So I am very very hesitant about this chapter, I'm not sure that im happy about it and also the next one so please let me know what you think? Any opinion is appreciated! :D also I know that there may have been issues with the last chapter for those who reviewed, I am sorry and this chapter should be easier lol :D

Reference: "…interoffice romances…" (Pilot), "…weird connections…" (Ability), "…don't start with me right now…" (The Arrival), "…full disclosure…" (Os)

Chapter 25 – Poker Face

Coming around the corner to find herself in the office lunch room, Olivia looked up to find Loeb standing at by the coffee machine, seemingly lost in his own thoughts. As she watched him from behind, Olivia's stomach began doing somersaults, the man who was responsible for her kidnapping and the fear she felt most nights before going to bed was standing in front of her and she couldn't do anything about it. Composing herself, Olivia walked further into the room, the sound of her shoes catching his attention. "Hey Mitch, how are you?" She tried to sound welcoming, like it was any other day in the office and she was thankful that he was so absorbed in his coffee making that he didn't really hear the tone Olivia had. Turning slightly, he looked back at her, smiling, "Oh, hey Olivia. Yea I'm not to bad, I think I'm coming down with something though. How about you?" He was being so casual that it almost killed her to hear him speak to her the way he was. Shrugging she smiled falsely, "Oh you know. Working hard on the case we have…" she took the opportunity to put into play their plan, "…We actually have a lead on the last person involved in the robberies and my kidnapping, we are finally closing in on him... We were able to make a connection between them both so Peter was able to narrow down the suspects." Part of what she was saying was far from the truth but it was enough for him to falter slightly as he turned to face her completely.

"Really? How was he able to do that?" There was a tiny waver in his voice although he hid it very well, if Olivia didn't know the truth she would have missed it completely, but as she was looking for any sighs of guilt, the sound rang in her ears. She shrugged again, not really having a back story to go with what she was saying and so she figured a simple, "Just a lucky break, I guess," would be enough to entice his interests. She glanced up at him from her coffee just in time to notice that slight look of shock that crossed his face before reverting back to its original form, but it was still there. Trying to think of something that would now get her out of the room without suspicion, Olivia had the thought of grabbing at her phone and pretending that someone had called her, "Oh hey Peter… yea I'm just getting a coffee, I'll be right out…" She waved off a goodbye to Loeb as she left the room, letting the door close behind her. It wasn't until she had turned the corner that she dropped her phone back into her pocket and let out a sigh of relief, she had planted the bait and now all she had to do was wait.

She was getting overly impatient to say the least. It had now been three days since Loeb had been seen in the office, having called in sick, but that never stopped Olivia from pacing the length of the office with a file in her hand to make it look like she was reading up on the case, just in case Loeb had decided to come back in for some reason. But he never came nor did he ever call into Broyles for assignments or updates, it was almost as if he had disappeared off the face of the earth. It wasn't until the third day of Loeb's no show did Peter corner her in the FBI offices, they hadn't seen much of each other as she had been busy there instead of the lab. "Hey, long time no see…" He had placed his hand on her shoulder causing her to turn around and smile up at him. They were in a small corridor, that lead towards one of the back room, usually it was empty as the back room was just for storage, and so Peter took full advantage of having her alone there. Placing his hand on her cheek he pulled her forward and rested his lips on to hers in a sweet but powerful kiss, telling of love and loneliness, he had missed her and she him. "I've missed you…" he whispered on her lips as they pulled apart, a smile gracing her lips as a blush rose into her cheeks.

"Peter…how have you been? I'm sorry that I haven't been around much lately, this Loeb thing is killing me, I just want it over with…" She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest, listening to the constant sound of his heartbeat. "It's ok, you're busy I understand…I have been thinking about that actually and I think I have a way of finding out what he has been up to the last few days, or at least where he is..." Olivia pulled away and glanced up at him, another smile forming on her lips, "How?" He did not answer, just pulled away from her and sighed, "We are going to have to have a chat with Broyles about it first…" He turned from her but reached for her hand, wanting to feel some form of contact at least until they were in sight of everyone else but as he turned away from her and started back towards Broyles office they both came face to face with their by-the-book boss who was watching them closely. "Sir…we were…um…" She honestly didn't know what to say to her boss and so she fell silent, hoping that he hadn't seen anything he shouldn't have.

