Chapter 12
The wedding
I have edited and reedited this and it still does not feel right. I may still go back and make some corrections. It looked so right and THEN…..
Fitz could hear Abby's voice in the background, so he knew people had started to arrive to help Olivia get ready.
"Olivia I'm going I will see you in exactly six hours, so don't stand me up."
"With your mother and my mother both her there is little chance of that happening…...see you in six hours.
Olivia got up to start her big day. Mona and Maya had hired photographers to record the wedding preparations of both the bride and groom.
Olivia was hauled out of the bed and marched down to a breakfast where she watched as others ate because she did not have an appetite. Watching her push the food around on her plate …Granny Bess put a cup of tea and a slice of toast in front of her.
"Eat Lynn we are not going to have you faint in the middle of your wedding from low blood sugar."
"Really Granny…... I am not hungry "Olivia looked at the food in front of her and shook her head.
Bessie pushed the tea closer….". doesn't matter if you are hungry or not have the cup of tea and the toast. This will be a long day you will appreciate having eaten something by the time the ceremony starts. It's my good luck tea and nothing important in this family starts without a cup of my tea."
"what about the groom…...did you send him some?" Olivia gave a devilish look to her grandmother.
"Of course, I am sure Fitz is having the same conversation as we are having now."
Across town he was. Tom had been given a small container of the tea by Bess who told him to make a pot and make sure everyone there got a cup...
Unlike Liv, Fitz did not have to be convinced to eat breakfast …everyone around him looked on in amazement as he devoured everything on his plate followed by a second cup of tea.
"looks like someone is storing up energy for the honeymoon." Harrison commented as he watched Fitz clean his plate.
"nope …. he's just nervous. Jake commented. "What time again are we leaving just so I can keep you on schedule"
"One more time Jake…we are leaving at noon because I want to make sure everything at the house has been taken care of…. I will give you the ring when we get to the house.…Huck will pick up the minister at 12:30. Everything should be completed by 2:30 then to the airport not sure what after that I have been kept as much in the dark as you have."
It was about then that all the plans were about to be flipped because of a storm heading their way. The pilot called and told Mona a severe storm was brewing and set to strike about 2pm.. He needed to get everyone flying out today off the ground before 2pm otherwise the plane may be grounded. The earlier plans were…. everyone who wanted to would return to New York would … the couple would continue south for their honeymoon.
Now a quick change of plans….. the plane would remain in New York with Fitz and Olivia driving the 90 miles there. Not a good solution but if they were grounded here they would still have to make the drive and catch a commercial flight to their honeymoon destination. All her plans were around them using the Anderson's corporate jet. .
For Mona …This just would not do…..that would flip all her arrangements made for the honeymoon. She was also a woman that anticipated that this could happen. The roads were in good shape but with a small airport planes are frequently grounded, so the secondary plan was put in place.. they would drive to New York . Tom driving one vehicle James the other. The Pope family had already made plans to stay with Bess , this was home for Cyrus and Mary. Harrison , Charlie and Huck had already decided to spend Christmas somewhere warm and were booked on a late flight out of New York to an unnamed island so they would join them on the drive to New York with the couple , Abby, Stephen and Mona.….. Why drive instead of having the plane come for them. If it did arrive and it was grounded they would still need to drive to New York. They would only cancel the drive if the weather dictated it. Mona update Fitz of the plans and the wedding ceremony preparations continued...
After her abbreviated breakfast Olivia began to go through things on her checklist. Everything was being chronicled in photos, so she was followed from her bed to the breakfast then a shot taken of her bath where Olivia hid for an hour. Soon the mothers and the rest of the bridal preparation party arrived. Her hair was flat ironed straight and pulled back from her face , a very simple but elegant style that was right for her and her veil. She decided against a style with her hair piled on her head…..that hairstyle did not fit her more elegantly styled but simple dress.
