Okay so this IS chapter 2 for the FIRST version! I'm sorry I teased some of you with that last update lol. I'm so shocked by and incredibly thankful for all the reviews I received, encouraging me to continue! Thank you guys so much for your support! I decided to continue both versions since a lot of you like them both. I also want to make it very clear that both stories are NOT in favor of Mellitz. I only ship team Fitz and Olitz. I hope you enjoy and please excuse any errors I may have made!
"Excuse me." Olivia said, not really sure if she heard the other woman correctly.
"I said the man that you have your arms wrapped around just so happens to be my fiancé. Isn't that right Fitzgerald?" Mellie asked, turning her attention to Fitz.
Olivia loosened her grip around Fitz' waist and leaned back to get a better look at his face. The expression on his face read one of fear, guilt, and sorrow. Seeing the look on Fitz' face confirmed what Mellie said to be true. Tears filled Olivia's eyes as her heart broke looking at the man she was about to have a baby with, the man she had fallen deeply in love with, the man that had been living a double life. In New York, he was a sweet, loving, caring man. Her man. In California, he was a successful corporate law consultant that was engaged to an equally successful lawyer. Mellie's fiancé. However, in both places he was still an unfaithful liar.
"Is she telling the truth? Are the two of you engaged?" Olivia asked, staring him dead in the eye.
She already knew the answer because the look on his face already gave it away, but she still needed him to be man enough to admit the truth to her. By now, there was a crowd of all the guests in attendance to the baby shower, formed around them.
"Livvie I-"Fitz started to say, finally gaining his voice, only to be cut off by Olivia who was desperately trying to fight back her tears.
"Answer the question Fitz." Olivia firmly demanded as her voice cracked.
"Livvie let's go somewhere private and talk about this." Fitz suggested in a hushed tone.
"No we're going to stay right here and you're going to answer the damn question."
"Here is as good of place as any." Maya chimed in.
"Mom." Olivia warned in a tone that told her mother she didn't need the extra help nor was it welcomed at that exact moment in time. She turned her attention back to Fitz. "Answer the question. Is she telling the truth? Are you two engaged Fitz?" She reiterated her original questions.
At this point her arms were no longer wrapped around Fitz, but crossed over her chest. Olivia moved away to put some space in between them.
Fitz didn't answer with words. Instead he dropped his head and slowly nodded. Not looking at her, he heard her choke back a sob.
"Oh god."
Olivia turned away from Fitz and buried her face in her hands. Fitz took a step forward, so that he was standing right behind her.
"Livvie I can ex-"Again he was cut off, but not by words this time.
Olivia's right fist making contact with Fitz' left eye was what made him shut up. Although Olivia was small, she was also mighty and packed a mean punch. Fitz covered his aching eye which he was sure would be swollen. When the pain subsided, he removed his hands and tried to blink his semi swollen eye. It hurt to do, but it wasn't too bad and Fitz could still see fine out of it. Olivia shook her right hand as she glared at him as best as she could through her teary eyes.
"If you haven't already figured it out, we're done." She stated with finality in her voice. "He's all yours." She told Mellie before storming out of the room with Abby and Quinn following right behind her.
"Livvie!"
Fitz tried to go after her, but was stopped by a firm a hand on his chest, which belonged to Maya.
"Don't." Was all she said before turning to leave out of the room in search of her daughter and her friends.
Fitz stared at the door all of them left out of until Mellie spoke up, capturing his attention.
"You bastard. I can't believe you would get another woman pregnant when you know I had insecurities about not being able to carry your child. I hope you go straight to hell you insensitive son of a bitch. Don't collect two hundred dollars and pass go, just go straight to hell and burn for all eternity." And with that Mellie threw the drink she had in his face. She then turned in the other direction to walk out of the room.
