I have been sitting on this story for quite some time. Its got lots of chapters written already, so you won't have to wait long for updates, but not finished just yet.
I feel like I am the biggest culprit of not finishing a story, but the happy endings are the hardest part to write!
President Sally Langston, the first female President of America was sworn in on Wednesday 20 January 2017. Fitz attended the inauguration and was gracious in defeat.
It had been just over two months since the election and three months since he had seen Olivia. She had gone off his radar. He assumed that after their conversation the night before election day, where she had said she knew Vermont wasn't happening that she didn't want to speak to him, he understood. But it was hard, really hard. He was winding up his presidency and facing problems left and right and he just wanted to talk to her but she wouldn't answer. He had been so busy he had barely caught a glimpse of her in the news.
After Sally's inauguration Fitz had decided to just bite the bullet and go see her, so that was the very first thing he did. He drove straight from the inauguration to her house. He knocked and waited. When he heard nothing he knocked again. He was sure she would either be there or work, so he pulled out his phone to call her office.
"Can I speak to Miss Pope?" he asked the person who answered the phone, who didn't sound familiar to him.
"Im sorry, she is out of the office today, may I take a message?" the person replied.
"No, thank you." He said before hanging up. He knew if she wasn't at work that she was likely watching the inauguration at home. He smiled at the thought of what a nerd she is sometimes. He knocked again, but still nothing. He furrowed his brow before pulling out his keys. She had given him a key when she had first moved in.
He put the key in the lock and turned it, unlocking the door and then turning the nob.
"Liv." He said as he walked into her apartment. A cold air hit him as he walked in. He didn't need eyes to see that Olivia had not been here in some time, he felt it. All her possessions packed in boxes only solidified this in his mind. Regardless his heart made him walk through every room in search of her. He ran his hand over some of the boxes and displaced the dust that sat on top. The dust had been accumulating for some time, how long he didn't know.
He moved to her bedroom and opened her cupboard. Her scent wafted out off of her clothes that all remained. He pulled out his phone and called her hoping she would decided now of all times to pick up, even though she hadn't for almost 3 months.
This made him angry. He stormed out of the house, locking it behind him. When he and his agents returned to his car he said "Olivia Pope and Associates please." And that is where they went.
He went up the elevator and pulled open the doors when they reached the top floor. He threatened to shatter the front door to OPA as he slammed it open. He didn't even give his agents enough time to sweep the floor before he went in. There was a young girl sitting at a desk just off to the right, which he didn't remember being there the one time he had been here before. She jumped as he walked in.
"Can… I help you?" she stuttered out. Tom and Daniel closed the door behind them, before they began sweeping the office.
From next to her desk he could see the offices all covered by white material.
"Where is everyone?" he asked with a furrowed brow.
"Everyone, Sir?" the girl asked.
"Yes, Olivia, Harrison, Huck. Where are they?" he asked walking further into OPA.
"Im sorry Sir, they are not here at the moment." The shy girl responded.
"I can see that, so where are they?" He asked, raising his voice, becoming more and more frustrated. Just then the door opened. A young woman wearing black jeans, and a black leather jacket came in with two cups of coffee and a brown paper bag, most likely containing a pastry or something similar.
"Sorry Amber, the roads are all blocked for the inaugura…" she stopped when she saw Fitz and his agents. She straightened up.
"Well, it is about time." She said looking at him without hesitation. Fitz didn't understand what she meant. The woman put down the coffees and bag on Amber's desk and walked straight past him into the board room without even looking at him. He followed her and closed the door behind him.
Quinn was standing next to the wall on the left with a ladder just behind her. When Fitz walked in Quinn pulled down a sheet that was hanging against the glass to reveal a picture of Abby and Huck, with paper underneath their photos only taking up a small piece of glass. The rest of the wall was dedicated to Olivia and Harrison. Quinn had put together everything she could on the both of them and had stuck it all to the wall.
Fitz approached it and observed the section on Olivia. There was photos of her in a car that were dated the day before election day that appeared to be from a traffic camera, there was her bank statement from the days before the election, receipts of things she bought, a picture of her leaving her apartment carrying a bag, discharge documents of her father, her phone records.
Quinn then walked over to a white board sitting on the other side of the room and moved it so she could spin it. When she did spin it, it revealed a world map. Across it were question marks and crosses.
"This is all I know." She said, moving a chair out from the linen covered table. "I have tried to contact you. I have tried calling and tried arranging a conference with you." She said looking exhausted. "You're a hard man to reach."
"How long has she been gone?" he asked.
"The day before the election." Quinn began explaining everything she knew. Fitz began pacing.
"Have you tried Paris? She loves Paris. Or what about Pakistan? She went to school with someone from Pakistan. Or Russia, or Brazil?" he rattled off, trying to think of places she might be. Quinn began writing them all down. Fitz pinched the bridge of his nose and continued pacing.
"I also have reason to believe she is with Jake." She said trying to give him the whole picture. His head shot up to look at her trying to make sure she was telling the truth. Quinn gulped. Before she could say anything else Fitz was walking out of the office. He reached the elevator before Quinn caught up.
"Where are you going?" She asked desperately. He exhaled.
"Just send me a copy of everything you have." He said before he closed the doors of the elevator and disappeared from sight.
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