"Dad! I can't find it... help!" Zion cried as he began to frantically tear his room apart. He had been looking for hours for the tiny gift bag and the more places he looked and came up short, the more he cried.
"Relax sport it's got to be here. Don't worry, we'll find it." Fitz said as he picked his son up and began caressing his back.
"I packed it daddy! I know I packed it! I think I packed it." Zion said as he allowed himself to calm down in his father's arms.
"Zion did you check your suitcase?" Fitz asked seeing everything but the suit case strewn all over his room. Zion wiggled his way out of Fitz's grip and went to check his suitcase. Low and behold there it was.
Zion looked up at Fitz and smiled. "I found it!" Zion squealed as he pulled a tiny box out of the gift bag and looked at it before returning it to it's home.
"See Zy. I knew you couldn't have left it. Now come on, we're spending the morning here at the resort. Mommy isn't feeling too well, so daddy is sending her to the spa today. Then we're going to hang out by the pool."
"Do you think Ella is awake yet daddy? I don't want to wait to give her her present anymore."
"We'll go check but first, I want you to go put on your swim trunks ok."
"The one's that look like yours?"
"Sure sport. Hurry, breakfast is in ten minutes."
Zion ran into his room and got dressed as quickly as he could. Last night he spent with James, Ella, and Cyrus so Liv and Fitz could have some alone time. Today was their last full day in Florida before they would return to the hustle and bustle of DC.
Zion threw on his black and blue swim trunks and a blue shirt. He peeked his head out of his room to make sure it was the same one Fitz was wearing. Being able to dress up like his dad had become Zion's favorite thing to do, and he wasn't ready to head back to DC where they would only dress alike during boys day out. He grabbed his Aviators as he noticed Fitz was wearing his as well, and threw on his black socks with his black and blue Nikes. He grabbed Ella's gift and headed back into the living room, stretching his arms for Fitz to pick him up.
"Ready sport?"
"Ready daddy. Do you think Ella will like it?"
"Ella will love it because it came from you." Fitz said as they made their way over to the pool area.
Zion's eyes brightened up when he noticed there was a gazebo that was decorated with balloons and streamers. He knew then that was where they were going. Zion got down as they got closer and walked over to Ella with a proud smile on his face.
"Happy 6th birthday Ella." Zion said as he handed her the present he picked out for her. "Open it."
Ella hugged Zion and thanked him as she pulled a tiny box out of the bag. She opened the box revealing a gold Minnie mouse necklace with her name engraved on the front, and there were two diamonds, one for each of Minnie's ears.
"Thank you Zion! It's beautiful!" Ella squealed causing Liv, James, and Cyrus to rush over and see the gift she had just opened. Both Liv and James' hands immediately covered their smiling mouths as they watched the moment between the two children.
"You know Liv, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't end up married one day." James said with a tear in his eye.
"Oh my goodness James, could you imagine the two of them dating and falling in love as they got older. That would just be everything." Liv added apparently to Cyrus and Fitz's disapproval judging by the way they both cleared their throats immediately.
"Can the boy start school officially before we have him married with children?" Fitz asked, Cyrus providing his back up.
Liv walked over to the two who were clearly pouting at the fact their children were so smitten with one another. Not because of who they were, but because they didn't want to think of their babies as adults. Not yet.
"Speaking of marriage. Fitz do you plan on telling me where we are saying our vows? You know since you changed your mind about getting married in Grand Turks. It's highly unnatural for the bride to not know where she is getting married."
"Livvie, you will find out I promise. But believe me, you will love it and if I tell you right now, then we will end up in the bedroom ignoring our friends and family all day. So, you'll find out later."
"How much later Fitz? I want to be able to have a walk through and see how things are set up."
"You can't. Just know that James has done a wonderful job and you will love it. You will see it when you walk down the aisle. Which is why you'll be blindfolded as you arrive on our wedding day."
"Fitz..."
