A/N: Back on a roll with my stories, feeling good about this. But it's convention season, and I have to prioritize with a lot of other stuff going on with that and other stuff too.
Anyway, here is the next chapter of what is essentially Rod's story, and it is a nice change from always been at the moment, such a Mikki and Seb focused writer. This further explores how Rod and Olivia, come to date and starts setting up in the next chapter as well, where Olivia will get to meet that of at least the start of his family; and maybe also him meeting hers also.
So anyway, enjoy; and as always any characters you do recognize from Glee belong to their creators; but any characters you don't recognize belong to that of me and cannot be used without my permission.
Love always
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Chapter 2 –
Having gone to a few more open mic nights; and also getting to know Olivia a little better as well also, and enjoy spending time with the petite blonde, the two of them also accepting one another as friends on Facebook, and talking also when not at the bar where they had first met not that long ago.
Still though unsure on whether or not, he was in the friend zone with her; or if it might be something more, Roderick headed one Saturday morning to Mikki and Sebastian's house in Columbia from that of his apartment in Greenville, about two hours away; to hopefully talk with his brother in law, even though he also valued that of his oldest sister's opinions, felt it was maybe something more that of the older male was able to help him with.
Pulling into the driveway of the home his sister and brother law lived in; he noticed that only Sebastian's car was in the driveway, and thought that maybe he should have called first in case they had gone out for the day. Not knowing though if this were to be entirely true though, he got turned off his car's ignition and got out, locking it up; before heading up to the front door and ringing the door bell.
Waiting for maybe close to a minute, and beginning to think that they weren't home; he was about to head back over his car, when the front door opened and he saw Sebastian on the other side.
"Hey Rod" said Sebastian, upon seeing his brother in law and giving a him smile also.
"Yeah, hey" replied Roderick, with a small laugh. "I was beginning to think there was no one here" he continued, with a smile to the other male. "And was just about to leave"
"Mik's gone shopping" said Sebastian, giving a laugh and stepping back from the door. "Come on inside"
"Sure, thanks" replied Roderick, with a nod as he stepped into Mikki and Sebastian's home; and Sebastian closed the door. "I'm actually glad it is you though here, as I do want to talk to you about something"
"Okay" replied Sebastian, with a laugh and smile to him. "What's it you want to chat about"
"Umm kind of wanting some advice" said Roderick, as the two of them walked into the living area, and Sebastian gestured for him to take a seat.
"Sure yeah, of course" said Sebastian, with a nod as he sat on the sofa; and Roderick chose to sit in one of the arm chairs. "So is this legal advice?" he asked, with a small laugh. "You haven't gone and got yourself in trouble now have you"
"No it's not legal advice" replied Roderick, giving a laugh and shaking his head. "It was actually more to do with girl advice"
"Oh that kind of advice" said Sebastian, with a smile and laugh. "I guess, I can help with that too"
"Yeah even though you've not really dated in how long now" replied Roderick, with a smile also. "You're the only one I know of to really ask this stuff, since I definitely don't want to be going to my sisters about it"
"Well Marls is in California, so I see the problem there and being able to talk to her" said Sebastian, with a laugh. "And Kits, I can honestly see why you don't want to talk to her about that stuff"
"Because she will definitely not be helpful in anyway" replied Roderick, shaking his head as Sebastian nodded. "And well Mik, I could maybe ask but she tends to go into big sister over protective mode"
"She does yeah" replied Sebastian, giving a laugh along with Roderick who also laughed as well. "So a girl, huh?"
"Yeah, do you mind at all?" asked Roderick, looking to his brother in law and Sebastian smiled, shaking his head.
"Of course not" he replied. "I said to you when Mik and I first started dating" he continued with a smile to the other male. "That anytime you wanted advice to ask; and that still stands now"
"Okay, yeah cool" said Roderick, with a nod and smile. "So a few weeks back I went to this open mic night at a bar near my apartment" he continued, as Sebastian looked to him with a nod. "I did a few when I was at college, and it was fun; and I thought might be fun to do it again"
"Yeah, I've heard your covers of songs" replied Sebastian, with a smile to him. "Some of them are amazing"
"Thanks" said Roderick, with a smile; and went to speak again but stopped when the baby monitor that Sebastian had on the coffee table in the living room; the sound of Amelia crying came through.
