A/N: I do not own the characters. These character names are based off of Scandal the TV show. The creation of SR. Please enjoy this story. Leave comments.
This story was inspired by the picture of TG wearing the reading glasses.
Olivia sat in her Prius parked outside of the Middle School she worked at. She was listening to the latest episode of her favorite podcast. She did this every Wednesday on her commute to work. It was just about to end when a light tap could be heard on the passenger side of her window. She jumped and clutched her chest. Her heart was beating so fast and hard. She was scared half to death and for that, the person looking through the window felt truly badly. Giving her an apologetic look, he mouthed the words sorry. Cracking the window, she heard his baritone voice utter the words.
"Liv, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." Fitz said as he looked into her eyes.
"It's okay. I just hadn't seen you pull into your parking space." Liv responded.
"What are you doing out here? Not ready to face the young impressionable minds just yet?" Fitz asked.
"I was listening to a podcast. I'll be in there in a few minutes." Liv stated.
"Okay see you in a little bit." Giving her his signature crooked smile, Fitz made his way towards the large school building.
Olivia watched his retreating figure and admired how well his clothes fit him. She had the biggest crush on English professor Fitzgerald Grant.
Just as her podcast wrapped up, she heard tires screech and looked over to see her a black Camaro come to a halt. Behind the wheel was none other than her best friend a feisty redhead who goes by the name Abigail Whelan.
Stepping out of the car Abby reached in the back seat to grab her purse and tote full of lesson plans. She was ready to start a new teaching subject. She was a social studies teacher and she always made cool props to keep her students engaged.
"Hey Abby." Olivia yelled out of her car window as she turned off her car and got ready to get out.
"Hey small fry." Abby replied.
Olivia rolled her eyes and made a hand gesture that she knew was not appropriate for school, but they were early and there were no students on campus yet.
They made their way into the building and marched to the teachers' lounge. When they entered, they found Harrison, Huck and Fitz sitting at a table looking at something on Huck's phone. They were sure it was something they were not interested.
Huck ran the school's computer lab and taught the students basic programming. They figured it was probably the latest gadget he bought that he was showing them on the phone.
They all sat down and chatted for about 15 minutes before everyone started to trickle out of the lounge to head to their respective classes.
When Abby and Olivia got up to leave Olivia asked Fitz if she would see him today with his class? He said yes. His students were excited about their library visit. It was a change to the usual schedule.
Olivia was the school librarian. She taught Library Science and today Fitz third period class was scheduled to come in. Fitz always found Olivia beautiful. The most important thing to him was she was not only beautiful on the outside and she was beautiful inside. She loved what she did and she was enthusiastic about teaching the children. He thought to himself as he watched her walk away in her black pencil skirt and white blouse if he had a librarian that looked like her he would have spent more time in his local library. Harrison caught him staring and began to tease him.
"Why don't you ask her out?" Harrison asked.
"I can't. I don't want to mess up our friendship." Fitz sighed.
"I think you should go for it. The way Olivia looks at you. I think she likes you too man." Huck chimed in.
Fitz took in their advice and left to go get his workday started.
As he stood outside his classroom door he heard lots of "Hi Mr. Grant and what's up Mr. Grant" as students passed his door. He made it a habit of greeting his students at the door before they headed into his classroom.
His day was going by quickly and it was time to take his class to the library. When they got there, the kids were excited to see Ms. Pope. She took time to explain to them the importance of a library, how things were cataloged, etc. Fitz took a seat at one of the tables in the back and just admired Olivia in her element. A few times, she caught him looking at her and gave him a warm smile. She thought Fitz looked so attractive. He had on his reading glasses. He did not wear them all the time, but when he did, he gave her that Clark Kent feel. He had one unruly curl that she thought was the superman curl. His eyeglasses were sitting low on the bridge of his nose.
He was intently focused on what she could only assume was him grading papers. He had his head down; he was lightly tapping his pencil. He looked so hot. He was wearing a black V-neck pull over cashmere sweater. He had on a white button up dress shirt under the sweater. The top button on the shirt was unbuttoned. His black dress slacks fitted him so nicely. While his students had been given, an assignment from her to work on she took the opportunity to go talk to him. When she reached his table, she placed her palms on the desktop and whispered Mr. Grant catching his attention.
