It's was after 7:00 in the morning when Karen jumped up.
"It's Christmas everyone! Wake up!" She yelled.
She hurried over to Olivia's side of the bed.
"Merry Christmas Olivia, wake up, it's time to open gifts."
Olivia shifted.
"Liv, wake up."
"I'm up kare, Merry Christmas." Olivia smiled.
"Merry Christmas" Karen Said excitedly.
"Come here, give me a hug." Olivia said as she sat up.
Karen leaned in for a hug.
"I'm gonna go wake dad and Gerry, even though dad's probably already up" Karen ran off excitedly and ginger followed.
Olivia went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face as she waited for Karen to wake Fitz and Gerry.
She took her time alone in the bathroom as an opportunity send out a mass Merry Christmas text to her team.
When she was done, she went to the kitchen to make hot chocolate for everyone. By the time Fitz and Gerry were ready, the hot chocolate was done.
She added some marshmallows with whipped cream and topped it off with chocolate and caramel syrup drizzled over the whipped cream.
"Merry Christmas everyone, I have hot chocolate."
Ginger barked in response.
"Wow liv, that looks delicious." Gerry said as he walked over to the kitchen.
"I know right" Olivia laughed.
"Very humble" Fitz said a sarcastically.
He walked over and gave her a kiss on the lips.
"Merry Christmas livie"
"Merry Christmas Fitz" she said as she handed him his cup of hot chocolate.
Karen ran over to the kitchen for a cup of hot chocolate and then made her way back to the kitchen.
"Time to open gifts." Karen announced.
Gerry stood by the tree with Karen and Fitz and Olivia sat cuddled on the couch.
Olivia grabbed her camera from the coffee table to snap pictures of Karen, Gerry and Fitz as they opened gifts.
"Okay guys, one at a time" Fitz cautioned.
Karen was the first to pick a gift.
"To Karen, from Olivia" she read the card aloud.
It was an envelope.
"Is it money" Karen asked. Mellie had the tendency to give her and Gerry money for Christmas so she didn't have to gift shop.
"I don't know kare, open it." Olivia smiled.
Karen open the envelope and completely lost her mind.
"Oh my god Olivia, you didn't!" She screamed excitedly.
"I did"
"What is it Karen?" Gerry asked curiously.
"3 Backstage tickets to see Justin bieber and selena Gomez in concert." She got up and ran over to Olivia and jumped in her lap.
On the trip to Paris, Karen wouldn't stop talking about justin bieber and selena, she was as obsessed as any other tween.
"Thank you thank you thank you I love you." Karen said and hugged her.
"Love you too kare"
Karen got up and went back to her spot by the tree, Fitz was gleaming throughout the entire interaction.
Ginger had a few doggie toys under the tree that kept her busy.
Now it was Gerry's turn.
Gerry grabbed a big box with his name on it.
"From dad" he read from the label.
He opened it and it was the brand new unreleased Xbox 360 console with a collection of games to go with it.
Gerry's eyes brightened.
"Wow dad thank you, how did you manage to get this, it's not even out yet my friends aren't going to believe it."
"You're welcome, remember this when you call me uncool" Fitz teased.
Karen opened her next gift from her father, it was a new Mac laptop, Gerry got one too.
"Hey dad, this one's for you from liv" Gerry tossed it to Fitz.
Fitz opened it and it was a pair of 24 karat diamond cufflinks.
"Wow liv, these are really nice, thank you" he gave her a peck in the cheek.
Karen opened her next gift from Olivia, it was a mini Chanel quilted backpack.
"Thanks liv I love it, it's so cute, just like yours"
The next gift Gerry opened from Olivia was a high tech personal remote control drone with a camera attached.
"This is really cool, liv where did you even find this, I love it. Thanks"
"I have my ways" Olivia laughed.
Gerry tossed a gift to Olivia.
"Here liv, this one's for you"
"From Fitz" she said as she opened it.
Fitz couldn't wait to see her reaction.
She let out a loud gasp.
"Fitz" she choked out.
It's was a custom Lorraine Schwartz thin diamond encrusted choker necklace.
"This has to be the most beautiful thing I've ever laid my eyes on, I love it, thank you"
She leaned over a hugged him tightly.
"Let's get it on you."
Fitz pulled her hair back and placed the necklace around her neck.
"Here, Let me take a picture and show you."
Fitz took her camera and snapped a picture and then showed it to Olivia.
"Wow, it's dazzling" olivia mused.
Karen and Gerry opened more gifts from Fitz, mostly electronic devices.
Olivia knew Fitz spoiled them, but she didn't know he spoiled them so badly.
They pretty much got the newest and best version of everything that was available and unavailable to the public, it was every kid's dream.
