Touch Down
The plane ride was amazing. It felt good to know that I was taking a plane for pleasure instead of another business trip. Me and Harrison laughed it up on that plane ride. I never knew he was that funny! We see eachother in the office everyday in suits all about business so we rarely see eachother's "normal" side. When we landed we were so tired we drove straight to the to our vacation home. He rented out a beautiful beach ville house right on a private beach.
"Welp were here! Do you like it Liv?" said Harrison as he touched her shoulder.
"Oh my gosh Harrison this is beautiful! I love this!" Olivia ran inside admiring the island home. Harrison laughed at her excitement. He carried her bags inside and sat them by the door. Then ran outside to get his. Once he brought his in the house, he inspected the house to make sure it was secure. Olivia walked to the back of the house and walked on the patio. She was in awe. Their backyard had the view of the beach with crystal clear waters. The white sand and palm trees. The backyard had a huge inground pool with an private jacuzzi on the side. This was relaxation at it's fullest. She leaned over the deck enjoying the view and the heat.
"Hey Liv,i'm going to go to bed. I'm so tired and I know you are too."
"Oh okay well i'm about to go to bed too. I'm tired also...and thank you. This place is amazing."
"Your welcome Liv, my pleasure. We'll start of fresh tomorrrow, I have so many things planned for us to do tomorrow. We're going to have the best time."
"I can't wait...goodnight Harrison."
"Goodnight Liv."
The Next Morning...
Olivia woke up to something tickling her feet. She kicked whatever it was off but a pillow was thrown at her head and she sat up in her bed. It was Harrison playing around. It was tooo early for this.
"WAKE UPP SLEEPYY HEADD! C'MON LET'S GO" said Harrison as he hit her with a pillow. He sounded like he was using a megaphone.
"Omg Harrison stop! Aahh! hahaha!" Olivia stood up on her bed and hit him back with her pillow.
"I had to do that,we have a fun day planned for us. So C'MON get dressed!" said Harrison as he jogged out the room. After she took a shower and got dressed in some cargo shorts and a white tank top, she followed the smell of fish and grits downstairs.
"YUMMY this smells good boy, I didn't know you could cook!" said Olivia as she sat down at the kitchen island.
"Well of course! It's in my blood you know..." Harrison threw his cooking towel over his shoulder, looking good as ever in his crisp,white tee and blue swim trunks and nike's.
"Heree youu go...be careful because it's very hot like..piping hot." Harrison sat both of their plates down and grabbed forks. Olivia took a bite.
"This is delicious!"
"I told you so, I never fail at eating or making food. That's two areas you will never catch me slipping at,trust me!" Fifteen minutes later their driver arrived. They grabbed their bags and hopped in the black range rover.
"Ooohhh so it's like that?!" Harrison smirked at her.
"Haha what are talking about?"
"Somebody tryna killem today with those shades!" They both laughed.
"Thank you, put yours on so we can be twins haha."
"Ohh okay ha lemme see lemme see where's my bag at?"
"Here it's right here." Olivia handed him the bag and watched him scramble through it like a maniac.
"Aahhh here they is. Yesss i'm killin these dudes today oooh and i'm getting my tan already. Oooo killem ooo!."
"You are ridiculous! I cannot with you!"
"I don't get to show my funny side at work, you know how that goes" said Harrison looking down at his lap.
"Yeah I wonder how everything's holding up at the office, this is the first time I left Abby in charge."
"Wait a minute..you left...Abby in charge?!" Harrison slid his hand down his faced and laughed.
"Yeah she's reliable! What's so funny?!"
"Yeah but she's...Abby let's things get her really quickly. She panics in crazy situations. You should have put my boy Huck in charge cuz Huck ain't scared of nothing! He will mess you up and love it! That's my homie."
"Me too, I love Huck but I was just rushing yesterday."
"Uggghh and that fake gladiator of yours? The one that is so innocent in your eyes? Quinn! She is THE most annoying female i've ever met! I swear to you Quinn makes some of the most dumbest decisions. Why in the world did you choose her? I know i'm not suppose to doubt Olivia Pope but why?"
"Because I thought I saw more in her but apparently not. Now she's in B-613 and..."
"What?! I knew she's been acting weird lately and Huck has been shooing her off like a bug. You know that a true gladiator does not do that. She's a trader Liv. What are you going to do about this?"
"I don't know, I just...my gut is telling me to wait it out and see what she does next. I can't let her go completely out of my site."
