A/N - The Marie/Maya in this story isn't the same as the character in the show, they do not look the same either.
When Fitz entered Olivia was on the bed sleeping.
He walked over to her slowly. He didn't know if he should wake her but he needed to know what happened so he went and called the agents in the room.
"What happened? Where are her doctors?" he asked worried.
"We heard her cry out in the room so we went in and found her on the floor holding her stomach so we took her here immediately. I believe the doctors are running tests."
"What! And no one thought to call me?"
Both agents were silent.
"When did you bring her in?"
"About an hour ago sir." One of the agents responded.
"Fitz-"
Fitz turned around and hurried to her side.
"Livie what happened? Are you okay? Is the baby okay?"
The agents about face and left quickly.
"I think so, the doctors are still running tests but she did an ultrasound and she said everything looks normal."
Fitz left out a huge sigh of relief.
He had his hands wrapped tightly around hers.
"How do you feel?" He asked.
"I feel normal, it doesn't hurt anymore. I'm actually just really tired."
"And the doctors don't know what cause the pain?" He asked.
"No that's what they're trying to figure out."
"Why didn't you call me Livie, you were the last person I expected to be here and this happened over an hour ago."
"I'm sorry I honestly thought the agents were gonna call you."
He kissed her stomach and then her cheek.
"As long as both of you are alright."
She smiled.
"Look Fitz about what you said last night, you were right. I shouldn't have gone to see him, I've been thinking about why I wanted to go in the first place and I guess it was because I needed closure. I know I put you in a difficult spot and I just wanted you to know that whatever you choose to do with him, I'll stand by your decision."
"I'm sorry for the way I yelling at you last night, there was no excuse for it. I just hate the way he treats. You are such an amazing person and it annoys the fuck out of me that he can't see that."
"It's okay, I'm never gonna see him again anyways and I can understand why you'd be annoyed I am a little stubborn." She smiled.
"A little?" He smirked.
"Don't push it." She chuckled.
Fitz sighed.
"I'm really glad you and the baby are okay."
"Me too."
"Olivia you need to relax, why don't you go to a spa resort or something you know, go get pampered instead of stressing yourself out."
"That's sounds fun, I don't know who would go with me though, Abby's busy 24/7 with the campaign." She noted.
Fitz thought now was the perfect time to tell her about her mother, he wanted to see Marie first but he thought maybe he should tell Olivia first.
"Olivia I have something I need to tell you."
"No me first." She smiled widely.
"Okay let me hear it."
"I know the sex of the baby."
"What! I thought you said we were gonna find out together." Fitz whined.
"I know but the doctor thought I knew and told me inadvertently."
"Oh god, don't tell me yet, let me just mentally prepare myself."
Fitz took a few dramatic deep breaths.
"Okay I'm ready."
"It's a girl." she announced excitedly.
Fitz mouth fell open and curved into a smile.
"A girl?"
"Yes our baby girl."
"You know what that means right." Fitz jumped up.
"Nope, that's not what it means Fitz."
"Daddy's girl!" He said excitedly.
Olivia laughed as he showered her with kisses all over her face and belly.
"Does that mean you're gonna start baby shopping and decorating the nursery now." Fitz asked.
"That's exactly what it means, you know I didn't watch 2 seasons of home decorator for nothing you know."
"I want to help with everything okay."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." she smiled.
"Get some rest, I'm gonna go talk to the doctor."
He kissed her forehead.
"Okay." She whispered.
Fitz waited until she had fallen asleep and then had one of the agents summon the doctor.
When the doctor walked in it was an older Indian woman.
"Hi I'm doctor Prateek, it's an honor to meet you Mr. President.."
"Hi doctor, thank you for caring for my fiancée."
They shook hands.
"So doctor do you know what caused this?" Fitz asked worried.
"We can't say for sure, all the initial test came back with positive results. There was no bleeding so that is a great ultrasound shows that the baby is still fully active and right on track. She told me that she recently did a tubal ligation reversal procedure so that is of some concern to me. Were are going to keep her overnight just as a precaution, she can go home in the morning. I'm going to recommend bed rest for a few days and she can return to normal activities within a week. I'll schedule a check up for a week from now to make sure everything is still good shape."
