Sorry guys! I was in such a hurry to put this new story out that I didn't edit it before I posted. So, I hope to redeem myself in the following chapters. These characters do not belong to me. They belong to Scandal and Shonda Rhymes.


Fitz found himself pacing like a caged animal after she left. Who was Fitz kidding this woman was under his skin already and he didn't even know how long she was staying in Chile. What was he going to do if her colleague was more than just a colleague? He felt like a teenager again wondering if the popular girl liked him or not.

Meanwhile back in Olivia's room, she was on the phone with Huck. Huck had come a long way, but he still had problems interacting in social setting especially new ones.

"Huck do you want to join me and an acquaintance for dinner?"

"I'll pass Liv. I'm going to stay here overnight and rebuilt the servers that Jake destroyed. I've got three servers I have to migrate a large amount of data and that is going to take me at least all night. The folks here went out and got us something to eat throughout the night. I'm good. By the time you get here in the morning all you'll have to do is test the patch in their testing environment, and if you need to fix anything you should be good to go the following day."

"Huck you sure. I can swing by and help you tonight?"

"No Olivia, I've got it. You know I'm a night owl, I get some of my best ideas at night. Go enjoy what Santiago has to offer, you know I'll be fine."

"OK, Huck call me if you need me for anything, and I mean anything."

"Will do Liv."

Olivia hung up the phone, she always worries about Huck and makes sure he eats and gets enough sleep. He has a tendency to go at least three days without sleep when he's on a tangent, and nights only fuel his already brilliant mind.

Although she made the offer to Huck she was kind of glad she would have this stranger to herself tonight. He intrigued her like no other had before. She had boyfriends before, but none were her intellectual match and somehow she found Fitz to be confident and quick witted. She wanted to find out more about this man and she wasn't finding anything out by sitting on the edge of her bed not getting dressed.


Fitz stepped outside his room at the appointed time to wait for Olivia. He was not prepared for what opened the door across from him. Olivia had on a red Donna Karan cocktail maxi wrap dress with red Jimmy Choo Lance Sandals, with a small black Jimmy Choo clutch to match. She had on the sexiest red lip stick known to man. She was like a siren calling him to sea. A red cape of a bull fighter that was being held up and challenging everything Fitz thought about a woman in life. He wanted her.

Olivia thought they would never make it to dinner with Fitz leaning against his door looking so damn sexy. He had a summer pure silk blend dark blue Armani suit on, that fit him as if Armani himself sewed it on his body. He had a light blue linen shirt with the first few buttons opened. His hair was kind of messy bed head, but neatly styled. He stood their with both hands in his pockets taking her in.

"So is this how our meal is going to go? You stare at me and I stare at you all night? You're playing a dangerous game with a hungry woman." She smirked.

Olivia thought she would fall over dead after that lopsided grin of his appeared with a few perfect teeth showing through.

"Well allow me to escort you to our destination Ms. Pope. I would be remiss in allowing you to go unfed in such a lovely dress as this."

Fitz held out his arm for her to take and they moved toward the elevator. Even after they entered the elevator, Olivia never let go of his arm. Fitz looked down at her the entire time enjoying the way he seemed to unnerve her with his staring.

Olivia smirked at what he was trying to do and just looked at the numbers over the doors as they descended into the lobby. Although Olivia was starving, they both walked down the three blocks at a leisurely pace. Fitz wanted her to take in the sights and sounds of the city. He also wanted this night to last a long as it was possible. He felt that what was happening with them was special and he didn't want to rush the night at all.

They found themselves at the Bocanariz Vino bar. Chile is renowned for it's wine's and Olivia was hoping to experience some of their world famous wines while she was there. It was like Fitz had been reading her mind. The restaurant catered their menu to the wine selection so for Olivia it was a perfect first day in Chile thanks to Fitz.

After their short stroll to the restaurant Fitz discovered that Olivia was a bit of novice sommelier. He allowed her to order their wine for the meal. She asked if there was any food he didn't like and based off his answers, she ordered the three wines they would have with their meal. The waiter came back with their first wine as they waited for their appetizers.

"So, you know a bit about me, tell me a bit about you? What is that accent I'm catching from you ever so often?'

Fitz smiled. "I'm Swedish, born and bread. People usually can't detect my accent because through my families business I've had to travel quite a bit and pick up the odd language here and there. How about yourself? Do you travel much?"

"Let's just say to much right now. I got off a plane from Seattle, let me see what day is it?"

"It's Tuesday."

"Yeah, Tuesday so that means I got off a plane from Seattle three days ago, and got back on a plane to come here and the reason for me falling asleep on your chez lounge. I own a software company that develops security suites and business has been booming for a while. I usually don't have time to do anything other than get onsite set up and go straight to work."