They were still quite a few gift left under the tree even after Karen and Gerry had opened most from Fitz.
"Daddy this one's for you, from Olivia."
When Fitz opened it he was shocked, it was a vintage Rolex watch.
"Olivia where did you get this?"
"I won it at auction, I know how much you love watches."
"I think I might have found my soul mate"
"Aww you're my soul mate too baby"
"Not you, I meant this watch, Do you see the detail on this thing?"
Karen and Gerry laughed, Olivia slapped his arm.
"Rude, don't be like your father Gerry." She laughed.
"Olivia this one's from me" Karen said as she tossed her a box.
Olivia opened it and it was a white scarf.
"I knitted it myself" Karen said proudly.
"Thank you kare, I love it, I can already think of all the outfits it'll go with."
Karen giggled
"You're welcome."
"Here dad, I made one for you too in black and Gerry you get a blue one." Karen handed them boxes.
"Liv, this gift is from me." Gerry said as he handed Olivia a gift box.
Olivia opened it, it was a grand Chanel coco mademoiselle extrait, it was almost a 2 lb bottle of perfume, it was a true collectors item and also cost over $4000 so she was sure Fitz bought it.
"Perfume! How did you know I loved perfume and this bottle is gorgeous!"
"Dad told me."
"Thank you."
They took turns opening a few more gifts, karen and Gerry had opened most of theirs from Fitz and Olivia, so all that were really left were gifts from Fitz and olivia to each other.
There was only one gift left under the tree, Gerry picked it up and read the card,
"This one's yours liv"
Based on the size of the box, Olivia guessed it was wine, Fitz had gifted her a few very prestige bottle of wine, she thought it was another one from Fitz.
"From Eli" Gerry said.
Olivia stiffened immediately.
Fitz didn't notice because he was so busy being fascinated by his watch.
Gerry handed her the gift. She took it and placed it on the coffee table.
"Aren't you going to open it?" Gerry asked.
"I think I'll open it later."
When under the christmas tree was empty and everyone was content to muse over their many gifts, Olivia excused herself to the kitchen.
She tried taking slow deep breaths to offset the panic attack she felt coming on.
"I'm overreacting, I'm overreacting" she said to herself repeatedly.
"Why is he sending me a gift, he never gave me gifts, even when I was a child. Maybe he just had a change of heart? maybe he's trying to be a better father? How did he even get in here? If he got in here then he knows about me and Fitz, he would have seen the labels on the gifts." Her thoughts were going rampant in her head.
She didn't even realize when Fitz walked over and stood behind her. He kissed her shoulder.
"Livie, are you okay."
She quickly became present.
"Yea I'm fine."
"I love my gifts but you got me way too many things." He smiled.
"Nothing is too much for you Fitz, I love you." She stretched up and kissed him softly on the lips.
"I Love you too livie."
"Can we play some Christmas music on the speakers" Gerry called from the living room.
"Yea sure" Fitz called back.
Fitz made eggs and bacon for everyone, while Olivia sat back and watched lovingly. Ever so often her mind would drift back to her father but once she realized it, she tried to eject the thought.
After everyone ate, they took turns showering.
Olivia had bought a huge gingerbread house she thought would be fun for them to make together.
Olivia, Karen and Gerry sat at the table and built the house, occasionally Fitz would walk over and eat some of the parts and Karen would give him an earful.
He snapped pictures of them making the gingerbread house together and got one of his agents to snap a picture of all four of them and ginger together.
Olivia ordered a ton of snacks, finger food and eggnog from the grocery store deli before they closed for the day.
Fitz over heard her ordering on the phone.
"Where having snacks for christmas dinner?"
"Yea, I mean there are chicken wings and sliders too."
"That's… different."
"Yea exactly, who would have thought the president and his kids would sneak out of the white house to have Christmas dinner at his girlfriend's house."
"Technically we snuck out days ago and I'm also on vacation but our situation is definitely not traditional so I can see where you're going with this and I think it fits."
"And we could watch christmas movies while we eat."
The food came, time flew by, the air was filled laughter, happiness and fun and before they knew it, the day turned into night.
Karen and Gerry trailed off to bed and just Olivia and Fitz were left cuddled on the couch watching tv until Olivia fell asleep.
Fitz sat up thinking about the arrangements he made for Olivia's birthday that was coming up in a few days. He had been planning for weeks and he was excited for her to see what he had in store for her. He was finally going to get some alone time with Olivia, since Karen and Gerry were going to visit Mellie until New Year's eve, it couldn't have worked out better.
When Olivia was deep in sleep, he picked her up and brought her to bed, once she tucked in, he went back to sleep on the couch.