"Do you think it could be stress that caused this, she's been really stressed out lately?"
"Stress manifest itself differently in everyone both physically and mentally, especially in pregnant women so that makes it difficult for us to say for sure, but if she is having a hard time I would suggest helping her find ways to destress with yoga or the spa maybe."
Fitz chuckled.
"I told her she needed to take a trip to the spa a few minutes ago."
"Don't try to steal my job now Mr. President." Doctor Prateek replied jokingly.
"Don't worry Sir, she will be okay and so will the baby."
Fitz smiled and shook the doctor's hand once more before the doctor made her exit. He checked back on Olivia and she was still fast asleep.
He stepped out of the room only to find Huck walking over to the room.
"Sir, she's being treated by the doctors now."
"How is she? Is it bad?"
"She'll make it, apparently Rowan used to have doctors give her check ups while he had her locked up so she isn't in bad condition, she's just dehydrated and lacking nutrients. The doctor said within a few hours we should be able to speak to her."
Fitz let out a sigh of relief.
"Good, by then Olivia will be awake."
"Is she okay? I heard that she was taken here?"
"Yea she okay, she's just resting right now."
"Okay." Huck nodded.
Fitz called Karen and Gerry just to let them know everything was okay and then went back to Olivia's room and fell asleep in the chair by her bed.
About 6 hours later, Huck came back and woke Fitz up.
"What time is it?" he asked Huck.
Huck checked his watch.
"It's almost 2:30pm."
"Wow I was asleep for a long time. Olivia never woke up?"
"When I was here earlier the doctors woke her up to check something but then she went back to bed right after." Huck responded.
"Okay great." Fitz yawned.
"Sir, the doctors said we can see Marie now."
Fitz jumped up.
"Alright let's go."
Huck walked Fitz to Marie's room. Fitz was a little nervous, he didn't know what to expect.
When he looked through the glass, he could see her sitting up on the bed, hooked up to several IV drips. She looked pale and very skinny but still strong.
Fitz knocked on the door.
"Come in." the voice sang.
Fitz walked in.
"Hello Marie, I'm Fitzgerald."
She looked up at him, confused.
"Hi Fitzgerald."
Fitz was thrown off by the fact that she had an English accent.
"How are you Marie? How do you feel?" Fitz asked.
"Why do you care? I know Eli probably sent you here to take me back after he almost made me die of dehydration." she said angrily.
"Oh you think I work for Eli?"
"Don't you? why else would all these guards be here?"
"Because I'm the president." Fitz smiled.
Marie palmed her face embarrassed at how she was speaking to him.
"I'm so sorry, I haven't kept up with current events, the last president I know was Reagan,I just thought-"
"It's okay, don't worry about it all." Fitz assured her.
"Wait, how do you know me?"
"We have Eli in custody, he tried to use your life as a bargaining chip for his release."
"Please don't tell me you released him." she asked teary eyed.
"We didn't. When he told me about you, I figured he wasn't keeping you far so I sent some agents to search his whereabouts and thankfully we were able to find you."
Marie was started crying, Fitz reached over a hugged her and patted her back.
"It's okay Marie, it's okay."
"You have to be careful, he's completely mental he'll find a way out."
"Trust me I know, that's why he won't be locked up for long."
Marie understood what Fitz was implying and nodded in agreement, they both wanted him dead.
Fitz let her go and sat back in his chair.
"Can you tell me what happened? Because according to public records you are deceased."
"About 20 years ago, I found out who Eli really was and I made plans to run off with my daughter. He found out and we got into a big fight, he stabbed me and I passed out."
Marie showed Fitz the neck scar.
"When I woke up, I was in a room, that's where he's been keeping me for the last 20 years and he sent my poor daughter away to boarding school and I haven't seen her since." Marie's voice broke.
"All I have is a picture of her. It's in the trousers that I wore here, I can show you if you'd like." she asked.
"Yes I would like to see it."
