A/N: Hey guys, I know I have a lot of stories out, but I was watching 'Raising Hope' and got inspired. I hope you guys enjoy this story.
Fitzgerald Thomas Grant the Third just made senior managing partner and it felt good to have his name on the firm. Now they were Beene, Nichols and Grant. He was the damn good lawyer and he knew it. Never losing a case in his law career, Fitz is one of the best lawyers around the world. You want to win an unwinnable case you go to Fitzgerald Grant. When you are a damn good lawyer and sexy as sin, females tend to gravitate towards you. At the age of forty five, Fitz was at his prime. He loved the limelight. If he wasn't at work he was out with his guys and would usually wake up the next day with a woman in his bed, who he has no idea what her name was.
Sometimes his friends would ask if he got tired of the way he lives his life and he would laughed it off and say no because he loved the single life too much. But, there are times he longed for a family. Fitz's younger brother and sister are all settled and they both have children. He categorized himself in the fun uncle category. He loved his nieces and nephews, but he could only deal with them for a short time. William, had twin boys and they were seven and Celia had three girls and a boy.
Fitz woke for the morning and saw that there was a woman in his bed as usual. He groaned and got up. Shit he was late and they were announcing that he was the firm new managing partner.
"Look, Cindy or whatever your name is…..You need to go because I have work, here some money for an uber." Fitz threw the money on the bed and walked towards his bathroom. He could hear the girl say something back to him.
"My name is Andrea, you asshole." Fitz laughed and shook his head. Within thirty minutes he was ready and running out the door.
He got into his Tesla model three and sped out of his house. Fitz had Andrew and Cyrus blowing up his phone and he got distracted from driving. The next thing he knows he felt a commotion. Shit he just hit someone. Fitz stopped the car and jumped out. Jesus Christ it was a kid. Fitz rushed over to the kid to see if he was okay.
"Kid! Kid! Don't move you just got run over by me!" The kid was moving and moaning.
"I'm fine sir…" The groaned.
"No, your not fine. I need to call the cops!"
"NO! No, no cops…..Here why don't we settle it here."
"What? Why?" Kid I just….."
"Yes, I know, but how about this you get me a new bike, because you fucked it up. Two, you buy me a new uniform because you ruined that too and my parents would kill me if they had to buy me new uniform. Also, I want to go to this field trip so how about 250 for compensation." The boy laid out his conditions.
"Okay, kid what's your bank account." Fitz sighed. Fitz looked at the kids uniform, and it was Turner the most expensive private school in Los Angeles.
"NO! Cash."
"Okay, what's your deal? Why won't you let me call the cops or take you to the hospital?"
"No, just cash and also I can just get you into trouble. Let's see there's a traffic camera, you ran a red light, and hit me sooooooo….." The boy smirked.
"Okay, okay fine. I don't have cash on me so here's my business card. Call me and we can set a time where I can drop you off your things." Fitz looked at the kid and he felt bad because he limped off. Fitz got back into his car and called his assistant. He told him to take his car into the shop and fix it once he got to the office.
When he finally arrived at the office everyone was waiting for him and clapping.
"Ahh here he is. The new managing partner for Beene and Nichols. Now we are officially known as Beene, Nicolas, and Grant. Congratulations Fitz." Cyrus smiled at Fitz.
"Thank you guys. This means a lot." Fitz smiled and went to shake his partners hands. Once everyone gave him his congrats, Fitz turned to Olivia.
"Congrats Fitz." She smiled at him and gave him a hug. Olivia looked breathtaking as usual. She always made him feel a certain way, but he usually suppressed those feeling. She was the settlement type and he didn't deserve her.
"Thanks, Livvie." Fitz hugged her little tighter. Olivia knew his deal though so he knew she would never go for a womanizer like him. The thought of that made him sad. Olivia, also another lawyer of the firm that haven't lost one case. She is probably the smartest person he's ever met in his life. Graduated number one in her Harvard class. Andrew has always told him to go for Olivia, but he knew she would just shut him down. Now, she was engaged to Edison, which made Fitz made him mad to no end.
"So managing partner, are you too above to have breakfast with a junior partner now?" Olivia asked and nudged Fitz's shoulders.
"Never for you Livvie." He smiled at her and led her to his new office. She made him genuinely happy. Once they were in his new office, Olivia whistled and turned around, and Fitz was just mesmerized. He could honestly say she was one of his best friends. She calls him her work husband, but Fitz wishes to be her actual husband.
Olivia pulled the breakfast sandwiches out of the bag and handed one to Fitz. He smiled at her and kissed her hand. They ate breakfast and had a good time. That was their morning routine. He wouldn't trade it for the world. Now that her and Edison are engaged and serious he wasn't too sure, but till that day comes he doesn't know how he'll react. Once Olivia finished her sandwich she got up.
"Okay, I got to head to court."