The makeup was also simple. Olivia is a young beautiful woman and no-one thought it necessary to hide her natural beauty under makeup The only addition was mascara which lengthened her eyelashes with just a hint of a warm plum eyeliner. .
It was 12:00…hair and makeup done the only thing left was the dress and the old, new, borrowed and blue for the bride.
Old…her grandmothers lace handkerchief that she would wrap around the Cali Lily she carried as a bridal bouquet ….. and the ring her husband had given her before he left for New York on Thursday. New the diamond bracelet with the clasp that formed the letters O and F, a wedding gift from her mother-in law Borrowed…. The pearls that belonged Mary.……Blue ….her mother's blue Sapphire and Diamond stud earrings. It was a family affair …both Mona and Maya were impressed at the amount of thought Olivia took to include so much family history.
Finally with all the accessories either on or laid out on the bed it was time for the dress .
The dress had to meet several stipulations. One …. It could not overpower the small wedding space but all the women wanted it to still be something special.
Olivia decided on a sheath style with a jewel neckline . It had an upper bodice with tulle and chiffon covered in pearls …. with elbow length sleeves which were edged in pearls.. The style was simple but so elegant…it added to the ceremony and the bride it did not detract from it or her.. The Ivory, almost white was the perfect color.. The front of the dress fell to the top of her instep with the back gradually angled longer almost reaching the floor as it hit near the bottom of the heel of her 3 inch shoes that were covered in the same fabric as the dress. Olivia is not very tall so very early in her teens she often decided not to wear the teen casual shoes and preferred strappy sandals and shoes with 2-inch heels. By now she was at ease in heels plus she just wanted to look taller. She was a vision in Ivory.
Olivia was standing with her back to the mirror as the women in the room all started crying as they looked at her, then she turned to the mirror for a look at the beautiful woman looking back at her. She wanted to cry but knew that would require another make-up session so she held back her tears as her mother got on a stool and placed the veil attached to aunts Tiara on her head. The veil, was the fancy accessory. It flowed all the way to the floor in layers but not too full to overpower her small frame., .with several feet flowing on the floor behind her. The bottom of the veil included the same pearls as the bodice of the dress, it was impossible to not say it….she was an elegant bride. This same dress could have been worn in an area attended by 500 people but was still fitting for the much smaller setting.
At 1pm there was a knock on her door and they heard the String Quartet play the first notes to the song Fitz selected for the wedding How Deep is our love. Her father had arrived and it was time. . All the ladies except Abby and Quinn left the room as her father entered.
"Olivia you are beautiful… even if you were not my daughter I would say the same thing…shall we go I think your groom is impatiently waiting. He has been checking his watch every minute the past 20 minutes.".
Abby and Quinn walked down the stairs as the beautiful sound floated up. After a short pause the sound of the traditional wedding march began .Mona Grant accepted a lot of scaled downs for this wedding but there would be no piped in music . The beautiful sounds from the Quartet floated through the house.
Olivia kissed her father then they walked together towards the stairs taking her to her new life. As they walked out of the room towards the stairs she saw a figure standing at the bottom it was Fitz with a smile that took over his entire face and lit the room even more..
Olivia walked down the first eight steps and stopped… her eyes fixed on Fitz and his on her, each taking the other in . . She stood for a moment, admiring the man who would soon be her husband he looked fabulous , even his superman curl had been jelled down.
He father finally had to prod her to continue down the stairs which had been transformed from Christmas red and green to green and white flowers. The green was the exact color of the Abby and Quinn's -a-line tea length dresses.
Fitz just stood there waiting and instead of her father handing her off to him at the altar her groom linked his arm in hers and walked her the short distance to the minister.
He leaned down as he took her arm "you look absolutely fabulous …..I know I should have waited but I couldn't. I want to break another tradition and kiss the bride before the wedding but I guess I have broken enough for one day."'
The ceremony was short with both bride and groom crying during the traditional vows that both decided they wanted. Their personal vows to each other they wanted to wait to say to each other in private.
