He has such beautiful eyes. Olivia thought to herself. She couldn't believe how amazing this man looked. From his crystal blue eyes to his amazing superman curly brown hair. "Hi, I'm Fitzgerald Grant it's very nice to meet you Ms. Pope." Fitz said. " The pleasure is all mine, but please call me Olivia." she blushed. "I just wanted to say thank you for merging with Olivia Pope and Associates, so our company has a better chance to survive as a political fixing agency." He smiled at her with a warm smile, that made her knees weak. "Here let me introduce my gang. This is Abby." Abby smiles and waves. "This is Quinn." Quinn does the same. "Those three right there . Liv said as she pointed to Steven, Huck, and Harrison "Are Harrison, Huck, and Steven". Steven and Harrison went over to shake Fitz's hand while Huck just nodded. "I am delighted to meet all of you, I truly believe that this merger was an amazing idea, tomorrow my staff will report to OPA, and will be introduced to everyone here." After that everyone went back to work, so Fitz and Olivia decided to discuss the merger more in her office. As Olivia sat in her chair she couldn't help but stare at Fitz. "God certainly took his time with this man." She thought to herself. "Those lips look so soft and I just want to have them on mine!" "What the hell", she thought to herself. "I'm forgetting my number 1 rule, NEVER MIX BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE!" She was brought back into focus as she heard Fitz call her name repeatedly. He had a smirk on his face. "Damn bastard, knew exactly why I got distracted." Olivia said in her head. "I'm sorry Mr. Grant I don't know what came over me." Olivia said while looking away from his gaze. "You can call me Fitz you know." "No that would be inappropriate Mr. Grant." Olivia said as she shifted from her seat. Fitz moved closer and said "Well let's be inappropriate." with a smirk on his face.
"What a day". Fitz thought to himself. Fitz had met the most beautiful women he had ever encountered in his life. "I need to get to know her better, and she will be mine." that's a promise he had made to himself. All throughout the day all he could do was think about Olivia. Those beautiful full lips that he just wanted to devour, her smile that can make a man drop down to his knees, and her glowing carmel skin. "I need to know more about her." "Is she single, does she have a boyfriend, or worse a husband." Fitz thought to himself. "Boyfriend I can outs, but Husband that's where I'd draw the line." So going over to his MacBook, Fitz typed in Olivia Pope. "She was well known and liked in DC that she even had her own wikipedia page." It said that she's the oldest child of Eli Pope, co-heir to the Pope Oil dynasty. Olivia half black and half white, being that Eli Pope was white and Maya was black. She and her brother Theodor grew up in Vermont. "Wow, Vermont that's an odd place for a child of Pope's Oli to grow up in." Fitz thought to himself. As he continued to read on he found out that Olivia attended Harvard for pre-law and law school, Fitz was shocked to find out that they had graduated from the same school and not even realizing it. As he continued reading Fitz discovered that Olivia was in a relationship with Edison Davis, the district attorney of DC, and that he was the reason why she started OPA. Then he saw a picture of Olivia and thought to himself "Why would this beautiful person go for me, after all i am 12 years older the her, 30 and 42 that makes a huge age gap." At that moment Fitz was snapped from his thought when he heard his phone ringing. It was his dad. "Hey dad, what are you up to." Fitz said excitedly. Fitz adored his father, they had the best kind of father and son relationship. Big Jerry taught Fitz to work hard and never to think that he was entitled to anything. To Fitz he was the best father anyone could ever ask for. Big Gerry was a self made man, he grew up very poor, but wouldn't traded his life for the world. During that time he learned his patience, wisdom, and love of his parents. As he got older he worked so hard earning himself a scholarship to Yale for pre-law and law school. He became a successful lawyer, met his wife Bella and settled down to have a family. Then he landed his biggest clients the Pope's. Big Jerry was Fitz's number one fan on and off the court, he would always be at Fitz's basketball games no matter how busy he was. When he learned that Fitz wanted to go to law school and become a lawyer like him, Big Jerry cried he couldn't believe that Three, that's what he called Fitz, wanted to be like him. He wasn't upset as the fact of Fitz