After a long night of love making Fitz and Olivia rose the next morning to take a small last stroll through downtown Monterey and pick up trinkets they thought their family would like. This was their last day and neither was ready to leave. They waited until the last possible minute to get on the road headed back to San Francisco.

When they hopped in the car, Olivia leaned over the center console and placed a kiss on Fitz cheek.

"What was that for? Not that I'm complaining."

"Because this was one of the best weekends of my life and I owe that to you."

That brought a smile to his face. In his mind, there would definitely be more days like this.

Pulling out of the parking space, they made their way onto the highway. The ride back home was filled with lots of talking, singing, and laughter. They definitely could do a long road trip together and be just fine. Fitz knew both of them would be tired when they arrived home so he convinced Liv to stop at a restaurant on the drive back and have an early dinner.

Settling on a small diner Fitz had been to before in the east bay. As they were seated, they started scanning the menu. Soon their waiter appeared to take their drink orders. Once he exited, they resumed looking over the menus so that they would be ready to place their order. When the drinks arrived, they gave their waiter their orders.

As they were talking Fitz reached across the table holding out his hand, which Olivia readily placed hers in his. They talked about what they had coming up this week. Liv had a few projects with her new team. Things had been going well with her new co-workers and everyone seemed to be on top of their game so that was great. She was new and leading this office and she did not want to have to reprimand anyone for not doing their job. The one person she had brought down to San Francisco from Seattle had really been instrumental in keeping her sane. Fitz had to monitor the final phase of a construction project that was coming to the close. So far, things this project had gone well. The final oversight was something his dad always asked him to do.

When dinner was, finished Fitz and Olivia exited the restaurant hand in hand heading towards the car. The weather had turned unseasonably cooler today. Fitz made sure Liv was not cold when they got back in the car offering to put the heater on for which she was thankful. Just a little bit should be fine to knock the chill out of the air. The ride from the restaurant was relatively quick and before they knew it, they were taking the exit off the Bay Bridge into the city. Fitz was at easy zipping through the streets of his hometown. They passed by their favorite bakery on the way home and sure enough it was closed.

Making a few more turns they were now on their street. Fitz pulled into Olivia's driveway. They decided Fitz would spend the night with Olivia so he went home to check on his place and then walked back over to hers with a small overnight bag. They could not get enough of each other. They spent the rest of the evening cuddled in bed until they fell asleep.

When Liv's alarm clock went off in the morning, she turned over out of her spooning position and ran her fingers through Fitz unruly curls placing a soft kiss on his lips. A smile graced his slips, but she could tell he was still sleeping. Placing another quick peck, she turned over and started to ease herself out of his embrace, but his grip tightened.

"Babe, it's time to get up"

With his eyes still closed tight Fitz mumbled "One Minute"

"One Minute"

Fitz pulled Livvie flush against his body and buried his nose into her hair. He loved the smell of her shampoo and he inhaled deeply.

One minute turned into five, which turned into lovemaking and Olivia walking into the door of her office suite sooner than she was scheduled for the day. There goes her early bird reputation she thought. Fitz left Liv's apartment kissing her on the lips before she backed out the driveway and stopped at his parents' home. He sat down with his dad to finalize what he wanted him to examine at the work site today.

"Son, welcome back. How was your trip?"

"Great, we had a wonderful time. It was nice to get away."

"I'm glad you had a nice get away. I am also glad you stopped by. I know you just returned home, but I have a change of plans. I need you to take a meeting with the office in Seattle. The want to finalize the architectural plans with the Abby's architectural firm and they have some questions that you and the structural engineer consulting with them can answer."

Fitz sighed. He really did not want to travel, but he definitely did not want to disappoint his father.

"When do I leave and for how long?"

"Tonight. The meeting meetings will be for two days. Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. If it helps Abby will be accompanying you."

Fitz worked out a few logistics with his dad and then called Abby telling her he would stop by her office in about an hour. He was wearing dark denim jeans, a polo shirt and work boots. He had stopped at the construction site for a few minutes just to let his lead man know he would not be there for two additional days and field any questions that he could answer quickly. Things were going okay and they knew in an emergency call his dad because after all, he may be retired, but this was very much still his company and he knew his stuff.

