For disclaimers, please see chapter one

Olivia was ready and downstairs a little after five. Usually whenever she was ready early, she would just head over to Amy's house, knowing they would be able talk and kill the extra time. But tonight she would have to wait, as she had given Alex until 5:45 to make her decision. She decided to see about making something to eat, knowing that food around the concert arena would be expensive.

Settling on a sandwich, Olivia sat down and ate, trying her best to keep her eyes off the clock. She knew that the closer it came to the time of her departure, she would grow continuously more anxious, wondering if Alex would join her or not. As she finished her meal, she saw that it was now twenty till, and still no sign or sound from her foster sister. Resigning herself to an awkward blind date with Amy as a chaperone, Olivia moved to the front hall and grabbed the leather jacket she had gotten from Amy for her birthday. Just as she had put the jacket on and was opening the door, she heard movement coming from the direction of the stairs. She turned and couldn't believe her eyes. Alex was coming down the stairs, dressed in jeans, a black t-shirt (which to Olivia, looked a little tight, but she wasn't complaining), her hair pulled back and a jean jacket over her arm. Alex, realizing she was being watched, matched her gaze to Olivia's, who raised her eyebrow in question.

"Don't think it has anything to do with you, Olivia. It's a Saturday night, and I don't want to stay in. If you're the best I can do for the night, then so be it."

It took a lot of effort, but Olivia was able to hide the smirk attempting to break out on her face. She knew they were in for an interesting night. "Alex, do me a favor," Olivia said. "Try not to be your normal, refreshing self and everyone may have a good time tonight."

All Alex could do was glare at her and storm out the door that Olivia had already opened, out to the car. Olivia quietly chuckled to herself as she followed. Oh yes, tonight would definitely be interesting.

*****

The car ride to the Grey house was silent, but not as uncomfortable as it could have been. Olivia was too lost in her thoughts to worry about making conversation with girl in the passenger seat. Would Alex be able to tell what exactly was going on tonight? How would she react if she did work it out for herself? And most of all, would she tell her parents? That particular thought sent her mind into overdrive as several others came surging forward, that she didn't think she was ready to deal with just yet.

Absent mindedly pulling into the driveway, Olivia just stared at the steering wheel, lost in thought. It wasn't until Alex spoke, that she was shaken out of her state.

"So are we going to sit in the driveway all night or are we going to let them know that we're here?" Alex asked.

"What?" Olivia asked. She looked around and saw that they were still in the car. "Yeah sorry."

She unbuckled her seatbelt, and got out of the car. She was halfway to the house before she realized she was not being followed. Walking back to the car, she reopened the driver's door. "You coming?" she asked her passenger.

"Usually my dates open my door for me," Alex responded. Olivia smirked at that answer. "What do you find so amusing, Benson?"

"So I'm your date now? Gee Alex, I never knew you felt that way," Olivia replied.

"Wait…I didn't mean….You aren't…" Alex stammered.

Deciding to let her off the hook, Olivia just rolled her eyes. "Whatever princess. Just get out of the car and come on."

She turned back to the door and not even ten seconds later, the passenger door opened and closed and she smiled as she heard footsteps behind her. Getting up to the door, Olivia grabbed the handle and turned back to Alex. "Remember, be nice," she said as she turned the handle. She was about to open the door when she felt a hand on her arm. Olivia was very glad she was able to hide the shiver it caused to run through her.

"Olivia, what are you doing? You can't just walk in. It's not your house." Alex exclaimed. Apparently, just walking into a house that was not your own without knocking was foreign concept to the blonde.

Again, Olivia rolled her eyes. "Alex, I've just been walking into this house for years. It's like a second home to me," she left out the part where the Grey house would always feel more like a home than the Cabot home, but that was only because she didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. If she said something like that, she knew Alex would most likely tell her parents and Nathan and Sophie had always been so nice to her, she didn't want to hurt their feelings. "If you want, I can go in while you stay out here and knock?" Olivia offered, but you'd have to be an idiot not to notice the sarcasm in her voice.

Alex rolled her eyes. "Yes, because that wouldn't be idiotic. Just let the record show, that I'm not one for walking in unannounced," she replied.

Olivia fought hard to contain her laughter at the last statement. If Alex didn't become a lawyer when she grew up, it was definitely a loss for the legal system. She turned the handle, held the door for Alex, and closed it behind herself. "Amy, Max?" she called.