Fitz handed her the pair of folded pants that were on the table.
She reached in the pocket and handed him a folded piece of paper that seemed to be cut out of a newspaper.
"After pleading with him for about 15 years, he finally gave me this picture of her about 5 years ago."
It was a picture of Olivia from a newspaper article.
"He hasn't told you anything about her." Fitz asked.
"No, no matter how much a I begged. As soon as I get out of here I'm gonna have to find her. Can you help me? I know you must be a busy man but please I have to find her."
"Olivia Carolyn Pope."
"Yes, that's her , you know her?" Marie asked surprised.
"Yes Olivia and I are actually really close."
"Tell me about her, is she alright? Is she happy?"
"She's great. I can't wait for you to see her." Fitz smiled.
"She knows I'm here."
"I haven't told her yet, I just wanted to make sure that you were actually her mother and not another one of Rowan's sick jokes."
"I understand."
She paused.
"So how long have you and my daughter been together?" Marie asked.
FItz smiled widely.
"How did you know?"
"Please, the way you smiled when you talk about her, I might have been in a hole for 20 years but I'm not dense."
He chuckled.
"I'm surprised at how much you two are alike Marie."
She laughed.
"My friends and family used to call me Maya, I prefer that to Marie."
"Okay Maya."
"Alike, how? I was afraid that if Eli raised her, he would raised her to be cold and heartless like him."
"She's the opposite. She's an amazing woman, she's kind and compassionate and the smartest person I've ever met. She's also very beautiful, I can see now that she gets that from you."
Marie smiled.
"You are her boyfriend,fiancé, husband?"
"Fiancé." he replied.
"Do I have any grandbabies?"
"We have one on the way."
"Really? Granddaughter or grandson?" she asked cheerfully.
"Granddaughter, we actually just found out a few hours ago."
"How far along is she?"
"6 months"
Marie got teary eyed again.
"That means that I can get to see the birth of my grandchild." she said happily.
"Where is she?" she asked.
"She's here but she's sleeping. As soon as she wakes up I'll take her over to see you."
"Okay. Has she ever mentioned me?"
"Not often, it's too emotional for her but whenever she did open up to me she only spoke highly of you. She told me you were a great mother, you were kind, gentle and beautiful."
"I have to ask you something?" Marie began.
"Sure"
"Olivia saw when Eli stabbed me, did he ever tell her that I didn't die."
"No he didn't until yesterday. He'd been asking to speak to her since I captured him a couple weeks ago but I decided against it but then I let it slip in while conversing with her and she insisted on seeing him. He kind of sprung it on her and told her that if she didn't convince me to release him, you would die. She was shocked at first and she believed him but I convinced her not to because I knew he was a liar so at this point I'm pretty sure she doesn't believe you're alive but I don't think she will be as shocked when I tell her you are because I knew she was hoping Rowan was telling the truth."
"That bloody bastard. It killed me everyday to know what she was at his mercy. I wish I had found a way to get her away from him."
"If it makes you feel any better, he wasn't really around. He sent her to boarding school after boarding school and then college. So he wasn't around her everyday."
"I never thought I would be glad she went to boarding school until he locked me away." She chuckled humorlessly..
"Can I ask you something ?"
"Go ahead."
"Olivia never told me you had a accent? Where are you from?"
"Don't worry Mr. President, I am American."
Fitz chuckled.
"Friends and family call me Fitz."
"Fitz, I was born in New York but I when I was a young girl I moved to London with my family. After college at Oxford I came here."
"I went to Oxford as well." Fitz added.
"An Oxford man, It seems that unlike me my daughter has great taste in men." She chuckled.
"Olivia never told me where her family originated from, you seem to be of mixed origins."
Fitz noticed that Maya was lighter than Olivia, her hair was straighter as well, her cheekbones looked just like Olivia but her lips were thinner.
"My mother was an Ethiopian immigrant named Liya Darie, my father was native american from the Cherokee tribe his name was Yona White. My mother was a free spirit considering the time period she grew up in, she liked to travel a lot and eventually made her way to New York where she met my father. They lived in the city for a time but when her family in Ethiopia moved to England, she convinced my dad to move there from New York."
