Babes, thanks for the feedback from the first chapter. As I mentioned, this story will not be vastly different than the previous version. The only differences, there's no Tiffany, and Fitz will not be selling drugs in the version.
Olivia
Friday rolled around and the chemistry test that was looming over everyone's head was finally here. No one prepared for this exam except Olivia and the nerds of course. Class started 10 minutes ago, but Mr. Forest was trying to get Fitz to come into the class so he could take his exam.
"Mr. Grant are you joining us or what? You have an exam today, and it is worth 75% of your grade." Mr. Forest the chemistry teacher said to Fitz who was standing outside of his classroom with his crew.
"I'm not taking that fucking test! I wish you stop asking me." Fitz bellowed as he flagged Mr. Forest and continued on with his conversation.
"Will you come after school to take it?" Mr. Forest asked as he reasoned with Fitz.
Olivia shook her head in disbelief. Mr. Forest is the authority figure here, but one couldn't tell. The amount of power the adults in the building give Fitz is sickening. That's why he walks around like he owns the place.
"Yeah man I'll come after school. You better mark me as being present too." Fitz threatened.
"Alright."
Mr. Forest closed the door and directed his attention back to the class. He distributed their tests and told them they had until class ended to finish. Olivia was the first one done with her exam after only getting it 15 minutes ago. She is one of few students that are soaring through chemistry with an A.
"I don't even need to grade this because I already know you have a 100." Mr. Forest smiled. He is one of Olivia's favorite teachers. After the situation with Jake, Mr. Forest became Olivia's protector. The bullying she went through was enough to drive anyone off the edge, but he defended her, when so many of her teachers turned a blind eye to what was happening.
Aside from Iyana, Olivia didn't have anyone to vent to about the situation. Her parents were to angry and disappointed to even speak to her. So, Mr. Forest became that shoulder Olivia needed, he was everything her parents were not.
"Do you need any copies made?" Olivia already knows he didn't print out enough copies for his other periods, he never does.
"You know me too well." Mr. Forest handed Olivia the original copy of the test, so she could make more copies.
"I'll make copies for the rest of your periods." Olivia grabbed the pass and left the classroom.
Fitz and his crew weren't hanging outside of Mr. Forests class anymore, they must've migrated to the 2nd floor where the freshmen classes were. From her own experience, Olivia shares a deep hatred for how freshmen girls are preyed upon by upperclassmen. She knows exactly what it feels like to be preyed upon and it sucks.
The room where the copier is, is literally located in a deserted part of the hallway. The room sits alone, and that part of the hallway has become the hangout spot for everyone. The security guards have tried to control the traffic in that area of the halfway, but their efforts haven't worked, and they've given up.
Olivia heard Fitz's voice the closer she got to the copier room. Olivia thought Fitz would be with his crew, instead he was with Raleigh. He was leaning against the lockers, while Raleigh was standing in front of him. To Olivia's surprise, Raleigh wasn't wearing her usual baggy clothes. She was in much more fitted tighter clothing. She was finally showing off that body, that got her the attention of Fitz. Olivia can't hate, Raleigh's body is perfect, too bad she doesn't have a face to match it. Her face is a strong 5, while her body is a 10.
"Can I come over today?" Raleigh asked Fitz loud enough for Olivia to hear.
"I have plans." Fitz curtly replied with his eyes on Olivia. The effects he has on her bothers her. In the same breath that she can say she hates him, she can also say that she likes him. Those are feelings she could never tell anyone especially Iyana. Everyone knows how big of an asshole and dick Fitz has been to Olivia. And she would have to be Boo-Boo the fool himself, to admit to anyone that she likes him. But she does, and she doesn't want to feel bad about it.
Raleigh finally turned her head around to see who had Fitz's attention. And when she saw that it was Olivia, she had the nerve to trace her fingers along his chest and give Olivia a smirk.
Olivia shook her head and walked into the room. There must be a reason Fitz went after Raleigh. If Olivia had to guess, Raleigh was either a bet, a conquest, or both. Olivia almost feel bad that Raleigh thinks she's anything more.
When she left the copier room, Fitz was still leaning against the lockers, alone this time. It was almost like he was waiting for her. This caused her to stop in her tracks, it's rare that he is alone.
"What? I wasn't waiting for you." He couldn't even look at her as he spoke. Olivia knew he was lying. Though he would never admit it. Guess she has just as a big of effect on him as he does her.
"I didn't even say anything." Olivia smirked and headed back to Mr. Forest's class.
"Are you coming to Marcus party tomorrow?" Olivia heard him ask. She stopped, but didn't turn around.
"I guess." She answered with her back to him.
"See you there." She knew he was checking her out and she strutted away like she was Naomi Campbell herself.
"I thought I would have to send a search party to find you." Mr. Forest teased.
"Sorry." Olivia handed him the copies.
