One Word…

Chapter 1: When "One Word" is Enough

"I'm going to say this once. I better not ever have to say it again. Don't you ever again suggest to me that Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III is going to die. That is unacceptable coming from you. He calls you the 'Love of his Life'. Don't you dare give up on him."

(Cyrus Beene, Episode 2.09…Blown Away.)

Cryus' words stuck in Olivia's head and they would not leave her mind no matter how hard she tried. Cyrus never approved of her relationship with Fitz. It killed her how he found out about them. After that point Cyrus did everything possible to keep her from seeing Fitz unless he thought it was beneficial for him. In the end, Cyrus knew that she knew HIM better than anyone and that Fitz needed her above all.

"Liv, you're going to go and visit him?"

"What? I can't Mellie took away my privileges."

"I don't care. I am going to talk to Tom and make sure you get in to see him. And if Mellie finds out I'll deal with her. I heard from Mellie to that when you dropped his pin off his finger moved. He needs you Liv."

"But Cy, I made him give me up. What about if he wakes up and sends me away?"

"If he tries, then you FIX it. You ARE the love of his life Liv and without you he may never wake up. He needs you. Not Mellie, or me. YOU! He needs to feel you next to him. He needs to fight whatever is going on inside him right now. If he knows you're there, I am sure he'll wake up."

"Thank you Cyrus. You're turning into an old softie you know."

"Yah, Yah, don't spread it around."

Cyrus got up and left leaving Olivia alone to think about if he wakes up when she's there what would say to him. What ONE WORD would she like him to say to her?

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I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

(Chasing Cars, Snow Patrol)

A few days later she entered his hospital room. She had on a black pair of pants and a white jacket. Cyrus arranged it with Tom that if the First Lady was not around then to contact Olivia and let her see the President. Mellie might be his wife, but Cyrus knew that Fitz would want Olivia there as much as humanly possible.

Olivia placed her bag on the couch next to his bed and stood next to him at first. She had not touched him in over a month and yearned for any contact with him. As her hand got closer to his, her breathing increased. They have been intimate how many times and now she was afraid to hold his hand. DUH!

She gave into her fears and touched his hand and squeezed it. She put every emotion into that bit of first contact. Her hand was a life force that she was using to heal all his wounds and will him to wake up. Olivia finally gave in and got into the bed with him. She placed her head on his chest and her hand on the side of the face, caressing his cheek so slightly.

As her body finally relaxed, she could feel her breathing finally matching his once again. As she listened to his breathing, she heard his heart beating. She began to hold onto him tighter. A lone tear, came down her face, and it fell onto his chest and went through his hospital gown.

This lone tear would penetrate his skin, and go right into his heart so that Fitz would know that she was there with him, on top of him, holding onto him for dear life. If he were to die, then a part of her would go with him. She would never love again. Her life would never be complete if he was not alive. She knew that she could not live in a free world, that he was no longer the "Leader" of anymore.

Olivia closed her eyes and prayed that he would wake and say something to her. ONE WORD would be enough for her to hear that he was alive, and that he forgave her for everything. ONE WORD to know that he loved her, and that he was going to continue to fight the fight for both of them. ONE WORD so she knew that he knew she was here laying on him now, willing him to wake.

She then thought back to all the meaningful ONE WORD'S that they had shared with one another since meeting him three years ago. Her heart had made a list of them, a list that she carried within her soul always….Her Heart Words.

OLIVIA….This ONE WORD Fitz called her this to either get her attention or if he was upset with her.

LIV…Most people called her this but coming out of his mouth sounded like her name was given to her so he could call her his "LIV." This ONE WORD coming out of HIS mouth would ground her in one spot preventing her from running away from him.

LIVY…This ONE WORD made her melt in his arms. She was his LIVY and no one elses. He knew it and most of all so did she. As he called her this ONE WORD, all the love came out of his rich baritone voice making her go weak in her knees.

SWEET BABY… Two words, but coming from Fitz, it sounded like they were soul mates always meant to be a compound word, joining them together for an eternity. Coming from Fitz, it became ONE WORD. When he called her this, his nickname for her, she knew that he not only loved her but wanted her in the worse of ways. It always made her giddy as a school girl to hear him call her this name.

LOOK-AT-ME…These three words rooted her in the spot in the Oval office. She felt him approach her, and place is hand on her face. When he uttered them to her, her entire body not only melted into his touch, but she literally fell apart. She was no longer a strong, woman. Instead she was weak for a man, who "existed" for her as much as she existed for him. She knew if she looked into his eyes, he would know that she missed him, just as much as he missed her. These three words became ONE WORD as they left his lips and bore into her soul, using his eyes. This "LOOKATME" was now ONE WORD that he could say to her, and she knew if she gazed into his eyes, that she would be lost forever in them. That she would never want to be away from him again.

ONE MINUTE…The first time he uttered these words to her, it was in a hallway outside the campaign stop in Georgia. They became ONE WORD as soon as they left his lips. He was the "ONE" and she was the "MINUTE." Once uttered together these two words became one, married, and never to be separated no matter what the circumstance may be. Just like her and Fitz.

