***I OWN NOTHING! I JUST LOVE #OLITZLOVE!
TBS
CH 12
Tom couldn't round the car fast enough to deflect Olivia's little body from barging through the crowd and over to her daughter. He caught up to Olivia just as she approached Harper and a sneaky looking Quinn and he effectively cut her off.
"WHAT IN FUCKS NAME-"Olivia began spouting venomously. Harper's eyes widened at the sound of her mother's angry voice. This wasn't a side of Liv that Harper had seen very often and it frightened her. She quickly put two and two together and realized the woman Liv was about to tear into was obviously trouble. She found herself scooting behind a more calm looking Tom.
"Uh, Ms. Pope, I can handle this. Believe me, I've got it." Tom stated. Olivia's skin was hot to the touch as Tom placed his hand on the small of her back in an attempt to calm her. A couple of fans nearby noticed the struggle, but thankfully, they didn't hear everything that was said. Harper, on the other hand, heard every single word.
"Get her the FUCK out of here. NOW." Olivia spat.
Quinn shocked everyone standing there when she finally spoke.
"My mission is complete." She stated as she stood stoically in front of a livid Olivia. Truth be told, Tom was beginning to lose his patience as well.
"Miss, I don't know what your objective is or was, but I am going to have to ask you to step AWAY." Tom strained the last of his statement and the look on Quinn's face didn't change, although Olivia could swear she thought she saw her flinch.
"Of course, I just wanted to say hello to my FAVORITE musician!" Quinn covered.
"Quinn. What are you-you know what? It DOESN'T MATTER. Get the hell out of here. NOW." Fitz voice boomed over everything else going on and everyone within the general area grew quiet and still, taking notice to the confrontation that was about to take place.
Quinn just nodded her head and found her way through the now silent crowd. Everyone's eyes followed Quinn, then turned back to Fitz and a now very embarrassed, but grateful, Harper.
Harper's face turned beet red. She was obviously no stranger to attention, but the speculating eyes were almost too much for her.
Fitz turned to his daughter. "We don't have to do this. You say the word Harp, and we are OUT of here."
Harper's color began to return as she looked into the eyes that effectively matched hers in color. She felt her nerves begin to ease and she took a deep breath before she spoke. Harper remembered seeing the lady SOMEWHERE, but she couldn't exactly make out where it was. She was now racking her brain trying to figure it out.
"I'm fine. It's fine. Whatever she wanted, she's gone."
Fitz, Harper, and Olivia all made their way to the podium set up. Fitz began to speak, bringing the chatter amongst the crown to a complete stop. When he spoke, some women whistled, clapped, and cheered quickly, but he stated that the statement would be short, sweet, and to the point. Harper's mind immediately went to other press conferences she had seen on TV from presidential standpoints and she let her mind begin to wander.
I bet he would make an excellent POTUS, She thought as she watched his audience hang on his every word.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming out. I-WE would like to make a brief statement regarding personal information about our familial status. As I'm sure you have heard by now, Harper Pope is, indeed, my daughter. I recently learned of the information from her mother, whom I respect and adore as much now if not more as I did back then.
"As for speculation about how and when and details, let me be the first to inform you all that while I value and love each and every one of you as fans, our personal life is just that- OUR PERSONAL LIFE. With this being said, I will say that the negative things being said about Olivia and my relationship are absolutely not necessary and are very hurtful. Olivia kept this from me for very good reason, and as I'm sure some of you know by now, I didn't have the best reputation back then so I can understand why she did it. We are working through our differences and that is all I would like to say about that aspect of this situation.
"We are asking that you PLEASE respect our privacy in this matter and thank you for your time." Fitz finished up. In the limo, Fitz and Liv had agreed to take a few questions to completely seal the deal now that the truth was out. "
"Fitz! Will this new change effect your music and the nature of your songs?"
Fitz smiled before he answered. "Absolutely, but although she's not completely full grown, I highly doubt Harper still believes in the stork." The crowd shared a laugh over that along with Harper and Liv.
"Olivia! Over here! Do you regret not telling FTG3 about his kid?"
Olivia smiled, gliding up to the microphone. She turned to make eye contact with Fitz as she spoke. "Every day of my life. If I could go back and make this decision again, I would have chosen differently. But I also believe that everything happens for a reason."
"HARPER! HARPER! How do you feel? What kinda dad is Fitz? What kinda mom is Liv? Are you gonna make songs with your new daddy? HARPER! HARPER!" Questions began to fly toward Harper and she immediately grew overwhelmed. She reached over and grabbed Liv and Fitz by the hand as she listened to the questions being thrown. Both parents knew what this meant: Harper wanted to answer a question. The only question that stuck out to Harper was asked moments after both Fitz and Olivia gave her the OKAY look to approach the podium.
"Harper! What do you hope to gain from meeting you father?"
Harper stood still as the crown grew quiet once again, having heard this reporter and his question. She glanced around at the crowd as she thought of her answer and finally, she opened her mouth to speak. A smile crept across her face.
"I don't want anything I don't already have." She glanced back at her mother and father who both walked up and grabbed one of her hands.
Fitz stepped forward, ending the conference and all three began to make their way toward the limo.
"Harp, how do you feel, pumpkin?" Liv asked. She moved to sit next to Harper, grabbing her hand as she looked into her daughter's eyes. Fitz sat forward smiling at the women on the seat across from him as his heart swelled.
"Happy. I feel…happy." Harper smiled at her parents. She felt like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders and couldn't wait to move into times when this wasn't at the forefront of the news cycles.
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SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!
The sound of a hand smacking against the maple wood desk startled Quinn out of her trance.
"You had ONE JOB. ONE!" The woman boomed at Quinn.
"I was there. I was about to get to her but some tall ass guy and her mom came out of nowhere. I didn't get to-"
"SHUT UP!" Ugh…what do I have to do to get something done around here?
"You are just about as incompetent as your little brother!" The woman gestured to the handsome teenager in the corner looking at her with a blank stare.
" I swear…I guess I'll have to handle this myself."
"For the record, I did plant some doubt in their heads before I left."
"At least you got THAT much right." The woman growled as she stormed out of the room on her heels.
AN: I am updating all my stories tonight (or at least trying) since I have a lot of time on my hands. My mother is in the hospital and I am by her side. Nothing major…but she has diverticulitis. (look it up…it sucks) and is flaring up on her now. So….with at least another 12 hours in this room and nothing to do but watch Netflix (BTW, I am JUST Now discovering Orange is the New Black! HOOKED!) I brought my computer with me to get a little writing done.
Thanks for those of you who are sticking with this story. I am still facing a bit of writer's block on how I want to take my story, but all the KIND reviews are gently nudging my mind to work.
SOOOO…any ideas? Wondering what the hell Quinn was doing? Wonder who the woman is and the teen? You MAY get it right, and the more reviews I get the more it will fuel my ideas…..How long will paradise last for our little family? **don't expect too much angst cause like I always say, we get enough of that madness on the show**
Happy Reading!
XOXO