"Thank you. You got a 100 just like I said." Mr. Forest showed Olivia her test grade.
After chemistry ended, Olivia went to lunch. Iyana was already in there sitting at their usual table, so Olivia grabbed her lunch and joined Iyana. She chose to indulge in a grilled chicken salad.
"The test was easy." Olivia said before she dug into her salad.
"Easy for you or easy for the rest of us." Iyana said giving Olivia a look.
"It's easy believe me." Olivia laughed. Iyana doesn't give herself enough credit, she's smart too. She just doesn't apply herself just like Fitz, and that frustrates Olivia.
"We'll see. Didn't I tell you Fitz and Raleigh are a thing." Iyana said as she pointed clear across the lunch room without a care in the world to where Fitz and his crew were sitting. Raleigh was hanging around like a lost puppy. Fitz wasn't even paying her any attention.
"Are you going to Marcus party?" Oliva asked changing the subject.
"If I can find a babysitter for Brie. You know my mom is never home on the weekends, and my little sister's act as if watching Brie is so hard." Iyana complained.
Olivia is so happy she cannot relate to Iyana's struggle of being a teenage single mother. She tips her hat to her best friend.
"If you find a babysitter, what are you going to wear?"
"Probably a cute dress or a skirt. I'm not sure yet. How about you?"
"I don't know, maybe some jeans and a crop top. It's too cold for a dress or skirt"
"Girl you drive. You know what you should wear, that dress you just bought from F21."
"Which one?"
"I think it's a midi grey one."
"Oh, I know which one you're talking about. I might wear that one."
"It makes your ass looks big especially since you're competing with Raleigh for Fitz's attention." Iyana teased.
Olivia throw a piece of lettuce at her and flipped her the finger.
"I'm only joking, I know you don't want that arrogant asshole. You have way better taste than that."
If only you knew, Olivia thought.
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Fitz
"Where is my fucking money?" Fitz asked Marcus as he showed the video of him and Raleigh having sex. They were in the boys' bathroom cutting their last period.
"Send this to me bro." Marcus had this look on his face like he was getting off from the video.
"I can't." Fitz may be an asshole, but he isn't a mega asshole. He doesn't mind showing his friends who he has sex with, but he couldn't imagine letting the entire school see. He is still in the video and he would be exposing himself too.
"Why not?" Marcus asked in high pitched voice.
"She asked me not to send it to anyone and I said I wouldn't." Fitz has always been a man of his word.
"Since when do we care about what these bitches think." Marcus had a point.
"Bro I can't send you this video, but I do want my money." Fitz placed his cell phone inside of his sweat pants pocket.
Marcus sighed and went into his pocket. He pulled out a crisp folded 50-dollar bill and reluctantly handed it to Fitz.
"That was easy, never bet against me." Fitz cockily smirked.
"You think she'll let me hit next?"
"You'll never know until you try."
"You know I'm going to try at my party tomorrow. Are you sure you don't mind?"
"This wouldn't be the first time we've shared a bitch."
"True. Hey, do you think Liv will actually show up?"
"I hope so. If big mouthed Iyana comes, Olivia will be there."
"I don't see why you just don't tell her how you feel bro. Next year we will be seniors, and then we're gonna be off to college, you want her to get away from you again. She could get snatched up by some other clown." Marcus and Olivia used to be best friends in middle school, and then once Fitz and Marcus became friends, his friendship with Olivia dissolved. This could be why Marcus is suddenly going to bat for Olivia. Marcus and Olivia were like brother and sister in middle school. People actually thought they were related.
"Nah I'm good…me and her will never work." Fitz doesn't know this to be true, but he isn't willing to put himself out there, and the relationship fail. He has a fear of failing, and if he was to start a relationship with Olivia and it was to fail, Fitz doesn't think he'd ever open himself up to being in another one.
"Bro you can't hold onto what she did when she was 14-years-old. She made a mistake with that clown, but it's a part of growing up. You can't hold that against her forever."
"Is this coming from the same guy who gives her shit any chance he gets." If Marcus can call Fitz out on the crap he gives Olivia, then he needs to call himself out too.
"You're right, how about this, we both need to mend our relationships with her. She was once my best friend and you were once in love with her. It's time we both grow the hell up." Marcus proposed.
"Alright." Fitz and Marcus shook hands and left the bathroom.
Raleigh was outside of the bathroom waiting for him. Had Fitz known she would become this attached, he would've never gave into Marcus's bet. She has become clingy as hell and they've only slept together once. Fitz needs to get rid of this girl.
"Handle that bro." Marcus patted Fitz's shoulder and walked away.
"Hey, I was looking for you. Are we hanging out after school?" Raleigh pushed her body against Fitz.
"Didn't you ask me that shit already? I said I have plans." Fitz irritably replied.
"I promise to make it worthwhile." Raleigh gave him a suggestive look.
