Short update, look at it as the conclusion to Fitz and Olivia's argument. Enjoy babes!
Olivia
"Mommy I wanna come home," Olivia cried into the phone. Olivia feels like she is at her breaking point with her relationship with Fitz and she wants out before things get worse. She is in love with Fitz, but she feel like they need some time a part to see exactly where their relationship is going.
"What's going on Livia?" Maya concernedly asked. Maya still doesn't know why Fitz and Olivia left Philly so early, and Olivia is ready to tell her mother the truth.
"Fitz and I got into a bad argument and he called me out of my name. It's too much going on right now and I can't do this relationship anymore." Olivia sniffed. Though she doesn't wan to completely give up on her relationship, she feels like her hands are tied at this point.
"What's going on you two seemed fine when you here a few days ago." Maya sounded confused.
"Mommy I have to tell you something…" Olivia took a deep breath before she told her mother everything that has been going on, from the war that she started between Fitz and Paul, to being kidnapped and shot, and then Fitz friend being murdered. She didn't leave a single detail out. By the time she was finished she was crying again and so was Maya.
"You were fucking shot, are you serious Olivia? Why didn't anyone call me? I can't believe this. I sent you there to go to school. I want you home now and away from that man and that family. I cannot believe you put on this façade like things were so perfect between the two of you when you were here. I want you home now! Or I will come to Boston myself if I have to and you don't want that." Maya angrily yelled through her tears.
"I'll catch a flight out first thing in the morning." Olivia assured her mother as she still cried.
"I am serious Olivia. I love you, call me before you board your plane." Maya sternly said.
"I love you too." Olivia ended the call.
Part of Olivia felt guilty for outing Fitz's lifestyle to her mother and all his skeletons, especially since he tries so hard to keep it separate from their relationship. But now his lifestyle is starting to spill over into their relationship and Olivia couldn't hold her feelings in any longer.
Olivia have no idea how she is supposed to get home. The money Fitz gives her, she spends it just as fast as he gives it to her. Olivia didn't want to steal from Fitz, but she needed to get home before her mother came searching for her. She had to do the necessary to get home. So, she walked into the other guest bedroom and went to the safe. Thankfully, she remembered the combination. After inserting it, she grabbed a stack of money from the neatly stacked racks of money that seemed to never end. She went back to Fitz bedroom and grabbed her suitcase that was already packed and left the condo. Olivia called a cab on the elevator ride down.
"Where are you going pretty?" X asked Olivia on her way out of the building.
"Back home for a few days." Olivia replied.
"Where is home?" He inquired.
"I'm really not in the mood for conversation." Olivia curtly replied.
"I'm sorry," X replied sincerely.
"It's fine, there's my cab I have to go." Olivia left him where he was standing and got in the cab.
She asked to be dropped off at a hotel. This is where she will be staying until the morning. While inside of her room, Olivia thought about her relationship with Fitz, and if she was ready to walk away. She weighed out the pros and cons, and the pros definitely outweighed the cons. There is no doubt that they love each other, but their communication suck, and their age difference is starting to become a serious problem. Olivia can admit that she has some maturing to do, but she's 18 and Fitz is expecting her to behave and act as if she is 28 instead.
She wants to work things out with him, but she have to assure her mom first that everything is okay. Olivia cannot do that here in Boston, so she have no choice but to go home. When she returns, she is going to tell Fitz that she will do whatever it takes to make sure their relationship gets back on the right track. She loves him with everything in her and she cannot suffer through another heartache.
Fitz
"Boss go home." Noah said to a drunken Fitz who has been sitting with him for the past couple of hours drowning himself in liquor.
"For what? I know she probably left." Fitz slurred.
"Where the hell is she gonna go? You really think her ass went back to Philly? How the fuck did she get there?" Noah fired off question after question.
"I don't wanna see her." Fitz waved Noah off.
"Yet you've been talking about her since you've gotten here. I think you were too hard on her boss, she's still young you have to remember that." Noah reminded Fitz.
"I think I made a mistake. I think she's too young for me. I need a woman not a little girl." Fitz finished his glass of Henny and stood up on wobbly legs.
"Where are you going?" Noah asked.
"To find me a woman since she is too young." Fitz staggered to the door.
"Boss I can't let you leave like this man, chill out here until you sober up." Noah stressed.
"Call me a cab." Fitz shrugged.
"Fitz you ain't going out there like that to get caught slipping. I can call a bitch over here if you want." Noah suggested.
"Do that." Fitz plopped back down on the couch. He was purely speaking on emotion. He can't imagine doing to the unfathomable disrespect to Olivia no matter how pissed he is at her right now.
"Bet."
