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Olivia
Summer break was over in two days and Olivia is really considering taking the semester off to stay home with her father in his last days. The last thing she wants is to be in class and receive that fateful call that her father is no longer living. When he passes she wants to be right by his side. She hasn't voiced her wanting to take off the semester to anyone not even Fitz. She knows Fitz, her friends and even her parents will try to talk her out of it anyway.
Throughout this whole process, Fitz has been amazing. Olivia couldn't have asked for a better boyfriend. Fitz has been very supportive and patient with her. Olivia's emotions have been unstable since finding out that her dad has cancer, and Fitz has been there every step of the way. Her friends have been supportive too. They've been doing whatever to keep Olivia's mind preoccupied. For her 19th birthday, they went back to the beach and spent a week there. They went to different amusement parks, they partied, and even went camping, which was an adventure in itself. Olivia will forever be grateful for Fitz and her friends, they have been her rock throughout this whole ordeal.
"Hey Daddy, are you okay? Do you need anything?" Olivia asked as she peeked her head into her parent's bedroom.
Her mom was at work, so Olivia was her dad's personal nurse, until her mother returned home. Olivia didn't mind, this meant she had more time to spend with her dad. Time she will never get back.
"No I'm okay baby girl. I do want to talk with you though." Eli ushered for Olivia to come into the bedroom.
Olivia walked into his bedroom and laid in bed with him like she did when she was a little girl. Only if she could go back to those times of lounging around with her dad watching her favorite princess movies and eating junk food.
"I know how hard this has been for you baby girl and I wish things were different. But I can't change God's plan. I just don't wanna leave this earth knowing that you aren't at peace with all of this. I won't be able to rest peacefully knowing my baby girl is suffering." Eli grabbed Olivia's hand and kissed it. His chapped clips were cold. Death was consuming her father right before her eyes.
"It's not fair Daddy. I don't wanna live life without you. I don't know if I can. You're gonna miss my college graduation. You won't be able to walk me down the aisle. I hate this I really do, but I know I need to come to terms with everything and try to find some peace with it." Olivia sadly choked out.
"I'll always be with you baby girl in spirit and if you know that then you'll be alright." Eli assured with a smile.
"I love you so much Daddy." Olivia leaned over and kissed his sunken in cheek.
"I love you too." Eli kissed the side of Olivia's temple.
Fitz
"I feel like I'm not doing enough." Fitz sighed as he passed the joint he was smoking to Marcus. Since finding out that Olivia's dad has cancer, Fitz has been trying to be as supportive to Olivia as possible. He knows firsthand what is like to lose a parent to cancer and that is a pain that is unexplainable. It will stay with you forever and you never will get over it, you just learn how to cope with it.
His heart aches for Olivia and he wish he can take the pain away from his girl, but he's powerless in this situation, and Fitz hates that.
"Bro you're doing enough, you're doing all you can." Marcus replied disagreeing with Fitz. He took a couple of puffs before passing it back to Fitz.
"I just hate seeing her like this man. She's barely eating and sleeping. She's losing weight. She's not herself."
"Damn…that's fucked up…you really think her dad doesn't have that much longer to live. Is it really that bad?"
"Bro it's that bad. He has that look in his eyes that my mom had when she knew she was about to leave me and my dad." Fitz passed the joint back to Marcus.
"I don't even know what to say." Marcus replied at a loss for words.
"I'm about to head over to her house to check on her." Fitz finished the joint and got up out off the couch.
He hugged Marcus goodbye and left.
"Hey Fitz." Melanie said as she hopped out of her car. Fitz has been doing his best to avoid her. This is his first time running into her since being home for summer break. She ruined his relationship the first time and he'd be damned if he allows her to ruin his relationship a second time.
"Mel." Fitz hardly acknowledge her as he hopped in his car and pulled off before she could say anything else.
Fitz texted Olivia when he was outside of her house. She texted him back telling him the door was unlocked. Fitz sprayed on some cologne to wash away the smell of the weed he was smoking.
"Hey babe. I really wish you stop smoking without me." Olivia greeted Fitz as she came from the kitchen area of her parent's house.
"Hey, were you eating?" Fitz asked with hope that her appetite finally returned for real food.
"No I was making some popcorn. Want me to pop you some?" Olivia hugged and kissed Fitz on the lips.
"Have you eaten today?" Fitz asked looking Olivia over.
"Mhm," she answered too quickly. She was lying.
"Liv…" Fitz stared at her knowing she wasn't being truthful.
"I still don't have an appetite…you know that." Olivia looked off to the side as she chewed on her lip.
"Babe I need you to start eating. I don't want you to get sick." Fitz worriedly replied staring at her with sad eyes.
"I know. I promise I will start eating." The microwave started beeping, and Olivia walked back to the kitchen to get her popcorn.