Mona Grant could scale down she would never scale out. This was her only son and although it was decided they would repeat this in three years she wanted as much tradition as possible without trampling on the couples wishes.
The couple scaled back the reception but Mona got the String Quartet for the pre-and wedding music and the couple added a vocalist to sing "Here and Now" for their first dance. The cake, just a four tier was cut after the top layer was removed, a very toned-down reception with all finger food but elegant finger food. Soon the toasts were made, good wishes and again….. going against tradition everyone had something to say to the new couple. Andrew And Jake both complimented the couple Andrew telling Olivia she put the swagger back into Fitz.
Jerry Grant was missing but none in attendance wondered why…they all knew . This was Fitz and Olivia's day and only those who wished for their happiness was invited to share their special day. Mona decided if he ever showed any interest she would share the photographs of the day with her husband.. She would tell him about the wedding when they landed in California the next day.
7pm JFK Airport-.
Both Fitz and Liv were exhausted. Everything planned to perfection, but no-one factored in the storm, although it was Winter. . The private Anderson jet was grounded well past the expected departure time. They were comfortable enough in the private waiting room, but it had been a long day compounded by their pillow talk which lasted until daybreak.
Finally, at 8pm they were told the conditions had cleared enough for them to leave. Olivia had never been this tired in her life, her husband trying to keep things together picked her up and carried her sleeping body on the plane in his arms.
Fitz put Olivia in the plane bedroom and returned to talk to the Captain. "Can we safely take off?"
'Mr. Grant, I would never take off if it wasn't safe. Just relax we should be off the ground in 10 minutes, as soon as I go through the checklist.
Fitz relaxed and sat, a bit worried but he had faith in the long-time family pilot and shortly after takeoff the pilot came out of the cockpit to update him. "We should be over Miami in under three hours at the Island and you settled in an hour later . You should get some sleep."
Tom and James were with the couple, Mona still did not trust Mellie…. …Tom told Fitz "boss get some sleep I will wake you up when we get over Miami."
Fitz went into the bedroom with Olivia, but he could not go to sleep, so he came out and started to talk to Tom who had that look "why are you here with us."
The pilot announced they were over Miami ...then they turned East to a private Island with about a half dozen houses available for rent ... In an hour they had landed, and their luggage had been unloaded. Fitz tried to wake Olivia up but nothing. He was unsure if she was just tired or it was the Champagne .…either way he carried her on the plane and he had to carry her off.
When Olivia turned to look at Futz with dilated eyes he knew she had more wine than one glass. Now he suspected the cups Abby and Harrison were passing among each other contained more than coffee..
Fitz was working on 48 hours without sleep so with a lot of effort he was finally able to get them to their to their house located far away from everyone else. For a woman who looked as light as a feather Olivia had become very heavy. She was able to walk some but it was easier to carry her. He was still trying to figure was this from one glass of wine or was she just tired. He finally just threw her over his shoulder…Tom and James handled the luggage.
They….well Fitz….settled in their house . Tom and James were in one further down the road from them.
Fitz was nearing his breaking point. He put Olivia in bed only taking of her shoes. He was concerned about her waking up and someone was removing her clothes, so he pulled the cover over her and went to take a shower.
When he returned to the room Olivia had not moved so he slid in next to her, kissed her on the forehead, "hi Mrs. Grant" and passed out from his long day.
Olivia woke up …, the room was dark…. the only light was the moonlight through the blinds. Her head was pounding what the….…why did she have a headache…why was her mouth so dry. She turned her head to see a form lying next to her. As she became more aware of her surroundings she remembered, she was married and the hunk lying next to her was her husband Fitzgerald Grant…. but what happened. The last thing she remembered was having a drink with Abby and Harrison at the terminal in New York.
She remembered they had to drive to New York because of the possible storm and were stuck waiting until it was safe to take off. . She remembered Harrison and Abby passing her a cup of something that tasted funny at first but with each sip it tasted better. That was her last memory at 5pm it was now 3am.
