The Wrong Choice – Chapter 11
A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews on the last chapter, I had no idea what I was doing, smut really isn't my strong suit.
It was the morning after that drama filled dinner with Fitz' parents. Fitz was downstairs in the kitchen having an early breakfast with his mother whilst Olivia was getting ready for her day.
He and his mother were discussing the events of the night before.
"So I assume your father will be back sometime this afternoon. He said he just had to see his old friend Martin, or Michael, or somebody." Virginia told Fitz before taking a sip of her coffee.
"I think you mean Morris." Fitz reminded her as he sat down.
"Ah yes, that's the one. Sorry dear, what were you saying again."
"I was saying, that you need to apologise to Olivia. You know? For last night?" Fitz suggested to her. She almost choked on her coffee and instantly looked at Fitz in disgust before putting the cup down, but not on the protective coaster, which forced Fitz to acknowledge this.
"Mom, the coaster is there for a reason!" He reminded her.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She apologised as she picked the cup back up and placed it onto the coaster. "Never in a million years Fitzgerald. She childishly threw her drink all over me Fitz, on my Prada blazer, PRADA FITZGERALD!" She exaggerated
"What you said Mom, you went a little too far don't you think?" He rhetorically asked
"I certainly don't think so. Some people just can't handle the truth, is that my fault?" She answered before taking another sip of her coffee.
"For Gods sake Mom!" Fitz yelled as he pound his fist onto the table. Virginia glared at him in shock.
"I'm not in the mood for this childish behaviour." He stopped when he heard Olivia coming down the stairs. He leaned in closer to his mother and lowered his voice.
"Look, you're not the one that's getting an earful from her after you're gone, I am, so it doesn't matter if you mean it or not just please apologise." He pleaded.
Virginia narrowed her eyes at her son and gave in to his plea. "Fine." She said through her teeth.
Olivia walked into the dining room and walked straight past Virginia without even acknowledging her. She walked right over to Fitz.
"Morning." Olivia said to Fitz as she prepared her coffee.
After the argument they had last night, things were a little tense and awkward between them.
"Good Morning to you too." He said to her before giving her a brief kiss on her cheek to break the ice. "So when are we going to talk." He asked her, referring to the incident the night before.
"You know what Fitz, that's really not important to me right now. Mainly because, I'm over it. It's all water under the bridge and I just want to move on." She revealed.
Fitz was a little surprised by this revelation and was quite proud of her as she normally held grudges and would never let things go. He expected her to continue to have an attitude with his Mother during breakfast.
"Oh, well, that's good. By the way, my mother has something to say to you." He looked directly in his mothers direction and Virginia continued to narrow her eyes at him.
"Oh yeah? What?" Olivia asked in a careless tone.
Virginia raised from her seat and placed her hands in one another. "I uhm...I..." She struggled to get the words out. Apologies were not her strong suit as she never apologised for anything because she always felt she was right. "I am sorry for the things I said to you last night Olivia. It was uncalled for."
"Apology accepted. And I apologise for throwing my drink at you." Olivia said without seeming to care. She continued to drink her coffee and put the empty cup into the sink. "I'm going out by the way." She said as she walked out of the kitchen and towards the front door.
"Where?" Fitz asked.
"Just meeting up with a friend." She answered.
"Would this friend be Jake?"
She stopped buttoning up her jacket when she heard this. She wasn't sure how to answer. Yes she was married and he was engaged but the situation was still awkward given their history. She also knew Fitz would throw a hissy fit if she told the truth, so she didn't.
"No, another friend. I do have friends in town Fitz."
"I never said you didn't." He said defensively putting hands up.
"Okay, well I'll see yo later then." She told him.
"Okay then, bye." He told her before turning around.
Olivia could sense the slight annoyance in his tone. She walked back over to him and grabbed his face, turned him around and placed a huge kiss on his lips.
"Have a great day at work. I'll see you at dinner." She said and smiled before leaving the house.
Jake sat at the table at the cafe casually waiting for Olivia to turn up. He was excited to see her despite what had happened between them in the past. He still saw her as a very close friends. She had hurt him deeply and he wished they hadn't ended the way they did, but he wasn't one to hold grudges, he had a big heart and was always very forgiving of those he loved and cared for.
He was pulled out of his thoughts when he looked out of the window and noticed Olivia coming down the street in her car. An instant smile came to his face. Olivia exited her car and locked the door. She entered the cafe and Jake was the first person she saw. She greeted him with a small smile before walking over to his table to give him a hug. They both embraced each other and the hug lasted a little longer then expected. They both quickly backed off of each other when they noticed this.
"We should sit down." Jake suggested. He pulled out Olivia's chair for her and she lowered herself onto it. A short, blonde hair waitress then came over to take their coffee orders, and shortly left after.
"So how are you?" Olivia greeted.
"I'm good. What about you?" Jake replied as he went to sit back down.
"I'm fine. My in laws are in town, so that's kept me busy."
He sensed that Olivia was hesitant to actually say Fitz' name around him. "Olivia, it's okay, you can say Fitz."
"Sorry, it's just, it's..." Olivia was cut off by Jake.
"Awkward? Don't worry about it. Look what happened between us, it's in the past. I mean, we're both older and mature and we've both moved on in lives and bettered ourselves. There's no reason we can't be friends, and friends talk to each other about in laws, especially if they're as annoying as I can remember Fitz mother was." Jake said into his coffee.
Olivia laughed a little into her coffee too and Jake smiled back at her. "Don't even get me started on that bitch." Olivia said through her teeth. Jake continued to stare and smile at her.
"I missed this." He said to her referring to their good old talks and banter that they often had when they were younger.
"Me too." Olivia said continuing to smile at him.
"Hey, you know what we should all do now that we're all here?"
"What?" Olivia asked.
"We should all have dinner or something." He suggested. "You and Fitz can get to know Rebecca, we can catch up, it will be great, just like the old days."
"Yeah, you're right, that does sound like a good idea." Olivia answered happily.
The rest of their morning was filled with enjoyable conversation and joking around. They both enjoyed each others company and it reminded them of their older days. It had them reminiscing on the times they were happily together.
Later that night, Olivia sat in bed flicking through a popular gossip magazine while Fitz undressed for bed. He got into bed next to her and kissed her on the cheek. Olivia took this as her opportunity to ask Fitz about Jake's suggestion from earlier.
"Hey, so you know Jake's in town?"
"Mmmh hmm." Fitz hummed
"Well, I was just thinking, how about we invite him and his fiance to dinner later this week." Olivia asked.
"Fitz' ears perked up at the sound of "fiance". "You know what, that's not a bad ide. I guess it would be nice to see Jake after all these years. And i'd love to meet his fiance." Fitz answered happily.
"Okay then. Lets say, Friday?" Olivia suggested
"Friday it is."
"Great! Goodnight then." Olivia said excitedly, and she shut her bedside lamp off and rested her head onto her pillow to fall asleep.