Sorry it took so long everyone but I had school and I'm just about done for the semester but also just reminding everyone that I'm not a writer so it's not as easy. I can definitely say I like reading FF's more than I like writing them lol. Also thank you to everyone for reading and reviewing, I read them all and appreciate it! Down the line you'll all know the whole backstory and this chapter has a flashback of the beginning... Next chapter should me smut exciting! Enjoy
When they got home, both Liv and Brayden were spent so instead of cooking dinner Liv opted to just order a pizza for them. When the pizza arrived they went to the living room to eat and watch some tv.
"So B..." Liv started saying and with that getting Brayden's attention, "do you like Coach Grant?"
Giving her a puzzled look "of course I do. He's awesome and funny. Plus I think I'm his favorite" followed by that signature goofy grin that she loved so much and making her chuckle, "why do you say that?"
"Well isn't it obvious? He talks to me the most, makes sure he personally helps me with technique, plus who wouldn't love me?"
"When you put it that way... Of course you are bud." Brayden nodded in agreement. After a few seconds he then proceeded to ask, "hey mom do YOU like coach Grant?" Olivia's eyes widened by the question and thoroughly thought the answer she was about to give her son about his father. "Of course I do B. He really knows what he's doing." But this wasn't what Brayden was fishing for "no mom I mean like do you like him like him? More than my coach?" Liv was hoping this wasn't what he was inquiring. "Brayden what in the hell?! I can't like him like that he's your coach!" but there was no way she could hide her blushing face as she said this. With a smirk on his face all he said was "mhmm sure mom. Whatever you say. Anyways I'm off to bed. Love you, goodnight" and with a kiss on her cheek he was off to his room. All Olivia could do was sit there and think of how the hell this was going to play out when Brayden learned the truth.
Checking on Brayden one last time, Olivia went to her room and did her nightly routine. When she got into bed she decided to text Fitz.
O: Hi.
F: Hi.
O: What are you doing?
F: Thinking about this hot mama ;)
O: You're a goofball :P
F: I'm your goofball. When do I get to spend time with you again?
O: I think tomorrow you can. B is sleeping over his friends house.
F: Does this mean I get to sleep over your house? ;)
O: Play your cards right and you might be able to but you'll sleep on the couch. LOL
F: That's fine I'll sneak into your bed in the middle of the night.
O: Who said we'd even be sleeping that much? ;)
F: Damn babe are you trying to kill me?! Great now I've got to take a cold shower!
O: Haha sorry not sorry. Goodnight handsome. I'll see you tomorrow. Xx
F: Goodnight beautiful. I'm looking forward to it. Xxxxx
Olivia turned on her alarm and then tried to get comfortable in bed. She tossed and turned, but it was no use, she only had one thing... person on her mind... Fitz. She was so grateful that he was back in her life and in Brayden's some kind of way. Even though she wished he knew the truth but she'd be lying if she said that she wasn't terrified of how he'd react once he learned that Fitz was his father. All she could do was pray that he'd be at least a little happy when the day came. She knew that day needed to be sooner than later. Her mind went back to Fitz, the man she knew without a doubt was the love of her life. Their relationship the first time around started playing in her mind like a movie reel.
*flashback*
It was Liv's first day of law school and of course it was at her dream school, Harvard. She had just finished her classes for the day and like every student on their first day was wondering what she had gotten herself in to. To relax a little she decided to go to the campus gym and swim off the days stress. As she walked into the pool area she noticed it was completely empty except for some guy using some indoor water rowing stimulator. Liv put her things down on the block of the lane she was going to swim in. She dove in and decided she was just going to swim until she couldn't swim anymore. Little did she know she had an audience the whole time...
