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Once Fitz reached the house He realized how exhausted He was, so he decided to take a quick shower before going to bed and hopefully avoiding interacting with my his mom and Edward. Unfortunately He had no such luck, after his shower He went downstairs to get a glass of milk, when they both walked in the door.

"Hi Fitz, how was your day? Are you hungry? " She asked with general concerned.

"Fine, no," He answered curtly, finished his milk then headed towards the stairs to go back to bed. He know my mother was hoping to start a conversation but He had nothing to say, he wanted to go to bed.

"Our neighbor Maya texted me and told me you spent the day over there with her kids. I'm glad you met them, I knew you guys would hit it off," She tried again to make conversation.

"Yes, I like them, I am going to go with Jackson for football lifting tomorrow morning. Can you have my transcripts sent over, they'd like to have me take some placement exams based on my prior courses."

"Yes of course."

"I'm going to bed." His mother walked up to hug him and He barely responded with a half hug. He knew He shouldn't be so closed off, but it was really hard for him to trust her and reciprocate any affection.

"Goodnight Fitz, I love you."

"'Night," was all He responded with.

He headed up the stairs and to his room. He could see Olivia's light was on and was disappointedhe had not gotten her phone number. Instead He did the best thing He could think of, He found her on facebook and sent her a message.

"Thanks for today, I really enjoyed meeting your whole family, and loved spending time with you.-F"

After Olivia got out of the shower she was drying her hair and looking out her window, towards Fitz room. His light was off, and she felt disappointed, figuring he had probably already fallen asleep. She heard her phone beep and walked over to check it. The noise was a new facebook notification, a friend request and new message from Fitz, she smiled. She also had five messages from Abby and but none from Brody, he was probably too busy partying with his brother. She read Abby's messages and laughed

She accepted her new friend request then opened his message. She was glad he enjoyed the day with her as much as she did with him.

"I'm glad you decided to come over to keep me company, you're a really cool guy." Was she being too flirtacious, or just nice.

"I'm glad you think that. I'm going to get some sleep, I'm exhausted, I'll see tomorrow Livie, sweet dreams ;-)-F" Livie? No one had called her Livie except her father, he made her heart skip a beat, what was it about Fitzgerald Grant that had her feeling like this?

Her phone beeped and broke her out of her trance. She looked and saw a new message from Brody.

"Hi Olivia. My brother and I are heading to a remote island tomorrow so no service. I'll see if you in a few days.-Brody"

She wasn't sure if she should or would respond, the remote island probably meant he just was too busy to even talk. Maybe Abby was right, she knew she deserved better, and tonight she may have found it. Except, Brody and her have a history, She know all the girls are going to go crazy over Fitz, maybe he won't be as interested in her once he meets them.

Brody would be back by the weekend. What was she going to do? she knew he would not like her new friendship. As if her mother was reading her mind, she heard a knock on the door.

"Olivia baby, I am so glad you made friends with Fitzgerald, I think the move was really hard on him and he needs friends before he starts the school year."

"I know mom, he's a really nice, polite, funny, charming, great guy."

"And pretty handsome too!" Her mother smiled at her.

" Yes he is really handsome, but I don't think Brody is going to appreciate our friendship," Olivia added.

"Oh girl, don't even get me started on him! When are you going to come to your senses? He uses you as arm candy and nothing else! When was the last time he came for dinner, or helped me with groceries, or called me mam or better yet, complimented you?" Maya was not a fan of Brody, she thought he was a snake and could not be trusted. She knew he was using Olivia, she looked good on his arm, she had money, smarts and parents with powerful positions. Maya loved being Principal of Northridge but she knew boys like Brody. He came from old money, his parents were wealthy and let everyone know. Brody abused their privilege and power. His parents did not think Olivia was good enough for him so they never spent time there, this made Maya's distaste for him grow.

"Mama, I can't just dump Brody everytime an attractive guy wants to be my friend!" Olivia knew her mother hated Brody, but he could be a great guy when he didn't try to put on a show, which rarely happened anymore. Besides, she was the first guy she ever dated or had sex with, last spring after the Prom.

"No, but you could dump him for a handsome, smart, polite, charming, funny guy like Fitz!"

"Mama, get going I need to get ready for bed!" He mother had a point, Fitz would make a great boyfriend….but Olivia needed to get that out of her head, Brody would be home in three days and she couldn't have her head wrapped around some other guy,

Her mother laughed and shut the door. She stood at the top of the stairs for a moment, hoping she had implanted an idea in her daughter's head, because she knew Brody was nothing but trouble. She picked up her phone, she knew there were three people who needed to know about this, Eli, Michelle and Olivia's twin Jackson. Jackson had a special bond with Olivia and could always talk sense into her, plus he was her protector.