For some of you who are deeply confused this is in no way an Olake fanfic, please read the summary and/or the title and exit. If you're a fan of Jake/Olake you are very much in the wrong place...
"Where the HELL is Olivia?" Jake snarled to Abby. Each and every teacher was standing against the wall watching Mayor Grant as he spoke with ease and grace charming the entire student body, every teacher that was with the exception of Olivia and Claire.
"She's in the bathroom." Abby smiled at her boss.
"A bathroom break now?! Really?!"
"Lady problems." Abby said purposely. If she knew one thing about men it was at the mention of the menstraul cycle, they tuned out. Which was exactly what happened; Jake grimaced and turned his attention back to Mayor Grant.
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"OLIVIA!" Claire banged on the washroom door. She'd be hiding in there for a minimum of 5 minutes. "OLIVIA OPEN THIS DOOR NOW!"
"GO TO HELL! GO TO HELL ALL OF YOU!" She cried from the other side of the door.
"Seriously Liv get out here he's giving his speech. We don't have time for this."
Olivia gulped, from the moment she'd looked into those cerulean coloured eyes; she knew she was in trouble. That's why she sprinted down the hall and into the bathroom half a nanosecond later. Never in her life had she felt so utterly and totally embarrassed. She wished for the ground to open up and swallow her whole, preventing her from having to go back out there.
"Honestly Liv it's fine... I'm sure by now he's forgotten about it..." Claire said her voice trailing off.
"Forgotten?! I DON'T THINK HE FORGOT HEARING ME SAID HID PENIS WILL TEAR OUT INSIDES!" Olivia shrieked.
"Liv if you don't bring your ass out here now I'm coming in and we both know I will."
Olivia pulled herself together for the most part and stepped out of the washroom. "I hate you."
"I tried to warn you—"
"No you didn't, and now the mayor not only knows he gets my panties wet and makes my knees weak. But he also knows I think he has a 7 inch penis." Olivia couldn't believe what had just taken place. One minute she was leading her friends back to sanity, and now she was sure to be a laughing stock when this got out.
"You're fine Liv, just shut up and keep your head down. He'll be gone soon anyways.", with that Claire took Olivia's wrist and stormed back into the auditorium.
She was pain, physical pain. From the moment she stepped inside her entire body began to burn up again. Never did her eyes leave the floor as Olivia would never dare to look at him again. She was still sweating, her clothes becoming tighter and tighter within his presence.
"Is everything okay?" Jake asked her with a smile.
"Yes thank you." Olivia replied curtly before dropping her head back down. She was counting the seconds in her head, which then lead to minutes which then lead to half an hour which then lead to an hour; and then soon enough the assembly was over. Jake went up on stage, thanking the Mayor graciously and the entire school erupted into applause.
Olivia waited an entirety of a minute before rushing her class out of the auditorium before any other teacher. She was thankful Lyndsey had scheduled the assembly at the end of the day, as all she had to do now was get her kids to their coats and bags and she could leave.
As expected as they got back to the classroom, they were all unusually chatty, discussing how much they all liked the mayor. Undisputedly Mayor Grant was well loved by the people of Burlington. So it came as no surprise that her pupils were buzzing after an afternoon talk with him. After helping Reeves tie his shoes and find his missing pencil case, Olivia's school day was finally over as her class was out in the playground waiting to be picked up by parents.
She exhaled loudly, as she packed up her classroom and gathered her things. With her spring coat on, and leather bag in hand Olivia began to lock up, only to hear Jake and the Mayor coming down the hall. Upon hearing that sexy baritone voice her fingers turned to butter, her keys falling right through them.
"Shit shit." She muttered to herself scrambling to pick them up off the floor.
"Ms. Pope?" Jake called out to her as they slowly neared her. "Is everything okay?"
"YEP FINE!" Olivia yelled keeping her head down as she frantically locked the door before flying out of the school without so much as eye contact. There is no way she'd ever be able to look that man in the eyes ever again.
"Sorry." Jake turned to the Mayor as Olivia practically darted through the doors. "She's normally very friendly."
Mayor Grant chuckled, smirking to himself shortly. In all honesty he found Ms. Pope to be the most adorable thing he'd ever clapped eyes on. "Her name's Olivia right?", he wanted and needed verification as the woman intrigued him incredibly.
"Yea.", Jake replied dryly and defensively. There was no possible scenario where he needed to know her first name, which irritated Jake even more. "May I give you a tour of the school?"
"Oh no thanks." The Mayor smiled. "I really should get going, even Cyrus went back to the office. Thank you again for having me. It was great seeing you again Jake."