"Can you hold for like a few minutes" said Sebastian, as he stood from the sofa. "I think someone is awake from her sleep"
"Of course, that's fine" replied Roderick, with a nod as Sebastian quickly smiled to him and then walked out of the living room to go and get Amelia; and he grabbed his phone from his jeans pocket to look at whilst his brother in law tended to his daughter, and unlocked it to see a message from Olivia.
There's a really good band playing tonight at Smiley's? You in?
Smiling as he read the message, and wanting to reply; but also wanting to talk with Sebastian first; he opted to not type back a message at the moment and made a mental note to do so later, so that Olivia didn't think he was ignoring her; when Sebastian came back downstairs with Amelia in his arms.
"Look who's here Millie" said Sebastian, as he walked into the living area. "It's your Uncle Roddy"
"Yeah, I don't think she really gets who we all are yet" replied Roderick, with a laugh. "Except for you and Mik probably"
"No, guess not" said Sebastian, shaking his head with a laugh. "So do you mind holding her for a moment, whilst I go and heat up a bottle for her"
"Of course not" replied Roderick, shaking his head either. "Totally up for cuddling my super gorgeous niece"
"Great, thanks" said Sebastian, with a smile as he passed Amelia over to him. "She should be okay for like a minute and not cry" he continued, as the little girl looked to Roderick, and he in turn looked to her with a smile. "But if she starts to cry, just bounce her a little, that tends to calm her down; most times"
"No, yeah, I got it" replied Roderick, giving a nod; and Sebastian nodded also before heading into the kitchen to go and warm up a bottle of milk for Amelia. "Hi, gorgeous girl" he smiled, looking to his niece. "I swear you've gotten so much bigger since I last saw you about two weeks ago"; and Amelia just looking to him as he spoke. "You got to stop growing up so fast" he laughed, as Sebastian came back into the living room.
"Tell me about it" he said, as he walked over to where his brother in law was. "Mik got upset the other day, when she realized she was in a clothing size bigger and in the three to six month size instead of the size she was when born"
"Yeah, I did notice she's grown a little" replied Roderick, with a nod as Sebastian held the bottle out to him.
"She has" he nodded. "Did you want to give her the bottle?"
"You don't mind?" asked Roderick, looking to him and Sebastian shook his head with a smile.
"Course not" he replied. "Definitely an uncle duty at least a few times"
"Sure of course" said Roderick, with a nod, as he took the bottle from Sebastian, and he went to try and feed Amelia, but she in turn decided that she wasn't liking that and started crying. "Or maybe she is wanting you to do it" he laughed, and looked to Sebastian who nodded.
"Yeah, sorry" replied Sebastian, with a smile to him, as he took Amelia from Roderick, and then also the bottle and going back to sit on the sofa again. "Sometimes she is okay with someone else feeding her a bottle" he continued, as Amelia stopped crying and took the teat of the bottle into her mouth and started to drink the milk. "And other times, it's only me or Mik she wants"
"Totally fine" said Roderick, with a nod and smile. "Sure there are plenty of other times when she won't be feeling that way"
"Yeah, of course" replied Sebastian, with a nod also. "So tell me more about this girl, huh?"
"Right, yeah" said Roderick, with a smile. "So umm, like I said open mic night" he continued, as Sebastian gave a nod. "And I performed and then watching the others performing, this girl she was one of them"
"So she's a bit of a singer too?" asked Sebastian, as Roderick nodded.
"She is yeah" he replied. "And also really good too"
"Okay, cool" replied Sebastian, with a nod and smile to his brother in law, and quickly also looked to Amelia to see how she was going with the bottle. "So the two of you got talking then obviously?"
"We did" said Roderick, looking to Sebastian, with a nod. "After she finished, she went and got a drink and came over to my table and asked if she could sit" he continued, as Sebastian looked to him. "Since it was pretty busy there that night"
"So she approached you first" said Sebastian, as Roderick looked to him nodding.
