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3 Weeks later...
"Your Vice President and temporary presidential replacement Sally Langton is causing quite a stir Mr. President." Olivia mumbles as she continues listening to CNN whilst responding to emails on her phone. "She's really screwing up all your hard work. Passing the bill that allows more foreigners to become educated and gain access to America was one of the greatest things ever done in this country. That bill gives more people the opportunity to obtain the American Dream and now she's trying to destroy it. Not even one month in office and she's already running this country into the ground." Olivia sighs and looks at the heart monitor as she hears it beeping in rhythm with Fitz's heart.
She runs her fingers through his hair and sighs once again. It has been 3 weeks and there hasn't been any indication that Fitz was going to wake up soon. The doctor had told Mellie and Cyrus that Fitz was healing well after being shot and that there was no reason, for him to not wake up from this coma. He also said that the only thing they could do was wait until Fitz decided to open his eyes again. "You have to wake up Mr. President. So much has happened in these last 3 weeks" She murmurs thinking back to the night of the shooting.
After she had left the hospital she had gone back to her apartment to change into her power suit. Cyrus had sent her a message that he would tell Mellie about the press conference in the morning because she was so distraught, in shock and angry that the doctors had to sedate her just to calm her down. Olivia knew that if she didn't keep herself busy that she would need to be sedated too. On her way home she had had a panic attack again and had cried so much that she had to stop next to the side of the road to calm down.
As she was locking her apartment door she heard someone coming up behind her. She turned and saw Edison still in his suit and wearing a grim look on his face. "Olivia. Are you okay?" he asked. "Yes." Was all she had said. Edison grabbed her arm as she walked past him. "Liv, come on. I know you better than anyone. You worked with him. You helped get him elected. He's your friend. There's no way that you're okay." She gave him an icy glare and pulled his hand from her arm. "I said I'm fine." She said more strongly. He had looked at her with sympathy and she turned to walk out of the building. Not one to back down he had followed her and cornered her again when they got to her car. "Olivia, just tell me how you're feeling about this. You must be feeling terrible and distraught?" the only reply he had gotten was to move away from her car, she had to be somewhere. "It's hard to know what you think and feel unless you tell me. How are we supposed to be together if you don't open up to me?" Edison had said ignoring her request.
This had made her explode and she had let out all her anger and frustration on him. She had told him that yes she was distraught. That the love of her life might be dying and was in a coma and here he was pestering her about her feelings. She had business to attend to that was far more important than this silly conversation they were having. She had also threatened him that he had better move away from her vehicle before she looked into his past and found some scandal with which to ruin his career. Edison's face lost its colour and he silently moved away from her car. She climbed in and didn't spare him a second glance as she had driven away. The next day she had realised they were probably over and she'd realised how terrible she was, so she had sent Quinn with a note saying how sorry she was and that she thought they probably shouldn't see each other again. She had come to see Fitz the next day and had told him the story hoping that he would hear her and wake up... but he hadn't and she had cried again that night alone in her bed.
Cyrus was good on his word and after setting up a press conference with the help of her associates, Mellie gave a heart-warming speech encouraging the country to have hope and not give up on her husband. She thanked everyone for keeping him and their family in their prayers and showed grief at the people whom had lost their lives in this terrible assassination attempt.
Olivia and Cyrus had gotten closer over the last few weeks, especially after Sally was inaugurated as temporary president and Cyrus had lost his temper by destroying his whole office. Olivia had found him crying in the mess that was the remains of his office and since then both had been relying on each other for strength. Although Cyrus relied more on Olivia, because they both knew that once she gave into her grief she might not overcome it. Cyrus had accepted Olivia and Fitz's love for each other and kept a watchful eye over her. When he noticed the pain and sadness had started to overtake her body, he had given her more work to focus on.
Even Mellie and Olivia had established a truce whilst Fitz was in a coma. They had to work together to ensure her husband's legacy continued to stay strong and that Sally didn't ruin everything that he had built. They had also asked Huck to do everything possible to find the person responsible for shooting Fitz, and after a week, Huck had found the shooter and his client. Billy Chambers, had still held a grudge against the president and was mad at losing his job and not being able to work in politics anymore. He had wanted to get rid of the president so he had hired a professional killer to shoot the president at his birthday ball. Both Billy and the assassin were sentenced to life in prison and received the death penalty for attempting to murder the president of the United States of America and killing innocent people and guards in the process.
The first week of Fitz being in a coma was the hardest for her. She thought of him constantly and it took much effort on her part to keep busy finding Fitz's shooter and helping her various other clients. Every day she replayed his speeches on TV just to hear his voice. She knew she was being irrational, but somehow she had convinced herself that he was not going to make it and this was the only way she would be able to listen to him. She had cried every night, still often did, and had refused to visit him at the hospital, convinced that if she went she might have to say goodbye and that he would die. Mellie had noticed that and although she didn't like that her husband loved Olivia and that Olivia loved him back, she had sent Cyrus to convince her to visit him. Since that day, Olivia had visited Fitz every day, alternating between just reading her newspaper, replying to emails, watching TV or talking to him. She told him about what was happening in the country, how Cyrus was doing and his complains about Sally, what the kids were up to and finally how she was feeling. She told him she loved him and was waiting for him and every day she hoped he would open his eyes and say those words back to her.
She sighed again as the memories replayed in her head. "Just wake up! Dammit. Do you hear me? Wake up!" she shouts shaking him roughly. "Fitz, everyone is lost without you. So you have to wake up. This country needs you. Your children and Mellie need you. Cyrus definitely needs you. He's so angry and lost and it's eating away at him that Sally has taken your place in the Oval Office." As usual she gets no reply. 'I need you' she thinks before she sinks back into her chair and checks her watch. 10:38pm. Time to go home she thinks as she gathers her belongings. "I love you" she whispers as she kisses him on the forehead and exits the hospital room.