"Wow, Cherokee and Ethiopian, that's amazing and definitely unique."
"My name is actually Mari, it's hebrew it means 'wished for child' but I adopted the nickname Maya in England. Where are you from? Fitz? Is that short for Fitzgerald?"
"Yes, Fitzgerald Grant." He replied.
"So I take it you're family is Scottish."
"And French" He added with a smile.
Maya was about to say something else when Huck walked in the room.
"Sir, Olivia's awake and asking for you."
Fitz got up.
"Thanks Huck."
Huck was about to leave when Fitz stopped him.
"Maya this is the agent that found you." Fitz said.
"Huck. I really want to thank you for rescuing me from that hellhole. I don't think there is anyway I can repay you." Maya said gratefully.
Huck nodded and smiled.
Fitz almost turned over, he never saw Huck smile before.
"I'll be right back Maya."
She nodded nervously.
Fitz left and went back to Olivia's room.
As he walked pass the glass he realized she talking to Abby, Harrison and Quinn.
He walked in.
"Hey Fitz." Olivia said.
Abby, Harrison and Quinn, greeted him as well.
Fitz wasn't exactly sure how tell Olivia what he had to say.
"Can I talk to Olivia alone." He ended with a small smile just so they didn't take offense.
"Sure." Abby and Harrison said in unison.
Fitz waited as they left.
"Hey Livie, how are you feeling?"
"Good, I'm hungry though"
"I'll send one of the guards to get you something to eat, what would you like?"
"I honestly am craving Jamaican food, is that weird?" She chuckled.
"Okay, give me a second let me tell them."
Fitz stepped outside the room and gave the agent instruction to get Olivia's food and he also gave him one of his credit cards.
When he was done, he went back to Olivia's side.
"Livie there is something important I have to tell you."
"What is it? They can't find the Jamaican place or something." She chuckled.
"No, not quite but it's pretty big news so I just wanted to give you a heads up."
She took a deep breath.
"Okay, I'm ready I think, is it bad?" She asked nervously.
"No, it's great."
"Okay." She smiled.
"Remember what your father said about your mother."
"Uhm yea." She replied nervously, she felt her heartbeat speed up but she tried to calm herself because knew it was unrealistic to hope for her mother to be alive after 20 years.
"Well I sent a team of agents to search all of Rowan's whereabout for her. I didn't believe him but I had to be sure because I knew how important your mother was to you."
He saw her breath quicken.
"I found her Livie, she alive and she's here."
Olivia was silent. He could tell she was processing what he said to her.
He walked closer and held her hand.
"She wants to meet you and her granddaughter."
He saw a lone tear roll down her cheek.
"Aww come on Livie don't cry."
He wiped it away.
"I know, I just can't believe it, this can't be real."
"It is, she's waiting for you, she's actually pretty nervous." He chuckled.
"Can you take me to her?"
"Of course." He said softly.
He helped her out of the bed and they walked back to Maya's room. When they were just outside of Maya's room, Olivia stopped.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I-I'm just nervous."
"It's okay, she's the same person you remember from 20 years ago." Fitz chuckled.
Olivia took a few deep breaths.
Fitz opened the door for her.
"Wait Fitz close the door." she whispered.
Fitz closed it and stepped over to her.
"What's wrong?" he whispered back.
"I'm sorry, I'm just really nervous. This morning I thought she was dead but now she's alive, I don't know I'm-" she used her hand to fan her face.
"Livie I promise you, it's okay. There is nothing to be nervous about."
"You're right, I've been dreaming about this forever and now it's finally happening and I'm freaking out so let's just go." she smiled shyly.
Fitz opened the door and this time she followed.
She stepped into the room and the second she saw her mom she dashed into her arms.
"Oh my god Mom-!" she cried, but they were happy tears.
"My beautiful girl, I never thought I would see you again." Maya sobbed.
"Me either."
Fitz took that as his cue to give them some privacy and stepped out the room and locked the door.