Clearing his throat Broyles decided that questioning Peter about his supposed idea was more important than questioning their situation, for the moment, "Agent, Bishop. I was wondering what this plan was that Peter had come up with to track down Loeb…I am interested in getting it underway immediately, if possible." He turned his side to face them as he motioned for them to go to his office, this was a conversation better left for closed doors. Nodding silently, Peter and Olivia moved passed Broyles, only to have him stop Olivia as she slipped passed him. "Now you understand that interoffice romances are not looked upon very highly within the FBI, and as Bishop is not technically FBI I will not say much on the matter…" He placed his hand in the air to silence Olivia as she went to speak, he hadn't finished his sentence, "…however, he is being paid through the government as an FBI consultant, should their be any issues that rise between you, I would hate to have to transfer you out or fire Bishop." Olivia swallowed deeply and nodded, unsure of if she could speak yet, but Broyles continued, "Olivia…I've known you for almost ten years, I care about your happiness you know that, but this division that we have going here is completely under the radar and government warns that should anything jeopardise that it must be dealt with…do you understand?" With a touch of her arm he waited until she nodded before moving towards his office, Olivia in toe and Peter waiting for her.

"Bishop, are you sure this can work? I mean, it sounds fairly risky and how are you going to get someone to be able to do that, not to mention it's highly illegal…" Broyles wasn't convinced that Peter's idea was the best way to go about getting Loeb and bringing him back in, "…remember that we are unable to use anything that from that in court if anything is found, we wouldn't even be able to bring him in for questioning about it…" He sat back in his chair and waited for Peter to reply, clearly he had thought all of this through though, "Sir, I understand that, that's why once it's done we set up with the other half of the plan, look I know it might take a few days but it's the best chance we have and if we are able to get anything from him, it will set the ball rolling for his other convictions. Anyway I know a guy…" Both men had almost forgotten about Olivia, who was sitting next to Peter, listening to their whole conversation. It wasn't until she spoke that Peter turned to face her, slightly shocked that she had been so silence through the whole meeting, "A weird connection?" Peter's smile found his face as she raised her eyebrow at him, that was a conversation for another time and yet he agreed, "Yeah a weird connection…Look Sir, I know this is a long shot but at least let us start with the first part and see where it leads us…"

Exiting the office Olivia left Peter with once last longing glance, the sexual tension had started to grow even larger between them and for him it was becoming unbearable, but he would never show it, he would never push her like he never did when they were at school. "Bishop…" Broyles inclined his head towards his office, wanting to speak to Peter alone before Olivia noticed his absence, "…I want to know that should anything happen with this, you will be able to help her, she is taking this harder than it looks and I think if she has a chance to confront Loeb about it, she may lose control a little." Peter nodded as he spoke, he agreed completely with what Broyles was saying, he had also suspected that should Olivia get the chance to face Loeb once he was captured, there maybe a chance that she would do something a little…crazy… "Sir, she is stronger than she looks but I'll do everything I can to make sure she keeps her cool, although, you and me both know how hard it is to stop her from doing something when she has it in her mind." With once last nod, Peter left Broyles standing in the middle of his office, intent on heading off to begin organising his plan.

"Hey man, it's Peter…hey don't start with me right now, ok…no I need a favour…this isn't for me, it's for a girl…are you going to help me or not?" If anyone had been listening to Peter's conversation they would assume that they person on the other line didn't want to actually help him, but realistically, the person on the other line had found it overly funny that Peter Bishop, was wanting help for a) someone else and b) for a girl. It was not something that happened very often, if ever. Peter listened some more, before pacing some more, before nodding and sighing, glancing up only to see Olivia walk through the door of the empty office he had found, she seated herself on the table in the middle of the room, watching him speak. "Alright, that's great…thanks man…no, no, just let me know when you're ready to go and I'll call you with details." Peter hung up his phone and sighed, he hated asking for favours because once people knew where he was, it meant they could call back asking him for something, and most of the people he conversed with, and had favours asked of him, were less than legal to say the least.

"So how did it go?" Olivia swung her legs unconsciously as Peter came closer to her, before resting his hands on either side of her hips on the table leaning closer to her. "Good, he's on board, getting ready and set up so we should go and find Broyles so he can debrief the floor." Peter went to move away but Olivia grabbed his hand, bringing him back to her, "This is going to be really hard you know…People have already started talking about there being a traitor among us, they just haven't been able to work out who…Peter I want you to know, if this goes according to plan…I asked Broyles to be the one who interviews Loeb, I want to face him…I want answers…" Peter searched Olivia's face as she spoke, trying to find a hint of joke in her voice or eyes but there was none, he finally understood why Broyles had come to him about her just after their meeting. Brushing his hand through her hair, pushing it behind her ear, he spoke, "I know you will and I wouldn't expect anything different from you. Now lets go before Broyles comes looking for us and sees more than we want him to…" He needed to get away from her, being able to look down her top and see the tops of her breasts the way he could was driving him crazy, he needed to leave the room and get away before he pushed her against the table and had his way with her. Sensing something change in his eyes, Olivia took the hint, dropped her head to cover his line of vision and reached for his hand, "Let's go. We have work to do…"

