Cyrus interrupted Olivia's pity party with a phone call, telling her to check BNC, when she did, Mellie was having an interview. Talking about how certain she was a woman must be involved with Fitz's decision of wanting a divorce. The interviewer then asked her whether there was any truth to the Olivia Pope's rumor.

"I've heard about that, and this is not the first time we've heard this rumor. My Kids adores Olivia Pope, and if the rumor is true, they'll be deeply hurts. But I don't believe such rumors, she's a professional, and has been a friend of the family for a very long time. Even though I won't call ourselves best friends, she has been there for my family in some of the worst times in our lives, especially when my husba….. eh Fitz was shot. But then again, human beings are complicated and can't be fully trusted. Only time will tell with such rumors." Olivia switched off the TV.

"Do you really think you and Fitz will win this battle? Mellie and I are monsters. And this is just the beginning. If we can't get what we want, we'll make sure you two never get together publicly. I can be a bitch, Liv." Cyrus said and cut off the line.

Olivia dialed Dr. Walker's number immediately, "fill me in the open slot."

XXX

Dr. Walker was going through some files in his office when he saw men in black suit entering his office and surveying the place. Fitz entered before he understood the men in blacks were Secret Service Agents.

Dr. Walker could feel his body heating up, knowing this wouldn't be good. "Hey Mr. Pre…Fitz, what are you doing here?"

"Are you done with Olivia's test?" Fitz asked immediately, not in the mood to beat about the bush.

Dr. Walker sensed the President wasn't in the call me Fitz spirit today. "Sir, With all due respect, I'll have to give that to her not you."

"I know she's pregnant but I want you to confirm it. How long is she?"

Dr. Walker tried to work himself out of it. "Sir, sorry, I can't give you any information. I can lose my license for this, Sir."

"Walker, I'm the President, you have to tell me. I command you comply, remember? Don't worry she won't find out" Fitz tried a softer tone.

The softer tone seemed to work, because Dr. Walker opened up. "She is seven weeks pregnant but doesn't want you to know. She has schedule an abortion procedure already."

Fitz was dazed, he let himself sank in on a nearby chair and was fighting back tears, "she's really going through with this, without giving me a chance to tell my….my…..when is the procedure?" Fitz asked with his head down not having the courage to be Presidential in front of Dr. Walker.

Dr. Walker felt bad for Fitz. "In some few days' time Sir. Sir, why don't you just talk it out with her?"

"Walker, you don't know Olivia, once her mind is made up, and being certain it's the right thing to do, there's no turning back"

"Sir, I'm truly sorry."

Fitz covered his forehead with his palm. "All I ever wanted was to have a child with her. Don't get me wrong, I love my children, but I've always wondered how it'll feel to have a child with someone you truly love you know, someone you truly adore. Karen is grown, she doesn't really like being around Mellie and me, which I don't blame her. I'm trying to do right by Teddy now. I've imagined Teddy playing with his little sister or brother ever since I heard her telling a friend she is pregnant, praying she'll somehow see reason why this is the best thing that has ever happened to us." Fitz shook his head, looked at Dr. Walker. "Do you know the painful part in all this? Not telling me she's with my child and now wanting to get rid of it without letting me in. I mean, how selfish can someone be."

"I am sure in her mind she doesn't want to hurt you Sir. So keeping you in the dark is the easiest way out for her not hurting you."

"I'm hurt Walker, it really hurt more than anything I've ever experienced, even when I thought I'll never see her again. I want this baby to live Walker, you can't go through with the abortion procedure." A tear dropped from Fitz eye.

"Sir, she'll just go to someone else and more to that, you can't really force her to keep the baby, especially in the first trimester of her pregnancy. Maybe because I'm a doctor, but I'm all for a woman's body being hers, and the decision should be hers to make."

"If she doesn't want the baby, I do. I think our forefathers were up to something in the 1900 with the anti-abortion laws all over the place, there should be restriction on a woman's right. I mean, in this case Olivia's life is not even in danger. I was all pro-choice until now. Abortion shouldn't be legal under any circumstances." Fitz said angrily.

