The first full week of school was hectic and both Olivia and Fitz felt like they never had the time to see each other. Although they were together at school, their alone time was far and few between with their practices and homework. Olivia had two races that week and didn't get home until late on those nights. Tuesday night Abby and her spent together making good luck bags for the guys for Friday. Thursday was the first night Fitz and Olivia were able to spend any time together after practice and they were going to small carnival at a nearby town with Abby and Luca.

They were in Olivia's room waiting for Abby, who was always late, to pick them up. Fitz was laying on her bed tossing a football to himself while she finished putting makeup on in her bathroom.

"Liv, are you going to wear my jersey tomorrow to school, is that like a thing here?"

"Yes, it is a thing here, do you have your away jersey for me?"

He tossed it to her, "It's going to be huge on you! But my number will look good on you."

"Oh God you're so full of yourself, you'll only be the hot new thing for about another week, maybe less time if something else comes along."

He laughed and Liv walked out ready to sat up and pulled her over to him between his legs. He ran his hands up her jean covered legs resting them on her butt as he looked up giving her a sly smile.

"No shorts? I wanted to see your sexy legs."

"Fitz, you're lucky you're even allowed up here, let's go before you get us in trouble," she grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him up. He stood up but kept his arms around her and hands right where they were.

"I'm being a bad boy again, what are you going to do about that?" he rubbed his cleanly shaved face against her kissing her as he began to tickled her.

"You're impossible," she giggled and ran hands up his muscular back kissing him.

"Let's go, before you get me in trouble," he said as he pulled away, walking in front wearing his typical smirk..

"So, Fitz are you ready for the game tomorrow night? Eli asked.

"Yes sir, I think we should dominate, we have a great offense, and I think our defense can play pretty tough."

"How do you feel about moving to tailback?"

"I guess it's grown on me, there are still times when I'm just flying by the seat of my pants, but it seems to work. Jackson and I are going to be on kickoff team too so we should be able to pick up some big yards there. We have a bet whoever has more total offense will get a free pizza from the loser ."

"Well, we will all be excited to see how things go tomorrow. I know your mother and Edward are ecstatic to finally see you play."

Fitz smiled at that comment, and Liv grabbed his arm as Abby beeped signifying she was there.

The fair had a wide variety of food which they shared whenever someone bought something. Fitz begged Olivia to get on the Ferris wheel although she was scared of heights.

"Please Livy, I promise I won't rock it."

She finally agreed after his insistent pouting. She nervously clinged to the handle until he took her hand and smiled. They were eventually stuck at the top,

"I didn't realize you were this afraid of heights!" He snickered wrapping his arms tighter around her..

"You're not funny Fitz! I told you we shouldn't get on this, it's not safe, can you hear it?" she was in a panic from being stuck.

"I know how we can take your mind off of this."

"How?"

He smiled as he moved in kissing her and taking her concentration off the fear of heights.

"There, now wasn't that a fun ride," his grin reached to his eyes that were sparkling.

She shook her head at him, she never had these experiences or fun before and realized just how much she had missed out before. She was grateful to have found him, he knew how to bring out a different side of her. She was more jovial than she had ever been before, she knew Fitz was the reason.

While the girls were in the bathroom Luca approached Fitz.

"Fitz, you gotta watch yourself at school. Abby told me she overheard some younger cheerleaders talking about Mellie's plan. She thinks her and Brody can come between you two. Actually Abby said all of them are waiting to pounce on you."

"What?" He almost choked on his drink. " that's insane, can't they see I'm with Liv?"

" Like they care, these girls don't worry about that. Apparently there is a bet to see who can kiss you first."

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.'

"I'm just glad it's not me," Luca chimed in.

"Don't worry girls don't want to kiss soccer players," Fitz smacked him and laugh.

"Fitz, seriously Abby and I are worried about what Mellie and Brody are up to, so are Jackson and Marisa. A kind gesture can be swayed the wrong way. She's deceptive and they know how to manipulate things. Just watch your back."

"So I just need to be a dick to all the girls so they get the point?"

"No, just watch the cheerleaders I guess they are the ones behind it. Abby also wanted to know if you still had all the info you got on Brody before you and Liv were together?"