Before Mellie's mother left behind her daughter, she walked up to Fitz and paused in front of him for a second before punching him in the exact eye Olivia had not too long ago. She then turned and followed her daughter out of the room. Fitz again held his eye until he felt the pain lessen. He looked around with his good eye and saw looks of disappointment, anger, disgust, shock, and amusement. Either way he was silently being judged. The only people he refused to look in the eye were his parents and Olivia's father and brother. He couldn't look any of those people in the eyes because his parents would have "I told you so" looks on their faces, while Eli and E.J. would have looks that told him he was dead man.
Fitz managed to ignore all of the heavy gazes on him and squeeze through the crowd. He exited out of the room and ran out of the hotel in search of either Olivia or Mellie. He had to speak to one of them, preferably Mellie because he knew Olivia would get more upset with him in her presence and that's the last thing he wanted for the sake of her and their baby's health. When he got outside he desperately searched in both directions, hoping to spot Mellie. After about a minute, he gave up when he failed to find her amongst the crowd.
"Fitz!" Jenni called in panic as she ran outside the doors.
"What?" Fitz asked dejectedly, missing the urgency in her voice.
"We need to get to the hospital. It's Olivia." She said breathlessly.
"What?! Why?! What happened to Liv?! Is the baby okay?!" Fitz frantically fired out questions back to back.
"Her water broke."
"What?! She's not due for another couple of weeks."
"I know that. She's going into premature labor."
"Oh my god! We need to get to the hospital now!" He ran passed her in the building in search of Olivia.
"I just said that!" Jenni stated as she ran behind him.
It didn't take long for Fitz to find Olivia since she was already in the hotel's lobby being escorted out of the building by her mother, his mother, Abby, and Quinn.
"Livvie!"
Fitz immediately sprinted towards her and the other women.
"Get away from me." Olivia demanded as best as she could through gritted teeth, while trying to manage the unbearable pain coursing through her body.
"Fitz we need to get her to the hospital now." Fitz' mom said because she was the only woman besides Jenni, who wasn't giving him a death glare.
"I know. Let's go."
Fitz tried to grab ahold of Olivia's left arm, the same one Abby was holding, but both women snatched it away from him.
"She's not going anywhere with you." Maya stated firmly.
"I have to be there. There's no way in hell I'm missing the birth of my first child." Fitz argued, standing his ground.
He understood Olivia was livid, rightfully so, but whether she liked it or not, he was still the father of her baby and he would be present for the birth of their child.
"Fitz let's meet them at the hospital. An ambulance is on its way to pick Liv up." Jenni said, grabbing his arm and pulling him towards the entrance door of the hotel. "C'mon."
Fitz reluctantly allowed his sister to pull him away from Olivia and the women surrounding her. They quickly went to his Cadillac Escalade and sped to the hospital. They waited outside of the hospital for Olivia's arrival. When the ambulance with Olivia in it pulled up, the paramedics rushed her into the building. Fitz was on one side of the gurney, while Maya was on the other side holding her daughter's hand as she panted due to her close, fast, and painful contractions. Both were trying to assure her that everything was going to be okay. Jenni decided to stay back and wait outside for the others to arrive at the hospital.
Olivia was taken to an examination room, where she was transferred onto a bed. A doctor came in shortly after and examined her. He informed them that she was five centimeters dilated. Well, that was the only thing Fitz heard. He tried to focus on what the doctor was saying, but his mind was numb. Fitz knew it was essentially his fault why Olivia and their baby were in the condition they were in currently. He just prayed to God they would be alright because he would never be able to forgive himself if something happened to either of them.
Olivia seemed to be doing okay except for her latest contraction that must've been big because she cried out in pain. The sound of her loud painful cry, snapped Fitz out of his distressed state. He immediately tried to console Olivia, only for her to yell at him to get away from her. Fitz knew his presence was stressful for her, but he didn't fully realize how much stress him being around put on her until her eyes began to flutter. She was losing consciousness. Fitz and Maya immediately slipped into panic mode and the nurses tried to calm them down, while examining Olivia.
The doctor who examined Olivia when she first entered the examination room, explained to Maya and Fitz that the baby was in distress and an emergency C-section needed to be performed. Maya signed the form giving the doctor permission to operate on her daughter. Olivia, who was now fully conscious again, was well aware of what was going on and agreed with her mother's decision because it was the safest option to go with not just for, but her baby. Olivia was taken to the OR, where she had her emergency C-section.
