"Mrs. Grant, you are already ten centimeters dilated. We can't wait any longer. If we wait any longer we will have to do a C-section. You have to start pushing now," the doctor told her.

"No, I can't. Fitz will be here any minute. He promised he would be here. We cleared our schedules. We have to wait a little longer," Olivia yelled.

The doctor pulled Tom to the corner so he could help convince her she needed to push.

"If she doesn't start pushing now, the baby will start to stress and it's likely that it will get its head wrapped around the cord. We are going to have to do it without him."

Karen stood next to Olivia holding her hand while she had contractions every few seconds. She overheard what the doctor said and looked at her. "Liv, we can't wait for Dad anymore. If we wait, the baby could die. I'm here and Jerry is in the waiting room with the gladiators with Tom in here. We're going to help you. You have to push now but you can go Olivia Pope on Dad when he gets here. Think about the baby. Dad will be here for the next one, I promise. You and me can do it together and have this baby. Are you ready to push?"

Olivia listened closely to Karen. She couldn't let the baby die if she had any control over it. Liv grabbed onto Karen and Tom's hand and sat up. "Let's go."

Fitz had sat with Mellie all night in the hospital. When morning came he called the Betty Ford clinic and made arrangements for Mellie to get the help she needed. When the doctor released her at noon Fitz and Cyrus took her over to rehab and helped her get set up.

"Andrew packed some clothes for you so Cyrus went to pick it up. You've been checked in they've got you set up with therapy, group therapy, and some activities that are supposed to help you relax. You're going to get better, Mellie. Andrew says that he will come up and see you a few times a week and he will bring Teddy. You need to just concentrate on getting better," Fitz said.

"Thank you, Fitz. I know it wasn't easy for you to come help me after everything I did to you. We aren't the greatest team but I do appreciate you dropping everything and coming to help me. Especially when Olivia is so pregnant."

"I know. Luckily she isn't due for another couple weeks. But you can't call me like that again. I can help you over the phone for that, I really did not need to fly out here."

"I know. But thank you. I'm sorry I had you come all the way out here."

"One more push, Liv," Karen yelled. "One more and she will be here." Olivia gave another hard push and the baby's head came out. "One more, Liv. I promise. Her head's out just a bit more." She gave another push and the doctor pulled out the baby. "She's so pretty Liv. It is a girl!"

Liv leaned back, exhausted, and let go of the death grip she had on Karen's and Tom's hand. "Thank you, so much, you two! I can't thank you enough. I couldn't do it without you."

"You did great, Mrs. Grant. Your daughter is really adorable," Tom told her.

"Tom, I thing you can call me Olivia now. I crushed your hand. And you've seen parts of me that only Fitz has seen lately," she told him. "Did anyone get in touch with Fitz?"

"No ma'am. Not yet. We've called Mr. Beene too and his details are trying to let him know but he says he's not to be interrupted."

"Liv, don't worry about Dad right now. The nurse is going to bring my sister in and you can finally hold her," Karen said. The nurse brought in the baby wrapped in a pink blanket and put her in Olivia's arms. "She's so cute, Liv. Did you and Dad pick out a name?"

"What do you think her name should be? He wasn't here so you can help me name her."

"Really?" Karen was excited to help name her. "What about Liberty? No middle name."

"Liberty Grant. I love it, Karen! It's perfect for her."

Olivia handed Liberty to Karen to hold and told Tom that everyone could come in now. Everyone came in a held the baby and left Liv to sleep.

Fitz spent the rest of the day with Mellie, getting her settled into rehab and letting her vent about things. She told him that Andrew was great and that she did love him she just missed her life with Fitz. Mellie quickly continued that she didn't want it back but she was having a hard time adjusting to not having anything she had to do.

"I'm glad that you're getting help. And that you're happy with Andrew. I'm sorry things didn't work out between us. I do need to get going."

"I'm sorry too but I know you love Olivia now. You both deserve to be happy. Thank you for coming out."

Fitz left the room and went to the lobby where he was immediately greeted by Cyrus and his details.

"Oh good, you're here, finally," Cyrus scrambled to him.

"Slow down, what's wrong?"

"We have important things to do before you can go on paternity leave. You shouldn't have even been here. When Olivia finds out, she's going to kill you."

Olivia and Liberty were released the next day and Fitz still wasn't back yet. He hadn't called anyone at the hospital. Liv stayed in bed for the day with Liberty in the bassinet next to her. Karen had made sure that she had anything she needed knowing that Liv was upset about Fitz not being there.

Fitz arrived around two in the afternoon at the White House. He went through the Rose Garden and was met with Liv's details.

"Sir, we've been trying to reach you. No one answered your phone or Mr. Beene's. We've tried every way to get in touch with you. Your agents couldn't get in contact with us here," Tom said.

"Tom, what's going on?" Fitz was concerned with Tom's rambling.

"Mr. President, Mrs. Grant had the baby yesterday morning."

"SHE WHAT! She's not due for another couple weeks. Have the limo drive around, we're going to the hospital."

"No need, Sir. Mrs. Grant is in the residence with your daughters and Jerry."