When morning arrives it catches Olivia in bed alone. When she wakes, it takes her a moment to figure out where she is at first. And then her eyes settle, as well as her lady regions subtle throb reminds her of not only where she is, but that it wasn't a dream. She stretches out, and feels her nakedness between the sheets. Then winces, as the hurt so good feeling again reminds her of their late night, into early morning antics.
Curiously, she looks around and wonders where he could be. She gets out of bed and sees the bathroom is empty. So she slips on his T-shirt and walks out into the common area, only to discover he's nowhere to be found. Felling a bit confused, she goes back into the bedroom and grabs her phone. It's then she sees a few text messages, one notably from him.
She taps the message and reads it, "Morning beautiful. If you're reading this. I didn't make it back before you woke up. I stepped out to grab us a few sunrise smoothies, and I will be back asap. So get your sexy ass back in bed, and wait for me. "Kissing face." She grins as she re-reads the message at least three times, before responding with a photo of her in his bed, with the sheets scantily covering her, and a caption, "Morning, choosing to start your day with me or a smoothie. Interesting choice. Wink emoticon."
After sending the message she scrolls through her phone, seeing a few missed messages and calls. She decides to read through them, since she has the time. She sees a few messages from Abby from last night saying, "Your girl Mel is having way too much fun." She then sees a pic of Mellie on the bar, with guys doing shots off her belly. She then clicks on the other message, and it has a picture of her and Kevin together. That shot makes Olivia say, Okay. I see you Abs. Get it in. I'm not mad. He is super cute.
She knows Abby has been eyeing him for a while; he's a new guy in her intern group, she was talking about. She's glad to see they finally got a chance to hook up outside of work. However, the picture of Mellie still has her cracking up as she says, "Damn, they're turning up. Good for them."
Shaking her head in laughter, she thumbs through the rest of the messages. She then sees a message from her mom asking her to check in. She knows they're concerned about her meeting with Cy, and with Eddie's gala this weekend. Her parents are worried about her.
She appreciates their concern, but it's not needed. She's doing pretty well, she thinks to herself. Eddie who? She laughs out loud. As she shakes off the thought of any concerns, she replies to Abby, 'Morning Abs. Looks like you two had a blast last night. See you in a bit." She knows she's not going to get a reply back anytime soon, given how late they probably were out last night. By all accounts she'll be lucky to not see her before she reads the message anyway.
Thinking about her parents again, she then responds to them in a group text saying, "Morning mommy and daddy. I will call you when I leave the gym. Love you both." While she's not being 100% truthful about her whereabouts. She's not exactly lying either, she did in fact get a hell of a work out last night. And, she plans on at least one more session before she leaves. Besides, there is a gym in the basement of the building. She smiles as she ponders her logic and what was a fantastic evening, for the record books.
While Olivia sits in thought, awaiting Fitz's return. He's in the gym downstairs getting smoothies for them he's been raving for her to try. When he walks into the gym, he sees a few familiar faces. He waves at those who are looking his way and makes his way to the juicing counter.
When he arrives, he sees a smiling friendly face and hears, "Hey there Fitz. What can I get for you?" He smiles in return as he says, "Hey Christie, I'd like two double sunrise smoothies please." She nods as she responds, "Wow two? Are you sure?"
He grins as he replies, "Yes. I'm not drinking both." She nods as she responds, "Okay. I was going to seriously encourage you not to do that. You'll be wired for days." They both chuckle as he says, "Thanks for the concern. But no worries there. One does the job plenty."
She agrees as she says, "That it does. Coming right up. I just have to grab some more mango juice out of the back if that's okay." He replies, "Yeah, that's fine. I can wait." She smiles as she replies, "Great. It will only take a minute." He nods as he says, "Okay."
As she goes to grab the mango juice; he pulls his phone out of his pocket and sees he has a message from Liv. But before he can open it to respond, he hears his name. He looks up and smiles as he says, "What's up Jake?" His friend draws closer and he replies, "Hey, nothing much. Since neither you nor your roommates replied to my text; I wanted to try to catch you to find out if you all were coming to watch the game tonight at Rob's?" He replies, "Oh, nah man. We've got plans. My bad, I looked at your text and forgot to reply."
He nods as he says, "It's cool man, I get it. I do that all the time. It's a terrible habit. Anyway, what are you all getting into tonight that has you missing the game?" He replies, "We're going to a get together at Liv, Abby's, and Mels tonight." Fitz sees his eyes perk up as he says, "Really? How's Liv doing?" He responds, "Uhm, she's good. Why do you ask?" He replies, "Just checking in, I saw the press release about her and Eddie's break up."
Fitz nods as he says, "Well, I can attest she's in great spirits; so no need to worry about her." He replies, "That's good to know. But why don't you give me her number, and I can ask her myself?" Fitz can't believe his nerve and does all he can to keep his calm, as he responds, "Man, aren't you and Eddie supposed to be good friends?" He shrugs his shoulders as he replies, "Yeah. We are good friends. I'm actually friendly with both him and Liv." Fitz quips, "You're friends with both of them, but you don't have Liv's number. That's a little odd, isn't it?"
He concedes as he says, "Okay, look. Eddie has already moved on. So, one man's trash is another man's treasure. I'm just making sure she's good." Fitz shakes his head as he says, "Trust me Jake. She's good." By his tone he inquires, "You say that as if you know for a fact." He honestly wants to tell him how he knows she's not interested in him. But instead, he holds his peace as he says, "I do know that to be a fact Jake. But that said, if you want her number, you'll have to ask her yourself. I'm not violating her privacy to give it to you." He doesn't like what he's hearing, but he can't exactly argue his point. So he says, "Alright. It's cool. Maybe you can give her my number then."
He wants to yell at him and tell him to fuck off. But again, he exercises patience as he replies, "Yeah sure. I can do that. If she wants to call, she will. Is that cool?" He smiles at him as he says, "Yeah. That's cool. Thanks man. I appreciate that." Fitz then hears his name from the juice bar counter, and says, "You're welcome. Hey my order's up. Take care man."
Jake replies "Okay man, see you later." Fitz gleefully walks to the counter and gets his drinks from Christie. Glad that conversation is over. Christie smiles at him as she says, "Here you go Fitz. Thanks for waiting." He nods as he replies, "Sure thing. Have a great day." He nods as he walks away from the counter. Jake looks up as he gets on the treadmill, and sees him walking out with two drinks in a carrier.