Love Lies and Life

A/N: This chapter has a lot of moving parts and gets kind of heavy at the end so be prepared.

Chapter 12

The following morning Fitz was the first to wake. It was 4:30am. He sat and just watched Liv as she slept. She was so beautiful to him. He almost felt like he didn't deserve her and now he may have put her in jeopardy with his poor choices. Not only did he cum in her mouth and placed himself against her vaginal opening. Hearing his father's voice Did you ever consider Mellie may have been cheating and the child may not have been yours? He needed to get an STD test and now so did Liv and now he needed to also have the conversation with her. He gets up and starts preparing for work. Once he's showered and dressed he goes downstairs and makes himself some coffee.

He returns to his bedroom with Caleb in his arms still sleeping and places him in the bed with his mother. This causes Liv to stir. She slowly opens her eyes blinking until she could find focus in them. She looks up and smiles "Hi."

"Hi."

"Headed to work?"

"Yeah got to get ahead of this Mellie situation. Speaking of…I need to apologize to you."

"Too me for what?"

"I think there may be a possibility Mellie may have been cheating on me, and I may need to get check out, and now so do you."

"Oh. Ok. I guess we didn't really think about that. Do you want go together?"

"Sure that would be cool. There's a clinic downtown that has walk-ins."

"And how do you know that?"

"Well I used to be a ladies man and kind of used them for my testing."

"I see, well what time will you be home?"

"About 5 so if you need to go out there's an extra key in the nightstand drawer behind you plus I gave you the code last night." He says watching Liv rub her hand through Caleb's hair.

"Ok, love you and Fitz…we will get through this together…we're in this together…you and me…Liv and Fitz."

"Where In this together." He leans in and kisses her then kisses Caleb on the cheek but he doesn't stir.

"I'll give Cyrus a call as well. I think it's time I return to work. Plus tomorrow we meet your parents I need to get back to my normal."

"Do you need anything, money for gas or food, or lil man here?"

"No love I have everything, plus my bank account has never seen so many zeros."

"Good because I was going to offer to put money into your account. I also need to get my name put on the birth Certificate and establish some kind of child support since I can't get you to marry me."

"Fitz no, I don't need that I'm sure you will take care of all of Caleb's needs without going that route."

"No Livvie I have to do this. Caleb's paternity is coming out if Mellie has the last word. I need to follow the law and be sure that I don't fall into the stereotype of dead beat dad who never took care of his son. This will also do some good on my part. It will show that I just found out about him and immediately took responsibility. I will also need a paper trail. So just know I will be looking into my financial responsibility and will be writing you a check to add to all those zeros in your account."

"Well then you will get no argument from me. I told you I'm all in and will stand by you no matter what."

"Are you sure you're only 21 because you appear very wise." Liv laughs and so does Fitz. "I love you baby and I'll see you later?"

"I love you too and yes my love you will see us later?" Fitz kisses Liv and rises from the bed heads out for work. Liv lays down with her son and goes back to sleep for a couple more hours at least until Caleb wakes up.

Liv would wake two hours later just as Caleb opened his eyes. They would dress and leave for a couple of hours so that Caleb wouldn't get bored and return just before Fitz was to get home but she receives a call from Fitz a little before noon. "Hi."

"Hi my love I was wondering if you and Caleb could meet me for lunch?"

"Sure when and where?'

"Now here at my office I will text you the address."

"Ok we'll be there." She hangs up and immediately receiving a text alert. "Caleb you want to go see daddy at work?"

"Yes." He answers excitedly

Fifteen minutes later they are at Fitz law office. She enters with Caleb and stops at the security desk. "Hi my name is Olivia Pope here to see Fitz Grant."

"Yes Ms. Pope he is expecting you and this little fella must be Caleb?" Caleb smiles but says nothing looking up at his mother "Yes this is."

"Well Ms. Pope please take the elevator to the 15th floor Mr. Grants office will be on the left down the hall nice meeting you ma'am and you too Caleb."

Liv smiles knowing Fitz has already started notifying his staff of who they are. "Thank you say thank you Caleb."

"Thank you."

As Liv and Caleb enters the 15th floor they are met with smiles and nods. She makes a left and heads to Fitz office. Lightly knocking on his door she hears him tell her to enter. Once she opens the door Caleb runs to him greeting him with a hug and a smile. "Hi daddy."

"Hey buddy." Fitz scoops him up giving him a big hug. He looks at Liv and leans in and kisses her. "Hi." 'Hi." She returns the kiss and greeting "You ready?" She nods and they all leave together Fitz still holding Caleb in his arms. "Lauren I will be out for lunch with my family. I will return after that." "Yes Mr. Grant." Fitz and his family leave to have lunch together.

