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After the whole text message incident on Monday Olivia decided to give Fitz his space to cool down. She completely forgot her conversation with Harrison from last week telling him to get on her calendar, so when Quinn knocked on her door and told her that her one o'clock meeting was there on Wednesday she was not expecting him to walk through the door.

"Liv, what no hug for an old friend?" Harrison asked as he stood in front of her desk.

She and Harrison met her Freshman year in High School when she switched schools after he mother and father divorced. Her dad moved to DC permanently and she and her mom moved out of their suburban house to something smaller in the city. Her mom called it giving her daughter some culture since she grew up in heart of New York City and wanted her to have that experience as well. She felt like Olivia's dad sheltered her and that would put her at a disadvantage in the real world later on.

Olivia was distraught over the whole situation since she wasn't making friends easily. Then bam, enter the fast talking Harrison who everyone knew and wanted to be friends with, to her rescue. They hit it off instantly after a debate team practice and they had been friends ever since. He was always there for her when a guy was being a jackass and breaking her heart and she was there to slap him in the back of the head when he would play a good girl for some skank.

They both graduated at the top of their class and went to Harvard together. Though Harrison never outright hit on her or made a pass at her he did little things that made her believe that at some point in college his feelings for her had changed. One night after a frat party during their junior year Harrison showed up at her door completely drunk, which wasn't out of the ordinary for them back then, declaring his feelings for her. She brushed it off and didn't give it too much attention since he didn't even remember what he said the next morning and she never looked at him in that way. It had only happened once but she never forgot it.

They started growing apart after Law School when Olivia met Fitz during her internship on the West Coast. She found it harder and harder to keep in contact with him as they both started careers and became extremely busy. Now here he was six years later standing in her office.

"Of course Harry." she said as she slipped her 4 inch heels back on and walked around her desk into his embrace.

"It's been too long, way too long" Harrison said as he gave her a big hug and breathed in her vanilla and lavender scent. They fell into a comfortable hug one that may have went on a little longer than it should have.

"Liv I need you to look over-" Abby stopped mid sentence as she froze at the scene in front of her.

Olivia quickly moved out of Harrisons embrace. "Abby, you remember Harrison don't you?" Olivia said sharing a knowing look with Abby that meant I will talk to you later.

"Hey Harry! Long time no see." Abby exclaimed with faux excitement. She and Harrison never really got along in college because she felt like he was always meddling in Olivia's business when it didn't really concern him.

"Yea, uhh nice to see you again too Abby." Harrison said as an awkward silence fell upon Olivia's office.

"Well, Liv I get with you later to go over these docs and it was nice seeing you again Harry but I'll leave you two to..to whatever it was that you were doing." She said as she turned and left Olivia's office quickly.

Olivia rolled her eyes at the exchange between Harrison and Abby. They both thought the other was always meddling but the truth was both of them meddled but neither would admit it.

"So Harry what brings you to DC for..what a month you said?"

"Yes, a month. You know I took over as the CEO of Johnson and Goldberg a couple months ago."

"Ahh yes, that's right, you are now New York's biggest fixer. Congrats." She says with a genuine smile.

"So I'm here to meet with a client for a big case but I knew you had been here ever since you finished up your internship soo I wanted to see if we could catch up and maybe get a tour around the city?"

"I don't know Harrison I'm pretty busy all of the time."

"Well," he says as he checks his watch, "Our meeting is still blocking your schedule for another hour and fifteen minutes. Have a late lunch with me..Please."

Olivia stands there for a second contemplating her next move. She could either go out to lunch with one of her best friends or sit in her office and think about Fitz and how he still hadn't called. "Fine." She says as she grabs her purse. "And since I know you I know that you have already made reservations so where to?"

"This little Tai place a couple blocks from here." Harrison says with a laugh "You know me so well." And with that they leave her office heading to lunch.


Author's Note:So we have some background on Harrison and Liv and I know I promised some Abby and Olivia time but I wanted to end this here and get into their lunch conversation next chapter. Harrison has a couple chapters left until his purpose has been served and we start building back the Olitz that we know and love. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I ate so much I could barely move afterwards. Anyways, enjoy. Until next time..