She got up and discovered she had all her clothes on but going into the bathroom and seeing herself in the mirror did not help improve how she felt. She looked at herself. Her perfect hairstyle looked like something from a sci-fi movie. Water …a shower, she would feel better she hoped
A 30 minute shower later and she still felt as bad as she did when she first woke up.
Maybe if she ate something…... where was the kitchen where was the food. She was starving and all she could find was a couple of mints in her purse..
During this time Fitz never woke up , she tried to wake him up….it never happened. All he did was look at her utter a few undistinguishable words and go back to sleep.
What kind of honeymoon was this. She slept the first ten hours now it seems her husband is going to sleep the next ten. . This was something she never anticipated …when does the honeymoon begin. She woke up only to find her husband was asleep. Did the honeymoon begin without her. nope she did not think so when she first woke up she had the same clothes she had on in New York.. That clothing had been replaced after her shower by a pair of shorts and a Harvard T-shirt … lace panties but no bra.
Olivia tried again to wake Fitz…. nothing so hungry and wide awake she decided to go out on the balcony.
The balcony was spacious and ran around the whole house.. She could see another house in the moonlight, but she could not figure out if it was on land or sitting out on the water which she could see in the distance in the moonlight . She could not tell where the water ended and the land began.
Liv laid on a chair she found on the balcony, took a seat and though…my honeymoon… is this it. She settled in and sat looking out into the darkness...
Fitz turned over and realizing where he was …..felt the bed next to him , it was empty…. No Olivia. He looked around the dark room, his first thought… she woke up and wandered out on the balcony not knowing where she was . He jumped up and started calling her, no response. He went out on the balcony and saw her small form curled up on a chaise. He laid down next to her pulling her into his arms kissing the top of her head as he pulled her closer.
"Hi, Mrs. Grant, are you in there?"
Olivia turned her head to look at Fitz…"what happened where are we?"
"We are on a private island south of Miami somewhere between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. My mother gave me the information to read during the flight but I was too tired to read all of it.
'Fitz What happened last thing I remembered was talking to Abby and Harrison at the airport. "
"Mrs. Grant, you can't drink. I think your friends gave you a drink so you would relax and it knocked you out. Have you ever had a drink before?"
"A drink…of course ..I never liked the taste so , I usually give mine to Harrison. They said it would make me relax after the first glass it started to taste ok.."
"It made you relax alright for over eight hours , are you hungry?"
"I'm not hungry I'm starving. The only thing I could find was a couple of mints in my travel bag. I could not find any food."
"come on lets see what's in the refrigerator."
"What refrigerator Fitz I did not see a refrigerator.
"it's the box at the side of the balcony."
Fitz moved over to the large container, followed by Olivia, and opened the door. It was stocked with an assortment of fresh fruits and cheese and a couple of covered dishes with heating instructions.
'Why isn't the refrigerator in the kitchen?"
"Because it allows privacy. The dinners can be delivered ready to eat or they can be placed here to be heated later, if necessary. That way no need to bother the guest. No permanent housekeeper or cook if that's what you want. This is for those who wish to be alone. "
Fitz took two platters to the kitchen and make them a nice meal, cold but filling although there was a container of soup included.
After eating the two moved out to the veranda to watch the sun rise. By now Olivia's heart was pounding not knowing what was next and Fitz recognized her anxiety.
"Olivia relax…nothing has to happen until you are ready."
"Fitz I am ready."
Fitz drew her closer, " are you sure?"
"Fitz I am sure ….what happens now."
Fitz took Liv by the hand and walked into the bedroom…" first I want you to be at easy with my body and I want you to feel at ease naked with me."
First lets take off our clothes, either a piece at a time or all at once. Would you rather undress in the bathroom alone or here. Would you like me to leave and let you undress, get into bed and I will join you.