Noah walked off leaving Fitz to his own thoughts. At this point Fitz didn't care what happened to his relationship with Olivia. He loves her no doubt, he is in love with her, but he is tired of looking like a fool behind her. He is tired of chasing her and he is tired of fighting for this relationship alone. He's tired.
Pulling his cell phone from his pocket, he thought about calling Olivia.
"If she want me…if she wants this…she needs to fight for it." Fitz said to himself.
Fitz never did find out if Noah really called a woman to come over because he blacked out. When he woke up it was morning and he had about 30 missed calls all from Olivia's mom. Rubbing his eyes, he called Maya back thinking something might've happened to Olivia.
"Oh, now you wanna call me back! You're lucky I am not in Boston right now or else I would kick your ass myself! How dare you put my baby in harms way and let her get shot. If I would've lost my daughter I would've killed your ass myself. Stay the fuck away from my child!" Maya screamed into the phone before she hung up on Fitz.
Fitz called Olivia, but her phone went straight to voicemail. So, he shot her a text.
Fitz: How much did you tell your mom?
He impatiently waited for her to text back. It took her 10 minutes to respond.
Livvie: Everything I couldn't hold it in any longer.
Fitz: Do you realize what you've done!
Livvie: She's my mom Fitz she deserves to know what's going on.
Fitz: Livvie you can't be this dumb babe, where are you?
Livvie: I am home in Philly where I belong.
Fitz called her. To his surprise she answered.
"What?" She asked irritably.
"You're back in Philly, how?" Fitz questioned. He already knew how, he knew Olivia took his money. That part didn't bother him, what bothered him is the fact that she felt like she had to take it, and not feel comfortable to ask for it. He would give Olivia the world if she asks.
"I caught a plane this morning," Olivia sarcastically replied.
"How do you expect for us to work if you keep running?" Fitz frustratingly asked.
"My mom wanted me back home." Olivia simple stated.
"Livvie I need you back here in Boston with me." Fitz pleaded he was doing what he said he wouldn't but hearing that she was back home in Philly isn't sitting right with him. He needs her with him, so they can work through their problems face to face.
"I just need a few days to figure everything out."
"Okay, take as much time as you need." Fitz sighed.
"Bye Fitz," Olivia hung up.
Fitz had a strange feeling he wouldn't be hearing from her for a while. Grabbing his keys off the coffee table, he got up and left. While driving, Fitz couldn't help but think about the fact that him and Olivia are supposed to be in the Bahamas right now soaking up the sun and making love. Instead they're in two separate states fighting like children. With the new year fast approaching, Fitz can only hope that 2010 is much better than 2009.
Olivia
"I don't want you back with that man. I don't even want you back at Harvard. You need to transfer immediately." Maya stressed to a broken Olivia.
Olivia thought she made the right decision by coming home, but the moment she heard Fitz voice, she realized the mistake she made. She cannot live without that man and she doesn't want to. She also wants to continue her education at Harvard.
"Mom me being shot wasn't Fitz fault. He was trying to protect me from his best friend and I carelessly put myself in harm way. I don't want you to think that because of his lifestyle he cannot protect me because I know that he can. Before you found out about his lifestyle you liked him, and I think regardless of what he does, he's still the same guy." Olivia defended Fitz.
"I don't want you with another drug dealer Olivia. You left Philly to escape dealing with guys like that. You're at one of the most prestigious schools in the country. Your focus should be on school not no damn drug dealer. Why are you so pressed for a man's attention? I know your daddy isn't around, but damn didn't I raise you to be stronger than some dependent ass sprung girl." Maya lectured, and Olivia looked at her mother as if she was a stranger. Olivia can't believe her mother had the audacity to ask why she is pressed for a man's attention, when Maya knows how hard it's been for Olivia growing up without a father. She's looking and searching for something she never got from her father and that is love. If her mother cannot understand that, then that's on her.
"Mom he's not Trent. Fitz is different, he loves me, and I love him." Olivia stated as she wiped her tears.
"What you love about him Olivia the fact that he spoils you?" Maya shot at Olivia. Maya jabs were hurting Olivia for sure. Now she was calling her a gold digger.
"No, I love the way he treats me. I've never been treated like this by any guy, and it feels good to have a man love you and not play with your heart like it's a violin. Fitz has shown me what love truly is and I don't wanna give up on him." Olivia knew she should be telling this to Fitz.
"Livia baby you're young. You're only 18. You really don't know what love is baby and I don't want you to put all your eggs in one basket with Fitz."
"I know that he loves me, and I love him and that's all I really need mommy." Olivia doesn't care what anyone has to say about Fitz, she is staying with him.