wanting to attend Harvard, he was always a supportive father. "I just wanted to know how was your first day as the merger is final Three." Big Jerry said to his son. "It was really good dad, i really believe we have landed ourselves on a gold mine." Fitz replied to his dad. "That's good to hear Three, hey bud?" "Yeah, dad?" " I just wanted to say how proud of you i am, not many men would make this decision. And as for Olivia Pope she is a gracious young lady whom i had the pleasure to know, she is a tough cookie, but the sweetest person you'll ever encounter." Big Jerry said to his son. "Dad, how do you know Olivia?" " I am the Pope's family lawyer and let me tell you Three they are good people, they are very down to earth, and not your typical stuck up rich republicans that people portray them as." Big Jerry informed his son. " That's good to know dad, Olivia…..she's…...beau...i mean very nice". As Fitz had trouble trying to cover up the fact that he stumbled up trying to talk about Olivia. Big Jerry didn't miss a beat. " Oh my it seems that my son has fallen for Olivia." Big Jerry stated happily. If he were to be honest with himself he always secretly wished Three and Olivia would find their way to each other. That girl was perfect for his son. " Dad, i don't know… she's beautiful; beyond belief, and I'm an old fart." Fitz said as he laughed. "Go for her son, she'd be good for you, but i do have to warn you Three, Eli Pope is a very traditional man and it's best to get on his good side before you decided to pursue his daughter". Big Jerry warned his son. "She's and her brother are sole heir to a great amount of money, so he is VERY protective of his kids. Through I don't see junior going into the business anytime soon." Big Jerry warned him again. "Thanks dad i will take that in mind." Fitz told his dad with a smile on his face. "One more thing Three, come visit your mom and I in Santa Barbara will ya, we miss you terribly." Big Jerry said with a sad voice. " I know dad, i miss you guys more! Well i better get some shut eye dad, i love you and tell mom i said i love her as well. Night dad" "Night Three, i love you too." Fitz went to bed that night with the thought of what the future has in store for him and olivia.
Meanwhile at Olivia's she couldn't go to sleep. The only thing that was on her mind was Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III. "How could one man have such an impact on me?" Olivia asked herself. There more she thought about Fitz she started to see herself possibly falling for Fitz, marrying him, and having children with him. But she couldn't let that happen, after Edison there was no way she was dating a man from her job. She had built up walls since Edison, and needed to maintain them. Realizing that she wasn't going to get any sleep tonight Liv decided to look into Fitz more. She typed in Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, and a bunch of pictures of Fitz being wheeled out of what seem to be an arena, looking like he was in terrible amount of pain. Seeing the pictures she decided to look more into the story. Olivia found a video of ESPN explaining what had taken place. This occurred while Fitz was playing for Harvard as a senior. He was the #3 draft pick for the NBA, but that was until that tragic game. From what it seem Fitz running into a crowd of players, he landed wrong, jumped up again with the look of pain in his face, hit the game winning shot and landed awkwardly again, this time he was rolling around in pain. After a while it was announced that he had torn his ACL, and broke his other foot. That day was the last day Fitz ever step foot on a basketball as a professional. Although Fitz made an astonishing recovery the NBA decided not to draft him because of his injuries. Learning about this Olivia felt sad and a hinge of happiness, because if he had turned pro they would probably never met. The thought frightened her. "Pull yourself together Olivia, you cannot get yourself involved with this man!" Olivia told herself. With that she decided to look further into Fitz as a person. She discovered that his dad was their family lawyer. Olivia considered Big Jerry almost as her second father, he truly cared about her family. What she didn't know was that he has a son. From what it looks like Fitz never really dated anyone. "Was he gay?, No way." Olivia thought to herself. "The way he was looking at me, that man is straight as straight can be." Olivia looked at her clock and it said 2:30am, deciding that if she doesn't sleep now she'll be grouchy in the morning. So with that Olivia headed to bed thinking about one thing only. Fitz.
