Chapter 3

Fitz couldn't help but smile at how Olivia was acting today. She wasn't in her autopilot mode of the past week. She seemed more relaxed and energized. He wondered if it was because of their dinner yesterday. It made him feel good to think he was the cause of her more cheerful mood.

"You're in high spirits today." He said to Olivia.

"Yes I am." Olivia said smiling thinking about Ethan. She had just gotten off a Video Call with him before she came in to work.

"Do you know why?" Fitz said.

"I sure do." Olivia said.

"How is that?" Fitz said wondering if she was going to thank him again for their talk.

"Ethan called me last night. He's okay." Olivia said with a smile.

"Oh that's great…." Fitz said feeling his own mood sour.

"I know right. We talked last night and then this morning on video call. It was so nice to see his face."

"I'm sure it was…" Fitz said now annoyed by her cheerful mood. Damn that Ethan.

"I got to thank you though Fitz. You said don't worry and look what happen." Okay that was a little bit better to him but still...

"My pleasure and if you ever want to talk I'm here." Fitz said. Olivia nodded and went back to work. Of all the times Ethan had to make himself know it just HAD to be last night. Fitz once seemly good day turned sour that quickly. It couldn't have gotten any worst.

"Hello everyone." Fitz perked up at the sound of the voice. It couldn't be…please don't let it be who he think it was….

"Hi there Mellie." Olivia went over and hugged her. Fitz noticed those two women were very friendly among each other for the most part.

"Hi there Olivia. You look lovely. It's been a minute with all these different stops."

"Thank you. You look good as well. Thanks again for working your magic up in Virginia and Massachusetts."

"My pleasure and thank you so much for all you've been doing. We wouldn't have made it this far without all your help." Mellie said.

"Thank you very much. Now come on let's get you ready for the joint event tomorrow."

"Of course, I'm just rambling." Mellie said. The two women walked over and went over things. Fitz didn't like that his wife was here. This was going to make things a bit complicated for a while. He could try to still get away for some alone time with her but Mellie's presence made things more difficult.

"Fitz could you come here please?" Olivia said snapping him out his thoughts of course.

"Of course." Fitz said sitting down.

"Since Super Tuesday won us a big lead we can focus a bit more on the General Election so you guys will have to make a few more joint appearances as well of course Mellie being a surrogate."

"Sounds good to me." Mellie said not thinking much of it. Fitz wasn't looking forward to being around Mellie more because this was going to result in him being around Olivia less.

"Oh there you all are." Cyrus walked in.

"Hey there how we doing?" Olivia said as he sat down with them.

"I got some great news. Langston might be very close to dropping out the race all together. "

"That's wonderful!" Mellie said excited.

"It is. Of course we got to think of Fitz's VP." Cyrus said.

"Sally will solidify the Base while Fitz is the more moderate candidate." Olivia said.

" That sounds like a good idea to me." Fitz said.

"We'll just promise her a Supreme Court Pick and what not so that will help bring her more along." Cyrus said.

"Excellent Idea." Olivia said as they all went on more with their strategy.


Fitz stood in the Elevator on his way back up with Olivia. He couldn't help but stare at her. She looked too good right now even though she seemed tired. Fitz had just wrapped up his speech as the Official Nominee for the Republican Ticket at the RNC.

"So...that went well…" Fitz said trying to make small talk. For some reason he always got tongue tied around her.

"Yes it did. You did a GREAT job." Olivia smiled.

"You seem exhausted…" He said.

"Well I had to do some things plus get you prepped for your acceptance speech tonight. Hence why I'm not out partying with everyone." Olivia said.

"You know I'm here to talk if something is wrong?" Fitz said.

"I'm fine…" Olivia said. Fitz knew she was lying immediately.

"Olivia…I told you that you don't have to hide things from me." Fitz said.

"It's nothing really. I was just thinking about Ethan…I haven't heard from him lately." Ethan again? The man was thousands of miles away yet he was a constant Thorn in Fitz's side.

"I'm sure he's okay…I mean he'll be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas won't he?" Fitz suggested. He looked as Olivia shook her head slowly.

"He won't be home by then. I won't see him till around New Years." Olivia sighed. Fitz could see this was bothering her more than she let on. Of course this also put his mind to work.

"Why don't you spend the Holidays with us?" He suggested.

