Yay I am done with all my finals and school is over! Finally chapter 11 is here! I want to thank all for your advice and suggestions for Olivia and Fitz relationship. You guys are such a big help to my story. Hope you enjoy!

"Communication is key and is lacking in your marriage." Dr. Turner stated. "From what I understand you both talk about the problem at hand but you never actually communicate with each other about the other one's feelings. You come up with excuses for your actions including blaming the other for your wrongdoings. I can see that you two are so deeply in love and are trying to make your marriage work. So what I want for the two of you to do is to go to a quiet and more so private place to discuss what really caused your marriage to go downhill. I want you to stop ignoring the past and talk about it because it is the root to all of your insecurities. Carefully dissect your marriage and take turns letting each other speak without interrupting. Do you think that you can handle that?"

Olivia and Fitz looked at each other and then back at Dr. Turner, nodding their heads yes. "Good. Alright then, our next secession we'll discuss how your assignment went and remember this is not to upset you guys or push you further apart, it's to find out what went wrong and how to repair your marriage. It was a pleasure meeting you Mr. and Mrs. Grant."

"You too." They said in unison. Olivia and Fitz stood up, shaking Dr. Turner's hand and thanking her. They walked hand in hand out of the building and towards Fitz Jaguar. Fitz opened the passenger door and helped Olivia into the car before making his way over to the driver's side. They continued holding hands while Fitz drove.

The drive was quiet and comfortable until Fitz broke the silence. "So that went better than I expected."

"What do you mean?" Olivia looked at him and asked.

Fitz shrugged, "I don't know I just thought that we would be at each other throats by the end of the secession that's all."

Olivia brought their intertwined hands to her mouth and kissed his hand. "Babe I get what you're saying but we already admitted our wrongs. It's not like we're clueless about our marriage, we know what we both have to work on. Now it's up to us to do it."

Fitz nodded, "You're absolutely right." He checked the time on his watch, "It's only 6:30 p.m. What do you want to do now?"

"I don't know I didn't have anything planned for tonight."

"Okay do you want to pick up Nicky from my father's?"

Olivia shook her head, "No he rarely gets to visit his grandpa. I think we should let him spend the night over there. He already has his overnight bag with him."

"How about we go to dinner then and maybe afterwards dancing?"

Olivia thought about it but decided to shut down that idea as well. "I'm not really up for going out tonight."

"Wait I have a good one. How about we go to a drive in movie? I'll pay for everything including the snacks and we can share a soda. About 10 minutes into the movie, I'll come up with some corny excuse to get you to get in the backseat with me. We'll make out and things will get heated. I'll start to feel you up, trying to seduce you. You'll tell me to stop, push me off of you and slap me in the face. We'll sit in an awkward silence until you demand I take you home. I'll pull up in your driveway and before getting out of my car; you'll call me an asshole and tell me that you never want to see my face again. Then you'll slam the door and I'll have an erection the size of an anaconda." Fitz said smiling like a teenage schoolboy.

"Fitz I think you just describe our third date and as fun as going down memory lane sounds, I would actually like to stay in and have a romantic night with my loving husband. Just the two of us." Olivia gave him her own little smile, knowing that he could never say no.

"That sounds like a wonderful idea. And do you want to know what sounds even better?"

"What?"

"If we can skip the romance, lovey dovey stuff and get straight to fucking each other brains out."

"FITZ!" Olivia playfully scolded him while laughing and slapping him on the arm.

Fitz joined in on the laughter, "I'm just kidding Livvie but all jokes aside, I would love nothing more than to spend a nice quiet and romantic evening with my beautiful bride."

Olivia leaned over and gave Fitz a soft kiss on the cheek. "I love you." She said resting her head on his shoulder.

"I love you too." Fitz gave her a kiss on her forehead and focused back on the road. The rest of the drive was quiet with Olivia's head resting on Fitz shoulder.

"Ah nothing like home sweet home." Fitz said heading directly to the kitchen with Olivia following close behind him. Fitz went into the refrigerator and grabbed two water bottles for Olivia and him. He sat down across from Olivia and chugged his water down within seconds.

"Really?" She asked with an eyebrow raised. Sometimes Fitz could be so barbaric.

"What? We had to do a lot of talking today and that therapist did not offer us one drink. I mean c'mon that's not right. I am so parched. "Fitz dramatically threw the back of his hand over his forehead and leaned back in his chair.

"You are such an idiot. You know that?"

"Yes but I'm your idiot." Fitz gave her his famous lopsided smile. The smile that makes Olivia's heart melt every time.

"That you are. Now shut up idiot so I can call your father." Olivia pulled out her phone and dialed Big Jerry's number. He answered on the last ring.