They embraced each other for a long time, neither of them wanted to let go.
When they finally did, Olivia sat on the chair by the bed holding on tightly to her mom's hand.
"I can't explain what it means to have you here right now. I didn't think this was possible." Olivia began.
"Livie I'm so sorry, I couldn't be there for you all these years. I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough to protect you from that demon." Maya said with tears in her eyes.
"It's okay I'm just so happy you're here right now. How are you feeling? Are you okay?" Olivia asked as her hands trembled.
"Don't worry about me I'm fine, tell me about you. You're pregnant Olive, Fitzgerald told me you have a little poppet baking in there." Maya announced excitedly.
Olivia smiled widely.
"Yea, I'm so excited and now that you'll be here when I give birth." her voice broke. "Words can't explain."
"I know Olive. When I was locked away I often imagined having grandchildren and now it's happening. I'm so excited, I can't wait." Maya squealed as she clapped her hands together in a quick light motion.
They stared quietly at each other for a few moments, both processing each other presence.
"So Olive, tell me about you, I have missed 20 years my darling. I want to hear every detail."
Olivia chuckled, Maya was the only one who called her Olive and it made her laugh everytime.
"Mom my life isn't that interesting, I'd much rather hear about you."
"Oh darling, always so modest. You are engaged to the president and you too are expecting, I'm sure you have a few stories to tell." Maya chuckled.
Olivia palmed her face embarrassingly, her cheeks red.
"Fitz and I met when I managed his presidential campaign back in 2007." Olivia began nervously. She didn't know how her mother would react to the news that she was with Fitz while he was married but she decided to tell her.
"After a few months of working together we developed feelings for each other and then one thing led to another and we slept together but-"
"He was married." Her mother finished.
"How did you know?" she asked.
"Olive a handsome man like that running for president has to be married."
"I'm so sorry mom, I shouldn't have-"
"Would you have done things differently if you had the chance to do it again?" Maya asked.
Olivia thought long and hard.
"I don't think I could because that would mean I wouldn't have him in my life and that's not an option for me, I really love him mom, so much." she cried softly.
Maya caressed her her cheek.
"Olive, you know you're mumsy. I am on your side no matter what, no need to apologize dear. Matters of the heart a particularly delicate and ought not to be judged by anyone."
Olivia felt fresh tears sting her eyes.
"Thank you for saying that, I've always felt so guilty for taking him from his wife and it doesn't help that dad hates me for it."
"Your father is incapable of love dear, so do not expect him to understand it and after all the atrocities that madman has committed, he should be last to open his mouth and condemn you."
Olivia chuckled softly.
"I guess he is a little 'holier than thou' isn't he?" Olivia remarked.
"That's quite the understatement. I have had to listen to his nonsensical soliloquies every 2 weeks for the past 2 decades, can you even fathom the ear bleeds that it led too."
Olivia burst out laughing but Maya was a little more solemn.
"That's not the father I wanted for you Olive. A man so cruel, sadistic and bloodthirsty. He wasn't always that way, he didn't show me who he really was until after you were born, the older you got the worse he became."
"Mom it's okay, he's locked up." Olivia tried to assure her.
"I know, I just wished I had given you a better life, a happier one."
"I love you mom." Olivia uttered as she got up and hugged Maya tightly.
"I love you too sweet girl and I love my grandbaby." Maya smiled.
She cleared her throat.
"Enough tears, finished telling me about how you met fitzgerald." Marie chuckled.
Olivia wiped her eyes.
"Oh yea, Fitz." she chuckled.
"We carried on for months. I told myself that if he was elected I would end the relationship but it was easier said than done. He tried to leave his wife but I wouldn't let him. I got the courage to leave when I found out I was pregnant."
"I have another grandchild?" Maya asked surprised.
"I had an abortion, I just couldn't do it. I couldn't have a child with him while he was married and that's when I ended it. When I left him and my job at the white house, I started my own crisis management firm, it's actually pretty successful."
"Of course it is, look who runs it."
Olivia smiled at the compliment.
