The Love of a Spy – Chapter 10
Olivia had waited for this day for the longest time, her Law school graduation. She had aspired to be one for as long as she could remember. It was very important to her, not only because it had been an aspiration for her for many years, but because she had promised her mother shortly before she died that she would always go after her dreams and whatever she wanted and never let anything stop her or get in her way, & she was ecstatic that she had managed to make her mother proud.
She sat in the front row in her black cap and gown, next to her best friend Abigail, right in the centre of the row along with all of her fellow graduates. She smiled as the class valedictorian delivered her closing speech to the rest of her class mates. When she had finished, it was officially time for them all to collect their diplomas.
"Olivia Pope!" The woman on stage called and she walked up there proudly smiling, to grab her diploma. When on stage, she looked into the audience and found her father also proudly smiling with a tear in his eye.
Once the ceremony was over, Olivia immediately went to find Abby to congratulate her in person.
"We did it! We actually did it! We're qualified lawyers!" Abby said to Olivia hugging her excitedly. Olivia returned the hug.
"So, what bar are we going to because happy hour started like 2 hours ago?" Abby asked her
Olivia laughed. "We'll decide after I find my Father." She told Abby directly. After Abby went off to congratulate some of her class mates, Olivia went off to find her father in the crowds, but he found her first and tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around to find her father stood behind her with a bouquet of flowers.
"Congratulations Olivia." Her father said with a smile
"Thanks Dad!" She said as she hugged him back. They both let go of each other and she wiped a tear from her eye. "I made her proud didn't I?" She rhetorically asked him referring to her mother.
"Yes, she would." Her father answered. "So, what do you say to a celebration dinner?" He happily asked her
"Oh, well, I'm actually going out with Abby for celebration drinks, I wish you had asked me earlier."
"Oh, well okay. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then?" He said a little disappointed
"Yeah, we can meet tomorrow, or the weekend. It depends how busy I am, but I'll see you soon Dad." She said to him. She then kissed him on the cheek and went off to find Abby so they could start their evening of drinks and celebrations.
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Olivia and Abby's first destination for the evening was the Ruby bar. A slightly fancy and over the top bar in the heart of DC. It would be the first of their many bar and club visits fro the night. They had decided to go there first to warm up. They were sat at the end of the bar up front and had just had a tray of champagne sent to them.
"Here you go ladies, enjoy your champagne." The bell boy said before he laid the tray and glasses on the table.
Olivia opened the champagne, luckily none had spilt, happily poured it into their glasses and they both raised them to have a toast.
"To getting through law school and our bright futures." Abby said before clanging her glass with Olivia's.
"Cheers to that!" Olivia replied. They both took sips of their drinks and placed them back onto the table.
"So, what's your plan?" Abby asked Olivia.
"My plan?" Olivia answered confused.
"Yeah, you're plan, I would've thought the overly organised Olivia Pope would have some sort of life plan, or one of those boards with a time line on it."
"Well honestly, I haven't really thought about it that strongly."
"Well, I've been considering the White House for a while in case you were wondering."
Olivia nearly choked on her drink at hearing this. Abby's confession surprised her a little, she thought the White House would be the last place she'd want to work. She loved her friend but the White House seemed a little above her, but maybe Olivia was wrong.
"The White House? Really?" Olivia rhetorically asked.
"Yeah, really. Like the Press Secretary or Communications Director. I think it would be very fulfilling." Abby continued.
"You, the girl who has said numerous times how much you despise Republicans, wants to work at the White House? Okay." Olivia said before sipping her champagne.
"Anyway, enough about our futures, I want to know more about what's been happening between you and Jack. Have you spoken to him since, you know..." Abby asked doing a little dance with her eyebrows.
Olivia just smirked at her and took another sip of her drink.
"How come he didn't turn up today?"
"He got caught up at work but he did send me some flowers and said he'd make it up to me."
"And we both know what that means." Abby said slyly.
"Oh shut up." Olivia snapped back lightly hitting her.
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She lay in bed with her face flat on her pillow, hair dishevelled and her sheets and pillows all over the place. Her night with Abby turned out to be a little crazier than expected and she ended up passing out on her bed.
She was awoken by the sound of her phone buzzing. Her head instantly popped up and she moved her hand over to her chest of drawers feeling for her phone until she got a hold of it.