Popcorn and lemonade has been her choice of food and drink for the past month. It's better than not eating at all. Fitz just wants Olivia to get back to her normal greedy self. Once she returned from the kitchen, they headed upstairs to her bedroom.
"Is your dad awake?" Fitz asked. He needs to speak with her father about something important.
"Yeah he should be, why what's up?" Olivia asked from her bed.
"Do you mind if I speak to him, before we Netflix and chill?"
"Yeah sure," Olivia hesitantly replied looking at Fitz strangely.
"I'll be right back." Fitz left Olivia's bedroom and headed to her parent's bedroom.
Fitz knocked softly on the door before announcing himself.
"Mr. Pope, it's me Fitz." Fitz nervously said.
"Come in." Mr. Pope replied.
Fitz walked into Olivia parent's bedroom and leaned against the dresser.
"What's up son, everything alright?" Mr. Pope asked from the bed. Fitz couldn't even look at him because it felt like looking at his mom all over again.
"Uh…yeah…I just wanted to talk to you about something…" Fitz rubbed the back of his neck trying to gather his nerves.
"Okay, what's on your mind?"
"Well…I've come to ask for Olivia's hand in marriage." Fitz found the courage to spit it out.
"Whoa you two are still in college, you're not ready to be married." Eli declared. Fitz dropped his head and nodded.
"You're right Olivia and I aren't ready to be married…but considering your health…I wanted to ask you now in person while I still had the chance. So that when I do propose I can tell her that I verbally received your blessing." Fitz clarified.
"Ah I see. Well a part of me wants to say hell no, because you did break my baby girl heart when you promised me you wouldn't. But you make my baby girl happy and I can see how much she loves you. That's all a dad ever wants, is for a man to love their daughter the way they did or better. I know you can be that guy, so yes I give you my blessing to one day preferably after you two finish college to ask my daughter for her hand in marriage." Eli spoke from his heart.
"Thank you sir." Fitz released a breath he didn't even know he was holding.
He's so happy he got this off his chest. That's one last thing he has to think about. Fitz doesn't know when he will pop the question to Olivia. All he knows is that she will be his wife one day.
"Are you good?" Olivia asked as Fitz walked back into her bedroom.
"Yeah." Fitz kicked off his sneakers and joined Olivia in her bed.
She was searching through Netflix for something they could watch. Her bag of popcorn was already almost gone.
"I think I'm gonna take this semester off." Olivia said to Fitz as she continued surfing through Netflix.
"Liv, I don't think you should take the semester off. You know your parents, especially your dad wouldn't want you to do that." Fitz reasoned. He can understand why she would want to take the semester off, but he knew she would regret it in the long run.
"I just don't see how I am gonna be able to focus knowing my dad is dying." He watched her shutter at the thought of her dad no longer being here.
"You know I completely understand. This shit fucking sucks and it's only gonna get worse, but don't give up on school. Let that be your motivation to keep pushing forwards." Fitz was definitely speaking from experience and he hoped she understood that.
"I guess you're right. It just fucking sucks that I have to leave in two days. I don't know if I can stay at Duke Fitz. And it's not just 'cause of my dad, with us being back together, I don't wanna be that far away from you. What if I transfer to Temple or something. What do you think?"
Fitz wouldn't mind having Olivia back in Philly, especially since she told him she hooked up with a guy from Duke. Fitz trusts Olivia, but what's going to happen the next time she drinks, that is what he is concerned about. Olivia doesn't make the best decisions when she is drinking.
"You know I would love to have you back here in Philly, but for my own selfish reasons. You being at Duke is good Liv, especially with everything going on, Duke can be your escape."
Why do you always know what to say?" Olivia straddled Fitz lap.
Fitz cockily shrugged and smirked.
Olivia climbed off his lap and pulled his shorts and briefs down. Fitz watched her intently wondering her next move. When she started stroking his dick with her soft hands, he stopped her.
"You know I want to, but you're loud as fuck Olivia, and your dad is not kicking my ass." Fitz just asked her dad for her hand in marriage, there is no way he was going to have sex with her, while her dad was literally in the next room.
"Who said anything about fucking…I wanna take care of you…you've been so good to me." Olivia ran her tongue across her bottom lip looking at Fitz with sexily.
"Did I ever mention how much I love you."
"Mhmm."
Fitz watched Olivia go to work on him as if she was trying to win a prize. Hell, if there were a prize offered, he can bet his last dollar she'd be the winner.
Olivia
"Drive safe Livia, call us as soon as you get to your dorm." Maya said as she watched Fitz load up Olivia's car with her bags.
"I will mom." Olivia hugged and kissed her mother goodbye. She already said her goodbyes to her father and for some strange reason, Olivia felt like it was their final goodbye. She is praying otherwise.
