Chapter 7 Full Court Press

Three Weeks Later…

God must've heard Olivia cries and pleas over the past three weeks. Today she woke up and was finally able to breathe again. The large red stain on her panty liner erased all her fears. For the past three weeks, Olivia has been living in a fear that she was pregnant. She doesn't even want to think what would have happened had she really been pregnant. Her mother would have killed her for sure. Fitz probably would have broken up with her, and she definitely would have become an outcast at her school. Birth control is calling her name. She doesn't need any more pregnancy scares. This one wake up call was enough.

After showering, she walked out of the bathroom only to bump into her mother.

"Good morning Livia."

"Morning mom. You're off this morning?"

"Yup I work the night shift tonight."

"Oh okay. Is dad going to be home tonight?"

"Yeah he's off tonight. You remember Dr. Parker right," Olivia nods her head. Dr. Parker is her mother's colleague. "I made you an appointment with her for next Wednesday." That caught Olivia off guard. She hasn't told her parents about Fitz yet. In their minds, she and Fitz are still only best friends. But Olivia knows her mother, she had to have caught onto something.

"A mother always knows Livia. You need to invite Fitz over one of these days for dinner." Nina winks and heads downstairs.

It takes awhile, but Olivia finally picks her jaw up from off the floor and heads towards her bedroom. She walked over to her bedroom and looked across the lawn into Fitz's bedroom. His light was out. Picking up her cell phone from off her dresser, she calls him to tell him the good news about her period. She isn't sure yet how to break it to him that her mother and possibly her father knows about their relationship.

"What's up babe?" He greets out of breath.

"Hey, where are you?" Olivia asks sitting down on her bed.

"Coach called us in for an early practice." He replies.

"Oh, well I have some really good news." Olivia practically squeals unable to hold it in any longer.

"Oh really, what might that be?" He asks intrigued.

"My period is on, God answered our prayers babe." Olivia jovially replies releasing the squeal.

"Are you serious?" She could hear the sigh of relief in his voice at the realization that they aren't going to become teenage parents. Neither one of them are ready for that type of responsibility.

"Yes! It came on this morning!" Olivia confirms.

"Thank God babe! We were not ready for a baby." He says exactly what she has been thinking the past three weeks.

"You can say that again. See you in a bit."

"Okay, see you in a bit babe, drive safe."

"I will." Olivia hangs up.

Olivia made it to school with five minutes to spare before first bell. She couldn't figure out what to do with her hair. She recently took her weave out and have been rocking her natural hair. Fitz loves her natural curls, Olivia likes her hair straightened. She didn't feel like straightening her hair this morning, or wearing it out curly, so she threw it up into a messy curly bun.

"Good morning Olivia." Mrs. Jones greets as Olivia rushes into the classroom.

"Morning Mrs. Jones." Olivia replies walking to her seat which is next to Fitz.

Olivia speaks to Makayla and Harrison on her way to her seat.

"You look beautiful." Fitz compliments as he leans his head over for a quick peck. He looked so adorable puckering his lips.

Olivia makes sure Mrs. Jones isn't looking before giving Fitz a kiss. He doesn't care who the hell is watching. This is a trait Olivia hopes to possess one day, not caring so much of what others think.

"Thanks, how was practice?"

"It was alright, you know I really don't need it." He shrugs with a smirk. Cocky bastard, Olivia laughs.

"Whatever." Olivia playfully hit his arm.

"You better be the loudest one in the gym tomorrow."

"Oh I will. I can't let your fangirls out do me."

Fitz laughs out loud a little too loud at her comment, "Ah that was a good one Liv."

"Fitzgerald, do you need a minute?" Mrs. Jones asks looking over the brim of her bifocals.

"No ma'am." Fitz smiles.

The rest of the school day flew by quickly. After school Fitz and Harrison had another practice. The season opener is tomorrow and it's a home game. Coach Arnold needs his team to be focus and distraction free. So, this practice was a closed practice. To kill time, Olivia and Makayla decided to go the mall to find Halloween costumes.

"Can I ask you something?" Makayla asks as they walk into the first store. There was an array of different Halloween costumes aligning the shelves. Olivia's anxiety kicked in just looking at the many different costumes.

"Yeah, what's up Kay?" The naughty cop costume catches Olivia's eyes first. She always wanted to be a naughty cop for Halloween.

"What would have happened if you were really pregnant?" The question came as a surprise. Makayla was the first one Olivia confided in with her fears of being pregnant. She was too afraid to talk to Fitz about it.

"Umm…well Fitz and I would have talked to our parents about it and made the best decision from there." Olivia answers honestly.

