A/N: My first Scandal fanfiction which is based on Olitz, I hope everyone enjoys this story as I worked quite hard on it. The first chapter is long because I had to introduce the setting of the story and what's going to happen. English isn't my first language so please just bear with me. This story will take sometime before Olivia and Fitz ends up together. Disclaimer: All these characters expect the ones I created belong to Shonda Rhimes & Co. and ABC.

Chapter 1: A Changed Man

Olivia sat on the couch in her apartment and it felt good to be back home. Away from the White House, away from the press, away from Him. Olivia left because she couldn't bear to be trapped in that dungeon anymore. She needed her freedom back, she needed to find herself, she needed to be the formidable Olivia Pope once again.

Knock knock. Jake was here, the man who would come to her apartment for sex. It was just sex, no emotion and no love behind it. Olivia stood up and opened the door to reveal an inebriated Jake. "You're drunk," she deadpanned.

"Y-You know Fitz drinks scotch every day, but when I'm drunk you can't even look at me", Jake said with a sad face.

"Jake... You're drunk and sad, you need to leave. I'll call an Uber for you". Jake pulled Olivia to him and forced a kiss on her, he tasted like cheap liquor and the greasy Gettys Burger. "Jake stop! Get off me!" She tried to hit him, but he was too powerful, Jake then tore her shirt away from her.

"We're going to have sex and you will love it. I'll make you forget him!" Yelled Jake. At this moment Olivia couldn't say anything. The fast talker was left speechless as this was happening. What is this? Jake would never hurt her, he 'loves' her. They were supposed to be standing in the sun together not in the darkness. Her apartment door opened and Abby was standing in the doorway.

"Liv, I need your help. He isn't sleeping," Abby walked in the house looking at her phone and not realizing what was happened. Only when she heard Olivia run out to her room, she looked up from her phone. "Liv? What's up with her? Did I interrupt something that was happening?" Abby said excitedly. She brought some caramel popcorn because she thought Olivia could use some 'sweetness' in her life.

"She's...She's gone to shower I think, It's been a hectic day for the both of us," Jake said with a sly grin.

"I can only imagine..." Abby knew something was off but she just couldn't place her finger on it. Something she knows Olivia Pope does is that her shower schedule never changes. She never showers at 7pm, because a client could use her help any time. Since it was only 5pm...Something must be wrong here.

"Who isn't sleeping?" Asked Jake innocently. The one thing Jake was good at is lying, obviously he would be good at lying about just anything.

"It's Girls Night," Abby said without answering his previous question. There is something wrong here, Abby could just feel it in her gut.

"Right. Wait, since when does she do a Girls Night?", Jake said as he was leaving the apartment.

"There's a lot of things you don't know about Liv just because you went to an island with her doesn't mean she's inclined to tell you everything or anything that happens in her daily life," Abby said with sass. "Like I said before, We're having a Girls Night and you should leave now." Jake gave Abby an annoyed look before he left.

"Is he gone?" Olivia whispered, she has finally come out of her room but she looked different. Her eyes were red and puffy from the crying and she was wearing her old Georgetown shirt with grey sweatpants.

"I've never seen you wearing sweatpants... Liv? Did you two have a fight? Did he hurt you? What did he do? Liv, say something anything," Abby asked without giving Olivia a chance to answer any of the questions. That's when Olivia started crying, it was more of a wailing cry. "I'm going to hug you now and don't tell me to stop because you're crying and you need a hug", Abby said as she moved close to Olivia and gave her a comforting hug. Even the hug didn't stop Olivia from crying, "Liv, you have to talk. I won't know what to do if you don't talk," Abby pleaded Olivia. But she wouldn't talk, all that was coming from her lips were the crying sounds "Liv stay here, I'm going to make a quick phone call, okay?" As Olivia was crying on her couch, Abby stepping into her room and called the only person she knew who could handle this. "Sir, I-I Olivia. She won't stop crying, I don't know what happened but she's not talking to me and I just don't know what to do." When Olivia would be normal again, she would hate Abby for doing this. But this is the right thing to do.

