" She said as he laughed. Then thought about what she'd said and let it play in his brain for a second.

"...never?"

"Never wanted one. They've never really interested me," Now he had to say, even if only to himself, he was honored. "…truth is, I've tried so hard these last few months to get even you out of my head." She said as he played with her hair.

"Did it work?" He asked. She smiled as she began tracing the trail of hair that went down his stomach, stopping when she got to the very end of his v, and taking her finger back up again to circle his navel. Of course, having even the slightest touch from her made him twitch as his skin rose with a spattering of goosebumps.

"We're dating aren't we?" They laughed as they kissed, then she quickly untangled herself from the sheets that covered her naked body and left her place in his bed.

What are you doing?" He asked as she got up and began dressing. His dick stirring at seeing her naked again.

Looking at him as she pulled her jeans up over her ample hips, she said simply: "Leaving. I have work in the morning."

"You're serious? Olivia, it's almost two in the morning,"

She began fastening her just-found bra behind her back when he interrupted her.

"...yes I'm serious," she said, laughing as she grabbed her blouse and slid it on over her arms while he climbed out of bed. "Peter…" God this man was a fucking Adonis!

"At least let me drive you home"

"It's okay, I'll get a cab-"

"Liv, please. I wouldn't feel right with you leaving my apartment alone at this hour."

"It's a few blocks..." she grinned.

"A few…" he shook his head and had to laugh to keep from going crazy, "is this what it's gonna be like, always?" He asked as she slipped on her

"Welcome to Olivia,"

"Welcome to Peter, it's not up for discussion." He said and kissed her lips before turning away from her, then going to his giant closet to grab sweats. She wanted to tell him that she could take care of herself and that she didn't need him to make sure she got home safe. But Damn, something about him looking out for her…

Why did she have the feeling that he'd end up changing her life? She didn't know how, or whether it would be for the better though she felt it would be, but something about this man...

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