Friends

The sun was still shining when Olivia decided to stop working. After she had left Massive Dynamic, there hadn't been anything else she could have done other than throw herself back into work. But there hadn't been many other things, that she had found out, than she already had. Or at least, all the thing she had found out, turned out to be dead ends. She had searched for some names of the children Dr. Bell and Dr. Bishop had experimented on and had found five names. But after a little research on the named people, Olivia had found out, that all of them were dead. Most of them died because of health problems and all of them had been around her age. It seemed pretty clear to Olivia that most of them had died because of Cortexiphan. That definitely wasn't something that would help Dr. Bell and Dr. Bishop to get out of the lawsuit easier. But deep down inside she had this feeling, that even if she really would be trying to get them both out of there the best she could, they still both had to go to jail. There already were to many proofs for them really experimenting on children and also they had confessed it. The only thing she could try, would be to get them out of the lawsuit without both of them getting a life sentence. But also there was this voice inside her head, telling her, that both of them deserved a life sentence for what they had done.

Olivia wiped the thought away, trying to clear her head again. She knew, thinking like that wouldn't make it any easier, also she was their lawyer, so she wasn't supposed to think like that. She should be the one standing up for both of them, but it was really hard to stand up for something she despised, but she would do her best. They called her one of the best lawyers around New York, so she had to act like one. It was important for her career, that she solved this case and that she could say that she had done everything she could.

Suddenly the picture of Dr. Bell and Dr. Bishop made it's way in her mind and the memory, how much Dr. Bell had begged her to try everything to get Dr. Bishop out of this the best she could because he had been the one to drag Dr. Bishop into this. So she would at least stand up and get Dr. Bishop out of this. Dr. Bell had confessed that all this had been his fault, but Dr. Bishop never had reported anything to the police, so where was he standing and how good were his chances to get out of the lawsuit without a life sentence for only knowing about the testing and never reporting it to the police? Not so good, Olivia guessed. When he at least had done that his chances were much better, but he hadn't, so...

Stop, stop, stop! Again Olivia was trying to shut up her mind. She needed something to distract herself from work for a little while and the fist thing she thought about, was to go and join some friends at the tennis court. So she went into her bedroom and changed into her tennis clothes. A white tennis skirt and a white top. After she got her tennis bag out of the closet, she threw it over her shoulder, grabbed her key and went downstairs. After she had put the bag onto the passenger seat she started the engine and drove off.

When she reached the tennis courts outside Manhattan, the sun had started to set. She walked down the little path that led to the courts and found some her longtime friends, playing some balls. She smiled when she realized who was playing. There was Cory, one of the guys she knew since preschool and one of the people that truly understood her. Always when there had been problems in her life, she had gone to talk to him, because she knew, that he would be the one, that would understand her and comfort her, because he knew what she needed to hear, when she was down. Then there was Cameron, Cory's wife and one of Olivia's best friend, besides Lisa. Cory had met Cameron at his university and had taken her to some parties, along with Olivia. Mostly it had been Cory's merit that they became friends, because he wanted Olivia and Cameron to get along, so both of them had tried and had found themselves in a friendship. And than there was Darren, Olivia's High School sweetheart and Cory's best friend. The tall, handsome guy, that he was now, was the opposite of how he looked like in High School. He hadn't been the tallest and not the most handsome guy, but he had these incredible blue eyes, which made girls and women melt. No wonder, that mister tall, dark and handsome know was known as the bad boy and womanizer.

Olivia was totally in her memories about the past, when a tennis ball hit her. She snapped out of the thoughts and looked up. Cory looked at her, his hand in front of his moth and a look on his face that should tell her, that he was sorry, but than his expression changed. He pointed at her and Darren as well as Cameron turned around and looked at her. Cameron was the first of them that got her voice back.

"Liv!"

She screamed and ran over to hug her. It had been quite a while since she showed up her, so it was no wonder that Cameron was happy about her coming. Now they could spend some time together and talk about the past moth. The next one that came up to her was Cory.

"Hey, Han. Good seeing you again."

He smiled and just like he always had done it, he raised his hand and roughed up her hair. She smiled back at him and saw Darren coming up to her.

"Hey, Liv. When was the last time I saw you?"

She raised her shoulders, to tell him that he had no idea.

"Just got much work to do. It's pretty messy at the time and the case is the worst since ever, so I thought it would be a good distraction to come and play a little and look if you guy still are playing here."

All of them where smiling and she returned the smile.

"Do you think you and Cameron can still beat me and Cory? Because we got a whole lot better and you haven't played for how long?"

Darren raised an eyebrow. She knew that he was teasing her so she just shot back something.

"You really thing that you will ever see me lose, Darren. Don't even dare dream about that. I'll never happen, believe me."

"Okay, if you think so. Let's see what you got, Dunham!"

Olivia took her tennis racket, tossed the bag aside and got to her position. It was just like the old day. More cheating and laughing than actually playing real tennis. But in the end Olivia and Cameron had won the match. But even if Olivia had lost the match all the fun she have had this night would have been worth it. She had been feeling good and normal. She had been laughing and she had forgotten about everything else for just a little while and that had been the best. Forgetting and just being normal, without worries about the case and being surrounded by friends. Maybe she should do this more often. Just hang out with her old friends and let all her worries hang loose.

I'm sorry for the long time since the last update but I was somewhere in the mountains with no access to the internet. Also usual a appreciate good and bad reviews. Or just let me know what's on your mind.