"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched; they must be felt with the heart." – Helen Keller.
He had won his second term, he had divorced his wife and he had moved her into the white house. Olivia Pope's life in the past year had changed dramatically, she was now publicly with the President of the United States, she lived and worked in the White House and she still had OPA. Her life was perfect, except every couple of weeks, the woman who knew how to handle everything, didn't know how to handle this.
"Baby. Babe. Wake up. Fitz." She said as her husband tossed and turned beside her, they had secretly married not long ago, but to the public they were simply just dating, they weren't ready to let the world in on their secret yet. "Fitz." She said as he threw the blankets off himself, sitting up, gasping for air, now wide awake.
"Babe?" She said sitting up next to him, rubbing his back softly before leaning behind him and grabbing a glass of water. "Drink this." She said holding it to his mouth as he slowly sipped it before placing it back on his bedside table.
"I'm okay." He finally spoke, running a hand over his face.
"Okay." She said kissing his shoulder softly, waiting for him to go on.
"Sorry for waking you." He said turning his head slightly to kiss her lips softly.
"It's okay, I'm glad I was here." She said pulling him back down so that they were laying in the bed again, as she snuggled herself into his chest, placing her head in the crook of his neck. Placing a soft kiss there as he rubbed her back slowly.
"It's always after I see military videos or air strikes. It's like it all comes back to me. My days in the navy." He said softly. "I'm so lucky to be here, so lucky. To have you and the kids, to be president."
"You deserve it Fitz, you're a good man and you saved a lot of lives." She said remembering stories he had told her on previous nights like this.
"Mmmmmm." He said before lifting her head up so he could kiss her softly. "I'm glad you were here too." He said before kissing her again, his hand slowly moving under her loose silk gown and moving her onto his body.
"I missed you last night." She said quietly, she was getting better with her emotions, becoming more open with expressing them.
"I missed you too. Sleeping isn't the same without you anymore." They had spent the last 6 months together every single night except for last night when Olivia had spent it in New York for a dinner she was invited to.
"I almost slipped last night." She said smiling.
"Oh yeah?" He asked brushing a loose curl off her face.
"I almost called you my husband, thankfully Quinn was there and she spoke over me." She said chuckling remembering the moment as Fitz smiled at the thought of it.
"We should announce it soon, yeah? Us being married." Fitz said, he had liked the privacy but he also wanted the world to know.
"That's what Harrison thinks too. We discussed it last night." Olivia replied.
"Should I be worried that you're making plans about our marriage with another man?" Fitz said laughing softly.
"You know you're the only man for me baby." She said kissing him gently. "But you're right, we should. We've been married 3 months now, we wanted the privacy of it. I think we should just release a statement, do a quick interview, maybe show one of the photos and be done with it." She said gauging his reaction.
"I think so too. The public has had 6 months to deal with us being a couple, my approval ratings are sky high and so are yours. They love us Liv. They love, love. They'll be happy for us." Fitz replied.
"I agree. I think now is the perfect time. It took them awhile, but the public came around. Winning your second term, divorcing Mellie and announcing our relationship all in the span of a few months was a lot. But in the past 6 months since than, nothing has happened, we should take this opportunity." Olivia said. "And I cant wait to finally be able to say my husband." She said in a sultry voice, knowing it had the same effect on him that Mr President did.
"Livvie?" He asked as he began to place soft kisses down across her throat.
"Baby, I'm sore. I love you but you basically broke the door to our bedroom by slamming me into it." She said giggling at the memory of Fitz basically throwing her against the door as soon as she walked in earlier this evening. Her husband however was not listening to her as he slowly rolled her onto her back.
"I didn't hurt you did I? The baby?" He said his hand smoothing over the small bump that had formed on his wife's belly.
"Baby and I are fine Fitz. Promise." She said kissing him softly, he was always so wary of her and the baby and it made her heart melt, she couldn't wait to have a child with him. A piece of the both of them.
"Good." He leant down kissing her stomach. "Daddy loves you little one." Olivia's heart melted at the man she loved so dearly. "But your mama and I need some time alone right now." He said smiling wickedly at his wife.
"Fitz." She groaned out.
"You're really going to deny the President of what he wants Mrs Grant?" He asked sandwiching himself between her split legs. "And what about your loving husband Livvie? You're going to deny him?" He said slowly pulling up her silk babydoll nightie off her body.
"You're an idiot." She said giggling, arching her back into his chest as hands began to roam over her body. There was no way she would ever deny him.
"But I am your idiot." He said smiling at her.
"You know it. We're in this together right?" She said throwing his famous words back at him; his response was a soft kiss on her lips. They were in this together for good, finally.
A/N. Hi guys, so I'm starting a new story, this is au Olitz in season 3. Some things will be similar to the show, but most will be made up because lets be honest they've been a bit crap this season. Anyway, keep this prologue in mind when things get hard, married with a baby on the way in the white house. This is a year into his second term by the way. So stay tuned, review and let me know your thoughts!