"Livvie, if you don't trust then maybe we shouldn't be married." Fitz said immediately regretting those words. As much as he shouldn't have said them, there was no way he was backing down. He wanted all of Liv's emotions in the purest, rawest form as they said their vows. There was no way he could tell her now and give her time to prepare. If that meant suffering the wrath of Olivia Pope, so be it.
Fitz watched as Liv's eyes turned dark and knew he had stepped in it. Zion and Ella decided it would be best for them to be on their best behavior so they ran towards the gazebo and sat down to eat their food.
Cyrus and James didn't know what to say, but they knew that a very hormonal Liv was on the verge of exploding.
"So you don't want to marry me? Is that it Fitzgerald?" Liv hissed, her eyes burning holes through Fitz.
"Livvie, that's not what I'm saying and you know it. It's a surprise Liv that's all. It's special and I just want your initial reaction to be the moment you walk down the aisle and see where you are. Trust me ok? You will love it." Fitz pleaded, hoping he wasn't too far in it to get Liv out of her mood.
"So James and Cyrus know where we're getting married, but me, the bride, I can't know? How about we just don't get married then!" Liv said storming off. Fitz started to go after her as the shock of her words set in. Was she really going to call off the wedding because she didn't know the location?
When Fitz got close to the room, he noticed Abby and Quinn going in to talk with Liv.
"So Liv, what's the big deal? Fitz wants yo surprise you on your wedding day. I think it's sweet." Abby said trying anything to calm her friend down. Liv and Fitz weren't the only ones who had a lot invested in this relationship and Abby 'd be damned if she let Liv cancel the wedding over something as stupid as location.
Liv looked up at Abby and instantly knew.
"The two of you know don't you? You know where we're getting married!?" Liv spat growing more furious by the moment. Abby sat down next to Liv and sighed.
"We've been overseeing the arrangements making sure everything you chose has been delivered. We have to oversee the set up once we get back." Abby said trying to assure Liv everything was in control.
"Liv, trust me, you will love it. It took a lot for Fitz to get this place. He went through a lot emotionally because he felt it was the best place foe the two of you to be married. So you will go and apologize to your fiancé, and you will tell him the wedding is NOT off because we know you enough to know you will feel like shit once you find out where it is. So just do us a favor and trust us. Everything is handled the way you wanted, just not in the place you expected. Please let us do this for you. I guarantee it will be worth it." Quinn chimed in staying close to the door for comfort.
Liv looked at Quinn and it was unclear if she wanted to hug her or slap her for speaking to her in such manner. Liv stood and made her way over to Quinn.
"You're right. It doesn't matter where we are married, just as long as we are married at the end of the day. Thank you, I'm going to go talk to my fiancé." Liv said moving to open the door. When the door opened she was shocked to see Fitz standing on the other side.
"Hi."
"Hi."
"Livvie, we need to talk."
"OH MY GOD!" Liv cried as she pulled Fitz mouth to hers to muffle her screams. The moment he entered the room and Abby and Quinn had left they were all over one another. They kissed their apologies, they stripped away their doubts, and now they were joined together in the most intimate of ways, proclaiming how much they wanted to become one in every way imaginable.
"Livvie you are so tight."
"Deeper Fitz! Harder! I'm almost there!" Liv cried out as she dug her nails into Fitz's back. Liv felt Fitz's thumb massaging her bundle of nerves and Liv's hips lunged off of the bed as she felt herself about to explode. Fitz buried his head into her neck and began sucking and licking on the spot just below her ear.
"I love you Livvie. I love you so much." Fitz said before nibbling on her ear. That was it. Those were the words that sent Liv over the edge with Fitz following not too far behind.
As they lay there, bodies tangled and fighting for oxygen Fitz turned to Liv and kissed her forehead.
"If you really want to know, I'll tell you." Fitz said letting out a disappointed sigh. He wanted it to remain a surprise, but it wasn't worth them not getting married so he was more than willing to give in.
