Fitz woke up early the next morning. He wanted to take Olivia and the kids horseback riding. Olivia was still fast asleep beside him and he decided to wake her first and then the kids.
"Livie, wake up." He said softly but then he remember Olivia wasn't easy to wake up and swooped her off the bed.
She groaned.
"Wake up baby, we have plans"
"What time is it." She asked groggily.
"7"
She let out a loud exaggerated sigh.
"Fitz, this is suppose to be a vacation, why are you waking me up this early."
"I'm taking you horseback riding." Fitz said with a wiggle of his eyebrows.
He saw Olivia's eyes open wide with excitement.
"I'm up" she said as she ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
Olivia had expressed to Fitz how badly she wanted him to take her horseback riding when she came to the ranch, in fact she hadn't shut up about it for days prior to the trip. He woke Karen and Gerry and told them, to get ready.
Fitz made eggs and waffles while he waited for Olivia and the kids to get ready. Once they all ate, they headed to the stables.
"Liv come here, I want to show you something." Fitz said as they met with the horses, Olivia followed Fitz.
Karen and Gerry had already mounted their horses and were waiting in the field for Fitz and Olivia.
Fitz opened the pen and out came a beautiful red brown gypsy horse.
"Wow Fitz, it's beautiful, do I get to ride this one."
"It's yours"
"You got this for me?"
"Yea, I didn't even name her, so you have the honor."
"This is my horse?" She asked again still surprised.
"Yes liv, it's yours." Fitz laughed.
"Aww I love it, it's gorgeous, thank you Fitz"
"Anything for you baby girl" Fitz pulled her in for a hug and Olivia stretched up for a kiss.
"So what are you going to name her." Fitz asked.
"Hmm, well her color sort of looks like the color of ground cayenne pepper doesn't it?"
"Yea I guess it does, I never thought of it that way"
"I'm going to name her Pepper" Olivia said as she ran her hand through the horse's hair.
"That's different, I like it."
Olivia mounted the horse.
"And you're sure you know how to ride?" Fitz asked.
"Yes sir, I learned a boarding school."
"What didn't they teach you at surval montreux?"
"Tell me about it" she laughed.
They joined Karen and Gerry, all four of them followed the trail around the ranch, they made small talked and joked along the way. Throughout the ride, Fitz would point out places on the trail that something significant happened during his youth, like the place where he got his first kiss. Olivia hadn't realized the ranch was so huge, it took them an hour to make they way around.
When they finally reached back to the house, Abby, Huck, Quinn and Harrison were in the tennis court playing two on two, Abby and Harrison versus Huck and Quinn.
Olivia, Fitz and the kids stood on the sideline watching the game until Abby and Harrison beat huck and Quinn and then it was their turn. It was Fitz and Gerry versus Olivia and Karen.
"Okay Karen, they think they have the edge because they're so tall but we're going to show them different alright, we're gonna kick their ass." Olivia said competitively.
"Okay liv, we've got this."
"Hey ladies, I just wanted to let you know that I played tennis competitively in high school, but don't worry we'll take it easy on you?" Fitz called out, Gerry was beside him holding his stomach because he was laughing so hard.
"Don't worry about us, worry about your game losers" Karen called back. Olivia gave her a high five.
"That's what I'm talking about kare"
After the first round, Fitz and Gerry were up, they hilariously trash talked through the whole set. At the end of the second round Olivia and Karen had fought their way back, they were both very small so they counted on quickness to give them the edge and it did. They game was very tied up until Olivia managed to get the last match point, winning the game for her and Karen.
"In your face losers" Karen screamed.
Her and Olivia high fived and fist bummed as they did their victory dance across the court.
"Oh please we made you win" Gerry mocked from across the court.
"That's funny, why didn't you make yourself win" Olivia teased.
Once they were done, they went inside and had leftovers from thanksgiving dinner for lunch.
After lunch Fitz told Olivia he had a surprise for her and drove her in a small atv to a secluded area in the ranch where there was a warehouse.
"Fitz, what are we doing" she asked as they pulled up near the runway in front of the warehouse.
"It's a surprise"
"I hate surprises"
"No you don't, you act like you hate surprises"
"You're right, now tell me what it is?" She asked excitedly.
"One sec"
Fitz unchained the huge door and slide it open to reveal a sleek 2 passenger plane.
"Please don't tell me your gonna fly this thing"
"I'm gonna fly you in this thing"
"Fitz no that's dangerous"
"You'll be fine"
"I'm not talking about me and are you sure you know how to fly this thing?"
"I flew black ops missions for the navy seals, I dodge rockets and missiles, this is a walk in the park compared to that."
