Chapter 10

Olivia watched her son as he took his steps around the living room floor. Nathan was 1 year old. He could walk and say a few words like Ma and Da. Olivia was working on a case at the moment while she watched her son. She was still doing a good job managing her firm while raising her son. She loved her time with her son but Olivia knew she wasn't meant to be the stay at home mom type.

"Ma." He said wobbling over to her with his sippy cup in hand.

"Yes sweetheart?" she smiled as he tried to climb up on the sofa. Olivia swooped down and put him her lap making his clap his hands with a smile.

"You want to harass mommy while she's working?" She teased him as he patted his hands in her lap. Olivia couldn't believe he was already one now. Time was just going by so fast. She remembered the day she found out she was pregnant with him now he was walking and trying to talk.

"DA!" he said pointing to the TV. She saw the news had a special report showing his father speaking on behalf of the Senate.

"Yes you see your daddy on TV?" Olivia said.

"DA!" Nathan smiled excited. From the looks of it he and Fitz made an agreement on some legislation so it was going to be passed now.

"Your daddy is going to be coming home soon." Olivia said. A few minutes after the conference she got a phone call.

"Well that's finally over with." Edgar said.

"I know. Your son and I saw you on the TV. He was so excited." She said making Edgar smile thinking about his little son.

"Well that's good. Since we got this taken care of we have to go to this big event on Saturday for the president to sign the bill. You know the Ceremonial stuff."

"Alright I'll call your mom to see if she can watch Nathan." She said. Evelyn loved spending time with her grandson and kept him whenever she could. This helped out a lot especially when Olivia had to go out and about for her cases. Her son was trying to look through her paper work like he was trying to help.

"When you learned how read?" Olivia teased him as she took the papers from him. Nathan just leaned back and sucked on his sippy cup while she continued her work.

Fitz couldn't believe what had just taken place. Everything happened so fast. It was just supposed to be another bill signing. Just a regular old boring bill signing event, not this. He never thought what would take place would happen. Somebody snuck a gun to the outdoor event and opened fire. Fitz and everyone ducked down trying to avoid the bullets.

The Snipers took out the gunmen before he could hurt anyone else but the damage had already been done. Some people were shot. Fitz searched the crowd for Olivia when he saw her…over Edgar's body screaming.

"EDGAR! Speak to me PLEASE! " She said her white suit covered in his blood.

Fitz didn't hesitate for a moment to run over to her.

"Are you alright?" He said.

"He's bleeding really bad…" Olivia said in tears.

"We got to get you out of here President Grant." One of the secret servicemen said.

"I'm not leaving her. Get my ambulance and take him to hospital quick!"

'But sir…" the guard said.

"DO IT! He's a Senator!" Fitz said. The Presidential EMT's ran over to Edgar to help.

"Come on Olivia…" He said pulling her away so that they could work on him.

"He was protecting me…" Olivia said breathing fast. Edgar covered Olivia when the bullets started flying. Everything was happening so fast.

"I know he was…" Fitz said. He should have ran to Olivia to get her out the way. Now Edgar was fighting for his life protecting the woman he loved. He and Edgar had their history but seeing Olivia so upset was too much for him right now. The EMT's got Edgar into the Ambulance ASAP and sped off.

"We'll take you to the hospital." Fitz said.

"Thank you." Olivia said very distraught. She tried to walk feeling a bit of pain in her right ankle.

"Did you fall on it?" Fitz said.

"I think so." Olivia said more concerned about her husband's wellbeing now than her own. Fitz helped her get to the limo as they drove off to the hospital. Olivia rocked back and forth in her seat still covered in Edgar's blood. Fitz dialed someone to bring her spare clothes. He didn't know what to say to her right now. She clearly was in her own little world at the moment. When they arrived at the hospital they went straight to talk to the doctor.

"Is my husband okay? It's Senator Edgar Braxton." Olivia said.