"Thank you Mr. Mayor and the pleasure was all mine." Jake politely shook his hand and watched as he swiftly made his way out of the building. Jake was relieved; he could finally have his school back and things were due to go back to normal.
Fitz couldn't contain his excitement as he saw Olivia cursing and struggling with her mini cooper. The car was cute and petite; just like it's owner. She banged on the hood of the car while leaving an angry voicemail to someone before hanging up.
"Is something wrong?" He asked standing a foot behind her.
She didn't answer him, she refused to answer him. Olivia kept her gaze to the floor and shook her head frantically The butterflies in her stomach were there like never before; she literally trembled in his presence.
"You can look at me you know.", he laughed sticking his hands in his pockets. She stood less than foot from him, all he could see was her back, not that he was complaining entirely as she had undoubtedly the nicest ass he'd ever seen. He'd always been able to admire a nice ass and hers was perfect; it was shapely, toned and round.
"I know." Olivia spat out harsher than she intended. She couldn't help it; not only was she nervous and embarrassed but she could hear the smirk in his voice. She imagined he'd been laughing at her, probably with Jake.
"Okay.", he smiled genuinely. "I'll wait.", and waited he did, it took her nearly two full minutes to turn around and initiate eye contact, and it was then he swore he was looking into perhaps the biggest and most beautiful pair of brown doe eyes. "Hi."
"Hi.", she smiled, and for some reason with those two letters, all of her fears washed away. She was no longer trembling, and anxiety was now a figment of her imagination.
"You're adorable." He told her honestly. "Well I think you're beautiful and sexy but you're frigging adorable too."
Olivia blushed, tucking her straight hair behind her ears. When she smiled her cheekbones were highlighted even further, just when he thought she couldn't have gotten any more stunning...
"I'm embarrassed.", she said softly.
"You shouldn't be. I've been called much worse by people who were very much aware of my presence.", he said with a lopsided smile and a wink.
"If I offended you in any way I'm—"
"It was the best thing that's happened to be all day.", he stopped her in the midst of an unnecessary apology.
Olivia smiled and he smiled back at her. They stood there, in the parking lot, smiling and blushing like two love sick teenagers. She took him in— strong, masculine and handsome. He really did have hair she craved to run her fingers through.
"Do you have a boyfriend?", he asked her getting straight to the point. Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III had never been a man to beat around the bush. When he saw something he wanted, he took no time in getting it, and this would be no different. He wanted her and saw no reason for fooling around. It was much beyond just physical desire, there was a pull an attraction between them he could already feel which was much deeper than just aesthetics. Sure Olivia was gorgeous, but she had the most pure and sweet demeanour about her. She was coy, but it wasn't false which had Fitz in awe.
"No.", she answered almost immediately.
"Can I take you out for dinner this Friday?"
"Yes." Olivia said, shocked by her own eagerness as she clasped her hand over her mouth. "I mean maybe."
"You mean yes.", he smirked.
"I mean I'll have to check my schedule and see if I can fit you in...", her voice trailing off as he evilly enclosed the gap between them. He wasn't playing fair, this man was seducing her in public and reducing her right back to a trembling and stuttering mess. Olivia shuddered as his fingers slowly brushed against hers and before she could blink they were entwined— holding hands.
What had come over her? She'd barely known the man a few minutes and yet she was holding in his hand in parking lot of her place of work. How did he already have such a massive hold of control over her body?
"You know, the more you play hard to get, the more tempting it is to just kiss you absolutely senseless." He said without any shame, his deep baritone voice rocking her the core as there was now a strange ache between her thighs. She wanted nothing more for him to kiss her until her brain turned to mush, but the timing and the place was all wrong.
"I...I...need to... My car isn't working.", she blurted out.
He chuckled, still holding onto her soft and dainty hand. "What's wrong with it?"
"Two weekends ago I lost a bet with my brother and I let him take apart my car's engine and put it back together. It wasn't been running the same since. Sometimes it doesn't start for days."
He smiled at her. "Luckily for you, I wanted to be a mechanic when I was younger." In fact he'd gone to trade school for 2 years for mechanics only to drop out due to his father's raging disapproval. "May I have a look?"
Olivia nodded, continuing to hold his hand as they made their way over to the hood of her car.
"You're going to have to let go of my hand so I can open up the roof.", he teased her with a smile.
"Oh." Olivia blushed prettily and dropped his hand, allowing him to access the situation underneath the hood of her car. She watched him as he squinted his eyes, pursed his eyes and furrowed his brows trying to asses what was going on.
"I'm going to give you a boost, and see if that helps." He concluded.
"A boost? Do you have to order that or—"
"Adorable.", he grinned at her. "Absolutely adorable."
After fixing her car with a boost and exchanging contact information it was time to say goodbye. Fitz smiled as the two of them re-held hands before parting ways.
