I wanted to get one last chapter in before the holiday, and it's a good one. I hope you all enjoy it! :)
"Mmm. I missed you." he whispered, kissing her collarbone.
"I missed you too." she said, as he continued to kiss her body all over. "Are you going to tell me why Mellie agreed to a divorce?"
He sighed, stopping the kisses.
"I'm sorry Fitz. If you don't want to tell me…"
"No, it's okay. Gerry…isn't my son."
"What?" she asked, sitting up and looking at him.
"He's…my brother." She just looked at him, confused. "Big Gerry ra…" He stopped his sentence, trying to get what he was trying to say out without his voice catching. "He raped Mellie."
She gasped, putting her hand over her mouth.
"Our first born son is his. Not mine. I've been raising my own brother for fifteen years. I feel like I'm in a damn soap opera. And you want to know the worst part? Mellie carried on a relationship with him after it. The man who raped her…became her mister. How sick is that?"
She grabbed his hand. "I am so sorry. I had no idea."
"I know you didn't. Neither did I. I planned on filing for divorce way before today, but when she told me what Gerry did to her…I felt bad. My father raped the woman that I was in love with at the time. I felt like there was no way that I could divorce her. She gave up so much for me. I thought I owed her. But the next day I started thinking. He did that to her fifteen years ago. Mellie became pregnant fifteen years ago. We had tried for so long to conceive, and then all the sudden she was pregnant. I had a DNA test done with Gerry, proving that he is in fact not my son."
"So what are you going to do? Are you going to tell him?"
"No, of course not. By all intense purposes, that boy is my son. He will always be my son. I'm not going to humiliate him like that by telling him that his grandfather is actually his father and his father is actually his brother. I don't think he could ever look at me the same."
She looked at him, tears filling her eyes. "Livvie, what's wrong?"
"There's something you should know."
"What is it?"
"Rowan…isn't my real father."
He stared at her, laughing a little bit. "What?"
"He told me that my mother had an affair with another man. That's why he ordered you to shoot the plane down. They were on that plane together. I'm not supposed to have any contact with you or tell anyone about this or…he'll kill you, Jake, and Huck."
"He's not getting anywhere near me. I'll have Jake and Huck watched. I can protect you."
"You have no idea what he is capable of."
"I think I have a pretty good idea."
She started crying. "Sweet baby, what's wrong?"
"I love you." she whispered.
"I love you too." he replied, smiling.
"Why is our relationship so toxic? Why is it so dangerous for us to be together?"
"We're like the modern day Romeo and Juliet." he said, trying to lighten the mood. She didn't laugh. "Listen, I'm going to divorce Mellie, and then I am going to lose the re-election. I will try everything in my power to do so."
"Why are you going to do that?"
"Because I want to be with you. It's all I want and all I care about. That way I'm no longer President and it won't be so bad for us to be together."
"What if we don't work? What if all our relationship is is stolen moments and hurting?"
"We won't know if we don't try. I believe our love is strong enough to make it through anything. My love for you runs so deep Olivia. There is nothing that I wouldn't do for you."
She leaned down and kissed him. "I love you, so much."
Suddenly, a loud noise came from the living room.
"What was that?" she asked.
She started to panic. What if they were there for Fitz? What if her father found out he was there and sent someone?
"Tom and Hal should be out there. They would know if someone broke in."
"I'll go check." she said.
"No Liv. Let me."
"What if it's my father?" she whispered.
"Then it's time to handle this once in for all."
He got out of bed, hurriedly putting his pants and shirt on. He slowly walked out into the living room, looking around for anyone that might be there. He saw someone move from the behind the couch.
"Show yourself!" he said.
Slowly, a woman rose from behind the couch. She put her hands up in the air.
"I'm not here to hurt you. The two men outside were unconscious when I stepped off the elevator."
"Who are you? How can I trust you?"
"Fitz? What's going…"
Olivia walked out, stopping dead in her tracks when she saw the woman that was behind the couch.
"Olivia." the woman said.
Tears quickly filled Olivia's eyes, as her lip began to quiver.
"Mom?"
Thoughts?
I hope you all enjoyed it. Have a great Thanksgiving! Try not to think about the fact that Scandal isn't on tomorrow night!
