Chapter 10: The Tapes
Darkness surrounds her as a hard blow lands on her cheek bone. She sinks further and further into the darkness.
Olivia gasps awake from her nightmare, her body shaking from the familiar dream on the man beating her. Fitz snaps awake at her movements, "Liv. Livvie." He says quickly, sitting up and holding her. Rubbing her cheek and looking at her in the soft darkness of the room.
Olivia slowly calms herself, sinking into his arms as the man's eyes leave her brain, "Just a bad dream." She whispers. Fitz kisses her hair, soothing her and looking at her.
"It's okay. You're safe." He cooes, gently laying back with her in bed. Olivia closes her eyes tight, the weight of needing to tell Fitz of what happened to her finds her once again.
"Fitz." She chokes out in the darkness, sitting up in bed and turning on the lamp. Fitz slowly sits up, looking at her in the lighting. She holds the blankets close to her bare chest.
"Do you want my shirt?" He asks, rubbing her cheek and handing her his shirt that's on the ground by the bed. She quickly buttons it up, looking at him with worry.
"I-
"Olivia, whatever this is don't feel forced to tell me." Fitz whispers. Olivia shakes her head quickly, rubbing her bump gently and sighing.
She needs to tell him. She needs to tell someone and share her pain with someone.
"Remember when Jake and I left to the island together?" She asks lowly, glancing up at him. Seeing the painful reminder flashing across his eyes.
The time she ran and left him after he lost his son. His weakest moment.
"Yes." He says calmly, kissing her hair to make her understand that he loves her no matter what has happened.
"I never wanted to go with him. I ran but I was wrong to run. I know now but I needed to run then. When we first got to the island, I tried to push my old life behind me and accept Jake as my future. But I couldn't. I never could let you go and never will. You are my future and my past and present." Olivia says, her voice soft and unsure as she continues, "As time went on, Jake knew I wasn't really with him. Physically yes but not the rest of me. When we would have sex, it would be to please him and keep him quiet." She explains, looking at Fitz. Fitz tenses at her words, nodding and listening quietly. She is opening up to him and he never wanted to scare her away.
What has happened to his Livvie?
"But then he got so mad sometimes when I would discuss something about Washington or call him by his actual name and not the names we had taken on. He got to the point where he snapped one night. He lunged across the table at me and he hit me. He hurt me." She whispers, her voice breaking as she speaks. Her head falling to look at her hands in defeat, "I tried to protect myself but he was too big. He beat me until I blacked out." She whimpers, tears rushing down her cheeks as she relives the horrible nightmare for the first time as she tells someone.
Fitz' whole body goes tense with anger and the need to protect his Livvie. Jake had hurt her and he couldn't protect her. His blood filling with anger and beginning to boil. He always wanted to protect Livvie and he failed. Jake had caused her harm.
Fitz gently wipes up the tears on her cheeks, "Liv." He whispers, looking at her with worried blue eyes. He could be angry later but right now he needs to be with his Livvie.
"After that night, I closed myself off to him. He gave my time to heal before he hit me again. When he hit me again, it was because I denied him sex. When I said no, he tried and tried. I fought him so hard because he was going to rape me and I finally got away. When I got away, I ran. I fought him off and I ran." She whispers as her body trembles from the dark memories. Jake had pulled a knife on her that night and left a scar across the back of her thigh. But she won that night, she got away before he could rape her.
"Livvie." He whispers, pulling her into his lap and cradling her tight, his blood boiling and wanting to kill the man with his bare hands.
"When I wake up from nightmares, they are of him. Him hitting me as I sink into the darkness." She explains, looking into his loving blue eyes.
Fitz gently runs his fingers across her cheek, "You are safe. Nothing is ever going to happen to you or the baby. You are safe. I hate that I couldn't protect you then." He whispers, holding her close and pressing the softest whispers of a kiss against her lips.
Olivia kisses him back, needing to feel his love, "I know, we are always safe with you. I just needed to tell you. I have never told anyone." She whispers, sighing into his neck.
"When I was in the hospital with a concussion, Jake had actually thrown me across the room because I found out he was keeping surveillance on me. He told me to lie to you because he threatened your life and I didn't know what he was capable of." Olivia says, swallowing hard at the memories and all the pain. Fitz shakes his head, "I'm going to kill him, Olivia. I am going to find him, put him in the pentagon and kill him with my own hands." Fitz snaps, getting out of bed and beginning to pace in his naked glory across the bedroom.
