So this is a short chapter. Sorry. The next ones will be longer and will take longer to write, so instead of a long chapter I have put this up to tide you over. Also, I was humbled by all the reviews, they invigorate me :)

Olivia woke the next morning with an ache in her eye, and in her heart, both caused by the same person. Teddy was yet to wake up so she lay in bed staring at the ceiling till she heard his little cry. She got up and prepared him a bottle. After he had finished she brought him back to her bed and cuddled him while he played with some noisy and colourful toys.

Karen came in about an hour later checking to see if she was ok because they hadn't seen her yet and they didn't see her last night either.

She knocked and Olivia didn't really want to have to explain to Karen what happened but she would feel bad if she didn't talk to her so she responded that she could enter.

"Morning Liv. Is everything ok?" Karen had walked in from her left so didn't see her eye, which was quite bruised, until she had sat next to Teddy on the other side of Olivia's bed. "Oh my god Liv. What happened to your eye?" she asked concerned.

"I fell over getting to Teddy during the night. I had the light off to keep him kind of asleep while I fed him but I tripped on something and hit my eye on the corner of his cot. Im ok." She said as she rubbed Karen's arm to assure her she was ok. Olivia hated lying to Karen, but Olivia didn't want her to be afraid of her own father. Olivia knew it wasn't Fitz' fault. She underestimated his strength so she could only blame herself.

The three of them lay playing in Olivia's bed for a little longer until it was time for another bottle for Teddy. Karen went to her room. Olivia fed Teddy in his room before putting him to bed. Olivia went back to her room and sat in her bed.

Not too long after she heard another knock on her bedroom door. Only this person just came straight in after they knocked.

"Liv. What happened. Karen called me, she thought you should see a doctor about your eye." Cyrus said as he sat down next to Olivia and turned her face with is hand. She winced slightly.

"Cyrus. I am fine. I have already been checked out by a doctor." She had. As soon as it happened the doctor checked her out to make sure she was ok.

"How did it happen?" he asked confused. Olivia was silent for a while.

"Liv" he questioned again. She looked down at her hands as she began telling him what happened.

"He was in the worst mood yesterday, so I wanted to talk to him about what was wrong. He just started yelling at me telling me I wasn't his wife, that he wanted his wife" she paused here as she was about to cry. Cyrus held her hand. "Then he just didn't stop, so the doctor had to come and sedate him. I wanted to hold his hand so he knew it would be ok. Tom and David were holding down his other arm that they were injecting him in but when they injected it, the hand I was holding flew out of my grip and hit me in the face" she had collected herself by the end of the narrative.

"Cy. I don't think I can go in there today." She said sadly. He was silent for a few moments.

"Olivia. You will regret it if you don't." she looked at him a little annoyed but curios. He continued "For the last week, every day you have been there for him. You have delivered him the worst news of his life 6 times. We don't know if he will remember those 6 times, but you don't do it for you. You do it for him, so that if he wakes up and he does remember one day, it will be you he heard it from. So I know it is hard. I know after what he said it will be even harder, but you need to do this, for him." Tears welled in her eyes as he said this. He was right. That was why she had been the one to tell him every time, with the knowledge that she would want him to do the same for her.

He wrapped his arm around her back and she leaned onto his shoulder, nodding in agreement at what he had just said. After a few seconds they pulled away and Cyrus stood up.

"Where is Teddy? I think me and the two monsters can handle him this morning" he said with a smile. Olivia was nervous.

"He just went down for a sleep before you got here so you probably have another hour of peace at least, more if you are lucky. He needs another bottle at around 10am." Cyrus left the room, allowing her to get ready. She walked over to her wardrobe to pick out some clothes, she got dressed and ready to leave. When she was ready she sort of snuck out, attempted to avoid Jerry. She wasn't sure she could lie to him as successfully as she had Karen, and wasn't sure if she wanted to. Thankfully she was able to leave the residence without running into him.

She was sad. Regardless of what Cyrus had said, she was heartbroken. She stared out of the car not paying attention to anything other than her own thoughts. So was surprised when the door opened for her. She snapped out of her daze and walked towards his room. She stopped at the nurses station to ask how he was, delaying the inevitable. He was good. Awake and stable after last night.

She slowly walked around the corner. She saw his room and froze. Her breathing became heavy and she sat in the first seat she saw. Daniel and another secret service agent were on duty. Daniel nodded to the other and walked towards Olivia. He knelt in front of her and put his hand on her knee.

"Ms Pope. Are you alright?" he asked.

She looked up when he spoke to her and saw his eyes turn sad at the sight of her eye. Clearly he had been briefed on what happened the night before so it was not a surprise to him.

"Im ok. I just need a minute" she said. He stood and returned to his post. After almost exactly 60 seconds she stood up, shook her head, straightened her clothes, cleared her throat and began walking to his door. She stood at his door with her hand on the handle for a few more seconds before she entered.

She entered avoiding looking at his bed. She closed the door facing it. When she turned around she was confused. He was not in his bed. Where was he? She should leave. She was about to when she heard the toilet flush. She exhaled and took a seat on the right hand side of the room and pretended to be looking for something in her handbag.

Fitz walked in and watched her. She was wearing track pants and a loose t-shirt, a t-shirt that looked familiar. He walked slowly back around onto the right side of the bed, the same side she was on, and he leaned against the bed. He couldn't help but notice how sad she looked, how exhausted she looked.

She had been looking to her left to hide the bruise under her hair. She was waiting for him to talk first as he usually did, but today, instead of asking what had happened she heard.

"Livvie"

She turned her head so quickly she could have torn something. The hair had moved to the side slightly so he was able to see her bruise. The moment she met his eyes she could see there was no confusion in them, only adoration. However that quickly changed when he saw her bruise.

I hope this put some of you out of your misery. Sorry if it was dragging. Next chapter should be good :)

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