Babes, this is an emotional chapter. Happy reading!
Chapter 11
Olivia and Fitz both slept in later than planned. They both were suffering from hangovers from their tryst last nights that lasted well into the wee hours of the morning. When Olivia finally found the energy to lift her head from the pillow, she called her parents. Fitz was in the en-suite connected to his bedroom showering. She didn't even hear let alone feel him get up.
"Merry Christmas mommy. Merry Christmas daddy." Olivia sang into the phone excitedly once her parents answered. This is only the second Christmas she has ever spent away from them and she does misses them terribly. They get on her nerves, but that's what parents are for right.
"Merry Christmas Livvie." Her parents replied back with the same excitement.
"Did you open your presents yet?" Olivia wanted to know.
"We did thank you so much Princess you spoil us." She could hear the true appreciation in her parents tone and that made Olivia feel really good about being able to finally take care of her parents.
"You're welcome."
Olivia gifted her parents with a trip to the South of France. She bought her father the new Cadillac Escalade truck and upgraded her mother's Benz. Her parents gave up their dreams so that Olivia could live out hers, and for that, she will forever be indebted to them.
"Are they treating you good Livvie?" Her mother asked in a worried voice.
"Yes mommy they're treating me well, especially Fitz." A tingling sensation ran through Olivia's body as she remembered just how well Fitz took care of her last night.
"Good you know everyone is asking about you."
"I know just tell them I'm on vacation and will be back after the holidays. You know they're only asking about me because they want gifts and the scoop on Lance and mine breakup."
"That's your family still Livia. I don't wanna hold you up too much longer, I love you."
"I love you too Princess!" Olivia could hear her father say in the background.
"I love you too mommy. I love you too daddy, see ya'll soon." Olivia blew kisses to her parents.
Olivia ended the call just as Fitz walked back into the bedroom clad in just a towel. Water droplets were still dripping from his tanned body. He winked at Olivia and went into his walk-in closet. This man oozed sex appeal without even trying.
Getting out of his bed naked, Olivia followed Fitz into his closet. She wrapped her arms around his waist kissing his wet strong back. Fitz turned around cupping her ass in his hands, causing Olivia to squeal. Fitz tried to lift Olivia off her feet, but she kept her feet planted.
Instead she trailed hot kisses from his lips all the way down to his dick that was harder than Chinese algebra. If someone told Fitz three months ago that he would be going to bed on Christmas Eve and waking up on Christmas having sex with Olivia Pope, he would've had them committed to the psych hospital. Watching her give him some of the best head he has ever received, Fitz damn near became weak at the knees. Olivia surely knows what she is doing and she knows just what to do to bring a man to his knees.
Before he came, he pulled Olivia up and lifted her from the ground desperately needing to be back inside of her. He took her right there in his walk-in closet and it was the best five minutes of his life.
"Fitz I am sure everyone heard us last night and this morning I don't wanna go down there." Olivia embarrassingly replied covering her face with her hands.
Fitz nonchalantly smirked as he pulled Olivia up from the bed. Of course he didn't see a big deal about any of this, this is an ego booster for him.
"Don't be embarrass babe." Fitz kissed Olivia's nose.
"How can I not be?" Olivia stressed.
"I don't know about you but I had some of the greatest sex of my life last night with the most beautiful girl in the world and if it was up to me the whole world would've heard us." Fitz had this 'I conquered the world' look on his face. He was still on a high from last night and early this morning.
"You always know just what to say." Olivia couldn't help but smile at his suaveness.
"That's my job now let's get downstairs." Fitz pecked Olivia's lips giving her ass a tap.
Twenty minutes later, they joined everyone else in the dining room for breakfast. The moment they walked into the dining room, all eyes were on them.
"Aaahhh! I love you Fitz! I fucking love you!" Frankie spoke Olivia's worse nightmare. He mocked Olivia's cries of pleasure from last night. His wife Marlene hit him in the shoulder not finding his antics funny.
"We're at the table Frankie for Christ sake." Marlene chastised with an eye roll.
Fitz cut his eyes at Marlene wondering how his brother ended up with such a prude wife. Frankie is one of the most outgoing free-spirited people you'll ever meet. Marlene on the other hand is the complete opposite. She's 38-years-old but one would think she's in her mid-forties by the way she acts.
Olivia face became flushed with mortification. She wish she could run back upstairs. This is what she feared.