"In here, Liv," she heard from the kitchen.

"Come on," Liv said to Alex, motioning towards the kitchen with a jerk of her head. When they got there, she was only slightly surprised to see a slender red headed girl sitting next to her best friend and her best friend's mom.

The sight of the other girl reminded Olivia exactly who she was and also brought everything she had been thinking of in the car back to her mind. She just hoped she could get through this night without any major incident.

Olivia also wasn't surprised to see the look of confusion on Amy's face at the sight of Alex. Because the invitation was extended so late the night before, Olivia hadn't had the chance to inform her friend of the minor change in plans, and she had been so nervous throughout the day, that it slipped her mind to get a hold of her before they left the Cabot house.

"Hello Olivia," Maxine greeted her. She then turned to Alex. "If I remember correctly, you must be Alexandra. I'm not sure if you remember me. I'm Maxine Grey."

"Nice to see you again Mrs. Grey," Alex said. She extended her hand in greeting, and missed the look Amy was giving Olivia. Amy was quick to return a tentative smile to her face when she saw that her mother had released the other girls' hand.

"Alex, this is Amy. Amy, this is Alex," Olivia introduced. She wasn't sure how these two would get along. Amy knew too much about how life with Alex had been up until Olivia's recent discovery, and Alex knew nothing about Amy other than her being Olivia's best friend, which would cause Alex not to like her on principal. When they greeted each other, however, she could tell that they would put aside whatever they thought of the other in order to keep the night from being unpleasant.

Amy turned to Olivia, and then glanced back at the other girl in the room before turning back to her friend. "Olivia, Alex, this is Andrea. Andrea, this is my friend Olivia, and her sister, Alex." As Amy made the introductions, Olivia could hear the emphasis she placed on the word sister. She couldn't help but think it was to point out exactly what the relationship was between Alex and herself.

"Nice to meet you, Andrea. And it's foster sister. Olivia and I aren't actually related by birth, choice, or marriage," Alex explained.

Olivia couldn't help but cringe at the blonde's correction. Now, if her date was curious, she would have to explain exactly why she was in the foster care system. When Andrea had released Alex's hand, Olivia nonchalantly wiped her palm on her jeans, hoping no one noticed. She didn't want to reveal how nervous she actual was about tonight. "Nice to meet you, Andrea," Olivia smiled.

"Nice to meet you too, Olivia," Andrea greeted and returned the nervous smile. "But please, call me Andy. Andrea is so formal."

"Andy it is then," Olivia replied, this time with a far more confident smile.

"Good," Amy broke in, "now that everyone has been introduced, I need to borrow Olivia for a few minutes. She needs to help me pick out a jacket."

Olivia gave her friend a confused look. For as long as they had known each other, it had been Amy giving Olivia tips on what went well together, so it was odd that she suddenly needed her help picking a jacked for a concert. She didn't have time to think about it though, as her friend grabbed hold of her arm and pulled her out of the room. She didn't let go until they safely, alone in Amy's room.

"Amy what's going on?" Olivia asked, finally voicing her confusion. "You're the one that's always telling me what to wear. Why do you wall of a sudden need my help?"

"I just said that to give us an excuse to leave the room," Amy said as she rolled her eyes. "What the hell is going on, Benson?"

"What are you talking about?" Liv asked. If she wasn't already confused, she definitely would have been by now.

"I'm talking about bring Alex, your foster sibling who not so secretly hates you/ first female crush out to a concert that is actually your first real date with a girl since you secretly came out. And to top it all off, you didn't even tell me she was coming," Amy explained in one breath. "Do you not see the problem with this?"

"I would have told you, but it was late when I offered and I was nervous about tonight so I forgot to tell you today. And I couldn't help but invite her. The Cabots are out of town this weekend and we got grounded to the house aside from plans already made. I felt bad that she'd be stuck at home," Olivia explained.

"You sure you want to do this, Liv?" Amy asked softly.

"Don't really have much of a choice now, do we?" Olivia replied with a quiet chuckle.

Amy smiled and shook her head. Walking to her closet, she picked out her jacket, without Olivia's help, and put it on. "Well then, let's get downstairs, breakup the awkward tension, and get this show on the road. I have a feeling this is gonna be a night we remember for a long time to come."