"Me too, so can you drive?"
Fitz had a good day at court. His client, who was on trial for murder, and he just brought out loophole meaning he basically won the case. Now in two days is when he goes in for the kill. He sat on one of the benches, and waited for Olivia to get out of court. She came out smiling because she had a good day in court too.
"Ready to go?"
"Hell yes! Also, I'm starving! You want to get food at El Latino?"
"Is that even a question?" Fitz responded and got up.
El Latino was a whole in a wall, but the food was out of the world. It was also another one of their things, if they get out of court and it was a good day, lunch at El Latino. After coming back from El Latino, Fitz and Olivia were laughing as they came into the firm. His assistant met him at the door looking nervous.
"Ummm, sir your car is all done and there is a kid here to see you….He said it's urgent. He also said your his father….."
"WHAT?" Fitz boomed. He stormed into his office and it was the kid he ran over this morning and he did not look good.
"KID! What are you doing here? First of all it rude to lie to someone saying that I'm your father. Second off all your in my chair and have your feet on my table. Third of all why is my championship basketball in your hands?" Fitz asked in a cold tune. It's one thing he hates is people who touches his stuff.
"Sorry, sir…..I didn't mean to lie, but your assistant isn't letting me though and I don't have a cell phone….." The boy cast his eyes down. Olivia noticed Fitz's behavior and nudged his side. She signed over to Fitz to go apologize and showed herself out.
"Listen kid, I'm sorry, but do you see why I am upset?"
"Yes, sir…"
"So you go to Turner and you mean to tell me you have no cell phone?"
"Yes, I'm there on a scholarship…...When my parents died they set me up on scholarship because I'm smart, but my sister wasn't as fortunate….."
"I'm sorry kid…..I didn't mean to assume….." Fitz felt bad because he judged the kid too soon and he noticed he hit a score spot.
"It's okay and my names not kid. It's Jerry, short for Gerald…..Can I get my money now? I got to go pick up my sister soon….."
"Okay, Jerry let's take a walk to my bank. It's only five blocks away." Jerry smiled and got up. When they started walking Fitz noticed Jerry was in real bad shape. He was limping bad.
"Jerry…..I think we should get you to the hospital….."
"NO! NO! Please…"
"Okay…..buddy okay. We'll the way you are walking we'll never get there. We can take my car." Jerry settled in and fell asleep right away. When Fitz reached the bank, he got the money and headed back into the car.
Jerry did not look good at all, so going with his gut Fitz decided to drive to the hospital. Jerry woke up in a jalt when Fitz parked at the hospital.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I SAID NO HOSPITALS!" Jerry was almost in tears.
"Relax kid I'll take care of it, I'll say your my SON." He emphasized it too because of the lie Jerry told to Mark his assistant.
"Also, my brother works here so he'll be able to take care of you. Come on kid." Fitz got him out of the car and Jerry almost fell down.
"Jerry, I'm carrying you in. You are too weak to walk." Jerry was too tired to fight Fitz and he just let Fitz do his thing.
"Wait, I need to call my sisters school. Could you possibly pick her up?"
"No, but my friend can. I trust her." Jerry called Karen's school to let them know Olivia Pope was picking her up. Then Fitz and Olivia to ask her to pick up Karen. Lastly, he called Will to see which floor he was on and went in. Once he was on the floor, Will met him.
"Fitz what's going on?" Will asked as he assessed the boy in Fitz arms.
"Please don't tell me this is your son and he just popped in your office one day?"
"No, dip wit. It's a long story I'll explain later. Right now this kid needs medical attention stat." Fitz looked really worried and Will was shocked. Fitz never really cared about himself and maybe Olivia.
Will, checked Jerry out and got him in the x-ray room. When the results came back, he confirmed that Jerry had a broken ankle. Also, three bruised ribs. Fitz sighed and felt terrible. He did that to this fourteen years old boy. Will came over to Fitz and sit down next to him. Fitz explain to him that he ran him over this morning and the kid didn't want him to call the cops.
"Fitz…..You could get sued for this man….What if his parents wants to press charges?" He could tell that Will was worried.
"I'm not worried about that right now. I'm worried about him. I don't even know he has parents." Fitz sighed and looked at the boy that was peacefully sleeping.
His thoughts were interrupted when Olivia came in with Karen.
"Jerry!" The little girl squealed in horror and ran to her brother. Jerry woke up and took his sister in his arms.
"Hey….it's okay little bird. I'm fine….We are going to be okay….." Olivia, looked at Fitz and he knew he had a lot of questions to answer. Fitz took Olivia outside and explained her everything.
"Oh my gosh, those poor kids…..Fitz what the heck?!" Olivia hit Fitz in the shoulder.
"Oww! That hurt, you wench!"
"Fitz, you almost killed this kid! Imagine if it was someone else!? You better kiss the ground this kid walks on!"