"Fitz." She says, shaking her head at the incredibly sexy man as he paces in anger.
"He's dead to me. I'm going to destroy him. He hurt you and he deserves to be tortured." Fitz snaps, picking up the phone and phoning Abby.
"Fitz, it's 3am. Whoever you are phoning, can wait. You can't do anything tonight. Please just come back to bed." Olivia says, watching him stand at the phone.
Fitz looks at her, fear and anger and regret in his cloud blue eyes, "I want him in prison or dead. I need to protect you. When I can't be around you, yours and the baby's safety is at risk." Fitz whispers, putting the phone down and sighing.
"Fitz, we are safe. I'm going to protect our child when I can't be with you. Come back to bed, please. You are pacing the room naked." She says softly, looking at him with loving eyes. Fitz sighs, crawling back into bed and turning off the lamp.
"I love you." Fitz whispers, wrapping his arms around her and kissing anywhere his lips met.
"I know." She soothes, rubbing his chest to calm his heavy heartbeat. Fitz runs his hands over her baby bump, "I love you both so much." He whispers, his voice full of emotion.
"We aren't going anywhere. We are right here. Right now, we need to sleep so we can stay healthy." Olivia says softly, kissing him ever so gently and snuggling into him tight. Her body feeling lighter and free from Jake's holds from telling Fitz everything.
"I'm going to protect you both." Fitz whispers, holding her tight and kissing her hair. Watching Olivia begin to fall back asleep, gently tracing circles with his fingers on her back and watching his whole world sleep.
Olivia wakes up sun shining in the residence windows, reaching over for Fitz in bed and feeling cool sheets, "Fitz." She whispers, knowing he's in the oval and planning his route to get Jake off the streets and away from her father and b613.
Fitz paces the oval since 5am, meeting with security and the head of secret service, "Jake Ballard is a threat. He needs to be dealt with." Fitz snaps at Cyrus as Cyrus walks out of the oval. Fitz rubs his face, pacing in front of his desk as he thinks of ways he can approach this all legally without getting Olivia involved.
Olivia quietly gets dressed back into her clothing she arrived in 2 days ago, gently massaging coconut oil into the ends of her naturally curly hair. Deciding to keep her hair natural and gently combing her curls until they are loose.
A soft kick stops her in her tracks, the little life inside her beginning to move, "Hi. Hi little angel." She whispers to her bump, rubbing her baby bump and smiling. Wishing Fitz was here this moment to feel their active little baby.
"Daddy is going to be so excited. Once he gets back from running the world, you will have to show him your moves." She whispers to her belly as she walks to her purse and check her phone. Full of missed calls and texts. The most recent texts from Jake. Her body going tense and her heart racing at the texts.
From: Jake
So you told him about what happened. I told you to never tell anyone or else I would kill you. Now that you are carrying his child, I get to kill you and that dirty child of yours.
From: Jake (2 video files attached)
The world will know you are pregnant and have your sex tape. And I will bring down the president from having him say he will kill me.
2 videos are attached to the text. One of Olivia and Fitz having sex last night. She gasps as she watches herself ride Fitz and go down on him. Sliding to the next video of Fitz pacing the room last night saying he will murder Jake.
Olivia drops her phone, in shock as worry and anger fills her. He cannot do this. She rushed to the angle of where the video was filmed last night.
He bugged the place.
She searches the room, finding a small camera in a new lamp shade. She pulls it off, smashing it as tears roll down her cheeks. She has gone so far of protecting her child and Fitz and now it is about to all come falling down.
She gasps as she collapses on the couch, crying and whimpering. This cannot be happening.
Fitz leaves the oval at noon, wanting to check on Olivia and have lunch with her. He walks into the residence to a quiet room, "Liv?" He whispers, hearing her soft cries coming from the couch. He rushes to her, sinking to the ground in front of her.
"Olivia, what's wrong?" He asks over and over again, squeezing her hands and looking up at her. She looks up from her lap, whimpering with swollen eyes, "Jake knows." She whispers, handing him her phone.
—- here is chapter 10! this is my route of fully ending jake in the book. here is some drama in the scandal world which we have to have and have olitz face together as olivia learns not to run anymore. love you all.