Olivia arrived outside the restaurant, not sure what to expect from tonight. Her heart wasn't in this date and she knew it. She didn't even want to be here- her dad had set her up without asking her. She knows that she is in no way attracted to him and never has been and never will be.

Pushing open the doors, she saw Brian sat at a table in the corner, and her heart plummeted. He wasn't her type at all. He was wearing a grey suit that didn't look right on him. But Olivia had promised she would come, so plastering a fake smile to her face, she wandered over.

'Hi Brian". she held out her hand, but Brian stood up and planted a wet kiss on her cheek. Resisting the temptation to wipe his touch off her; she hovered awkwardly for a second, before sitting down.

'Hello Olivia, can I just ask if you're from Tennessee?'

'No, why?'

'Because you're the only ten I see' Brian burst into laughter at his cheesy chat up line. Olivia grimaced- that was quite possibly the cheesiest and the worst chat up line she had ever heard.

'Does that work on all the ladies?'

'Normally… but not you I take it'

'I'm not one for chat up lines Mr Cassidy- they are cheesy, and old-fashioned, like…'

'Like me you mean?'

'I didn't say that'

'You didn't have too. I saw the way you looked at me when you came in, just a slight hesitation. Only slight but it spoke volumes Olivia. But I must say, you do look wonderful. That's me being honest'

'Well that is very sweet, and I do appreciate the sentiment'

'Shall we start again? Pretend the last few seconds didn't happen… if we go into tonight with an open mind?'

'Why not? I would like that.'

'Great'

Olivia left the restaurant just over two hours later, feeling slightly uneasy. The evening had gone slightly better than she had envisaged; Brian was a very nice man and he had a very dry sense of humour. She had agreed to let him take her out again- he wasn't short of money and he had insisted on footing the bill tonight. On paper Brian would have seemed like a match, but Olivia didn't feel a connection with him like she had when she met Peter. Thinking of Peter surprised Olivia, because they were just friends, weren't they?

Just as Peter popped into her mind, Olivia heard her phone vibrate. Peter.

HEY, HOPE I'M NOT INTERRUPTING YOUR DATE WITH BRIAN, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU WERE STILL UP FOR MEETING TOMORROW? Xxx

HI. NO YOU ARENT INTERRUPTING ANYTHING, SO DON'T WORRY. YES I AM STILL UP FOR MEETING UP TOMORROW IF YOU ARE. BESIDES, I NEED YOUR ADVICE AFTER TONIGHT Xxx

WAS IT THAT BAD? Xxx

ACTUALLY NO, IT WENT BETTER THAN I HAD PLANNED, BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE ABOUT HIM. Xxx

WHAT AREN'T YOU SURE ABOUT? Xxx

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW? Xxx

YES, OF COURSE, OLIVIA ARE YOU OKAY? Xxx

YES, I AM FINE. I'LL TEXT YOU IN THE MORNING OKAY? Xxx

OKAY. SEE YOU TOMORROW. Xxx

NOT IF I SEE YOU FIRST Xxx

THAT'S OUR THING NOW ISN'T IT? Xxx

I SUPPOSE IT IS, YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE OF MY FRIENDS I HAVE A 'THING' WITH

OOH, I'M HONOURED Xxx

SO YOU SHOULD BE! Xxx

OLIVIA, ARE YOU FLIRTING WITH ME? Xxx

FROM ONE FRIEND TO ANOTHER I SUPPOSE, IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING. LOOK, I'M GOING TO GO NOW, I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW Xxx

OKAY, TALK TO YOU TOMORROW. Xxx

Peter signed off and lay on the sofa in his apartment, his mind a complete jumble. he didn't know why he had text Olivia, and was glad they were still going out tomorrow, but Olivia had called them 'friends' twice. Was she trying to get a message across to Peter or trying to convince herself that friends was all they would ever be? Peter had been disappointed when Olivia had said the date had gone better than expected, and she had seemed reluctant to talk about it anymore. Why was that?

Did Olivia like Peter? Why had she felt she couldn't talk about it more? And the biggest question on Peter's mind- Why had she been disappointed about the date having gone better than planned? Did he like Olivia?

His head and heart finally found each other in unison and the answer screamed itself around inside his. Echoing up from the tips of his toes to the follicles of his hair- he knew the answer and no amount of forgetting about her would change it.

YES.

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