"I know….Thanks for coming Livvie….." Fitz gave Olivia a small smile. She looked at him and cupped his right cheek with her left hand, and Fitz sighed. He grabbed her hand and kissed the inside and noticed the engagement ring on her left hand. Fitz cleared his throat and led them back into Jerry's room. Olivia went over and introduced herself to them. He loved watching Olivia with kids. It woke up something in him.
This could be his family. Olivia being his wife and taking care of their children. But that was for another life. Jerry was discharged within an hour and the four of them went to get his medication and some food. The kids wanted In-and-Out so they got in and out. Fitz learned that Jerry was very smart and witty. Karen was ten and she was adorable. Olivia was also having fun. She was seeing her friend in a new light. He was good with these kids and didn't have his cold front like he usually does. She focused on Fitz laughed at something Jerry was saying and she felt something, but shook it off because she had a whole ass man waiting for her at home.
Fitz and Olivia could see how sad the kids looked when it was time to go. Jerry directed them back to their house and when Fitz pulled up it was a Chinese restaurant.
"You guys live here?" Fitz asked worried. Olivia looked concerned as well.
"Yes, we live upstairs….." Jerry hung his head.
"Well okay…..Here Kid…." Fitz handed him the money envelope. Jerry took it and knew it was too much.
"No, Mr. Fitz it's too much!"
"I don't care….I want you to have it….." Jerry was overrun by emotions, so he just hugged Fitz.
After the shock wore off, Fitz hugged him back. Olivia and her arms around Karen as well. Jerry pulled back and Fitz wiped his tears.
"See you around kid." Fitz smiled at him and ruffled his hair. Jerry gave him a small smile and crutched into the restaurant with Karen.
"Fitz…..I don't like this…..They need help." Olivia expressed her concern.
"I don't either Livvie, but there's nothing we can do….They have guardians." They noticed Karen taking a small baby in her arms. Fitz and Olivia left with a weird feeling. They felt a pull towards the kids and wanted the best for them.
The next couple days life returned back to normal, but Fitz and Olivia couldn't stop thinking about Jerry and Karen. They both worried if the brother and sister were okay. On Friday morning, Olivia and Fitz were having breakfast and he got a call.
" ! IdontknowwhatodoTeddywontstopcryingandImscared!" Jerry said in one breath.
"Woah, Jerry slow down buddy…."
"My brother Teddy...He's one…..He won't stop crying and he's been crying since last night. Please help us."
'I'm on my way. Do not move!" Fitz ordered Jerry.
"Jerry's brothers sick. We need to get them and see what's going on." Olivia shot up and led the way to Fitz's car. When they arrived, Fitz and Olivia saw Jerry mopping the floor. Karen was trying her best to soothe the crying baby.
"Jerry why are you mopping the floor?"
"Well Mrs. Wang babysits Teddy and this is my way of repaying her….."
"Okay let's get your brother to the hospital." Fitz and Olivia loaded the kids in the car. She sat with a crying Teddy in her arms in the back. Once they reached Will, Teddy was uncontrollable. Will and the other doctors took Teddy with them. Will returned an hour later to where Fitz and the children were. Olivia was sleep with Jerry and Karen sleeping on shoulder.
"The baby has RSV…."
"William, english please."
"A Respiratory syncytial virus…..It usually since serious…..But since Theodore is only a year old it led to an acute pneumonia…..We need to keep the boy in the NICU for at least a week or two."
Fitz nodded and went over to his sister who is a social worker. He called her while on the way there.
"Fitz…..I read up on their file, and it isn't pretty. Parents were wealthy, but they went into bankrupt…..That's when the family got into the car accident and the parents died on impact…..I'm going to place them in a group foster home and see what happens…"
"Can they stay with me?" Cece was shocked and so was Fitz. He cares about these kids and what happens to them.
"I mean….Yeah…..I don't see why not….But Fitz you work all the time…..Okay when I'm at work, they'll be at school. Also, mom and dad can take care of Teddy when I'm at work. Plus, it's only temporary…." Cece sighed and nodded. She could tell her brother is attached to these kids and didn't want anyone hearts to break when they have to go. But for now she agreed. Fitz hugged his sister and went over to Olivia and the children.
"Okay, wake up guys…..You're coming home with me…..Jerry and Karen what do you think about staying with me till Cece can find you a family?" Jerry and Karen got up and hugged Fitz.
Olivia had a bright smile on her face. She was so proud of Fitz, he was finally becoming the man she hoped he become. He looked so happy. These kids are good for him.
"Your brother will be fine. He just needs to be in the hospital for a little while….Okay….?" The kids nodded and the group went to see their brother. Afterwards, Fitz drove them to his house. The kids got out of the car and looked mesmerized. Jerry turned to Fitz and hugged him again.
"Thank you so much, Fitz….."