"Yeah I have a folder in my email for it, why?"

" She wants to blackmail him into backing off."

"You have a smart woman on your hands my friend."

He laughed, "Yeah but she scares me sometimes, she's smarter and tougher than me."

They both laughed because it was the truth, Abby was a spitfire and definitely not someone to have as an enemy. She had attitude and smarts unlike most people.

"It's getting late are you guys ready to go, I don't want to keep our football players out too long before their first game!" Abby said.

Fitz put his arm around Olivia "I haven't had a chance to win you a prize yet," he kissed the side of her face.

"Fitz you don't have to," she giggled.

"Of course I do! Let's stop by the strongman game and I'll win you something."

Fitz and Olivia held hands as they walked into school. He wore his home jersey and she was in his white away jersey. He carried both of their bags, the epitome of chivalry and she looked at him adoringly. They were the vision of High School perfection but their fairytale would be over tonight if Brody had his way. He was going to break up their little storybook romance and then hopefully that would put an end to any chance Fitz had at taking his position because he would be devastated. He picked up his phone and called his cousin to make sure his plan was put into play.

Fitz had an extra pep in his step after a great first week. Letting Olivia know how he felt, was important to him. He had never been this serious with a girl and was navigating new waters. He was thinking about this while walking by himself to study hall. Liv's class was on the other side of the building and it was one of the few times they were apart from each other. He heard someone crying and was concerned. He came around the corner and saw Mellie. He was reluctant to talk to her but wasn't heartless enough to leave her alone.

"What's wrong?"

She looked at him embarrassed, "Like you really care!?"

"Come on I'm not that big of a jerk. Seriously, are you ok, did someone do something to you?"

"You wouldn't understand, you're Mr. Perfect."

"Try me."

"I am just so worked up over college applications, my family has put so much pressure on me to get into an Ivy League school like my sister and I know I did horrible on my physics exam today. I just feel like I am never good enough for them. She was star athlete and student and I am just a ditzy cheerleader," she sniveled.

"I can relate, that's the reason I'm here, I was never good enough for my father. But listen you can't be expected to meet other people's expectations, you have to be you. Things will work out, besides it's the first game tonight, we can't have sad cheerleaders."

This made her smile then Fitz instantly regretted stopping. She approached him and he froze as she hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

He moved back " what are you doing?"

" Thank you, you don't know how much this helps me.'

She walked away and he knew he had been duped. He prayed there was no way Liv would find out about that. It was totally innocent, but knowing their history and how she felt already about Mellie this would not be good. He was irritated that he had fell for this and went to the guidance office to get his schedule changed.

Once Melli was out of sight from Fitz she let Brody know everything had gone off as planned and had Nikki send him the pictures. Before the night was over Olivia and Fitz would no longer be the it couple that they thought they were and Mellie would be able to comfort a heartbroken Fitz.

Now Olivia Pope would be knocked down a peg once she found out the truth about Fitzgerald Grant.

It was the last period and Fitz was sitting next to Liv. He was nervous more than nervous than he'd ever been before. He had been fidgeting in his classes all afternoon. It had less to do with his skills, he knew he was good but knowing that he had people in the stands watching him. He had always played for himself before but now he had people there to play for. It was especially nerve wracking that it was his parents and Livy, He wanted to impress them.

"Hello starting tailback," she said as she playfully smacked his butt walking to their lockers. "Are you ready for tonight?"

"I guess," he shrugged..

"That doesn't sound too confident. Fitz, you've done great in both scrimmages just relax and remember your fundamentals and you'll be fine." She wrapped her arms around his waist as he leaned back against the locker next to her.

"I believe in you, you'll do great" she smiled at him and ran her hand through his hair scratching his head with her nails as she did that. He shut his eyes and smiled..

"I have something for you anyway, it's in my locker."

She pulled out a bag decorated in the school colors, blue and silver, with footballs and his name and number on it. There was a small note attached, different candies and brownies in the bag.

"It's something a lot of the girls do for their boyfriends for good luck or whatever. I am shocked none of the cheerleaders gave you anything" she blushed when she told him..