"Fitz, it's not important. I'd like to know, but this is our wedding day and if you say that me not knowing will make it more magical for the both of us, so be it." Liv said as she began drawing lazy circles on Fitz's chest.
"If you promise me it won't result in cancelling the wedding I'd like to keep it a secret. I mean, we wouldn't have seen the reception setup in Turks until we arrived, same with the wedding. I honestly didn't think it would be that big of a deal."
"Fitz.. I.. I'm so sorry. I do trust your decision. I can wait." Liv said as she snuggled in to Fitz's frame and rested her head on his chest.
"It's ok Livvie. You were right. The bride of all people should know where she is getting married. No more tears. We need to get ready for our sit down with Kimberly this afternoon. You head to the spa and relax. I've got Zion." Fitz said as he went to get cleaned up and redressed.
"Fitz..." Liv said barely above a whisper.
"Yes Livvie?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"I love Disney World, believe me I do. But it feels so good to be in our own home." Liv said. as they made their way into the master bedroom, and Liv, Fitz, and Zion all collapsed on the bed. Zion snuggled up between Liv and Fitz with a bowl of popcorn in hand. Liv looked over at the suitcases that still hadn't been unpacked since they returned home two days ago.
Tonight was the night their interview with Kimberly Mitchell was set to air. It was only one week before the wedding and the part of the interview would be aired now. Part two would be aired once Liv and Fitz decided to go public with the news of the new baby in a few weeks.
Liv looked at her phone and smiled when she realized that the interview was the top trend on Twitter, followed in a close second by their wedding. Liv's mentions were blowing up faster than she could keep up, so she decided to post a mass tweet that simply read "7 days! #IVB"
Liv smiled when the first two responses that came in were from Karen and Jerry, both saying they were so excited and how much they missed her.
"Fitz, honey, when are Karen and Jerry coming into town for the wedding?"
"They'll be here tomorroooohshit. Honey, Karen and Jerry agreed to be in the wedding and they are actually excited about it. Teddy wants to come as well, but only if Zion is ok with it. He promised to be on his best behavior."
Zion looked up at Fitz like he had seriously lost his mind. He stopped and thought about it for a moment and figured he'd make this moment of suffering work to his advantage.
"Sure, Teddy can come daddy. IF we can go to Toys R Us before he gets here. You know, so I have new toys to keep me occupied while he tries to steal my daddy's time!" Zion said with an evil grin. He looked over at Liv who clearly didn't think it was as funny as he did and decided to rest his head on Liv's belly for a while.
"Teddy can come daddy. I'm sorry." Zion whispered against Liv's belly.
"Zy I'll tell you what, you've been fairly good, and although I don't normally deal with terrorists, I will take you to the toy store." Fitz said jokingly. "But I need you to understand that Teddy, Karen, and Jerry thought that I was their daddy for so long because their mommy lied to all of us. I love them like I love you and the baby. But there is enough of me to go around. Besides, you're the only one that gets to help me decide what type of charity I want to begin." Fitz said, his voice serious.
Zion say and thought for a while. "Why can't it be a school. For kids like me that can't go to normal schools? And all the teachers can be people that were just like me when they were little kids."
Fitz looked at Liv and they both smiled. That was going to be his contribution. Fitz reached for his cell phone and texted the idea to Cyrus who replied almost immediately how much he approved of the idea. Fitz smiled and returned his attention back to Zion.
"So, what would we call this school?" Fitz asked. Zion smiled when he saw just how much Fitz liked the idea.
"The Zion Academy of course." Zion said with a laugh. "That way everyone can say they are going 'to Zion'."
Both Fitz and Zion looked at Liv who hadn't really spoken on the matter. Realizing she'd better say something, Liv looked at her guys and smiled. "Perfect." Liv said as she popped a piece of popcorn into her mouth.
"Great, so we start this tomorrow. But for now, the interview is starting."
