Old Habits Die Hard
When all rivals clash and hard feelings are thought to be over, all can change in a matter of hours. At Karen's wedding Mellie, Olivia and Fitz try their best to act cordial but old habits seem to die hard.
Okay guys so hard to kick this off my mind, fluff and some drama for Olitz. This will feature Charlie, Teddy and Hannah Grant from my other stories "Hang in There" and "All that is expected"
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Dedicated to Lizzie because she is the best!
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Chapter 5: the better man
Olivia shivered as she felt emptiness next to her. Fitz had not come back to bed after taking teddy to his room. She put on a robe and headed to the boy's room. Quickly stoping to check on Charlie and the baby.
"Fitz" she whispered as she entered the room.
"Hi" he said softy. He was sitting against the wall by the bed.
"What is it? Are you meditating?" There was amusement in her voice.
"Maybe" he added with a smile as she sat next to him.
"We need to go back to bed, it's been a long day" she laced their fingers together.
"Try a long race." He said sadly and she knew what he meant. It was always a race. Between them and Cy or them and Mellie.
"Charlie is okay. He said that he would go to the wedding because his sister had asked him to, and he loves her. Plus Teddy told me he had helped him with a speech"
"What?"
"Charlie prepared a speech for Karen and Robert" Olivia giggled. "I swear that kid. If there was any doubt he was just like you. There you have it." They laughed for a bit until Teddy fussed on the bed.
"Something needs to be done about Mellie" Olivia told him seriously as they headed back to the room.
"I know."
The next morning Liv woke up to a pair of matching eyes watching her. "Hi baby" Hannah smiled at her mother.
"Hi" she whispered. Fitz was on the other side of her daughter. His back to hers. "Daddy's sleeping." She placed a finger to her lips.
"Well, how about we let him sleep?" Olivia stood up and picked Hannah up. "Surprise daddy with breakfast?"
When Liv reached the kitchen. Teddy and Charlie were already there, apparently attempting to make breakfast. "Morning mom" Charlie smiled softly at her.
"We wanted to make breakfast since we caused all that trouble yesterday" Teddy said pouring cereal in a bowl.
"Is dad mad?" Charlie asked. "Are you?"
Olivia sighed. She sat Hannah on a chair. "No, we are not mad boys, we're just..."
"Mom is got a problem" teddy said. Olivia smiled a bit.
"Yeah but..."
"And we made it worse." Charlie bit his lip. "Maybe we owe her an apology?"
"Who owes who what?" Came Fitz's sleepy voice.
"Daddy!" Hannah jumped from the chair and he picked her up swiftly.
"They want to apologize to Mellie"
"I didn't say I would. Why would you want to say you're sorry if she was mean to you?" Teddy reasoned. Olivia and Fitz glanced at each other. "She's always mad at whatever happens because she doesn't like Liv"
"Listen to me." Fitz said seriously. "Whatever is going on between me and mom and Mellie, doesn't concern you. Yes, what you did was wrong and you will receive a punishment for it, because you knew better, but Mellie said things she shouldn't have in front of you and I will deal with that. Just promise me you'll be careful?"
"Promise" Charlie smiled up. He glanced at Liv unsure of what to say. He was sure that Mellie still deserved an apology. Maybe it was because of his good heart but as far as he was concerned Mellie was just sad and that's why she lashed out on them constantly.
"Teddy?" Fitz shot his eldest a glance. Teddy was another story. He knew things he was sure no 9 and a half year old should. Mellie was sure he knew what kind of person his father was. Olivia and Charlie. Of course he knew better, he loved them, sadly enough more than he loved his own mother. It was really sad because Mellie had really tried to make something of herself. She tried to be a better mother, needless to say, stuff like what had happened yesterday took a toll on her road to overcome her thirst of power and grudges against Olivia and Fitz.
"Yes sir" he said focusing back on setting the table. They all had breakfast quietly. Olivia and Fitz exchanged glances. Hannah seemed to be aware there was something going on because she was mostly quiet.
The next couple days Olivia and Fitz sank themselves in work, Liv often got calls from Karen asking her for help on the final preparation for the wedding. She of course was delighted, there was still the feeling of guilt. Charlie was his mothers son and Olivia wished that Mellie, could be more of a mother to her children, not because she didn't want to be, she loved them all as if there were her own, but like her son, Olivia was the better person.
Fitz dreaded shopping as much as any guy would, but then came the moment when people no longer shopped for him, much to Olivia's amusement. She enjoyed shopping with the boys just because it was something they could do as a family. Plus Abby who was as energetic as Liv when they went shopping specially when she wasn't paying.
"Just a few more shops and then, we can go to the hockey rink" Liv said as the boys dragged their feet behind her. Hannah, slept soundly in her stroller.
"How much longer mom?" Charlie asked. "'My feet are bleeding"
"Don't be such a baby!" Olivia looked back at her son. "See? Your dad is older and he is not complaining"
"Did she just call him...?"
"Hey!" Fitz said like a little kid. "What did I do?" He heard Abby and Olivia giggle.
"I'm sorry I couldn't help but play that card" Olivia turned back and pulled him closer. He placed a sweet peck on her lips.
"Ewww!"
They pulled apart. "Come on kids, lets keep moving before we all get eyed raped." Abby said pushing the stroller along. They finally reached the tux shop. Since the kids were growing up so fast, Liv had decided to get them all new dressing clothes.
"Do we have to?" Charlie asked. He looked up at his father.
"Afraid so buddy" Charlie sighed and followed.
Olivia had to smile to herself. The boys took less than half an hour to be out of the store, hence, it took her only half to...well no respectable shopper took only half an hour to shop.
The arrival to the rink was another story, her three boys began a banter, hurried to get their skates on, and followed into the empty rink. Olivia was kind of grateful for this.
Fitz and Teddy moved skillfully trough the rink while Charlie served as goalkeeper. They made it a competition to see who managed to get more pucks into the net, and how many of them Charlie managed to stop. Both him and Teddy were in the local hockey team. Because Charlie was homeschooled, he often only had his teammates as peers.
"Let's see if Theodore Grant makes his legendary three angle shoot, to defeat former national champion..." Teddy narrated. "And he shoots... And everyone cheers!" Liv loved watching from the bench as Charlie and teddy both pushed Fitz down.
"Hey guys, come on take it easy on him, he's not a very sportive guy!" Abby laughed.
"Oh really?" Fitz said standing and leaning against one of the sides of the walls. "Why don't you come and show me what you're made of?"
"I don't really want to watch this Liv..." Abby said giggling. "But he looks sexy as hell..."
"I know.."
Okay guys! This was more of a fluffy kind of chapter at the end but there's still the wedding and a certain talk between Mellie and someone who isn't exactly olitz confronting Mellie.. And I guess old habits do die hard, right?
Thank you again for reading.