Olivia found her way to the arena to watch Abbie and Sonny, with Serena and Rafael. Rafael held her hand through the whole competition. They all met up with the pair to make their way to the pool like they've been wanting to do all weekend.

"Olivia? Where's your beautiful girlfriend?" Abbie asked, sitting next to Serena.

Olivia was laying down on the lounge chair with her bikini on, "I don't know. She didn't seem like she was in a talkative mood." Olivia shrugged her shoulders trying to make their fight to be nothing.

Abbie saw the pain on Olivia's face, "She talked to Jessica today didn't she?"

"Yeah and we saw her last night too." Olivia looked at Abbie, "Why does this girl bug you guys so much?"

"That's a question you will have to ask Alex." Abbie stood up knowing she needed to fix her friend. "Give me your key." Olivia was confused but did what she was told. "I'll be back." She squeezed Serena's hand.


Alex washed her hand, she dried her hand for the blood to stop.

"Cabot, what happened to your hand?" Russo went to the sink besides hers.

"Nothing." Alex wrapped her hand up.

"Sorry you didn't make the podium." Jessica apologized for the loss of her rival.

"Screw you."

Jessica dried her hands and walked over to Alex, "That's okay, maybe next time you won't make out with your girlfriend in the locker room, if you don't want your mother to know." She gave an evil smile. "I thought you were better than that."

Alex's heart dropped hearing Jessica confess, "You called her? You are that desperate to make sure I didn't rank you."

"More like that Olympic gold medal is mine. And I don't want you there. I didn't realize you were that easy to mess with." Jessica looked at Alex square in the eyes.

"How can you be so heartless?" Alex held back tears that she'd been crying all morning.

"I do what I have to do to win."

"Well, I hope you break a leg."


Abbie walked into the hotel suite to hear music blasting. She saw Alex sweaty and on her spinner practicing her spins on her left leg instead of her right one.

"Alex what are you doing?" Abbie turned off the music.

Alex avoided looking at Abbie, "I need to make sure my program is perfect." She pushed off her foot to do another spin.

"If your program isn't perfect do you think Donnelly wouldn't have let you come." Abbie grabbed the blonde's hands to get her to stop. "What did Russo say to you this time?"

Alex stepped back as shocked to think she knew her. "Nothing." Alex walked to her bureau to get her water.

"Are you sure. For someone who has a sprained ankle you should be off it."

"Fucking Olivia." Alex exhaled.

"It wasn't Olivia. It was Donnelly. Plus you have a wrapped ankle, it's not like I don't know you."

"You know just because we dated doesn't mean you know me. Seeing you twelve weekends a year, doesn't mean you know me." Alex snapped at the brunette. "You left remember." Alex turned the music back on, she didn't want to talk to anyone knowing she crossed the line with Olivia. She couldn't explain her behavior.

Abbie rolled her eyes and turned off the music again. "Okay, why are you trying to pick fights with everyone? And what did Russo say to you?"

"Who says I'm picking fights." Alex didn't like being analyzed. "Maybe I just don't want to talk to you." She started pacing back and forth.

"Fine you don't want to talk to me that's fine, But don't take it out on your girlfriend." This isn't the first time Abbie has seen a stressed out Alex.

Alex shook her head. She couldn't be still as her emotions and adrenaline were up. "I don't have a girlfriend. Olivia doesn't want to be with me." Alex confessed thinking about the sexual rejection.

"Why would you say that?"

Alex finally stopped to look at Abbie, "I told her how Russo wants to do her this weekend. She told me she wasn't into Russo, and I told her to prove. And She turned me down Again." Alex explained the reason for the fight.

"Are you an idiot?" Abbie asked her stubborn friend.

"This is my Grand Prix title I'm trying to keep." Alex snapped at her carefree friend. She thought about her ankle and knowing she can't compete in the next two weeks to make her advancement to the Grand Prix.

Abbie pulled Alex to sit down in a chair. She sat down next to Alex, "I know you don't want to lose your title. Especially if it's to Russo, but don't take it out on Olivia. It's not fair to her."

"How would you know how I'm feeling? You have never lost a title ever. You and Sonny are perfect." Alex wiped a tear.

"And you also always finish on the podium, and only three times weren't gold. You are an amazing skater. Why are you doing this to yourself?" Abbie put the reality check on Alex.