"What?" Olivia said looking up.

"I wouldn't feel right knowing you were spending the most wonderful time of the year alone. Beside I'm sure Mellie would be happy to have you there as well." Mellie usually went to visit her family so it was a perfect chance to be alone with Olivia.

"I don't want to impose on you guys." Olivia said.

"No imposing at all. If everything works out which I have a feeling it will…you'll be the reason I'm sitting in the Oval Office next year. Even in the off chance we don't I still owe you a lot." Fitz said.

"I guess…I'll think about it." Olivia said.

"Thank you and when you do let me know please." Fitz said. He would so love spending the holidays with her win or lose. He could imagine holding Olivia watching the fire place like he had seen on film. As the two of them reached the floor the two were met with a lot of the campaigners celebrating.

"There he is! Come on!" They said seeing Fitz.

"Um…" Fitz said looked back at Olivia as they dragged him on.

"You have fun I'm going to bed." Olivia said waving to him with a smile.

"Okay…" Fitz said walking out looking back. He hated leaving her alone like that. He watched her as the elevator door closed and went up. He put on his Political face for his campaign staff but that grew tiring after a while.

"Cyrus I'm going to my room." Fitz said after faking it for a few minutes.

"You sure?" Cyrus asked.

"Yeah I'm exhausted." He didn't want to be bothered with this anyway right now.

"Well go ahead and get your strength up sir. You did good today." Cyrus said patting his shoulder.

Fitz nodded and headed up to his room which was on the same floor as Olivia's. He hoped she had changed into her robe again. He knocked on her hotel door and sure enough she answered in her pretty black robe.

"I thought you were partying with the others?" She asked.

"I rather stay with you…" Fitz wanted to say badly but caught himself before it slipped out.

"I wanted to check on you. You didn't seem too well on the Elevator." He said instead.

"I'm fine Fitz." Olivia said trying to assure him.

"You sure?" He made a look to let her know he wasn't buying it.

"Well…not really but I'll be okay. You go on back to the Party and enjoy yourself." Olivia saw that wasn't the answer he was looking for.

"Alright you may come in for a while." She said.

"Thank you Olivia." Fitz said as he walked inside closing the door. He watched her behind sway from left to right in her robe. It was so ripe for the picking but he had to keep his hands to himself.

"Are you hungry? I can order us some Dinner?" Fitz said trying to refocus.

"I guess I could have a little something." Olivia said.

"Great." Fitz said looking at the menu. He would have them bring up some wine as well. While he ordered Olivia went into her bathroom to finish getting ready for bed. Fitz got off the phone with Room service and looked at the door that lead to Olivia's bathroom. He heard the shower was still running. He walked over slowly to peak in on her and indeed she was still taking a shower. The Steam was clouding his view of her. He left the door open slightly so he could get a view of her later and waited.

Sure enough the shower stopped and he quickly made his way back over to his peephole. He saw her in a towel fresh out the shower. Her face was a little flush from the heat and she had pinned up her hair. Only a mere piece of fabric separated his eyes from her beautiful flesh.

Olivia didn't let him wait long as she dropped the towel down to her feet revealing her body to him. Fitz got aroused quickly from the site of her flawless brown skin still damp from the shower. Her perky breasts that he only got a slight glimpse of were fully out with lovely dark brown nipples. Her plump bottom that he saw in her robe looked as firm and soft as he imagined. He would have loved to put his hands on it along with her thick hips.

Olivia got her lotion and started to apply to herself all over which turned him on even more. Fitz could see himself walking into the bathroom and giving her delicate neck a kissed while he cuffed her perfect breasts. Slowly he worked his hands down her flat stomach and landed on her hips. Her skin was soft as he had dreamed. Then his hand went between her legs. He could see Olivia leaning back on him as she got as aroused as he was. Fitz heard a noise that got him out of his daze.

"Room Service!" It was the waiter with the food. He looked back to see Olivia had slipped into a yellow lingerie set that fit perfectly on her form. Olivia grabbed her husband's Marine shirt along with a long legged pair of Pajama bottoms and put her robe back on.

Fitz pulled himself away from his viewing spot just in time to hear the door knock a second time and he went to answer it. The waiter put the food down for him and left out after getting a tip from Fitz. Fitz pasted a bit to get himself together. He was so turned on seeing Olivia naked he was having a bit of a time keeping his composure. He decided to take his frustration out on the bottle of wine that was brought to them. Olivia walked out the bathroom shortly after.