"Maybe they got the hint that I'd only want something from you," he pulled her close and gave her a kiss."Thank you, you don't know how much your support means."

"Come on, I am going with Marisa and Abby for food before the game and you need to get ready."

They walked up to meet their friends. She hugged him once more and kissed his cheek whispering in my ear "Good luck Fitz,I love you like I've never loved anyone before or will again ," she smiled and winked at him.

He pulled back looked at her and smiled, then he kissed her again and she left. He could feel the other two staring at me and ready to make a comment

"Don't even say anything," Fitz smacked Jackson and put Luca in a headlock. I had no doubt tonight's game would be my best game ever.

Jackson and Fitz were back ready for the opening kickoff, Jackson was well known to run them back so Fitz received the ball and was able to breakaway getting to the fifty yard line before Being stopped.

"Ahh I would've scored," Jackson rubbed it in.

"We'll see who has the best stats at the end of the game," Fitz smirked as they ran to the huddle.

The first play was an option pitch, if Brody didn't have the running lane he was supposed to pitch it to Fitz. He had the open lane and kept it himself. The next play Fitz took the handoff and got them a first down. Another handoff to Fitz then a play action fake to Jackson had the team on the board. Brody seemed to be going along with the game plan and heading into the locker room at halftime the team was winning 28-14 with Fitz and Jackson each having two touchdowns. Then Brody saw his brother and father. Both of them had a look of disgust and shook their heads. He knew what they were mad about and knew he was going to have to make the plays to take over the game.

The first play of the second half Brody's pitch was way off but Fitz was able to grab it with one hand and pick up some minor yardage. The next play he ran himself and picked up only a yard. On third and long and he blew off Jackson and threw incomplete to another receiver. The guys looked at each other and hoped their worst fear wasn't coming true.

That gave the momentum to their opponents who were able to march down the field and score. Jackson took the kickoff and ran it in for a touchdown to keep the team up two scores but from there the wheels fell off. The offense was abysmal and since the defense was not getting any rest on this humid night they were exhausted. The teams were tied with four minutes left until the fourth quarter when Teeling High kicked a field goal to go up 38-35.

"You have got to be kidding me, we have blown a two score lead and are losing all because of butt head over there. I've had enough!" Jackson got off the bench and went to the offensive coach, he told him what Brody was doing and that it was going to cost us the game.

Luckily the coach had already notice, "Brody, take a seat, Fitz get in there at quarterback."

We had 2:55 let on the scoreboard and one timeout so Fitz knew he needed to be quick but not rush and make dumb decisions. The first play was a bootleg, he took the snap and found a wide open Jackson for a 15 yard pick up. The next play was a playaction pass where he was able to hit the receiver on the other side of the field for another first down and the clock at 2:30 while they were at the fifty. Now that the defense had to tighten up on the receivers the running game could be used. Two big runs by Fitz and a short pass to Jackson had the team at the seven yard line with a minute left. After a first down where he had to throw the ball away a QB draw was called, Fitz faked it perfectly and was able to walk into the end zone practically untouched. The entire team and student body was going crazy, except Brody who sat on the bench and threw his helmet into the ground. After the kickoff the team was able to hold them on defense and the Hawks picked up their first win on the shoulders of their new star player. After coach talked to the team and they were dismissed, the guys walked over to the girls and their parents.

Liv ran up to Fitz and he picked her up as she kissed him.

"You were amazing, you won the game, I am so proud of you." She kissed him again and then he put her down.

Fitz just smiled and they went over to their families. Jackson was hamming it up.

"Fitz you were great," Edward was smiling and proud of him as if he was his own son.

His mother kissed him and told him how proud she was of him. They talked to their families some more then the guys wanted to go shower.

"Livvie, I am exhausted why don't we just do something together, you and me and not go to the party?" He told her as they walked back towards the locker room.

"Fitz, you were the star of the game, everyone loves you and wants to celebrate with you."

"But I only wanna celebrate with you, I don't care about the rest of the school."

She smiled at him, she wasn't used to someone who wanted to be with just her rather than the center of attention.

"Let's go for a little bit, then we'll walk down to my beach house, just us, ok?"