Peter was not a stranger to standing up in front of a group of people and speaking, he had done it a couple of years ago, attending MIT and faking his way through classes. He had also done it at high school, while presenting Olivia with her Dux of the school, a speech he had been asked to do by Broyles and this one was not so different. The only difference was that he was standing up in front of a group of people who could put him in jail for the rest of his life if they even asked the right questions to the wrong people, one that had that very intention standing not far from him, Agent Edwards, the man was watching his every move, Peter didn't like it. "Ok so the idea of this is that while listening in to his phone conversations we will be able to track him movements, find out where he is and what he is doing. As soon as any mention of anything illegal, meeting perhaps, we set up that meet with someone on the inside." Peter turned back to Broyles, who was standing next to Olivia, waiting for the short nod of the head from Broyles to continue. "The 'someone' on the inside will not be an agent, as I'm sure that Loeb is aware of all the undercover agents. I have called in a favour and will be co-ordinating with him." He turned back to Broyles as a slight murmur erupted throughout the room, it was no secret within the FBI that Peter had come from a less than legal background. All it took was for Broyles to clear his throat and all agents settled, Peter moved back towards Olivia, who slyly placed her hand on his arm, a warm sentiment of trust and encouragement.

"We are going to set up round the clock monitoring of the phone lines, there will be shifts posted and there will always be a member of the directing team on during those times, whether it be me Agent Dunham or Bishop. Is that understood? Now a few days ago there was also a watch team set up outside the hospital of a suspect that we have used to inform Loeb that we are closing in a suspect. As yet we have had no sightings of Loeb at the hospital but we believe it is only a matter of time, we believe he is biding his time, but we are going to be there the minute he does, is that clear?" The light murmur that was in response to Broyles question was enough for him before he dismissed them, with the intention of setting up the tap and secure room in which it was going to monitored from. They had already planned for Peter to be the first to monitor the phones, while doing so he was going to brief his 'favour' on their part in this investigation. Broyles was placing a lot of faith in Peter during this case, he didn't want to stuff it up.

"Sir, has there been any word from the watch team at Boston General?" Olivia had pulled Broyles away from the bustling group of agents, needing to know if anything had changed from the last time they had heard anything, although she knew that if Broyles hadn't mentioned anything, it was very unlikely that anything had changed. "Not as yet, Doctors are saying that Eastwick will be alright, thanks to you Peter, but we have had no word from the watch team. Don't worry Dunham, he will show. Eastwick knows too much for him not to show." Nodding to Olivia and Peter, Broyles made his way over to Agent Edwards, thankfully for Peter, Broyles was looking out for him. Watching as he went Peter sighed a breath of relief, he was happy that Broyles was there or else he would probably be fairly screwed. A bump on the shoulder caught his attention and he looked down to see Olivia smiling up at him gently, "You know…you are going to have to tell me about that one day…I mean, if you want me to be able to save you ass I'm going to have to know what I'm saving it from…" her smile grew a little wider when he reached for her, "Really? Is that so?" Olivia bit the side of her lip, a smile forming, "Yeah, you know…full disclosure?" His smile was playful as he gently pushed a piece of hair away from her face, placing it behind her ear before his tone turned serious, "Well then, after this is done and Loeb is put away, if you still want to know, I will tell you everything…full disclosure" Olivia only nodded, she knew she wanted to know everything that had happened to Peter but she was a little worried about some of the things that would have had him under the watch of the CIA.

Staring down at her, Peter watched as the small smile formed on her lips expanded, he was going to tell her the truth, everything and anything she wanted to know, but first they had a traitor to catch. "Excuse me Mr. Bishop…that room you requested is ready for you. Everything you asked for is already in there, it just needs to be set up." An agent had come to their side while they were speaking, not having noticed him coming the sound of his voice made Peter jump a little before settling. "Of course, thanks." He nodded towards the agent before moving off to set up the room, there was a lot that had to go into bringing down Loeb and it was not something he was going to stuff up.

"Hey I got to go and get this sorted, let me know if you find out anything new?" Peter touched her arm gently as he turned to leave, wanting so bad to place a kiss on her lips but knew that that would never happen while they were in the FBI building. Olivia looked around at the movements of the FBI agents around her. They were really going to go hunting for one of their own…

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