"Not every time." Alex looked down at her wrapped foot.

"Once, in how many years. Because Russo loves to toy with you. Because you are the better skater."

"No, I'm not." Alex sighed out as she couldn't breath. She walked out to the balcony. She looked down to the pool to spot the blob of Olivia, Rafael, Sonny and Serena down there having a good time.

Abbie stood next to Alex who was mentally freaking out, "You are, Jessica has always hated you for it." Abbie smiled thinking about their old times, "Do you remember in camp when we were working on our spirals. You were able to hold your balance for a minute. Jessica could barely hold it for thirty seconds and then started calling you the teacher's pet."

"Yeah, after we got back, she left Donnelly to train with Lewin." Alex cleared her throat.

"My mother overheard that her mother had to pay four times more than other parents to have Lewin take on Russo." Abbie talked about old rumors.

"What's your point?" Alex leaned her back on the railing.

"She can't stand your natural talent. She can buy the best but she can't buy what you have." Abbie calmly explained, "She cost you the podium four years ago because she thinks her mind games are better than yours. Don't let her take your title away here. Don't push Olivia away because of her." Abbie looked down at the four.

Alex pushed herself off the railing to enter the room again. "She doesn't want…"

"What to have sex after you told her that your arch enemy. Come on Alex, even that wouldn't make me feel special." Abbie followed Alex back into the room. "Look, I don't know what happened in these four walls. That girl down there loves you."

"No she doesn't." Alex shook her head.

"Why, because she doesn't want to have sex? Or she is trying to treat you differently like the other women you said she's bedded. Is that so wrong she thinks you're different… Special?" Alex began digging her finger into her thumb. "Why are you trying to mess this up?" Abbie watched Alex's lips form Russo's name again. "Because Russo threatened to come in between you two? Fuck her you know that won't happen. Why does this bother you?"

Alex knew waking up with Olivia this morning was the best feeling she's ever had on a competition weekend. She felt calm and relaxed even with the stress of her foot. She could lay in Olivia's arms forever listening to her heartbeat. "I don't know." She choked out.

Abbie pulled her in for a hug. Alex let out a sob, "I think you're afraid."

Alex laughed out. "Of what?" She broke the embrace to sit down on the bed.

"That this is your first real relationship."

"What are you talking about? We were…"

Abbie sat down next to the blonde, "We were hormonal teenagers. We loved each other. But that's because we were best friends and all we knew. We weren't in love." She took Alex's hand. "This weekend is about you but when you go home it's you two again. Do you love her?"

"I don't know how I functioned without her before." Alex softly confessed.

"Then stop pushing her away, put on your suit and go grovel."


Alex was able to get changed under Abbie's command. She saw Olivia getting out of the pool. Alex was mesmerized by Olivia's natural wet beauty. Alex took a deep breath as she walked over to Olivia. "Hey."

Olivia wrapped her towel around her body, "Hey." She handed Rafael a towel.

"Can we talk?" Alex cleared her throat and looked around at the pool.

"Yeah?" Olivia shrugged her shoulders.

Alex looked at Rafael who was standing beside his friend, "Alone?"

"I'll be over there." Rafa walked away from the two.

Olivia nodded her head to walk away from the group. They walked together away from the pool area. They walked in silence.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Olivia stopped their walk to get whatever was on Alex's chest off.

Alex's head fell as she stepped closer to Olivia, "Look I'm…"

Someone tapped on Alex's shoulder. "Excuse me, are you Alexandra Cabot?"

Alex turned around to see a young girl holding a magazine next to the woman who was holding the rolling luggage. Alex smiled "Yes!" She immediately knelt down to the little girl, "And who are you?"

"I'm Lizzie, can you sign my magazine please."

Alex gently took the magazine out of Lizzie's hands, "You know that's the name of my coach. Do you like to skate?" She signed her picture as she watched the young strawberry blonde kid smile and nod her head, "How old are you?"

"Six. I have your poster on my wall."

Olivia thought the interaction was super sweet. She thought Alex has a real act with kids. She wished she had her camera at this moment. She pulled out her cell phone to snap the interaction. "You know, I do need to go. But you'll be there tomorrow?" Alex asked. She nodded, "Do you want to take a picture?" Alex looked at the mom. The mother snapped the picture of the two together. She gave Lizzie a goodbye hug. Alex stood up to turn back to Olivia, "Olivia, I'm sorry."

