"Olivia Pope, can you stay after please?" Mr. Craft said.
"Yea of course," Olivia said waving bye to her friend as she picked up her things and walked over to her teacher's desk. "Yes?"
"You are the top student in my class and I was wondering if you could tutor a student for me. I know that you don't want to be a tutor, for some reason. But anyway, you are the best and this kid really needs it, and I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important," he pleaded with her. He knew this student really needed help and he had a feeling that him and her would bond.
"I uh, who is it?" She asked, she was really hoping that it was someone she did not know.
"First agree that you will do it," he said hoping that he could get her to say yes before he told her. He knew that she wouldn't do it if she knew who it was.
"You aren't going to tell me till I say yes are you?" She asked catching on to his drift.
"Exactly! So will you do it?" He asked with high hopes.
"I guess so, wait will you boost my friends grade? Her mom is really getting to her and I know that I should not be asking this but its super important, just think of it as like-," but he cut her off.
"Ill do it if you will tutor him?" He said. He was desperate.
"Its a him?" She asked but he gave her a blank stare. "Fine I will do it."
"Okay thank god! Sign this form," he said handing her a piece of paper.
"Why?" She asked.
"Its fort he office so that they know that I set this up and its official," he said handing her a pen. She gave him a questioning look but signed the paper.
"Okay now, will you tell me who it is?" She asked, kind of getting excited.
"Its Fitzgerald Grant," he looked at his watch then back at her to see that her expression has changed. "Look at the time! I gotta go. But thank you so very much to be doing this for me!" And then he left the room.
"Fitzgerald Grant," she said to herself. "But but but." She took off running out of the room and straight to Abby's, her best friends, locker.
"Abby! Abby! Abby!" She called.
"You just missed it, all the football players were hot today! I think Fitzgerald looked disappointed when he didn't see you here! We are making a difference!" Abby said when she looked over to see that her best friends face had gone pale she got nervous. "Olivia What's wrong?" She asked.
"I have to start tutoring a student," Olivia said.
"Okay so what's the big deal?" She asked still not getting it.
"The student is," she paused to take a deep breath. "It's Fitzgerald Grant," she whispered.
"What! OMG! That is amazing! So when are we doing this? I mean when are you doing this? What are you going to wear?" Abby asked getting excited.
"Its not a date Abby! It's tutoring! But what am I going to do?" Olivia asked panicked.
"Well you are going to go and "tutor" hit! Duh," she said slamming her locker, and flipping her hair over her shoulder.
"But, I cant! He is the quarterback! He wouldn't be caught dead with me! I am nothing!" Olivia said following Abby out of the school.
"Then we have to make you something! We are going to sign up to be cheerleaders!" She said in a preppy high voice.
"What no I cant-," but before she could finish that Abby walked back into the school. "Abby!" Olivia yelled after her, but she didn't turn around. Olivia sighed and walked over to her car in the school parking lot. 10 minutes later she came back out of the school with a huge smile on her face.
"Guess what!?" Abby yelled getting into the car.
"Hmm?" Olivia hummed, while starting the car.
"See there was an indecent today where exactly two cheerleaders happen to quite the squad! That means there are two spots open and I talk to Haylee, head of the squad, and she said we can take their spots," Abby said with a squeal.
"That is such a lie, what did you do to those girls and how much did you offer Haylee?" Olivia asked pulling out of the parking lot.
"A lie?" Abby asked with a scoff. She looked over at Olivia to see that she wasn't buying it. "Okay fine! I promised them that you would do their homework for two classes each, and I gave Haylee a hundred bucks and she said that we can stay in the back."
"You told them what?" Olivia asked stopping at a red light.
"I'm sorry but this was the only way that they would quit!" Abby defended herself.
"Ugh fine! But I am only giving them C's!" Olivia said pulling into Abby's parents drive way. "Now get out of my car so that I can go home and cry into my pillow."
"Kk!" Abby said grabbing her things and jumping out of the car. "But call me later," she added then slammed the door.
When Olivia got home she went to her room and stood in front of her long mirror, looking at herself. She wasn't heavy but she was not skinny. Today she wore plain jeans and a tank top and a sweatshirt and no make up. Maybe she should start making herself look better? She is a cheerleader now isn't she? She flopped onto her bed and pulled out her phone to call Abby, and of course she answered on the second ring.
"Hey bitch!" Abby called into the phone, before Olivia could reply she was talking again. "Okay so now that we are totally cheerleaders! I was thinking that we should change the way that we dress."
"But you already dress all cheerleader-ry," Olivia said into the phone.
"I know I was just trying to be nice, by we I meant you," she said with a laugh.
