Chapter 24

A New Woman

Alex and Olivia barely got any sleep the night before. Even after they grew tired of teasing Elliot and the rest of the house, they spent the next few hours sleepily watching Cops on TV as they cuddled and kissed, yawning every so often to fight sleep. Neither of them wanted to fall asleep. However, unable to fight off sleep any longer, their bodies eventually succumbed to slumber well after the sun had already come up. Just before falling asleep, Alex had made sure to text Casey so she wouldn't worry.

Alex: Hey Case (: I pulled an all-nighter with Liv at her place. Don't worry about me and don't wait up!


About 5:00 in the evening, Alex and Olivia awoke to the sound of pounding on her door.

Olivia groaned as she rolled over, hiking her leg up over Alex as she wrapped her arm around her.

The knocking continued.

"Liv! Are you alive in there?"

Olivia groaned again, lifting her free arm up to flip off the door as Alex stirred half-beneath Olivia, wrapping her arms around her as if to hold them both in bed.

"Alright, you've left me no choice. I'm coming in." Elliot opened the door, walking inside just a few steps as his hand covered his eyes. "Are you at least decent?"

Olivia groaned again before mumbling, "El, not now. We're trying to sleep."

Kathy came in the room a few seconds later, grabbing Elliot's arm and pulling it down away from his eyes, signaling that it was okay to look.

"Oh, you're trying to sleep?" Elliot scoffed.

"Liv, honey. Alex. We're getting pizza. Do you guys want anything?" Kathy asked, gently sitting on the side of Olivia's bed.

Alex immediately shimmied herself from underneath Olivia and sat up, grabbing her glasses from the nightstand next to Olivia's bed. "Pizza? Yeah, count me in."

Elliot gave a whistle as he eyed Alex's neck and chest, which was marked with about 5 hickeys… (that he could see). Kathy only smiled as she too surveyed Alex's not-so-porcelain skin.

Feeling the eyes on her, Alex lifted her eyebrows. "What?"

Olivia gave one final groan as she ripped the covers off of her, pushing herself up on her arms. Before sitting back.

"Jesus!" Elliot said, getting a view of Olivia's marked shoulders and back, exposed from the tank top she was wearing.

"What?" Olivia also asked, mirroring Alex's unanswered question moments ago.

Just then, she turned to look at Alex and immediately puckered her lips together before giving a devilish smirk, her eyes raking over Alex's neck. "Oh. Whoops. Guess we got a little too rough last night."

Alex lifted her eyebrows before gasping as Olivia turned to stand up and stretch, her eyes finally resting on the scratch marks that lay across Olivia's tanned skin. "Oh… yeah, I guess we did."

Olivia immediately walked over to her mirror to turn and get a look at her back and shoulders, before letting out a few chuckles, her face finally resting in a smirk as she put her hands on her hips. "Hey, I'm not mad. This is like a trophy."

Alex immediately blushed, Elliot only shaking his head. Kathy rolled her eyes before laughing.

"Then what do you call those?" Elliot asked, pointing to Alex's neck.

"Also trophies," Olivia beamed, clearly proud of herself and Alex for their performance the night earlier.

"Call what?" Alex asked, finally getting up to look herself in the mirror. Her eyes immediately went wide at the sight in front of her. Carefully, she ran her fingers across the three spots on her neck and the two on her chest, pressing lightly to see if they hurt – they didn't.

"Oh my God," Alex whispered, running her fingers over them again before instantly turning red. "I didn't realize you bit me that much, Olivia."

"Oh, I definitely bit you more than that," Olivia smiled, hands in her pockets. "That's just what showed up."

Alex turned around and tried to scold Olivia, but failed miserably since all she could do was smile and laugh about the marks. Normally, she would've been upset about this. She hated having bruises. Her white skin showed them so clearly, the deep purpling contrasting greatly against her colorless skin. But for some reason, these didn't make her angry. All they did was remind her of the previous night; her first time with someone intimately. She knew that when she looked at them, they'd remind her of Olivia – her mouth, her sounds, her scent, her smile; everything.

Elliot furrowed his brows as waved his hands at the two women who were clearly enamored with each other. "Alright, before you two jump into bed again… we down for pizza?"

"Yes," Alex smiled. "Can I have some bread sticks too?"

"Of course," Kathy said with a smile. "Oh, also, I texted Casey. She's on her way over here to join us!"

Alex's smile immediately grew wider. "Oh, thanks Kathy! I'm glad she won't be missing out then."

"What do you want, Liv?" Elliot asked.

"Barbecue chicken pizza with mushrooms and onions and a drizzle of ranch." Olivia immediately closed her eyes and rubbed her stomach, thinking of her favorite pizza.

Alex turned to Olivia and raised her eyebrows at her. "That's… a very interesting pizza."

Olivia shrugged. "What do you want?"

"Margherita pizza with black olives!"

Elliot groaned as he turned to walk out of the room. "Doesn't anyone like pepperoni anymore?!"