After having lunch together they all continue sitting together as staffers and other guest compliment them and their handsome son on how beautiful they look together as well as how much Caleb looks just like his dad. Fitz looks over to Liv "Livvie."

She looks up from the now empty dish "Yes."

"I was thinking can we get tested today since the clinic is only two buildings down I want to get this over with as soon as possible because I kind of want to…" He pauses and thinks carefully about his words so his son doesn't understand. "To love you all the way you know with penetration."

Liv cracks up laughing "You Mr. definitely have a way with words. I would love too, plus I need to be penetrated." Fitz now cracks up laughing along with Liv as Caleb just looks at them and eats his chicken fingers. "Either way we can do this right? No matter the results if treatment is needed we stop until were cleared and if not we just continue." Liv states

"I agree let's go."

They leave heading for the clinic. After getting tested they were told some results which were negative but would have to wait for the other to process 5-7 days. Fitz grabs a hand full of condoms and Liv laughs only to turn back and grab a handful as well stuffing them into her purse along with the one Fitz had. They can't stop laughing at their silliness. Caleb walks holding both of theirs hands none the wiser.

….

Mellie walks around her hotel room unable to sit down angry. How could he? Has he been seeing her all along? They have a son a son and I just killed our baby. Dammit Mellie. Oh my god their son will be an heir. I must stop this but how? She continues talking to herself. She goes to her computer and begins typing. Thirty minutes later she presses send. If she can't have Fitzgerald she would do all in her power to keep anyone else from having him especially Olivia Pope. Feeling satisfied with herself she lays down for a nap.

In the meantime Tom has intercepted her email and what he finds is disturbing even for him. He immediately calls Fitz. "Hey Tom what's up man?"

"We have a problem. Mellie just tried to out you to the local news sharing that you fathered a child with a teenager and have been hiding your love child from the world therefore lying to the board's ethic committee in regards to following the law. Accusing you of statutory rape and leaving her for your love child mother Olivia now that she's of legal age. I intercepted the email, but Fitz something has to be done to stop this bitch. She's trying to ruin you. Fitz I swear to you man I will have this bitch killed."

"Ethically man you can't say shit like that to me so I'm going to act like I didn't hear that. Fuck Mellie man I'm not hiding my past anymore. Liv and I are a unit now. Legally nothing can be done to me because Liv lied about her age and is willing to say so if needed. So let Mellie go to the media she can't win."

"Yeah but that brings into question you and your family. Fitz you are a lawyer dude. This shit can ruin your career and your family name."

"Fine man do what you have to but don't tell me shit about it and please don't kill the woman."

"Fitz I don't understand why you are not taking this as serious as me. Why do you continue to allow this woman to manipulate and do things to hurt you?"

"Tom I understand your concerns believe me I do but I have to stand in my truth one day why not today. I can't have shit hanging over me for the rest of my life. This is the perfect time to deal with this and I am not afraid. I could care less about the media or Mellie. Liv and Caleb are my family."

"I don't know Fitz I think this is going to hurt you and your family more than you think."

"Hey if it will make you feel better I will run things by my dad."

"Please do." They ended the call

Fitz walks into his father's office and plops down in the chair in front of his desk. Gerry looks up at his son and sits down his writing pen. "What happened?"

"Mellie happened."

"What she do?" Gerry asks sitting back folding his hands together

"Tom just called apparently he intercepted an email she tried to send to the local news outing me as a statutory rapist who been hiding a secret love child that I had with my teenager lover that was conceived when I was 21 and she was 16 and Tom feels this is a problem and thinks we should get out ahead of it."

"And he's right when did this happened?"

"I just got off the phone with him, so maybe 10 minutes ago."

"Call all the execs to the conference room the partner's too."

"Really dad, you think it's that bad?"

"Fitz this could ruin you and us. This type of scandal you have to get ahead of."

….

Meanwhile Tom is taking no more chances with Mellie. Fitz is his best friend and brother from another mother. When they were young and Tom was socially awkward and picked on Fitz came to his defense. Fitz protected him shared everything with him. Taught him how to approach girls, and never judged him when he found out he was gay. He actually helped him come out of the closet to his family. On the outside Tom appeared tough and strong and very maculate even scary an uncaring, but on the inside he was loving, caring, sweet, sensitive, and devoted. He loved hard and he was very protective of those he loved Fitz being one of those people.

Tom makes a call. "Yeah."

"Fitz is in danger so therefore Olivia is in danger."

"Danger how?"

"Mellie is about to go public with their private life and how they met conceiving a child while Liv was underage. This will hurt Liv and Caleb. This will break her. She will not survive this she is in love with that man. She has been waiting a long time to tell him about their son. She is happy. I promise Fitz I would not kill Mellie, but she needs to disappear and fast."

