A/N: I'm sorry I took so long! I had half of this chapter finished before I left my room last night and I thought I would be back to finish but I mean hey, things didn't work out that way!

Anyway so last chapter Fitz left! This next half of the story will be a Segway into part 2! I hope you enjoy!

The title we chose

But what does it mean to be "best friends"?

You should see each other every day?

Well that's not true for you and me

Should silly little fights get in our way?

Only if that's how it's meant to be

Should we give?

Should we borrow?

Should we dance like there's not tomorrow?

Secrets are traded

Privacy invaded

Hugs and smiles are shared

Tears are shed

Love is spread

We know that we both really cared

I smile, you smile

You cry, I cry

I wish, you wish

You die, I die

If you fall

I'll help you up

And if you call

I'll always pick up

Best Friends Forever

The promise we made

And I know in my heart

That it will never fade

XXX

It had been a week since Fitz left Israel. He couldn't help but feel like he had left apart of himself behind. When he first returned he was afraid that he wouldn't hear from Olivia. He was surprised when she called that night to see if he had a safe trip home. They talked for about an hour. She told Fitz about different college tours that she was preparing to go on, and he told her about which college he would be attending in the fall.

Although Olivia was sad to see him go, she liked the idea of them remaining friends despite the long distance. Lucky for them they both had iPhones so between Facetime and iMessaging they were doing a great job at communicating. To make things even better, they were even able to maintain a respectable level of friendship between each other. While it was hard at times and they had to catch themselves, Olivia found it easy to remind Fitz of his current situation without getting upset.

This week had been a rough week for Olivia, it was finals week at school and she had a lot to study. It wasn't like she felt like she wasn't properly prepared but she always seemed to stress herself out over finals, and because of this she hadn't talked to Fitz all week. While it was common knowledge to all of her friends and family, When Olivia was stressed, her natural reaction was to "disappear." She would become consumed with work only leaving time to sleep at night. This is why Fitz hadn't heard from her all week.

Fitz was worried. It wasn't like Olivia not to answer her phone. He had been texting, calling, and facetiming her all week with no response. He wanted to tell her of the exciting news that he received.

"Jake!" Fitz called as he saw him walking down the hall

"Wassup man?"

"Have you spoken to Sanaa lately?" Fitz knew that Jake and Sanaa were still in contact

"Yea I have been; why?" Jake

"Well.. Its just I haven't heard from Liv in about a week and I'm starting to get worried"

"Fitz… you do realize you have a girlfriend right?"

"What does Mellie have to do with this?" Fitz asked he was started to get pissed

"She has everything to do with it. You can't keep chasing around Olivia when she's halfway around the world and you have a girlfriend right here at home"

"We are just friends Jake" Fitz said

"Whatever man. You and I both know that you want to be more than friends with Olivia" Jake said.

"But since your just friends, I'll make sure to ask Sanaa to have Olivia call you" Jake said as he walked away leaving Fitz standing in the hallway.

Fitz stood there staring as Jake walked away. He knew he was right, but how was he supposed to have a relationship with someone who was on the other side of the world? At least Mellie was there.

XXX

"Livia, open the door baby" Maya said

"Yes, momma?" Olivia said as she opened the door. Curly hair pulled into a messy bun on top of her hair. Glasses framing her face, with a t-shirt and a pair of pajama shorts on. Olivia had been in her room All weekend.

"Eat" Maya said as she handed Olivia a plate with her favorite foods on it and walked into the room

"You don't have to stay. I can bring the plate down when I finish" Olivia said as she sat back down at her desk and picked up the pencil

"Nice try baby, but I'm not leaving until you eat the food on that plate. I've told you about hiding in this room all day; it's not good for you" Maya said.

"I know but momma I have to study, I have finals this week." Olivia said as she picked up the food off of her plate

Olivia and Maya sat there talking while she ate. She had to admit she was hungry. She couldn't remember the last time she had something outside of her favorite air popped popcorn

"Soooo" Maya said

"What schools to you want to go look at first?" Maya asked her daughter. She knew it was a touchy subject. The last time her college education was discussed, her grandfather let her know that she would be able to leave the states. Which resulted in an argument between mother and daughter over why her grandfather gets to make all the decisions in everyone's lives.

"Ummm, I don't know. I have really looked. I thought you said you had a school in mind?" Olivia said without looking up from her notebook

"Yes I do. We can go visit the University of Haifa, St. George's College, and Tel Aviv University." Maya stated

"Momma do I have to go to school here? Don't you think you could talk to him about maybe letting me go somewhere else?" Olivia asked.

"Livia, you already know that is not going to happen. I'm sorry that things are the way that they are but what have I been telling you since we got here?"