Kathy walked out of the room to follow Elliot, laughing at his outburst. "I do, honey. I'll eat some with you."

Once they were gone, Olivia immediately shut her door and turned to Alex, grabbing her and pulling her into a long kiss. "Good morning, by the way."

Alex smiled, returning the kiss as she said, "Good morning to you, too."

Pulling back, Olivia raised her fingers to touch Alex's marks on her neck. "I'm sorry about these, by the way. I boast in front of Elliot, but I kinda got carried away last night. I hope I didn't hurt you."

Alex only smiled as she turned Olivia to carefully trace her fingers along the scratch marks on her shoulders and back. "You didn't. I'm the one that's sorry. I didn't know that I was hurting you. Do these hurt?" Alex carefully placed kisses along the scratches, making Olivia close her eyes and grin.

"No, they don't. And don't be sorry. Must mean I'm doing something right," Olivia smirked, turning and grabbing Alex's face to kiss her again. "Now come on, let's go downstairs."


Alex and Olivia made their way downstairs to join everyone as they waited for pizza. Olivia immediately went to the fridge, grabbing out two Red Bulls – one for herself, and one for Alex. Olivia closed the fridge with her foot and gave Alex's cheek a kiss as she opened her Red Bull for her.

"So," Tim said, getting to his knees on the couch and leaning against the back of it. "How was your night, Benson?"

"Shut up," was all Olivia said, cracking open her Red Bull and chugging about half the can before rubbing her stomach and belching.

"Alright, I'll ask Blondie. How was your night?"

Alex immediately began to blush as she couldn't contain the large smile forming at her lips. "Perfect, honestly. It's just a shame we had to go to sleep. I could've gone a few more hours." Alex looked to Olivia and winked.

Olivia nearly spit out her Red Bull as she struggled to contain her laughter. She absolutely loved that Alex was still playing into this. Could she get any better?

There was a knock at the door, and Kathy went to open it.

Elliot immediately tensed up against the island, giving Alex and Olivia both a death stare. "If you two went even 5 minutes longer, I was going to dump a bucket of cold water on you both. Jesus."

"Casey's here!" Kathy called, signaling mostly for Alex.

Alex couldn't help but swallow and let out a big breath. She immediately knew that Casey's eyes would fly directly to her neck. Getting up from the kitchen island, Alex moved in Casey's line of view as she walked into the townhouse. Just as she suspected, her eyes immediately flitted to Alex's neck; becoming wide as her mouth dropped wider than it ever had done before.

"Oh my God!" Casey all but nearly yelled. "Holy shit, Alex! Your neck!" Casey pulled Alex into a long hug before pulling back, holding her at arms length to survey the damage. She then flicked her eyes over to Olivia, who was leaning against the counter and smirking.

"Sup, Casey?" Olivia said, lifting a hand to give a simple wave.

"I think I should be asking you two the same thing!" Casey replied, elbowing Alex as she wiggled her eyebrows.

"Yeah! Why don't you two tell Red about last night?" Elliot said, poking fun, although still struggling to get the sounds of the night previous out of his head.

Alex immediately turned red, Casey eyeing her carefully; a smirk forming on her mouth. "Let me guess. My sweet, innocent best friend is hardly innocent?"

"They're like fucking animals," Tim added, still leaning on the couch. "Normally I'm cool with listening to chicks doing it, but they just… didn't stop."

Casey gave a playful gasp, looking back between Alex and Olivia with a giant grin. "Do tell."

Elliot let his head thunk against the kitchen island, groaning into it as he answered Casey. "9… fucking… hours. 9." He lifted his head and pointed his finger furiously at Olivia and Alex. "How do you do that for 9 hours? Please. I need to know."

Casey immediately whipped her head back around to face Alex and Olivia, who were both blushing and wearing proud smirks. "9 hours?! Dear God, Alex!" After a moments pause, Casey smirked again up at Alex. "Proud of you, sister. I expect details, please."

Alex nodded her head as she wrapped her arm around Casey's shoulder, watching as Elliot groaned. "Aww, don't congratulate them!"

"Elliot… as many times as I've had to listen to you drill Kathy over the past year, you can deal with last night," Olivia retorted.

Kathy scrunched her nose and silently mouthed "Sorry" to Olivia, who chuckled in response.

"Okay, that's fair, but… 9 hours, Liv? How does that even work?" Elliot questioned.

"I'm also curious," Tim stated. "Because I swear to God, you both were going to make the ceiling fall in on me. All I could hear was the freaking bed scraping against the floor."

"Yeah, and the headboard pounding into the wall," Elliot added.

"Jesus Christ, you two!" Casey exclaimed.

Alex only winked at Casey. She'd have to explain to her later about the trick she and Olivia pulled on the guys.

"It's simple, really. We're good at sex. Plus, women can go for hours, guys." Olivia boasted.

"Then why have you never gone that long before?" Tim asked.