"She did, yeah" he replied. "And we got talking, and she's really nice"
"Okay, so you've spoken I take it a few times after this first time talking with her?" asked Sebastian, and Roderick nodded; as Sebastian finished feeding Amelia the bottle and put her up to his shoulder lightly patting her on the back.
"We have" replied Roderick, with a small smile. "I've gone to a few more of the open mic nights; just to see what kind of songs other people are singing, since I did get through to the semis"
"That's awesome" said Sebastian, giving his brother in law a smile. "You'll have to let us know when it is" he continued, as Roderick gave a nod. "So we can come out and see it"
"Yeah of course" replied Roderick with a nod. "But, yeah I've gone to a few more open mic nights, and Olivia has been there also" he continued as Sebastian nodded. "And we've also exchanged phone numbers and added one another on Facebook too"
"Let's see a picture of her" said Sebastian, with a laugh; and Roderick laughed also as he picked up his phone which he'd placed on the arm of chair, and unlocked it and went into Facebook before finding Olivia's profile on there, and enlarging one of the photos of the blonde, and holding it around to show his brother in law. "Hmm she's cute, yeah"
"Don't you have a wife?" asked Roderick, with a laugh. "My sister?" he continued as Sebastian, gave a nod. "I'm not sure what she'd think you'd calling other girls cute"
"I have eyes, I'm not blind" replied Sebastian, with a laugh. "And believe me there is no way in the world I'd ever even think about cheating on Mikki, so nothing to be worried about"
"I know" replied Roderick, with a smile to his brother in law. "I think we all know just how miserable the two of you were when you weren't together" he continued as Sebastian gave a laugh. "So I doubt either of you would even fathom cheating on one another"
"Definitely not" said Sebastian, shaking his head. "So this girl, Olivia?" he asked, with a smile. "You like her, huh?"
"I do, yeah" replied Roderick, nodding his head. "But I'm not sure, if we've now entered that of the friend zone" he continued, as Sebastian also nodded. "Or if there could be maybe something more than that"
"Well do you get the vibe at all that she only sees you as a friend?" asked Sebastian, looking to him; and Roderick looked to him with a shrug of his shoulders.
"I don't even know how you'd be able to tell that" he replied with a laugh, and Sebastian smiled, as he laid Amelia back down in his arms, and looked to her with a small smile as he stroked a few fingers gently over her forehead.
"Does she maybe flirt with or look at other guys when you're together?" asked Sebastian, looking back to his brother in law, and Roderick shook his head. "Okay, or maybe call you things like buddy, or bro?"
"No, she calls me Rod" he replied, giving a nod and Sebastian nodded also. "Is that a bad thing?"
"It's not" said Sebastian, shaking his head. "What about maybe like just giving you looks, like she could maybe be into you?"
"And those would be what?" asked Roderick, with a laugh. "Cause I've tended not to have much luck with girlfriends in the past" he continued, and Sebastian nodded. "They've all ended up wanting to be my friend more, and I'm just thinking this with Liv; I've read way too much into it"
"Well her letting you call her Liv" said Sebastian, with a smile. "Which I take is a nickname" he continued, as Roderick nodded. "That maybe might mean she likes you"
"What do you mean by maybe?" asked Roderick, looking to his brother in law. "That there could maybe be also a chance she doesn't like me"
"I haven't met Olivia, so I can't really judge" replied Sebastian. "But there are also clues as to if she may be into you too, and you've just not picked up on it"
"Clues as into what and all that?" asked Roderick, and Sebastian gave a laugh.
"Well to give a cliché example; take your sister and I as an example" said Sebastian, as Roderick gave a nod. "From the moment we met, there was this level of attraction for both of us to the other person" he continued, as Roderick just looked to his brother in law as he spoke. "And you will know in your heart and your head, if it is something that feels right"
"So you're suggesting maybe ask her out to a movie or dinner?" asked Roderick. "See what she says to that?"