When his eyes opened the thought of Olivia entered his mind. He wondered what she would be doing right now and who would she be with. Deciding not to think too much into it he got ready for work. Arriving at OPA he was 30 minutes early, his team was due to arrive at OPA at 9am. He headed straight towards Olivia's office, he just wanted to see that Beautiful face again. When he peaked his head in all Fitz could do was stare. Olivia was wearing black dress pants, that showed her curves perfectly and a white blouse, that he just wanted to rip off her. " God could a person be anymore perfect than she is?" Fitz thought to himself. Finally he knocked and said "Hi". "Hi." Olivia replied with the cutest smile on her face. After a minute of staring at each other. Fitz broke the silence. "Um, I'm sorry I don't mean to bother you, but would you mind showing me my office?" Fitz said as he tucked at his tie. Olivia got up from her chair and said "Oh my God i am so sorry i forgot to show you yesterday. Please follow me." As Olivia walked in front of Fitz he couldn't help but admire her perfect behind. "This women will be the death of me." Fitz thought to himself. Finally arriving at his office he looked around it was beautiful. It had the view to die for. Since OPA was on the top floor, his office had the perfect view to the Capitol and The national Monument. Breaking the silence Olivia said " I hope you like it, it was my old office." Surprised that Olivia gave up her office for him he said " Olivia you didn't have to give up your office for me." "No, i wanted to Fitz, take it as a way of me thanking you for deciding to Merge with OPA. Plus I'm too busy to notice the view anyway." Olivia said as she smiled at Fitz lovingly. Taking a few steps closer to Olivia, Fitz said with a husky voice "You don't have to thank me, I wanted to work with you." With that they both felt the air between change. They moved their faces closer to each other, it got to the point of their lips almost touching, but Abby's voice came through Fitz's office phone saying that his team has arrived. Fitz and Olivia looked at each other awkwardly and headed to meet his team. When they arrived Olivia was shocked to see how many people were actually on his team. Then Fitz started the introductions. "This is my good friends Andrew and Mellie Nichlos, they are one of my top lawyers." As Andrew and Mellie went around to introduce themselves to Olivia's team. Pointing to a tall blond man and what seemed to be a pregnant women Fitz said "This is Tom and Lauren Larsen, they handle the advertizing." Tom and Lauren did the same thing as Mellie and Andrew introducing themselves to Olivia and her team. "Next we have Cyrus and James Beene, Cyrus is my pitbull lawyer, while James is our source who works in the White House press corps." Cyrus and James walked over and introduced themselves. Looking over to the rest of his team Fitz said " The rest of my team are Hollis and Sally Doyle, they too are lawyers. Verna is a supreme court judge, who's a consultant of the firm." Fitz explained. " Last but not least we have Jake Ballard, he's head of our security. He's an ex navy seal." They all introduced themselves to Olivia and her team. Once introductions was all done, they all decided OPA needs a new name. The newly formed team gave the firm a name Pope- Grant and Associations. Everyone was content and happy with their new office and merger. They didn't see any reasons why they would have problem with each other. In fact each one of the team members were thinking they have landed themselves at a law firm that will be known in the record books as one of the best. As their first day was about to end, a man in bloody cloth came to the office. The team looked at each other and knew they weren't going home soon.
The man's name was Sully Saint James, he was a national hero and medal of honor winner. He had 4 tours in Afghanistan and on his last on he saved his whole platoon, while fighting off the taliban. No sign of PTSD and became the first national hero to admit that he was gay and proud to be one. Now he was about to be painted as a murder of his husband. " Sully, I need an honest answer from you, did you or did you not kill your husband?" Olivia said. " I sware on my life Ms. Pope that I did not kill my husband, he was my best friend." Sully stated with tears in his eyes. "Where were you before you found your husband dead on the floor?" Olivia asked. "I was at the The Anchor Bar." Sully said. Olivia and her new team left the room. " Okay Fitz and Cyrus you two are going to be in charge of this case, while Cyrus, Mellie, Andrew, Hollis, and Sally will be assisting them in any way. Jake make sure no police gets into this place without a warrant got that? Harrison, Steven, and Abby I need you to go to the bar and to confirm that Sully was there, and find out any information about what he was doing there besides drinking. Quinn I need you and Huck to pull up any video footage of Sully the last 24 hours. Lauren and Tom I need you two to keep an eye on the news and social media, if the media spins this into Sully being the bad guy, we might as well kiss goodbye to this case. Everyone knows what they are doing?" They all nodded. "Good now let's get to work gladiators." The group smiled and left, looking forward for the challenge.