Alex eyed Olivia, waiting for an answer. She too was curious, but also couldn't help but feel smug about Olivia being with her longer than any of her previous flings, if it were true.

"Because," Olivia started, moving to Alex and wrapping her arms around her from behind. "I actually give a shit about Alex. All the other times were just sex."

"Wasn't what you did, sex?" Tim asked.

Olivia sighed. "Yeah, but you are missing the point. There were actually feelings behind it this time. It's not a one and done type thing."

"Oh, I get it," Tim said. "You're giving up your 'Bang 'em Benson' name." He immediately smirked after, but quickly began scrambling to get off the couch once he caught eyes with Olivia.

Olivia released her hold on Alex and went flying after Tim, who headed out the front door to escape Olivia's fists. Elliot and Kathy made their way to the porch to watch as Olivia tackled Tim and playfully pretended to beat him up.

Casey and Alex stayed in the kitchen, wanting to quickly catch up on the previous day before the others made it back in the house.

"Oh my God, Alex! How was last night?!" Casey pried.

"Honestly, there aren't words Casey. If I didn't have class tomorrow I'd honestly probably stay and do it all over again." Alex smiled after the admission, with Casey squealing and pulling her into a deep hug.

The others were coming back into the house now, so Casey leaned up to whisper "When we get back tonight, you're giving me specific details!" Alex smiled and nodded.

Tim plopped on the couch out of breath, face red from Olivia playfully smacking him. "Damn, she does like it rough." He immediately regretted the words as he felt another swift smack to the back of his head from Olivia as she walked behind him.

"Shut up," she said with a laugh, returning to her original position behind Alex, wrapping her arms around her as she held her against her.

Just then, the pizza guy knocked on the door and delivered the pizzas.

"Alright!" Elliot said, carrying them to the counter. "Let's eat!"


Everyone spent the next few hours eating pizza, hanging out, laughing and playing games until Casey and Alex made the journey back to their dorm around 11:00pm.

"I already miss Olivia," Alex pouted to Casey, walking next to her on the journey to their dorm.

Casey wrapped her arm around Alex's waist, looking up at her before answering. "I know you do, Lex. That's the crappy thing about dating. You want to be with them constantly, and when you're not, it sucks."

Alex let out a breath of air. "I am already counting down to seeing her again. Is that needy?"

Casey gave a chuckle as she moved her arm from Alex's waist to her back, rubbing it gently. "Not at all, Alex. I guarantee she's doing the same thing."

Alex gave a slight smile and shrugged as they continued their walk.

"Okay, so," Casey said, ready for the details. "How was it last night?! I need to you tell me every detail, Lex. Including this 9 hour thing. Did you guys seriously do it that long?"

Alex immediately started laughing. "No, we didn't. Some of that was fake. We were getting Elliot back for Olivia always hearing him and Kathy. Like we were jumping on her bed and fake moaning. It was actually pretty funny."

"Oh my God, no you two didn't!" Casey threw her head back and laughed along with Alex. "That's great. Telling by his reaction I think it worked! How long did you do it though?"

"Casey!"

"Alex! I am your best freaking friend. I demand you tell me all the dirty nasty details."

Alex let out a sigh before going into detail about her and Olivia's activities the night before. She told Casey nearly everything; from the things Olivia did, the things she said, and how many times she made her shudder.

"Holy shit! So, how do you feel? What was your favorite thing she did to you?" Casey asked, their dorm now in viewing distance.

Alex immediately bit her lip and gave a wicked grin. She made sure to lower her voice before answering. "I feel like a new woman! And definitely eating me out. My God, Casey. I didn't know something could feel so good."

"Really?" Casey asked, giving a "hmm" after it as she pursed her lips. "Maybe dudes I've been with haven't done it right." Alex raised her eyebrow in Casey's direction. "Don't get me wrong, it's fine, but it's not my favorite thing. I'm so happy for you though, Alex. Honestly."

Alex gave her a cheeky smile. "Thanks, Case."

"And your favorite thing you did to her?"

"The same thing…" Alex admitted shyly.

Casey snorted in laughter. "Maybe that's just your thing, Lex. Giving and receiving both."

"She just tastes so good," Alex unconsciously admitted, her arms folded as she looked up to the dark sky before she felt Casey knock into her playfully.

"Jesus, Alex! You're dirty." Casey opened the door to the dorm so they could make their way back to their room.

"I can't help it. I've never felt this way before. Like… ever," Alex admitted.

"I know, Lex. I know." Casey patted her back with a proud smile. "You ready for class tomorrow?"

Alex groaned, stepping off the elevator. "No. I still need to do my homework."

"You can just copy me," Casey said.

"That's cheating. I'll be fine – just need to sit down and do it."

So, Alex did just that. She sat at her desk and began her homework, texting Olivia back after every question she answered. That's how she kept herself disciplined – one question done, one text sent. Finally, she finished her homework and made her way to bed, thoughts swimming of her girlfriend.