Hey guys, I know it's been forever. Uni is still as crazy as ever but I thought I should get a chapter I before I start exams. So this chapter took me a while to write and to figure out where to take it but I hope you like it. Of course you know that all reviews are welcome and appreciated. Thank you for reading and sticking with me through my first story, means a lot.

-Qcoco

Chapter four: Friends friends friends

"Alright so let's recap, what I need from you all by Wednesday…-"

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Mrs Langston was rudely interrupted by the bell and she knew from experience that trying to continue would be a waste of the little energy she had left from the long day. She sighed as she watched all her students pack their bags hurriedly and leaving without a second thought. She smiled and shook her head and sat down to do some marking before heading home.

OPOV

Olivia made a beeline for her pick-up spot. It felt like her legs had a mind of their own, moving briskly without any signs of slowing down. She had managed to dodge her friends before they could ask any questions. Olivia knew that if Quinn and Abby knew where she was headed, they would give her a full rundown on why this is such a bad idea. Or worse, they would require an hourly update and that something she's had to deal with for the past year and she had had enough. She just wanted a day away from school and the day's events. Will was the perfect distraction and it helped that he was a great kisser too. She smirked at the thought and smiled when his car came into view.

Will must have spotted her too because he got out of the car with a huge smile on his face too. Pushing his Ray Bans to the top of his head, he revealed his emerald green eyes. He opened his arms wide for Olivia to enter. He smiled widely at her and embraced her small frame tightly after giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey Lili, I've missed you angel."

"Hey –

Before Olivia could finish her greeting, she felt a pair of arms and what felt like a female body behind her. She was caught completely off guard and her body tensed at the contact. Turning slightly, she noticed dark brown hair landing on her shoulder and immediately relaxed. She knew these locks and she knew them very well. She eased out of Will's arms and turned around feeling very excited, she squealed at the sight before her.

"Cece! Oh my goodness, I've missed you so much! You don't call, you don't text, YOU'RE ALIVE!" she exclaimed with excitement wrapping her arms around her friend's body.

"Oh Via, I've missed you too! Yes yes yes I'm alive, I've missed your dramatics so much Fruit-stick!" Mellie said between giggles.

Olivia pulled away to kiss her on the cheek and waited as Mellie returned the gesture of their usual greeting. Mellie placed a kiss on Olivia's cheek. Both girls smiled and beamed at one another.

It has been almost 4 months since they had seen each other. Mellie's family had taken an early vacation and it extended through the summer break. For the first month of her vacation, Mellie and her family were in Sydney, Australia because Mellie's father had business to attend to and figured that after a week of business, some quality family time was needed. During the week of business, Mellie and Olivia FaceTimed and texted for a few hours every day. During the rest of her vacation, Mellie didn't really get a chance to talk to Olivia, so seeing her now after so long was not only exciting but very emotional for her.

Olivia and Mellie had become good friends at a very young age and were pretty inseparable even though they didn't attend the same school. Mellie and Will were in the same school. Given that their schools often competed against each other, they would see each other a lot. Outside of school however, they were even closer. Sleepovers, family dinners, the works. They were part of each other's families.

"Really Cece? I don't see you for months and the first thing you call me is Fruit-stick? You know I hate that name." Olivia said with faux dread and puppy dog eyes.

"And this is why you love me!" Mellie said excitedly and wrapped her arms around Olivia again. Both the girls giggled and were no doubt in their own world.

"Guys, seriously? What am I, chopped liver? Can have a real hello now that you two have had your unbelievably long moment please?" With open arms once again, Will smiled with the hopes of having Olivia in his arms again.

Olivia's giggles continued as she stepped into his embrace again. She gave him a long hug and then pulled away to look directly at his emeralds and smiled widely saying, "Hello chopped liver." She laughed out loud and kissed his cheek after seeing his reaction, she playfully slapped his butt. She missed him. She hadn't seen his in a month and she genuinely missed playing around with him.