Strolling to the front desk at Whelan Architecture, he was greeted by Alyssa the young receptionist. She was always so chipper and Fitz assumed it was the large amounts of coffee she consumed. There was always a coffee cup on her desk. Abby even brought her back coffee from her travels last summer. She told him Abby just finished a meeting and was expecting him. He headed down the hall stopping in Stephan's office for a quick minute and then down two offices to Abby's. Knocking on the door, he heard. "Come In" so he opened the door and walking in and taking a seat in one of the guest chairs across from his sister's desk.

"So dad told you about the meeting?"

"Yep, and I really don't want to go."

"Well we should be back in a couple of days. Have you told Liv yet?"

The somber look on his face said it all.

"You better tell her. The sooner the better."

Before he could answer, someone knocked while opening the door at the same time.

"Abby, I reviewed the plans, everything looks great. I would like to make just one suggestion." The person spat out without looking up. Flipping through a file.

Abby cleared her throat garnering the person's attention.

Millicent realizing she had barged into Abby's office while someone was there with her for a meeting apologized profusely. She looked Fitz up and down. She was new and had never met Fitz before.

"Mellie this is my brother Fitzgerald."

Fitz shot her a look.

She stuck her hand out hanging it limp as if Fitz was supposed to kiss it. He reached his hand out and gave her a firm handshake like the one he would give to any other businessperson he was meeting for the first time.

"So what brings you buy? Fitzgerald is it?"

Abby rolled her eyes and had to hold in her laughter. Mellie was not winning any brownie points with Fitz by saying his full name.

"I'm here to finalize travel plans with Abby for a business meeting."

"Oh, Abby I didn't know you were traveling out of town. Is this project anything I could help you with? Being as I'm new I would love to get some experience on a new project."

Fitz sat behind Mellie shaking his head no and giving Abby a death glare.

"Thanks for the offer Mellie, but this is just a quick trip. NO extra assistance needed. I will keep you in mind though when I need assistance. "

"Okay. It was great meeting you Fitzgerald. I hope that I will see you around. Abby you can let me know what you think of my notes when you return."

"I have a few minutes. Let me just say goodbye to Fitz. Fitz was still seated in the guest chair. She reminded him what time she will be ready to head to the airport. Stephan can drop them off. Check and see if Olivia wants ride with us. I think you better stop by her office and break the news in person that her man has to leave town."

Fitz listed to Abby and the fact she called Olivia by her name instead of Liv sent a red flag. His sister was up to something.

Abby was sending a message to Mellie that Fitz was taken and by none other than Olivia. Mellie had bumped into Liv and Abby at lunch one day. When she left their table Olivia made it clear, she did not like that woman. She did not get a good vibe from her. Abby felt the same and was glad her friend validated her gut feeling.

Fitz called Liv to see if she was too busy to have lunch with him. She said she could take a lunch break. He told her he would stop at the deli and bring lunch to her. Therefore, that is just what he did. They had a nice lunch and then Fitz told her his news. Olivia took it better than he thought. Liv understood work duties. Remember she had worked hard to get where she was and often that required her to make sacrifices on a personal level. She did not like Fitz was going out of town, but she understood. It was only a few day. Liv opted to go to the airport with them. When they pulled into the drop-off area. She exited the car with Fitz. Their PDA goodbye was on full display it was.

Stephen yelled out "Come on Mate."

Causing Fitz to flip him off w/out unlocking lips with Liv. When they finally pulled apart, Abby and Stephen stood there with looks of disgust on their faces. Causing the entire group to break out into laughter.

"Have a safe flight bestie and babe." Liv said waving as they headed through the airport doors.

"I'll call you when I land." Fitz paused and said to Liv before he continued walking.

Hopping into the passenger seat, she looked at Stephen and said "What?"

"Nothing, I've just never seen you do PDA. You must really like him."

"I think I more than like him." Liv sighed

Reaching over and patting her shoulder.

"I'm really happy for you Liv. You deserve happiness. Fitz is a good person. You are like my sister and well he is technically my brother. I wouldn't have picked a better guy for you."

"Thanks I guess. This all sounds a little messy. Family wise." They both laughed.

Stephen and Liv went out to eat together. They had not hung out solo in a long time. It was fun and they each made it home in time to receive phone calls from their respective loves.

Both went to bed knowing that the loves of their lives would be home soon. Each counting down the days.

"One down, two more sleep to go."