Love Lies and Life

A/N: I have to say you guys never seem to amaze me. I purposely didn't comment on the first chapter because I wanted your honest responses to this story. Thank You! I'm really smiling over here. There will be a lot of moving parts to this story as we bounce back and forth from past to present. Liv's mom will return as will her dad. I should have titled this Life Lies and Love because that is the actual order of this story, but anywho blame it on my dyslexia. LOL! Liv's teen years this was me of course even the pregnancy part. But I survived my son is now 33 years old and successful. I was that naïve teen with the alcoholic mother and pedophile creep living in our home. So this hits home for me I was actually raped. Don't worry I've overcome that part of my life and writing was a big part of my survival allowing me to freely talk about it. Well enough about me let get back to the story. Also the photo I've chosen for this story is my version of Caleb.

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Chapter 2

"Liv you have a son?" Everyone turns to look at Fitz including Caleb with a tear stained face. "Umm yes." Caleb just stares at Fitz as Fitz stares at Caleb "Liv how old is he?" Liv nervously tries to end the encounter. "Um Fitz it was really nice seeing you again thanks for the apology but I need to tend to my son." Fitz not one to be ignored "Hey little man what's your name and how old are you?" Caleb feeling a since of familiarity says "Caleb…I four." Fitz decides to keep going knowing that children are so innocent they only speak on what they know. "Nice to meet you Caleb I'm Fitz." Caleb sniffles and says "Nu..un you daddy mommy he daddy from the picture." In that moment everyone's world stood still.

Liv's skin turned an ash grey as if she needed lotion on her skin and Abby's face was white as a ghost. Fitz was shocked to say the least. He reaches out to the little boy. "Nice to meet you Caleb you actually look just like me. Isn't that right mommy?" This rhetorical question and the sarcasm in Fitz's voice didn't go unnoticed by anyone except Caleb that is. "Fitz I can explain." Fitz raises his eyes to Liv. "Explain what Liv that you once again lied to me." He lower his voice because he can sense his anger rising. "That that entire night was filled with lies because I'm looking at the proof in the form of a four year old child right now. Oh yeah you have a lot of explaining to do."

Abby steps forward. "Liv let me take Caleb so you guys can talk. I'll be at the playground." Liv hands Caleb off to Abby and folds her arms across her chest as she tries to control her heart from jumping out of her chest. Fitz reaches out and shuffles Caleb's hair and smiles at him. He can't believe how much he resembles him. It's like seeing himself in a child's body. Once Caleb and Abby are out of ear shot Fitz turns back to Liv. "Can we sit for a minute Fitz?" Fitz reluctantly sits down as he keeps looking back at Caleb. Finally giving Liv is undivided attention. "Talk."

Liv fidgets with her hands as she tries to figure out where to begin. "Fitz…I didn't lie to you about anything except my age. I didn't plan any of this or anything from that night except to sneak into a college party and have fun. Everything else just sort of happened. I was on birth control and didn't find out I was pregnant until a month later when I suddenly started having horrible morning sickness. That's when my mother knew and made me take a pregnancy test. I…" Fitz cuts her off. "So how come once you found out you never told me? Hell Liv he's four years old."

"Fitz I'm trying to explain."

"No you're trying to justify. I don't believe a word you say and I'm pissed off as hell right now. At this very moment my life once again has changed forever. Do you know how long I beat myself up after finding out your age? Years Olivia, now that I finally able to come to grips with my actions I find out I have a son. A son Olivia! And the guilt has now resurfaced. I am now engaged about to be married, do you know what this means?"

"I know you're engaged and I swear I was going to tell you but it just never seemed like the right time."

"Sure you were I need to figure somethings out. I will contact you this weekend to see my son and discuss this further. Put your number in my phone I'm going to say goodbye to my son." Fitz throws his phone on the table and walks over to the play area.

