Mellie flips her hand at both of them as she says, "Whatever. I'm not fooling with yawl today. I have better things to do." Olivia walks by her after putting her bowl in the sink, as she replies, "We all have things to do Mel. Hence us getting ready to leave. And, you're still sitting at the table in a robe, clutching that coffee mug." Mellie can't argue with her response, so she goes for the usual insult. "Go to hell Liv." They all laugh as they go about their morning routine, to start their days.
Olivia is the first to leave between the three of them, and she makes it to work on time. After getting settled in the conference room; she checks her phone, and sees a few more messages from the unknown number, she now knows is Eddie, texting her from his computer. She sighs as she reads them. She notices how they go from apologetic to angry every time he sends one. She thinks to herself, she's got to kick him out of her life and soon.
Deciding to take care of it sooner than later, she unblocks his number and sends him a text asking him to meet her for lunch, so they can talk. Surprisingly, she gets a reply within seconds, agreeing to the meet. Funny how he is Johnny on the spot with text messages when he's in the dog house. But, she couldn't pay him to reply back any other time. Shaking her head as she reflects on what has been par for the course for their relationship. She feels a sense of calm, with the thought of the rollercoaster finally coming to an end. She responds to him agreeing to the meeting place and time today, and hopes that's the end of her communicating with him for now.
She takes a breath, cleansing her mind from him all that has to do with him for the time being. And, as if he simply knew she needed a distraction. She gets a text from Fitz.
She grins as she reads it, "Morning, again. I hope your day is going well so far. Mine started out fantastic, LOL. Anyway, just wanted to say hello, because you were on my mind. Kick ass today as only you can. Talk to you later." She appreciates his sweetness, and responds, "Morning, again. (Wink). My day started with quite a bang too. I can't complain. To be honest, I'm sort of hoping for a do over soon." Hope your day rocks too by the way. Talk to you sooner than later, (kissing face emoticon).
She sends the message and sits back, relishing about their time together. She's so engrossed in her thoughts, she doesn't see her colleagues come in. She's shaken from her thoughts when she hears, "Liv are you with us?" She looks up and sees Marsha and Tori standing in front of her.
Quickly she replies, "I'm sorry. Yeah. I'm here. Morning everyone. I was in a bit of a daze." Tori grins as she responds, "Yes. We see that. And it looked like quite an interesting dream at that." Marsha chimes in, "Whoever he is; I'm jealous of the grin he's got you sporting."
Olivia smiles at them, as she responds, "Well, if we don't get the case law references done before the judges arrive; nobody will be smiling." Realizing she's right, duty calls. They shift gears toward work.
Olivia asks, Tori, "Did you finish the briefs for the McKenzie, Bennett, and Walker trials?" Her reply was one Olivia wasn't ready to hear. Tori says, "I did McKenzie, but I didn't know I needed to do the others. I still have to print off the docket for Judges Baker, Rowan and Castellano." Olivia sees the panic in her eyes, and despite her being annoyed at her not finishing her share of their divided assignment.
She confidently responds, "No worries, I will take care of Judge Rowan's docket, and you can handle Baker's, he doesn't come in till noon. Marsha, can you please handle Castellano's, and also forward the case law info to me. I can proof it after I set up Rowan's chambers, since he's first on the docket today."
Marsha nods as she responds, "Yes. I can do that." Olivia replies, Great! Team work makes the dream work ladies. Let's hustle. We don't have much time to work with to get this done." Tori replies, "I'm sorry for falling behind on my part ladies. It won't happen again." Marsha smiles as she says, "It's all good Tori. We caught it in time to fix it. Let's just focus on that right now." She agrees with her sentiment, and heads off to take care of her duties, while she and Olivia take care of theirs.
Despite getting off to a rocky start; Olivia's first half of the day goes well. She actually got a half smile from Judge Rowan, due to his tea being served hot and ready for him, and he appreciated her added step of having an apple pastry with it too; especially since it is his favorite.
Beyond that, she received great praise for her case law proofing that proved helpful in his and the other judges chamber sessions the first have of the day. Ergo, she's feeling quite accomplished as she prepares to head to lunch.