He smiled and kissed her. "Ok, I need to go shower you go ahead with the girls and I'll see you in a bit."

Brody saw all this happening while he was being chewed out by his brother and father.

"What are you going to do to fix this? You let him steal your girlfriend and now he's gonna be the football star! You're the disappointment of this family. You need to start living up to your name and acting like your brother did, he never would have let this happen!" his father told him as he and his brother got in the car and drove away.

Fitz saw all this happen and the tears in Brody's eyes. He could relate, he knew what it was like to be belittled by the person who was supposed to love and comfort you even when you mess up. He wanted to say something to him,but didn't think he was the person Brody wanted sympathy from.

Olivia couldn't wait for Fitz to get to the party, everyone wanted to see him. He was amazing and if it wasn't for him the team wouldn't have won. If this first full week of school was a preview to what the rest of the year would be it was going to be the best year ever. She let him bask in the glory before she walked over to him..

"Hey there superstar, I'm so proud of you," she ran her hands through his hair as she kissed him.

They could feel everyone at the party's eyes on them and people were cheering for him.

"Thanks Livy."

"Come on, let's go out on the deck, so I can have you alone for a while before everyone else wants to celebrate with the hero," she grabbed his hand so they could walked outside together, before someone else could steal him.

The party was just filling up and the deck was a peaceful place. He picked her up putting her her on the banister, as he stood between her legs.

"God, you're so beautiful, do you even know how much I love you?" he smiled ran his hands up her legs.

"I do, because I love you that much too," she grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him closer.

Even with only a football tshirt and cargo shorts on he was still so attractive. His hair was just drying and not as tame as he usually had it.

They whispered, kissed and giggle for awhile. They were caught up in one another not wanting to do anything but be together. Unfortunately Olivia couldn't keep him to herself all night, once Jackson arrived Fitz would be taken away with the rest of the smiled and didn't want to stop him from enjoying his newfound celebrity status as the star quarterback.

"Fitz," she rested her hands on his shoulders " I want tonight to be the night."

"Livy, are you sure?" he looked at her with a concerned yet tender gaze.

"I'm positive."

They kissed passionately and he smiled at her

" Do you wanna sneak away now?" He continued to kiss up her neck.

"No Fitz, not with all these people here, besides you need to enjoy your celebrity status. We'll walk down to our beach house later."

"Mmmm ok." she continued to scratch his scalp and listened to him let out small moans.

Jackson entered the party and Fitz was taken away to go hang out with the guys. He kissed her one last time and went inside, grabbing a butt cheek before he left. Olivia decided to stay outside for a little longer, enjoying the beautiful quietness and peacefulness of the ocean.

"Olivia, I really need to talk to you it is important."

"What do you want Brody and why are you even here?" she was annoyed he was interrupting their celebration.

"I have something I think you'd like to see. It seems you don't know your boyfriend as well as you thought."

"Brody you can cut the crap, it's over between us."

"Olivia, just look through this folder, I think you'll have a different opinion of him if you do"

She took the folder and opened it. The first few pages were pictures of Fitz with different girls, but his hair was longer and they were from his California days. She knew he was a womanizer before so she couldn't hold that against him."

"Brody I know all of this." she rolled her eyes and handed it back to him.

"Keep looking, there's more there. "

As Olivia went through it she started seeing emails, where he was asking someone to hack into Brody's information. Then she saw it, all the evidence he had accumulated about Brody, Brody's past, and his messages and pictures with all the girls he cheated on her with. She felt like she was kicked in the gut. How could Fitz have all this info and not tell her? Was he going to let her look like a fool until he found the right time to tell her? Or what was his plan with this information? What was he some type of hacker?

It got worse when she saw the pictures of him and Mellie. They were talking and laughing in class, then the last one of her with her arms around him and kissing him on the cheek. He had his jersey on so it had to have happened today. She was furious.

"See Olivia, you can't trust him, he's hacking into people's info and then using it however he sees fit. Plus he's sneaking around on you with my cousin, he's no better than me!"

She stormed off ready to confront Fitz. She was furious, but more so she was devastated this had happened.

Brody stayed on the deck smiling to himself waiting to see the impending explosion that was doomed to happen.