"Ew Frankie you are seriously like gross. Liv don't play them any mind. Welcome to my world of growing up with immature assholes." Fallon scrunched up her face at Frankie.
"Uuugghh! I love you too Liv." Fred added to Olivia's mortification by mocking Fitz who didn't flinch an inch.
"Babe stop can't you see you're mortifying the poor woman. She's definitely not going to give us free tickets to any of her shows." Camille shook her head at her husband's childishness.
"Stop being dicks." Fitz laughed as he picked up some grapes tossing them at his brothers.
"Stop being what?" Mrs. Grant asked walking into the dining room. Olivia released a sigh of relief at being saved by the bell by Mrs. Grant.
"Saved by the bell." Both Frankie and Fred laughed.
"Oh look who decided to join us, good morning you two and Merry Christmas." Mrs. Grant replied giving both Fitz and Olivia a look that said, 'I know why you came down so late'.
"Merry Christmas mom." Fitz hugged and kissed his mother.
"Merry Christmas Mrs. Grant." Olivia hugged her.
After breakfast, gifts were exchanged. Then everyone retired to their rooms to get dress for Christmas dinner. Olivia chose to wear a simple cashmere sweater, jeans, and thigh high boots. She left her face bare and hair curly per Fitz's request.
"So Olivia will you be going on tour any time soon?" Fallon asked.
"I am sure my label is going to force me to go onto tour. If we're being honest I hate touring." Olivia admitted.
"Really, I would've never guessed that." Fitz said.
"Yeah it's not all glitz and glam like people think. It's extremely exhausting. The travelling, different time zones, my body never adjusts to being on tour. That's also when I get sick the most. But my fans make it all worth it. Seeing them in the crowd, outside the hotels, and just feeling their energy keeps me pushing while on tour. If it was up to me I wouldn't tour at all though the wear and tear on your body becomes too much." Olivia didn't mean to turn this into a vent session, she just wanted everyone at this table to see that touring isn't what it looks to be.
Everyone seemed to understand her plight except Marlene.
"I'm sorry I just don't get it. You signed up for this, you knew what to expect when you decided you wanted to be an entertainer and here you are complaining. There are people out there aspiring to reach the level of stardom you have and for you to say you hate touring I think is very distasteful. You entertainers kill me Taylor Swift would never." Marlene aggressively spoke as if Olivia personally attacked her or something.
"Marlene you don't even know Taylor Swift to know how she feels about touring. Secondly don't ever compare Taylor to Olivia, Taylor is nowhere in Olivia's league. I'm no entertainer, but I can try to understand how Olivia feels. I bet it is hard touring different continents and countries. Prior to her telling us how she personally feels about touring, we had no idea and to say her comments about it are distasteful was simply rude." Fallon replied checking Marlene while defending Olivia.
"Thank you." Olivia smiled at Fallon. She likes her. Fallon has to be apart of the Liv-Hive for sure. She stans for Olivia.
"Don't worry Liv you have me now. I'll make touring much easier for you." Fitz wrapped an arm around Olivia pulling her close to him.
Olivia melted into him, God she love shim.
"Oh yeah I bet." Fred chuckled.
Olivia was walking the grounds of the Grant's estate enjoying the cool night breeze. The amount of land their home sit on is insane. When she buys a home, she will definitely make sure it has some serious acres. While walking the grounds, Olivia thought about having to leave Fitz's side after the holidays are over. In a perfect world, she would stuff him in her pocket and take her wherever she went. Or she would ask him to quit his job and just be by her side. She knew she was wishfully thinking, they both have jobs that are very demanding. It would be selfish of her to pull Fitz from his principal duties. She can see how much he loves his job, Olivia wouldn't feel right asking him to abandon his obligation to King. They need him right now more than she does.
"What's wrong Liv? You've been quiet since dinner, you didn't let what Marlene said get to you did you?" Fitz asked walking up behind her slightly scaring her. He was watching her from afar walk the grounds before he decided to interrupt her thoughts. Something was bothering her and he needed to know what.
"What she said was irrelevant that girl had it out for me since meeting me yesterday…I was just thinking." Olivia turned around and wrapped her arms around his waist. She could use a drink right now.
"What about?" Fitz asked looking her square in the eyes. He was burning a hole through her entire face with his stare.
Olivia contemplated on if she wanted to tell him what was bothering her. She didn't want to come off as the needy girlfriend already and drive him away. She also knows holding in what she is feeling will only manifest itself until it all spills over and out in the wrong way.