"Sir, you're hurt right now. I totally believe it should be a woman's right to go through a pregnancy or not. It's not fair I know." Dr. Walker paused and tried to suggest something, "but Sir, there's this em… never mind" he said, not certain whether what he was about to say could send him to jail.

"What is it Walker? Tell me"

"Is not legal, Sir"

"I'm the President, I have some power to go around what is legal or not. Is there any better outcome of this?"

"There's this new technology on fetus transplant that can transfer a fetus from one woman's womb to another's….."

Fitz interrupted him immediately, "there's no such thing as fetus transplant"

"Sir, I'm the doctor here"

"Sorry, continue"

"In order to transplant from one uterus to another, what we do is to have the reproductive graft, all of it of a pregnant woman's uterus, in this case Olivia, and then this will be grafted onto a properly prepared uterus of the new host. It would require anti-rejection drugs, of course, to prevent the reproductive graft from being rejected by the host, and an instant vascular blood supply is required for the placenta." Dr. Walker paused to make sure Fitz was with him.

"Please, explain further." Fitz got interested.

"The placenta is hooked up to this new uterus which has the major vessels already formed or else the developing foetal will be starved of nutrient pretty quickly. So this mean inducing a placenta to form without a pregnancy in the surrogate so she have the blood vessels in place. We'd have to match immune systems and gestational age, we'd have to fine tune the maternal and foetal hormones. It's theoretically not much more difficult than transplanting a liver, Sir."

"Wow, are you serious?" Fitz asked.

"Yes Sir, it has been done but the effect is drastic on the pregnant woman. 75% of pregnant women who went through the procedure died or become sterile afterward. But there've been improvement recently."

"75% died? This should be illegal." Fitz said

"Sir, it is. I told you that already"

"Olivia would never agree to this"

"She doesn't need to know. If she comes in for the abortion we do the fetus transplant instead. Win, win situation for all. But how you tell her about the kid in the future is up to you, I won't be there" Dr. Walker said, very eager to do the procedure for the first time, since the President being part of this could give more awareness to this technology, and skyrocketed his career. Win, win situation for him too.

Fitz got a little worried. "I can't do that to her, and more to that What if she is not part of the 25% survivals?"

"Fitz, this is your decision. You'd have to decide. Do you want the baby or do you want her? Knowing she aborted your baby" Dr. Walker asked.

"I'd never be able to live with her, knowing she deliberately killed my unborn child. We've gone through many things in our relationship but this one would be the end of us. Why can't I have her and the baby?" Fitz whined like a little boy.

"From everything so far, this pregnancy is already the end of your relationship. I don't think she'll forgive you in the future, if in case she survived the procedure without her knowledge, just like you won't forgive her if she goes ahead with the abortion without telling you. And what if she doesn't make it? You'd never be able to forgive yourself for contributing to her death. You really can't force her to have the baby against her will too. And if she aborts the baby, you'll always see her as the woman who took away what you ever wanted in life. Sir, check all the outcomes, you'll see this relationship is over, and more to….."

"Walker, enough"

"Sorry, Sir"

Fitz couldn't see any better outcome of this too. "My God! All what we went through so far, is really for nothing? I want something out of this. If she doesn't want a baby out of this, I do. If she chooses to abort my baby, do the fetus transplant procedure and save my baby's life. Fitz said firmly and angrily, yet has no idea Dr. Walker wasn't that cognizant with the procedure. "She can't keep making decisions for me." He later on calmed down, saying softly and gently, "If only she can just tell me she's pregnant, I'm certain we can up with something better, and we won't be talking about fetus transplant."

"Sir, why don't you tell her you're aware she's pregnant?"

"Then it'll be me imposing on her to have the baby. The last thing I need is another woman's resentment for having my kid. I don't want that."

"Time is of essence here; we'll need to start searching for a host, so we get her ready when Olivia comes in for the abortion procedure."