"He's in Emergency Surgery right now. We have to wait and see. He lost a lot of blood and something was ruptured." The doctor said.

"Okay…" Olivia said giving a deep breath trying to get herself together.

"Come on Olivia." Fitz said helping her to a seat.

"They're bring you some more clothes."

"Okay…" She said clutching her pants. Fitz held her close to try and help ease her.

"You need to have them look at your ankle to make sure it's not broken. Also where is your son?"

"Alright….Nathan is with Grandmother." She said. Fitz grabbed another doctor to check on her. They changed her out her clothes to a hospital gown and cleaned her up. He got Olivia's phone to find Edgar's mother's number.

"Olivia! Is Edgar okay?!" he heard Evelyn's panicked voice.

"Mrs. Braxton…" Fitz said.

"You're not Olivia…" Evelyn said.

"No this is President Grant. I got Olivia's phone."

"Oh my God is she hurt too?"

"They are checking her out now. As for your son…they have him in surgery no word just yet. I will keep you updated though."

"Alright…thank you." Evelyn said almost in tears.

"Is Nathan okay?" He asked.

"Nathan is fine he's taking a nap."

"Do I need to have anything sent over there for him?"

"No it's fine. He was supposed to spend the night anyway." Evelyn said.

"Alright…we'll keep you updated." Fitz said.

"Thank you President Grant." Evelyn said as he hung up. Fitz went back to Olivia's room to check on her.

"How is she?" He asked the doctor.

"Her blood pressure was up from the shock. Her ankle was bruised really bad but not broken. We are going to just keep her tonight though."

"Okay…thank you." Fitz said walking to Olivia side. She was slowly dosing off from the medication they gave her to calm her nerves.

"Is my son okay?" Olivia asked.

"He's fine. Your mother in law has him. They are bringing you some extra clothes as well."

"Okay…thank you so much." Olivia said.

"It's no problem." Fitz said caressing her forehead.

"If the worse happen to Edgar…I promise I'll be there for you and Nathan." Fitz said. He was going to be there for her no matter what. He had left her out to dry for too long.

"Thank you. We'll you keep me up to date with Edgar?" Olivia said slowly closing her eyes.

"Of course I will." Fitz said. He kissed her forehead as she went off to dreamland. Fitz went out to check on Edgar's condition.

"He's out of surgery for now. We're going to have to wait and see. It's a coin toss right now."

"I see." Fitz looked back at Olivia's room. If Edgar died she would be a widow left to raise a son alone. Fitz couldn't bring himself to wish that on her. Olivia was finally happy like she should have always been now this happens.

He walked back to her room seeing she was still asleep. He sat by her bedside when he saw Cyrus come in."

"President Grant we should leave now."

"I'll stay…Olivia doesn't have anybody with her." He said.

"You sure?" Cyrus said.

"Cancel all my events." Fitz said letting it be known he was dead serious. He wasn't leaving her side if he could help it. He had done that enough.

"Alright." Cyrus said knowing there would be no convincing him otherwise. He left out the room so they two were alone. Fitz held her hand close watching her as she slumbered peacefully.

"I love you so much. I never stopped even when I said I wanted us to be friends. Right now…it hurts because I'm thinking how it could have been you on that operating table right now fighting for your life. Olivia…I'm such a coward, a selfish coward at that. Every time you needed me I was nowhere to be found. Then to make it worst I ignored your pain trying to make it seem like mine was more important with every excuse in the book. I can see why you married Edgar. He's strong where I am weak.

"He doesn't hesitate for a second to protect you and he's given you more Joy in the time you've been with him than I ever had. Maybe that's why we clashed because I knew he was everything I couldn't be especially when it came to you. I'm so sorry, I'm so, so sorry. I know now…if I can help it I'll be there for you for the rest of my days no matter what." He leaned beside her giving her a kiss on the forehead. He watched her as fell asleep himself.

Author's Note: Will Edgar make it? Will Fitz's keep his promise to stay by her side no matter what?