All Fitz could do was stare that this perfect beautiful women in front of him. He was mesmerized by her taking charge of the situation. " She's perfect" he thought to himself. A couple hours later the new was fully aware of what had occurred at the James household and wanted answers. New was brought out that the gun the police discovered had Sully's fingerprints on it. Outrageous Fitz and Olivia went into the "Holding Room" the room they kept their client. " Sully I'm giving you one chance, to tell me the truth. Did you or did you not kill your husband?" Fitz spat angrily. When Sully was about to answer Huck, Quinn, Harrison,Steven, and Abby pulled Fitz and Olivia out of the "Holding Room". "What is it?" Fitz asked not wanting to hear anymore bad new, before he himself started to believe Sully might have actually have killed his husband. Steven spoke up " When we arrived at the bar, the owner said he did see Sully, there around the time of the murder, but the only thing was that he wasn't alone. He was there with a female, and the owner said they looked awfully comfy." Just when Fitz was about to ask if they have hardcore evidence Huck spoke up. "I got the video of Sully with this female." They all went over to over to Huck's computer. The video showed Sully and a female kissing and hugging. Finally having solid evidence to prove his innocence, Fitz and the rest of the team all piled into "Holding Room" to confront Sully. "Sully we have solid proof that you were innocent." Fitz said excitedly. Sully suddenly shook his head no. Puzzled Fitz and the team looked at Sully for answers. "You don't understand, I married him for a purpose, for my country." Sully said with tears in his eyes. Then Olivia spoke up "Sully, you aren't gay aren't you?" Sully in tears just shook his head.. "This just gets better by the minute." Abby spoke up with an intrigued voice. "Abby." Olivia hissed. "Sorry Liv, I just love working here that's all." Abby replied. "Sully, you said he was your best friend, never your lover. You are in love with a women aren't you? Who put you up to this?" Olivia asked with a serious voice. All Fitz could do was stare at Olivia, she was so sexy and he couldn't wait to just taste her lips. He gave himself a mental pat in the back for merging with OPA. This thoughts were interrupted when Sully spoke up. " Ms. Pope, I loved Matt but only as my best friend, the women I was with is the love of my life. The military thought I'd be a perfect candidate to show that they support gay people, so they ordered me to marry Matt. Being the soldier that I am i HAD to agree." Then Fitz said "You can't let people tell you who to love and who do not, you got to stand up for yourself and face it like a man. If you don't take a stand for what you believe in, you might lose the person that means the most to you." Looking straight at Olivia. Olivia blushed immensely, it did not go unnoticed by their team when everyone had smirks on their faces. Just when Fitz was about to speak, Jake's voice came through the rooms phone saying that the police have a warrant to arrest Sully and that they better make a move right now. " Sully you got to make the decision right now, we can prove your innocence, just give us the word." Sully just shook his head no. The police busted through the door, saying " Sully Saint James, you are under arrest for the murder of Matthew Cole James." Everyone just watched as the police read Sully his Miranda rights and escorting him out of PGA. Just then Olivia got up and stormed out of the "Holding Room". Fitz ran after her. "Olivia what the hell?" he said. "I cannot believe that this man, would take the blame for something that someone did which he had no part, just so he can say he was loyal to the Marine corps." Olivia said with her voice full of anger. Fitz walks over to her and puts his hands on her shoulders saying " I know Livvie, what do you want to do? Whatever you want to do the team and I will support you." Olivia just looked into Fitz crystal blue eyes. " Fitz, I want to go over to the county jail where they are holding Sully and convince him to agree to release our evidence." Olivia said with determination. "Okay and that's what we'll do tomorrow." Fitz replied. The next morning as soon as Fitz walked through the doors he started giving orders. "Huck and Quinn, I need you two to make multiple copies of the video. Lauren and Tom I need you to check what the news and social media is saying about Sully's arrest. Abby and Steven I need you to answer any questions that news has about PGA representing Sully. Olivia, Cyrus and I are going to head down to the county jail to talk to Sully. Mellie get James on the phone asking him how the White House is responding to this. Then you and Andy figure out who in the Marine corps made Sully agree to this. Okay let's get to work team." With that everyone hurried off and went to complete the task they were given.