"You could definitely do that, yeah" replied Sebastian, with a nod. "And if she says, no" he continued, as Roderick nodded. "Then you know she's not into you as you maybe thought she might be"
"Well she did ask me if I were maybe going to the bar tonight about an hour ago" said Roderick, as Sebastian looked to him with a smile. "Said there is a good band playing"
"And have you ever got a message from her before like that?" asked Sebastian, as Roderick shook his head.
"No, generally we talk about music and all that when we do chat" he replied. "And this is the first time, other than that of a Monday evening" he continued, and Sebastian smiled with a nod. "That we might maybe see one another"
"Rod" said Sebastian, giving a laugh. "Tell her yes" he continued, with a smile as Roderick looked to him. "She's pretty much insinuating there, that she wants to spend a night with you; that isn't that of the one where you'd both normally be"
"So you think she could possibly like me as well?" asked Roderick, looking to Sebastian, with a smile who in turn nodded.
"I'm pretty confident in saying yes, on that one" replied Sebastian, with a smile as Roderick gave a small laugh, and picked up his phone. "Now you either do it; or I will take your phone from you and reply to her myself"
"Umm, yeah okay" he replied, as Sebastian gave a nod as he own phone notified him of a message. "So what just say, sure sounds good"
"Something like that" said Sebastian, looking to him with a smile. "And of course get time too"
"Okay, uh huh" replied Roderick, with a nod as he typed back a message to Olivia. Sounds good, what time do they play?
"Mik's grabbing some lunch for her and I from Groucho's" said Sebastian, looking over to his brother in law as he sent the message off to Olivia. "Did you want me to ask her to grab you something as well?"
"You don't mind me staying for lunch?" asked Roderick, looking over to Sebastian, who in turn laughed, shaking his head.
"Course not" he replied, with a smile. "I think Mik would be rather annoyed with me if I didn't ask you to stay"
"Okay yeah, that be good" said Roderick, with a nod.
"Sure, can do" replied Sebastian, with a nod also; and went into the voice to text app that he had on his phone, that they now found useful using especially if they needed to text one another and they weren't able to because they'd be holding Amelia also. "What you wanting?"
"Umm, Roast Beef Marinate" said Roderick, and Sebastian looked to him with a smile and nod; before going to talk.
Hey babe, sounds good. And also your brother is here, so could you grab him a Roast Beef Marinate please. See you soon, love you.
"I'll pay Mik back when she gets home for lunch too" said Roderick, and Sebastian looked to him with a laugh.
"You will not do that, at all" he replied, shaking his head; as his phone chimed and he quickly looked at it and gave a laugh. "Mik said that's fine, and she will be back soon"
"Okay, yeah" said Roderick, with a nod as Sebastian placed his phone down and looked to his brother in law with a smile.
"So tell me some more about this girl, huh?" he asked with a smile; and giving a nod he spoke with his brother in law some more before Mikki returned home with lunch for them all, and then he later on headed back to Greenville, ready to meet Olivia that night; on what might be a maybe date for the two of them.
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That evening after getting back from Columbia, he went home and with not much time before he had to meet Olivia at Smiley's; changed clothes and then headed to the bar.
After parking his car and locking it up, he headed inside and as he walked in; looked around to see if the blonde had already arrived, and smiled when he saw her sitting at a nearby table.
"Hi" he said, as he walked over to where she was; and she looked up to him with a smile. "I'm not late am I?" he asked, as Olivia shook her head.
"No, you're fine" she replied. "I got here about twenty minutes ago, as I wanted to catch up with my friend who is actually the drummer in the band"
"So that's why you said, they were a good band then?" asked Roderick, with a laugh as he sat at the table with her. "Cause you know someone in the band"
"Yeah, kind of" replied Olivia, with a laugh. "But Elden and I go way back" she continued, as Roderick looked to her, noting that she was now talking about another guy in front of him; and one of the signs that Sebastian had given him as to watch out for. "We've been friends since like the first grade"
"Okay, yeah that's cool" said Roderick, giving a nod and small smile. "And also sorry that I didn't get back to you for a while today either" he continued, as Olivia looked to him. "But I was driving to Columbia when you messaged me, and obviously couldn't reply"
"Columbia" said Olivia, as Roderick nodded. "That's where your sister lives, correct?" she asked, as Roderick nodded also. "The one who recently had a baby"
"Yeah it is" replied Roderick, with a smile. "I just thought I would go down there for the day and see them" he continued as Olivia gave a nod. "And Millie isn't going to be a baby, forever" he said with a laugh as Olivia shook her head with a smile. "So just kind of want to be able to see as often as I can"
"Well she's lucky to have such an awesome uncle" said Olivia, with a laugh; as Roderick laughed also. "So have you eaten then?"