To avoid any awkwardness and unnecessary third wheeling, Olivia turned to Mellie and hooked their arms together. She opened the door of the backseat of Will's car and got inside quickly pulling Mellie with her. She knew Will would have something to say about her seating choice so she made her move quick enough to avoid it. Mellie clearly picked up on her plan and made a hasty entrance into the car and closed the door just as fast.

As they pulled off and made their way out of the gate, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure getting into the back of a black matte car that had black mag wheels. From where she sat, it looked like a Lexus, Lexus GS F if she had to guess. Cars were another of Olivia's favourite things to fangirl over.

When the car was out of view, Olivia quickly unlocked her phone and opened up her texts. She started typing the following message:

With Will and Mellie. Be home at 8.

Love you. xoxo

She pressed send and sunk further into the seat as the speakers blared out "Fast Car" by Jonas Blue feat Dakota. Olivia looked over at Mellie who was singing along to the song. She took the time to really get a good look at her friend, she looked great, happy even. She smiled to herself and sang along too. The two girls waited for the drop and fell into a fit of laughter as the beat dropped. Olivia really loved Mellie like a sister and she couldn't wait to catch up with her.

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Mellie rattled off about her summer adventures and Olivia listened for the first half hour but then she started thinking about Fitz. She still hadn't replied to his text but what could she really say back? Pushing all thoughts of him out of her mind, she tuned back into Mellie's rambling just in time for her to dish on her summer non-adventures. Olivia had vowed to completely relax over the summer break and she did just that. Perhaps that's why the first few weeks of school had been a slow start for her. She was slacking on her school work and that didn't sit well with her. If today was any indication, she needed to get her head back in the game. Olivia filled Mellie in on the gossip that she missed and they just carried on chatting enjoying each other's company and making plans for the coming weekend. Mellie wanted her to spend the weekend at her house. They needed a proper girl's weekend where they could talk without worrying about Will leaving an ear behind on their conversations.

20 minutes later, Mellie's driver called to say he was waiting outside Will's house. Olivia and Will walked Mellie out and said their goodbyes then Mellie was on her way. As soon as Will got Olivia back in the house, he had his arms around her. Olivia leaned back into his frame and proceeded to walk towards the sunroom where she and Mellie were earlier. They sat in the large love seat and started kissing. They were in their element, this is what they did and to them, it was fun. It must have been about a good 10 minutes of them making out before it started to get heated because Will had moved his hand from her ass to her front over her skirt. He had only reached the hem of her skirt when Olivia pulled away.

"What's wrong?" He asked looking confused.

Olivia knew exactly what he wanted and it made her angry. They hadn't seen each other in almost four weeks and he hadn't even asked her how she was but he already wanted to get in her pants. Wanting to forget what he wanted to do she said, "Nothing, I'm going for a swim, are you coming or going to the gym?" She was already at the doorway and didn't really wait for him to answer. She went to the pool house to where she kept her spare one piece costume, swimming cap and goggles. She kept the same items at Mellie's for as long as she could remember. Even before their very complicated relationship. They weren't dating but they enjoyed each other's company and liked to make out and fool around a little. She also knew the cared about each other but they didn't have anything deeper than that and that's what she really wanted in a boyfriend. They were definitely sexually attracted to each other but Olivia wanted more.

To put a bit of distance between them and to clear her mind she got in the pool quickly and started off with five slow lengths of backstroke. Nice she felt a warm enough, she started with freestyle. Every twenty lengths she stopped for sixty seconds and started again. She did this six times over. To warm down she did another slow five lengths of backstroke. She felt a lot better. Getting out and quickly wrapping a towel around herself, she went in search of Will. He looked like he had just finished a rep so she waited at the door and watched as he did his last set. When he saw her he stopped and asked her to come over.

She sat in his lap and he kissed her gently. "How are you my Lili? I really have missed you. How was your summer?" he looked at her right in the eye.

"I'm fine. Summer was fine. I missed you too."

She stood up and offered him her hand, he accepted it and got up knowing exactly where they were headed.

She led him upstairs to his room and went straight for his bathroom and turned the shower on.

"Get naked and get in there." She ordered.

They washed their bodies first and then Olivia grabbed his manhood that was already standing at attention. She used her hands to make him cum and he used his hands to make her cum too - while they made out.

