Song: Just the Way You Are by Bruno Mars

Fashionable Date

Olivia had felt the feeling before, she wasn't afraid of it but excited instead. The feeling of being giddy, of wanting to do a happy dance…as if the world is spinning five million miles around you, that's the feeling she had. Olivia Dunham could finally admit to herself in the comfort of her own apartment that she was in love, not for the first time in her life but for the first time she felt as if Peter Bishop truly was her soulmate. The last time she had felt that same feeling had been months before and she could clearly remember having that happiness come tumbling down like an avalanche upon meeting up with Peter.

This time was different, no surprises…just them and that's what had her in a mess. Five different tops lay across her bed, two skirts and four pairs of slacks…she was staring at them as she tried to decide what to wear. Olivia Dunham, FBI agent and universe-crossing solider, was unable to even find the right outfit for her date.

Peter said business casual was the dress code for the restaurant he was taking her to, an expensive high end Indian place she had always admired but could never afford. How he had secured a table was beyond her but she knew for a fact he was dipping into his Massive Dynamic fund for the first time. One of the benefits of having a father who owned a multi-billion dollar company was the personal fund that came with it. She had expected he had dipped into it when he was with, well the forbidden subject but he hadn't so it made her giddy that the first time was to take her on a date.

Thus the reason she was in a mess, she didn't know what to wear…she had a combination of thirty things she could wear and she was just staring at them as she bit her lip. Finally she had enough and whipped out her secret splurge during her shopping trip.

Opening her wardrobe she looked inside at her new clothes, she had bought them as well as new furniture after receiving a very, very huge check from the Oversight Committee. They said it was for compensation but she liked to refer to it as the 'sorry we left you on the wrong side, will you still work for us anyways?' check. Normally money wasn't enticing to her and especially all the hell she went through, they heard only a small fraction of what she went through but $750,000 was enough to cover everything she needed to replace as well as her hospital bills.

Pulling out her splurge, a black one shoulder dress, Olivia held it up as she looked in the mirror. She smiled knowing she'd make Peter drop his jaw…leaving him speechless as well. That very thought had her preparing to wear that dress. Her only issue was that her hair went up with the dress and that tattoo sat on her neck…not that Peter minded it of course, he called it her badge of survival…knowing all she came out alive.

Peter arrived and found her pulling her coat on, "that doesn't match…a dress and slacks."

"It's shorter than I remember…"

"It'll be fine, you look perfect…beautiful."

Olivia eyed him, "you maybe not self-conscious but I am. If you want to go out, this is what I wear, take it or leave it."

"You weren't exactly self-conscious the other night."

"That's private…with my boyfriend, not public where everyone can see me." She buttoned her coat, "take it or leave it…your choice Bishop."

"Come on beautiful; let's go feed you before you lose those fifteen pounds you actually gained back. This dinner should put about five on you." That got him a slap to the arm and all he did was laugh.