Fitz was mad... no he was pissed! He had gotten into a screaming match with his dad, Big Jerry that everyone liked to call him, once again. Every phone call consisted of Big Jerry telling Fitz that he needed to get his act together and get out of his little fantasy world and start living the plan he had for him. Which consisted of Fitz graduating from law school, signing up for the Navy, getting married, and running for governor with the endgame of getting him into the White House. So yeah Fitz was pissed, so to relieve his frustration he decided to go row. Plus this would be good extra practice since he was captain of the row team. He was an hour into his workout and about to be done when he saw the most beautiful women he's ever seen walk in. There was no way he was going to finish now, he needed to stay and talk to her.
She had been swimming for 45 minutes now and was still going strong. Fitz was pretty impressed with her endurance but he thought it was about time that he introduced himself to this beauty with the body of a goddess. Fitz wouldn't consider himself to be cocky, in fact he was the most mellow person but something about this women pulled him to her. She was like a magnet and he wanted to know everything about her, starting with her name. As he made his way to her lane he thought of a hundred different ways to introduce himself without coming off as a creep. When he got to her lane he put his stuff next to hers and sat down at the edge of the pool, dangling his feet in, waiting for her to come back. The closer she got the faster his heart raced. Man to say he was nervous was an understatement. At this point he was just hoping words would come out of his mouth. When she got to the wall she stopped, took off her googles, and looked up the most gorgeous ocean blue eyes she'd ever seen.
"Hi." He managed to breathe out. Never breaking away from those big beautiful brown doe eyes.
"Hi." She said a few seconds after she snapped out of the trance she was put in by staring into his eyes. She then gave him a curious look, encouraging him to speak up.
"I couldn't help but notice that you're basically a fish in the water. Are you on the swim team?"
"Oh no I just swim to relieve stress or just to stay in shape. I was in high school though. I noticed you on the rowing machine when I walked in... Are you on the team?" Crap! Olivia thought to herself. Did she just admit to basically checking him out?!
Fitz smiled to himself when she said this. 'So she noticed me'. "So you did see me huh? And here I thought I needed to make a grand entrance to get you to see me" he said with a big goofy smirk. Olivia immediately blushed at the sight of his smile and words. "It was hard not to notice you, considering I had never seen a more beautiful women." Making Olivia blush again. "What is this guy doing to me?!" She thought.
"So are you always this flirty with randoms at the pool or am I the lucky one?" She asked with a smirk. Now Fitz was the one to blush. He couldn't take his eyes off of this mesmerizing creature. Her eyes... Her luscious lips... He was definitely in for trouble.
"Well when someone as stunning as yourself decides to grace me with her presence it'd be idiotic not to come and talk to her."
"I don't know about all of that but this exchange has definitely been the highlight of my day." Giving him a smile that made him instantly fall in love with her.
"You know what would make my day? If I could have your number so we could have more exchanges." Adding a pout at the end to seal the deal.
"You see I would but... I don't give my number out to strangers at the pool..."
"How rude of me... My name is Fitz... The guy you are going to end up falling in love with."
"That confident huh? Well I'm Olivia, apparently the girl who is going to fall in love with you." Chuckling at the idea of that actually happening. "Give me your phone." As she was drying her hands with the towel that was at the edge, Fitz leaned over to his bag to get his phone out and then handed it back to her." Olivia typed in her number and handed it back to him. Fitz couldn't stop smiling because he knew this girl was something special, he could feel it.
"So when I text you don't make we wait two days for a response just to keep my waiting. You'll drive me crazy." Fitz said as he was getting up and picking up his gym bag.
"I think about it" Olivia said as she winked at him and put her googles back on and took off swimming again. Fitz laughed and shook his head and turned around and left. This was going to be fun.
Olivia swam for another half hour before she got out and headed to the locker room to shower and change. When she was done changing she took out her phone to see if she had an missed calls or text and noticed a text from a number she didn't recognize. She clicked on it and it read "will you go on a date with me?" Olivia smiled to herself knowing exactly who it was from. She typed back "I'll give you my answer on two days." And immediately got a response saying "in those two days you could be falling in love with me. You shouldn't waste them like that." Olivia would be lying if she said she didn't feel a connection with Fitz and with that she said "well I'd be crazy to waste time like that. I'd love to."
Yup Olivia was in deep trouble.