"And to think I actually had sympathy for her when she first came because Abby was dogging her but now I don't blame Abby."
"Yup she's not Team Olivia."
45 minutes later they arrived at a huge amusement park.
"Oh my goshh i'm scared, Harrison I do not go on rollercoasters!" said Olivia as she hugged his arm.
"Well you do today! You're going on these rollercoasters today!"
"Uhh no i'm not!"
"Ohh yess you are!" Harrison grabbed Liv's hand, secured their belonging's in a locker and ran to the first big rollercoaster. It was a double looper and had huge drops. They both had flash passes so they were good.
"Haha are you ready Liv?" said Harrison as the worker secured his harness. He looked over at her.
"Aah no! No no no I can't do this! Get me off this thing!" Olivia was freaking out! They were front row on this one.
Harrison was dying of laughter at the way Olivia was screaming.
"Hey we didn't even move yet and you're screaming for your life! You are going to be okay! Don't worry Liv. Hold my hand." Harrison reached out to hold her hand and she grabbed it and squeezed it tightly.
"IS EVERYONE READY TO FLY?!" said the ride operator.
"YEAH!" said the crowd of people on the ride.
"ALRIGHT ENJOY YOUR RIDE YOU GUYS!" The ride operator pushed the green but and the seats jerked. Here we go! We're going up and up and up and my stomach has butterflies. I've never been a fan of rollercoasters nor heights. We were almost at the top.
"LIV YOU READYY?!"
"NOO!" Olivia squeezed his hand.
"AND HEREEE WEE GOOOOOO!" Harrison yelled as they went down. Olivia's stomach was in her throat. Even though she was scared, she felt a rush when she made eye contact with Harrison as the wind blew against her skin causing goosebumps. She was actually enjoying a ride for the first time in her life! Her heart was beating out her chest. His reassuring smile did something to her.
The ride came to a halt and everyone clapped.
"Whew did you like the ride?" Harrison said tapping her wrists.
"You know what...I actually loved it! That was fun! Can we go again?!" Harrison laughed.
"Yeah we suree can. I think you just conquered a fear Liv. Don't ever be afraid to try things. You might be suprised how many things you can conquer when you throw fear out the window." Harrison winked. Harrison is such an wise owl. Olivia was so used to giving advice that when she got advice, it was an eye-opening moment. After they got on again, they went to the photo station to see their ride pictures.
"Awww look at your face! Your cheeks were all the way by your temples Liv!" said Harrison as he pointed to their pictures.
"Aww look at yours! You were laughing so hard!"
"I'm definitely buying these pictures." He stood at the counter and paid for the pictures. So far we were having a good time. For the next 3 hours, we hopped from ride to ride laughing it up with no worries. This was the first time for both of us that we didn't think about work or clients or papers or proper language or somebody else! We let ourselves go.
"Are you having a great time Liv?"
"Yes I am having an excellent time! I'm really enjoying myself!" Olivia smiled at him.
"I'm glad...hey are you hungry?"
"Yes i'm starving! Where do you want to eat at?"
"Um let's eat at ummm islanders! Ughh their Jamaican food is deliciousss and now you get to taste the curried goat and ackee and saltfish I was talking about."
"Ohh my goodness here we go.."
"Liv remember what I told you... haha don't be afraid to try things ok?" Harrison grabbed her hand.
"Haha...okay okay i'm good. Let's do this!"
So what are you going to order us? I'm trusting what you perfer so i'm going to let you order for the both of us." said Olivia.
"Oh the waiter is coming now."
"Hi, welcome to Islander can I get get you guys started off with some drinks?" said the waiteress
"Yes um I would like a bottle of red wine please? said Olivia.
"Okay and for the gentlemen?"
"Um i'll have a long island iced tea.. and make it virgin please? Please make sure it's virgin."
"Oookay I have it down and are you guys ready to order or do you need more time?"
"Umm we're ready to order." said Harrison.
"Okay what would you like?" said the waitress.
"We would like the seafood platter,some curried goat, 2 plates of ackee and saltfish,coco buns,cabbage and some beef patties please." Harrison smirked at me.
"Okay we will be back with your food in a little bit and i'll be back in a sec with your drinks okay?" said the waitress.
"Okay thank you." Harrison and Olivia said in unison.
The waitor got our drinks and sat them on the table. She turned around to leave but hesitated and turned back around.
"Umm im sorry that i'm bothering you guys again but i just have to say how cute of a couple you guys are!" said the waitress.
"Uhh haha we're not..a couple." said olivia as she blushed and looked down.
