Olivia woke up at six the next morning to the loud, annoying, constant knocking at her front door. She got up and went to answer it. Opening the door, the formalities were skipped.
"I'm here, what's wrong? I just saw you! What could possibly go wrong in the amount of time that we've been apart?" they asked.
"James, I meant for you to come. Not for you to bring Cyrus as well!" Liv shouted.
"I feel the love too, sweetie. James said you sounded upset on the phone so I came too. Just to be safe," Cyrus told her. "So what's going on?"
"He was over here last night. I thought it was Dad who was following me but it was really him. For a couple weeks it was him. He was trying to pinpoint a time to talk to me. We had a talk last night and I don't know what to do."
"He, Grant he?" James asked.
"Yes," she answered. Liv saw the pissed off look Cyrus had. "He's divorced now, Cy. But it doesn't change anything, I think. He didn't have very good reasons just blamed it on being stupid."
Cyrus put his coat back on and went out the door, slamming it behind him.
"Why would you bring him?" Olivia slapped James' shoulder playfully. "Now he's pissed!"
"He's only pissed because he's protective of you. You could have mentioned it was about him on the phone?"
"I thought you would call before you left. God only knows what he's going to do to him when he finds him. By now, he's probably called Eli!" Olivia ran to her bedroom throwing on a pair of jeans and sweatshirt. "Let's go find him."
They left out of the apartment going after Cyrus. The two of them looked at Fitz's office but it was too early for him to be there. She didn't know where Fitz lived or hung out. She tried to call him but there was no answer. James and Liv looked for an hour before going to the café for a coffee break.
"So what did you call me for?" James asked sitting down.
"I don't know what to do about him," she answered.
"For starters, you could give him a name. Tell me what you're feeling, talk it out with me."
"See, this is exactly why I called you. I'm thinking that I want to give him another chance. Maybe we could make a better go of it this time. Then I remember how much it hurt when he didn't tell me that he was married. Now he's divorced and the baby wasn't his and I feel for him. But I just remember how much he hurt me. It's something that I can't get over. I don't know, James. What do you think I should do?"
"What's your heart say?"
"I don't listen to that thing. It's broken. It has been for four years."
"Okay, your gut?"
"That I should give him another chance. That he deserves another chance but after the shitty stunt he pulled not telling me about her, I don't think I can trust him. I want to trust him. More than anything, I do. But part of me says not to ever let that happen again. That if I ever trust him, he's only going to hurt me again. Why would I let him hurt me again?"
"I don't know sweetie, I trust Cyrus. After all the crap he's pulled over the years, I still love him. Cy had to earn my trust again. He has it now, but it doesn't mean that I don't trust him completely. You have to figure out if you can allow yourself the hurt if something were to happen again. But remember, no one is perfect. Even I'm not perfect. Fitz is going to do something stupid again at some point and it's going to hurt but you will have to choose if you can handle that. But Liv, no matter who you are with, they are going to hurt you somehow. It's inevitable."
Olivia finished her coffee and went back to get a refill, leaving James at the table. The bell on the door chimed letting people know that someone was coming in. She turned back to her table and saw Fitz coming towards the counter.
She set the coffee on the table and placed her hands on her hips. "Why didn't you answer my calls?" she shouted getting his attention.
"I didn't know you called, what's up?" Fitz asked.
"I needed to know…"
"Olivia," James grabbed her attention pointing to the door.
"YOU!" Cyrus yelled coming in.
Olivia stepped in front of Fitz, blocking Cyrus. "Cy, don't make a scene here please."
"Olivia, what's going on?" Fitz asked.
"Olivia get out of the way," Cyrus demanded.
"Cyrus, don't embarrass her," James told him.
Olivia noticed that people were starting to stare at what was happening with them. "Cy, not here."
Cyrus moved around her and got in his face. "I've told you to leave her the hell alone! What the hell makes you think that you can come here and try to ruin her life?"
"Cyrus, let's not do this here. I am not trying to hurt her, I swear."
"I don't give a shit!"
"We've both told you to stay away from her," Eli said coming into the café.
Olivia wanted to disappear the second she saw Eli come in. "Can the two of you stop, please?" James pulled Olivia back to sit next to him. "You have to stop them. They are going to start something."
Fitz looked at Olivia trying to gauge her reaction. "Cyrus, Eli, you know I don't want to hurt her."
"We've told you to leave her alone. She doesn't need you coming in and screwing up her life. She's been doing great ever since your whole marriage ordeal," Cyrus told him.
"I don't mean to disrespect either of you. I talked to Olivia last night. I'm not leaving until she tells me to. If she wants me to leave forever, she will tell me. She's a grown woman and can speak for herself. She's not an invalid like the two of you think she is. Why don't you let her make up her own mind and speak for herself?"
Before another word was said, Cyrus punched Fitz in the face, busting his nose.
"WHAT THE HELL CYRUS!" Olivia yelled. She ran over to Fitz with napkins trying to stop the blood. "You two are ridiculous! I can make my own decisions."
