A/N: Not quite as long as I was originally planning, but I've been trying to sort things out! And I've been playing around with a bunch of different things. So, a few things: I have another idea running around in my head, should I write it out or go all comic/illo on its ass? AND I have a midterm coming up and need to make a small website, so if anyone has one they need to be made, or an idea I can run with puh-leeeease let me know! And thanks for reading, guys :)
A Month Later
The weeks passed by and Alex and Olivia continued to chat. They'd talk about anything and everything, sometimes coming up with something cheesey just to have something to say to the other. They'd ask how the other's day was, how they felt about certain movies or songs; just getting to know each other through tidbits of conversation. Olivia still hadn't managed to talk to JJ, nor Abbie for that matter. She felt bad for keeping something from her best friend, but in her mind she justified it, if she told Abbie about Alex then it would just make it more real. She knew she wasn't old by any means, but she still grew up believing that love was something you found through chance encounters, lucky run ins, when serendipity and cupid decided to have some fun…she didn't feel like she was supposed to meet someone that made her feel like this online, it just didn't seem right, she wanted to be able to tell any kids that she might have one day about meeting the woman of her dreams in some incredibly romantic and lame way; bumping into her at a coffee shop, going to a job site and finding out she was the most beautiful client she'd ever worked with, saving her from unwanted attention at a busy bar…not slowly falling through online messages days and days apart. Liv knew she was falling into her own mind's trap. As soon as she started having thoughts about not having met Alex 'traditionally' she would then question what she felt all together, why she felt what she did towards the stranger, why she would give up the great girlfriend that she had, essentially resulting in her questioning almost every romantic/relationship based decision she's ever made.
She tried to clear her mind of her torturous thoughts and got changed to go for a run and cranked the volume up on her ipod up, willing the thoughts to be pushed out by the sound. She slowly warmed up and made her way around the neighbourhood, running until her muscles began to ache and her lungs burned. Chest heaving, she managed to get back into her apartment and get some chocolate milk and a banana down before docking her ipod and climbing into a nice hot shower. Every once in a while she just felt a need to physically push herself; it calmed her when she found herself spending too much time in her head.
She tilted her head back as her eyes closed and the water washed over her. The thoughts slowly returned, burrowing their way in causing Olivia to sigh in frustration. She stood in place, thinking of everything her and Alex had talked about in the past few months and everything that had taken place. They had the same sense of humour, they could confidently let the humble bragging loose, they could find something to talk about with little to no problem and, of course, they would toss compliments towards each other that teetered on that fine line between being kind and dangerous flirting. She had discovered that Alex also had a girlfriend, but neither of them spent much time talking about their girlfriends, does that make them both terrible people? Surely Alex's relationship had to be much better, who in their right mind wouldn't treat Alex like a queen, unless maybe Alex was in the wrong, but Olivia just couldn't see Alex doing anything 'wrong'.
Olivia toweled off and put some clean clothes on, she turned up the volume on her ipod dock and flopped down on the bed to open her laptop. Well, this is different. There were two messages awaiting her, she hadn't thought anything of it when she initially clicked, Alex usually got a little excited when telling some of her longer stories and prematurely sent the message before it was finished, thus causing her to have to send another. Olivia had learned that fairly early, Alex didn't like to leave many things hanging out in the open. Olivia grinned just thinking about it, imagine seeing the frustration it would cause to blonde to not be able to finish something, even as simple as a message. She remembered teasing her about not receiving the second part of a message one time, knowing it was a rather lengthy second half, and received an almost instant reply asking if she was serious 'Don't even joke about that, Olivia. Are you serious? I had to do a lot of typing to send that all! I don't even know how I left off to be able to do it again. Are you serious?! Don't make me send my Men in Black friend over to kick your ass ;)' The thought just caused Olivia to smile even more as she focused her attention back to the screen and read her waiting messages.
'Hey! How's your day been? I started my new job today! Sooo exciting. Anyways, I realize this is totally not cool, but I kind of, sort of…well, Casey was snooping on my laptop and saw our conversations. She might be certifiably insane. I just wanted to warn you, she's kind of protective. She doesn't want her best friend title in jeopardy, you know ;) Anyways, I hope your day went well, and…sorry?'
'Hi, Olivia? It's Casey, I'm sure you've already heard about, all lovely I'm sure ;) Let's chat xx'
I have a whole jar of pennies so I'd love to hear those thoughts ;)