Fitz was so angry right now that he completely forget he was turned on when he saw Liv up close for the first time in four years. He had completely removed her from his memory and thoughts after finding acceptance in his past mistakes and forgiving himself for his poor choses in his younger years. For more than a year he feared sleeping with Liv would surely put him in prison for years to come but it never did. There was never any proof that that day ever happened until now in the form of a four year old. Fitz caught himself smiling as he thought of Caleb with his crooked smile and bluish grey eyes and curly soft hair. It quickly faded as realized what this meant. He was a dad. He past sins has come back and he needed to deal with it. He couldn't fix the past but he needed to stand in his present and make plans for moving forward in his future which now included a child. How would he explain this to his fiancé Mellie Sinclair? They reconciled in college and are now engaged to be married and may even have a child on the way even though Mellie denies being pregnant Fitz has this feeling that she is. He was excited about the possibility which is why he stopped a kid zone to relish in the thought of one day coming here with his child when he spotted Abby and from the back what he thought looked like Liv.

Fitz needed to think and someone to talk to so he called up his buddy Tom and asked him to meet him at a downtown bar they frequent often. "Hey Fitz Mellie giving you a hard time again you sound stressed on the phone what's up man?"

"Tom man you have no idea."

"Well let me get you another drink and then you can enlighten me." Tom orders another drink for his long time high school buddy. They both just sat there for a few minutes not saying anything when finally Fitz began to open up. "Do you remember when I told you about the one chick who lied to me about her age?"

"Yeah." Tom says as he slowly turns to look at him.

"She had a kid…my kid."

"What…how…wait a minute you knocked her up?"

"Yeah I think she lied about being on birth control just like she lied about her being 18. I now have a four year old son as a result of her lies."

"Is she still fine as hell though?"

"Tom come on man I'm serious but yes she still fine as hell matter of fact she's even more beautiful and I can't stop thinking about her, but I'm so angry right now none of that matters."

"So what are you going to do? Did you tell Mellie yet?"

Tom never liked Mellie she was too needy and condescending for his taste. She acted as if she was entitled and that's always bothered Tom. Everyone knew Fitz came from money including Mellie and for years she has been trying to latch on to Fitz and now that she has him she walks around like she's the Queen of all things Fitz.

"I have to tell her and she's going to be pissed, you do remember she was the one who told me about Liv and I flat out lied and said I didn't sleep with her that night when Mellie asked me."

Tom knows Mellie is going to hold this over Fitz head to get her way. He needed to make sure that didn't happen. "Don't tell her yet man."

"What?" Fitz looks at Tom puzzling

"Just hold out on telling Mellie. You know how she gets. She will hold this over you forever. You already said you don't really love her and feels she saved you by telling you about Liv. Why are you marrying her anyway?" Tom asks feeling dumbfounded

"Because man she's always been in my corner she knows me. She knows what I like and dislike and she's put up with all the females I've taken down and still stood by me."

"Have you ever asked yourself why? Why would someone as beautiful as Mellie lower herself to a man that constantly cheated on her broke up with her then took her back? She has a reason and it isn't because she loves you that's for sure." Fitz just ponders on Tom's statement and decides to pay it no mind. "Well I still need to figure all this out how to move forward."

"Well deal with this Olivia chick and your kid first. Are you sure he's yours?"

"Yeah he's definitely mine he looks just like me he just mixed race. Liv is black."

"Really? Damn I thought I was the only one who loved chocolate."

"Naw man I don't know what it is but to me black women are so beautiful especially Liv don't get me wrong I think all women are beautiful but Liv... I love her beautiful skin and pouty lips and when she looks at me with those doe eyes…." Fitz gulps down his drink and shakes his head as he adjusts his boner. "Is I appropriate to think about her in this way now that she of legal age?"

"Yep, hell I've never met her and I have a boner just from your description of her."

"Dude really?"

"My badd man I just told you I love beautiful black women too. I'm a man first Fitz. I would never cross that line though you are my brother. Are you still angry?" Tom decides to change the subject.

"Not as much. I do need to have a talk with her though and figure out what's next. Check this out." Fitz pulls out his phone and shows Tom the picture he took of Caleb. "His name is Caleb he's looks like a minnie me." Tom takes the phone and looks at the picture.

"Dam man you are in trouble this little guy is definitely your kid. Mellie is going to shit bricks when you tell her."

"I know right."

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