"I'll call you back." Huck hangs up the phone and heads to Abby's house because he knows Liv is there.

Instead of doing his Huck thing and just appearing he rings the doorbell. Abby answers "Hey Huck." Liv looks up from the sofa and stands "Huck's here?" He steps inside and walks over and hugs Liv. "Where's Caleb." Liv looks at him concerned "He's sleeping." She drags out "Why? Is there a problem?" Abby closes the door crossing her arms "Yeah Huck is there a problem since you rang the doorbell and didn't just appear?"

"Fitz's ex is stirring trouble that could come back to hurt you Liv."

"Hurt me how? She has nothing on me?"

"By ruining Fitz reputation and family name, possibly sending him to prison leaving you and Caleb behind."

"But Fitz knows this and is handling it. I will talk to Cyrus just in case but we are ready to come clean. I will admit I lied to him and that will be the end of it."

"Liv do you really want Fitz to take that chance? You could lose him to this type of thing for a very long time." Abby adds

"It's not that simple Liv. He's a billionaire the public will run with this. This could possibly ruin him and his family name, he nor his family may ever forgive you if that happens. Yes he loves you know but to be the reason everything he comes from is destroyed will that love stand?" Huck informs

"So what are you asking me Huck or should I say what are you saying to me exactly?" Liv states with a slight attitude

"That telling the truth may not be enough. It may even cause irreparable damage to you and Fitz's relationship."

"How do we fix this? How do we stop her?" Liv ask now filled with worry.

Huck makes a call. "Yeah."

"Liv is on board, now where is Mellie?"

"She's at the Fairmont Hotel room 244."

"I'll take care of it." He ends the call

"Huck what the hell, who was that, what do you mean by take care of it?" Liv speak very fast question after question. Worry now prominent on her face.

"I will just make her disappear until she agrees to stay away. It will give you time to change the narrative of how you and Fitz met and put your story out there first leaving Mellie no room to contradict it. You need to get to Cyrus and get your side out there. Cyrus can spin the story better than I can. I'm sure Fitz firm and his family will go along with whatever Cyrus comes up with."

Liv starts to feel slight panic she loves Huck but sometimes he even creeps her out. She looks at Abby and without words Abby nods with understanding. Liv grabs her purse and heads to Cyrus's office leaving Caleb with Abby. Once she reaches the office she goes straight to Cyrus office only he's not there. She turns to his secretary. "He's in the large conference room in a meeting." She says without asking what Liv needed "Thank you." Liv says and walks off towards the conference room. She slowly opens the door and eases inside looking directly at Cyrus as he's speaking. He knows something is wrong. "Ok everyone remember to check in with your team leaders before making any decisions Thank you." Everyone stands and begins to exit the room.

Cyrus is the last to leave with Liv in tow. He closes his office door. "What happened?"

Liv is almost in tears her anxiety has surfaced and she's feeling a bit overwhelmed. "Calm down Livvie and tell me what's going on."

She takes several moments before explaining everything to Cyrus. "So I need you to do something Cy. I can't be the cause of his family being ruined. I love him and he's my son's father."

"Ok Liv. I will reach out to his father's law firm. I can spin this. We will make a statement at the same time exposing Mellie. I just received an email from Huck. It looks like Mellie has been a very bad girl." Cyrus turns his computer around showing Live the photos of Mellie in a very compromising position with another man that's not Fitz."

Liv looks at Cyrus's computer and is shocked at what she sees Mellie in the moment of passion riding the shit out of a man who definitely was not Fitz."

"You and Fitz will come out together. Fitz sharing with the world his love for his son he just met to a mother he met in college. No one could or would ever believe it without seeing it that a 16 year old was accepted into a college. Princeton to be exact after graduating at the top of her class early decided she did not want people to know her age and treat her special or different decided to tell people including Fitz she were older. He will share his excitement of meeting his son and his surprise when informed of the actual age of his son's mother easy peasy. Now leave me to do what I do best." Liv hugs Cyrus before leaving and heading back to Fitz's condo after picking up dinner.

She enters the condo she quickly showers and changes into one of Fitz button down shirts with his scent on it. She was on her way back to the kitchen when Fitz comes through the door. She stops as he enters. "Hi."

"Hi." He smiles putting down his brief case walking up and pulling Liv into a much needed kiss. As they pull back from the kiss they both say at the same time. "We need to talk." They both laugh "I picked up dinner."

"Let me shower and then we can talk and enjoy dinner. Where's Caleb?"

"With Abby I will explain when you get out of the shower."

