They sat kissing for minutes... Peter feeling brave and deepening the kiss following Olivia's lead though.
They suddenly heard a noise outside the office and Peter pulled away at once getting up and locking the door... "This office should be empty now... don't worry no one will come in... especially now it is locked..." he went over to close the blinds at the window and sat back down next Olivia...
Olivia leant her head on Peter's shoulder... "What... was that..." she was smiling at Peter and Peter smiled back at her...
"You like me...?" Olivia was beaming and Peter nodded really embarrassed now... "Obviously... i'm sorry... I shouldn't have done that..."
Olivia looked at him... really looked at him... "Don't be sorry..."
"No...?" Peter was looking deeply into her eyes now...
"Don't be sorry... because... i'm not sorry... for kissing you back..." Olivia reached forward to hold onto Peter's arms again and kissed him lips gently...
"I don't know what it means... but i'm certainly not sorry..." they were kissing again and Olivia was the one to deepen it this time...
They heard the door rattle and voices... breaking apart they both stood up then...
"We better you know... head out..." Olivia gathered herself together... physically and emotionally and they both went to the door unlocking it and shutting the door behind them heading along the corridor to the conference room...
When the door was shut... Olivia turned to Peter... "Do you want to get a drink..?". Peter shook his head but smiling... "What I want is to... for you to go away and think about what all this... between us means... over the weekend... and we will talk about it on Monday... what do you think...?"
Olivia just looked at him, disappointed they weren't going for a drink and also disappointed they weren't going to carry on where they left off on the office floor...
"Umm... ok... if that's what you want..." she smiled politely at Peter and Peter smiled back... "I think... that's what we should do... think about things... I must have really shocked you and i'm really very sorry..."
Olivia shook her head... "You didn't shock me that much actually and well... yes if you think we should pull back and think about things then ok..."
Peter collected his brief case and coat and gave Olivia another smile.. "Have a good weekend... Olivia and we will talk on Monday..." Olivia nodded and looked deeply into Peter's eyes... "Yes... ok... see you then..."
Peter left the conference room and Olivia sank back into the chair behind the desk... wow... what the hell had happened in the last hour... my god... that kiss...
Peter liked her... Peter had kissed her... she had enjoyed it and kissed Peter back... what did that mean? Peter had become her best friend very quickly and now they were kissing on office floors... this was huge and would change everything not only at work but for her... personally.
Peter's lips had felt amazing on hers... the passion... the electricity... wow... kisses hadn't felt like that to Olivia before... the intensity... Peter's feelings put into a kiss and Olivia responding...
Peter sat in his apartment wringing his hands... microwave lasagne being cooked and a whiskey being poured into a glass in the kitchen area. What the hell had he done that for... kissing Olivia... what had come over him...
He thought back to that split second when he had leaned in and looked into Olivia's eyes and had only seen love in them for him... Peter... so had gone for it.
Olivia had kissed him back and then again when the door was locked and the blinds were totally shut... what did this mean for them".
The microwave pinged bringing Peter back to reality... he took it out and sank down onto his sofa picking up his mobile... he wanted to text Olivia to check she was ok and not totally freaking out...
'Olivia, i'm sorry, I hope you are ok, please forgive me and still be my friend, Peter'
Olivia read this text sitting on the sofa at home, soft blanket over her lap, TV on.
Olivia went to type a reply but then remembered what Peter had said about time to think over the weekend and she re-thought her text reply... Peter had been absolutely clear that they should take time to think about things before talking on Monday so she typed back...
'Don't be sorry, i'm fine thank you, hope you are too, nothing to forgive, talk on Monday, O x'
She stared at her phone for the rest of the evening but nothing else from Peter...
Peter lay in bed late that evening thinking about Olivia Benson... her lips were beautiful... wow... and she had kissed him back... twice... Peter couldn't stop grinning to himself as he turned over in his sheets and hoped sleep would come... it had been quite a day...
Olivia lay in her bed thinking over what had happened... Peter leaning in to kiss her... Peter's soft but firm lips on hers... Peter reaching for the back of her neck gently but again firm in his action...
Olivia was in a whirl... Peter Stone... had kissed her... had kissed her and she had kissed him back... she couldn't sleep... this was too huge... Peter liked her... Peter found her attractive then?
Olivia found Peter sexy, she couldn't deny it... she had hoped for a while that Peter liked her as more than a friend and was hoping... hoping that something may develop... and it now had... a development... a kiss... not just any kiss... one of those once in a lifetime kisses that people are lucky to get if they can once... in their life. That had happened to Olivia today and well... they needed to talk...
MY OWN TAKE ON THE DEAR BEN EPISODE.
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