Peter arrived at work... early with two coffee's and two pastries for him and Olivia. As he walked into the office Fin stood up and smiled at him... "Morning..." he then smiled back at Olivia who was sitting opposite him in her chair and left the office pulling the door shut behind him...
"Good morning..." Olivia beamed at him and gratefully took one of the coffee's and pastries that Peter had just placed on the desk for her. "Hi..." Peter smiled back... "How are you today...?" he looked at Olivia "I'm you know... feeling wonderful and... happy..." Olivia was looking particularly beautiful today Peter thought... she had glowy skin and her hair looked gorgeous... Peter got lost in his thoughts and suddenly Olivia was by his side and kissed him gently on the lips... "How are you...?".
Peter smiled... "Oh you know...the same..." he settled in one of the chairs at the desk and turned his laptop on... "What was Fin wanting...?" Olivia smiled... "He gave me some victim notes to look at and said I was looking particularly radiant... I think that was the word he used... at the moment..." Peter smiled at her... "You do... Olivia... you look stunning... as always..." Olivia blushed and gave a small laugh.
"What did you say back to him...?" Peter was interested to see if Olivia had mentioned anything about him...yet... he knew they were close...
"I said I would tell him... later... we are going for a drink after work..." Peter felt a bit disappointed that they weren't doing something together but made sure he didn't show it to Olivia who was now looking at him... "That's ok isn't it... if I go for a drink with Fin...?".
"Olivia... you don't have to ask... me... of course it's fine..." Peter was checking his emails now and not looking at Olivia which Olivia noticed. "I was hoping... you might come round to mine later...? Unless you are getting sick of me..." Olivia was looking a bit anxious as to what Peter might reply with. "I would love that..." Peter now looked at her and beamed... "Should I bring dinner with me for us... you know for after your drink with Fin...?".
Olivia nodded and smiled... "Thank you... how lovely.
They got on with their work Peter staying in the office to complete some of his files that was piling up a bit and Olivia was out on a case with her team. They met up at lunchtime in the office and Peter bought Olivia lunch today... they ate quietly... both tired and still a little nervous around each other...
The afternoon dragged a little and Olivia and Fin finally left at 5pm to have a drink while Peter was in his office finishing everything up that needed to be done. Olivia had kissed her gently out of view of the preceint before he left and made him smile.
Olivia and Fin settled at the quiet end of the bar to have a drink... "So... are you going to tell me then...?" Fin winked at her and took a sip of his drink... "Tell you what...?" Olivia knew she was going red... she was stroking the bar mat lightly and looking up at him...
"Tell me who is putting that smile on your face... you are completely different Olivia... you look so happy..." he was smiling at her in an encouraging way and she knew she could trust him... he was one of her best friends...
"Ummm... well..." she took a deep breath but before the words came out Fin spoke... "I know it's Peter... I was just seeing if you would say... but you seem embarrassed and you really have no need... Olivia". She smiled letting out a deep breath... "Thank you... ummm... yes it is Peter... we are... have just started a relationship..." she took some more deep breaths and Fin could tell how apprehensive she was...
"I think that's wonderful... you both look so happy and if it's what you both want..." Fin was smiling at her and she smiled back knowing she could trust him... "It is what I want... it took me by surprise but it is definitely what I want... I have... fallen for him... Fin". She looked down at her glass of wine and Fin touched her arm... "That's amazing Olivia... I'm really happy for you... he is a great guy and in my opinion..." Olivia gave a small laugh.
"Thank you... for you know... being supportive about it..." Olivia tried to change the conversation to him but Fin brought it straight back to her... he could tell... this was important to her... "So... how did this all happen...?" Olivia blushed... "Umm... well... he kissed me a few weeks ago...".
Fin smiled... "I knew it... I knew he had the hots for you..." Olivia laughed... "The hots for me?" she thought only teenagers said that. "Well... you know... fancied you... was attracted to you.." he took another sip of his drink and was whispering so not to embarrass Olivia.
"How did you guess...?" Olivia was very interested in this information! "Well he stared at you a lot and tried to make you laugh and was always very supportive to you in a very caring way but it was obviously more than friendship that he felt for you... the way he looked at you..."
Olivia was going bright red and Fin noticed... "Sorry... just you asked me..." Olivia nodded.. "Yes... I did thank you for that..." she still felt embarrassed. They chatted for a while longer and then Olivia glanced at her phone seeing a text from Peter indicating that he was now on his way with dinner...
Olivia said goodbye to Fin giving him a brief hug for being so supportive and left to drive home...
She let herself and Peter in Peter went straight to her kitchen putting some delicious smelling Chinese food onto various different plates for them to share. There was loads of it and Peter mentioned it was because he wasn't sure what she liked and there was a choice then... but Peter was always generous with everything anyway... Olivia knew this.
Peter gazed at Olivia as they all sat at the kitchen table. Olivia gazed back at Peter and they both smiled at each other.
They finished eating and she thanked Peter for the gorgeous take away and they settled on the sofa together cuddled up with Peter kissed Olivia's hair and was stroking down her arms lightly...
Peter moved to stroking her hair. Olivia smiled up at him... "You know what would make me happier...?" Peter looked at her...
"If you would... come with me... and we could... you know... make out on my bed... like proper teenagers..." Olivia was blushing but smiling at the same time... Peter pulled her up by the hand... "Let's go... you know I want to make you extremely happy..." he winked at Olivia and they reached for each others hand as they headed towards the bedroom...
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