OK so I was a little less inclined to update this chapter, I only got 2 reviews for the last chapter and it made me a little sad, I only say this because I don't know if that means no one is reading it, or if it's boring or whatever….please let me know, because they story has only just begun and there is more to come, so please review I will make it worth you while…

Reference: "…work has just been kind of crazy…" (Immortality), "…MIT drop out…" (Power Hungry), "… degrees as a linguistics major and computer science minor…" (The No-Brainer), "…taking apart computers since I was six…" (The No-Brainer), "…all paid in cash…" (Safe)

Chapter 5 - Distance

Much wasn't found in the apartment after Olivia and Charlie went looking around. Other than papers and a laptop there was nothing to even suggest that someone even lived there, which caused Olivia and Charlie to suspect that it had only been used for whatever it was that Lugo had been into. They had wandered around the apartment for the better part of an hour, hoping to find something that would give them the slightest bit of information and they found it in the locked laptop that was hidden under the bed. In the hours that passed back at the FBI, Broyles had sent both Charlie and Olivia home when the laptop couldn't be cracked by their techs, promising to have someone better when they came in to work the next morning and so Charlie and Olivia left, their minds reeling from the happenings of that day.

It was late, after 8pm when Olivia arrived home, tired and stressed and just wanting to lay in the bath with her bubbles, relax and forget about the day that had just occurred. She honestly hadn't given much thought into what would have happened if she ever saw Peter again, honestly she never wanted to see him again, not after what had happened, it had been hard enough going through it once but now that she had seen him again, it was as if everything was coming rushing back. Things she had dealt with after it happened, things that she thought she had dealt with but apparently hadn't. She didn't know how she was going to deal with it but she did know that all she wanted was to forget about it all and just sleep. Opening her door to the apartment, the first thing she felt was the warmth of the heating hit her in the face and surprisingly she couldn't help but frown. Frank was there, he had let himself in and now he was there, which meant Olivia couldn't relax like she wanted to.

Stepping further into the apartment, she heard the shower running and the sound of something boiling on the stone, sighing she dropped her keys and phone on the table before moving to the kitchen to make sure whatever it was wasn't burning. It wasn't that she didn't want Frank there, it was just that he seemed to be there when she least expected it, and Olivia valued her alone time, the time where she could just deal with whatever had happened that day and not have to worry about anyone or anything else. But Frank was a sweetheart, he was always making sure she was ok, and making sure she had everything she wanted, cooking and buying her things, mostly big things, some times she wondered if Frank even knew her though, she liked the little things, the subtle things, but still a gift is a gift and she was thankful for whatever he brought her. He had told her he loved her though, she hadn't expected it, hadn't known what to say to him, she knew she cared about him and that she probably did love him but she was also Olivia Dunham, trusting someone on a whim came hard to her so saying the words back, or even allowing herself to think about saying back was hard, luckily for her Frank knew that side of her well, he knew that she had been through, no thanks to Charlie, but he was patient and kind and never asked for more than she was willing to give, never pushed her for more, sometimes she found it rather annoying that he never did…

"Hey hun, I didn't hear you come in…" Olivia turned to find Frank standing in her kitchen doorway, towel around his waist and one running through his hair, drying it off from the shower he had just had. Olivia let out a deep breath, he had startled her, she hadn't heard the shower go off or the bathroom door open. "Oh, yeah, I just walked in. Sorry I'm late, work has just been kind of crazy the last couple of days." She shrugged off her coat and suit jacket before draping them over the counter, forgotten until the phone rang and Broyles needed her. "I'm sorry, I wish you could have a day at work that was not crazy." He smiled as he walked over to her, the towel that was drying his hair forgotten along with her jacket and coat, before he pulled her into his arms and placed a passionate kiss on her lips that was until he realised that Olivia wasn't into it.