"Not since lunch" replied Roderick, with a laugh. "And that was like six hours ago"
"Okay, then did you maybe want to go half on a plate of wings and a basket of fries, loaded with the lot?" asked Olivia, looking to him with a smile.
"Sounds good, yeah" replied Roderick with a laugh; and the two of them ordered up their food and got some drinks, then continued to talk and listen to the band that was playing that night.
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Monday night; after staying out till pretty late with Olivia at Smiley's on Saturday, and then also as well messaging her on Sunday. After finishing up at work and going home and quickly changing, he once again headed to the bar, for open mic night; which since meeting Olivia, had for them become a regular thing to hang out at together, and see what kind of competition they would be facing come that of the finals time.
Having though already eaten, and waiting for Olivia; since the open mic night competition didn't kick off until seven o'clock; Roderick was sitting at a table where the blonde would be able to see him when she got there, drinking a glass of beer and thinking back to what he and Sebastian had spoken about on Saturday, and how he could go about maybe asking Olivia out for dinner; when he felt a hand placed on to his shoulder and turned to look to see Olivia beside him.
"Hi" she said, as she sat down on the vacant chair that was at the table and placing a glass of wine down also. "Sorry I'm late, but I got caught up at work, and then getting back to my place; well traffic was just crazy"
"No, that's fine" replied Roderick, looking to her with a smile. "I only just got here myself" he continued as Olivia gave a nod. "Everything okay at work?"
"It's fine" said Olivia, with a small smile to him. "Just the normal wonderful delights of being a school guidance counselor, and having to deal with bullying and teenage pregnancy"
"Guess not much will ever change there" said Roderick, looking to her Olivia as she shook her head. "No matter how much you try and get teenagers to not do things; they will always do them"
"Agree" replied Olivia, giving a small sigh. "And a lot of the time, it's as act of rebellion or because of peer pressure" she continued, as Roderick nodded. "Which is where my job comes into it and trying to guide them down a better path"
"For which I am sure they really appreciate you for" said Roderick, as Olivia gave a small laugh.
"Well I don't think one of them today took kindly to me telling her, that it wasn't nice to bully, and especially not a girl who happens to be pregnant" said Olivia, as Roderick looked to her. "She called me an uptight prude and basically told me to go to hell and I couldn't tell her what she was allowed to say"
"Someone actually spoke to you like that?" asked Roderick, as Olivia nodded. "Wow, that's just insane" he continued, as Olivia replied. "Happens all the time actually" and Roderick looked to her shaking his head. "I hope she got in trouble for it"
"She did, yeah" replied Olivia with a nod. "Reported it to the assistant principal; who gave her detention for a week"
"Yeah wow" said Roderick, shaking his head. "Just wow"
"Hmm, so enough about me" she replied with a smile to him. "What about your day?" she asked. "Hopefully it was a little more pleasant than mine"
"Umm yeah it was okay" replied Roderick with a nod. "Certainly didn't involve anything like yours" he continued, as Olivia laughed. "Still working on the hotel development that have been on for a few months now, but it's a long process too, so it's all good"
"Just amazes me what you envision with just a sheet of paper" said Olivia looking to him with a smile. "And then for that to then become something actually built, it's amazing"
"Believe me I'm only one small part of it all" replied Roderick, looking to her with a smile. "There are many other people involved in it, that do a lot more than what I do"
"Yes maybe" said Olivia, with a nod. "But your part is probably the most essential part, since it's the part where the idea comes to life"
"I guess" replied Roderick, with a smile; and taking just a small breath decided to ask the blonde what he'd been thinking of asking her since Saturday, especially after spending the night together at the bar, and also after what he'd spoken with Sebastian about, and thought maybe the signs of Olivia liking him were maybe there. "So what are you doing Friday night?"