Mellie sat in front of her television with her glass of hooch in hand. Karen and Jerry decided to watch upstairs in their rooms. Even though they knew she was manipulative and conniving, they loved their mom, but they loved Fitz and Liv as well. They didn't want to hear all of the terrible things they knew would be pouring from her mouth so they excused themselves and retired to their rooms early. Teddy had fallen asleep, so Jerry took him upstairs and tucked him in.
"Thankfully we are leaving in a few hours." Karen said as they sat on her bed with popcorn and grape juice on hand.
"Good evening, I am your host Kimberly Mitchell and tonight, I am going to take you behind the scenes and into the lives of America's most private, yet most sought after couple- former President Fitzgerald Grant, and his fiancé who he will wed in just seven days; Olivia Pope."
(As Kimberly spoke, screen shots and clips played of the family in the park)
"We know the story of how they met, Grant running for president, Ms. Pope being his campaign fixer. We know how how the president and former first lady came to divorce, and we also know how Ms. Pope and President Grant have come together to raise their now four year old son Zion. But what is it really like to see this new family interact on such an intimate level? I had the honor of shadowing this family for a week on their recent family vacation to Disney World, and let me tell you from the matching outfits, to the way Grant carried his son proudly on his shoulders, all the way down to the passionate kisses in the Magic Kingdom, this is definitely a family built on love."
(The screen switched to a clip of the family outside of Nickelodeon Studios, then to one of Liv, Fitz, Zion, and Ella all being slimed then cut to commercial.)
"Welcome back, later in the episode I will have the honor of sharing a few moments of the interview I was able to have with Americas favorite family, but first, I'd like to show you a few of my favorite clips of them in action starting with a very romantic scene with president Grant and Miss Pope.
The screen switched to a video of Liv sitting on a railing, while Fitz was standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her waist at Magic Kingdom. They were looking up at the fireworks display and Liv's eyes grew bright. The camera switches to a view of the sky where the fireworks had spelled out I Love U Olivia. The camera switched back to show the couple, now engaged in a heated kiss.
The next clip was one of Liv, Zion, and Fitz walking out towards the pool with their black and red outfits and matching Aviators on. A few more shots of the three playing and laughing together, as well as Zion having his chicken nugget lunch with Ella, all to show the nation that Zion is a somewhat normal kid with two very loving parents.
The second part of the documentary showed the interview Kimberly Mitchell had with the couple and even a few questions she asked Zion. They allowed Zion's part of the interview to be a voice over as they showed footage of him on various rides. The one that got Liv's attention the most was the final question which was asked and answered as Zion stood with Fitz in front of his picture in the hall of presidents.
"So Zion, it appears that you are just like every other normal kid. You don't like vegetables, you'd rather have fun than eat your lunch, and you like to dream. Tell me, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
"That's easy, I am GOING to be the president just like my daddy."
"So you want to be president huh?"
"I don't just want it, I am going to win and be the president when I am older. Will you vote for me?" Zion asked.
"Most definitely." Kimberly responded with a smile.
Mellie gripped her glass as she noticed how in love Liv and Fitz were, and how in love with Zion Fitz appeared to be. It wasn't fair, in all of their time together, Fitz never looked at her the way he looks at Liv, he never touched her the way he touches her, and they never did family outings the way the three of them did with matching clothes and everything else. Granted she would have never allowed it, but still he never asked.
"What the hell does Olivia Pope have that I don't have?" Mellie screamed at the television before embedding her glass inside of it.
Karen hear the glass shatter and decided it was time to call Fitz. She felt like they were intruding on the wedding. They weren't really his children so they didn't have to be included, but the fact that he still loved them and wanted them in his new life meant the world to them. Instead of calling, Karen opted to Facetime Fitz.
"Hey Kare bear. Hey Jerr." Liv said as the call connected.
"Hi Karen, Hi Jerry!" Zion and Fitz yelled smiling into the phone.