"Hey Liv! Sorry it took so long to answer the phone but Nicholas and I are having such a great time, it was hard to pull myself away."

Olivia smiled at the thought of her father- in- law and her baby boy playing. In the business world, Big Jerry was this big intimidating man who had everyone practically at his feet. But outside of that world, he was the complete opposite. Big Jerry was the biggest teddy bear who constantly gushed over his grandson. "Hey Big Jerry, I'm so thrilled that the two of you are having such a great time. I'm sorry we haven't been able to bring him around as often as we or you would like."

"It's okay, I'm just happy to spend whatever time I have with my wonderful grandson."

"Awe, well I was just calling to check up on you boys and to make sure that Nicholas wasn't giving you a hard time."

"We're fine. He is such an angel Liv. Really you and Fitzgerald are doing a fantastic job at raising him. He's such a kind and polite boy."

Olivia beamed with pride. She loved when she received compliments about her son. "Thank you so much. That means a lot to both Fitz and I to hear that. We are doing our best with raising him."

"Yes you do. When am I going to get another grandchild by the way?" Olivia spit out the water that just entered her mouth. Luckily for Fitz, she didn't spit the water out too far or else it would have gotten all over him. Fitz gave her a confused look while Olivia gave him a slightly embarrassed look. She nodded her head indicating that everything was fine. Fitz nodded and continued playing subway surfers on his phone.

"Um well we've only been fully back together for about a month, so I don't expect to have another one so soon." Olivia responded after composing herself.

Big Jerry laughed, "It was just a suggestion. I'm not getting any younger and neither are you or my son."

"We just have a lot going on right now but I promise we'll have another one in due time." Olivia reassured him.

"I'm looking forward to it. Well Nicholas just fell asleep on the floor. The little guy must be tired from the exciting day we had. I'll talk to later Liv; I'm going to go put him to bed. It's okay if he stays here tonight right?"

"Yea of course. Just give him a kiss goodnight for me and Fitz please?"

"I will. You and Fitzgerald have a goodnight."

"Thank you. Goodnight." Olivia hung up the phone and looked at Fitz who was now staring at her with a grin on his face.

"What?"

"My father asked you when we were going to have another baby right?"

"Yes. Why?"

"No reason. I just figured that was the question from what I heard and what caused you to spit out your hydrogen 2 and oxygen 1 on the table." Fitz was amused by her reaction and could not pass up the opportunity to make fun of her for it.

"I hate you." Olivia replied playfully throwing her bottle at him.

"You love me." Fitz caught the bottle and threw it right back at her.

"I do love you but you're not upset that I don't want another baby right now?"

"Why would I be upset? I completely agree with you, the timing is wrong and we have a lot of things that we need to work out before bringing another child into this world." Fitz reached out and gently took both of her hands into his much larger ones.

"I know how much having kids mean to you and how much you love being a father." Olivia slightly lowered her head.

"Hey I do want you to have more of my babies and I do love being a father but when the time is right, we'll have another one." Fitz leaned over the table and gave her a soft and brief kiss. "We also have a lot more to talk about before we can even discuss having another kid."

"Yea you're right."

"Aren't I always?" Fitz smirked. Teasing his wife was probably his favorite hobby, well maybe not hid favorite but it was definitely in the top 10.

"Cocky son of a bitch." Olivia mumbled under her breath.

"What was that?"

"You heard me." Fitz chuckled at her playful but sassy attitude. He loved when she talked back to him and was becoming turned on. "How about I make us dinner and you can set the table."

Olivia made a simple meal of Penne Alla Vodka with shrimp. Their dinner was filled with easy conversation and laughter. They took turns feeding each other. After dinner Fitz cleared the table while Olivia brought out the dessert. They each had two pieces of strawberry shortcake that Olivia made the night before. Fitz made sure to make approving noises every time he took a bite causing Olivia to giggle and also blush. When they finished their dessert, Fitz collected their dishes and put them in the dishwasher before joining Olivia back at the table, taking his seat across from her.

"Dinner was amazing baby thank you." Fitz showed his appreciation by giving her another kiss like the one they shared earlier.

"Awe thank you babe I'm glad you enjoyed it." Olivia couldn't stop smiling. She was so happy that she and Fitz were getting along in way they hadn't in years.

They sat in a peaceful silence staring at one another, just being satisfied with being in each other's presences. Olivia noticed that Fitz was looking at her but was also deep in thought. "What are you thinking about?" She asked bringing him out of his thoughts.

"Huh? Oh nothing, it's nothing" Fitz lied.

"Fitz don't do that. Don't hide from me; tell me what you're thinking about."