Approximately fifteen minutes later, the sound of a baby crying filled the room. Finally, Baby Grant had arrived. Olivia was crying happy tears from the sound of her baby's loud and powerful wails. Maya cried along with her daughter as she listened to her grandchild's strong cries. Fitz, on the other hand, was still holding his breath. He wanted to make sure his baby girl was healthy with very little, better yet no complications.
Fitz finally released the breath he had been holding when the doctor announced, "Congratulations Mr. Grant, Miss Pope, you have a healthy baby girl."
Maya's eyes widen after the doctor revealed the sex of her grandchild.
"A baby girl?" Maya asked softly as tears started to fill her eyes again.
"A baby girl." Olivia confirmed with a smile as happy tears still streamed down her cheeks.
"Would you like to cut the umbilical cord Mr. Grant?" The doctor asked.
Fitz nodded and walked passed the curtain to see and meet his baby girl for the first time. The doctor handed him a pair of scissors and he clipped the umbilical cord. Fitz rejoined Olivia and Maya on the other side of the curtain as they waited for their baby and grandbaby to be cleaned and measured.
"You did great Livia. I'm so proud of you." Maya said and leaned down to kiss her daughter's forehead.
"Thanks mom." Olivia smiled up at her.
Just then, a nurse appeared with their little bundle of joy wrapped in a pink blanket. "Here's your beautiful little one weighing in at five pounds, fourteen ounces." The nurse announced gleefully. She placed the baby girl in her mother's awaiting arms.
Olivia looked down at her baby girl for the first time in awe. "She's so beautiful." She gently rocked her daughter back and forth as she studied her features. There was no doubt in any of their minds that she was a Grant. She had light, soft curly brown hair and the most enchanting crystal blue eyes. Her skin was the same color as her father's but they all knew she would gain more color as she got older. The physical features she inherited from her mother were her wide eyes, button nose, pouty lips, and high cheek bones. Everything else she inherited from Fitz.
Fitz pulled out his phone and snapped a couple of pictures of Olivia holding their daughter. He wanted the greatest moment of his life captured on his phone. He planned on downloading those photos to his computer and transferring them to a disc, along with other pictures and videos he takes of his baby girl as she grows up.
"Do you have a name for your beautiful baby girl?" The nurse asked Olivia and Fitz.
Fitz looked to Olivia for her permission to reveal the name they agreed on to the nurse. She nodded her head, silently allowing him to speak.
"Aliyah Madelyn Grant." Fitz said proudly as he looked down at his daughter.
"Is she going to be okay?" Fitz asked the doctor once more.
He, Olivia, and Maya were brought to a hospital room where Olivia would be staying for the next few days.
"Well we're going to monitor her for a couple of days like we would any baby. She's a very healthy baby, so she doesn't need to be in the NICU." The doctor assured them, effectively wiping away all of their worries.
"That's so great to hear. Thank you so much." Olivia said to the doctor, gratefully.
The doctor smiled at her, "You're welcome. If any of you need anything or have any questions please don't hesitate to get in touch with me." He told them before leaving the room to give them some privacy.
"I'm going to go get the others so they can meet the new edition to the family." Maya stated and left the room, leaving Olivia and Fitz with their newborn.
The air was thick with a lot of tension. The room was uncomfortably quiet except for the sound of their light breathing. Fitz was nervous as hell. He wanted to apologize and explain himself to Olivia, but he didn't want to upset her and ruin the best day of their lives, so he held his tongue. They continued to sit in an awkward silence until Olivia broke it.
"Do you want to hold her?" She asked softly, so she didn't wake the sleeping infant in her arms.
"Yeah." Fitz answered in the same soft tone. He stood up and walked over to Olivia's bedside.