They got down to the jail 30 minute later, and they were already drilling Sully. Olivia stormed into the cell saying " Excuse me you cannot talk to my client without his lawyers present." Olivia spat at the police officer who was interrogating Sully. "Now would you please leave so that we can talk to our client alone." The police officer left Olivia started to speak, but then she got a phone call from Mellie and Andrew. "What?" she asked annoyed. "Sorry Liv, but discovered that Sully's commander was threatened by a news source with pictures of Sully and the girl coming out of a hotel holding hands. So the commander sent men to kill the new source and frame Sully so he can't tell the country about the cover up." Mellie said through the phone. " This all makes sense now. Okay Mel i want you, Andy, Abby, Harrison, and Steven to head over to the base to question the commander and the rest of Sully's platoon." Olivia said. Turning back to Sully Olivia said " Sully we have all the evidence we need to prove your innocence, please let us use it and clear your name. I know you are scared, but that's why you have us to fight for you." Olivia said with full gladiator mode. " You got a girl that loves you and she deserves to have the love of her life to be there with every step of the way." Fitz added. " We aren't saying going against our country, but in circumstance that this you need to take a stand." Cyrus added. Sully finally came into realization and agreed to tell the truth about the order. They decided to make a press conference where Sully tell the people what he was forced to do by his commander and the video to prove that he was indeed at the bar with a lady friend. Everything worked out well for Sully and his commander and several others were arrested for murder.
The next several of weeks PGA was busy clients came flooring in need people from PGA to fix their problems and be their lawyers. By the end of the month everyone was beat, but content with the amount of clients they've been receiving. Fitz and Olivia have gotten closer and closer as the days went. They are in each other's office all the time. Rather it's Fitz silently reading briefs in Olivia's office, or the other way around. Everyone at the firm noticed that they were becoming inseparable. The people in DC were calling them the Dynamic- Duo because if you have Fitz and Olivia on your side you are golden. Sooner or later they could become a couple and the team wouldn't be surprised. It was now the end of the month and PGA has become #1 law/ fixing firm in DC. So the team decided to go out for dinner and drinks to celebrate their success. For dinner they decided to go to Birch Bentley's. After dinner they decided to hit the club Lux lounge for drinks. Sally, Hollis, and Cyrus decided they were too old for clubs so they decided to part with the group and head home. When the team arrived at Lux Lounge they got in right away because they "handled" one of his problems. The conversation was eccentric and they were all having a good time. Everyone from their group noticed how Olivia and Fitz have been really close to one another and Flirting with each other. 7/11 by Beyonce started playing and Olivia took Fitz hand and said " Come dance with me." Fitz smiled and nooded and let Olivia lead him towards the dance floor. Once on the dance floor Fitz wrapped his arms around from behind and started dancing with her. Instant they were grinding against each other, Olivia could feel his erection pressed up against her back. " This man will be the death of me. I thought he wouldn't be able to keep up with me, but DAMN he's a good dancer. A black man in a shell of a white man's body." Olivia thought to herself as she and Fitz continue to dance closely. Fitz on the other hand was getting aroused as each second went by. He was hard and his pants were suffer coating his member. They continue to be completely wrapped up with each other as songs went by, but when Earned it by The weekend Fitz turn Olivia around they were face to face and his hand slowly traveled to her ass. Fitz was so turned on he thought he would bursted. When Fitz decided to sing his favorite verse to Olivia " On that lonely night
You said it wouldn't be love
But we felt the rush
It made us believe it there was only us
Convinced we were broken inside, inside
I'm so used to being used
So I love when you call unexpected
Cause i hate when the call is expected
So I'ma care for you, you, you
I'ma care for you, you, you, you, yeah
Cause girl you're perfect."
At that moment Olivia lost the little control she had left of herself and crashed her lips on Fitz's. They kissed for what it seems like eternity. Meanwhile at the bar Jake was fuming. This was always the case, whenever he would like a girl and work up enough courage to ask them out "Golden Boy" comes into the picture and takes them away. "Well not this time." Jake promised himself. He was tired of always coming in second when it comes to Fitz. " That entitled bastard alway gets what's he wants." Back on the dance floor some drunk couple bumped into Fitz and Olivia breaking them from their own world. " Oh my god no this was a mistake. I'm sorry Fitz I can't do this." Olivia said with her voice full of regret. She didn't dare to look at Fitz in the eyes because she knew her words have hurt him deeply. Olivia ran out of the club leaving Fitz in a state of shock.