"Hey Liv, hey Zy, hi... Dude! we're watching the interview and you guys look sooo adorbs at Orlando."
"Thanks. I'm just sorry your mother wouldn't allow you all to join us. But we'll see you tomorrow right?"
The sound of glass shattering caused both Karen and Gerry to jump.
"Karen, what was that?" Fitz asked, the concern clear in his voice.
"Oh that? Um, let's just say that mom is downstairs watching the interview as well and she may be a little drunk."
"Where's Teddy?" Liv asked realizing the youngest child was missing.
"Jerry laid him down already. We figured we'd steer clear of mom until after the wedding. Oh and BTW Liv, your baby bump is so friggin adorbs like you are the most Gorg pregnant woman I know!" Karen said as a side glimpse of Liv flashed across the screen showing a slight bump in the tank top she was wearing.
"Karen, we were going to tell you guys-"
"Psht, don't worry about it. You two are adults, just know that if it's a girl, I like the name Claire Brianna."
"You know Karen, I like that name too. We'll definitely keep that in mind."
Karen and Liv spoke for a few more minutes and Liv heard the screaming and glass shattering getting louder as they were about to hang up. Karen said her goodbyes and told them they would see them sometime late afternoon.
As the interview came to an end Zion spoke just before falling asleep.
"Daddy, you have to go save them. Their mommy is craaaaazy."
Liv didn't bother to question what Fitz was doing as he picked the child up and laid him down in his room before coming back to change into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Fitz kissed Liv softly then proceeded towards the door.
"Fitz... How long til the chopper is ready."
"It'll be ready by the time Jason, Nick, and I get there. I'm leaving Tom and the others with you and Zy."
"Be careful honey, make sure you have your phone and please, try to remain calm."
Fitz nodded and headed out the door. Liv couldn't help but feel her love for him growing stronger in this very moment. Fitz was seriously flying from Georgetown to North Carolina in the middle of the night to get those children away from a drunken vengeful Mellie. Even though they weren't his, he still lived them as if they were.
The banging on the door was enough to wake everyone in the house up from their sleep. Jerry being the male of the house threw on his shoes and ran downstairs to see who it was.
"Dad, Fitz, Dude?" Jerry said surprised to see Fitz standing at the door at 1 in the morning.
"Where is she?" Fitz asked, his voice full of rage. Before Jerry could answer, they heard more crashing followed by Karen yelling something. They both ran upstairs to Karen's room and saw a drunken Mellie destroying everything in her path.
"You did this! You drove him into his whores arms! One simple thing I ask of you but NOOOO, you have to have a conscience, morals. UGH!"
"ENOUGH!" Fitz boomed causing everyone to freeze in place. Mellie saw Fitz and ran to him.
Fitz was embracing for the slap of a lifetime, so you could imagine his surprise when Mellie hooked her arms around Fitz's neck, trying to kiss him. Fits managed to avoid the kiss and break out of Mellie's grip which sent her falling to Karen's bed.
"Let's go children. Karen grab Teddy, Jerry, help me with the suitcases."
The kids did as they were told and loaded up the chopper. Fitz called Mellie's sister Anna and waited for her to arrive so they could set up living arrangements for the children before they left.
Once in the chopper, Fitz looked at a very flustered Karen and pulled her into his arms.
"Hey, it will be ok."
"You know you didn't have to do that. Come rescue us I mean. We would have been on our way in a few hours anyway. It's not like we're yours or anything." Karen said still not knowing how to refer to Fitz.
"Karen yes biologically you are not my children, but you are still my kids. That means no one and I mean no one messes with my kids. Now get some rest, we'll be landing in an hour and we have a very busy day tomorrow."
Once Fitz had all of the kids in bed, he made his way to his bedroom to join Liv in bed.
"Is everything ok?" Liv asked.
"Except for Mellie trying to kiss me? Yep, everything is fine."
"And did she, kiss you?"
"Never again. My lips are only for you, now come here and let me show you."