"After the holidays I am sure my label is going to force me on tour and I don't think I can be away from you that long. We just got together and I don't wanna come out of our bubble yet you know. And I can't ask you to come with me because you have a job here. I'm just in my feelings right now because I am tipsy." Olivia placed her head on Fitz's chest exhaling a deep sigh.
Fitz chuckled which was the last emotion Olivia thought he'd do. She didn't find what was so funny, she knew she should've kept how she felt to herself.
"I don't want to be away from you either, but like you said we both have jobs. I understand who you are and what you do Liv. I am fully invested in us and this relationship. I am not going anywhere. I don't give a damn if you're across the country I will wait for you. Plus I have vacation days." It seems like he always say the perfect thing to put Olivia back in good spirits.
Olivia lifted her head from his chest and looked up at him.
"I love you." She's never felt so secure or sure about someone in her life and it felt so good.
"I love you too." Fitz kissed her wiping any lingering worry away.
"Bro is this shit really real between you and Olivia?" Fred asked Fitz. The men were in the man cave their father just have renovated shooting pool.
"As real as it gets." Fitz confidently replied with a small blush. Just hearing her name reminded him of how lucky he is to be dating her.
"You are indeed one lucky bastard." Fred laugh shaking his head.
"What were the fucking odds?" Frankie disbelievingly added.
"Jealous boys." Fitz teased.
"Hell yeah you're dating one of the hottest girls on the planet I fucking hate you right now." Fred huffed.
"Are you the least bit intimidated dating her? I mean she is powerful. She's this big star who was linked to one of the hottest athletes in the world and now she's dating you no offense." Frankie posed.
"Honestly no. I obviously know the power she has and carries. Being with her though I don't see that Olivia that everyone else sees. I see a woman that was just looking for love, who happens to be passionate about the same things that I am, and I so happen met her at the right time. I didn't fall in love with Olivia Pope the star. I fell in love with Olivia the woman behind the music and fame." Fitz professed and he didn't care if he sounded like a wimp right now. He would scream it to the world if need be.
Frankie and Fred nodded their heads. They both are proud of their little brother. Seeing the change in him is refreshing and eye opening, they thought they'd never see the day.
"Whoa turn that up." Fred said with his eyes glued to the television.
Frankie grabbed the remote and turned up the news report.
"It is with great sadness that we report to you the passing of Lance Cole. The star running back for the Oakland Raiders was found unresponsive in his home in the wee hours in the morning by his housekeeper. There is no word yet on what caused Lance Cole's death, but as we are updated with more information we will keep you informed. Again, Lance Cole star running back for the Oakland Raiders was found dead this morning in his Los Angeles home, he was 26-years-old.
"Liv." Fitz left out the mancave searching for Olivia.
He found her being consoled by his mother in the living room and for a second a wave of jealousy washed over her seeing her reaction to hearing about Lance's death. Fitz knew he was being selfish for even feeling that way, brushing that green eyes monster from his mind, he rushed over to Olivia and consoled her as well.
"It's my fault…it's my fault…it's my fault." She cried over and over again. It took everything in Fitz not to walk away from her, he couldn't stand seeing her like this and over another man.
"It's not your fault Liv." Fitz rubbed her back as he held her.
"I have to get back to L.A. I have to go." Olivia walked out of the living room heading upstairs.
Fitz wanted to chase behind her, but his mother grabbed him.
"Give her some space Fitz…Lance was before you…let her grieve his death without making her feel guilty. You have to give her space right now though there's probably a million things running through her mind. This doesn't change how she feels about you if anything she's going to need you now more than ever." Teresa advised.
It was devastating to hear his mother speak those words to him. What man wants to see his woman crying and grieving over an ex's death.
Fitz simply nodded his head.
Olivia's cell phone was blowing up. She didn't want to talk to anyone but her father. That was the only call she accepted.
"Baby girl I am sorry. I know you and Lance were no longer together and that you two didn't end on the best terms. This was not your fault Olivia and I don't want you to blame yourself. We both know Lance was dealing with some demons. He's at peace now." Eli emotionally spoke. Olivia could tell he was fighting back his own tears.
"I just wish I could've said goodbye daddy. I just wish we could've talked one last time." Olivia cried as she paced back and forth.
"I know baby girl. I am sure Lance wished the same, but we can't dwell on the past Olivia. All we can do is carry on his memory for his fans, family, and friends." Eli replied.
"You're right." Olivia sniffed as she wiped her eyes.