Olivia thought for a moment. She had seen Fitz in a bathing suit and shorts. She had seen him with only a towel wrapped around his waist while everyone was staying in her apartment .. This is her husband not an anonymous one night stand. She wanted to experience seeing her husband's body naked and for him to see hers not hidden under a cover or disguised in a darken room, so it was let's get naked, together. Let's undress each other together.
Olivia did not say what her intent was she moved towards Fitz and removed her t-shirt which had nothing underneath. She heard Fitz give a deep sigh as she moved closer and removed his. She then pulled his pajama shorts down in one swoop discovering he had nothing on underneath . As he stepped out of them she was not fully prepared to see his manhood fully enlarged and she swallowed hard. . All she could think….. will it fit?.
Fitz noticed Olivia hesitate.
"are you ok…..we can stop now if you want to . I told you before we will walk through this at your pace. If you say enough it will be enough. We have a lifetime."
Olivia grabbed his hands "Fitz I said I am ready I have never seen a naked man before….it's just something new…..seeing you like this is something I have thought about the past two months but thinking about it and seeing it up close …that's a big difference."
"a big difference. " Fitz said with a smirk
"Yes Fitz a very big difference. I never knew what it would look like what you would look like but I can say I like it all. I like the way you look."
"Mrs. Grant where did the shy Olivia Pope go?"
"Mr. Grant the shy Olivia Pope left the room when I pulled down your pajamas and discovered you did not have anything underneath and I like seeing you all in the buff."
"Are you ready to join me."
"I've been ready since we had our first discussion about sex…are you ready for me to join you?"
"I can show you better than I could ever tell you."
Fitz reached out and pulled her shorts down along with her lace panties.
"If I had known you were wearing those I would have removed one layer at a time."
Fitz pulled her shorts down, taking his time. Unlike Olivia he followed her clothing to the floor getting on his knees to remove the clothing off her feet. . With his head at her midsection he kissed her stomach as he massaged her tight buns. Olivia was in heaven. This felt like her dream ….only much better.
Fitz decided less may be better at this point , not too much too soon, so he kissed back up her torso, picking her up and wrapping her legs around his waist as he moved them towards the bed. He started to caress her breast but soon took them into his mouth and started to gently flick her hard nipples with his tongue then and began sucking on them one at a time. He could hear her soft moans and moved them on to the bed. Laying her down he told her "If I start to do something that's uncomfortable let me know."
Olivia shook her head yes and grabbed Fitz kissing him deeply….. long gone was the shy I'm a virgin here was a married woman ready to make love for the first time to the man she loved.
Fitz continued to go slow, even though he felt like he was on fire. He continued kissing Olivia as he rolled her nipples between his finger and thumb and Olivia was responding much more aggressively than he believed she would as he felt her hands slowly move across his chest and then lower until her fingers closed around his penis.
At the feel of her hands he gave loud moan which made Olivia stop "is something wrong…did I do something wrong?" she asked
"absolutely nothing…give me a moment to catch my breath ..that feels so good and I need time to adjust ….., time to enjoy the feeling ."
Olivia remembered all the books she had read and decided she wanted to see his body all of it, run her hands over his body, to massage him all over, get to know his pressure points,…like the books explained….so she rolled Fitz on to his back and straddled him.
Fitz almost lost it , Olivia sitting on his stomach her breast inches from his mouth her hands running along his chest and down his stomach.
Once again he felt the contact of her hands on his erect penis., Her hands and body moved lover over his thighs and she pushed his legs apart. Fitz was thinking that's what I am supposed to be doing , either Liv has read a lot of books on how to please him or she is just going with what he is responding to. Right now he was not interested in questioning what was happening he was just going to enjoy it.
She massaged down both legs and slowly started the trip back up taking his penis in her hand and slowly stroking him.
"If you keep that up I am not sure if you are ready with what will happen."
"I'm ready…. lets see what will happen ,…are you ready to show me?"
Fitz opened his legs wider and began to slowly move in the same pace as her hands. His moans were getting louder and louder. "Olivia stop … I don't want my first time with you to be like this."
