As Mellie finishes her meal, she and Kaylee prepare to leave. And, Nick sees them walking out together. He follows them outside and asks, "Hey, where are you two going together?" Kaylee smartly replies, "That's for us to know and for you to find out, cuzzo." He responds. "That's why I asked, I am trying to find out." Mellie says, "We are minding our own business kind sir, having some girl fun. Don't worry about us. I will see you later."
Although he relents with a smile, accepting her playful retort, and then hugs and kisses her. The hug and the kiss feels different, almost distant. But, before she can react to him, he walks away saying, "Gotta go. Have fun." And Kaylee calls her name, "Let's go Mel. Shopping awaits." She snaps out of her head and joins back into the moment physically, although mentally she's wondering about his response to her spending time with his cousin Kaylee.
She braces herself as she begins to feel like she is on the cusp of finding out much more about her new love, than she anticipated. And, the thought has her rather concerned and consumed all at the same time. Is it in her head, or is it reality? That's the question of the day. Regardless, she is set to get at least some answers to some burning questions about her new found love interest. And, spending the day with his cousin will surely provide some much needed details.
While Mellie plays detective, masked as a shopping trip with her boyfriend's cousin. Olivia and Abby are putting the finishing touches on the party, and guests have already started arriving. Right now their backyard has at least 20 people in it, and the majority are in the pool, while others are eating and dancing, as Ally keeps people hyped with her ultimate jam list, and Josh and Eric finish manning the grill to keep the table full of food.
Upon taste testing the punch she and Abby made, they both feel they are officially ready to relax and enjoy the party. And as promised the doorbell rings, and Abby answers the door. in walks Fitz, Harry, Stacy, and Drew.
Olivia smiles as she sees them enter the house, as she stands in the living room, with her cup in hand. Hers and Fitz's eyes meet and she reads his expression, and his mind. Which makes her grin.
She speaks to everyone as they approach, "Hey everyone! Welcome to our humble abode." Harry excitedly removes his shirt, as he prepares to join those pool side or in the water, as he says, "Damn, y'all know how to throw an impromptu shindig. DJ, food, drink, hotties in bikinis. Oh yeah this beats game night any day. Coming ladies. Wait no longer, big daddy has arrived!"
They all laugh at his silliness and with him just outside earshot, Abby is the first to say, "Good lord, has nobody neutered him yet?" Stacy laughs as she replies, "Clearly not hon. Until then he's all entertainment, all the time." Again they all laugh as Olivia says, "Well, I am all for a good time. I think we all can appreciate it and take Harry's lead. So grab a drink and some food everybody, or get your dance on. Ally is spinning for us tonight, and I think you all can agree she's killing it."
Abby chimes in, dancing as she says, "Agreed, that's my jammy jam. Excuse me y'all." She heads to the dance floor with her red cup in hand, and Fitz jokes as he says, "Well, she is starting early." They again all laugh, but also ingratiate themselves into the mix of people who are already present.
Seeing all the smiles and hearing the laughter taking place, Olivia feels incredibly happy and free in the moment. And, decides to steal Fitz away for a moment, before more people arrive and they miss their chance to chat. So, before he gets too far away from her; she grabs his arm and he looks back at her smiling. She sees his smile as she says, "Hey there handsome, can I talk to you for a moment?"
He teases as he replies, "I don't know. Can you?" She smiles at him and takes his hand as she leads him to her room, to talk. They manage to slip away without being seen. And when she closes her door behind them. It's like somebody flips a switch. He's damn near attached to her like an appendage, as one hand has her right breast engulfed in his palm, as he grips it tightly, while massaging it too. And she feels him pressing himself against her ass, as he breathily asks, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"
Her mind goes blank momentarily, as she too almost wants to give in to his throbbing erection, threatening to burst through their clothing, to plunge repeatedly and deeply into her honeywell, until it fiercely erupts, milking all of his goodness deep inside her. Leaving them both a hot sloppy mess, and ready for yet another round.
The visual takes her breath, and as she tries to maintain. Her body has other plans as she now feels her hips rocking back and forth against him and he's moaning her name, while kissing the back of her neck, as he says, "Damn, you smell and feel so fucking good baby." She's being swept up in the moment, the flood waters are rising quickly and she feels herself slipping; she manages to get out the words somehow; "We need to talk." He replies, "Fuck first, talk after."
With strength she didn't think she had, she pulls forward, just out of his grip as she turns to face him, and says. "Babe, it's important. We need to talk." Seeing she's serious, he's able to pull himself back from the edge, as he steps back, and takes a breath, saying, " Okay. I'm listening, what's up?"
She sees he's listening and feels some guilt, by stopping what he was getting started. Truth be told, her downunder region isn't happy with her right now either. But, she knows this has waited long enough. So, she says, "It's about Mellie." His shoulders drop and he pinches the bridge of his nose as he says, "Fuck, now what did she do?" She doesn't know how to say it so she blurts it out. She's dating the waiter that waited on you two when you went to Pink's. She got his number that night. And, she's bringing him here tonight as her date."