Olivia carefully placed Aliyah in Fitz' arms and Fitz gently cradled his daughter for the first time. Olivia's heart melted as she witnessed father and daughter interact for the very first time. Aliyah immediately snuggled into her father's chest. She looked so small yet content in Fitz' arms. Olivia loved the sight of her baby in her father's muscular arms. Make no mistake, Olivia still felt very angry, betrayed, and hurt by what Fitz did to her, but at the moment, she chose to put those feelings aside and enjoy their little time as a family.
A few minutes later, the Grants, Popes, and close friends filled the room, eager to meet Aliyah. In a blink of an eye, she was taken out of Fitz' arms and passed around from person to person. Everyone instantly fell in love with her. She was easily the center of attention. There was no doubt in Olivia and Fitz' mind that their daughter would be spoiled by both of their parents, siblings, and friends. Aliyah was also the perfect distraction, luckily for Fitz. He was a thousand percent sure that the Popes and Olivia's friends wanted to take turns ripping him limb from limb.
About an hour later, everyone filed out of Olivia's hospital room to let her get some rest. A nurse came by to take a sleeping Aliyah to the hospital's nursery. Fitz had already dozed off some time before the nurse came. Olivia wondered how he could sleep sitting in an upright position with his head resting on his closed fist. She knew he was going to wake up with the worst back pain and smiled at the thought. Olivia felt kind of bad for not waking Fitz up, so he could lie down on the couch, but then again she felt that he deserved to be in as much as pain as possible to make up for the pain he caused her. Olivia also found the position he fell asleep in somewhat funny. She giggled to herself before slipping into a much needed slumber.
The next morning, as Olivia figured, Fitz woke up groaning in pain as he held his back. He could hardly move and when he did his movements were slow until the pain in his back subsided. Olivia had to bite her bottom lip to hold in her laugh. Fitz was oblivious to Olivia watching him in amusement as he rubbed his sore back and cracked his stiff neck. Olivia knew seeing her now ex-boyfriend in pain was a great way to start off her day.
The rest of that day, along with the other few days Olivia had to spend in the hospital, flew by and finally her last day in the hospital was here. Olivia was breastfeeding Aliyah when Fitz walked in. He just got back from picking her up some food since she hated the hospital food and refused to eat it. Unbeknownst to Fitz, Olivia actually sent him out to get her food not only because she was hungry, but also because she couldn't stand to be around him. She wanted nothing to do with him nor did she want to be in the same room with him, so any opportunity she had to get him away, she took it.
"Here you go." Fitz sat her food down on the tilt top overbed table.
"Thanks." Olivia said without looking up at him.
Fitz awkwardly stood at the foot of her bed with his hands in his pockets, watching her breastfeed their daughter. After a minute of staring at them, he took off his jacket and sat down on the piece of furniture that had been his bed for the past two nights. He closed his eyes and rested his head on the back of the chair. Not too longer after he closed his eyes, Olivia asked him to take Aliyah, so she can eat. Fitz eagerly got up and collected his daughter from her mother's arms. Fitz sat in the chair next to Olivia's bed and cooed at Aliyah. Olivia wasted no time devouring her food. Fitz traded Aliyah for Olivia's garbage once she finished eating, so he could throw it away. Once he was done with that simple task, he started packing up both Olivia and their daughter's stuff.
"You're being discharged tomorrow morning right?" Fitz asked.
"Yeah." Olivia confirmed.
Fitz nodded and went back to packing up their belongings.
"Why?"
"I have a flight to California tomorrow afternoon." Fitz stated.
He finished packing the last of their stuff and sat back in the seat next to the bed.
"How long will you be there?"
"Originally it was two days but since Liyah came sooner than expected, I'll be gone for just a day. I need to pack more of my stuff to bring back with me."
"Are you going to see her?" Olivia asked in a snarky tone, never taking her eyes off of Aliyah.
"Who?" Fitz asked, hoping that the woman she was talking about was not who he thought it was. He was only partially scared to have that conversation with Olivia, but at the same time he knew they would eventually have to talk. However, now was not the best time especially since their daughter was in the room with them.