"Why not" liv asked as she started to stroke him faster and faster tightening her hands as much as possible..
"Olivia please stop."
"why should I stop … are there rules or can we make our own rules about what pleases us. Am I pleasing you ?'
"yes you are pleasing me it's just … this is so unexpected, what you are doing is so unexpected?'
"why is it unexpected?"
"I'm supposed to take the lead….to teach you …you are taking the lead."
"Have I done anything that displeases you ?'
"Liv it's just because."
"because what , she asked as her strokes got faster and faster until Fitz could no longer fight it.
She felt something warm on her hands as Fitz gave out a loud moan and called her name, half sitting up on the bed before falling back looking at her with his eyes half closed.
"That wasn't fair, I though I was supposed to be introducing you to sex not you giving me a lesson . That was good Liv…where did you learn that?"
"From one of the many books I read. Was it ok.?" she asked as she got some tissues from the bedside table and wiped her hands.
"Nope it wasn't ok….Ok could never feel that satisfying . Would you care to share your books with me?"
" I hope we will spend a lot of time reading them together."
Fitz raised up on one elbow and whispered , "now relax… " as he began kissing her about the lips down her neck and along the back of her ears as his hands were busy with her breast. They left her breast and were replaced by his mouth as his hands moved down her body and moved her legs apart. His hand massaged the outside of her mound and slowly one finger found her slit and he began to massage her outer lips. Each stroke with his fingers he moved deeper in and over her slit flicking her clitoris. When he felt moistness on his finger he started to tickle the outside of her channel.
He whispered everything he was doing as he did it and Olivia completely relaxed and enjoyed the pleasure she was feeling. . When he stuck just the tip of his finger in her he felt her tense up. So he withdrew it and again started to flick at her clitoris.
Feeling this Olivia responded by moving her body in time with his fingers and he could her a breathing getting deeper. He could feel more moisture on his finger and decided to try again to enter her with his finger, this time she did not tense up…on the contrary Olivia was a very willing partner as she grabbed his hand with hers and forced his finger deeper and deeper into her .He had his finger as far as it would go when Olivia told him "take your finger out"
Fitz was concerned, did he do something wrong…. He let her know what he was doing ….but he also told her to say something if she felt uncomfortable. Was she feeling uncomfortable … he was about to apologize.. Olivia opened her legs wider an indication that she may have wanted his fingers out but she clearly wanted a replacement.
""I'm ready Fitz …I'm more than ready". Following her lead he rested on his elbows so he could control his movements until she was comfortable with him and slowly entered her . Then out of no-where Olivia bent her body up to his and grabbed his ass and pulled him down. It was nirvana , her walls grabbed him like a pair of gloves . He felt her tense up for a moment but she worked through the discomfort. He on the other hand was in big trouble ….. knew if he moved it was all over.
Olivia was trying to move under him but he could not move.
"Fitz…what's wrong?"
He wanted to answer but he couldn't , she felt so good he could not move and could not talk…he is so glad they waited because this here , this here was well worth the wait.
Soon he regained his control and they slowly began to move in perfect rhythm together. The soft sounds of sex…good enjoyable sex filled the room Fitz could not remember anything ever being better and he wanted it to last as long as possible but he also understood this was her first time and he had to consider how her body would react the next day. He hoped he could bring her to a climax but he feared it would not happen this soon not during their first time. All at once he heard her moan out loud and felt her walls contract around him. With that he took several more strokes and followed.
Dammmmmm was all he could say or think as he laid back on the bed pulling his wife on top of him…his arms wrapped around her ….. resting in the stillness still feeling what had just happened. He stroked her back as he kissed the top of her head ...
"Olivia. Are you ok…...he kissed his wife along her hairline and turned his head to look at her…she was asleep she was satisfied…. With her being satisfied he was satisfied so he soon followed her. The only sound in the room was them breathing in sync. Oh my what will tomorrow bring to this new couple.
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