It's been a couple of months, Olivia and Elliot had grown closer.
"Elliot, stop!" Olivia exclaimed.
"What?" Elliot asked.
"You're doing it wrong." Olivia told him.
Olivia grabbed the string and magnet away from Elliot. She tied the string to the magnet and held it there until the paperclip attached itself.
"See wasn't that hard." She said.
"Cragen wasn't clear on what we were doing." Elliot said.
"Because you weren't listening." She reminded him.
"This is why we make great partners! You actually pay attention." He laughed.
"Yeah." She laughed.
The bell rang signaling the end of class. Everyone started to leave.
"Elliot, hold on." Cragen said.
"Yes?" Elliot asked.
Olivia was still there getting her stuff together.
"I think you need a tutor if you want to pass my class." Cragen told him.
"A what?" Elliot asked.
"See you tomorrow." Olivia said towards Cragen.
"Hold on Olivia." Cragen said.
Olivia stopped.
"Olivia, how would you like to tutor Elliot in physics?" Cragen said.
"I…well…um." Olivia said.
"Elliot, do you want Olivia to tutor you? It's either her or John. They have the best grades in the class." Cragen said.
"Yes, Olivia can tutor me." Elliot said.
"Alright, you two can work out when you'll do tutoring." Cragen said.
Elliot and Olivia walked out of the classroom. Olivia was the first to speak.
"We'll talk about it after both of our practices." And then she walked away.
"Alex!" Olivia said as she walked into her 4th period English class.
"What?" Alex asked.
"I hate how late in the day it is before I have class with you." Olivia said.
"Why?" Alex asked.
"Because of what happened at the end of first." Olivia said.
"What happened?" Alex asked.
"Cragen told me to tutor Elliot in physics." Olivia told her.
"What? Why?" Alex asked.
"Don't tell anyone, but he told Elliot he needs a tutor to pass the class and he said it would either be me or Munch. So Elliot chose me." Olivia told her.
"Wow." Alex said.
"I know." Olivia said.
"Girls, quit talking!" their English teacher yelled.
So during cross country practice, all Olivia could focus on was she was going to tutor Elliot. When practice ended, she started to walk towards Elliot's car to meet up with him. But first she saw him with Kathy giving her a kiss.
He better not forget I have to tutor him and he has to give me a ride home. She thought.
Elliot and Kathy pulled apart. She smiled and ran off with Dani and Kim. Olivia continued walking towards Elliot.
"Hey." Olivia said.
"Hey, so where do you want to…tutor me?" Elliot asked.
"I don't know." Olivia said.
"Your house?" Elliot asked.
She couldn't take him there. Her drunk of a mother was there. Not even Alex knew about that.
"No. What about your house?" Olivia asked.
He couldn't take her there. How would he explain his bi-polar mother?
"No." Elliot said.
"Well, then where?" Olivia asked.
"Somewhere Dean or Kathy wouldn't go actually somewhere no one from school would see me being tutor." Elliot said.
Olivia thought of a place.
"I know somewhere." She said.
"Where?" Elliot asked.
"Give me your keys. I'll drive." She said.
"Why should I give you my keys?" he asked.
"Because I know how to get there." She said.
Elliot handed Olivia his keys and they both got in the car. She drove until Elliot saw a sign.
"Why are we at Columbia?" he asked.
"My mom is a professor here." She told him.
"What she's going to tutor me?" he asked.
"No, there's this coffee shop that all the Columbia students go too. They all use to study with others. This is where I would go if I didn't want to see anyone from school." She told him.
Olivia parked the car and the two got out. They walked into the coffee shop.
"Do you want something? I'll get it and you find a place to study." Olivia said.
"Just a medium coffee with cream." Elliot said.
Olivia got coffee for the both of them and went to sit with Elliot.
"Alright, I guess I shall tutor you." She said.