During their ONE MINUTE moment he was not a Presidential Candidate and her not a campaign fixer. They were just "US" having ONE MINUTE together. ONE MINUTE grounded them, out of their bubble, and into each other the way it was meant to be. ONE MINUTE was never enough but right now it would be enough for her just to see his eyes open and look at her again.

I. LOVE. YOU…These three beautiful words together sounded like a soliloquy coming out of his lips. Once he uttered them to her the first time, they became ONE WORD in her heart. They bonded him to her. They made her belong to him. How can three words, sound so perfect coming out of the mouth of a man, who knew her every feeling, movement, and her heart. She knew that if anyone else uttered these words to her, they would be meaningless. They would just be THREE WORDS alone. But when Fitz said them, they became the ONE WORD she needed to hear. The ONE WORD that bonded her forever to him.

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Olivia went through her "heart words" in her mind and finally fallen asleep on Fitz. She got woken up when she heard voices in the hallway outside of his room. It sounded like Tom and Hal were arguing about her being here with the President. She looked down at Fitz who had not moved and lifted herself off of him. She whispered in his ears "I LOVE YOU FITZ. I'll be right back."

She stood just outside the door.

"You know she's not supposed to be here. The First Lady revoked her visiting privileges." Hal said.

"Yes but am in charge of his detail and I say she stays here with the President as long as she wants to. We serve the President Hal, not the First Lady." Tom said back to him.

"And what does that mean?"

"It means that every time the First Lady asks you a question about Miss Pope, you flutter your eyes and she knows that Miss Pope has been around. You job is to protect and serve the President not his wife. The President would WANT her here. If anyone can bring him out of this coma, it's Miss Pope." Olivia stood in the door shocked.

"It's not our job to let his mistress see him Tom. She is NOT his wife. She does not belong here." Hal said.

Once Hal called her 'his mistress,' Olivia got furious and walked out the door. Tom and Hal froze in their tracks. Fitz's door was open so Tom could see him on the bed.

"Excuse me Hal, but you have no right to call me that? Who the hell do you think you are?" Olivia said to Hal.

Tom stood frozen in his shoes. His gulped because he knew what was coming.

"Miss Pope, I am sorry. I didn't mean what said. I know how the President feels about you." Hal answered her in shock.

"Do you know how he feels about me? Do you have any idea? Do you have any idea how much I love that man in there? I belong to him. I breathe for him. I wait for him. I watch for him. I exist for him." She paused, to gather her thoughts. Tom looked into the room at Fitz and his eyes had to refocus themselves. He took a deep breath and looked back at Olivia.

She continued…."When I look in there I don't see the President. I see the man I love with every fiber of my heart. That man in that hospital bed is my life, the love of my life. If he does not survive I won't survive. I do not care what you, the First Lady, the press, or anyone else says for that matter. I know that he needs me and I absolutely refuse to stay away any longer. So Hal, go and squeal on me if you want, but not you, or anyone else will keep me from leaving him. I will never leave his side not as long as I draw breath." Tom looked back in the room and turned back to Olivia.

She faced Tom with tears coming down her face now. She looked at Tom and squeezed his hand. He nodded at her and she went back into Fitz's room. Instead of going back to him on the bed, she went and looked out the window. She could not believe that she just uttered those words out loud to one of Fitz's agents.

She let out a huge sigh. While looking out the window, she placed her hands together and prayed. "Dear Lord, if you are real, please return Fitz to me. I need him. I can't survive with out him. If he dies, a part of me dies with him. I exist for him. I belong to him. If he wakes I will never leave him again. Please all I want to hear him say is ONE WORD. ONE WORD, to whomever's listening to know that he loves me. One word that all is forgiven and that we'll never walk away from each other again. If you hear me Lord, I love him. He completes me."

She put her hands over her face and began to sob uncontrollably.

"Hi." She froze and whipped her body around to face Fitz. His eyes were open and he was looking at her, with his hand outstretched to her. Not believing he was awake, she walked over to him, still unable to speak anything.

She sat down on the bed next to him and she looked out his door. Both Tom and Hal smiled at her. Tom walked to the door and said to her "He opened his eyes when you were telling Hal off. He heard everything you said." Tom then stepped back outside the door.

Olivia turned back to Fitz still unable to say to speak. Fitz placed his hands on her cheeks to let her know that he was awake and real. It was her that brought him out of his coma. She saved him from this nightmare. He pulled her face towards him and kissed her lips ever so sweetly.

She finally uttered, "Hi," back and fell into his embrace. Fitz kissed the top of her head holding her close.

As she nuzzled into his embrace, she reminded herself to add the word "Hi" to the list of her "heart words." It was this ONE WORD that brought the love of her life back to her. It was the ONE WORD that told her everything she needed to know. The ONE WORD that made her realize that theirs was a love that cannot be denied. "Hi" had now become the most important word in the world to her, just like the man who's lips it came out of.

In this case the word "HI" was the ONE WORD that was enough.

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Okay my little pumpkins…not sure if I want to leave this a one shot or not. Let me know if you think I should add more chapters.

This ONE WORD hopefully changed their relationship on the show and made me believe at least that miracles do happen. Love is the most powerful medicine in the world and so is the word HI.

Cupcakes, Cookies and Candy…

Peace, Love and Pumpkins….Me's