"I should really get going."
"It was nice meeting you Mayor—"
"Fitz.", he cut her off. "I'm taking you out for dinner, it's Fitz."
"Fitz.", she smiled.
He leaned in, softly pressing his lips to the smooth skin of cheek before pulling away moments later. "I'll see you Friday."
"Bye." She blushed like a school girl, slightly avoiding his gaze.
"Bye.", he grinned and watched as she got into her car, waving him goodbye before driving away.
"Yes Ted?" Fitz chuckled opening the door of his beautiful but relatively small townhome. It was a two bedroom Victorian style home, and seeing as he lived alone Fitz converted the second bedroom into a home office. Although he would have been better off leaving it as a bedroom due to the amount of times Theodore dropped by.
Working as the Mayor of Burlington, Fitz wasn't exactly in the Forbes list of highest earners of 2014, however he did make an honest living. Being a Grant he did come from money, with a large inheritance from his parents, however Fitz refused to take an money from his father. So he pleaded with his mom to give him a loan for university, instead of paying for it herself. Eventually after a double major in political science and communications from Harvard, he'd worked out a system to pay his mother back despite her protests. After becoming debt free, Fitz was able to purchase himself a townhome and live comfortably. However Theodore was nearly in a completely opposite situation.
Theodore Christopher Grant was having marriage problems. In fact Theodore Christopher Grant was having a martial crisis. Over the past year his practically arranged marriage had gone from somewhat tolerable to disastrous. With the heavy influence from Big Gerry Theodore was married off to Laura Cosworth at the age of 35. A year and a half later Teddy practically showed up to Fitz's with a duffle bag and a case full of beers every other day.
"Laura locked me out."
"What do you mean she locked you out?"
"I mean she locked me out. She won't open the chain lock."
Fitz groaned, needing a beer in order to digest the shenanigans going in his brothers life. He opened the front door allowing Teddy to come in. He watched as Teddy dropped his duffle bag on what was slowly becoming his couch, before plonking himself in the recliner.
"So get this, I come home ready to make nice and she locks me the fuck out." Teddy grunted, opening himself a can of beer, practically downing it in one go.
"What happened now?"
"She suspects something's going on with Sabrina and I."
Fitz rolled his eyes and shook his head. Sabrina was Teddy's head assistant, and Fitz could tell from the moment Teddy hired her, that girl was nothing but trouble.
"I told you not to hire her." Fitz shook his head.
Teddy worked for IBM had within the last year he'd gotten a major promotion, which included but was not limited to: an office the size of average america's kitchen, two assistants, a bonus at the end of the year which easily could put a kid through their first year of college and a gracious amount of vacation days. So when Teddy hired Sabrina as his head assistant, Fitz immediately had his doubts. Sabrina was an attractive woman, not exactly Fitz's type but attractive none the less. It was obvious when she looked at Teddy she saw dollar bills. Teddy was either too stupid or just plain couldn't care less as he hired her anyway.
"This isn't the god damn time for I told you so's." Teddy growled. "She threatened to file Fitz. She's never threatened to file before. If she divorces me she'll get AT LEAST half!"
"Aren't you the slightest bit concerned at the fact that your marriage is falling to shit?" Fitz sighed, running his hands through his hair.
Teddy groaned. From the moment he married Laura and said I do, he felt a peg of regret. As the days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months, the peg of regret turned into a full on weight he carried each and every day. Not only was Laura lazy, relying on Teddy's famous Grant inheritance as well as his high paying job to finance her every need, but she was also down right miserable. She was a selfish, mean and cold hearted woman, who did everything in her power to try to make her husband, as miserable as her.
"You know when I asked Laura for kids a few months after we got hitched and she said no, I was really really pissed. And I mean pissed, I wanted to...", his voice trailed off. "But it's only within these last couple of months where things have been really really bad where I realized she saved me from making the biggest mistake of my life, apart from agreeing to marry her that is. Imagine if I had kids with that woman?"
Fitz chuckled softly at his younger brother of just 5 minutes. Although they were referred to as twins, they couldn't be more different in every way. Physically speak they looked similar, although Teddy was a few inches shorter with dirty blonde hair.
"Why did you even ask her for kids?" Fitz asked. Speaking solely for himself Fitz had never pictured himself as the type to get married, have kids and raise a family. The only person who saw through his façade was his late grandmother Evelyn, who swore he'd find the right woman one day to change his ways.
"I thought it would ground her, solidify her and our relationship which now looking back is probably one of the stupidest idea's I've ever had." Teddy groaned, reaching for his second beer. A large part of him regretted marrying Laura while an even larger part of him was just thankful they'd never agreed on the kids situation.