There, she said it. It's out. But, despite him standing in front of her, within about 4 ft. She's not sure he heard her because he hasn't said anything in response.
Unsure of what to do, she just looks at him and he finally says, "Okay." She reads his expression and it's one of being unbothered. So she is confused as to whether he's truly processed her words. So she says, "Okay. That's all you have to say?" He then steps toward her with that darling, charming grin he always wears, before saying something cute or sexy.
He takes her hand, and says, "Yes. That's all I have to say. Because it doesn't matter. She doesn't matter to me anymore in a romantic capacity." Something about his response is calming, she then understands him, as she replies, "You really are turning the page huh?" He nods as he responds, "Yeah and you should join me over here. The water is feeling fine." She giggles at his joke, as she steps into his arms, and he wraps his arms around her.
She settles against him, and she feels his erection still waiting to be pleased to its satisfaction, pressing against her stomach. But, she focuses on his blue eyes staring down at her, with nothing but care and joy in them, as if she's the only person on the planet he sees and her heart pitter patters, making her smile and he smiles back at her as he asks, "Are you joining me on the next page?"
She nods as she says, "Yes. I believe I am. I just wanted to make sure you knew about him, because I didn't want you to be blind sided." He strokes her face as he replies, "Thank you for your concern. It's sweet. But at this point it is what it is. There's nothing she can do or say that will get the reaction out of me that will satisfy her petty heart. So, she can bring it. I'm ready."
His confidence makes her warm all over as she says, "Well alright counselor, I like the sound of that." He pecks her lips as he responds, "Good, me too. We've got this Liv. Don't worry, okay?" She nods as she says, "Okay." Feeling like the matter is settled, the air clears and he asks, "Are you good"
She nods as she says, "Yeah I'm good. But I will be better once this is all over. It's stressful as hell waiting for the other shoe to drop."
He nods as he says, "I know. I take it she hasn't responded to you yet?" She replies, "Actually she did respond to tell me she was coming to the party; But other than that. That's all I know. I don't know what time she's showing up or really if Nick will be with her or not; I just assumed he would be though knowing her."
He now understands her worry as he says. "Well, when she gets here we will see what her strategy is. And, if I know her like I believe I do. She will do everything possible to push buttons that are no longer wired for her."
She agrees as she says, "I believe you're right. It should make for an interesting evening if nothing else. And at least we all get to meet the mysterious Nick."
He pauses, then asks, "So this is the first time you're meeting him? She nods as she says, "Yeah. She's kept him away from us for some reason this entire time. She meets him wherever they're going or he pulls up outside and she goes out to the car. It's super strange."
He agrees with her as he replies, "That's odd. Keeping him from me I sort of understand. But, not you two. Unless something is off about him. Then I get it. Because Abby would root it out in a heartbeat and she can be relentless." They both laugh as Olivia says, "That's a truth bomb that nobody can refute. She will not let it go if she smells something fishy. Either give up or leave, those are your options."
As their laughter quells, he says, "Hey we'd better get back to the party. Unless you want to take advantage of me before and after the party." She giggles as she replies, "I'd love the before offer, but that would ruin the surprise I have for you, later."
He inquisitively asks, "And what would that be?" She replies, "If you like what I'm wearing now, just wait till you see what's underneath."
He bites his bottom lip and grabs at her, but she playfully pulls away, and he still catches her as they share kisses once more. At that moment they both realize if they don't leave this room now, they won't.
So they begrudgingly decide to rejoin the party guests. As they fix their appearances he marvels at her make up staying in place. She grins as she asks, "What are you looking at?" He smiles as he replies, "The remarkable witchcraft that keeps your makeup flawless, despite my attempt to kiss all your lipstick off." She chuckles as she replies, "Witchcraft it's not, but you're funny."
He responds, "Glad I can entertain you." She turns her back to him as she says, "You do quite more than that, and then some." He swats her on the ass, as he replies, "Yeah. I've heard, via your screams." She fires back, "Interesting that you can hear me, over your own love speak. Mr. Speaking in tongues." They both share a laugh together, that ends in one last kiss, before they walk back into the living room.
The moment they step out, they see the crowd has doubled in size and everybody is having a blast. She tells Fitz to escort everybody outside to the dancefloor, to clear the living room. And as he does his part, the doorbell rings, she goes to the door and to her surprise when she opens it. She is thoroughly confused, as she says, "Jake, what are you doing here?" To which he replies, "Mellie invited me. I brought beer. Can I come in?" She thinks to herself, Damn you Mel. Damn you."
Thank you for reading this fan fiction tale. Wowsers, a bit to un pack for sure. Things are heating up. Do you think Jake will figure out Olitz are together? We now know a little more about Jake's interest in showing up to the party, and we know that Mellie is on her petty tour.
But in the next installment we find out the details of Jake's angle, how Mellie reacts to Olitz, why Nick is hoping Fitz doesn't recall seeing him in the deli previously, and why is Mellie being in Nick's house without him being home an issue? All of this and more in the next installment of Between Friends.