"So, would aborting the baby had been an option?" Makayla was getting personal leaving Olivia to wonder where this conversation is going.

"Honestly that would have been option. I don't know if that would have been the option Fitz and I opted for though." Olivia places the costume back on the shelf and look at Makayla suspiciously. She looked fine, nothing seemed off about her physically, but something was definitely off emotionally.

"Makayla, are you okay?" Olivia worriedly asks.

"Yeah girl I'm fine." Makayla laughs diverting her attention to the costumes. "This is cute right?" She asks holding up a naughty nurse costume.

"Okay, and yeah I like it." Olivia replies eyeing Makayla.

Something is going on with her, Olivia can feel it. Instead of forcing it out of her, Olivia will wait until Makayla wants to talk about it. The girls finished their shopping trip with Olivia settling on the cop costume and Makayla settling on the nurse costume. After grabbing a quick bite to eat the girls headed back to their school to get their boyfriends.

"Babe something is going on with Kay." Olivia says from the passenger seat of Fitz's Beamer. They were sitting outside of their houses. Her father was home and his parents were home, so their only source of privacy was either one of their cars.

"What do you mean?" Fitz asks looking over at Olivia.

"Well she was real concerned about what decision we would have made if I was pregnant." Olivia informs him.

"Do you think she's pregnant?" Fitz asks what Olivia has been thinking since her conversation with Makayla earlier in the mall.

"I don't know maybe."

"What would have happened if you were really pregnant?" They haven't really talked about the what ifs. They haven't really talked about it all. Olivia voiced her fear that she was pregnant. The next day she took the emergency contraceptive pill and then told Fitz that if her pregnant came on then that was a sure sign that she wasn't pregnant, and that was pretty the only conversation they had.

"I don't know. I guess we would have made the best decision for the both of us." Olivia replies looking out of the window. It scares her to think about it. If she was pregnant her life would have been over.

"I am not ready to become a father. I can admit to that. But if you were pregnant Liv, abortion or adoption would not have been an option. We would've just had to step up to the plate and take responsibility for our actions." Fitz maturely responds causing Olivia to look at him with admiration. In this moment, he didn't sound like a 17-year kid, he sounded like a grown man. The fact that he was ready to man up at the thought of her being pregnant was profound. Every day he shows her why she is lucky to have him in her life.

"I love you." It just naturally rolled off her tongue. It felt right. She's been wanting to tell him this for a while, she just didn't know how to get it out. She loves him, and she is falling in love with him.

"You love me?" He asks in a strained voice like he couldn't believe what she just said. His body now facing her, as he stared into the depth of her eyes.

"Yes, I do. I love you." Olivia says it again more confidently than before. She reached her hand out and touched his exposed knee.

"I love you too." That was music to Olivia's ears. You would've thought she won the jackpot with how lucky she was feeling. She wanted to hear him say it again.

"You do?" Olivia coyly asks breaking their gaze as she looks at the floor.

"I do. I love you." He places his finger under her chin forcing her to look at him. It sounded even better the second time.

"This means you're stuck with me forever now." Olivia cheerily smiles unable to hide it.

"I think I like that." Fitz licks his lips indicating he was about to go in for a kiss.

"I think I do too." Olivia bites his bottom lips before pulling it into her mouth for a passionate kiss.

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Basketball season for the Tigers was finally here. Tipoff for the official start to the season is this afternoon at three-thirty p.m. sharp. The local news station in their area has been at the school since this morning following the team around, particularly Fitz and Harrison the two stars. Of course Fitz loved the attention he was getting. He wouldn't be Fitz if he didn't. Unlike past seasons, where he basked in the attention from his peers, the attention from Olivia is what mattered most. Hearing her constant words of encouragement throughout the day so far have only been adding to his confidence. Winning the first game of the season this afternoon will seal the deal to the already perfect day he has been blessed with, so he thought.

He was on his way to lunch when Harrison stopped him in the hallway.

"Yo man can you come with me in the locker room for a sec." Harrison wasn't asking and judging by the somber expression on his face this was serious. Fitz's mind reverts back to his conversation with Olivia last night about Makayla possibly being pregnant.

"What's up?" Fitz plays it cool. He isn't sure if Makayla had the conversation yet with Harrison or not.

"Just come with me bro." Harrison walks off leaving Fitz standing there.

When they walked into the locker room, Harrison closed and locked the door.

"Yo what's up?" Fitz asks looking around.