"I worked at O.P.A, which by the way stands for Olivia Pope and Associates, the associates are my really close friends Abby and Harrison, Quinn and Huck also work there. After a while, I ended up having to manage some sort of crisis at the white house and I got close with Fitz again until we had a big fight"
Maya was about to say something.
"Don't ask." Olivia warned playfully.
"Hey, I haven't said anything yet." Maya smiled.
"We didn't speak until he divorced his wife, we ended up at the same dinner, I was there with a date but don't mind that."
Maya squealed.
"Uhm Huck my tech guy called me and told me Fitz was in trouble so I ran over to his car and a sniper shot us both."
Maya gasped.
"What?"
"Don't worry." Olivia said quickly.
"We both healed quickly, it's fine, trust me." Olivia assured.
"Olivia you gave me a fright."
"Sorry, I couldn't skip that part it's central to the story." she chuckled softly.
Maya massaged her temples.
"Where is you get shot?"
"In my back, Fitz got shot in the arm." Olivia replied.
"Give me a heart attack, why don't you." Maya smacked her arm lightly.
Olivia was quiet.
"Well don't stop now, I'm much too invested." Maya urged.
"Fitz was there for me everyday, while I recovered. He helped me through it and then on my birthday last year he proposed. We actually conceived the baby at that time."
Maya chuckled.
Olivia was about to tell her what Rowan did to her but she decided against it because she didn't want to cause her mom anymore grief.
"And 6 months later, here we are." she exclaimed.
They heard a knock on the door. It was Tom with her Jamaican food.
"Yay food, I was starving. You know I literally just realized Fitz left." Olivia chuckled.
She went and collected the food from Tom.
"Thank you Tom, where is Fitz?"
"He's speaking with Mr. Beene." Tom replied.
"This is a lot of food, do you mind asking him if he wants to come and eat?"
"No problem Ms. Pope."
"Thanks again Tom."
Tom nodded and went to fetch Fitz.
Olivia brought the food back to her mom.
"I ordered Jamaican food, let's see what they brought."
She searched through the bag.
"Mom what would you like?"
"Do you have Oxtails? I dated a jamaican man once before you know." Maya chuckled.
"Of course I have oxtails, that's Fitz's favorite."
Just as she mentions Fitz, he walked in.
"Hi ladies, you summoned me?" Fitz smiled.
"Yea I wanted to see what you wanted to eat, Tom bought a lot of stuff."
"Do you have that thing we had last time?"
"You mean oxtails?" Olivia asked.
"Yea."
Fitz pulled up a chair beside Olivia and took a plate and started eating along with Olivia and Maya.
"Fitz where are Karen and Gerry?"Olivia asked.
"They're at home, with the media storm outside I didn't think it would be good for them to come but they know you're alright."
"Mom by the way, Karen and Gerry are Fitzgerald's children."
"Oh okay I look forward to meeting them." Maya remarked.
"They're great kids, you'll love them." Olivia added.
They sat, ate and chatted for hours until Olivia had to head back to her room for the doctor the check her once more and to sleep. She wasn't allowed to sleep in Maya's room overnight, hospital policies.
Once the doctors finished examining her, she made herself comfortable on the bed, with Fitz by her side. They arranged two beds together so they both could lay comfortably together.
Fitz spooned Olivia with his hand gently caressing her stomach. They laid for a while, listening to each other breath when Olivia broke the silence.
"Fitz are you up?"
"Yea."
She turned and faced him, they were nose to nose.
"I love you Fitz, so much. I can't believe you actually found her for me. You mean the world to me and I appreciate everything you do for me, no matter how big or small and I am so happy that I'm having your baby." Olivia's voice was full of sentiment.
Fitz rose his hand and caressed her cheek in gentle downward strokes.
"I love you too Livie and I just want you to be happy and I would do anything in my power to keep a smile on your beautiful face." Fitz smiled softly.
"Saying stuff like that's gonna get you kissed, c'mere daddy." she grabbed his face and gave him a passionate kiss on the lips.
When they broke the kiss, they returned to their spooning position and they both fell asleep shortly after.