thirteen

The next morning, Fezco waited outside in his car for Olivia to come out. When she did, he stared at her until she got in.

"What's up?" He greeted once she sat down. She shut the door and put on her seatbelt, rubbing her eyes.

"Morning." She mumbled, sitting back in the seat and looking over at Fez.

"Tired?" He asked, smirking at her. He thought she was really cute when she was like this. Liv nodded her head.

"I didn't get much sleep last night." She said. She really didn't. She was up a lot thinking about her and Fezco's kiss. She sure as hell wasn't going to tell him that, though.

"I bought you a coffee." He said, pointing to the iced coffee in the cup holder. When he put the car in drive and drove out of the driveway, Finnegan threw Fezco a dirty look. Olivia didn't notice.

"You did?" She asked, looking down. Her face lit up when she saw the drink, thankful Fez went out of his way to get her something.

"Thank you!" She said, smiling and taking a sip. He nodded, trying not to laugh at her.

"I wanted to talk to you." Fez said, one hand on the steering wheel and the other in his lap. Liv knew where this was going, and she didn't want to talk about it. Yes, she made the first move, and she didn't regret it at all, but she was still nervous to talk about it with him.

"Hm?" She hummed.

"I can't just ignore kissing you, bruh." He told her. She put the coffee back into the cup holder after taking another sip.

"I'm not asking you to." She said. He glanced over at her, then looked back at the road.

"So what? We just gonna go back to fucking joking around and shit?" He asked her, slightly annoyed.

"Fez.." She said.

"I'm serious, Liv." Fez said, glancing back over at her again. She let out a sigh.

"I don't know. But I'm only just getting over Jayson." Liv told him. Fezco furrowed his eyebrows.

"Getting over? Wh-you never fucking liked him." He said. She nodded, understanding where Fez was coming from.

"Nobody else knows that, though. I can't just jump right into another relationship that quickly, it'll make me look like I was cheating on him or something." She explained. Fezco didn't say anything for a second.

"Not like we can tell anyone if we did anything, anyway." He said. Liv looked at him, becoming confused.

"Why not?" She asked.

"You're seventeen." He said in a duh-tone. She became even more confused.

"I'm nineteen." He told her.

Olivia was pretty much done with this conversation. She wasn't on board with it from the start, but now she was even more frustrated than she was when it started.

She let out a flustered sigh and put her hand on her forehead.

"I'm sorry. I should have never.." She started, but Fezco cut her off.

"You don't have nothing to apologize for. I was too fucking nervous to pull anything." He said. She gave him a faint smile, not feeling fully assured.

They said their goodbyes once they got to the school, and he picked her up when she was out. He made sure to park a block away so no one would see her getting into his car. Instead of taking her home after school, though, he took her back to his store to chill for a little bit. He offered and she accepted, wanting to avoid her parents at all costs.

"Sup, Liv?" Ashtray asked her when they got there.

"Hey, Ash." She said. She looked at Fezco over her shoulder.

"Hey. I think I forgot my scrunchie here the other day. I'm gonna go look for it." She told him.

"Okay, but isn't it just a hair tie?" He asked her. She smirked.

"It's my favorite one." She said, walking to the back. He let out a small laugh, and Ashtray gave him a weird look.

"Dude, what's going on with you two?" He asked. Fezco looked at him and squinted his eyes.

"Mind your fucking business." He told him, rubbing his head and messing around. Ashtray shoved Fez off of him, and Fezco walked a few feet away so he could smoke a blunt.

Fezco knew of a lot of the kids at East Highland since he went to a lot of parties for business. So, he knew Kat when she walked up and asked Ashtray about Bitcoin. He was a little surprised that she came to them. He didn't know anything about her besides her name, and that was partly because of Olivia.

"It's a worldwide cryptocurrency and digital payment system." Ashtray informed the girl.

"I literally have no clue what you're talking about." Kat said. She had her arms crossed and she leaned up against the door.

"Well, there's no easier way to explain it." Ashtray told her.

"Look, why don't you just tell us what you tryna do, and we can tell you how we can help." Fez said to Kat, interjecting himself into the conversation.

"Unless it's human trafficking. I don't fuck with human trafficking." Ashtray said. Kat shook her head, not knowing how anyone could think she was human trafficking.

"I'm not human trafficking." She said.

"Yeah. Us neither." Fez agreed. She looked down at the ground, a little intimidated by the two.

"Okay. Um, I was just wondering if it's, like, a good way to anonymously get money online." Kat shrugged.

"That's literally what it's made for. Dumbass." Ashtray muttered the last part under his breath after letting out a small scoff. Kat stared at the ground, smirking.

"Cool." She said.

"I literally cannot find it anywhere." Olivia said, coming out of the back room. She shut her mouth immediately when she saw Kat standing there, giving her a questioning look.

"Olivia?" Kat asked. Olivia stopped walking, and she looked like a deer in headlights. She glanced over at Fezco and Ashtray with wide eyes before looking back at Kat.

"Kat, right?" Liv asked. Kat nodded, still confused as to why Olivia Jackson was hanging out around here.

"What are you doing here?" Kat asked.

"Oh. I was just...buying some gum." Olivia said. Kat nodded slowly, not really believing her.

"Gum?" Kat asked. Olivia nodded.

"Mhm. Hey, where's your gum?" Liv asked Ashtray, acting like she didn't know him. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he'd start laughing at her. Instead, he pointed to where the register was.

"Thank you." Liv said. She gave Kat a quick, awkward smile before going back and hiding behind the shelves.

"I'm gonna go." Kat said. Olivia heard her walk away and then waited until she couldn't hear her footsteps anymore before she came back out behind the shelves.

When she did come out and stood with Ashtray and Fezco, she saw Ashtray laughing and Fezco standing there with an annoyed expression.

"What's wrong?" Olivia asked, walking closer. Fez glanced at Ashtray before he said anything, not wanting him to hear.

"Let me finish this and I'll give you a ride home." Fezco told her. She was a little confused why he wanted her to leave, but she didn't say anything. She knew something was wrong when the ride back to her house was completely silent. Once they pulled into her driveway, she couldn't take the silence anymore.

"Can you please just tell me what's wrong?" Liv asked Fez, kind of annoyed he wasn't communicating.

"Nothing's wrong, Liv." He said, shaking his head. She shook her head back at him.

"Really? You haven't said a word to me this whole car ride." She told him. He let out a sigh and put his head back on his seat. Olivia could see his jawline.

"It just fucking sucks that every time we see someone if we're together you feel like you have to hide." Fez said. Olivia sighed as well, not knowing that was what was wrong with him.

"Fez, you brought it up yourself earlier. I'm seventeen and your nineteen. As soon as I turn eighteen we won't have to do that anymore." Liv said.

"I know it's not just that." He said. She gave him a confused look.

"Shit, I'm a drug dealer. If you don't want to be seen with me.." He started, but she cut him off. She didn't want him to think like that.

"Fezco, I can promise you that's not it at all. I just don't want people to assume anything." She told him. He looked over at her, and she could tell this was bothering him. She grabbed his hand and brought it closer to her, holding it in her lap.

They stared at each other for a second. She was staring at him to make sure he was okay, but he was staring at her for a different reason. He thought she was really beautiful. So, he leaned in and kissed her. It was only for a second, and Olivia pulled away because she didn't want her parents to see.

"I'll see you." He said. She gave him a small smile and got out of the car.

"Bye." She said, shutting the door.

"Peace." He mumbled.

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