Olivia stayed on the phone with her father for another half hour. When she hung up the guilt hit her hard. Everyone is going to tell her not to blame herself for Lance's death, how could she not though? Lance might've been a lot of things, but her father was right he was dealing with some demons. Olivia wished he would've gotten the help before it came to this. The news didn't say it, but she already knows he committed suicide. He always told her that if she leaves him, he would do it. How could she not blame herself?
When she finished packing, she asked Fitz if they could talk before she left. She could see the reluctance in his face, she hated that this had to happen now, even if neither said it, this was going to put a damper in their relationship. She was leaving her boyfriend to go be with her dead ex-boyfriend.
"Fitz I have to go. He have a little brother and sister and aside from him…I was all they had." Olivia tearfully spoke. She can't imagine what Niles and Nia are going through right now. Lance was their parent since losing their mother. They loved their brother despite his many flaws, he was their superhero.
"I get it Liv." Fitz replied unable to look at her. He was propped against his door looking at the floor.
"This doesn't change anything between us Fitz. I love you, you are who I want to be with." Olivia walked over to him placing both hands on either side of his face forcing him to look at her.
"You don't have to convince me Liv." He wasn't being the most supportive but he couldn't get himself out of his own feelings and head. He had it in his mind that he would now have to compete with a dead ex and he can see that smug look on Lance's face.
Olivia pulled Fitz down and kissed him to assure him that she was still in this despite what has happened.
"I love you Fitz…say it back." Olivia pleaded with her forehead pressed against his.
"I love you too." Fitz whispered.
"See you soon." Olivia kissed him once more.
Fitz carried her suitcase as they walked to the car waiting for her. Watching her get inside, he knew it would be a while before he saw her again. He felt it. This was one of the hardest goodbye's he's ever had to say to someone because he was unsure if it was final or not.
A few hours later...
Give her some space Fitz…Lance was before you…let her grieve his death without making her feel guilty. You have to give her space right now though there's probably a million things running through her mind. This doesn't change how she feels about you if anything she's going to need you now more than ever, his mother words echoed over and over in his head.
If this is real, if what they had was real, then she'd be back. The ball was going to drop any moment, Fitz didn't care. This isn't how he envisioned spending his New Year's Eve. He was sitting at the bar drinking, while his family was out back getting ready for the ball to drop and fireworks.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Happy New Year!" He heard his family yell from the backyard as they rung in the New Year. Fireworks soon followed their celebration. Unfazed, Fitz continued wallowing in his own misery.
His cell phone dinged signaling he had a text message. Pulling it from his pocket he saw that it was an unknown number. The message read:
Unknown Number: Happy New Year Fitz! I don't want to go into the New Year with old grudges. I hope that you can forgive me for my childish disgusting behavior. I am truly sorry. Michelle
Fitz responded.
Fitz: Happy New Year Michelle
Fitz placed his cell phone back in his pocket. He was about to go upstairs to his bedroom, when his niece Madison appeared out of nowhere.
"Uncle Fizzy why aren't you outside with everyone else?" She asked in her tiny little squeaky voice. She's only 6-years-old but she is full of so much personality. She should've been in bed with her siblings, but here she was up and wide awake.
Fitz popped a mint into his mouth before picking her up. "I was just about to come out."
"Are you sad because your girlfriend left?" She asked looking at him with a somber expression of her own.
"A little." Fitz admitted.
"I bet she is sad too. I don't want you to be said Uncle Fizzy. Call her to come back." Madison replied thinking she had it all figured out. Fitz wish it was that easy.
"I can't Maddy she had to leave." Fitz replied.
"Well you have me here to make you happy again…okay Uncle Fizzy." Madison smiled.
"I like the sound of that…thanks Maddy. Happy New Year." Fitz kissed her forehead.
Fitz joined his family in the backyard. He felt envious watching his brothers and sister with their spouses. He just got a taste of what it feels like to genuinely have someone you love and care about by your side, and now that she isn't here, Fitz isn't really in the most festive moods.
His cell phone dinged again signaling another text message. This one was from Olivia.
Livvie: Happy New Year baby! I wish we could've brought it in together. I love you Fitz and I'll see you soon.
Fitz: Happy New Year, I love you too.
Will Fitz have to compete with Lance even though Lance is dead? Or is Fitz over analyzing? Should Olivia had left? Do you believe Michelle is sorry or does she have a hidden agenda? There will be a three month time jump next chapter which will be the start of the end of this story! As always leave your thoughts!