"Thanks Abby! Anyway I already know what I am wearing tomorrow! And before you ask! No, I am not going to tell you. You are going to have to wait!" Olivia said.
"Ugh!" Abby groaned. "Well you are going to start wearing make up tomorrow, right?" She asked.
"Fine fine! But only something simple!" Olivia said.
"Okay well I have to go the dog is chasing the cat, again!" Abby said hanging up the phone.
Olivia decided that she would just go ahead and go to bed so she can wake up early and get ready.
"Okay, done," Olivia said looking into the mirror. She was wearing tight jeans and a fitted white tank top with a leather vest and black high tops. She went over to her desk and sat down and the looked in the mirror, she was going to look so different with make up on. She pinned back half of her hair with black bobby pins. She then applied a thin line of black eyeliner under her eye, and then some mascara. After that she applied a little blush, then she put on light pink glossy lipstick.
"Wow," she said looking at herself. She grabbed a few metal ringed bracelets then slipped them on to her wrists, then she grabbed a pair of silver heart ear rings and put them in and then grabbed the gold necklace that said her name on it. She put it on and looked into the mirror again. She smiled at her appearance, she looked completely different!
She grabbed her bag and walked out of the room, she ran into her drunk mother in the hallway.
"What the fuck did you do?" Maya asked looking at her daughter.
"I, uh, I am on the cheer leading squad," Olivia said not knowing how her mother would take it. She was not going to let her mother ruin her day though.
"And being on the squad makes you turn into a slut?" Her mom asked walking around her to check her out.
"I do not look like a slut!" Olivia defended. Maybe she did, she go and change? No she is sticking to what she has on no! But she needs to leave before she changes her mind.
"Where the hell are you going?" Maya asked as her daughter walked away.
"I have to go to school, I will see you later!" Olivia called out as she walked out the door. Once she got in her car she started to laugh, she could not believe that she was going to school dressed like this. She turned on her car and cranked some country, she wouldn't tell anyone that that was her guilty pleasure, not even Abby knew.
When she pulled up to Abby's she changed the station and then turned the car off. She got out of the car and went to the door, she never knocks. They have been friends since 2nd grade. Abby's family is the family that Olivia always wanted.
When Olivia walked into the house Abby's little brother, Ace, came down the stairs. He walked over to Olivia and just stared at her, he was 12.
"Wow!" Ace said staring at her. "I didnt even know it was you until I smelt you."
"What I smell?" Olivia asked getting worried.
"No you smell amazing! But you have a unique scent so I knew it was you, but wow! You look hot!" Ace said walking around her. Just then Abby walked up the stairs , and gasped.
"Ace get away!" She said shoving her brother. "Can I help you?" Abby asked walking over to Olivia at the door, she didn't know that it was Olivia.
"What?" Olivia asked confused. Abby looked over at her brother and gave him a questioning look 'who is this?' She asked silently.
"Its our Livvie," he said with a small laugh at his sister reaction.
"What?" She asked still not believing it.
"Its Olivia!" He said then walked away.
"You really can't tell that it's me?" Olivia asked. Maybe this wasn't the best outfit.
"What! NO! Holy shit! You look hot!" She said looking at her. She cannot believe this is Olivia!
"Your brother told me I have a scent?" Olivia said with a chuckle.
"You do! You smell like lavender and vanilla," Abby said gabbing her bag and leaning forward. "Yup, its definitely you!" She said as they walked out to the car. They jammed out the whole entire way to school. "Okay when we get to school we go straight to the gym, that's where we get our uniforms." Abby said.
"I totally forgot that we have to wear uniforms! What if I don't fit in them?" Olivia asked getting worried.
"Liv! You are perfect! Like really I would kill for your body! You will fit!" Abby said.
"I am far from perfect," Olivia said with a slight chuckle. "Why would you kill for my body you are skinnier then me!" Olivia said pulling into the parking lot.
"Yea I am skinny but I am also flat chested! You have like the perfect sized everything!" Abby said getting out of the car.
"Yea right!" Olivia said grabbing her bag.
"You are so oblivious! Lets go to the gym!" Abby squealed, Olivia nodded and followed her. As they were walking down the hallway a lot of people kept looking at them.
"Why is everyone looking at us?" Olivia whispered to Abby.
"Uh, because you are hot!" Abby said as if it were obvious.
"What? All I did was change my cloths and do my make up!" Olivia said.
"Yea well you changed and did the right thing!" Abby said as they walked into the gym. The whole entire cheer squad was staring at them.
"Are you sure?" Olivia asked Abby as Haylee walked over to them.
"Never been more sure of anything!" Abby said walking over to meet Haylee halfway, dragging Olivia with her.