Fitz took a death breath, "I was just thinking about how much you mean to me and how blind I've been to notice that. I have been nothing but ungrateful since I made you my wife. I want you to know… no I need you know how sorry I am. I love you so much and I don't think I could ever go on without you by my side. I rather die than lose you." He admitted looking Olivia directly in her tear filled eyes. Fitz wasn't aware that tears were streaming down his own face until Olivia used the pads of her thumbs to wipe them away.

"Fitz you don't ever have to worry about losing mebecause I'm not going anywhere. I made a vow to you that I would be there for you not matter what, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health until death do us part." Olivia said with so much conviction in her voice.

"Do you think we could maybe talk about what happened between us?" Fitz asked in a soft tone.

Olivia nodded, "I would like that."

"Since I brought it up, I guess I'll go first." Fitz paused for a moment, trying to figure out how to start off. "You already know the reason behind me cheating and how sorry I am but what you don't know is how I felt at the time. I mean I was upset yes but that's not the only thing that I was feeling. I want you to understand my point of view. When I asked you to marry me, I was absolutely sure about making you my wife even though we were so young. I felt that the timing was right since we were already together for a year and were living together. When the day of the proposal came, I was sweating bullets. I was out of it the entire the day but when I saw you all my nerves went away and I knew that I was making the greatest decision of my life. Everything was great when we got married, we rarely argued and I was the happiest guy in the world. I use to literally count down the hours at work until it was finally time for me to leave and go home to you. We were happy and carefree with no worries in the world except for each other. Then things got even better for us when we found out that you were pregnant. 9 months later Nicholas was born and although we had absolutely no clue how to take care of a baby, we still managed. All of a sudden everything changed. Big Jerry gave me the company to run and I was terrified of taking over. I knew that I would have to one day take over the business but I didn't think it would be that soon. I was a 25 year old man running the largest construction business in the world and that scared the shit out of me. I spent hours, working late and going over every detail of Grant Construction. When I came home I put on a smile for you and pretended that everything was okay when it wasn't." Fitz phone started ringing and he saw that it was one of his employees calling. He hit the ignore button and focused his attention back to Olivia. Whatever was going on at the company would have to wait until tomorrow when he could deal with it or they would have to call Cyrus but Fitz refused to be interrupted. He gave Olivia an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry about that. Anyway as I was saying I was not okay. I was tired and felt pressured and somehow broken inside. It broke my heart every time I had to cancel on you or leave you to rush over to the company. I know that it may have not seemed that way to you but I constantly thought about you and what you were doing. There's not a moment that went by that you weren't on my mind. I tried my best to do right by you and the company. I realized that you were keeping yourself at a distance from me and that infuriated me. I wasn't angry at you for ignoring me, I was angry at the fact that we were drifting apart. I was lonely and when I looked at you, you seemed as if you were fine, as if nothing that happened between us even bothered you. I'm guessing that's when you were talking to Jake." Olivia nodded her head. "As you already know I eventually got drunk at a bar and ended up sleeping with another woman. At first I felt guilty and ashamed but the more I thought about it, the more I became angry at you for forcing me into another woman's arms. I eventually let it go and even forgot about it until she showed up. All those emotions I had, came rushing back to me with panic thrown in with them. I didn't want you to leave me, so I figured I'd give you anything you wanted. When you asked for the separation, I should have said no, I should have fought for you, I should have sat you down and had the conversation we're having right now with you. I should have done anything except for separating from you. I honestly cried myself to sleep every night for the first two weeks of our separation. I didn't know if you would ever forgive me or if you would ever take me back, that literally made me sick. When you did agree to take me back I was so relieved and thankful. Then the whole Jake thing happened and I felt betrayed even though I had absolutely no right to but I did. And then running into Christine didn't make anything better between us because I expected you to act rational when she disrespected you but if the roles were reversed I would have done the same thing, in fact I did. I learned from my mistakes and I promise you that I will always be faithful and I will always put our family before anything else." Fitz felt relieved to get all of his feelings out in the open.

It was now Olivia's turn to speak. "Fitz when you asked me to marry you, I was completely shocked and overwhelmed but I was also happy and excited. I knew that you were it for me and so I said yes. I too was feeling on top of the world when we got married and when we found out that I was pregnant. Even after we had Nicholas our love remained strong. After you took over the company I noticed a change in your mood. You were not you and I understood the company was draining you but you never wanted to talk about it. I always knew that you put on fake smiles but what you failed to realize is that those smiles never reached your eyes. Your eyes always give you away. I felt bad for you and tried to help you relieve some of the pressure but you never gave me a chance to. And when you did we were always interrupted. I became angry with you because you always put Grant Construction before me and our son. You made empty promises that you never kept. I was lonely and felt like my world was crumbling down. When Jake entered the picture, I immediately sought comfort from him because he was the only man that understood me besides you and my father. The only reason I didn't go to my father is because I didn't want him to know that you and I were having more problems and I didn't want you to think I ran to Daddy every time we fought like you pointed out in one of our previous arguments." Fitz broke their eye contact for a brief minute, thinking about that argument. He regretted saying that because that was another stupid mistake he made that caused his wife to lean on another man. He looked at her again and nodded, encouraging her to continue.