It wasn't until Harrison went into his gym bag and pulled out a recorder that Fitz knew this wasn't about Harrison. It finally dawned on Fitz that he was the topic of this conversation. When Harrison pressed play, Fitz almost passed out onto the floor. The color in his face drained, his heart dropped to the pit of his stomach, and the lump in his throat was preventing him from properly breathing. He felt like he was going to go into hyperventilation at any moment.

"Where the fuck did you get this?" Fitz asks in a panic once the recording was done. He looks around the locker room thinking the person responsible was going to reveal him or herself.

"I don't know where the fuck this shit came from bro honestly. It was in my locker when I got out of gym attached with a note with your name on it. Whoever wanted you to have this must've gotten our lockers mixed up." Harrison replies. It was evident he was just as shocked about this recording as Fitz. This wasn't a joke; this shit was real.

"What the fuck did I do?" Fitz slapped his forehead as he shook his head no repeatedly.

"Bro is that really you on there?" Harrison asks the obvious.

"Yes," Fitz shamefully admits.

"And who is the girl?" While Fitz voice is clear as day, the voice that belonged to the girl is muffled and he can't make out who the hell that voice belongs to.

"I don't know, that's the scary part. My fucking past is catching up to me bro. Liv and I aren't even a month in and this shit is going to ruin us." Fitz chokes out. They just confessed their love for one another last night. If this tape gets out it will be the end of their relationship.

"Is it Liv…Jalisa…Destiny…Jessica…Lana – "

"Bro I don't fucking know! I didn't sleep with Lana so I know that's her on that tape." Fitz stress cutting Harrison off. He isn't in the mood to be reminded about the list of girls' he has slept with. It's embarrassing. He's trying to forget about his past.

"You can't let Liv hear this…even if it is her on that tape…like you said this shit will ruin you two." Harrison suggests. Fitz nods in agreeance, there is no way Olivia can hear this tape.

"What the fuck am I gonna do Harrison? There are other copies of this recording I am sure. Olivia is going to find out about it anyway." On the one hand Fitz is just ready tell Olivia before she hears it from someone else. On the other hand, he doesn't want to say anything and pretend he doesn't know it exists.

"Of the girls you slept with here, I bet you Jalisa is behind this shit." Harrison says directly throwing her under the bus.

"I think so too." It made the most sense. They have history, and they didn't end things on good terms. If anyone in their school has a vengeance against Fitz it would be Jalisa. He played her in front of the entire school, by showing Olivia off as his girlfriend.

"But what if it's not her." Fitz doesn't have time for a game of devil's advocate.

"What do you mean?" He annoyingly asks.

"It could be a dude bro." Harrison suggests.

Fitz place his face into his hands and sigh. He wants to know is why he is being targeted? He is not a bully. Sure, he has a reputation of being a player, he can admit to that, but he is upfront with it. He doesn't hide or deny his reputation.

As he goes over who it could be in his mind, the only person that keeps standing out amongst everyone else is Jalisa. Fitz have to talk to her before she gets to Olivia. If Olivia is going to find out about this tape she's going to hear it from him.

"Listen before you react see how everything plays out. There can be another note coming, maybe this person wants something. Look we have a game today and I need you focused. Act normal and we can start investigating this shit tomorrow." Harrison slaps Fitz's shoulder.

Fitz nods his head. "You're right."

The boys leave out of the locker room heading to lunch. It felt like every pair of eyes in the lunchroom was on Fitz the moment he stepped foot inside. Everyone immediately became a suspect to him. Anyone who stared at him too long or too hard, he felt like walking over to and punching in the face. He also looked around for Jalisa.

"Bro normal." Harrison warns him.

The minute his eyes landed on Olivia, guilt washed over him. Fitz felt like he was going to be sick to his stomach.

"I can't go over there. I can't sit in her face like everything is okay knowing there is a sex tape with me and a girl that could potentially be her floating around." Fitz stops walking allowing his emotions to take over him.

"Fitz what did I say. Whoever is doing this to you is obviously jealous of your relationship with Olivia, so continue to make them jealous." Harrison advises.

Fitz doesn't respond he just keeps walking.

"There you are babe, where were you?" Olivia asks once Fitz was in earshot.

"I'm sorry. I was wrapping up an interview with one of the reporters." Fitz lies not being able to look her in the eyes. The guilt was eating him alive at this point. He wanted to come out and tell her so bad, then Harrison's advice popped into his head blocking him. Let it play out, Fitz thinks.

"Aww babe you're really like a celebrity." Olivia beams.

"Yeah something like that." Fitz looks around the lunchroom nervously. He is wondering if the person who recorded him having sex is watching him right now.

"Fitz what's wrong with you?" Olivia asks breaking him from his nervous scan of their peers.