When they pulled away, they looked at each other and giggled and shook their heads.

"We have to stop this don't we?" he asked moving some hair out of her face.

"Yea, we really do." Copying his actions and looking into his emeralds. She was glad that she didn't have to break the news to him.

"Ok but we have to promise that we stay friends and I can't promise that I'll stop calling you 'babe'." He said with a smirk.

She laughed and conceded, "Alright fine, I agree to friends but the 'babe' thing is debatable."

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"Carrie, I have new friend! She's pretty and she has long blonde hair. She started school today. Oh oh and she's in my ballet class too. I can't wait for her to come over to play and have sleepovers!" Ella said excitedly as soon as they sat down at the dinner table.

Olivia was about to say something when she heard the door open and shut quickly. It was her dad.

"I know I know I'm late and I'm sorry, President Carter thought it would be great idea to start a fight with everyone in the east wing today, myself included. But you know me, I put him straight of course because I had to make it home to my beautiful girls and my husband." James said kissing each of them on the cheek and then took his seat.

"It's alright honey, we just sat down and Ella was just telling us about a sleepover she'd like to have soon." Looking at Ella urging her to continue, Cyrus waited patiently.

Olivia giggled at the sight of Ella getting ready to retell her story.

During dinner Olivia spoke very briefly about her day and then mentioned there was a new person in her class too but didn't say much after that. Ella stole the floor once more to talk about her dance class.

Before she went to bed, Olivia went downstairs to get a bottle of water. She found her dad sitting at the kitchen island having a glass of wine seemingly enjoying his time alone. She grabbed the bottle of water from the fridge and tried to make a quick exit but he stopped her.

"Want a sip? I opened a Merlot tonight, my favourite." Cyrus offered.

"Just brushed my teeth," she crinkled her nose. "Thanks though, next time give me a heads up before I brush my teeth." She smiled.

"Are you alright dad?" Olivia cocked her head to the side.s

"I'm fine sweetheart, you know what silence and wine does to me, it's my euphoria." Smiling sweetly he took another sip. "Oh yea, how was it seeing Will and Mel?"

"They're good dad, and I think I'm spending this weekend at Cece's." She walked over to him to give him a hug and kiss.

Hugging her back "Alright sweetheart good night then. Love you."

"Good night dad, love you too."

She went upstairs and settled in her bed. Just as she was about to dose off, she suddenly remember something.

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FPOV

Fitz thought it would be best to wait for his driver where he was dropped off in the morning. As he made his way out of class, he caught up with Andrew who offered to wait with him. They chatted and laughed, getting to know each other further and shared their most memorable summer stories. After about five minutes Fitz noticed an all matte black, black rims and tinted windows Lexus. He offered Andrew his hand to shake good-bye just before lifting his backpack onto his shoulder.

"Gees man, who are trying to hide from? I can't even see whose driving." Andrew said while squinting still trying his luck.

Fitz simply laughed and got into the car. He glanced at his phone and when he looked up his driver was looking at him through the rear view mirror.

"Good first day Tommy?"

"Yes very good, thank you Henry. Oh and before you apologise for being late, it's ok. I think we can agree that the extra five minutes didn't kill me." Fitz said with a smirk on his face while he put his aviators on.

Henry chuckled and turned his eyes back to the road.

"Where's Hope, I thought she'd be in the car already?"

"She's at dancing remember? We're headed there now and I'm sure she'll have something to say about the extra five minutes." Henry smiled in his direction and returned his eyes to the road once more.

"Oh dear, we know you'll never hear the end of it." Laughing, Fitz unlocked is phone once more. He opened his texts and saw that there was still nothing from Olivia. What did you expect Grant? You're still the new kid, duh! His conscience was of no help right now.

Before he knew it, the car had stopped and he was on Twitter reading a thread of tweets that looked like a fight between celebrity relationship 'Stans'. One side was in favour of Drake and Serena where the other was in favour of Drake and Rihanna. The arguments were beyond stupid but he found them very entertaining and he was laughing at how people went completely off topic in their responses. The opening of the door to his left brought him back to the real world. He looked to the side and saw little Hope jump into the back seat with him. He smiled from ear to ear at the sight of her in her ballet clothes and her usually loose blonde hair in a bun. She looked up at him with her big blue eyes and she smiled just as widely has he was. She leaped at him and squealed his name. "Tommy!"