Maya went back into the house to give Olivia and Fitz privacy.
"Please be careful Liv, if you feel yourself getting emotional pull over and call me." Fitz wrapped his arms around her lovingly allowing his hands to rest on her ass.
"Okay," Olivia nodded her head up and down.
"I'll see you during fall break, I love you."
"I love you two."
They shared a kiss and hug, before Olivia got in her car and hit the road.
Midway during her drive, her cell phone started ringing. Olivia didn't recognize the number, and she thought about not answering. Going against her better judgement, she answered the call anyway.
"Hello." Olivia turned down her radio.
"Hey Olivia, it's me Curtis. I got your number from Harrison. I hope that's okay." Curtis replied. She could heart he hesitation in his voice. He probably felt creepy getting her number from Harrison.
"Uh yeah…what's up?" Olivia asked confused as to why Curtis was calling her. They shared one night.
"I want to see you once you get back to campus. My frat is having a little get together at the house tonight and I was wondering if you wanted to come through."
"Um I have a lot going on right now. I don't know if I'll be able to make it." Olivia politely declined.
"Well maybe I could stop by your dorm you know if you wanna talk about whatever it is going on. Curtis pressed. He was a nice guy, but Olivia isn't looking for his comfort.
"Um maybe some other time. I have to go Curtis I'm driving." Olivia needed to get him off her line. She knew he was going to keep pressing the issue of wanting to see her.
"Okay, drive safe."
"Thanks." Olivia ended the call.
As soon as she made it back in her dorm, Olivia called Fitz like she promised. She was exhausted from her drive, so they didn't stay on the phone long. Olivia fell asleep soon after. Abby wouldn't be returning until tomorrow morning. She's in Hawaii with her family. When Olivia woke from her nap, she called her parents to check in. After talking with her parents, she finally unpacked her clothes and settled herself back into her dorm.
Around 8pm, Olivia went to the dining hall to get something to eat.
"Hey Liv." Harrison greeted walking up behind her.
"Hey, Harry. How was your summer break?" Olivia asked as she paid for her meal.
"It was cool. I'm pledging this year." Harrison replied.
"That's cool…are you ready for the hazing and all that shit that comes with joining a frat?" Olivia decided to eat in the dining hall. She found a seat for her and Harrison.
"I guess…Curtis seems to really like you." Harrison said the obvious as he slid into the booth.
"Yeah I know. But I have a boyfriend now." Olivia told Harrison and she hoped he relayed the message to Curtis.
"Are you back with your ex?" Harrison vaguely knows about Fitz. Olivia didn't go into full detail about her relationship with Fitz to Harrison.
"Mhm." Olivia took a bite of her pasta.
"Curtis is gonna be hurt, he really likes you." Harrison was really trying to push Curtis onto Olivia. She can only imagine what Curtis promised Harrison at her expense.
"I mean we weren't talking or anything, we hooked up that's it." Olivia wanted to put that out there to clarify the extent of her relationship with Curtis.
"Yeah but he talks about you a lot Liv, he really likes you." Harrison was starting to making Olivia uncomfortable. It was as if he was trying to play matchmaker and she didn't need him to, especially since she told him she's back with Fitz.
"Okay you've said that literally like 5 times Harry. I have a boyfriend so no thank you." Olivia gathered her stuff and got up no longer wanting to eat in the dining hall anymore. Harrison was acting strange and she didn't want to be around him anymore.
Olivia spent the rest of the night on FaceTime with Fitz until she fell asleep for the night.
Fitz
"Hey Fitz, I didn't know you were back." Angela said walking up on Fitz who was grabbing breakfast from the dining hall. He came back to campus late last night.
"Yeah, I got back late last night." Fitz replied grabbing an apple. He wasn't really in the mood for a big breakfast, especially since his first class this morning was boring as hell.
"Oh ok, is everything okay between us? I mean after what happened over the summer…with me…and your girlfriend?" Fitz has been ignoring Angela since that
incident with her and Olivia, even though Olivia said she is cool with Fitz being Angela's friend, Fitz hasn't reached out to Angela since.
"Yeah everything is cool between us, my girl is just going through a lot right now, and she projected that onto you." Fitz replied defending Olivia's actions.
"I get it."
"How was your internship?" Fitz asked changing subjects.
"It was really good, I think I'm going to move to New York after school and work for the agency I interned for over the summer. You need to find an internship or
something, we're sophomores now."
"Yeah I know. I'll find something."
"You could always come to New York and intern where I do." Angela offered.
"Nah I'm good. I'll find my own. I have to go, see you later." Fitz walked off heading to his first class.
After his classes were over for the day, Fitz went to his work study job, which was at a local coffee shop. As soon as he was off work, he crashed as soon as his head
hit his pillow. He was awakened from his nap by someone practically banging on his dorm room door.