Fitz finishes his show and change into something comfortable which is just a pair of shorts with no underwear. Fitz father calls as they begin to eat and updates him on the phone call from Cyrus and the plan they have put in place. He shares with Liv and they both are relieved and share their day with one another. After dinner the two retire to Fitz's bedroom in a heat of a passionate kiss with a hand full of condoms from Liv's purse.

Things heat up pretty quickly as clothes fly across the room and they are both naked on the bed. Suddenly all of the events that have taken place in Liv's life concerning Fitz begins to flood Liv's brain. Her heart rate picks up more feeling as if it's going to jump out of her chest. Fits is devouring Liv with his dominant kisses. His hands are everywhere. Liv is starting to feel a sense of overwhelming panic.

Visions of the first night they meet, visions of the night she found out she was pregnant, vision of her entire pregnancy, visions of her painful delivery, visions of her turning and seeing Fitz standing behind her at Kid Zone, visons of Fitz threatening to take Caleb, visons of her father, her mother, and again Fitz. There all there flashing before her eyes.

"Stop…Stop….Fitz please STOP!" She pushes him.

Fitz stops and pulls back looking at Liv in confusion "What is it? Did I hurt you? Livvie what's the matter?" She continues pushing him completely off of her as she scrambles from beneath him. "I'm sorry I can….I can't do this. I think I should go." Liv rushes from the bed trying to control the tears that have begun to fall from her eyes.

Fitz is so confused "Did I do something? Please Liv wait no…no please don't leave I'm sorry just tell me what I did?" He lunches from the bed towards Liv with his out stretched hand. "Livvie please tell me what I did? Please Livvie don't go."

Liv quickly moves away from his touch and reach. "No please Fitz don't touch me I…I…really need to go." She says wiping the constant tears from her eyes

Fitz starts to panic "Ok ok I promise I won't touch you. Look I'm putting on my clothes. Fitz reaches in his drawer and grab underwear, sweats, socks, and a t-shirt putting them all on in record time as he watches Liv grab jeans and a shirt from her personal bag putting them on as she trembles. "Livvie please just talk to me. I don't know what just happened here. I need to know why all of a sudden you're afraid of me baby please just talk to me. Livvie you're scaring me. I promise I won't touch you we can even go in the living room but please don't leave without telling me what just happened here?"

Liv slows down her pace and finally looks at Fitz and softly says "Ok"

They both walk to the living room. Fitz allows Liv to lead the way. She walks over to the sofa and sits down. Fitz slowly sits on the opposite end and waits. He runs his hands through his hair and lets out a breath. Liv looks down as she tries to calm herself all the way down. "I think we should slow down. Can we just slow down. I know I initiated everything but I just need to take a step back."

"Ok baby whatever you want. I have no problem with taking things slow. But please tell me what I did? Did I do something to cause this? Was I too ruff? Did I scare you?"

"You didn't do anything. It's me." Fitz looks up at her still not understanding. She continues to look down at her hands. "Ever since my dad was taken from me and sent to prison I started having panic attacks. I haven't had one in a long time but for some reason there back." She uses her sleeve to wipe her running nose. "I…I don't know I'm not really sure, I just started feeling overwhelmed and seeing visions."

"Visions…of what…of who…me?"

"Everything everyone involved in all the stressful events in my life you me my mom my mom's boyfriend my pregnancy having Caleb my dad everything every situation." She shares as tears fall from her eyes "They just came out of nowhere and they wouldn't stop."

Fitz thinks about what Liv is saying "Ok I know I cause you some stress, and your parent's and even having Caleb, but your mom's boyfriend, what did he do?" Fitz asks

That's when Liv breaks "He tried to rape me." She cry's hard very hard. Fitz is broken for her. He's not sure if he can console her or not so he asks for permission. "Can I sit by you Liv? Please baby can I hold you?" Liv continues to cry as Fitz approaches and sits next to her. She leans into his chest allowing him to hold her. Through tears and pain she shares her past with Fitz.

After sharing Liv is emotionally drained and so is Fitz. Liv past was heavy. He doesn't even understand how she survived and remained standing so strong. To learn of all she went through from losing her dad, being pregnant at 16, having an alcoholic mother, almost being raped, becoming a single teen mom, fending for herself with only her best friend to guide her, taking college courses, getting her Master's in 4 years while raising a child, then dealing with him and his initial attitude towards her was enough to drive a person insane but Liv was strong. And Fitz would wait for her forever if he had too and vowed to protect her even if it killed him.

Liv and Fitz stayed on the sofa and he continued holding her as they slept into the morning glad that tomorrow she would meet his parent in hopes that Liv could and would finally have a parental figure in her life.

Ok I can finally take a breath. Until next time…..