Chapter 2 – Dirty Little Secret
Walking into the lab, Olivia could see Peter sitting at the piano, playing a few cords, that was still placed in the middle of the lab and Walter sat at the table across from Peter. Walter was looking through a microscope and didn't even bother to look up when Olivia let the lab door slam.
Peter on the other hand noticed and he brought his head up from his hands to look at her. Smiling sweetly at Olivia, Peter turned away he didn't want Olivia to see the tiredness in his eyes because he didn't want to have to explain.
Olivia walked straight passed Peter and took a seat at her desk in her office. She took out a new file that sat in her 'in' tray and began to work her way through the information, trying to take in the new information but she couldn't, she could only think of Peter and his hands on the piano. What else could he do with those hands? Olivia found herself wondering. She could hear voices coming from the lab and realised Astrid had arrived. Thinking it best to go and greet her Olivia made her way into the lab.
"Hey Olivia, Walter." Astrid smiled at the two but turned to Peter, "Play a song, piano man." Astrid may have been only joking but Peter obliged. Smiling up at Olivia, Peter began to play and it didn't take long before his voice sounded;
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes."
Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us all feelin' all right
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke and he'll light up your smoke
But there's some place that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."
As his smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"
Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life
And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessman slowly gets stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone
sing us a song you're the piano man
sing us a song tonight
well we're all in the mood for a melody
and you got us all feeling alright
Sitting in awe at Peter, Olivia allowed her mouth to drop, "Peter, since when do you sing?"
Looking confused at her, Peter had no reply for her.
"Has anybody else…um…broken into song?" Olivia's question hung in the air before Astrid spoke, "I found myself singing Somebody To Love by Queen"
Peter still didn't move from his seat at the piano but spoke, "I found Walter in the bath singing Yellow Submarine…I didn't think anything of it though. He usually sings to himself."
Walter decided to speak up suddenly, "I heard Peter sing during the night, I thought I was dreaming."
"What'd you sing Peter?" Astrid questioned. Peter didn't want to answer but his blush was too much, "She's So High by Tal Bachman"
Taking the chance to move to embarrassment away from himself Peter spoke again, "Liv, your turn…"
All eyes turned to her and her blush matched Peter's, "Things I'll Never Say by Avril Lavigne"
Walter noticed that both Peter and Olivia weren't looking at each other. Walter was about to question them when Astrid's voice broke then silence,
Let me know that I've done wrong
When I've known this all along
I go around a time or two
Just to waste my time with you
Tell me all that you've thrown away
Find out games you don't wanna play
You are the only one that needs to know
I'll keep you my dirty little secret
(Dirty little secret)
Don't tell anyone or you'll be just another regret
(Just another regret, hope that you can keep it)
My dirty little secret
"I think I know what's happening!" Peter's voice cut Astrid off and she smiled at him thankfully, "What we are singing it tied to our emotions."
"How did you work that out?" Olivia questioned, worried about the answer he was going to give.
"Astrid just sang, Dirty Little Secret by All American Rejects and she said she had sung Somebody to Love. It has to be tied to out emotions."
Thinking back to what she sang, Olivia knew he must have been right. She sang about her feelings for Peter, and her face whitened. That probably means that she could break out into song randomly and give away her dirt little secret.
Hope it was entertaining.
R&R please so I know what you think
Ash