"Hey…" he pulled away and searched her face quickly realising that it was downcast, "…what's wrong? Liv?" he felt her sigh in his arms before she turned from him, facing the stove once more. "Nothing, just something came up at work, it was a bit of a shock." The tone of her voice was not lost on Frank though, he reached out to touch her arm, trying to get her attention, "Do you mean someone came to work?" As he wrapped his arms around her waist, she sighed and dropped her head, "How about you go and get dressed and I'll tell you about it?" she turned to him then, a small, albeit fake, on her face, she really wanted him gone for a few minutes so she could find the right words to explain the story, she had never told him what happened but she figured now that Peter was probably going to be around more, again thanks to Charlie, she would be coming home annoyed or angry a lot more. Frank nodded before placing a kiss on her forehead turning from her only to return a few minutes later, dark jeans and a grey shirt covering his body, "Well…?" she stepped away from him slightly, she hadn't really have a whole lot of time to work out what she was going to tell him and so she figured the truth would work best.

"Remember how I told you about that guy I was seeing in high school and part of college? Well he was brought into the FBI today by Charlie and I saw him again…it just brought back some memories that's all." Well a half-truth was what she told but it was truth nonetheless. Frank stepped closer to her, bringing his hands to rest on her shoulders, "Liv, I know you better than that…what really happened between you two, it's not as simple as that is it?" Groaning, Olivia dropped her head before turning away from him, she leant up against the kitchen sink, tightening her grip around the edge, trying to keep the emotion from just pouring out of her, Peter Bishop still had that affect on her after all those years. "He promised he would stay with me when we went away to college, promised that nothing was going to separate us and that when college was over we would be together. I loved him, he was my first, we went through so much more than what most couples ever go through and he was always there when I needed him, always by my side even when I didn't want him there…" she laughed to herself, remembering how they used to be before and even after they started dating, staying by her side before the attack and after, he was always there for her. She turned to face Frank now, all laughter and smiled gone from her face as she spoke the last few sentences, "…and then we had planned to meet one weekend back here in Boston and he never showed up, I tried calling him and I got nothing, not even a reply, I ended up getting a hold of one of his friends, by accident and he told me that Peter had walked away from school, MIT drop out, with a girl none of them had ever met. He left me in the middle of freezing Boston on my own and walked away with another girl."

Frank hadn't moved, he had never heard the story told the way Olivia had just told it, she had always just said they broke up because they were too far from each other but now hearing the full story he was angry, angry at Peter for leaving her for another girl and angry at himself for never pushing her to tell him about what happened, because it was obvious to him that she was far from over it. "Oh Liv…" he pulled her into a hug before kissing the top of her head, letting her settle into his arms, "I'm never leaving you Olivia."

Headquarters the next morning was fast paced, more cases had come in for other agents, while Olivia and Charlie continued to work through the little information they had on, while Mitchell helped, searching for anything else that might come up. "Dunham, Francis…Come with me, please." Broyles had barely poked his head in the doorway of Olivia's office before he walked back out, summoning them both to follow him. "Now I know that the techs have had some issues with cracking the laptop you found in Lugo's apartment and so I called in someone who I think might be a bit more help. She claims degrees as a Linguistics major & Computer Science minor. She should already be working on the computer but I wanted to introduce her to you. She will be working with you both during this investigation and then I would like a report on her progress."

Broyles continued to walk towards one of the conference rooms that had been assigned to the two agents behind him before the case, at the moment it was being used to store many of the useless files and boxes that had come up during the case. As they walked into the room, Broyles turned and left the three alone, the girl typing away at the computer while Olivia and Charlie just stood there, watching as her hands and fingers moved at lightning speed over the keys. "Be with you in one minute…" she spoke as though she was lost in her own world, before she sighed with a happy smile, then looked up, "Junior Agent Astrid Farnsworth…" as she stood she caught sight of Olivia and her smiled widened, "Olivia? Charlie?" Astrid moved around the desk and enveloped both Charlie and Olivia in a hug, pulling them down to meet her height, laughing slightly at the sight of their faces.

