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Early hours of June 15, 2003

Olivia lay in Fitz's arms for a minute, feeling truly happy for the first time in a long time. She heard him sigh softly, "I have something to tell you." Turning to him, she looked up at him.

"There was a shooting tonight at your friend Andrew's house, some of your friends were injured, I don't know who, no one was killed, but some of them are in serious condition," she told him.

His eyes grew wide, "I have to go and see them," he stood up and grabbed his clothes. "Do you know where they were taken?" he asked.

"Mercy General," she said quietly. Looking over at him, she could see the guilt on his face. "It's not your fault, even if you'd been there, who knows what would've happened." Reaching out, she touched his arm gently. "I'll drive you to the hospital."

Fitz looked at her, really looked at her as he pulled his sweater down and saw the sincerity in her eyes, she was a prize and he was glad that he was getting the chance now to know her. "Thank you," he said. His eyes went wide, "Wait, how did your dad know? Did he know that I was up here?" he looked at her.

"My dad used to do consultation work with the police department so they called him to come and take a look at the scene. He didn't know you were up here. We'll have to be quiet to get you out of here," she said.

She slowly cracked her door open, looking down the hallway, "You go first and I'll follow," she whispered to him.

Holding the door open, she looked down the hall where her parents' room was and gestured for Fitz to go down the stairs. He crept down the hallway in the dark, when he was gone, she turned off her bedroom light and shut her door. Following him down the stairs, she gestured for him to follow her, she led him to the kitchen. Grabbing the keys for the Jeep that her mom drove periodically, she left a note for her parents on the counter, saying she'd gone to the hospital to check on a friend.

"Wow, you're that honest with your family, my dad and I have nothing but secrets," Fitz commented.

The drive to the hospital was silent, both of us lost in our thoughts. Olivia let Fitz out at the entrance and said she'd come find him once she parked the car.

After find a spot, she walked to the hospital, shock made her stop when she looked at the clock on the wall, it was almost 2 in the morning, time passed when you were losing your virginity. As she approached the nurses' desk, she noticed that no one was there, she then noticed what sounded like a banshee wail.

Following the sound, she saw Mellie screeching at Fitz, she looked otherwise unharmed, her clothes were askew. Walking up to Fitz, he had his back to her, he was also ignoring Mellie. She waited for Mellie to notice her, because once she did, a whole different kind of screeching would begin. She would see me a as a threat and she cheated on him, so he wasn't hers anymore.

Sure enough, Mellie noticed that Olivia was standing there, "Who are you?" ice dripping off every syllable.

Fitz turned around, he smiled, that glorious crooked grin of his. "There you are," he reached out to hug me.

Mellie pulled him back, "Who is she? Did you cheat on me with her?" she screeched at him.

Fitz turned to look at Mellie, "How can I cheat on you when we aren't together anymore," he said calmly. A doctor was coming down the hall towards us, Fitz pushed past Mellie to ask him about his friends.

Mellie glared daggers at Olivia, "You really think he'll stay with you, once he gets what he wants, he'll be done with you," raking her eyes up and down, "Looks like he already got what he wanted."

Snickering, Mellie walked over to Fitz and hung off his arm as the doctor talked to them both, the conversation was short. Fitz pushed Mellie off him, "The doctor can't tell us anything since we're not relatives."

"Who was shot?" Fitz asked Mellie.

"It was horrible Fitz, that creepy kid Charlie just showed up at the party after you left, he wandered around for a bit, I left to go see where you'd gone and when I came back, and there was no one at the house just cops. I didn't see Andrew, I'm so scared," she threw her arms around Fitz and started to cry.

Fitz looked at Olivia over Mellie's head, rolling his eyes, he stood there awkwardly. When she seemed to have gotten herself under control.

A tall dark-haired older man walked by them, "Mr. Nichols," Fitz called out, pushing Mellie off him.

The man stopped and turned, his face ashen, "Fitz thank goodness, when I heard what happened," he looked at Fitz.

"I wasn't there, what did happen?" Fitz asked him. The two men walked down the hall, whispering, Mellie walked behind them, picking up snippets of conversation. Enough to know that Andrew was shot along with Hal, Tom and a couple other guys. Charlie had been taken into custody, alive.

"Is Andrew going to be okay, Mr. Nichols?" Mellie asked him. She felt so guilty over what had happened.

"Yes, he's out of surgery, he's resting. I think the other kids will be fine too, maybe go home and come back tomorrow for visiting hours, I'll let Andrew know you were here," Mr. Nichols looked at Fitz and Mellie.

Olivia stood down the hallway, waiting to see what would happen. Mellie latched onto Fitz, crying and screeching how it was so unfair that their friends had been hurt.

Fitz detached himself from Mellie, "Look they're going to be fine, I think we should go home."

Mellie beamed up at him, "Sure, we can go to your place and go to sleep." Reaching down, she grabbed his hand and started to pull him down the hallway in the opposite direction of Olivia.

Fitz ripped his hand out of Mellie's. "Stop," he said quietly but firmly. "We are over, our relationship is over, you cheated on me," he said every word slowly and firmly, looking her in the eye.

Stepping back from her, he waited for the water works to begin, that's how Mellie operated when she didn't get her way. She surprised him this time. "Fine," she looked at him and then Olivia.

"Whatever's going on between the two of you won't last," she turned and stomped off down the hall.

Fitz turned to Olivia, "Let's get out of here," he took her hand in his and they walked out to her car.


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