Hello Olitzers! Here is another one :)...
I'd appreciate comments!
I do not own Scandal or any of its characters.
Olivia was talking to a senator from Florida. She wasn't really interested in the conversation, but was keeping it professional. She was only here to see Fitz. It had been over a year since they last saw each other, and even though she was the main actor in their breakup, she missed him tremendously every single day.
She couldn't go back to him, though. She had no reason to believe he still wanted her after all the things that happened. He seemed to be doing well without her.
His presidency was almost over, this was the final ball of his term. She was actually only invited out of courtesy, but she couldn't not go. She was miserable, and she needed to see him.
When she was done talking to the senator, she turned to her right and saw Fitz watching her. In his eyes, she could see sadness, grief, and, for a moment, love. However, when he saw her looking at him, his face and the look in his eyes quickly changed; now communicating disappointment, and almost, disgust.
"I cant do this anymore" she thought, and started walking towards him. She had to talk to him.
Realizing that she was walking towards him, he got up and started walking towards the other direction. He wanted to have nothing to do with her. The last thing he wanted was to talk to her. He exited the ballroom and his steps quickened. And so did hers... She was now running behind him.
"Fitz" she said, trying to catch her breath. When he didn't stop or look, she quickened her pace even more and reached him. Putting her hand on his arm, she said "Please… Please can we talk? Please Fitz." She was whispering, almost begging. He stopped and turned his ice cold gaze towards her. She was stunned because of the coldness in his eyes.
"Fitz" she was able to say finally. When she didn't continue, "What do you want?" He asked with a voice colder than his eyes.
"Just… Can we talk for a little?"
"Fine" he said. And entered an empty room to his left, motioning her to come in.
He closed the door and sat on a couch. She was standing at the corner of the room. She tried to gather her thoughts but ended up blurting out: "She is yours".
"What are you talking about?" He asked while still looking at her with his icy eyes.
"My daughter... Aimee... Is yours..." Olivia said, and drowned in tears right away. "I am sorry, Fitz. I am so sorry. I… I couldn't... But she is yours..."
He was beyond surprised. He was shocked. He couldn't utter a word, just sat there looking at her with a sharp gaze. She didn't have any more strength left. She just sat on the armchair next to her, crying and shaking uncontrollably.
After a few minutes Fitz gathered himself and walked towards her. He knelt in front of her, put his hands on either side of her face, and turned her face towards him. "Sshhh… It's okay. Ssh... Let's just talk." he said. The sadness in her eyes was pinching his soul. He moved his hands to wipe her tears away, and pulled her into an embrace.
However, she couldn't stop crying and shivering. He stood up, picked her up, and went back to the couch where he cradled her in his lap. One of his hands was holding her tightly while the other was caressing her face and hair. "Sshhh" he kept saying until she got calm. After almost half an hour, he touched her chin and held her face up, trying to make her look at him. "Look at me, Olivia" he said softly. "Tell me everything." He continued, when he got her to look at his eyes.
"I found out that I was pregnant… And I was surprised, and scared, and confused… And so happy too... I didn't know how we would work it out, but I thought we would find a way. I was going to tell you after you came back from the G20. I couldn't tell you over the phone. The day you came back, Mellie came to see me and told me that she knew about the baby. I have no idea how she knew. She told me that she would ruin your life. She said that she would announce the affair and the baby to the world. She would ruin you, ruin us, and ruin our baby's life. She said she would turn your children against you. She said we would find out what an actual scandal is... I didn't know what to do. I was so embarrassed, disgusted of myself, and scared. I was scared for you; I knew your world would be broken... On top of all that, now I had a baby I had to think about – our baby. I knew you wouldn't agree to letting me go, but I had to get away."
Fitz was awestruck, his ears were ringing and eyes were filled with tears. He was cursing at himself for causing her pain. He loved her. It was complicated and hard and insane, but also ever so simple: He loved her... And they had a baby together that he had never seen.
"Olivia" he moaned. "Olivia, forgive me" he whispered, not having any more energy to speak up. "Let's go home, Olivia. Let's go home to our daughter." He looked at her small frame, her slender face, her red eyes, and he hated himself for what she had been going through. "I will spend every day of my life loving you and trying to make it up to you for all the pain you went through. People can say or do anything they want. My second term is almost over. If we need, we can even leave the country, we can live wherever you want. We can build ourselves a life. I almost didn't live without you, Liv. You are the love of my life and I don't want to be away from you ever again." he said. "Whatever you are thinking now, stop. We will make things work because they simply have to work. I love you and I love all of my children, and I will tell Karen, Gerry, and Teddy the truth. One day they will understand. Right now all I know is I am not spending another day apart from you again."
