After completing her last and longest final, who put five essays on a final... honestly, Olivia headed home to prepare for her night with Fitz. As much as she wanted to forgive him, she was having a hard time. She would start to get over it and then his words would play over and over in her head. She decided she would have to get over her fear of confrontation and demand answers from Fitz over dinner. She simply could not understand what was going on, much less the intention of his words. The only time she was ever with Mellie anymore was when she was with Fitz too, with the exception of school activities. Olivia had tried to distance herself from Mellie since she started dating Fitz. It didn't always work but she had no desire to listen to stories about Fitz being the perfect boyfriend or how good he put it on Mellie the night before. It's a wonder Mellie didn't notice the faces of disgust Olivia would make listening to the intimate details or their love life. Why did girls always talk about their love lives with friends? "Keep it private, especially when it's Fitz" Olivia would angrily think.
After taking a decent nap, because there's no sleep in a Star Wars marathon, Olivia sat in her closet floor trying to decide what to wear. Alone time with Fitz was extremely rare these days and she wanted to make the most of it. She fought herself on which outfit to choose for a least thirty minutes. "Do I look cute? Do I dress comfy?" After all it was just a movie night with Fitz not a date, no matter how bad she wishes it was. She finally decides to wear black leggings and a white off the shoulder top. Nothing fancy but still cute without looking like she was trying too hard. She left her hair down and in loose curls and minimal make up. Happy with her look Olivia set out for dinner.
She stopped by the liquor store grabbing Fitz his favorite beer and herself some fruity vodka. The perfect movie night drinks. As she pulled her SUV into the parking lot she noticed Jake's car was there. "Well there goes our night alone" Olivia grimaced. She made her way to door, not stopping to knock because knocking was for strangers, she was family, or so she thought before their fight. Second guessing herself she stopped halfway through the door, unfortunately Jake was there to see her. Taking a deep breath she continued into the apartment, taking their drinks to the kitchen. There in the kitchen was Fitz putting the final toppings on their pepperoni, bacon and sausage pizza, her favorite. Clearing her throat to get his attention she walked to the fridge to cool his beer. She looked over her should to see Fitz watching her with a thousand watt smile. He was happy to see her which helped to calm her nerves. Then his words played again in her head and she awkwardly walked to take a seat at the bar. Fitz instantly noticed the change in her demeanor. His shoulder dropped and he knew that they needed to talk.
At the same time, Jake walked into the kitchen letting Fitz know he was heading out for the night, jokingly adding "don't wait up" with a wink at Olivia. As he turned to walk out Olivia gagged behind his back causing Fitz to chuckle. "We will be okay" he thought to himself. Fitz placed the pizza in the oven, clapped his hands and asked Olivia to pick her poison.
"Beer or some of that fruity shit you can't live without" he said with a grin.
"I'll take fruity shit for 500, Alex" she mockingly replied.
With an eye roll, Fitz gathered supplies and made Olivia her drink before grabbing himself a beer. Taking a deep breath he sits next to Olivia, facing her knowing she needs his full attention.
"Livvie, I can't apologize enough for what I said. I know you're not that close to Mellie but spend time with her more and more because of me, which I'm grateful for. My two best girls should be close. I mean you did introduce us."
Looking down Olivia simply nodded her head.
"Please say something" Fitz pleaded.
"Why were so upset with me for being here?"
"It's not that you were here. It was that you both were here. I never get time with just you anymore, or Mellie. I just miss my friend and that's why tonight is going to be so great. Favorite food, drink, movie and friend" Fitz ended enthusiastically.
"Uh huh. Well I guess we should get the movie started, we have a long night ahead of us" Olivia jumped from the stool and into the living room.
30 minutes later, they destroyed the pizza while quoting the movie line for line. By the time the third movie started Olivia and Fitz had both migrated to the couch, taking claim of opposite ends. Olivia pokes Fitz in the face with her toes much to his disgust before getting comfortable and turning her attention to the movie. Sometime in their marathon they both drifted off the sleep. Olivia woke to find herself cuddled with Fitz, sharing a pillow, and him spooning her from behind. She felt his hand rubbing her stomach under her shirt and his breathe on her neck. She had dreamed of this for years. Not sure how they ended up in this position, Olivia turned her head to take in his sleeping face. After a few moments of staring she gathered the courage to kiss the corner of his mouth before returning to her previous position cuddled in front of him. She would take whatever she could get. An hour later they were woken by Jake entering the apartment. Fitz and Olivia jumped apart realizing their compromising position. Jake just watched from the door before mumbling under his breathe on his way to his room. Olivia scrambled from the couch and gathered her shoes, phones and keys, telling Fitz she should head home. She barely slowed down enough to see him nod slowly.
Olivia drove home confused by what happened, guilt for cuddling Mellie's boyfriend and joy from being held by Fitz. Meanwhile Fitz was pacing his apartment trying to figure out what was happening before climbing in bed, only to dream of Olivia.