Olivia gave Fitz a pointed look and he sighed. "I don't know. Maybe, I guess. I was planning on to, to break things off with her and explain to her that I love you, I'm in love with you and you're the one I want to be with." He admitted honestly.
If Olivia was being honest with herself, she still loved him, no doubt about it, but she no longer trusted him and she didn't know if she ever could. If she couldn't trust him then there was no way she was going to continue to be in a relationship with him. She felt as if her whole relationship was a lie, which it was truthfully speaking, since he already belonged to another woman when they got together. Finding out the Fitz had a life on the west coast that he shared with another woman truly broke her heart.
Olivia felt uncomfortable under Fitz' heavy gaze and turned to look at the sleeping infant in her arms. She instantly felt better, but also softened her which was no good when in his presence. She needed to be as strong as possible, not letting his charming words no matter how sincere they were, get to her. She needed to have thick skin to defend her temporary wounded heart, allowing it some time to heal.
Fitz followed her line of vision and the sight of his daughter put him at ease as well. Neither said another word to each other after their brief awkward conversation. They continued to sit in silence and stare at their lovely baby girl whom they made out of love. A half hour later, Fitz' parents and sister stopped by to visit their granddaughter and niece for a couple of hours before they left for their flight back to California. Big Jerry and Julia were the ones that were flying to California. Jenni already lived in New York, but tagged along anyway. Before they left Big Jerry pulled Fitz out into the hallway to talk to him.
"How are you holding up?" Big Jerry asked, staring at the faded black and blue ring around his son's left eye.
Fitz sighed deeply, "How do you think?"
"You know you deserve everything that's happened to you right?" Big Jerry stated straight up.
Fitz shot him an incredulous look. "Thank you dad. Thank you because I didn't already know that." He spat sarcastically. "I know what I did was wrong but I do really love both of them. I didn't want to hurt either of them and I damn sure didn't want them to find out about each other or at least like how they did."
"I warned you that would happen. Didn't I?" When Fitz failed to answer his father's question, Big Jerry repeated it. "Didn't I?"
Fitz lowered his head in shame and nodded, "Yes sir, but I told you that I was going to break up with Mellie as soon as I got back. If I would've known this was going to happen, I would've broken things off with her before I left."
"As if that would've made everything better. You would still be in the same boat you're in now. You think that if you would've broken up with Mellie a few days before the baby shower that everything would be okay? That still wouldn't change the fact that you were carrying on a relationship with both women at the same time. I swear for a man as educated as you, you have very little common sense."
"Dad I don't need you to lecture me okay. I understand what I did wrong. I made a stupid mistake that I am now paying for so the last thing I need for you to do is talk down on me." Fitz said angrily before he walked back into Olivia's hospital room.
Big Jerry followed after him and proceeded to join the others in showering the newest Grant with lots of attention and kisses. Two hours later the older Grants were heading out to catch their flight as the Popes were just arriving. They all exchanged quick pleasantries. Jenni and Fitz decided to see their parents out to give the Popes some privacy with Olivia and Aliyah. The real reason Fitz walked his parents out was to avoid the confrontation he was sure the Pope men wanted to have with him. He knew he would eventually have to man up and talk to them, but today was not that day. He was still trying to figure out how he would explain himself, but until then he was going to avoid them at all costs.
While Maya, Eli, and E.J. visited Olivia and Aliyah, Fitz took the opportunity to go back to the apartment he shared with Olivia to pack his stuff and make sure everything was set up for their little one. Packing his things up was easy since most of his belongings were already in his one suitcase that he only ever traveled with. Fitz then took a shower and afterwards ended up dozing off on the couch in the living room as he watched TV. By the time he woke up, visiting hours were over and he made his way back to the hospital.
To his surprise Olivia was still up. Although the TV was on, she wasn't watching it. Instead she was on her phone.
"Hi." Fitz said as he walked over to the couch he thankfully had to spend one more night on.
Olivia ignored his simple greeting, continuing to scroll through her Facebook newsfeed and responding to comments on the picture she posted of her baby girl. Fitz let out a deep exhausted sigh as he sat down on the couch. He watched Olivia do whatever she was doing on her phone.