"I didn't mean to reveal as much as I did about our marriage to him. He made me feel comfortable and safe and wanted which made me angrier at you because that was supposed to be your job. I mistook his lust for comfort and friendliness. As you know we shared one brief kiss and afterwards I made it clear that he and I couldn't hang out or contact one another. I was pissed that you made me seek comfort from another man. I would have never looked somewhere else if you would have given me the time of day. When I found out you cheated I was furious. I figured that all of those late nights you were working, you were actually sleeping with someone else this entire time like most successful businessmen do. I even considered filing for divorce but I saw how sorry and sincere you were, so I decided against it and instead felt that a separation would help work things out between us. I didn't plan on it lasting two years but after a while I got used to being without you. I was hesitant about us getting back together because I honestly would not be able to take it if you ever hurt me again. Before you met Jake, I was going to tell you but I couldn't find the right words. I didn't want you to find out the way you did and the look on your face when you did broke my heart. Then when we ran into Christine, I started to panic. She was beautiful and sexy and I thought you would leave me for her, especially after finding out that you proposed to her once. I'm afraid of losing you too. You and Nicholas are my everything."

Fitz got up and walked over to her side of the table. He pulled her to stand up and sat in the chair she was just sitting in. He then pulled her to sit in his lap. He nuzzled his face in her neck, rubbing her back up and down while she stroked his hair. They sat like that for a while neither saying anything. Fitz was the first to move. He gently moved Olivia off of his lap and stood up. He walked out of the kitchen only to return a few seconds later with a little black box in his hand. He walked back to where Olivia was sitting and got on one knee. Fitz opened the black box to reveal a key that was in it.

Olivia looked at him with a confused expression on her face. "Um thank you Fitz, it's beautiful." Olivia said taking the key out of the box not knowing what else to say or do.

Fitz knew she wouldn't understand what the key was for. "Well I thought you would be a little more excited to receive the key to your new crisis management firm." He playfully put his hand over his heart pretending to feel wounded.

Olivia's eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped. When she finally processed what he just said, she squealed with excitement. She hugged and kissed Fitz passionately, thanking him and telling him how much she loved him. Fitz laughed at her reaction.

"That's much better." He teased.

"Thank you baby! I love you so so much!" Olivia said giving him another hug and kiss. "And I promise I'll pay you back every penny for everything."

Fitz pulled back a little from her so he could look at her. "Pay me back? I already told you that I would handle everything. I already arranged for your furniture and other stuff like desks to be moved out of storage and taken to the building. All you need to do is hire employees, unpack your belongings and decorate your office."

Olivia decided now was a good time to bring up his money comment from the other day. "Thank you for everything that you did babe but when I get enough money I am going to pay you back for my student loans, my firm, my car and other things that you spent a fortune on buying me."

Fitz was confused, "Olivia where is all of this coming from?"

"The other day you threw your financial helpings in my face. And that really bothered me. I always felt uncomfortable about taking anything from you especially your money because I didn't marry you for any of it."

Fitz thought back and then it dawned on him. He ran down some of the things that his money did for her and father during the argument they had the day they ran into Christine. He instantly felt bad, "Livvie I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for you to feel like you owe me anything. I was totally out of line and took a cheap shot at you."

Olivia shook her head, "No you were right. You didn't say anything that wasn't true. I need to get my own my money and not rely on yours. And before you say anything, I do need to do this for me and to make me feel better about having my own money. Please Fitz?"

"Okay." Fitz softly replied. "But I want you to keep your money for you or for your own use. You don't have to ever pay me back for anything. I am truly sorry for what I said though baby."

"I know babe and I have already forgiven you."

Fitz gave her a kiss on the lips and rested his forehead against hers. "I love you."

"I love you too… until the end of time." Olivia said back gently.

Author's Note: Thank you for reading and being patient. I will admit that I struggled a bit on this chapter. I sat on my laptop for hours trying to make everything flow. I am personally not satisfied with this chapter but I figured I kept you all waiting for a while, so I hope you enjoyed it. Please let me know what you think. Oh and things are starting to brighten up for Olivia and Fitz!