It's not till she gets to the parking garage, she realizes she's going to meet with Eddie, that she feels a sense of doom come over her. She knows the conversation is sure to be drama filled, which is why she opted for a public place. She knows he'd die before he had a public argument. With her mind set, she clips her seat belt in and starts her car. As she drives out of the garage; she hears another political commercial for Barron Davis, Eddie's father. His re-election adds seem to be coming on round the clock these days. Happier than a fat kid with cake when it ends; Katie Perry's song, roar comes on. And she turns it up. It's the exact song she needed to hear in this moment.
As she slips on her sun glasses, she makes her way to the restaurant. When she arrives, she is a few minutes early. After being seated, she looks at her phone, to pass the time. And, she sees a missed call and voicemail from her mother.
She reads the message, and she has mixed feelings. It appears her parents are opting to visit her for a full week, the week of parent's weekend. Which isn't a huge issue in itself. But, from the way the message read, she asked her to call her back do discuss the details of the visit. Which, makes her think there's more to the visit, than just coming to see her.
As she ponders how to respond to her mom, knowing she has to call her back. Her phone ringing interrupts her. She looks down and sees its Abby. Taking a breath, and hoping it's not a rehash of this morning. She answers, "Hey Abby. What's up?" She replies with a rather serious tone. "Uhm, where are you?" She curiously responds, "I'm out to lunch; waiting on Eddie to show up, why?" Olivia takes note of her pause, and is uncertain what's going on.
Abby doesn't want to fight with her. She knows what she has to say is going to set her friend off. But, it's what a good friend should do if they were ever in this situation. Thinking maybe they got disconnected; Olivia asks, "Abs. Are you there?" Abby shakes from her thoughts as she replies, "Yeah. I'm here. Sorry, I was in my head. We need to talk Liv."
Olivia sits up as she hears the concerning tone, and asks, "Okay. What do we need to talk about?" Abby spits it out, "So I guess you didn't get enough talking in last night, huh?" Olivia is thoroughly confused at the curved ball comment, as she replies, "Last night. What are you talking about?"
Frustrated, she outwardly responds, "Come on Liv. I saw the condoms on your night stand. They're not your normal brand, but they're there." Olivia hears the concern of her loving friend; however, that's not the basis of her reaction.
Instead, she angrily counters, "Damn it Abby, just because I don't have my room under lock and key. That doesn't mean you can take your nosy ass in there snooping. What in the hell were you doing in my room anyway?"
Refusing to be thrown off track by her changing the topic; she replies, "I was in your room to get my red jacket you borrowed; I wasn't snooping." Olivia rolls her eyes, and tries to keep down her voice; due to being in public. Snaps back, "I call bullshit on that! My closet is on the opposite side of my room, next to the bathroom. How did you see the nightstand from that angle, unless you were looking at it?"
Abby understands her anger, but still, she keeps her eyes on the main purpose of the call. As she says, "Look, you can get caught up in the semantics of the situation if you want. Yes. I'm nosy as fuck. That's not a surprise to anybody. But at least in this instance it's for good reason. Because I'm trying to keep my best friend from making a terrible mistake. Be mad at me; that's fine. Just don't take him back Livy. Please don't do that; you deserve so much better than that cheating, lying asshole!"
Despite the fact that she could kill her for snooping; she instead chooses to react to her friends pleas. She sounds like she's almost in tears; her heart softens and her tone changes, as she replies, "Abs. I appreciate your concern, and I love you for it. I really do. But it's not what you think. I'm not taking him back."
She's not sure why, but she believes her. It sounds like she's telling the truth. But, before she can respond to her. She hears her say, "What the hell? Abs I have to go. I will call you back."
Olivia hangs up the phone and stands up as she sees Eddie approaching the table, but he's not alone. And, she can't believe her eyes. This is a move she didn't expect, not even from him.
Thanks for reading my fan fiction tale. Quite allot unfolded in this installment, right? Fitz came over, and well, it's safe to say he put in work LOL.
What do you think about how he plans to handle Mellie? Do you think Olivia is wrong for not giving Mellie a heads up on what's to come? Or better yet. Should she tell Mellie about her and Fitz's night of passion? There's allot to unpack from this installment for sure.
Tune in next time as we find out the answers to all of the above questions, as well as who's with Eddie when he shows up to lunch with Liv. Abby's and Olivia's conversation continues, and we find out what Olivia's suspicions are about her mother's phone call. Looks like things are heating up for these characters; trust me. You won't want to miss how this turns out. Thanks again for your support, I look forward to your comments and feedback.