"I stopped by the apartment to make sure everything was set up for your and Aliyah's arrival." Fitz said, trying to make small talk with her only to again be met with silence.
Fitz knew she was still angry and hurt, but he found her attitude to be a bit immature and quite annoying. He knew it was a lot to ask of her given that she found out he was cheating on her only a few days ago, but the least she could do was acknowledge him. A simple head nod or glance his way would be fine with him.
"Well you wasted your time because I'm not staying there anymore. My parents are picking me and Liyah up tomorrow and we'll be staying with them." Olivia informed him matter-of-factly, finally acknowledging his presence in the room, which was better than nothing.
"I thought I was… nevermind. How am I supposed to spend time with my daughter if you're staying with your parents? The whole point of me buying an apartment was to give us space and privacy which we won't have if you're staying with your parents."
"Well you should've thought about that before you impregnated me and got caught living a double life. And what in the hell makes you think I am staying in an apartment that you bought? I refused to stay in that place especially if you're staying there too. I want nothing to do with you but I have no choice since we have a baby together."
Fitz pinched the bridge of his nose. He was starting to get a headache from all the drama he had been dealing with for the past couple of days. The only time he felt a bit of happiness and relief was when Aliyah was around, better yet cradled in his arms. Right now he was in no mood to argue with Olivia. If she was going to be stubborn he would have to compromise with her.
"I'm not staying in the apartment. I'm going to stay at a hotel while I'm here, so there's no reason for you and Liyah to move in with your parents. Jenni will also be moving in the apartment to help you out if you need anything or a break or whatever. I want someone to be with you and Liyah all the time just in case your parents or myself can't get to you right away."
"I still don't want to stay there." Olivia stated stubbornly, folding her arms across her chest.
That was Fitz' breaking point, "Dammit Olivia, what do you want from me?"
"I don't want anything from you." Olivia responded, unfazed by his slightly raised voice. "Actually I take that back, I want you to get the hell out of my life."
"Well that's not going to happen so can you please just be civil with me for the sake of our daughter?"
"It would happen if you didn't knock me up with a child you wanted." Olivia mumbled, but not low enough because Fitz heard her.
He scoffed and shook his head, "You're right I did knock you up as you so eloquently put it but what I didn't do is pin you down, force your legs open, and have my way with you. I asked you to have my baby and you agreed. We both wanted to have a baby so don't you dare blame all of this on me. You willingly laid on your back and opened your legs to me."
"You're such a bastard."
"Why, because I was in a relationship with another woman when I fell in love with you? I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. If I could go back and change things, I would but I can't. I have to live with that mistake every day of my life and not being with you is a reminder of that."
Olivia wanted to hate him so much, but he always knew what to say to break her walls down. She was still strong enough though to stand her ground. She was not going to let her guard down for him now and probably not ever.
"You're only sorry you got caught."
"No I'm sorry that I was a coward and convinced myself that I loved Mellie out of guilt instead of following my heart, which was telling me to leave her for you because you're the one I really love and am in love with. I mean I love Mellie too. How could I not? We spent five years together but I don't love her like I love you. I love her as a person and friend, nothing beyond that." Fitz admitted.
"Then why did you propose to her?"
"Guilt."
Olivia furrowed her eyebrows and asked, "What do you have to be guilty about?"
Fitz looked at her, expecting her to already know part of the answer to her own question. Olivia didn't say anything. She looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to answer.
"I felt guilty because I wasted two out of five years of her life that she could've spent with another man that was worthy of her heart, trust, love, time, and energy. When we first started dating she told me she was unable to have children, which didn't bother me at the time. I didn't even know if I wanted kids then anyway so I told her that her medical condition was not a problem because it didn't change how felt about her."
Olivia immediately felt guilty herself for having a baby with the man she loved when he was not just engaged to a woman, but a woman who was unable to bear his children. "I don't know what's more disgusting, the fact that you were in a relationship with me here and another woman in California or the fact that you promised her that her inability to have a child wouldn't be a problem only to turn around and get somebody else pregnant. That's a sick thing to do. I feel so bad for her. I hope she's not too heartbroken over an asshole like you."