Harrison gave a low chuckle. "Yeah we're not a couple just bestfriends."
"Omg i'm sooo sorry it's just I saw you guys around the park here and there and...before I took you guys order I saw the way he looked at you..." the waitress looked down at Olivia.
"And his eyes were filled with just love and admiration and...you guys look so in love. I could have sworn you guys were together but...omgg im sorry im done now. I'll be back with you guys food."said the waitress. When Olivia looked up from her lap, she caught Harrison's gaze looking deep into her eyes. They just stared at eachother. It became a very akward moment so they both shot their heads down.
Olivia broke the ice.
"Sooo you don't drink?" said Olivia.
"Huh? Yeah I drink but not a lot though. Why?"
"Well you ordered an virgin drink so I thought you didn't drink."
"I would be the most careless guy if I sat here and got tipsy or drunk. One of us has to be sober. Plus you're a female and I care about you and I don't want anything happening to you."
"Awe thanks Harrison, I appreciate you caring about my well being."
"It comes naturally for me Liv..." Harrison said in a low voice.
"Huh?" said Olivia.
"Nothing Liv...it's nothing."
"I heard you say something."
"Liv IT'S nothing...Okay?!" Harrison said in a frustrated tone.
Olivia always knew that Harrison had a short fuse but she knew their was a reason behind it. With him, their was a reason behind everything.
"Harrison...are you mad at me?" said Olivia in a shy tone.
"Nah of course not Liv. I'm sorry for yelling at you, it's not you it's me. I have a really...really short temper.I get aggravated quickly."
"Why do you get angry so quickly? What is it? You can talk to me. Whatever it is, you can tell me."
"Well...I didn't have the best time growing up as a kid and a teen. I went through a lot and my anger stems from there. Umm...it's just a lot happended to me and umm.."
"It's ok let it out. It's best to let it out or atleast tell someone. Bottling all that stuff inside is not good." said Olivia as she reached for his hands.
Harrison took a deep breath. "You know how when I was in jail, my parents didn't show up?"
"Yeah?"
"It's not because they just didn't show up...I just didn't want them there."
"Okay well why not?"
"...Me and my parents don't get along. They've never been a fan of me even as a little boy. My dad was very mean. I was terrified of him...and my mom was the type of mother to allow anything to happen including her allowing him to put his hands on her because she was afraid to lose a man. So she put him over me...her son ALWAYS."
"Wow ..oh my gosh...what did she allow him to do to YOU? What happend to you Harrison? What did he do to you?" Olivia's voice began to shake.
For the first time, Olivia saw tears in Harrison's eyes. He was trying so hard to hold because I guess he felt he'd lose his masculinity card. Olivia rose his chin up with her hand.
" . ?!" Olivia squeezed his hands. Harrison's lips started to tremble.
"HE...HURT...me...Liv. He hurt me...and my mom did NOTHING...nothing about it. She ALLOWED this evil...to HURT me" Harrison blew out air. A tear rolled passed his nose and he stared her in her eyes. His eyes filled with hurt and anger. Olivia could feel his tight grip on her hands as she saw his anger.
"How did he hurt you? In what way?"
"I can't tell you...and even if I wanted to tell you I couldn't because we're here."
"Harrison.."
"Look all I can tell you is that he hurt me...he's no longer in my life...I don't want him in it...and I NEVER want to see his face again..." Now Olivia can kinda see why he has a short fuse.
Eventually their orders came and it was kind of quite. Both of them did not expect that emotional revelation to unravel like that but I guess that's what happens when you like someone and you feel comfortable enough to let your emotional side show.
It was now nightime and they ate they decided to walk around the park after they ate.
"Liv?" said Harrison.
"Yes? You okay?"
"Yeah I just wanted to say i'm sorry for all of that in the restuarant. I didn't mean for that to happen. I'm sooo embarrassed."
"That's okay, you did nothing wrong! It's okay you don't have to apologize, alright? Let's enjoy the rest of our night okay? It's going to be okay. I'm here for you." They both smiled at eachother.
"Thank you Liv, I appreciate you so much."
"Aw no problem and awww look at that big Jamaican stuffed bear hanging up at the ball shooting game! It's so cute!" Olivia cooed over it.
"What...do you want that bear?" Harrison said cutely.
"Yeah but I suck at games, I could never get that bear. And plus that other woman is trying to get it."
"Don't worry about it, it's yours."