After saying those, he left the room to order the secret service to get ready to take them to Olivia's. After about two hours, they were in her house.
He grabbed her hand and held it tightly as they entered the house. She took him to the nursery and they stood next to the crib. This was the first time he was seeing his daughter. She was a perfect little baby, with caramel skin, and light brown, wavy hair. She was sleeping. "Hi babygirl" he whispered. "I am sorry for not being with you before, but I will always be here from now on. You can count on it. My precious little girl, I love you."
Olivia was so happy to see them together. But she had accumulated so much sadness and stress, she couldn't stop crying. He turned to her after placing a kiss on the sleeping baby's forehead and hands.
He pulled Olivia into a tight embrace and said "No more crying, my love..." He looked at her puffy eyes and placed a kiss on both. Then he softly kissed her forehead, cheeks, chin, nose... He grabbed her hands and kissed them softly. He pulled her into her bedroom, and started taking off her clothes. Slowly... When she was only in her underwear, he pulled her towards the bathroom. He made her sit on the bench and went on to prepare a bath for her. She was silently sitting and watching him. Realizing again how much she loved this man... When the bath was ready, he made her stand up and he took off her underwear. Pulling her closer, he placed a kiss on her lips and carried her to the tub. "You need to relax, my love" he said. He moved towards the back of the tub and started massaging her head and then her neck. After a while they heard Aimee crying. She moved to get out of the tub but he stopped her. "Stay. My turn." he said, with a winkle. She smiled at him and he left. After a few minutes he was back with a changed and happy baby.
He sat with her on the chair and waited until Olivia finished her bath. After she was dressed, Olivia sat on her bed and took Aimee to feed her, she was still breastfeeding. As she was feeding their baby, he went and sat next to Olivia and held her in a soft embrace, kissing her temple.
"What do you want to do, Livvie?" He asked. She looked at him with questioning eyes. "I am never going to be away from you, Olivia. This starts NOW. I am done being secretive. We are doing this. We will figure out how to go public, but from now on, I will not be away from you. I want to see my child every day. Tell me, what do you want to do? How do you want to do it?" She was trying to hold back her tears.
They were going to figure it out. They would first talk to Mellie and make sure she was on board with the divorce. Fitz now had enough dirt on her to make her do whatever he wanted. The things he knew about her could even send her to prison for the rest of her life.
There were only a couple months until his term ended. By that time he would be divorced, and as soon as it was final, they were going to get married.
They were finally in bed after putting Aimee to sleep. Fitz looked at Olivia and said "My life has no meaning without you, Olivia. Don't ever leave me again."
"Fitz... I can't, even if I want to, even if I have to. Not anymore, not again… I almost died without you. If I didn't have Aimee to think about, I wouldn't have survived."
He pulled her into his arms and kissed her. First tenderly, but then with increasing intensity... The harder they kissed each other, the more they realized how much pain they had been in. The more they kissed, the more they felt the longing and the desperation. Olivia suddenly burst into tears and a shiver took over her body again. She was crying loudly, unable to stop herself. Fitz was crying too, but his were silent tears. They were both utterly traumatized because of the past year. "I am here baby, I will always be here. I swear we will never be apart. Don't cry sweet baby." He said while holding her tightly and kissing every inch of her face... He put soft kisses on her eyelids, cheeks, forehead, hair, lips...
Her crying started to subside after a while. Feeling his kisses and touch, and hearing his voice over and over started to soothe her pain. When she finally stopped crying, she looked at him and said "Fitz, if it turns out that life here will be impossible, if it doesn't let us to be together and peaceful, I think we should go away. I can live anywhere, work at any job as long as I am with you. But I can't be without you." His heart melted at these words. They meant the world to him. "We will be wherever we can freely love each other. Here, or on the other side of the world. There is only one thing that matters. Us being together…"
They both wanted to feel each other in the most intimate way, but they were so lost in each other's eyes that it would have to wait. They were immersed in one another.
After a while they fell asleep, Olivia in Fitz's arms, and Fitz's face in between her hands... Life would be different from now on.