"Olivia it's no-"
"Not what? What I think?"
"You wouldn't understand." Fitz said, looking away from her with a shake of his head.
"What's not to understand? You begin a relationship with one woman who can't have kids but you tell her it's okay because you still love her regardless. Fast forward a few years later, you meet a young college student that you claim to have fallen in love with and wanted to have your baby, which she stupidly does because she actually believed that you loved her."
"I do love you. It's much more complicated than that and if it weren't for me our precious daughter wouldn't be here right now."
"You're right about that last part. I don't regret having Liyah, she's the best thing that ever happened to me. I just regret having her with you because now I'm stuck with you for the next eighteen years." Olivia spat, causing Fitz to grimace at her harsh words.
He didn't know what to say after that. What she said cut him deeper than any blade could He knew she was just saying that to hurt him, but a part of him believed that she actually meant that. Before the baby shower, things between them were damn near perfect. They were on cloud nine. Fitz was a upset and felt he needed to do something to calm down and clear his mind. He got up from the couch without saying a word or looking in Olivia's direction. He kept his gaze to floor as he made his way out of the room. He had no idea where he was going, but wherever it was, needed to supply him with fresh air and silence. He thought about taking a drive, but he didn't want to deal with the New York traffic, so he took a walk in a nearby park where only a few teenagers were hanging at.
Olivia on the other hand, was struggling to fall asleep. Her body was filled with mixed emotions. A part of her felt bad for talking to and treating Fitz the way she did, but the other part of her felt like he deserved it, which he did. He lied, was unfaithful, and deceived both her and Mellie. What he did, she didn't know if she could ever forgive him for. What man would willingly begin a relationship with two different women, proposing to one, while purposely impregnating the other? Who did that? Olivia wondered if Big Jerry and Julia knew what their son was doing and if they did for how long.
They had to know. There was no way they could not be aware of his relationship with Mellie since they too lived in California and Fitz was very close to them. They had to know something was up unless Fitz lied to them, but wait… Olivia's head was starting to hurt from trying to figure all of this out. She was exhausted physically, emotionally, and mentally. She needed to get some sleep especially since she had a big day tomorrow. She would finally be able to take her baby girl home. Olivia made herself as comfortable as she could get in her hospital bed, eventually letting sleep overpower her body.
By the time Olivia woke the next morning, Fitz was back in her room. He was standing in front of the window with his back to her. She knew he had their daughter in his arms by the way they were positioned and from the rocking motion he was doing. Fitz was gently cooing at Aliyah.
"You are so beautiful you know that? Hm, you know that? You are the most adorable baby I've ever seen, yes you are. You look just like your mommy but with my eyes. I don't even want to think about you getting older. I'm gonna have a large gun collection to threaten any boy who dares come near you. In fact I'm going to hire bodyguards to keep the boys away, that way I don't have to buy you a chastity belt or send you to a convent." Fitz said in a light baby voice, even though he was dead serious.
Olivia didn't know whether to laugh at Fitz or scold him for talking to their baby like that. She chose to keep her mouth shut and continue silently watching the new daddy interact with his baby girl.
"I'm so excited you're finally here princess. I've been anxiously waiting to meet you for months along with your mommy and everyone else that's going to spoil you rotten." Fitz told Aliyah with a soft smile.
She was staring up at her daddy with her wide blue eyes that made his heart melt. Fitz leaned down and placed a feather like kiss on her small nose.
"I must admit that I'm also scared to be a daddy. Happy but also scared. I wasn't scared at first but that was when your mommy was with me. Daddy made a terrible mistake and because of that mommy's mad at me. I'm sorry sweetheart, not only did I fail your mommy but I failed you too. Because of my stupidity and selfishness, you're going to grow up with two parents that are not together. Not that there's anything wrong with that, you'll obviously get more presents but I wanted us to be a family. Do you think mommy would ever take me back? Hmm? You think mommy would ever take back your stupid daddy?"