"Friday night?" asked Olivia, and Roderick looked to her with a nod and small smile; hoping that she wasn't going to turn him down. "Probably the same as every other Friday" she replied, with a laugh and smile. "And that's a night of Netflix and catching up on shows that I love to watch, and getting in an order from my favorite Chinese place"
"Okay, yeah" replied Roderick, giving a nod and Olivia looked to him with a smile.
"Why did you ask?" she asked, and Roderick looked to her also with a small smile and laugh.
"I was just thinking you might like to go out for dinner, that's all" he replied, and Olivia smiled with a little laugh also.
"As like maybe in a date kind of way?" she asked, and looking to her with a small smile; Roderick nodded his head.
"But if you don't want to, because you're only seeing us as being friends" he replied, looking to her; hoping that if she didn't want to go out with him, it would then give her an easy way out of it. "Then that is totally fine, and I won't be offended by you refusing"
"Rod" said Olivia, placing her hand on to his that was resting to the table, and he looked at her as she gave him a smile. "I would love to go on a date with you"
"You would?" asked Roderick, looking to her his eyes widening and Olivia nodded still with a smile.
"Yes, I would" she replied. "That's if you still want to, and weren't just saying it because you felt like it's something I was maybe angling towards"
"No, well actually yes" he laughed and Olivia smiled at him. "Yes, I still want to go out with you, I mean" he continued as Olivia laughed also with a nod. "And no, I wasn't just asking cause I thought it was something you wanted; but because it's something I've been wanting to ask you for a while now"
"Well, Friday night we go out for dinner together" said Olivia, with a smile as Roderick gave a nod. "On a date"
"On a date, yeah" replied Roderick with a laugh. "And since you just said it's a night you like to get Chinese" he continued, as Olivia looked to him with a smile. "Then maybe we can go to Hibachi Grill"
"Hmm, you are definitely a keeper" said Olivia, with a laugh and Roderick looked to her blushing ever so slightly, as the blonde continued to speak. "I love that place, but I always feel so strange going to an all you can eat on my own" she laughed. "Cause the amount of food I can eat, well hopefully that won't turn you off"
"Not at all" replied Roderick, with a laugh. "My oldest sister Mikki" he continued with a smile. "She loves all you can eat too"
"I think I could definitely like your sister by the sounds of it" replied Olivia, with a laugh. "A girl who loves her food too"
"She does, yeah" said Roderick, giving a nod. "I don't know where she puts it all" he laughed as Olivia laughed as well. "But take Mik to somewhere where there is a calabash, and it's just like so much food for one tiny person like my sister"
"Ohh calabash" said Olivia, with a smile and Roderick looked to her with a laugh. "So amazing"
"Definitely" replied Roderick, with a nod; and thought to himself if it ever did get to the stage with him and Olivia, where he took her to meet his family; he would definitely be suggesting that of the buffet restaurant in Columbia, he knew Mikki loved; as he got a feeling Olivia would like it there also by the way she was talking about food, and then continued to spend the rest of the open mic night talking with the blonde, who he now actually had a date with at the end of the week.
End Note: I've never really delved into seeing Sebastian have much interaction with Rod; even though I have often said in other stories that I write, that they do talk about things and that they definitely have a big brother/little brother relationship; so to write that first part with just the two of them, I think was nice.
As for Rod being just that little bit scared to ask Olivia out - I do feel out of all his family, he is definitely the most shy one; so there was that initial fear of getting rejected and then feeling pretty crappy about that because he had begun to like Olivia.
I do know what the next chapter is going to entail, because I do have a mammoth timeline planned out interconnecting all my stories going on at the moment; so I am well aware of then when I need to be taking most chapters in order to keep things connected.
Anyway, thanks for reading and I will catch you all on another update of something soon!
Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxo