Day one of working together while also acknowledging their feelings for each other and moving into unchartered territory was interesting.

First, it started in the teachers' lounge. Olivia and Fitz headed there after running into Cyrus in the hallway. Walking in they saw their group of friends gathered at their usual table chatting away. Approaching the table all conversation stopped and eyes were on them. Olivia crinkled up her face and Fitz eyed the group suspiciously. As the pair of eyes stared at them, Fitz was the first to speak.

"What?" he said in a confused tone.

"Nothing." Harrison's hands flew up.

Olivia rolled her eyes and pivoted heading towards the coffee maker. Obviously today was going to be a long day and her friends were acting a little weird. She was not in the mood to find out why.

As she opened the cabinet above the coffee maker, she noticed someone had placed the creamer she liked on an upper shelf. Stretching to reach it before she could get her fingers on it a warm body was pressed against hers grabbing it for her. She did not have to look to see who it was. All her senses were on edge and her body set a blaze by the small contact. A soft "thank you" escaped her lips.

Fitz handed her the creamer and started to make his coffee right next to her. They exchanged glances. Once finished they both made their way back to the table. Fitz pulled out Liv's chair for her and then took his seat next to her. When they had returned conversations at the table continued as normal. They were discussing what was going on in each of the classrooms and activities for the students. Olivia had a particularly busy week with several events taking place in the library for the various grade categories.

The school day was set to start in 15 minutes and everyone was starting to pack up their things when teacher Amanda Tanner approached the table. She was an average height woman w/ sandy blonde hair. When she approached with her overly broad smile, all talking stopped and all eyes were on her. Amanda began to speak, about the upcoming program the school was putting on. All classes were participating in some form or another. She wanted to make sure we were all ready. She used an overly sugary tone. While she was speaking to the whole table, her eyes were fixed on Fitz. When she flipped her hair over her shoulder, Olivia rolled her eyes. It was clear that Amanda Tanner had a thing for Fitz and Olivia did not like it one bit. Fitz had never paid any attention to the teachers flirting with him. She did not know if he was clueless to how attractive he was.

Fitz assured Amanda he had his class ready for the program and she started to ask him more questions, but he made up an excuse and made a quick exit. Abby snickered and Olivia gave her a quick glance. Amanda made Fitz feel uncomfortable. She was bold enough to ask him out, but had declined. That did not seem to deter her.

Before making his exit Fitz had placed his hand on Olivia's shoulder and told her, he would see her at lunchtime then bid the entire group a goodbye. That did not go unnoticed by Amanda. With a tight smile, she bid the table a goodbye. She wanted to know what Olivia had... She was beautiful, she could not deny that, but she dressed modest. Her clothes looked great on her, but definitely not her style. Maybe Fitz had some kind of librarian fantasy she thought. Either way she was not giving up on Mr. Grant she thought to herself. Little did she know Olivia Pope was on to her and she would make it was clear Fitzgerald Grant was off limits. There would be a time and a place for Olivia to put her in her place.

The morning went quickly. Abby had brought her class to the library and the guest reader had read a book to the class. That gave Abby and Olivia some time to chat while keeping a watchful eye on her class. Abby gave her an update on the notes she sent over to the interior designer. Work would begin in 3 weeks. She told Olivia to prepare herself because Abby was moving in! She also told her Stephen had tried to get her to stay with him, but she declined. She did not think she was ready. She loved Stephen dearly and she just never wanted to live with a person before being married. She honestly believed they are headed towards marriage. It had been her longest and most successful relationship to date. He made her feel like no other man had. She could see her future with him.

Lunchtime was approaching and Olivia was starving. Fitz had told her he brought something special for lunch and not need to bring one.

Walking into the cafeteria where all the kids were gathered and loud talk filled the room. Olivia moved through the café speaking to the various students and made her way to one of the three corner tables teachers occupied. The table she chose was filled with her favorite teachers. Huck, Abby, Harrison had all began unpacking their lunches. They looked at her as she sat down empty handed.

Harrison was first to speak. "Hey Pope, where is your food? I know you aren't on some crazy diet." He frowned at the thought of no food.

Olivia rolled her eyes.

"Shut up Harrison." Abby snapped. "He's right though Liv, you better not be dieting. You look fine the way you are."

Huck just watched this circus while opening his lunch container.

Olivia looked at Harrison and said she was not hungry and was skipping lunch. The look on his face was priceless. He looked appalled at the idea. Which caused Olivia to chuckle. As she did, her stomach growled loudly and the whole table erupted. One laugh that stood out.

A deep baritone chuckle came from behind her and she covered her face in embarrassment. Fitz moved to sit down next to her carrying a small cooler tote.