"Make time, if she comes in when you're not ready, give her an excused and postpone it. I'm done with her controlling everything complex." Fitz gave Dr. Walker his private phone number and left.

XXX

Olivia went to the white house to see Abby, because she needed some distraction from her present situation. She and Fitz hasn't spoken the whole day, she was certain Fitz must be very busy with work, since he always called to checkup on her. She was all sad and not like her usual self. Abby couldn't believe she was losing her spin on things. The Olivia Pope she knew would handle all this mayhem with little or no sweat.

"Did you watch Mellie on BNC?" Abby asked.

"Yes, I did."

"What are you guys going to do about it?"

"Honestly, Abby. If I really want to do something, it'll end up hurting their kids and I don't want that. He should deal with that himself. If I wasn't pregnant, I'd have fought back, but now…"

Abby cut, "So, are you saying you're going to keep it? Am I going to be an aunt?"

"No, I've scheduled an appointment already"

"You still haven't told him?" Abby asked, disappointedly.

"Abby, I can't. I know if I do, I'd never be able to go through with it. The look on his face will kill me. If he knows I'm pregnant, he won't want me to get rid of it. And if I do it with his knowledge, it will be the end of us, and I don't want that too. I'm trying to protect him here, not telling him is the right thing to do for us both. We can't keep the baby, it will destroys his legacy"

"I know it isn't easy for you to confide in anyone. And I'm very happy you've been opening up to me recently. But I'm going to tell you some truth now, like what a true friend would do, and maybe you'll stop confiding in me, but so be it."

Olivia rolled her eyes "What?" She asked.

"You're being selfish, you keeping him in the dark is all about you and nothing about him. If I want to go deeper into this, I don't think you really care about anyone but yourself in this situation. You want to get rid of his child without his knowledge but then still want his love. How are you going to live with yourself knowing he has no knowledge of what you've done?" Abby asked.

"Abby, I'm the one who'd be more hurt in all this. I've worked twice as good than any person around me, it will be the end of me. This will be about the black woman who destroyed the President marriage and had an illegitimate child with him. You do know who Sally Hemings is, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Keep playing the race card anytime it suit you, as if you didn't know who Sally Hemings was before you started the affair. If you're going to live the rest of your life peacefully without any remorse about getting rid of his child without his knowledge then go ahead, I'm going to support you no matter what."

"I don't expect you to understand that telling him would be me keeping this child who will be ridiculed for the rest of it life. And destroys everything we've both work for."

Knowing they were going nowhere with this topic, Abby asked her, "I know you're not here for us to discuss your mind which is already made up. Why are you here Olivia?"

"Is it a crime to spend some time with one's friend?" The question didn't even sound normal in Olivia's ears, spending time with people was not just her. "I want to see him, for him to spend some time with his baby before…."

"You gotta be kidding me. How can he spend some time with a baby he doesn't know exist?" Abby inquired, but not wanting an explanation from her, she changed the topic, "never mind. I want to be there in the hospital with you when you go through with it. You need someone by your side."

"You don't have to Abby."

"Dare you go again, nobody is an island Olivia. Since you can't have him there with you, I'm going to be there for you, and that's final."

Olivia got up, heading for the door. "OK, fine. Any idea whether he's at the Oval?"

"He's not in, he went to see Mellie, Charlotte says"

XXX

"Cyrus, Mellie, you guys should go ahead and do your worst. I honestly have nothing to lose." Fitz said, to Mellie and Cyrus after he gave them the Abby's monologue, but without the part of him and Olivia doing fine after a few news cycles. He was about to leave when he came back, adding "You don't want me and Olivia together, right? Your wish is granted. I'm certain in some day's time we wouldn't be anymore. But nevertheless, you have 48 hours to have this paper signed." He said and walked out.

After Fitz left, Cyrus and Mellie tried to dissect the information about Olivia and Fitz not being together in some day's time. "Do you think there's some truth to them not being together in some day's time? Mellie asked.