She looked at the screen to find that it was Jake calling and her mood suddenly changed. She raised up and answered the phone.
"Jake, hey."
"Hey, sorry did I wake you?" He asked her over the phone.
She brought her hand to her head and massaged her forehead as she had a banging headache from her hangover.
"Hmm, no of course not." She lied in a groggily voice
"Are you sure? You're voice says otherwise."
"Okay yeah, you did." She lay back on the bed. "But it's fine, if it was anybody else I would've been pissed but since it's you, it's fine." She smiled
"Again, I'm sorry about not making it to your graduation." He told her.
"It's fine, you had to work, I understand."
"Anyway, I'm just calling to remind you of how deeply sorry I am and make it up to you." He said to her as he jokingly put his hand on his heart and feigned serious heartbreak.
Olivia laughed at his response as she could hear in his voice that he was joking. "Don't worry about it. You said you were going to make it up to me so it's fine."
Olivia's phone call with Jake was then interrupted by the sound of her door knocking. "Hang on a second Jake, somebody's at the door." She told him.
"I wonder who that could be." Jake wondered on the other line.
"Give me a second." She put the phone down on her bed and gathered her bed robe and walked over to her front door. She opened the peeping flap and a huge smile came to her face when she saw who it was. She unlocked her door and opened it excitedly to find Jake standing on the other hand.
"Surprise." He said as he hang up the phone. Olivia immediately wrapped her hands around his neck and brought him in for a kiss.
"What are you doing here?" She asked with her hands still around his neck.
"I wanted to surprise you." He answered as he held up a bag with different flavours of microwavable popcorn and non alcoholic wine and a few romantic chick flicks. She got uneasy at the sight of the wine as she was still hungover and wasn't too sure about drinking.
"Don't worry, it's non alcoholic." He said as he noticed her reaction.
"Oh thank God!" She said before turning around to go back in the house. He shut the door behind him.
Jake's phone then started to ring. He placed the bags down on Olivia's coffee table and took his phone out of his pocket. He looked at the main screen and saw that it was Command calling and the smile on his face.
"Oh who's that?" She asked referring to the call
Jake immediately looked up from his phone with a slight stunned look on his face. "Oh, it's nobody, just telemarketers." He lied
"Oh. Well make yourself at home, I'm just gonna go and take a shower." She suggested pointing to her couch.
Jake watched Olivia as she walked down her hall before sitting down on her couch. He worried about that phone call he received from Command. He had never ignored a call before seeing as Command was very demanding, but he wasn't going to let his tumultuous life and job ruin his day with Olivia.
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"Okay, which movie first?" Olivia asked Jake as she curled up next to him on the couch with a glass of wine and the DVD's in her hand.
"Well, I don't mind. I've never actually seen any of these films." Jake admitted shyly.
Olivia turned her head towards him with a jokingly disgusted look on her face. "Are you serious? You've never even seen Titanic?"
"Nope, it's way too long, I never get through it."
"Well, I'm about to change that right now." She said smiling at him. She got up off of the sofa and put the DVD into her player. They spent most of that day watching and crying over romance films, well Jake didn't but when Olivia did, he found it cute. They also had multiple talks discussing every single one they watched, making commentary that others would call them dorks for.
By the evening, they had settled with a few beers and into conversation about Olivia's future. She was still deciding on what she should do now that she had finished law school and she wanted a second opinions.
"I mean, I know what field I want to go into but I can't work for anybody. I don't do too well with authority." Olivia explained to Jake as she took a sip of her beer. "Hmm, it's not so bad." She said referring to tasting beer for the first time.
"Well if you want to stay in the field of law but you don't want to work for anybody at a firm, why don't you start your own." Jake suggested
"Hmm, that's not so bad. You know what would be interesting, I could even be spin doctor, but for like, politicians. My Dad always used to say how great I was at spinning things in my favour as a kid and getting myself out of trouble." She joked.
"Well then that's what you should, if going to make you happy then I say go for it." He encouraged. She gave him a soft kiss on his lips to show her appreciation for his support.
"Thank you. What about, "Olivia Pope and Associates for a name?" She suggested to him.
"I like it, you'll have to do something about the lack of associates though." Jake joked.