She looks at him as she replies, "Are you sure?" He nods as he says, "Yes. I'm sure. Both Drew and Harry won't be back till late tomorrow." She grins at him as she asks, "So is that why you validated my parking pass today with tomorrow's date?" He smirks as he replies, "Maybe." She responds, "Very sneaky Mr. Grant. If you wanted me to stay over, all you had to do is ask."
He nods as he says, "Okay, I'm asking. Will you stay the night? I promise you won't regret it." His reply intrigues her as she replies, "Is that right?" He responds, "That's damn right. And as I recall, you offered to lick dessert off of me and far be it for me to let you neglect your promises." She chuckles as she says, "Very true. And I'm certainly not one to welch on a promise. So I guess I have to stay." He agreeably replies, "Then it's settled, did you need to call Abby and Mel and let them know?" She nods as she says, "Yeah. I'd better. I'm sure either has called by now. We were supposed to go out tonight." He then feels bad and says, "Oh, I didn't realize you had plans Liv. If you want to go with your girls, we can reschedule."
She appreciates his sweetness, but says, "Its fine. I'm where I want to be. They'll do well on their own I'm sure. Plus Abby mentioned something about meeting up with Lauren and Lisa. So they won't be all alone." He agrees as he responds, "Okay. Well if that's the case. I'm going to get cleaned up and make us a snack tray to replenish our energy."
She happily says, "That sounds like a winner." He replies, "Cool. I'll be back." He then stops as he says, "Oh, did you want some more dessert?" She smiles as she cutely replies, "Yes. And more sex too please." He nods as he responds, "I'll be back with allot more of both." She sticks her tongue out as she says, "I'll be waiting."
After grabbing his shorts and making a pit stop in the bathroom, he heads to the kitchen while she scrolls through her phone. She notices a few missed calls from both Mellie and Abby and decides to call Abby back, since they're likely together at this point anyway.
She calls Abby's phone and she teasingly answers, "Well hello. Kind of you to finally call somebody back. Mel and I were about to form a search party." Olivia rolls her eyes playfully as she replies, "Stop it girl. It's not that serious. Is she with you?" Abby smiles as she responds, "She's upstairs talking to Nick on the phone. I'm in my room trying to find something to wear. Are you on your way home?" Olivia takes a breath, and as she answers her; Fitz walks into the room with the tray in hand.
He's about to speak, but sees her on the phone, and stays quiet. As he puts down the tray, she almost laughs at the amount of snacks he has on it. He sees her reaction and shrugs his shoulders at her as he grins.
She shakes her head as she continues her conversation saying, "No. I'm not. I'm actually calling to let you know I'm staying with my friend tonight." She sees him look over at her after her response, but he tries to act as though he's not listening. The change of expression on his face is duly noted though, admittedly she too feels a little awkward right now.
Abby curiously replies, "Really. Sounds to me like this friend is moving from the friend zone to something more, if you're spending full nights with him." With Fitz now out of the room, but she's unsure if he can hear her or not. So she responds, "Maybe. But we'll see. I really can't talk about it right now."
Just as she says that, he comes back into the room and Abby says, "OOOH he's in the room with you, huh?" She laughs as she replies, "Yes. That's correct. So I will take a rain check on tonight and you and Mel and the girls have fun. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Abby smiles as she says, "All right. I'll tell Mellie. But you know this means next weekend the drinks and cover charge are on you, right?"
She sighs as she says, "Yes that's fine. I'll even cover breakfast." Abby responds, "Well damn, all right then diva. Get it. Get some for me at that rate. Since that good good has you all generous and what not." Olivia cracks up at her and she laughs in response as she says, "Take care girl." Olivia responds, "You too. Bye." And she replies, "Bye."
When she hangs up the phone she sees him getting situated with the tray, and says, "Uhm, who are you feeding with all of that stuff over there?" He smiles as he says, "I don't know. I thought I'd grab everything, I wasn't sure of what I wanted." She shakes her head as she says, "Well we aren't in short supply of sugar with that assortment." As she peruses the collection of snacks she says, Cookies, a slice of cake with ice cream on it, oreos, kettle corn, milk duds, raisinets, and chocolate covered pretzels, really Fitz?"
He chuckles as he says, "Hey, it's about options more than anything else." She agreeably replies, "I'm open to that. Don't eat everything without me. I'm going to run to the restroom." He nods as he says, "I can't make any promises." She looks at him and he replies, "I'm kidding. I'd be in a diabetic coma if I ate all of this alone." She smartly responds, "So you thought you'd share the diabetes with me?" He smirks as he says, "Sharing is caring." They both share a laugh and she goes in the bathroom, as he waits for her.
When she returns, he's waiting patiently but has the television on. She looks at the screen and says, "Oh you watch Tommy too?" He replies, "Yeah. I like Edie Falco. So I decided to check it out. It's pretty good so far." She nods as she gets nestled into bed next to him, and they adjust the tray, so they can snuggle, eat and watch TV, as she says, "Yeah. It is. I like it too. She's a great actress." He agrees with her and they begin to watch the show; but they're interrupted by her phone buzzing.
She grabs it and when she looks at the caller ID. She sees it's her friend, she called for a favor regarding the tape. He sees her looking at the phone, and asks, "What is it?" She replies, "It's my friend. The one that could get the video from the building."
He responds, "Oh, maybe he's calling you with an update." She agrees as she says, "Sorry, let me take this.' He nods as he says, "Sure thing." He pauses the television and she answers the phone, wondering why he's calling. Since he only calls when there's a problem.
Thanks for reading this fan fiction tale. In this installment there was allot of emotion expressed. Fitz and Gerry's fight was quite the disaster, and of course this is just the tip of the ice berg regarding their story. I guess it's a good thing Olivia was there; or maybe Fitz would've been at minimum in jail for assault, and at most in jail for murder. What did you think of the dialogue between them? Seems like they have some strong opinions about each other, which always happens when people have poor communication skills.
In those instances, the people involved always tend to think the worst of each other. Anyway, now that we know the deal between Fitz and Gerry, and Olivia and Fitz seem to be getting closer. Let's see what the next installment offers. As we find out what her friend discovers about Nyemah, as well as how Fitz works toward dealing with his grief over the loss of his mom, and figuring out how much longer he and Olivia will be able to stay in their bubble. Especially now that Gerry is at least aware Olivia was in the bedroom while he was visiting. All this and more in the next installment of Between Friends.