"To… to make the best out of the situation" Olivia stammered out

"That is right. So lets continue to do that?" Maya said hugging her daughter and smiling.

"So tell me about this boy" Maya said. She never wanted to lose touch with her daughter

"There isn't really much to tell. We are just friends, plus he left" Olivia stated somberly

"He left? What do you mean Livia?"

"He. Left. Momma. As in he got on a plane and went back home. He was from the states" Olivia stated

" Oh…" Maya said.

" Yea.." Olivia said

"Momma, can we talk later. I want to finish studying" Olivia said

"Sure baby. I'll be down stairs." Maya said as she kissed her daughter on the temple and left out of the room.

XXX

Olivia was laying down. She was exhausted. She had been up studying all day. It was about 2:30am there, and for some reason she couldn't sleep. So she decided to check her phone. Since she began studying she had turned on the "do not disturb" setting on her phone so that he wouldn't distract her.

The minute she took off the setting her phone was flooded with voicemails, text messages, emails and every kind of notification she could think of. As she read the text messages she saw that the majority of them were from Fitz. It seemed as though he was getting worried about her.

Fitz: Hey Livvie!

1 Day Later

Fitz: Hey Livvie ! I hope I hear from you soon.

At Night

Fitz: Livvie, I'm starting to get worried. Could you please give me a call

2 Days Later

Fitz: Not funny Olivia. I've really starting to worry about you. Please call me

Tonight

Fitz: Livvie, PLEASE CALL ME!

Olivia couldn't help but smile. Fitz was so sweet. Sometimes he made her forget that he even had a girlfriend because he was so attentive to her. They truly were best friends.

Olivia looked over at the clock. It was 2:30am so she figured it was about 6:45am in the states. She figured she'd wait until later in the day to contact Fitz.

XXX

When Fitz woke up the next day, he was still trying to decide how much truth was in Jake's statement the other day. He felt like Jake was probably right. But how as he supposed to just leave Mellie and tell her that he was going to have a long distance relationship with someone who was half way around the world. He knew he liked Olivia as more than a friend but he didn't know how she felt about it either, and he'd rather be her friend then ruin their friendship by trying to become something more.

Fitz checked his phone was surprised when he saw a text message from Olivia.

Olivia: Beiti Ahrub, I'm sorry I've missed your calls I've been busy lately. Hopefully we can talk soon!

Although he didn't get to talk to her. He was happy to receive a text from her. Just to let her know that she was okay.

The more he thought about what Jake said, the more he felt like he needed to break up with Mellie. He was beginning to weigh the pros and cons of their relationship. And it seemed the only thing he could figure out was that he liked having sex with Mellie but if he was being honest it really wasn't that good. He was just a teenage boy was raging hormones and Mellie had not problem being there to satisfy him. But he left like Olivia was his heart. She listened to him. She seemed to be genuinely interested in his thoughts and his aspirations and dreams.

After thinking, he knew what he had to do. Fitz was pulled out of his thoughts by feeling someone put their arm around his waist.

"Mellie" Fitz said completely void of emotion

"Hey baby. I was just talking to Amanda about prom and I think I've finally figured out what color we are going to wear" Mellie stated

"Mellie, can we talk about this later. I really need to get to class" Fitz said as she began to walk away.

"Fitz! Fitz!" Mellie yelled as she followed him down the hall

"What Mel?"

"Fitz, I'm trying to talk to you"

Fitz sighed. He really didn't feel like being bother with Mellie,

"Fine, go ahead I'm listening"

"So, I was thinking. We could wear silver and black. You know? Because I was talking to Amanda and apparently she and her date are going to wear all black. I mean I guess that's nice but where does she think she's going? To a funeral but anyway, so yea I want to wear silver. So that means you need to get a new black suit" Mellie rambled

"Mellie, I just bought a new suit" Fitz said exgasberated

" Fitz. Honey. I don't care. You need a new suit and I need to look beautiful! I want to win prom queen and it would only befitting that you would be the king so Mellie, we are wearing silver and black" Mellie stated firmly

"Whatever Mel. I have to go" Fitz said as he turned and left

XXX

"Hey Liv!"

"Hey!"

"So, have you decided which schools you are applying too?" Sanaa asked

"Not yet. I have to do some research. I never planned to go to school here so I never looked into the schools here." Olivia responded to Sanaa as they stood at their desk talking to one another

"Oh. Well I'm going to school here. Maybe we can go to the same one" Sanaa said

"Which one are you going too?" Olivia asked. She figured if she had to stay for school she mines well go to school with someone that she knew.

"My mom and I are going on a tour of the University of Haifa this weekend. You should come"

"Oh really? My mom and I were just talking about going there as well. Lets all go together" Olivia said. Maybe this won't be so bad she thought