"Come on, this is Fitz and Olivia we're talking about, they cannot live without each other" Cyrus said

"I don't know, he sounds defeated, like he lacks the will to go on, like he has given up on them." Mellie, replied.

"I noticed that too, but they'll eventually find their self together after whatever their going through is spent. And something else will come along again, that's the circle with them, you know this." Cyrus said nonchalantly.

"He has the power to destroy us you know" Mellie said, worried.

"But if Olivia is not at his side like he mentioned, then we have some leverage"

"How can we have some leverage when she's our bargaining chip? This means I'll have to sign the divorce papers, can't you see that?" Mellie spit out.

"Well, who cares about your divorce, do you really want to stay married to someone who doesn't give an iota about you? Not signing the divorce was our way of making them do what we wanted urgently. If only we know what is going on between them right now." Cyrus said racking his brain, "that would be something. Don't sign anything yet."

"I need something that's very valuable to them in return, when I do signed these papers" Mellie said.

"Good luck with that, what's more valuable to them than their obsession and angst for each other. I said don't sign anything yet, let's find out what is going on with them first."

XXX

Fitz entered his room, beat. He hasn't called Olivia the whole day and not really in the mood to do so. He was taking off his clothe when he saw Olivia coming out from the bathroom. Any other day, he would've been ecstatic to see her being there without his knowledge. "Hey" he said, lying on the bed.

"Hi" Olivia answered. "Not happy to see me?" She asked, joining him on the bed. "Hard day?" she inquired, and gave him a kiss.

"Yes, you can say that. How are you doing?" He tried to act concern.

"How did it go with Mellie? Charlotte told me you went to see her."

"Honestly Olivia, does it matter?" Fitz asked, a little annoyed.

"What's your problem?" Olivia asked.

"Let's just say Mellie signed the divorce now. You'd you marry me and become the First Lady?"

"First Ladies are ornamental. I don't want to be the First Lady. I want to be your first lady, not the country's.

Fitz sat upright on the bed. "You're already my First Lady, you know that. So there's no need for the divorce being signed right now, right? Are you going to go out with me in public if she does sign it now? Or you prefer us to be a secret until when your own time is right for us to do so, that'd be around 2065, because according to you, all that people would talk about will be you destroying my marriage, and since you're the only one who'll be more hurt from this, I think 50 years from now is an accurate time for you, right? So tell me Olivia, what good is it going to be, if Mellie signed the papers right now? Because you keep asking me how it went with Mellie as if it really mean something to you."

"I didn't come to pick a fight with you" Olivia said and laid on the bed.

"I don't want to fight with you either. I'm just running out of ways to please you" Fitz laid down on the bed too, not facing her, with his back against her.

There were both silent for some time, Olivia spoke first. "I'm sorry. Please, can we not fight tonight" she begged.

Fitz rolled his eyes like whatever, with his body still not facing hers. Olivia waited for a response, but didn't get any. She then reached out and intertwined her pinky finger with his. Fitz closed his eyes and calmed down. Olivia heard him breathe out, and this gave her the green light to move closer to him, knowing he was calmed. "Please make love to me," she said. Fitz didn't move like for an eternity. He didn't really want to see her right now, talked less of making love to her. It then occurred to him that this could be the last time he'd ever get close to his baby. He became angry and climbed on top of Olivia. He took off her nightwear angrily and started kissing her with the same anger, not caring of the hickies he was leaving on her. He walked his way to her neck, kissing her angrily, going down to her breast, and when he reached at her belly, he couldn't move. He felt Olivia's body tensed up. Fitz became gentle, and started planting soft kisses of love all over her belly, not wanting to go any further from there. He could feel Olivia shivering and crying, but he didn't care. "Fitz stop" Olivia said through tears, but he didn't. He was making sure every area of his baby felt his mouth. "Fitz, please, stop." Olivia cried out again, not having the strength to push him away. Her plea still fell on deaf ears. Fitz continued with his kisses. "Fitz, I'm begging you stop. I AM PREGNANT." Fitz then froze