Thud. There was a knock on the door, Abby walked up from the couch and opened it...The president was here, or just Fitz was here. "She's lying on the couch, she stopped crying out loud but she's still whimpering. Sir- Fitz, she's hurting, I'll give you two some space," Abby explained to Fitz and then left the apartment. Knowing that Olivia would be in good hands whenever Fitz was with her.

Fitz walked over to the couch and stood over looking at Olivia, with a blanket covering her body. He hasn't seen her in weeks, and it felt surreal being in her apartment once again. But not like this, he snapped back into reality and first sat down on the couch next to her. He then moved her body, so her head could rest on him. "Olivia", not a word was uttered from Olivia. "Liv," still silence. "Livvie... ," and Olivia finally reacted but she lifted her head off Fitz's shoulder and sat up straight without support from him.

"Fitz," she whispered his name

"Livvie, what's wrong, please tell me what's wrong so I can fix it. Whatever is wrong I can fix it," said Fitz with his blue eyes staring into her brown eyes.

"Fitz, C-Can you hold me? Just for- ," asked Olivia

"One minute," Fitz interrupted. They both knew what 'One Minute' meant to them. It was when they were just Livvie and Fitz. He held her like nothing had changed between them. A few minutes had gone by and they both said nothing but held on to each other.

"Fitz, why did you come here? You're supposed to hate me," Asked Olivia with intensity in her eyes burning into his.

"Livvie, you know the answer to that question. Enough about me, what's wrong, say something. Just please tell me what's wrong so I can do something"

"I'm hungry, starving actually. Do you want dinner, I can order takeout or something," Olivia said avoiding his questions. She changed the subject of the discussion they were having and Fitz was looking at her like she had two heads. As she was standing up, Fitz lightly pushed her down on the couch. Knowing Olivia, he knew that he should wait for her to be ready to open up. He shouldn't push her but wait for her instead.

"Don't, I'll cook something," said Fitz. That was when Olivia actually looked at him since he's been here. She saw that he lost weight, quite a lot and his hair grew slighter longer but he still looked like Fitz. While Olivia was sitting on the couch, waiting for Fitz to finish cooking. She decided to take a 5 minute nap because her energy had been drained today, after an hour Fitz walked over to the sleeping Olivia. She looked calm and peaceful in her sleep, not wanting to wake her up. He walked away but Olivia heard him

"Fitz?"

"I didn't want to wake you up... There wasn't proper food in your kitchen so I ordered Chinese," stated Fitz. "I'll bring it here." Fitz left to get the Chinese food. As soon as he came back, they both sat on the couch and ate their food in an awkward silence. The only sound that could be heard were the clatters of the chopsticks. "I'm headed out to Santa Barbara for a week, just some time away from DC. I'll go surfing, running along the beach and reconnecting with some family members," said Fitz breaking the silence. Fitz looked at his watch and realized how much time flew, "Livvy, I should...I should head back."

"Right." Olivia was being uncharacteristically quiet, something that did not go unnoticed by Fitz. Olivia and Fitz both stood up opposite each other

"Goodbye Olivia," Fitz said with a painful look. For the few hours he was here, he was here as a friend and not a lover. Although they broke up, the two of them could have a stable relationship.

"Goodbye Mr. President," replied Olivia. Just as he was about to leave "Fitz, you need a haircut, your hair looks ridiculous," Olivia said in an amusing tone and they both had a small laugh about it. The door shut as Fitz left to the White House. Within a few seconds Olivia locked her house and walked to the bathroom to take a warm shower. After the shower, she got dressed and went to sleep in a room "I'm going to be okay," Olivia said to herself before she fell asleep.

End of chapter 1

I hope you enjoyed this chapter. So I plan to update at least once a week, probably during the weekend