"Can we get a picture?" two random tweens came up to her.

Alex mouthed 'I'm sorry' before turning to the girls, "Yeah, are you two excited about the weekend?"

Olivia was excited to see Alex in her glory but they needed to talk. She watched Alex talk to someone else. "Alex."

"I know." She responded to Olivia's statement.

Olivia rolled her eyes. She wasn't going to take Alex away from fans. She walked away from the action. Alex watching Olivia walk away for the second time in twenty four hours ripped Alex's heart out.


Alex made her way to the hotel room. She saw Olivia sitting at the front of the door. "Why are you sitting outside?" Alex asked quietly.

"Abbie has my key."

Alex put her hand out to Olivia. Olivia grabbed her hand to get lifted up. "I'm sorry." Alex opened the door to let them in.

"About?" Olivia sat down on their bed.

"I'm sorry, I'm being a bitch. I don't know how to function on competition weekends." Alex sat down on the bed next to her. "I'm usually here with Liz, sometimes with my mom and I just shut everyone out so I can focus. But I can't be focus on myself this time"

Olivia was ready to fight back with the sound of Alex making it feel like it's her fault. "I get the pressure is hard."

"Skate Canada is next week," Alex sighed out. "And I don't know if I should go." Alex confessed the voice in the back of her head. "I shouldn't be here." Alex closed her eyes as she fought her tears.

"How's your ankle?" Olivia asked, seeing Alex defeated.

"It's as good as it's going to be." Alex cupped her cheeks and rubbed her forehead.

"Then don't skate this weekend, rest your foot. Skate next week and enter…"

"It doesn't work that way." Alex sighed out. "I can't give Jessica the glory of pulling out."

"Who cares what she says."

"I do." She snapped at Olivia looking her square in the eyes. "You don't get it."

"What don't I get?"

"She trained with us under Donnelly, she couldn't stand that I skated better than her even as kids. We went to camps together. She knows how to push my buttons because she watched how mom has treated me."

Olivia held Alex's hands, "And?" She could feel Alex was holding back.

"She was the one that outed me to mom. The one that called her to tell her that sponsors were going to the skaters party." Alex sighed out. "Will never give her the satisfaction of a loss. She took the Olympics from me. I have taken every other medal from her. She will always be less than me on the podium, so the world will know I am the better skater." Alex's voice trembled with the vengeance in her heart. "And knowing that I might not be able to qualify for the Grand Prix hurts so much. It's my title that she might get. It's my title that my mom will make sure I know that I didn't. It's not fair." Tears left Alex's eyes.

Olivia's heart sank with Alex's confession. She pulled her in for a tight hug. Alex sobbed in Olivia's neck. "Shhh."

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't get my aggression out on you. I need you here Olivia. Can you forgive me?"

"Hey… Hey…" Olivia lifted Alex's neck for them to look into each other's eyes. "You can't get rid of me that easily. I'm here for you. Only you."

"You say that…" Alex sighed out.

"I know that. I know how I feel." Olivia appreciated the confession. She knows the pressure Alex was in. Seeing Alex with her fans, little kids that look up to her ability throw herself in the air. "I want to be with you. Your fans and you coach because it's important to you."

"And if it all goes away?"

"Then you leave the most important part of that equation." Olivia smiled, "The one I care about." Olivia touched their foreheads.

Alex loved how Olivia has a way of making her feel better and calmer. "I lo…" She stopped herself from saying that she wasn't sure if Olivia was ready to say. "Thank you. I really needed to hear that."

Olivia pecked Alex's lips. Alex pulled Olivia in for a deeper kiss. Liz's ringtone went off on her phone. "Hello." Alex broke the kiss. "Yeah, I'll be there." Olivia kissed Alex's forehead. "Cocktail hour. I don't want to go." Alex confessed enjoying staying locked up with Olivia.

"Gotta do what coach says. You go and I will have room service waiting for you?" Olivia helped ease Alex's mind.

Alex chuckled at the sound. "I like that." Alex motioned her fingers to tell Olivia to come in for another kiss.


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