That was the number one question Olivia constantly asked herself since she found out that Fitz had been two timing her and Mellie. She wanted to forgive him and take him back so badly that it hurt, but it didn't hurt as much as her broken heart did. Maybe sometime down the line she might consider taking him back. For the time being though, getting back together with him was off the table. Olivia was only going to put her time, energy, and focus on her daughter. Whatever Fitz chose to do was his business and she could care less. She did know that he and his left hand were going to be doing a lot of bonding for a while.
As much as Olivia didn't want to interrupt daddy daughter time between Fitz and Aliyah, she had to do it because the one sided conversation they were having was making her uncomfortable. She fake yawned and stretched her stiff limbs. Fitz turned around at the sound of her 'waking up'.
"Good morning." He said as he made his way over to her bed with Aliyah cradled in his arms.
"Morning." Olivia replied with a small smile with her eyes fixated on her mini me.
"Look who's finally up Liyah. That's right, you're mommy is. Do you wanna go to mommy? I bet you do. C'mon let's go to mommy." Fitz cooed.
He bent down to place Aliyah in her mother's awaiting arms. Before he stood back up, he kissed her forehead and moved to do the same to Olivia's. Fitz knew he was overstepping, being affectionate towards Olivia, but he couldn't resist the urge to do so.
Olivia was surprised by Fitz' bold action, however she did not pull away when his lips lingered seconds longer than they should have. To be honest, his soft lips felt good against her and had her missing their relationship even more. She couldn't allow herself to crumble under his touch though. The thought of him leaving later on to go back to California where his fiancé or ex-fiancé was, made her remember how much of a jerk he was. That was all she needed to think about to harden her back up.
Fitz noticed her change. He immediately felt the disconnection between them. He sighed and walked back over to the window with his back to Olivia again. He knew it was going to take a lot of apologizing, groveling, ass kissing, begging and pleading, hell maybe even kicking and screaming, in order to get back into Olivia's good graces. He just wished he could fast forward to the day where Olivia said she forgave him. Until that day came, he didn't know how he was going to survive, knowing that she hated him.
As if she could read his mind, Olivia told him, "I don't hate Fitz." At hearing that, Fitz spun around with gleam in his eyes. Although Olivia was staring at their daughter, she knew he had a hopeful look on his face. She hated to rain on his parade, but she also didn't want to give him false hope. Finally looking into his eyes, she spoke again, "Hate is too strong of a word. I don't and could never hate you even though you shattered my heart because you gave me the greatest gift I could ever ask for…" They both broke their eye contact to look down at their baby girl and smiled. "So I could never hate you but that doesn't mean I forgive you or I'll forgive you any time soon."
Even though that wasn't exactly what Fitz wanted to hear, he had to accept it whether he liked it or not, so with a head nod, that was what he did. "I know."
After they came to that understanding, they sat in silence, admiring the product of their love.
Author's Note: Okay, so I'm gonna end this chapter here. I'm not so sure about it, to be honest with you. I honestly have no idea about where I'm going with this mini FF. The first chapter came to me when I was listening to a song about a taken guy that was attracted to a woman who wasn't his girlfriend. The thing is the guy was still conflicted by the end of the song, so yeah I have no idea where this FF is going. Like I said before, I will gladly accept any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, etc. with open arms because right now I reached another mental road block. The show is giving me no inspiration at all, especially after seeing that good for nothing promo. I apologize for taking forever to update my other stories for those that read them. I'm just so disappointed in what the show has become and what happened to Fitz. At this point I would love to see him move on and be happy. I read somewhere that he's gonna start leaning on Abby. I'm kind of tempted to write an Abbitz FF, but I won't until I see what part 2 of S5 is about. I'm really only watching to get my Fitz/TG fix of the week. I miss seeing his presidential face on my TV screen every Thursday night. Anyway enough about that, I hope you guys found some enjoyment in this chapter and again any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, whatever are always more than welcomed!