"Huh…nothing…I'm good." Fitz lies turning his attention back to her.

"Well sit down." Olivia pats the seat next to her.

Fitz sits down next to her and continues scanning the lunchroom.

"He's just a little nervous." Harrison comments clearing his throat. He was trying to pull Fitz back in, but it wasn't working.

"I find that hard to believe." Olivia laughs.

"Well now he has someone to play for and I say that's quite nerve wrecking." Makayla adds.

Fitz was so out of it he had no idea of the conversation that was going on right before him. It took Olivia snapping her fingers in front of his face to bring him back to the now.

"Babe are you sure you're alright?" Olivia whispers looking at him worriedly. Fitz snaps back into the now and he didn't like the expression on Olivia's face.

"I'm good babe I promise." Fitz gives her a kiss to assure her.

"Can you eat something." She was telling him not asking him.

"Yeah." He kisses her again.

Fitz gets up and heads to the lunch line. His appetite is gone, so he grabs a salad and bottled water. On his way back to the table, he bumps into Jalisa.

"Hey Fitz." She friendly greets as if they are best buds.

"I need to talk to you. Can I come over your house tomorrow?" Fitz needs to get to the bottom of this.

"Yes of course." She replies too eagerly.

"Cool." Fitz walks off heading to the table.

"What was that about?" Olivia suspiciously asks as Fitz sits back down.

"Nothing. She was just wishing me good luck." Fitz lies. It killed him that he had to lie to her.

"Oh okay." He hoped she bought his lie.

The remainder of the day was spent with Fitz in a deep paranoia. He tried heeding to Harrison's advice, but it was easier said than done. He needs to know who the hell recorded him having sex and who is the girl on the other end of the tape. Twenty minutes before the game started had to give yet another interview.

"Son are you ready?" His father asks as Fitz wrapped up the interview with one of the reporters.

"Yeah." Fitz answers with a shrug. The last thing on his mind is the basketball game.

"Great. The first game of the season sets the tone for the rest of the season. I expect a triple double this afternoon Fitzgerald." His father meant his word. Whenever Fitz doesn't live up to his father's expectations, Jerry makes them box it out in their backyard.

"Alright."

Walking into the gym it was packed to capacity. Olivia managed to get a seat in the front and she was the first person he saw. She was with her dad, which surprised him. He didn't think Mr. Pope would really come to his game. His parents weren't sitting right next to Olivia and her dad.

"Good luck," she mouths.

Fitz pats his chest and mouths, "thank you."

"Bro I need you focus. The scouts are here." Harrison says seriously placing both hands on Fitz's shoulders. Even though Fitz and Harrison pretty much has solidified their spots in any school of their choice, they still are being evaluated.

"I'm focused bro." Fitz affirms.

"Alright," Harrison and Fitz do their handshake and continue their warmups.

After the singing of the national anthem, the Tigers were ready to play. Fitz kicked the game off with a flawless three, causing the crowd to go bananas. He looked over at the bleachers and Olivia was out of her seat cheering loudly. She literally was the loudest in the gym. Fitz winked at her and got back onto defense. By the end of the game he stats were 28 points, 8 assists, 0 rebounds, and 0 blocks. He didn't get the triple double, but he felt damn good about his performance.

"Great game superstar." Olivia congratulates walking onto the floor. Their parents still don't know about their relationship, so instead of a hug and kiss, they just hugged.

"Thanks Liv," Fitz smiles.

"Fitz you played a hell of a game son, congrats." Mr. Pope offers his congrats next.

"Thanks sir, I really didn't think you'd come." Fitz replies.

"And miss seeing the best high school player in the country." Mr. Pope laughs.

"Oh, please don't make his head bigger than what it already is." Olivia teases.

"Hating doesn't look good on you Liv. I have to go, see you at home Princess. Fitz keep up the good work son."

"Thank you sir." Fitz shakes Mr. Pope's hand.

"See you at home Daddy, love you."

"Love you more."

"Yo your dad is cool."

"He is and I think you have found yourself another fan."

"Fitzgerald, average game tonight." Jerry says in an unimpressed tone walking up on the couple.

"Oh Jerry, Fitz played well tonight. Give the boy some damn credit." Diana hits him arm. Jerry shrugs and walks off heading towards Coach Arnold.

"Thanks mom." Fitz ignores his father's comment and hug and kiss his mother on the cheek.

"You're welcome baby. Olivia if you don't have any plans tonight, would you like to join us for dinner?"

"Of course," Olivia agrees.