"Harrison how is it..." Before she could finish her sentence, he had grabbed her hand and pulled over to where the ball shooting game was.
"Hey you guys wanna play?!" said the worker.
"Yes sir." said Harrison.
"Okay well your up against this man over here. Each game is $5 and if you win, what would you like to be your prize? All choice are up on the wall."
"I want that Jamaican bear." Harrison looked back at Olivia and smiled.
"I want the bear for this woman right here." Harrison grabbed her hand.
"OHH okay I think we got a steamy game because your opponent is playing for the same bear for the same reason haha."
"Ha! Well he ain't winning and she's not getting it! Trust me!" said Harrison.
Harrison and his opponents stood next to eachother by the game. His opponent's girlfriend kept giving me nasty looks whispering "I'm getting that bear b*%# " I couldn't wait for him to win that bear so I could rub it in her her ugly face.
"ON YOUR MARKS...GET SET...GOO!" said the worker.
Their was 3 rings with a hole inside it the biggest ring's whole was worth 5 points. The medium ring's hole was worth 10 points and the Smallest ring's hole was woth 20 points. The object of the game was to thrown the balls into the hole's of your liking to get more points than your opponent. Harrison kept aiming and shooting for the small ring's whole and he was only had a 20 seconds left to shoot and Harrison was going IN!
"20 seconds lefftt onn the clockkk gooo!" said the worker.
His opponent was good but I don't think he was good enough.
"5, 4, 3, 2 anndddd 1! Drop your balls!" said the worker. Everyone laughed at how dirty that sounded.
"Alright lets check the scores to see who's the winner!"
Harrison pulled me to where he was and put his arms around my shoulder.
"Alright this team over here,( referring to the other team) you scored 105 Points!
They smiled thinking they were cute until he revealed our team's score.
"Anndd this team! you scored...185 points! YOU ARE THE WINNER!"
"AAahhh thank you Harrison!" Harrison hugged her and shook her.
"No problem Liv!"
"Annnddd I guess this huge bear is for the lovely lady over here!" said the worker.
The worker gave her the huge bear. She dropped it when she realized it was heavier than she thought. She looked at that girl and gave her the rudest smirk. The girl was so jealous! It was hilarious to her!
"AAaah it's soo soft aaahh it's so cute!" Olivia hugged Harrison once more.
After he won the bear for her, they walked to the Ben & Jerry's near the games and got ice cream. They got their belongings out of the locker and they waited in the park's parking lot for their driver. He was 5 minutes away.
"Omg I had such a GREAT TIME with youu Harrison! I had so much fun and now my feet hurt." said Olivia.
"I'm glad you had a great time! I had an amazing time with you too. Annnnnd my feet hurt also ahaha." They both chuckled.
"I know we had a long day so if you're tired, we could push back the plans tomorrow so you can stay in and relax." said Harrison
"Mmhhh that sounds good. Okay I'd like that."
"Okay we can do that then because I want to make sure your well rested, that's what this getaway is all about."
Our driver pulled up and he got out and put that huge bear in the trunk. We flopped in the car because we were sooo tired.
"You guys going straight home or somewhere else?" said the driver.
"We're going straight home sir, and thank you u've been and excellent chauffeur!" said Olivia.
"Yeah u've been great man!"said Harrison.
The ride back was so comfortable. It was quite and their was a dim very dim light in the car. I felt myself going to sleep and I laid on Harrison's chest as he reclined a little also. His chest was warm. I felt so safe with him. Very secure.
45 minutes later they pulled up the house.
"Liv...wake up...we're here." He whispered.
"You got it back there?" said the driver.
"Yeah...she's very tired and she had some wine soo...i'm going take her in. I don't want to wake her. She's sleeping to good."
"Alright." said the driver.
The driver got out and put all our bags and her big bear in the house. Harrison carried Olivia upstairs and into her bedroom. He layed her down softly. He brought her some asprin and water for when she wakes up incase she wakes up with a headache. He put her big bear on her bed next to her. He went back downstairs to say goodnight to the driver and to lock up. After that, he went back to her room to close her door but he heard her groaning.
"You okay" said Harrison.
"Yeah i'm okay I just have a huge headache right now." harrison pointed to the side table and they both laughed when she realized he was already prepared. She looked at him and gave him a lazy smile.
"Thank you again Harrison, you're the best." said Olivia.
"Nah you are. And no problem Liv...now lay down and gets some rest, you're tired...Goodnight."
"Goodnight" said Olivia.
Harrison turned out the light, walked out and closed the door behind him.