"You've got to be fucking kidding me!" Fitz groaned as he got out of his bed to answer the door. His roommate was gone so he was wondering who the hell was at the door.
Fitz snatched opened the door to find Angela bawling her eyes out. He wiped the sleep from his eyes and yawned.
"Angela what's wrong?" Fitz tiredly asked.
"My cheating ass boyfriend…he cheated again…I can't believe that bastard." She cried covering her face with her hands.
Fitz didn't even know she had a boyfriend. He is also wondering why the fuck she was at his door crying, when he is sure she has other friends she could've gone to.
"Damn that's fucked up…are you okay?" Fitz knew that was a dumb ass question, he just wasn't in the mood to be that supportive friend. He is tired as fuck from his
classes, and all he wants is to sleep, before he has to do homework and talk to Olivia.
"No and I really don't wanna be alone, can I please come in." Angela sniffled.
"Sure," Fitz stepped aside allowing Angela inside of his dorm.
She sat at his desk and started looking off into space. Fitz sat on his bed and waited for her to start talking.
"I can't believe that sack of shit cheated on me." Angela angrily said.
"People make mistakes Angela." Fitz countered.
"Yeah, but he's cheated multiple times Fitz."
"He's only doing what you allow him to do."
"I guess you're right. I am done with his ass this time." Angela stated with finality in her tone.
"You can tell yourself that, but are you really done?" Fitz felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier.
"Yeah I am definitely done with his ass." Angela wiped her eyes.
"Okay."
Fitz doesn't know when he dozed off, all he knows is that when he woke back up Angela was lying next to him in his bed. Fitz got out his bed putting space between them.
"Angela." He said nudging her awake.
She stirred but didn't wake up. Fitz needed her awake and out of his bed.
"Angela get up." Fitz nudged her a little harder. This time she woke up.
"Oh I didn't even realize we dozed off." She groggily said rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah we did. You should probably go; my girl will be calling soon."
"Right." Angela got out Fitz bed and slipped her feet back into her sandals.
"I'll see you tomorrow in class." Fitz said walking Angela to the door.
"Yeah, thanks Fitz for everything." Angela kissed his cheek and hugged him.
"Yeah no problem." Fitz closed the door and grabbed his cell phone to call Olivia.
"Hey babe," Olivia answered immediately.
"Hey, are you busy?" Fitz asked.
"No. I actually just got out of the shower. What are you doing?"
"Just woke up from a nap."
"Mmm you still sound tired."
"Yeah well my nap was kinda interrupted by Angela, she came over crying telling me how her boyfriend cheated on her." Fitz wasn't about to tell Olivia that he ended up dozing off while Angela was in his dorm. He gave her the half-truth. Olivia would've started thinking the worse. She's already dealing with a lot of shit and he doesn't want to further stress her out.
"Why did she come to you about her boyfriend cheating on her, that's weird." Olivia suspiciously replied.
"Yeah tell me about it." Fitz agreed.
"Now you believe me when I say that girl likes you." Olivia called it over the summer that Angela likes Fitz, and he is starting to believe it. It sucks that he is going to have to end his friendship with her. He's going to find someone else to help his pass now.
"Yeah I do."
"Well I thought I should tell you that Harrison is definitely trying to put me on Curtis even after I told him that you and I are back together." Olivia confessed and that got Fitz's blood boiling. He wanted to drive down to Duke and beat Harrison and Curtis asses.
"Is he really your friend?" Fitz had to ask.
"He's just so hype about joining that damn fraternity that he'll do whatever." People like that are always dangerous Fitz believes. There is no telling what the hell Harrison might do or how far he is willing to go to get into that fraternity.
"I don't want you around that guy Liv especially since I am not there to protect you." Fitz reeled angrily.
"Oh Harrison is not a problem. I know I can beat his ass if need be." Olivia laughed which caused Fitz to laugh as well. He's never seen this Harrison guy, but if Olivia feels like she can beat him, then he must really be a pussy.
"I just want you to be careful babe."
"I will." Olivia yawned.
"Get some rest, I love you."
"I love you too."
Fitz hung up and went onto his Twitter. He scrolled down his timeline and a tweet from Angela caught his attention.
AngieAng: All great relationships start out as friendships first, in due time
"This bitch is crazy. I cannot go through this again, why must I attract the fatal attraction bitches." Fitz said aloud shaking his head. He has to end whatever it is Angela think they have going on, before things get out of hand. He isn't losing Olivia again and he means it.
Angela has got to go! Curtis has got to go! Harrison has got to go! Or do they...lol? Can Angela handle just being Fitz friend? And just how far will Harrison go? As always leave your thoughts babes!