"Why do you have the night off tonight?"

"Well thanks to my oldest friend and my developing partner, he is working tonight to correct a mistake a former employee made that brought this countries largest Internet provider to it's knees. By morning all I have to do is run the new patch in their test environment and then apply it the following day. Then we baby it for a few days to make sure no latent problems pop up, then we're on the plane home. What's keeping you here in Santiago?"

Fitz smiled at her quick transition.

"My family owns the largest shipping business in Sweden, in Europe really. I am seventh generation to run the company and I'm here renegotiating contracts with the Chilean government over oil shipments to Europe. As in all negotiations some are quick and other not so quick."

As soon as Fitz ended his statement their appetizers came out, and the conversation turned to family, friends and funny situations they had found themselves in. Before they knew it was nearly midnight and they were a little tipsy from the three bottles of wine they ingested. Fitz was right, Olivia did feel really invigorated when they started their walk back toward the hotel.

"Hey, lets walk in the park by the hotel. I don't know about you, but I don't feel like letting this night end. What time do you have to be at your job location?"

"Ten am, I'm not a morning person at all, so I like to start a little late to wake up a little. Let's have that stroll then."

Fitz just wanted a touch her just a little more intimate than her just grabbing his arm, so he grabbed her elbow gently and slowly lowered it toward her hand and clasped her hand in his as they crossed a street toward the park. They walked relatively in silence until they found a park bench to sit on. Fitz took his jacket off to allow Olivia to sit on it just in case there might be something on the bench they couldn't see. Fitz sat first and allowed Olivia to slip into the side of him perfectly as they just gazed at the pond in front of them.

"Ms. Pope, I have to say that tonight felt a little magical if I may say so, and I believe it all had to do with the company I was with."

Olivia smiled as she laid her head on his shoulder that was laid on the bench behind her head. When she laid her head down he wrapped his hand around her shoulder.

"I believe the feeling is mutual sir. Call me crazy but I don't want this night to end."

"If you're crazy then we are both sharing in the same psychotic dream then. What is happening to us?"

"Maybe it's the wine or maybe it's you, but lets not worry about it now. I could sit here for hours."

"Hours, huh? Well my lady I could as well, but I know that morning will be upon us fast and you have a job to get to tomorrow. So I will be the party pooper and walk you back to the hotel. I have an early morning as well. The Governor General prefers to meet over breakfast. Shall we?"

Olivia lingered for a few more minutes before she stood. Fitz wrapped his jacket around her shoulders to keep her warm and wrapped his arm around her shoulders as well. She slid her arm around his waist to get closer to him. He liked the feel of her close to him. Olivia was feeling all kinds of butterflies in her stomach. On the one hand she desperately wanted to spend more time with this man, but she also knew she had a job to do. So she was grateful he had been more sensible.

They made it back to the hotel in no time at all and they got on the elevator and it started to go up to their floor. At no time did they create space between each other. They looked like an old married couple returning from a meal on their way back to their hotel room. Once again Fitz just stared down at Olivia the whole time. Olivia smiled as she watched the numbers go by as before. Once the doors opened and they slowly walked toward their rooms, Fitz stopped in front of Olivia's room, she removed his jacket, he folded it over his arm.

"Thank you for one of the best nights of my life. You'll find that I rarely give out superlatives and this was well earned."

"Why thank you Ms. Pope. I will endeavor to top myself if you will allow me. What are you doing tonight after work? If you can manage to leave your location fairly early, I have somewhere special I want to take you."

"Knowing Huck like I do, I'll probably have next to nothing to do when I get onsite later this morning. Lets say 2 or 3 later this afternoon as a possible time to meet?"

"That sounds perfect. Will your friend be able to join us?"

"Don't take this the wrong way, but Huck is not very social and knowing him, he thought of a lot of new great ideas tonight and he will want to start working on them. And no he is not my imaginary friend, he's in the room right next door or he will be in a couple of hours."

"I feel sorry for anyone who does not get to sample what Chile has to offer. Lets play it safe and I will meet you here at 3pm. Here give me your cell phone. If you get tied up for any reason, send me a text to let me know. I can alter my plans for some place else."

"It's a date."

Olivia blushed at her statement, but that's what this felt like and Fitz's smile indicated that he was feeling the same.

"Well sleep well my lady. I'll see you tomorrow."

Fitz leaned down and kissed her on both her cheeks, her forehead as he turned and walked into his room. He paused at the door to make sure Olivia got into her room safely. Olivia on the other hand was a little stunned that she didn't get a kiss on the lips and froze for a moment before she turned and went into her room after waving to Fitz.

Both closed the door and slumped against it. Both wondering what the hell just happened. Olivia wondering if he was just old school, Fitz wondering if he could control himself around her.

Only time would tell.