Hang In There
She wanted nothing to do with him and yet here she was. On her knees down in front of the toilet. She cursed under her breath. She had said she wanted nothing to do with him.
A/N: I had a dream about this last night and seriously couldn't get it off mind! I am quite new to the scandal universe but I love Olitz too much...maybe for my own good!
I do hope you enjoy and thank you so much for reading!
I don't own anything except my overstimulated imagination!
chapter 2:
Two days. He would be gone for two days. Two days that she would be thinking about him. Them.
Her baby and his father.
She would have time for herself for two days. But truth be told, it wasn't really hers. She had piles and piles of paper to sign and manage. She had to tend cases and people.
Her phone buzzed on her pocket. Fitz.
Crap. She could not deal with him right now. He was going to tell on her. He was going to ask her why she hadn't met him on the plane. Why she hadn't taken the time to take their son to the plane. Why she hadn't even dare to face him.
"Hi mommy" she heard her boy's sweet voice.
Darn it Fitz. This was low.
"Hey baby" she sighed. "What are you doing?"
She could imagine her son looking up at Fitz. And he would grin at his young son. "Nothing. Daddy says he wants to tell you something"
Darn In Fitz.
"Okay" she waited.
"Hey Liv" his raspy voice echoed in her ears. "We are about to take off, I just wanted..."
"Will you call me when you land?" She said quickly.
"Sure" he smiled into the phone. "Liv..."
"Have a safe flight" she said quietly. "Take care of him Fitz"
" I will"
The line went dead.
"Well..." Fitz turned to his son. "There goes that..."
He had called her twice a day. She had asked him to. She wanted to know what they were doing. She had wanted to tell him good morning. To tell them both.
She watched as the plane landed. She covered her face with her hand so the sun wouldn't blind her.
48 hours had passed but she was okay. She had been able to survive without her son. Without them both.
The door of the jet lifted. Tom and Hal climbed down the stairs , followed by Gerry. Fitz came down at last holding her young son.
Charlie. She had named Charles Thomas Pope. He wouldn't have his fathers last name but he had so much more than that. He had his eyes and smile. And he was somewhat shy. Olivia knew that came from Fitz. From somewhere before he had run for president and she was his fixer.
Charlie squealed in his fathers arms when she walked closer.
"Mommy! Mommy!" She lifted him off swiftly. "Guess what we did?" She listened to her son as she looked into her president's eyes.
"Hey" he said softly.
"Hey" she smiled slightly. "Looks like you boys had fun?"
"Yeah it was good" he didn't sound to convinced and Olivia figured that he and Gerry had bumped heads. " tiring"
"Gerry?" She eyed the 16 year old boy. He paced impatiently.
"Hey Liv" She was surprised the teenager had addressed to her.
"Hey yourself" she smiled politely at the boy. She had always cared about Gerry and Karen. Even more after she found out about Charlie. Gerry took more after Mellie than her and Fitz were willing to admit. Not that he wasn't a good boy or anything, he had just trouble adjusting. Olivia blamed it on adolescence.
"So I guess I'll see you around?" Gerry implied. Olivia knew it wasn't really a question. She had only started to allow Charlie to spend time with Fitz because his term was almost over. Mellie was going to grant him the divorce then but for now all she could do was allow Charlie to begin to know his father
Olivia knew she was taking a chance. Risking her sons life. This had been the first time Charlie had been completely alone with him.
Fitz had begged for her to take a chance.
And she had. For him. For her son's happiness.
"And then we went all the way up to the Mountain!" She hadn't even realized Charlie was talking again. She just held on to him. " and then Gerry said I could ride on his shoulders!" He chipped. Olivia ceased an eyebrow at the teen.
"He is kind of cute when you really get to know him" Gerry said with a gentle smile. "We should go dad"
"Right" Fitz sighed "back to the real world"
"I'll wait by the car" Gerry shrugged slightly. "Later squirt" he smirked at Charlie.
Olivia and Fitz waited until Gerry was far enough to speak again. Charlie eyed both his parents curiously.
Silence. Charlie watched as Tom handed Fitz his bag. "Can I walk you to your car?" Liv smiled.
"Can daddy hold me?" Charlie asked. Fitz's eyes sparked.
"Now you like him more than me huh?" Charlie blushed. "Well he does have something that is somewhat hard to resist" Olivia assessed "but you just spent the whole weekend with him!" Olivia managed to wink at Fitz who was quickly getting on the game as well.
"But" Charlie bit his lip. "I spend my whole life with you mummy!"
Fitz chucked " the kid's got a point Liv"
They made an exchange and Fitz held his son close. She was stuck with the bag. Fitz opened the back door of Olivia's car, parked not far away from the track. He placed Charlie gently on his car seat. "So this was fun" Charlie nodded excitedly. "You be a good boy to your mom for me okay?"
"Okay" Charlie bit his lip thinking. "Daddy?"
"What?" Fitz was leaning closer to his son inside the car as Olivia watched them interact.
"Maybe next time mommy can come too?" Fitz glanced up at Liv.
"We'll see" Olivia interjected. Charlie felt silent. "Say goodbye now baby we really need to get going"
"I'll see you soon" Fitz said gravely stroking the boy's cheek.
"Do you promise?" It broke his heart. He really wanted to say yes right away but...
"He does" Olivia put in. Fitz mouthed a thank you.
"Be good" Fitz kissed his forehead. "I love you"
"Me too" Charlie wrapped his arms around his fathers neck the best he could.
Fitz closed the door. "Thank you" he told her. His voice was full of emotion."I know you risked your neck for me"
"When have I not?" He leaned against the car and smiled at her. " I just hope this doesn't come back and bite us"
"It's a bit late for that" wrong choice of words Fitzgerald.
There was some heavy silence between them for a moment. "Here" he handed a phone to her. "I couldn't use my phone but I had Cyrus buy me one" she gazed at him confused. "It has some pretty amazing pictures"
She took it. Darn it Fitz. "I should really get going" he nodded. "I'll...call you"
And just like that she was gone.
As she put her son to bed that night she scrolled down the series of pictures. She came across one where Fitz and Charlie were looking straight into the camera. Both smiling brightly. She traced the screen with her fingers.
And she cried.
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