"Hopey! Thank you for the big hug, I really missed you nugget!" he said hugging her tightly.

"Urgph, ok ok Tommy I missed you too but I can't breathe." She said between small coughs.

Pulling away from their hug, he asked her about her day and she rattled off. She spoke more about her new dance class more than anything the whole way home. Fitz zoned out and thought about whether he had this much energy at 7 years old. He doubted it, highly.

Hope and Fitz had lunch with Henry and Maria, Henry's wife and Hope's mom, this had to be the highlight of coming home for Fitz. He felt so at ease and very much like himself. Henry had been his driver for as long as Fitz could remember and his wife Maria worked around the house for the same amount of time. 7 years ago, when Hope first arrived, the Collins told Fitz that they were leaving because it was too expensive to stay in their house with a baby to care for. Fitz begged his father into letting the Collins stay with them. He loved the Collins and he loved Hope even more. He doted on her and he immediately saw Hope as his little sister. It didn't take much convincing for Big Jerry. He needed people who cared about Fitz who could stay with him full time when he was travelling all over the world for business. It also helped that he found Hope to be the most adorable little girl he had ever seen. The Collins moved in and have been there ever since.

Fitz never really saw his dad. He was lucky to even get an hour with him when he was home. He had everything any guy at his age could ask for but what he needed was his dad and he never really had him. He looked at Henry as his dad more than his own father. Even though, Henry and Maria basically worked for him, Fitz never made them feel that way, he treated them like family and made sure he got rid of the formalities and insisted that they all call him Tommy just like his mother used to.

Fitz played with Hope for about an hour and then decided to get his school work started. He decided to make his own personal timetable for his wall and another one for his notepad. He was one of those people that had to write things down, anywhere or everywhere, to make sure he wouldn't forget. He would get really paranoid when he forgot things - especially school related. After the timetables were done, he made a few recap notes from the classes he had that day. 2 hours and almost twenty pages of notes on all classes later, Fitz was beat. He decided to take a nap and the thought of working out moved to the very back of his mind.

An hour later he got up, did a 45 minute workout and showered - all in time for dinner. During and after dinner, the Collins and Fitz played a game of 'I-spy'. They laughed and talked about their plans for the week. Hope then started talking about her dance recital.

"Ok everyone, my dance recital is coming up in two months and I need all you old people to write it down somewhere because I don't want your old lady and old men brains forgetting about it." She said half-jokingly while pointing at the three of them. "Better yet, don't worry about it, everyone will be receiving a sticky note from me." Hope's eyebrows furrowed as she seemed to be deep in thought which caused her parents and Fitz to chuckle at her antics.

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Fitz lay in his bed with his phone open on Snapchat watching people's stories. After that he plugged his phone in the charger and decided to start reading a book he recently found on iBooks. Just as he finished chapter one, he started feeling sleepy. At that very moment his phone vibrated and he saw a text come through. It was from Olivia.

Middle name?

Fitz giggled at the name he had saved earlier for her contact. Despite his confusion, he didn't waste time replying.

Thomas (Tommy)… :) Yours?

He didn't have to wait for long before she replied and he smiled as widely as he did when he saw Hope earlier that day.

Carrie (Carolyn).

It's nice to meet you.

We should talk, today was… a whirlwind.

I'll be at school at 07h00. Meet me at our spot?

Good night Tommy, sleep tight! :)

He knew that he would be getting a good night's rest and it was all because of her.

Nice to meet you too.

Agreed. See you tomorrow.

Sweeter dreams Carrie, good night! :)

He quickly changed her name to "Carrie xox". He slowly drifted to sleep thinking of Olivia Carolyn Pope.

Alright so there was a teeny weeny bit of smut there. Let me know if that's ok with you for further chapters. If not, I'll be sure to leave it out in the future. Anyway, let me know what you think of the chapter.

-Qcoco