Olivia was too caught up in listening for Michael and Fitz voice's to be of much use researching Sal. It didn't seem like Claudia and Huck were making much progress either. Huck's taps on his computer were getting louder and Claudia kept sighing. It seemed this guy was a better ghost than she was. No one could even get a picture of him. It seemed like they just found one dead end after another in the short time that they had been looking. Claudia looked up and noticed that Olivia spent more time eyeing the hallway than the papers in front of her.
"They've been in there a while," Olivia said still looking into the hallway.
"Go ahead!" Claudia was frustrated with their lack of progress and Olivia's constant frowns and desperate looks at the hallway were not helping her mood. Before she could even finish Olivia was halfway to the office. She instantly relaxed when she heard Fitz booming laugh, the door was cracked so she stuck her head in.
"You guys uhh… thirsty?" She asked suddenly realizing she didn't really have an excise to come check on them. They had only been gone fifteen minutes max, but she didn't realize that until she saw Fitz relaxed posture and the grin on her brother's face.
"Worst excuse ever Liv. I like him. He can stay… for now," Michael tried to appear warning but when it came to Olivia he wasn't the future mob boss, he was the big brother; she had him wrapped around her finger. "But he sleeps in here." Olivia tried to suppress a grin as she saw the look of disappointment on Fitz face.
"You may want to get back in there I think Claudia is ready to light her hair on fire, just for the sake of a distraction. We will be there in a minute, I just want to check Fitz's arm," Olivia watched as Michael headed back to the kitchen. As soon as he left she shut the door behind him and attacked Fitz mouth with a kiss that sent them both on fire. After a few minutes they pulled apart, both breathless. "What was that for? Not that I'm complaining," he grinned at her with the goofiest look on his face, the one that made her melt and want to kiss him again. "There's more where that came from." She winked at him and pressed her body against his. He let out a small moan and she knew she couldn't push him much further with her family in the other room.
"Just thank you. For taking all of this in stride. My family invading. My mother's selfishness. Your arm. Thank you for staying and not hightailing it out of here like any sane person would do, because I don't think I can do this without. I don't really know how I did before, so thank you."
"You never have to thank me for loving you Livvy, it's not a conscious choice, its like breathing. Inhale, exhale, Livvy, that simple. Besides I like your family. You're sister is like a mix between you and Abby its pretty funny and your brother is a good guy, he didn't threaten me with his gun or anything, which I think was showing restraint. I think he likes me. Huck I wouldn't want to cross, but they all love you so how could I not like them? Your Mom, I'm so sorry. I know what its like to have a selfish parent and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. You deserve so much more. I'm so angry at her. I hate her Liv. I don't even know her and I hate her more than anyone I've ever met. I don't know how someone could hurt you." He was looking at her so fiercely and she knew exactly how he felt, she felt the same way when he told her his Mother shot his Father in front of him, stealing away both his parents.
"I know you're angry Fitz, but I'm not. She's always been this way. She's a jealous woman especially of her children. I wish I had a mother that braided my hair or taught me how to bake, but I had Grams and Claudia. So you should know that I'm okay." He knew she was upset and thrown by finding out that her mother had betrayed her, but he knew for now she needed to focus on the task at hand. He would let her be for now but when the time came he would help her through that too. He nodded and she kissed him once last time, letting her hands linger on his chest before he took her hand and led her to the rest of the family, her real family. The one that loved and protected her the way she needed.
"Any progress?" She asked when they made their way back out.
"Oh yeah Liv we solved the whole problem. Mom and Sal are both in Guantanamo and Dad is seeing a therapist. Oh world hunger solved. Racism too." Claudia was stressed and exhausted, when she got that way she got grumpy. Fitz looked nervous, but Olivia just walked up to her sister gave her a slap on the back of the head then a kiss.
"Be nice Claudia," Michael told her.
"Well it was a stupid question," Olivia conceded. With that both Claudia and Olivia were a united front giving Michael a dirty look and smug expressions. Huck smirked behind his computer, not foreign to seeing the girls gang up on Michael. They had this little system down pat from the time Olivia could talk.
"See Fitz this is what you're getting yourself into. These two are… I don't even know, but they look like gladiators preparing for battle, when you see that run or give in because you're not going to win," Michael was shaking his head as he explained the sisters bond.
"Hey don't tell him that!" Olivia yelled defensively.
"Oh yeah cause I've never seen that face before Liv. Remember when we argued about Othello, yeah that was the first time. I've learned to be scared of that face, and now there's two of them," Fitz was laughing with all of them now and for a brief moment they were able to forget everything that was happening. It was like her family just came to visit, not to save their lives. The moment was over way too soon when Huck announced he had found something. At the same time there was a banging at the door.
"Olivia Carolynn Pope make yourself decent and come out here this minute! You better be on deaths door for not answering my calls!"
"That would be Abby," Olivia laughed at her antics, but soon realized they were about to unintentionally bring another person she loved into the chaos surrounding her family.
"I will get David over here to break down this door!"
"She's not going to go away Liv, go a head we will figure it out after she stops bellowing," Fitz immediately saw the concern in Olivia's eyes, but he had no doubt that Abby would follow through with her threats.