Olivia was hesitant.
"But"
"No buts livie, I would never even think to fly you if I wasn't sure it was safe."
"Okay but if I die and you live, I'm haunting you and your next girlfriend, I'm just letting you know."
Fitz rolled his eyes.
"Come on, let's get you buckled up."
Fitz made sure all safety measures were followed and once everything was in place, he took off. He flew around the ranch, Olivia was blown away by how beautiful the landscaping was and by how great of a pilot Fitz was.
When they landed and Fitz drove the plane back into the warehouse and helped her exit, she finally let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. As great as the flight was she was still nervous.
"Wow, you really are a great pilot."
"Told you" he joked.
"Are you always this modest?"
"I try to be" he laughed.
She watched as he locked up the warehouse.
"So where are going now?" she asked. "It's almost night time."
"We are heading back to the house" he answered.
"Can we walk back?"
"Sure, we can walk."
They walked the trail hand in hand, Olivia couldn't stop thinking about the horse Fitz gave her.
"I really love the horse Fitz, she is absolutely gorgeous."
"I'm glad you like her." fitz smiled and pulled her in for a kiss.
"Thank you." she said again.
"For what?"
"All this, I'm really having a great time and I'm so glad we could spent some time away from the Washington craziness, you know with the kids."
"Anything to make you happy, I Love you."
"I love you too fitz, so much, you're perfect and you're all mine and only mine."
She paused.
"Don't you ever forget that." she warned playfully.
Fitz laughed.
"You know, I think you might be one of those crazy girlfriend types, you know the one that will break car windows and cut people."
"Oh definitely, and Abby will help me do it too."
"Yea, Gabby's pretty crazy."
They had been walking for a while and they were almost at the house.
"Before I forget, it is possible for Karen to miss the last day of school before christmas break, she should leave school Monday the 19th but then that would only give us like 3 days in France if we wanted to make it back for the few days before christmas but if she left the friday, then we would have the weekend and we could come back earlier."
"I don't see why not." fitz said easily.
"Perfect, finally we can set the dates."
"What are the dates?"
"Saturday the 17th to Wednesday the 21nd."
Fitz grunted.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm not ecstatic that you guys are leaving for almost a week."
"Aww, your gonna miss your girls." she fake pouted in a whiny voice.
Fitz shook his head playfully.
"By the way fitz, I don't know if I'm comfortable with you giving me your card or whatever, you know, I think you should give Karen, I'll take care of me and Abby."
"Olivia I'm going to treat you to a girls trip or shopping trip or whatever you guys call it, so just let it happen." he whined.
"Fitz, I don't want to take your card and spend too much and then we fight about money, so I'd rather spend my own money."
"You know when you tell any other person on the planet to go on a shopping spree, they ask you when can they go, but not you. You WILL take the money I give you and spend it frivolously on yourself, my daughter and your best friend, then you can buy me a tie or something and present it to me when you return, like any other spoiled girlfriend. Got it."
"Fine" she rolled her eyes but she couldn't help but smile
"Perfect now come on baby." he scooped up and put her over his shoulder.
"Come on fitz, put me down, I'm pretty heavy you know."
Fitz almost dropped her because he was laughing so hard.
"Liv, you are what like 5'2 and a half and 105, maybe 110 pounds"
"I am 5'3"
"NO you tell people you're 5'3 so they think you're taller."
"Yea and you tell people you're 6'3 when your only 6'2" she fired back playfully.
"No I've been measured at 6'3, I didn't have to tell them anything and I'm pretty sure you just made that up. You jealous Shorty" he mocked.
He slapped her ass and then took off.
"Keep up shorty." he yelled.
She ran after him, but he was already by the house so she slowed down.
Fitz's gave his staff the thanksgiving weekend off so it was just them.
They had a fun night with the kids and the team, they mostly watched movies and debated on everything from religion to politics, Abby was very vocal about her dislike for republicans but she made it known that fitz had a pass.
They hung around the living room until one by one they drifted off to bed.
Everyone slept late on saturday. It was the last day for the trip and they was nothing really scheduled. They all lounged around for most of the day, each person doing their own thing until it was almost evening.
Fitz decided that since he couldn't really do anything intimate with Olivia, he didn't care if her team joined them on AF1.
Karen and Gerry left first, heading back to school on their plane. Fitz, Olivia and the team stood by waiting for the go ahead to be able to leave the ranch for the Airstrip.
The flight was quick and uneventful, they entire group slept the whole way and when they landed, Abby and the rest of the team went their way and Fitz headed home with Olivia.