Looking at her with his crooked smile, he said, "Livvie are you hungry?"

An adorable blush covered her cheeks. Every time he called her Livvie, her stomach did a flip-flop.

"Cut the crap Grant. You promised me lunch and I'm waiting for it." Olivia pounded her small fist lightly on the table and he laughed.

Before I give you the food, I have something else for you. Fitz handed Olivia a card. Confusion marred her face. Taking the card, she read it silently. A smile spread across her face. While she did that Fitz had unpacked the special meal that was to given to her. He had specific instructions from his mother. She had packed Olivia some lasagna along with some for himself. When Olivia finished reading, she pulled the sweet note to her chest. He had no idea what his mother hand said, but he knew his mother was a fan of Olivia Pope and she made it no secret she wanted Grant to be added to her name.

Fitz shook his head at the thoughts of what his mother could have possibly wrote to Olivia. When she had safely tucked the card into her handbag she looked at Fitz expectantly.

Without a word, he slid the glass container in front of Olivia. Enjoy. Everyone said in amused tones as they watched Olivia delicately open the container and inhale deeply. To say Olivia loved Mrs. Grant's lasagna was an understatement.

When she took her first bite, a moan escaped her lips just as Fitz was taking a drink of water. The sound made him swallow and water went down the wrong pipe. Coughing ensued and Olivia patted his back asking if he was okay.

He was more embarrassed than anything else. He assured her he was fine while the rest of the table smirked. He sometimes hated his friends.

Lunch went by relatively quickly and they were reminded that Huck would be hosting dinner tonight at his place for Monday night football. They all agreed they would be there.

The rest of the school day went by quickly and Fitz waited for Olivia to arrive at his house and pick him up. She insisted on driving since his house was in between hers and Huck. She felt it did not make since for him to backtrack. He was uncomfortable with that because when it was over he did not want her driving home alone. He gave in to her wishes with a heavy sigh. When Fitz got in her car, he smiled at what she was wearing. She had on the local team's jersey and she had put the little black paint under her eyes. She looked cute. He leaned over, kissed her cheek, and thanked her for picking him up.

Heat rose and her cheeks reddened. Turning she said, "Are you going to give me a proper kiss?" she had been waiting to feel his lips against hers for a whole 48 hours.

Fitz leaned over the console of the car, lifted her chin delicately, and placed the sweetest kiss on her lips. Then he went in and kissed her with more passion. He too had wanted to do that since this morning when he greeted her at her car.

They made the quick drive over to Huck's townhouse. As they were waiting at the door, Fitz slipped his hand in the back pocket of Olivia's jeans and gave her cheek a firm squeeze. Olivia yelped. She reached over and grabbed a hand full of his cheek and he winked at her. As they were standing there eyeing each other the door flung open.

"It's about time." Huck said.

He reached forward and gave Olivia a hung.

When he draped his arm over Fitz shoulder, he whispered "Dude you might want to go to the bathroom."

"Huh?" Fitz asked

"You are wearing more lipstick than Liv is." He patted his back and walked away.

Olivia heard Huck and looked at Fitz. It was true and she gave him an apologetic look. Fitz winked at her and headed to the bathroom while Liv headed for the den.

Liv walked through the doorway and make her presence known with a loud cheer and everyone greeted her back.

"Where's my dude?" Harrison asked.

Fitz walked in behind her and placed both hands on her shoulders and said "Right here." He placed a kiss on top of Olivia's head as if it was the most natural thing to do in front of their friends and took her hand and headed towards the little buffet Emma and Huck had set up with snacks.

Grabbing their food, they took a seat on the large sectional. Olivia placed her hand on Fitz knee ever so often. These two were definitely getting touchy feely with each other and all their friends were glad these two had finally admitted their feelings for each other.

Quinn and Charlie arrived and rounded out the group. They all enjoyed the game and the local team won. Oliva had been enjoying herself. Fitz liked football, but the local team was not his favorite. He got more pleasure out of watching Olivia get so into the game. She was on edge the last two minutes of the game when it looked like they could possibly lose the game. He was rubbing her back in a calming motion while she fussed about the plays being called and the flag the ref threw. Once the game was over, she jumped up and did the cutest little dance with Abby, Emma, and Quinn.

Everyone started to leave and Fitz and Olivia were amongst those heading out. When they pulled up to Fitz home, he made his case for staying at his place tonight. He really was concerned about her driving home so late. He assured her that it was not a ploy to get her in his bed. He knew she knew he was sincere and she told him as much. He convinced her to stay at his place tonight.

They got out the car and headed up the driveway hand in hand.