"Perfect. I heard from a little birdie that your favorite dish is shrimp scampi." Fitz never told his mother this, so he is wondering who did.

"That it is." Olivia smiles.

"Great see you at dinner."

"Okay."

Fitz waits for his mother to walk off, "that was weird," he replies with a raised brow.

"Your mom always invite me to dinner."

"Yeah but she's never weirdly invited you like that."

"You're right. Wait I think they know about us Fitz."

"Who?"

"My parents definitely already know, well at least my mother." This is news to Fitz.

"Really?"

"Yeah she made an appointment for me to go so see a doctor pretty sure so I can get on birth control."

"Was she mad?"

"No."

"Cool."

"Are we about to get ambushed by our parents?" Fitz laughs at the thought.

"I think so."

"Wait for me in my car, I'm going to shower."

"Okay." Fitz looks to make sure his parents are out of sight before he gives Olivia a peck on the lips.

As always Fitz was one of the last guy's left in the locker room. The rest of the guys went to Harrison's for celebratory drinks. Fitz told them he'd join them a little later. Right now, he wants to spend some time with his girl, especially since once this tape gets out he isn't sure if he'll have a girl.

"Good game out there Fitz." Jalisa says walking up on Fitz clapping her hands. It took everything in Fitz not to strangle her.

"Are you responsible for that recording?" Fitz bluntly asks. He felt no need in dancing around it.

"What?" She tries to feign dumb with a laugh.

"You know exactly what I am talking about." Fitz spat stepping into her face.

"What if I am?" She shrugs nonchalantly.

"Are you fucking crazy or something? Why?" Fitz wanted to know.

"You think you're just gonna play me like that and not expect any consequences." She sneers sinisterly.

"What the fuck do you want from me?" Fitz asks exasperated.

"You! I fucking want you and you played me like a fool! You've been fucking me since freshman year and suddenly you're all mush over a new bitch!" Jalisa screamed. Fitz hopes for their sake that they're the only ones left in the school.

"Jalisa, you have to let me go. I'm with Olivia. She is my girl and I love her. So that recording you have of us, you need to get rid of it." Fitz advises in a calmer tone.

"Or what? You know one thing you and that bitch have in common, empty fucking threats." She isn't backing down or giving in.

"Don't call her a bitch." Fitz warns.

"Here we go with yet again another empty threat. Fitz, I can ruin your fucking life don't you know that? If I decide to let that recording get out you and your little bitch will be done. I know she knows about your reputation and I don't know it's pretty embarrassing to know that your boyfriend is a whore." Jalisa cynically laughs.

"So, let me get this right, you putting that tape out is going to solve what ruining my relationship?"

"It's going to make me happy seeing you feel what you have caused so many other girls to feel in this school, heartache, embarrassment, shame." She cries. She finally cracked, he knew that tough persona she was putting on was a fake.

"Jalisa I am sorry for hurting you." Fitz would say anything at this point to get her to change her mind about releasing the recording of them having sex. The only thing he is sorry about is getting involved with her. He should have listened to his mother when she said that something isn't right with Jalisa. As mother likes to put it, she said Jalisa had a few screws loose in the head.

"Your sorry is too late." She seethes wiping away her tears. If she was a dragon fire would be blazing from her mouth right now.

"Is that you on the recording?" Fitz needed to know.

"Duh, but you're such a fucking slut that it doesn't matter who is on the recording."

Fitz cell phone starts ringing. Looking at the screen, he sees that it's Olivia calling. He ignores her call, but he knows he can't give Jalisa too much more of his time. He is sure Olivia will start coming to look for him if he takes too long.

"I gotta go." Fitz grabs his things and rushes out of the locker room.

"Can't run from this forever. Just give me what I want and this'll be over with." He hears Jalisa yell over his shoulder.

There is no way Fitz is going to break up with Olivia to appease Jalisa. He has to tell Olivia about the recording. He is not about to lose her to this bullshit. When he made it to his car, Olivia was leaning against the hood with a displeased look on her face.

"What took you so long?" She snaps crossing her arms across her chest.

"I'm sorry," Fitz pulls her into a tight hug.

"Fitz, what's wrong? You're crushing me." Olivia tries to wiggle out of his embrace, he holds her tighter.

"Tell me that you'll never leave me." Fitz croaks out on the verge of tears.

"Fitz…?" Olivia was still trying to wiggle out of his embrace.

"Just say it." He urges desperately.

"I will never leave you. Now tell me what's wrong?"

"There's a recording…"


I had to stop it here babes, as always leave your thoughts. I know a lot happened in this chapter. Jalisa is responsible for the recording, how far will she go?