"How so?" Fitz was suddenly intrigued.
"You'll have to find out to see." Raleigh bit her bottom lip and smiled.
"You can come over for thirty minutes. I'll text you when I am ready for you. I'm not coming to pick you up either, you have to find your way over yourself."
"What happened to the Fitz that's been pursuing me for 2 weeks, where's that guy?" Raleigh asked. She clearly fooled herself into thinking that Fitz actually liked her. He wanted to tell her the real reason he pursued her, but he wanted to spare her feelings.
"We're just hooking up…you do know that right…I'm not looking to make you my girlfriend or anything." Fitz wanted to put that out in the open now before Raleigh further confused herself.
"Of course," she quickly replied.
"Cool, look out for my text." Fitz patted her shoulder leaving her where she was standing.
After school, Fitz went to Mr. Forest class to take his exam. Next time, he will complete it during class. It sucks having to stay after school on a Friday.
"Well Mr. Grant I didn't think you'd actually show up." Mr. Forest sarcastically said as Fitz walked into his classroom.
"Just give me my test." Fitz sat in the seat closest to the door.
"Why do you continue to put up this charade of this tough guy that doesn't give a damn. Look I know how tough its been for you since losing your mom. But there are other ways you can cope, instead of lashing out at people and putting up this charade. You have some of the greatest potential I have ever seen in a student athlete and you're wasting it."
Mr. Forest taught Olivia and Fitz their freshman year, which was also the same year Fitz lost his mom Angela to breast cancer. Freshman year changed Fitz. He lost his crush, and his mother in the same year. That turned his heart as cold as ice and black a night. He wanted to give up on life so bad, he contemplated suicide, and he had no one except Mr. Forest in his corner cheering him on. His father was too busy wallowing in his own grief to be there for Fitz. And his brother is banned from coming back home because of his lifestyle. Mr. Forest helped Fitz through his troubles and in return Fitz gave him his ass to kiss.
"Can I have my test?" This was the second time somebody called him out today and he wasn't in the mood to hear it anymore.
"Yeah man." Mr. Forest gave Fitz his exam.
Fitz finished the test in 10 minutes. Mr. Forest graded it and Fitz got a perfect score. He barely comes to class, and when he does he's such a distraction that he gets kicked out, yet here he is getting perfect scores on his exam. The boy is a genius and he know it.
"Have a good weekend Fitz."
"You too." Fitz left the classroom.
When he reached the school's parking lot, he saw a group of guys no more than five hanging around his car. Last weekend, Fitz, Marcus, and the rest of the gang, got into a fight with some guys from the school a couple of blocks down. The beef has been brewing between the schools for years, and it's gets worse generation after generation.
"We thought you'd never come out." Aaron the guy Fitz fought spoke up first. The beef with these to stems from Aaron's girlfriend Bianca flirting with Fitz. Last weekend, at a mutual friend of both groups party, Bianca was all over Fitz, as if she was single, and Fitz took full advantage. Plus, he was drunk from the Whiskey he was drinking. When Aaron and his crew walked in, Bianca didn't even flinch, she continued flirting with Fitz. So, they moved their flirting to the bedroom, and Fitz had sex with her, while her boyfriend was downstairs searching for her. Aaron saw them coming back downstairs together, and he charged after Fitz only to get beat down. His boys made the mistake of trying to jump Fitz, and Fitz boys handled them. Fitz is guessing they're back for part two.
"You're back to get beat down again?" Fitz taunted.
"Your cracka ass got lucky last time." Aaron spat.
"Mmm that's interesting because I could have sworn I beat you down fair and square." Fitz laughed.
Fitz never saw the sneak sucker punch to the back of his head by Aaron's friend. Next thing he knew he was being pounced on by all five of them. Fitz protected his head and face the best he could. He was punched, stomped, and kicked repeatedly. The beating seemed as if it went on forever. Then he heard someone yelling.
"STOP! STOP!" Fitz couldn't make out whose voice it was yelling, but whoever it was saved his life. Aaron and his crew ran off after the person threatened to call the police.
"Oh my God Fitz are you okay?" Olivia panicked as she helped him to his feet.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Fitz groaned yanking away from her. He didn't want her to see him like this, he was embarrassed.
"You're not fine, you're bleeding Fitz. Let me help you." Olivia held onto his forearm as she tried to get a look at his face.
"I said I am fine, now leave me the fuck alone." Fitz pushed Olivia off him and hopped inside of his car. He sped off leaving her standing there in the parking lot dumbfounded. He immediately regretted his actions.
"Fuck!" He hit the stirring wheel over and over. Fitz swerved the entire ride home.
AN: Both of our faves have feelings for each other obviously, but those feelings comes with conflict. Who do you think will give in first?
What do you all think about Raleigh? Will she become a problem? As always leave your thoughts.