Fitz heard her call his name and looked up slowly, his eyes raking over her body until they reached her face.
"Yes Ms. Pope." Fitz smirked. He found it funny how they were always so professional on school grounds using formal titles. When they hung out outside of school, it was Fitz and Livvie.
"I just want to confirm that you are picking up the items for Abby's teaching anniversary. Also can you make it to the gathering on Friday?" she asked.
"Yes, I'm picking up the breakfast treats. They will be in the faculty lounge for when Abby arrives. I am most definitely coming out on Friday. I could use a night out with my friends. They had decided they would go to a salsa club Abby likes. They have all been there before. It should be a fun time.
Once the hour was over, he escorted his class back to his classroom not before instructing them to say a goodbye and thank you to Ms. Pope. At the end of the day, Fitz went by the library to see if Olivia was ready to leave. He wanted to ask her if she wanted to ride with him to the Salsa club tomorrow night. They walked to her car and when they stopped he asked her and they confirmed they would ride over together. He held her door and waited until she got inside. She was excited to be going out and it had been a while since they all went dancing.
The next day Fitz got up early and went by the bakery to pick up the treat. When Abby and Olivia strolled into the lounge, all the teachers were there and clapped. Abby was shocked, but thankful. She had been working at the school for 5 years and this really did feel like a family. Those doing this for her made her feel appreciated. Fitz gave Abby a hung and told her to save him a dance tonight. She promised she would. She was excited about going out. Her boyfriend Stephen loved to dance so they were going to hit the dance floor tonight.
The day went by relatively quick and everyone went home to get ready.
Liv was face timing Abby to get a recommendation on what dress to wear tonight. She held up a black dress and a red dress. Abby felt like the black one was sexier. So black it was. She pulled her hair back in a tight bun and placed a red flower behind her ear. She was going all out in her look. She finished her makeup and gave herself a once over. Fitz would be there any minute. She went and grabbed her coat out of the closet just as her doorbell rang. She slipped into her coat and opened the door. She did not want Fitz to see her look until they got to the club. When she opened the door there, he stood looking so handsome. He asked if she was ready to go and she said yes. After she locked the door, she looped her arm through his and they walked out to his car. She loved his Tesla. He went around and opened the passenger side door for her and she slipped into the car. He could not help but admire her legs. Closing the door, he made his way around to the driver side and slipped in. They shared easy conversation as he maneuvered through the busy streets. They finally made it to the club about 30 minutes later. Once they found a park, they walked to get in line. It looked quite busy. While they stood in line Huck and his girlfriend made their way into the line. Once they got into the club, they made their way to a VIP section that Harrison had somehow manage to reserve. He always had the hookups. It was enough room to hold their group of 10. They had a few more friends coming. Quinn who was a former co-worker, her boyfriend Charlie, and Abby's Sister Nicole. About 20 minutes later Abby arrived. She walked in as if she owned the place. Typical Abby, Olivia though. Abby asked why Olivia was still in her coat. She waved it off, stood up, and took off her coat. When Olivia revealed her dress, Fitz who was sipping on his scotch choked. He began coughing and Olivia patted his back. She asked if he was okay and he said yes fine. It just went down the wrong pipe. Olivia had no clue she was the actual cause of Fitz choking, but Harrison did. He was chuckling while Fitz shot him a dirty look.
Abby took a shot of tequila and was ready to hit the dance floor. She wanted to dance with her girls. She pulled Olivia up by her hand and she Abby, Quinn, Nicole and Huck's girlfriend Emma went to the dance floor. The fellas watched from their location as the girls not only hair their attention, but the attention of a few of the men in the club. Fitz leaned back and took another sip of his scotch with his eyes fixed on Olivia as her hips swayed to the beat of the music. Huck said, "Man when are you going to make your move." Fitz just laughed it off and said "Liv and I are just friends. There is no move to make." Every one gave him a look.
Stephen said, "That dress says I want to be more than your friend."
Fitz looked out on the dance floor again to get another look at Olivia's dress. When he did, Olivia gave him a small wave. The fellas decided it was time to join the women. Fitz through back the rest of his scotch. The warm amber liquid burned his throat. He decided he was going to dance with whom he felt was the hottest woman in the club.
The Olivia Pope.