I just don't wanna lose you. Now that I know what he does and the fact that you've been shot scares me, plus you're away in another state. I wasn't even there for you when you were shot and that is killing me." Maya dabbed at her eyes with a tissue.
"I know, and I should've told you, I'm sorry." Olivia hugged her mother.
Maya shook her head before speaking. "I can see how much you two love each other and eventually I guess I will come around to accept ya'll relationship, but you have to give me time. I can't just pretend to forget everything you told me." Maya said as she seriously looked at Olivia.
Olivia nodded her head. She agreed to stay one more night before she headed back to her man.
Fitz
Fitz stepped off the jet and hopped into the waiting car. He was here in Philly to give Olivia an ultimatum. She either choses to be with him and be 100% invested into their relationship, or she walks away now and stay away.
After being dropped off at her mother's apartment Fitz made the commute inside. He took huge breath as he knocked on Maya's door. One of Olivia's sisters answered.
"Hey sexy," she greeted him. He couldn't remember her name.
"Where is Olivia?" Fitz asked ignoring Olivia's sister antics.
"Right in here, come on inside." She stepped aside, and Fitz walked past her. He could feel her lustful eyes on him as he made his way inside.
"Olivia your boyfriend or should I say ex-boyfriend is here!" The sister called out to Olivia.
Olivia emerged from the back of the small apartment and Fitz could tell she'd been crying. He hates seeing her this way.
"Can we talk please?" Fitz asked.
"Yes." Olivia responded looking at the floor.
"I can get us a hotel room, is that okay?"
"Yes." Olivia went and grabbed her purse before joining Fitz back in the living room.
They left the apartment and hopped into the car that brought Fitz to Maya's apartment. The ride over to the hotel was filled with so much tension. Neither knew what to say to the other person. Fitz got them a room at the Marriot in Center City.
"Crazy couple of days huh?" Olivia asked breaking the awkwardness.
Fitz booked a suite, so they chose the couch for their place to talk and they were sitting too far apart for his comfort.
"Olivia do you want to be with me or not?" Fitz didn't see a need in beating around the bush or making small talk for that matter.
"Yes, I want to be with you, but I also want you to start treating me like your girlfriend and not your child. I don't expect you to go into full details about what you do and how you do it, but I just need you to check in with me when you go MIA. Those three days you were gone I thought the worst happened to you, and all I wanted was a text to let me know that you were safe. I know you lost someone close to you, but don't shut me out, talk to me. Sex is not gonna solve everything. We have to get better with our communication." Everything she said was the absolute truth. Fitz couldn't disagree with her if he wanted.
"You're right our communication has to get better, but babe I need for you to understand that sometimes me not sharing something with you or even my location, is sometimes what's best for you. The last thing I want is to give the feds anything to hold over you if I was to ever go down. Everything I do and the moves I make are all in your best interest, nothing I do is done intentionally." Fitz needs for Olivia to understand this because it's important he keeps her as less knowledgeable of the organization as possible.
"I understand. You know my mom said I am too dependent on you and she's right. I guess I am looking at you to fill the void of my dad. I know that you could never fill that void and I will work on being more independent. It's just hard because I crave your attention so much that if I don't get I fear someone else will." Olivia voice cracked as she spoke, and Fitz knew she was fighting back the tears.
"I'm not your dad. I'm not going to leave you Liv. You're my it girl and I'll be around for as long you'll have me babe." Fitz closed the space between them and pulled Olivia into him. She laid on his chest and finally let it all out.
"You hurt me when you called me a bitch." Olivia confessed through her cries.
"I am so sorry. I was just so angry with you Liv. You know I will never disrespect you intentionally. I just need you to be more cautious about the people you associate with in Boston. There are people that will try to take me out any chance they get, and I need you on your p's and q's at all times." Fitz rubbed his hands through her curly hair.
"I love you, big head." Olivia smiled as she looked up at him. It felt good seeing her smile for the first time in days.
"I love you too Livvie," Fitz bent his head and kissed her lips.
Fitz and Olivia left the following afternoon after Fitz talked with Maya. Though they don't see eye to eye with each other anymore, Fitz promised Maya that he will always look out for Olivia, and if need be he would lay down his life for her.
Fitz and Olivia ended up spending New Year's Eve inside of his condo. Noah and his girlfriend came over, and the foursome was going to bring in the New Year together. Fitz decided to push their trip back to his birthday which is a month away.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
Fitz picked Olivia up and kissed her like his life depended on it. He didn't think he'd bring in the New Year with her in his arms, but he couldn't imagine doing it any other way.
"Happy New Year babe, I love you." Fitz smiled.
"Happy New Year baby, I love you too." Olivia hugged him and kissed him again.
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