Chapter 1 - The Park

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Third person POV

It was a warm summer's afternoon in Griffith Park where Scarlett Johansson and Elizabeth Olsen were sat on a bench taking a break from their busy day. Both sat with large sunglasses on whilst they watched people go about their day. From the countless runners fighting the LA heat, to the kids playing on the jungle gym.

"How about him over there?" Lizzie asked indicating in the direction of a man who had paused his run to stretch. Scarlett chuckled, lightly slapping Lizzie on the shoulder. "Seriously Lizzie, I'm not going to ask a random guy out at the park!" Lizzie just shrugged "You need to get back on the horse at some point Scar." Scarlett shook her head refusing to answer causing them both to returned to people watching.

It was the infectious laugh that caught both women's attention from the kid's park. They looked up to see a blonde headed little girl chasing a lady around the trees. "She's cute" Lizzie stated when she noticed a small grin on Scarlett's face.

"Yeah, she is, I can't wait until I have that one day." She replied pausing for a moment thinking about where her life is at, slowly recovering from a traumatic break up from her fiance. She wondered if having a family was ever going to be on the cards for her. 

"Then maybe go ask that hot guy out and start working on it." Lizzie wiggled her eyebrows before bursting out laughing. Scarlett just scoffed not wanting to indulge her friend any further.

"MUMMMYYYY!" Scarlett and Lizzie's attention was brough back to the young girl as they observed her stop in her tracks before sprinting over to a tall brunette woman, her strong frame dressed in Miliary uniform. The little girl runs and jumps into the arms of her mum who spins her around as she holds her. "Hey my beautiful girl" the mysterious woman says as she holds her daughter on her hip placing a kiss on her forehead resulting in the blonde girl giggling.

 "Hey my beautiful girl" the mysterious woman says as she holds her daughter on her hip placing a kiss on her forehead resulting in the blonde girl giggling

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(What the uniform would look like.)

Lizzie had noticed how Scarlett's eyes had snapped on to the woman, her mouth slightly open watching the interaction between the two. "See something you like huh? Perhaps I was along the wrong lines with that guy." Lizzie said nudging her friend but receiving no response.

When Scarlett didn't respond, Lizzie looked at her again to see she was still staring. "Seriously Scar, close your mouth you're catching flies!" Quickly pulled from her trance, Scarlett shook her head as she carried on watching the sweet interactions between the mother and daughter.

"Why don't you go and talk to her?" Lizzie encouraged. "Oh yeah, because that's not weird in the slightest. Oh hi, I saw you playing with your daughter and wanted to come and say hi because I think you're hot. Come on Lizzie, she's probably got a husband." Scarlett replies standing up.

Lizzie was shocked by her reaction and jumped up to  follow, running to keep up. "So, you do think she's hot then. I mean that uniform, jeeze, that's a turn on in itself. And that accent, I could listen to her talk all day." Scarlett stopped and sighed trying to defend her response. "What no, well I mean yes, ahh Lizzie you're so frustrating sometimes." Scarlett sighed. "Come on, I'll get you a coffee to make it up to you." She grins pulling Scarlett towards the coffee cart.

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