This Kiss

Chapter 55

A/N: I apologize for my absence. My family was hit with Covid. Luckily it was a "mild" case with only fevers, couch, headaches, and fatigue but we are still recovering so updates may be slower. I hope this finds everyone well and in good health. Enjoy your days.

It had been two days since Natalia had kissed her at Towers, and Olivia found herself annoyed that she hadn't heard from her since. Natalia was all she could think about and it had started effecting her at work. She kept making stupid mistakes. Like this morning. Going over budget forms, she kept making errors with her accounting. "Great. I did it again." She circled her mistakes to fix before she entered it into the computer.

Natalia stood silently in the doorway for a moment. Just watch her love work. After a few minutes, she knocked on the open door to make her presence known. When Olivia looked up, Natalia smiled sweetly. "Hey."

Olivia blinked a few times. As much as she had been missing Natalia, it was still hard when she popped up. Her heart always beat faster and her thoughts raced from one extreme to another. "Hi."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you while you're working. Um.."

"It's okay."

"I just wanted to let you know that um, tomorrow I'm going to have a little get together, farewell dinner for Rafe. I know he doesn't leave for another week, but um, I just, there's a lot going on around town and I want to do this for him, and I know you'll want to be there, help me support our son."

"I can't go to YOUR son's diner. I don't understand why you won't leave this alone."

"Cause we're meant to be together."

"It's not happening."

"You're really gonna have to just get over this fear."

"Do I look frightened to you?" Olivia's spat.

"You're worried."

"I'm busy."

"I don't want you to miss out on these really important family moments. Once they happen, I can't make them happen again." The two had a bit of a stare off at that moment. Natalia finally breaking the silence. "Please come."

"Thanks, but no." Olivia turned her head back to her paperwork, ignoring the fact that Natalia was still there. Natalia was saddened but not discouraged. She walked around the desk and kissed Olivia's temple before spinning on her heel and walking out.

Frank was walking out of Company when he noticed Olivia across the street. He decided it was time to live up to his 'good guy' reputation where Olivia and Natalia were concerned. He could see they were both hurting. He Had been witness to Olivia's total breakdown. With that in mind he strolled across the street and up to her. "So, I guess I'll see you at Rafe's dinner tomorrow."

"No. I'm not going."

"You're not going?"

"No. It's not my place."

"You know what Olivia, who knows what anyone's place is any more. You know. I mean I really don't even know the difference between right and wrong anymore. I thought I did last week but...anyway uh, with Mallet and Marina splitting up, and finding out that Shane is Henry's dad, uh the restaurant's failing, it's failing miserably right now, and Cyrus, I mean Cyrus is Jenna's son. Did you know that?" Olivia said nothing and kept her back to him. "I know Natalia loves you. And the whole world is just upside down right now. Who knows what's going on anymore? You know what, but, the big picture, the grand scheme of things, things really aren't so bad. So, don't just beat yourself up anymore. Don't over think things. Just uh, just do what you need to do." She still hadn't turned around, but he hoped she heard what he was trying to say. "I'll see ya later." He turned and left, leaving her to her thoughts.