"That smells good." She said walking over to the table.

"It does." Fitz said being a gentleman getting her seat for her.

"Thank you." Olivia said sitting down.

"You're welcome." He said sitting down himself.

"You okay?" Olivia said noticing something seemed wrong.

"What? Oh yeah I'm fine just hungry." Fitz said giving her assuring smile. He totally wasn't having dreams about screwing her just now. Olivia returned it as they began to eat. He was enjoying this way better than any party. The two talked about the campaign and each other. That was the routine. Fitz would find some reason for them to be alone to have dinner or something else and they would just talk after business was over with. He cherished these moments with her. Fitz never got to really open up like this to anyone before so at first it was actually a bit scary to him. He learned to relax and let it flow after a while as did Olivia. He was more relieved she didn't bring up her husband this time around. Ethan had a way of creeping into their conversations that bugged Fitz a bit.

"Dinner was great thank you again." Olivia said as she walked to the sofa with a glass of the wine Fitz ordered with their dinner.

"You're welcome Mrs. Daniels." He smiled sitting down beside her after placing their treys outside.

"Now just because you have the official nomination doesn't mean you can't just slack off now. This is crunch time."

"I know. I won't let you down." Fitz said.

"You better not I didn't do all this work for nothing." Olivia laughed.

"Have you thought about my offer?" Fitz said.

"I still need to think about it. I don't like imposing on people."

"You're not imposing. Again we would love to have you over." He said. He was already making arrangements in his head how he would have them spend the holidays together. He was really looking forward to them spending that time with her.

"Thank you Fitz." Olivia smiled. He just loved it when she spoke his name.

"My pleasure." Fitz returned it.

"Ah man…I can't believe what is coming up next. We have to prepare you for your first General Election debate and everything." Olivia leaned to him tired from just thinking about what was coming up. Fitz did everything in his power to not grope her. He put his hand on her shoulder to not make it seem awkward. Imagines of her nude body kept creeping back in his head. He mentally scolded himself to stop getting so worked up cause if he got an erection with Olivia right there…

"I'm not going to get any sleep." She said.

"Sorry." Fitz said apologizing for more than one thing.

"Ah it's okay." Olivia said when they heard the phone go off.

"I wonder who that could be?" Olivia said getting up and going to her phone. Fitz didn't know who it was but he was already mad at them.

"Hello?" Olivia said. Fitz looked as her expression turn to a smile.

"Hi Ethan how are you?" She said. Now Fitz was really annoyed.

"I'm doing good. I just wanted to give you a call and tell you I love you. I can't speak long sadly." Ethan said.

"I understand but I'm just glad to hear your voice." Olivia said.

"Hey if you're not busy we could do a video chat tomorrow?"

"Sounds great to me." Olivia said. She was relieved to hear from him. The two made arrangements for their video chat and she got off the phone with a smile.

"That was Ethan." She said still smiling.

"I see he's doing well." Fitz said. Why hadn't a bomb gone off on him or something?

"He is. We're doing a video chat tomorrow. I'm so glad he told me he's okay."

"I'm sure you are." Fitz said making sure there wasn't any annoyance in his voice. Olivia walked back over to the Couch a little too cheerful. Fitz hated the cycle that followed with a call from Ethan. She was good for a while after they talked but then she would be back depressed thinking about him. He hated that Ethan did this to Olivia. If Olivia was his wife he wouldn't be putting her through these types of emotions. He would be trying his hardest to make sure she was happy all the time. Ethan didn't deserve her love and affection.

"Fitz are you okay?" Olivia shook him out of his thoughts.

"Yes I'm fine. Just thinking about what's next." Fitz said to not alarm her.

"Understandable." Olivia said rubbing his shoulder. Her touch was just so comforting to him. He was reduced to almost the state of a child at how she comforted him.

"I won't let you down Olivia. I promise." He said.

"Good to hear." Olivia smiled. He had to win this election. Not just for his own purposes, but for his Olivia. He wanted her to know all the hard work and time she spent pouring into him was worth it. He wanted her to have the same look of Pride she had in her eyes for him that she had for Ethan. He just had to do well for her if nobody else and he was going to make sure of it no matter what.