"Well you just need to count your lucky stars and file for divorce. I mean you practically live on my couch." Fitz stated. He'd never taken to Laura, largely due to the fact that Big Gerry had handpicked her especially for Teddy, and anything that man touched turned to shit.
"I need a drink. Harrison's flying down from Boston on Thursday night, which means we're going out Friday. I need to drink my face off."
"I have plans Friday Ted, I can't."
Teddy glared at his brother, sitting upright from the recliner. "What the hell do you mean you have plans? Your twin brother is going through a mid life crisis you can't have plans!"
"First of all, you're 37 going on 38 going through a divorce, and secondly yes I do. I have a date."
"A DATE?!" Teddy hollered with laughter, nearly spilling his beer and flying out of the chair in the process. He laughed so hard he went red in the face. "YOU HAVE A DATE?"
"Is that so hard to believe?"
"Yes." Teddy nodded gathering his wits about him. "You've been single since Mellie which you two weren't ever really in a relationship... So yes that is VERY hard to believe."
"Well I have a date Friday so enjoy your boys night with Harrison." Fitz said proudly. Truthfully he was looking for an excuse to text and call Olivia. He was anxious to hear that sweet voice and see that beautiful smile again. Within a few moments of thinking about her, it dawned on him that they hadn't decided on a place or time for dinner on Friday.
Fitz jumped out off his couch and practically zoomed into the kitchen for his phone.
"What the hell's gotten into you..." Teddy frowned.
"Shut up for 5 minutes." Fitz spat, dialling her number.
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Olivia laid down on her queen sized bed with creme plush pillows and matching bed throw, reviewing her lesson plans for the following morning. She lived in a newly renovated building, once a 20th century brick schoolhouse, now sleek and modern studio, bachelor and one bedroom apartments.
She scrolled through her lessons on her macbook air, going through the content and reviewing it. Although it was just second grade science, Olivia was a slight perfectionist and always strived for her lessons to be equally entertaining as they were education. She was planning for a memory card game when her iPhone began to ring.
She blushed almost immediately, giggling at the name he'd listed himself as on her phone. Fitz with two hearts and a lovestruck emoji. "Hi.", she answered on the second ring.
"Hi."
They both hovered in the comfortable silence that followed the sweet greeting. Fitz could hear Teddy muttering something in the bathroom but chose to ignore him.
"I realized I never asked you for a time and place for Friday.", he chuckled honestly.
"Anytime after 5 is fine, and as for the place I'm not picky." She said with a smile, as she was just eager to spend time with him. After leaving him and having him kiss her on the cheek, Olivia had never felt so totally flushed and flustered. It had taken her a full hour to calm down in order to process today's events. It hadn't even really sunken in, although she sure it would once she informed Claire and received the bitch slap of the century.
"I'd like to take you somewhere nice." Fitz replied shamelessly. "How do you feel about italian?"
"I love italian."
"Good." He let out a large sigh of relief. During one of his stops on the campaign trail, he'd met and befriended the owner of Gianni's, Gianni himself. Gianni's was one of the finest dining restaurants in Burlington, so he was more than excited to take her there. "I'll call Gianni's and get us a reservation first thing tomorrow."
"Good.", she replied sweetly. "Italian it is."
He smiled, not knowing what to say, or where to go. It didn't help that he could hear Teddy mocking him in the background. "Italian it is, text me your address and I'll be happy to pick you up."
"Okay.", she said and he could practically hear her smiling through the phone.
"Okay." He chuckled into another comfortable silence. Fitz leaned up against the fridge smiling like a kid in a candy shop. "I guess I'll see you Friday then."
"I'll see you Friday.", she said gently, mentally calculating that Friday was in fact an two days and three hours away. Olivia was excited as she'd never been on an official and proper date before, and although it was hours since she'd met him, Olivia was anxious to see him again.
"I guess you should hang up." He grinned.
"You called me.", her reply bashful and sweet. "You hang up."
"What if I don't want to?", he asked her boldly.
"Then don't."
"Give me a second.", Fitz smiled, muting the phone briefly. "Good night Teddy. Try not to burn down the house if you decide to cook anything."
Teddy was stunned. "Goodnight?! It's barely 9 o'clock! Fitz!", he boomed watching as his brother went up the stairs without another room locking the door behind him.
Fitz had no intention of allowing Teddy to hear whatever conversation he was about to have. He quickly changed into his pyjama bottoms, removed his shirt, plopped on his king sized bed before taking his phone off mute, "hi."
"Hi."
Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I hope you don't think I'm moving the story too fast, after all this is Vermont! & yes I brought back Teddy because I miss writing him dearly.
Until next time! x
