Happy Tony Tuesday lovely people! I hope everyone is doing great! I do realize this chapter may not make everyone happy, but well that's the point of the story in some twisted, therapeutic kind of way.
I don't own Scandal or season 3 wouldn't be released until October 3rd. Sick joke that's what that is!
Chapter 7:
Olivia was almost asleep when her phone buzzed again. Toms number. It was well passed midnight. She signed.
"Tom...is everything okay?"
"Hi" a deep voice said on the other line.
She took a deep breath. "Hi"
There was silence for a moment. "How are you?" He asked."was the flight okay?"
"Yeah, Charlie was a trooper" Liv said smiling. She instantly glanced over to her sons crib. "I think he likes planes"
"Just like his daddy" Fitz smiled on the phone.
"Fitz" she hesitated. "I don't know where we go from here"
"I don't know.." He agreed. "Reelection Sounds pretty crappy right now, I just wish I was there with you"
"You promised" she said dryly. She heard him sigh. "We have to do this, it's the next stage of the plan."
"A plan that involves Mellie" Fitz said in disgust. "I'm planing to bring the kids back from boarding school this time around. At least they'll keep me sane"
"That sounds like a plan" she said reassuringly.
"It is hardly one" he said frustrated. "But it's something" they both suddenly heard Charlie crying.
"I have to go" Liv said sadly."I don't know when we'll be able to talk again"
"I'll try and call you as often as I can"
"Fitz... I don't know" she was crazy for cutting him off, but if there's one person Liv was afraid of, was her dad.
"You don't want me to call?" He was utterly surprised.
"I just have a lot of things to work out first, Charlie is my number one priority" it was true. And right now he was crying his eyes out.
"Liv, please" he sounded like a wounded animal. "Don't just.."
"I have to go Fitz, I..." She wanted to put the phone down, but not hearing his voice, for lord knows how long, might be too much. "I love you"
"I love you" he said without hesitation. "So much"
The line went dead.
"Olivia" Stephen had been standing outside her bedroom door for 20 minutes now. She just sat there. Her back against the bed, cuddling her son close. "Abby and Quinn are leaving now" it was a good thing they were going. Abby and Huck had seen Liv at her lowest but not Quinn and she wasn't ready to show weakness. She couldn't afford to, for Charlie's sake.
"Liv! Open the door right now!" Abby chipped in. She did. Her baby boy snuggled to her chest. Abby gave a knowing look and Quinn just seemed to be sad to leave her. Huck stood behind the girls, Olivia was grateful he was staying behind, to take care of her and Charlie. "Good morning, what about some breakfast?" It was as If someone had flipped a switch. Stephen glanced over at Abby. She mouthed something and then they followed her suit.
The small cafeteria was near the apartment complex and it was quite nice. Georgia had already gone to school.
"It's going to be so weird not have you back home" Quinn told Liv. "I just hope we can manage.."
"You'll do fine" Liv told her. "Huck should be going back in a couple moths and you can always call"
"Right" Quinn hesitated to say anything else. Huck nodded it her direction. It their encounter with billy had told him anything. It was that she was ready to do greater things on her own. And in someway, Quinn was grateful Liv had sort of trusted her more to be on her own.
Now at the airport, Olivia sat with Abby. So far, they had not gotten any attention from any sort of media. If it had been DC.
"So, are you okay?" Abby asked her." I guess you talked to him? Are you okay?"
"I'll be fine" she smilled "it's nothing I can't handle" Abby gave her a wary look. She hated when Olivia closed her off, she was just like an onion you had to slowly peel off. Abby was the same way, but she still worried about her friend.
Right after Fitz had handed the phone back to Tom, he felt sick. He knew about the plan, he'd agreed to it, for his sons sake, for the county and for himself, he was way too worried about the camping, without Liv, it would be a disaster. Mellie and Cyrus breathing on his neck
"Sir?" Fitz turned around. "I know Mr. Beene came up with a plan, Miss Pope too, but I have always believed in being extra careful. I could make sure of it" Tom had laid it out to Fitz that he was willing to check on Olivia personally and make sure nothing happened to her. Tom was really going beyond his job to do this, he'd do it on his days off, which meant no suspicions on Mellie or Cyrus's radar. He also pointed out his sister lived there so it gave him an extra. Fitz was never more grateful. He then would investigate who was this person from her past she didn't want him to know about, and to his surprise he wouldn't have to wait long to find out. He was the president of the free world and yes, Rowan might have been powerful, but so was Fitz, and just after jake suddenly disappeared that he started asking questions.
At least he had something to keep his mind off Olivia. Mellie on the other hand, had made sure he didn't forget about the campaign, Teddy or his duty to his Country.
"Miss Pope?" Tom was at her front door. Dressed as a civilian. Her thoughts quickly got the best of her, but she later recovered, because if something had happened to Fitz she'd not heard it from Tom. Huck was behind her, holding Charlie as Olivia led him in. She had pushed Fitz away once more, but maybe having Tom here meat she was been given a glimpse of Fitz even if she didn't actually looked at him.
So? What did you think? Seems Liv can't stop messing up huh? Huck is not so happy to see Tom lurking around.
Next chapter will have a time jump so I can speed this up a little. Will Fitz be able to find out more about Olivia's past? Or will he put himself in danger? What will Olivia do in Boston?
Thank you so much for reading! I do hope you are still enjoying this story!