Although the plan had been to tell Nathan and Sophie by the end of that week, Olivia had unintentionally avoided it. They came home on Monday night, curious as to how they're weekend had gone. Alex looked at Olivia, expecting her to tell them then, but was disappointed when Olivia just said it was fine, and excused herself to her room. For weeks afterward, Olivia avoided being alone with the adults, meaning she spent a large amount of time in her room.
Two months after the concert Olivia was sitting in the living room with a group of friends studying for a test receiving glares from Alex, who had become increasingly annoyed with the brunette for her silence. She didn't think it was right that she wasn't allowed to have boys over after a certain time, or in her room at all because they could be up to no good. Sure the same rules applied to Olivia, but she didn't want boys over after a certain time, or up in her room getting up to no good. The Cabots didn't have any rules against girls staying over.
Olivia and Andy had continued to see each other after the concert. They'd gotten together every week, and Andy had even spent the night at the Cabot's house once, although they didn't do anything beyond a heavy make out session. Olivia didn't feel quite ready for that yet. She felt bad for not telling Sophie and Nathan yet. She didn't realize how difficult it was going to be. She always thought she didn't care what they thought of her, until it came to trying to talk to them about this. What if they hated her? What if they sent her away? Where would the system put her when she was just six months from turning 18? With all of this running through her mind, she barely paid any attention to her friends as they were studying.
Sophie had been flittering in and out of the room, bringing drinks, refilling snacks, and just keeping an eye on things. She kept noticing that a few seemed to be paying more attention to Olivia, than to the material in front of them, but the brunette was totally oblivious to they're attention. She made a note of it, and decided to talk to the young girl about it later.
It wasn't long before the group dispersed, having curfews to meet, and class the next day. After Olivia had packed all of her belongings in her backpack and placed it by the door, she made her way towards the kitchen to grab a can of pop before heading back to her room. She made it as far as retrieving the beverage before she heard her name spoken from the direction of the table. She looked up to see Caroline sitting there, looking at her patiently, and Nathan reading the newspaper, oblivious to what was going on around him at the moment. Olivia raised her eyebrow in acknowledgement, waiting for what the older woman had to say.
"Dear, could you come and have a seat please, I'd like to talk to you about something," Sophie said.
Olivia, having never had a heart to heart talk with a parental unit before, wasn't exactly sure what to expect, but she knew this probably wasn't a good thing. She slowly walked to the table and sat down. "What's up, Sophie?"
Now it was Sophie's turn to become uncomfortable. She had never had to discuss this topic with Alex, or anyone, before. Her own mother didn't talk to her about boys, both silently agreeing it was information best learned from friends. Sophie didn't know what the cause of Olivia's obliviousness to boys' attraction to her was, whether it be insecurities towards men thanks to the knowledge of her conception, or she just wasn't sure what to do, but she was determined to help her with this, if she could.
"I wanted to talk to you about something," she started.
"Ookay…" Olivia prompted.
Sophie shifted nervously in her chair, trying to think of how to start this conversation, no matter how uncomfortable it would be. "I wanted to talk to you about something," she repeated.
"Whatever it is, I didn't do it," Olivia said, trying to ease whatever stress Sophie was feeling. If the older woman was uncomfortable with the topic, then it probably wasn't something she was looking forward to either.
Sophie smiled at the teen, knowing Olivia was only trying to lighten the mood. It didn't make the pending discussion any easier, but it did make her feel slightly more at ease. "You didn't do anything wrong, dear, but there is something I've been meaning to ask you."
"Um…ok," Olivia responded nervously. She wasn't sure she liked the sound of that. It was her turn to tense up when she saw Alex had entered the kitchen.
"Well, I was just wondering why you never seem to notice the boys around you."
"What are you talking about?" Olivia asked. Not only was she confused, but she was definitely not ready to discuss her dating life with the Cabot matriarch. Maybe she'd be able to talk her way out of this.
"Well I noticed tonight that a few of the boys in your study group were staring at you and seemed totally oblivious to it," Sophie explained.
Olivia thought about that. Sure she had seen a couple guys take an interest in her, but she didn't really care because she wasn't interested at all. She couldn't very well tell Sophie the reasons why though. "Oh, well, I just thought it would be a better idea I concentrated on school," Olivia explained. "I mean I'm graduating this year and I don't want my grades slipping because of some guy."
It wasn't a complete lie. It was true that she didn't want her grades to fall. She was on her way to becoming the salutatorian for her class, something she knew the Cabots, Maxine, and Liz were all very proud of. But if anything, it wouldn't be a boy distracting her from her studies. Olivia fought back a smirk when she saw Alex roll her eyes out of the corner of her eye. Thinking how Alex had the power to out her at any time though made Olivia forget about the lie and shift uncomfortably in her chair. Sophie mistook the reason for her discomfort and continued on.
"Olivia," she started, not knowing her daughter was in the room, "this doesn't have anything to do with…"
Somehow knowing where Sophie was going, Olivia quickly broke in, not wanting Alex to hear the end of that statement. "No it has nothing to do with that," she said as she shook her head vigorously. Alex was the last person she wanted hearing about her conception. Olivia wanted the blonde to like her because she wanted to, not because she felt sorry for her.
"Then why aren't you dating, honey?" Sophie gently asked. "School is a very good reason to avoid getting seriously involved, but your still young, Olivia, and very beautiful."
Olivia blushed at the comment, but was saved from having to reply by the only male voice in the room.
"Sophie, I don't believe Olivia's personal life is really any of our business," he said. Not only could he tell Olivia was growing more uncomfortable with the topic, he was as well. He had never liked discussing the dating habits of his daughters, and while Olivia wasn't related to him by blood, he still thought of her as his daughter.
"But Nathan, aren't you in anyway concerned? I'm surprised you aren't beating the boys away with a stick," Sophie replied.
"Actually, I'm not concerned in the least," Nathan said. I have no reason to lose sleep at night."
The two adults continued to argue back and forth about the subject. Olivia was grateful that the spotlight had been taken off of her for the moment. However she seemed to miss the agree attitude Alex had taken on.
"Oh for crying out loud," Alex shouted, immediately bringing her parents argument to a halt. "Olivia doesn't date the boys that are attracted to her because she's a lesbian. She and her friend Andy have been dating for almost two months."
A stunned silence enveloped the kitchen, no one knowing quite how to respond. Olivia looked at Alex with a mix of hurt and disbelief. She watched as Nathan and Sophie slowly turned to face her, as if asking for confirmation. Fear was added to the emotions in her eyes. Panic finally setting in, Olivia shot up from the table, grabbed her keys from the hook by the door, and was gone before anyone else had the chance to react.