Olivia and Charlie stood frozen as they realized who was standing in front of them, they hadn't seen Astrid since they were at school and so seeing her now was a bit of a shock but they were quick to return the hug that was given. "How are you Astrid?" She may have been friend's with Rachel but Olivia had become friends with her not long after Rachel and it was good to see her again. "I'm good. I couldn't believe Broyles had come to my class and pulled me out, he offered me a job and I'm still a junior agent! Can you believe it! What's new with you?" Before they could continue Broyles walked back in, knowing they had known each other, he wanted to given them a few moments to get reacquainted before he ordered them around. "Agents, any progress?" Olivia and Charlie turned, stunned, they hadn't even asked about the case so they had no idea what Astrid had found, if anything but before they could answer Astrid jumped in. "Well sir, I was able to unlock the hard drive and the encrypted files are about three quarters of the way done." Olivia blinked, their techs hadn't been able to do any of that with the whole day and Astrid was able to do it in what seemed like a few hours. Astrid smiled at the shocked faces of Olivia and Charlie, "I have been taking computers apart since I was six, so this was easy" she smiled and turned back to the laptop, sitting before typing away, no doubt getting more and more information.

"Good and agent's how have you been going with the search? Anything come up on what was stolen from the banks?" Broyles had now turned to Olivia and Charlie but luckily they could share that information with him, because it was information they knew. As they walked out of the conference room and down the hall to Olivia's office she spoke, "Well, sir, what was stolen was one safety deposit box from each of the three banks, as you know. But what we were able to figure out is that the boxes were some of the oldest, they have been there for more than 20 years, all paid in cash, the only other thing we have been able to determine from the lack of available information is that all the names they were purchased under are fake." This was new information, something that had just come through onto Olivia's computer with the list of names of people who owned safety deposit boxes, Olivia also knew that look her boss was giving her and so she answered the question without it being asked.

Standing in the doorway to her office she turned back to her boss, "No one asked for ID because it was in cash, something they used to do years ago apparently." Broyles nodded slowly, taking in the information that Olivia had just given him before he had a thought, "And the way they are getting in and out of the safes without opening the door?" Olivia swallowed, "Nothing on that just yet sir…" she knew that wasn't the answer he wanted but sadly they had no idea how they were getting in and…" She was cut off by Charlie's hand on her shoulder, "Actually sir, I did find that out yesterday, I interviewed someone who I think might be of help to us. I want to bring him on board as a civilian consultant." Had Charlie been facing Olivia he would have seen the colour drain from her face, she knew who he spoke to yesterday and how he was thinking of bringing him back to work with him, this was not going to end well. Broyles looked from Charlie to Olivia, "Do you think this person will be helpful?"

Charlie looked back at Olivia for a moment before turning back to Broyles, "Yes sir, I do. He was able to identify the equipment by a photo, I think he would be helpful." With one last glance over Charlie's shoulder to Olivia, he nodded, "Bring him in and I will set up the paperwork." As he walked away Charlie turned to face Olivia who had now turned an angry shade of red but said nothing because she knew that having someone who knew what was going on, would help them solve this case, which would in turn get rid of him more quickly.

Peter sat at one end of the long conference table in the room he was led to, Charlie was sitting two seats up from him while Olivia sat with her back to the wall and her arms crossed over her chest, he recognised that face, her angry-but-this-it-for-the-greater-good face. She hadn't spoken a word to him since he had been brought in, no explanation as to why or what they wanted with him, but it was an excuse to try and see Olivia again and he was about to do anything to keep those excuses coming. When the door suddenly swung open, Peter looked up and stood quickly, not expecting to see Broyles walking through the door and it was clear by Broyles face that he had not expected to see Peter sitting there either.

"Peter Bishop? It really was your name on the file, I didn't think it would be the same person." Clearly in Broyles eyes, Peter hadn't changed at all if he still recognised him. "Sir." Was all Peter could say before they both took a seat and it was explained to him that he was need to help in the investigation. Peter was reluctant at first, not wanting to sign his right away to the government, but all it took was one look up at Olivia and he was sighing his name all over the papers that needed it, before dropping the pen and feeling he literally had just signed his life away. He watched as Olivia stood quickly, leaving the room before all of them and Peter watched through the window as she meet a man, his hand coming to her cheek and his lips descending on hers… "Frank…her boyfriend. Listen Peter, Liv is my best friend, so I am inclined to agree with her and follow her most of the time, but there was a time where you were my best friends as well and so I am not going to hold anything against you. We are here to do a job and just as long as you do your part, we will be fine." Charlie walked out with Broyles in toe, leaving Peter to watch as Olivia and her boyfriend spoke, his hand never leaving her face and the feeling in Peter's stomach getting worse with every second that passed.

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